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Okay , Well , good afternoon , everyone . 

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Let me begin by expressing my deepest 

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condolences to the family and friends 

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of the sailor from the USS Theodore 

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Roosevelt , who lost his battle with 

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Cove in 19 yesterday . He was the first 

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active duty service member to pass from 

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the Corona virus , and we joined his 

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loved ones in grieving this loss . Our 

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service members have been in harm's way 

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every day since the beginning of the 

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fight against the Corona virus . As you 

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know , the U . S military first faced 

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Cove it 19 on January 29th when 

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hundreds of American citizens were 

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evacuated from Wuhan , China , and 

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Quarantine at March Air Reserve Base in 

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California . Since then , we've been 

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doing everything in our power to 

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protect our personnel , their families 

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and the American people . During this 

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challenging time , I'd like to provide 

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an update now on the department support 

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to the president's whole of nation 

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response to the Corona virus pandemic . 

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Over 50,000 service members are 

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currently deployed across United States 

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working tirelessly . They'll protect 

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the American people . We continue to 

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stay ahead of and remain responsive to 

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the requests of state and local 

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authorities so that we meet the need as 

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the situation changes around the 

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country . Our most important resource 

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in this fight continues to be the brave 

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men and women of the United States 

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military . To date , we have deployed 

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over 4000 doctors , nurses and other 

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medical personnel across all components 

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to bolster the capacity of some of the 

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nation's most severely affected areas . 

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I've had numerous conversations with 

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both both Governor Cuomo and Mayor de 

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Blasio . Has we continued to surge 

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adjustments store operations . We have 

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provided over 2100 medical personnel to 

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support the city , including over 300 

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who are working in the 11 different 

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civilian hospitals to reinforce New 

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York's own medical staff . While much 

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of the work has been understandably 

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focused on New York , we're pivoting to 

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intrude . Other hot spots around the 

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country are receiving the support they 

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need to date , has spoken over 20 

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governors to discuss how the Department 

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of Defense can best support them , and 

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this afternoon I was speaking to the 

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governor of Guam who has been 

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incredibly supportive of our sailors 

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and the Teddy Roosevelt in Guam . We're 

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currently deploying 14 Army urban 

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priority regions . Six of those air 

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allocated to New York , three to New 

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Jersey to to Massachusetts , one to 

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Connecticut , one to Michigan and one 

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Engineers remains very busy . With more 

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than 15,000 personnel engaged across 

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the country . The core is currently 

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constructing 25 alternate care 

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facilities that will add a total of 

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over 15,500 beds since marsh in cities 

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leadership met with Florida Governor De 

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Santis discussed construction of a 

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medical facility in the Miami Beach 

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Convention Center , which would provide 

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450 beds . Meanwhile , nearly 30,000 

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National Guard troops are hard at work 

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performing essential testing , planning 

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and support tasks in all 50 states , 

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Three territories and the District of 

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Columbia . Our National Guardsmen have 

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helped construct nearly 150 alternate 

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care facilities , providing over 83,000 

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extra beds for covert 19 patients , 

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while also distributing food to local 

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communities and medical supplies to 

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civilian hospitals . The department has 

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delivered 10 million and 95 masks to 

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HHS and FEMA and is prepared to provide 

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10 million more . On Friday , we 

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received approval for our first Defense 

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Production Act project , investing $133 

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million to increase domestic production 

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of N 95 masks over 39 million in the 

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next 90 days . This will help ensure 

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our government has the industrial 

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capacity to meet the nation's needs . 

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Additionally , we awarded a $415 

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million contract for 60 critical care 

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decontamination systems , which would 

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be able to sterilize a total of nearly 

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five million and 95 respirators per day . 

