spending and non-defense spending. in fact when i was in the house of representatives i teamed up with nick told they need conservative member of the house and now director of omb and we put language into the 2016 defense authorization bill asking the defense department to adopt omb standards for what constitutes oco funding and overseas funding. since then in january 2017 gao issued a report recommending the department of defense work with omb to develop criteria and since then and 2018 the defense authorization bill we passed the congress and struck the defense department to develop criteria by september of this year. >> we have develop criteria to go through the oco consistent with your previous discussions. you won't be surprised to know that in the out-years few of them account for daniel panico only the most incremental show up which have dramatically reduced the size. >> would the of objection to the congress codifying the criteria to avoid any monkey business in slush funds in the future? >> let me talk about t

>> senator, the secretary of defense outlined in the national defense strategy the challenges that we face. part of the emphasis in the strategy was the shift from a focus on terrorism to great power of competition with a particular emphasis on the long-term challenges of china and russia. it refers to both of those as opportunities for peaceful competition, deterrence and then the ability to prevail in a conflict should we have to. the strategy in both the classified and unclassified option, but it lays out and goes through the challenges we face. >> so we're spending hundreds of billions of dollars defending ourselves from china while major corporation after major corporation is shutting down in the united states of america and moving to china? anything in congress about that? >> so i think the white house and the president anything incongrewous about the. >> i think the white house -- my expertise is more on the defense side. >> thank you, senator sanders. senator kennedy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. has the audit begun? >> yes, senator. >> okay. i want to thank both of you, and i

missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so they'll be more effective against russian forces. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. on this day u.s. president ronald reagan unveiled his proposal for the strategic defense initiative or s.d.i. to be able to shoot down enemy missiles knighted states in that regard coming up on today's program former pentagon official michael maloof is back to talk defense and we take a little time to time travel back to those days of s.d.i. and star wars and fast forward to what's going on now with space weapons plus r t correspondent dan cohen helps us to understand who the biggest defense contractors are and how much money they make plus economist and author steve king joins us from london to answer the important question can we avoid another financial crisis. machinery goliah caterpillar is closing a parts factory in waco texas which employed two hundred people the shutdown as part of a do

s of those defense contract -- defense companies made $96 million in compensation. back in 2011, i requested a report from the pentagon which detailed how the department paid $573 billion over 10 years to more than 300 contractors involved in civil fraud cases gainst the federal government. there are a lot of issues here. your job is not easy. aside from the pentagon, the complexity of the budget is enormous. nobody thinks you'll solve the problem immediately. but your job is to tell the american people how our tax dollars are being spent, to tell us in fact where the money is going. i'm not quite sure we know where the money is going. to tell us why it is that we continue to do business with defense contractors who give us cost overrun, cost overrun, cost overrun. are we negotiating effectively? are defense contractors simply saying, we'll do it for x and it ends up being 3x and nobody cares? i look forward to the question period but at this moment i have to run out. but thank you very much for being here. senator enzi: thank you, senator sanders. i'll now introduc

as this is a secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security i undersecretaries primary advisor on cwmd strategy and policies. the united states faces a range of complex multidimensional wmd challenges your chief among these are north korea's dangerous and provocative testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the continued use of chemical weapons by the syrianby regime d isis, china's expansion of a strategic nuclear force, russia's recent provocative statements regarding nuclear strike capabilities, and the like responsible for the attempted assassination of a former russian spy in britain using highly lethal nerve agent. and technological advances lowering barriers to entry for a range of adversaries around the world. weto maintain unique capabilitis to address these and other wmd threats and achieve the national defense charge objective to dissuade, prevent and deter adversaries from acquiring, proliferating or using weapons of mass destruction. we enable a more lethal and resilient force by degrading wmd threats, modernizing key cwmd capabilities, and ensuri

