The 2024 National Memorial Day Observance was held at Arlington National Cemetery on May 27, 2024. Transcript The president of the United States, the honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr has arrived and is being greeted by Vice President Kamala Harris, the honorable Lloyd J. Austin, the third Secretary of Defense General Charles Q Brown Jr, […]
Senate Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Atomic Energy and Nuclear Weapons
A Senate armed services subcommittee hears testimony about the Department of Energy’s atomic energy defense and the Defense Department’s nuclear weapons programs. Testifying before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces are: Jill M. Hruby, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; William White, senior advisor for environmental management at the Department of Energy; Navy Adm. William […]
U.S. Defense Officials Testify about Space Defense
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee hears testimony on the Defense Department’s space activities. Testifying are: John D. Hill, deputy assistant secretary of defense for space and missile defense; Frank Calvelli, assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration; and Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, vice chief of space […]
Defense Officials Testify about FY 2025 Budget
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Randy A. George testify about the Army Department’s fiscal year 2025 budget before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee, May 21, 2025. Transcript Good morning. The committee will come to order. Welcome back, Secretary Warmer. We appreciate your leadership of our […]
When is Memorial Day?
When is Memorial Day? It’s Memorial Day weekend—a time of cookouts and gathering with family and friends over a long weekend and opening up the swimming pool and watching the Indy 500 and, of course, decorating the graves of our departed loved ones. Memorial Day was always one of the year’s highlights when I was […]