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Join the cspan conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter Andrew O Shaughnessy takes a look at the role British Military leaders played in the American Revolutionary war. Most notably, he discusses general Henry Clinton who served briefly as commanderinchief of the british army. His defeat at the battle of Sullivans Island in january, 1776 marked the first time during the war that american troops successfully defended against a british sea and land invasion. This event from the New York Historical society is about one hour and a half. Thank you very much, i am very grateful to greg...

Military level over there and things at the political level, both of which are change inging. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. And general dempsey, i join my colleagues in sending warm wishes your way and thank you you for your more years of serving o our great nation. Mr. Mccord, i would like to chat about the budget thats upcoming. The House Budget Committee chairman proposed boosting the Defense Budget with an increase of allocation. Is an oko dollar just as useful as a base budget dollar . In other words, should there be limitations on funding that Congress Needs to be mindful...

Cost and the expense. And we used to banter this around in the Cheyenne Mountain on a lot of cold, dark nights on alert and doing an exercise or for real world contingency. And often times, we would sort of come to the conclusion, what is it worth to us . Is it worth seattle . San fransbn, or los angeles, or increasingly now colorado, denver, heartland of america. Potentially in the future eastern seaboard, boston, new york, washington, d. C. Is it worth the investment in f. These systems to pretend to ok protect what we value the most. Thats our homeland, our way of life. I think the answer, ...

Thats our homeland, our way of life. I think the answer my personal answer is yes. And so im an optimist about this. Not without our challenges. We continue to deal with those challenges. Weve got the best and brightest people. I can tell you. I wish you could meet a lot of them. Phenomenal people working these issues. Im really proud to work with them and be their deputy director. Im humbled to do that. Theyre doing some really important work. And i thank you all again for your contribution to this debate debate. Look forward to your questions. Thank you very much. Were going to open up the q...

Any capability, maybe not designed to catch every single thing that they could lob at us. But long enough to buy our leaders some time to be able to make an assessment and have options, if you will. The nation would have options. So i continue to believe that were on the right path. Thats part of a larger continuum of capabilities. And i dont think we ever want to give up on the idea that we have some capability in the Missile Defense tool kit. All right. I think well take one more question right here. Wait for the mike. Yeah. Im anna wilderman. For the first and only time in history, i attend...