spending of one hundred ninety five billion with a b dollars over the next two years how are defense dollars being spent in the united states we turn to former senior pentagon official michael maloof for the answers michael thank you for being here where does the billions and billions and trillions as was spoken about in the past where's the money go it's going to be going to some of the largest defense contractors we have and part of it and i think it's all linked in with the need to create more jobs and these industries such as raytheon boeing and we can go through a whole little hit me with a us ones where when you talk about defense contractors so you've talked about raytheon and what i've heard all in there is lockheed martin boeing even be a east systems raytheon general dynamics northrup grumman they are making our new super mom or us. and and on and on it's three is another one that they are they are all over this town for the for the for the people who don't know if you go really within ten minutes of here just across the river into arlington virginia is bowing and they are

assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security. assistant secretary of defense for nuclear chemical and biological defense programs. director of the defense threat reduction agency. deputy commander of u.s. special operations command. i would now like to take a moment to recognize the ranking member for opening remarks. >> thank you. thank you to our witnesses. to provide testimony on the department of defense strategy, policy programs and preparedness for countering weapons of mass destruction in the fiscal year 2019 budget request. in 2014 the department released its strategy for wmd which announced three and states that no new actors possess the m.d. that there would be no wmd use and should wmd be used -- the strategy notes fiscal constraints require the dod make strategic choices and accept some risk. however increasingly old rogue actors and technological advances are challenging the strategies goals of maturing that the u.s. and its allies and partners are not attacked or coerced by adversaries possessing wmd. for example ea

the strategic defense initiative saw the. element of ultra advanced weapons systems which included lasers and particle beans that would shoot down the opposing sides nuclear missiles for younger folks and by i was younger then at the time it was a pretty unnerving period while star wars their s.d.i. slowed significantly after the end of the cold war when mikael gorbachev became the leader of this union recently there's been a lot of talk about north korea and their nuclear missile program and now with president russian president putin who gave a recent state of the nation speech where he discussed cruise missiles that could reach anywhere in the world it raises the question of what's going on and from a boom bust perspective on business and finance how much money is being spent on these sorts of things and which companies are profiting from the development of star wars type systems and here to discuss it probably the best person around in the world a former pentagon official michael maloof michael thank you so much for being

the defense ministry. pressure is the officials telling us what we can we don't even know you know but until we do it we can measure you with i love a lot on this science and i'm going to vote the way we are working keep it as a cover on the hypersonic weapon systems series will go is what it is maybe it's hypersonics not just measuring with us which will mean it has to work in your screen scientists than you know and it's the mark i mean mark i want your regular medicine with a chest and arms i didn't leave it at sixty two hundred seventy olds to dover levon i don't know what the. surface will be from one to five marks. five. hypersonic which. these were happening sort of extremely powerful a good home military expert was say you easy know this is it he said well you sure . this makes me want to get involved orrible up into a seven missile if you are not able to kid which obviously with which we actually had a sonic missiles this is the way the world is you know leading armies want to have this with them

bush was was the president my wife and i said boy this is probably a time to invest in defense stocks and it turned out that would have been a pretty good gamble or similar point in history i know you're not an economist or market analysis analyst i'm not asking to do that but are we to a similar time in history we're now would probably be a good time to invest in defense stocks and defense companies i would say common sense would dictate that now that you have a two year budget ahead and that the the basis for increasing that budget has now been laid out it's probably there's probably going to be even more appropriated for it and that's going to affect every district in the united states every congressional district in the united states and that means jobs you bet it's going to mean it's going to mean something and and believe me it's actually going to be on the rise very significantly and that that type of spending. former senior pentagon official defense stock picker no i'm sorry michael maloof thank you for your time appreciate you being here to. and before we go d.h.l. the german

records for defense. there will be nobody that says our military is going to be depleted like they have been saying over the last long period of time, long period of time, frankly beyond president obama. that will not be happening. we are spending a lot money on nuclear, nuclear systems, to upgrade and in some cases brand-new, whether it is submarines, nuclear submarines, and other. so we will have by far the most powerful nuclear force on earth, and it will be absolutely in perfect shape and condition, and hopefully, praise be to god we do not ever have to use it, but there will be nobody that is even close. this will give a substantial increase to people even outside of the military, but military related. wee of the many things that are buying in the military, we billion to procure navy ships. our navy as at about the lowest point in terms of ships that it has 10 in over a hundred years. significantdding a number of extremely advanced vessels. 90 f-35llion for aircraft. that is the most sophisticated ai

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foreign policy, and defense policy. since world war ii and down to the present moment, policy makers tend to talk in terms of national security policy. national security policy tends to privilege, or to place particular emphasis on the role of the military in advancing us interests. - [narrator] after world war ii, george kennon, a top american diplomat in moscow, sounded the alarm over the existential threat he saw in the soviet union. paul nitze saw the soviets quite differently. he called for military expansion to counter soviet armament. - [nicholas] george kennon concluded that the united states, after our success in the second world war, could not just draw back. that we had to have these permanent alliances like nato. - this treaty is a simple document. the nations which sign it agree to abide by the peaceful principles of the united nations. - and like our pacific alliance with australia, and japan and south korea, to safeguard the united states, because we had forces overseas, and had commitments and allies ove

defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly russia should go away churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and initially skeptical and calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paresis the to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia. if you don't. use a so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately aborting a russian stand at the paris book fair what we're seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find the answers a couple of hours ago the british foreign office said that the country's national security council will meet next week to consider britain's next steps we're closely following the ongoing developments and we'll keep you posted when mor

but the defense budget is not the problem. it's growing the economy and getting the entitlement reform. >> expert so you can increase defense spending or have tax cuts but not both. are they wrong? >> they are wrong. we need a tax reform back and keep us growing. >> the top democrat on the house armed services occur to committee, congressman adam smith, has other concerns. >> what i'm really worried about is how we spend it. >> that is what this appropriations bill is all about, making sure that they do use it for training. >> and washington,

do we have a defensive strategy, and do we need one? bothnakasone: vice-chairman warner and yourself speak to this idea of a strategy. what is a strategy for the nation, in terms of cyberspace? i think that strategy being developed, in terms of how we defend ourselves, certainly is important, and it would lay out roles, responsibilities, elements of the major of our government. that is obviously one thing that would help internally, both for elements of our government, but also external issues, say, to provide a set of left and right boundaries perhaps, for our adversaries to understand. >> i can't imagine a more important person to be insider agency, and the other area where think you may have to look for an even more expansive role is equipment,tion of signal and intelligence equipment by other agencies. i think you have a role to play there, and one of the many hats you will we're in the shop. you have concerned that other federal agencies may be buying equipment that could in the future be troublesome for us? gen. nakasone: i certai

of defense. on behalf of the under secretary of defense for acquisition and alsoinment, our office oversees the modernization of our nuclear forces and the development of the department's capabilities to counter mass destruction threats. this is comprised of a workforce that includes the outset of nuclear matters and threat reduction and arms control as well as the defense agency. together, we ensure our nuclear assurance is safe. we develop capabilities to protect the lethality of our forces against. of threats we may face should deterrence fail. requirerts to modernize wmd know you in their systems constitute a major threat. state and nonstate actors have used chemical weapons against civilians such as in iraq and syria by isis and the assad regime. biological and chemical materials and technologies almost always move easily in the globalized economy as to personnel with scientific expertise to use them. we are just beginning to grasp the implications of the accelerating fusion of these technol

all records for defense. it will be nobody that says that our military is is going to be depleted like they've been saying over the last long period of time. frankly beyond president obama. that will be happening. we're spending a lot of money on nuclear, our nuclear systems to upgrade and in some cases brand-new leather submarines, nuclear submarines and others. so we will have by far the most powerful nuclear force on earth and it will be absolutely in perfect shape and condition and hopefully, praise be to god, we don't ever have to use it. but they will be nobody that's even close. this will give a substantial increase to people even outside of the military, the military related. some of the many things that we are buying in the military, we have $23.8 billion to procure 34 navy ships. her navy is at about the lowest point in terms of ships that offended over 100 years. and we are adding a significant number of extremely advanced vessels, $10.2 billion for 90f35 aircraft. that's the most sophisticated air

our first priority is the defense of the department of defense information network, or the dodin. second, we enable others by delivers effects in and through cyberspace. finally, we defend the nation against cyber threats through support to dhs and others when directed to do so by the president under the secretary of defense. in concert with the national defense strategy, we are charting a path to achieve and sustain cyberspace superiority to deliver strategic and operational advantage, and increased options for combatant commanders and policymakers. without cyberspace superiority in today's battlefield, risk to mission increases across all domains and endangers our security. since my last update almost a year ago, cyber command has achieved a number of significant milestones. first, joint force headquarters dodin, our subordinate headquarters responsible for securing, operating, and defending the department's complex i.t. infrastructure, has achieved full operational capability. second, joint task force, the organization we created to lead the fight in cyber against isis, has suc

national defense are important to words. -- national defense are important two words. by building a wall we are in a position militarily that is very advantageous. subject get off that like to talk to -- ask secretary mattis about what we have accomplished. depleted but it is rapidly getting better and in a short time it will be only stronger. i would like to ask secretary mattis if you are. sec. mattis: thank you mr. president and ladies and gentlemen. in 1790, george washington's first annual address to congress, he stated, to be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. as the president noted we just received the largest military budget in history. we have seen years of decline and unpredictable funding and together we are going to see make our military stronger than ever. we are grateful for the american people, for their sacrifices on behalf of this funding. in theur responsibility military to spend every dollar wisely in order to keep the trust and the confidence of the american people and the congress. thank you. pres. trump: thank

defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly rocher should go should churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script all poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and they're skeptical in calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paresis the to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia. if you don't. there's anybody so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately avoiding a russian stand at the paris book fair what we're seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find the answers. well within the past hour the british foreign office said that the country's national security council will meet next week to consider britain's next steps we are of course closely following the ongoing developments and we'

defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly. should go should churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script all poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and italy skeptical and calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paris is set to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia we have firmly condemned the attack which russia conducted on british so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately avoiding a russian stand at the paris book fair what we're seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find the answers well it does look as if things are building on friday the british foreign secretary to seeing it was overwhelmingly likely about the poisoning was directed by

spending of one hundred ninety five billion with a b dollars over the next two years how are defense dollars being spent in the united states we turn to former senior pentagon official michael maloof for the answers michael thank you for being here where does the billions and billions and trillions as was spoken about in the past where's the money go it's going to be going to some of the largest defense contractors we have and part of it and i think it's all linked in with the need to create more jobs and these industries such as raytheon boeing and we can go through a whole little hit me with a just one when you talk about defense contractors so you've talked about raytheon and but i wonder always there's lockheed martin boeing even be a east systems raytheon general dynamics northrup grumman they are making our new super mom or us. and and on and on it's three is another one that they are they are all over this town for the for the for the people who don't know if you go really within ten minutes of here just across the river into arlington virginia is boeing and they are walking d

spending of one hundred ninety five billion with a b dollars over the next two years how are defense dollars being spent in the united states we turn to former senior pentagon official michael maloof for the answers michael thank you for being here where does the billions and billions and trillions as we spoke about in the past where's the money go it's going to be going to some of the largest defense contractors we have and part of it and i think it's all linked in with the need to create more jobs and these industries such as raytheon boeing and we can go through a whole little hit me with a just one where when you talk about defense contractors so you've talked about raytheon and what i'd always there's lockheed martin boeing even be a east systems raytheon general dynamics northrup grumman they're making our new supermom or us. and and on and on it's three is another one that they are they are all over this town for the for the for the people who don't know if you go really within ten minutes of here just across the river into arlington virginia is bowing and they are walking dis

modernizing military retirement, defense, theory system and defense education. can you reform them? all i needed was a kevlar jacket at that point. we did with that defense business board does so well to get the conversation started. how to modernize military retirement, we addressed the issues at hand i had the exact same question delivered to me third day on the job. okay so now what do you do with this now? it goes back to people. it is game on right now. the army and the need for me in the air force and the building is in a war we have to compete with every single tool i truly believe retirement is a benefit to draw people into the service but what do we have to do? we may have to find ways to get on and off ramps we might want you in for three years they go back into the community to be refreshed and come back i want a retirement package that can walk with you so the advantage of this not the old model not the twenty-year system but giving ourselves much more flexibility. we are also opening up to competition from the outside but that is where game is on thinking as risk manage

all records for defense. there will be nobody that says that our military is going to be depleted, like they've been saying over the last long period of time -- long period of time. frankly, beyond president obama. that won't be happening. we're spending a lot of money on nuclear -- our nuclear systems -- to upgrade, and in some cases, brand new, whether it's submarines -- nuclear submarines -- and others. so we'll have, by far, the most powerful nuclear force on earth, and it will be absolutely in perfect shape and condition. and, hopefully, praise be to god, we don't ever have to use it. but there will nobody that's even close. this will give a substantial increase to people even outside of the military, but military-related. some of the many things that we're buying in the military -- we have $23.8 billion to procure 34 navy ships. our navy is at about the lowest point, in terms of ships, that it's been in over a hundred years. and we're adding a significant number of extremely advanced vessels. $10.2 bill

>> i focus on defense issues in particular. i'm not familiar with what other government agencies are doing in terms of their audit now. i can say this, that the current comptrollers for dod, is really in the drivers seat with all of this. the comptroller we work with. he came from the department of homeland security where he pushed through, pushback department to get through its audit and it took about 10 years. but it took about 10 years to get the department of homeland security through a clean audit. when they do pass a clean audit, those results are going to be publicly available. it will beredirected where their sensitive classified information . that is partof the accountability to thepublic . >> , in humble texas, your next . >> when you look at the report on the energy that came out on c-span3, who spent the money and where, you have contractors over there buying in. and buying a lamborghini, and anybody could read it. i'm pretty sure you read it. >> i think the caller is referring to, there have been reports by the spe

important, all of these systems together will enable our defense ministry to develop a future defense system for our country where each weapons system will play its own role in addition to existing weapons systems and strategic arms, which we will also continue modernizing. of course, we still have to do a lot of things and reforming our military, but even today we can confidently say that russia now ,as a modern and compact army and the core of this army are loyal and committed military officers. [applause] our equipment and military others, sooner or later countries around the world may have that as well, and we are not concerned by that. we will have even better systems in the future. the key thing, nobody has such people. [applause] i hope all of these things i have said today will sober up potential aggressors and on from the steps taken against russia. financially, this is unjustifiable. eventually, nonsensical for the people who do this. all of the things i told you about today, we have to inform our counterparts because of the commitments we have made internationally earlier.

[inaudible conversations] how do we factor nato to meet with the defense posture? >> that is a good question part of the reason united states is interested is because of the extended return. to pull back to have a more isolated policy. but i think we could get away with nuclear deterrence but now we have these nuclear sharing arrangements for the strategic forces we have 200 gravity bombs from the nato allies with dual capable aircraft so the idea is this is the policy during the cold war that the allies now they're looking to replace the aircraft from tornadoes and other things. but what is interesting for the united states is to do something similar. we also have nuclear weapons in the early 1990s and then to have the debate in south korea and some say the united states needs to return. >> and with the national war college so with nuclear superiority leads in only eight seconds but it is that status quo power not the revisionist power. so with 8000 so what are the implications of your theory? >> that is a great question book talks about those strategies and the u

protect ourselves with missile defenses. i think it's unlikely north korea would be able to get nuclear weapons to the united states. with china we likely do not have a first strike capability with china, but we do have significant damage capability if there were a war between us and china. clear it would turn out worse for china. >> what kind of damage limitation things are you talking about when you discuss that? >> i should say this is about the logic of american nuclear strategy and so this is what the us military, department of defense has thought about for decades, counterforce nuclear targeting using weapons to destroy theirs and so if you look at china's arsenal, and has some icbms and six silos. those are fairly easy military targets, stationary targets. china has tried to go to see and has been interested in developing a submarine launch missile capability for some time and this is one way the us survives. it's still not doing regular deterrent patrols, so the other way china has tried to guarantee its survivabilit

that's the president's new criminal defense lawyer. if john bolton was a criminal defense lawyer, he would sound a lot like joseph digenova just did. the pattern we have seen is that every day that donald trump comes closer to a show down with the special prosecutor, every day jared kushner comes closer to what will be his own show down with the special prosecutor, which might or might not result in the president's son-in-law being indicted. every day we move closer and closer to what ever the special prosecutor's confrontation with trump world turns out to be, trump world gets crazier and crazier and more and more chaotic and every containment strategy devised by the white house staff or the trump family or the lawyers -- every strategy deviced to contain the madness does not work and the madness mushrooms. and so it will be into that white house where all of the systems of containment of donald trump that have been tried and have already failed and failed completely -- it will be into that ever more chaotic white house that john bolt

defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly. should go away should churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and they're fully skeptical and calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paris is set to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia. if you don't. there's anybody so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately avoiding a russian stand at the paris book fair what we're seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find the answers or we are closely following the ongoing developments in the whole unfolding diplomatic standoff and we'll of course keep you posted when the details emerge. highly likely that russia was r

thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start out here in germany where authorities say the defense and foreign ministries have been targeted in a cyber attack a group with links to the russian government is thought to be responsible for its hacks were discovered in december but are only made public now the interior ministry has given very few details so far just a brief statement sources say russian hackers have been trying to attack the government they planted spying software. the hackers apparent targets were the foreign and defense ministry as they searched for information about russia and ukraine lawmakers are now asking why they heard nothing in their intelligence briefings even though the agencies apparently knew about the breach about government to have said nothing possibly for months which is what we have to clarify it's completely unacceptable we're waiting intelligence on the reason something i cannot make sense of this is a clear violation of the law that says refers to us tonight we see germany is clearly not well prepared for cyber attacks it can't be interpreted in a

what are the roles of the department of defense? the department of justice and federal bureau of investigation and of course the department of homeland security. how do we ensure there is cross-talk. there are obviously roles and responsibilities that are fully delineated. i think that's an important piece. with regards to options in the future, if confirmed i would see that as my role as commander of u.s. cyber command to provide a series of options within cyberspace that the secretary of defense and the president can consider. i would offer, however, that that may not be the only set of options that are necessary. when we look at the strength of this nation, the nation has tremendous strength diplomatically, informationally, economically and those might be other options presented. >> but who is the clearing house to be able to gather those and be the final presentation to the president? >> so in terms of military options, senator, i think that would be myself to the secretary of defense and then the president. >> okay. that's what

s ministry of defense i don't really believe the ministry of defense should be involved in a company one arm of which at least he's engaged in a series of campaigns around the world of propaganda and manipulation apparently and political interference secondly i don't really see why the ministry of defense is in any case spending huge amounts of money. on a propaganda work and finally the question of secrecy i mean apparently this company was given access to top secret information and this seems to me to be an extremely. worrying revelation it's likely that the next chapter in the cambridge analytical scandal won't be its links to facebook but to governments around the world including the u.k. . well the british defense ministry has reacted to the story saying it has no current relationship with the group and that the company has no access to classified information. donald trump has revealed who will take over as he's new security advisor the man being appointed as former u.n. ambassador john bolton who's known for his strong stance on north korea and iran the appointment was made in

national defense are important to words. -- national defense are important two words. by building a wall we are in a position militarily that is very advantageous. subject get off that like to talk to -- ask secretary

defense of the nation say team sport. this applies not just within the command, but with our fellow combatant kmants commands, the 18 country teams, other dipts, agencies, and organizations of the u.s. government, and most importantly our coalition partners who have provided unwavering support for nearly two decades of persistent conflict. as the national defense strategy captures clearly, strength evening existing relationships and building new ones will be key to our future success. finally, we could not do what we do on a daily basis without the support of congress and my extension the american people. we sincerely appreciate this committee's continued strong support for our operations, authorities, and resources and especially for your support to the services, so.com, and the other defense agencies that we rely upon for our military wherewithal. your support will remain important as we contain with what potentially are generational struggles to defend our homeland from the threats outlined in our national defense stra

missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so they'll be more effective against russian forces. i thought. my hero police officer delis from his injuries after offering to swap places with a hostage during friday's terror attack in southern france three other people were killed in that deadly attack when a gunman hijacked a car and took hostages in the supreme. also in the program this hour british investigators raid the offices all of a political consulting giant link. the rule of national security advisor closer look at the hawks in the white house.

defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly. should go away should churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and they're skeptical in calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paresis the to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia. if you don't. there's anybody so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately avoiding a russian stand at the paris book fair what we're seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find the answers now a couple of hours ago the british foreign office it said that the country's national security council will meet next week to consider britain's next steps we're closely following the ongoing d

defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly. should go it should churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script all poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and they're fully skeptical and calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paris is set to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia we have firmly condemned the attack which russia conducted on british so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately avoiding a russian stand at the paris book fair what we are seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find the answers well on friday the british foreign secretary. saying it was overwhelmingly likely that the poisoning was directed by president putin himself the k

and their job is defense. they are united states marines. there is a certain exit patient with that and we all have to do our best everyday to live up to that expectation, which is not a low bar. >> that the higher-level, we will get to planning these contingencies around the world, but one of the newer developments in the same vein as this perceived crackdown on speaking to the press, public engagements. came out a couple weeks ago when the air force side, speaking just for your service, is very similar, give it a reality of some of the myths. i heard there's a limit to only one four-star day should be talking to the press all the way down to, you know, individual engagements been canceled and whether or not it's from the air force or the white house are done for or none of it. what's going on behind us? >> i don't feel that i'm restrained or restrained. you are going to write a story and they think we are compelled and should be able to convey to you at our version of that story and i've never told the marin

defense secretary isn't overly keen on hearing out the defense frankly. should go should churchill just after that gavin williamson announced forty eight million pounds will be invested in a new chemical weapons defense center why because russia of course the defense secretary is also going to deliver with anthrax vaccines for troops what does that have to do with the script all poisoning no time to explain and it took france no time at all to change its mind on action and then skeptical and calling it too soon to blame the kremlin paresis the to agree on and impose new sanctions on russia we have firmly condemned the attack which russia conducted on british so the plan is solidarity with the u.k. which apparently includes deliberately aborting a russian stand at the paris book fair what we are seeing is a whole lot of act first and ask later and frankly we should take more time to find the answers on friday the british foreign secretary to seeing it was overwhelmingly likely that the poisoning was directed by president putin himself the kremlin described

specifically, the department of defense has told us that engagement by u.s. military person has resulted in the production of a no strike list. that is a process which actually puts targets off-limits and ensures that pilots and others understand those targets. they also caused a succession or an ending of the use of -- by saudi forces. and the formation of the body to investigate noncombatant casualties. these are positive steps but it is clear that much more must be done to maximize impact of the war on yemeni civilians. i support our continued engagement for that purpose. both saudi arabia and the uae face a significant threat from houthi rebels armed with ballistic missiles. apparently with assistance of the iranians. there have reportedly been dozens of such attacks against saudi arabia since the spring of 2015, including against civilian targets like the international airport in riyadh which was attacked this december. i strongly support the right of our partners to defend themselves from these threats and believe i continued sharing of use intelligence