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This will allow medical professionals 

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to reuse masks up to 20 times , and 

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we'll reduce the nation's need for new 

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inventory . 60 contamination units have 

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already been delivered to cities 

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Chicago and Tacoma , and the rush 

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should be available by early May . More 

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contracts for other items will be let 

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in the coming days . From the beginning 

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of the outbreak going back to January , 

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the Department of Defense's were card 

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remain ahead of need . I want to 

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command General Shaughnessy and the 

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entire northcom team for their 

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exceptional efforts as they continue to 

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spearhead the department's response to 

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the Corona virus . While we continue to 

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support the whole of nation whole of 

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government response to this global 

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pandemic , we continue our very 

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important national security missions , 

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such as performing counterterrorism 

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freedom of navigation operations and 

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freedom of navigation around the globe . 

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has scored in Russian bombers out of U . 

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S . Airspace , deterring Iranian bad 

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behavior , working with our Afghan 

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national Defense and security forces 

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and resolute support mission partners 

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in Afghanistan . Continuing and 

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enhanced counter narcotics operations 

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in the South com area of responsibility 

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and continued defend our interest in 

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space . In fact , last month the Space 

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orbit . As we continue all this , we're 

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focused on protecting our people . 

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Yesterday we released the eighth 

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supplement to the department's Force 

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Health Protection Guidance to give 

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commanders and troops even more clarity 

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on how to confront . Confront Cove in 

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protection guidance was issued on 

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January 32 days before D Ladies Global 

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the virus . Here in United States , 

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we're currently working to modify an 

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extended department stop movement order 

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restricting domestic and international 

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travel for all deal D personnel . While 

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has on our troops and our families , 

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this is a necessary measure to keep our 

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people safe and our military ready to 

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act . We will continue to remain 

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flexible and agile as we work to defeat 

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this invisible enemy . It will take 

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time , but we'll get through this and 

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we will get through this together and 

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stronger . As a result , I want to 

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thank all of our service members dia de 

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civilians and their families for their 

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patients , their understanding and 

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their cooperation . I want to , 

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especially thank and express my pride 

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in all of our people who are on the 

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front lines of this fight . Please take 

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care of yourselves and please take care 

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of one another . Thank you . And I'll 

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turn it over now to Chairman Billy for 

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his comments . Let me just , uh , first 

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express my personal , deepest 

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condolences . And on behalf of all the 

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soldiers , sailors , airmen , Marines , 

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Coast Guardsmen and , really the entire 

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American people for the loss of a 

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sailor on the TR to covert 19 tragic 

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loss on our condolences . Go out to his 

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family on our thoughts and prayers are 

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with the entire crew for the for the 

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military . For those of us in uniform , 

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um , secretary just rattle off a lot of 

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data . A lot of very , very important 

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points that I hope people take the 

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heart because the level of effort of 

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significant in battling this , we have 

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an obligation to protect the American 

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people regardless of the enemy . In 

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this case , Cove in 19 is the enemy of 

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Iris Ondas . You've heard several 

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people to include the president's 

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secretary and others talk about this 

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being a war . We are , in fact , a war 

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against the virus . We are a supporting 

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organisation . We are in support of 

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civil authorities , in this case , 

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specifically FEMA on HHS and other 

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civil authorities to include governors 

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will continue to do that . And at the 

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same time that we do that , we will 

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continue to do our mission assignments 

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around the world is the secretary 

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rattled off both in Asia , your Middle 

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that our readiness is still high . All 

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right , Dennis is still strong , and 

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we're able to do , differ , deter and 

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defeat any challenges that may try to 

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take advantage of these opportunities 

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at this , uh , this point of crisis . 

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are out there . The 50,000 or so 

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180,000 . That Aaron 140 countries 

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around the world . Right now on the 

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other couple 1,000,000 that Aaron 

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uniform in some capacity and the active 

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garden reserved for their dedication 

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and commitment to this country . So 

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what , That will go ahead and take your 

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questions are gonna go to the phone 

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lines first , lead us . 

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Can we ask that is playing some sort of 

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recording to please . So on mute 

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because we're actually on the phone on 

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Not here . We'll get that 

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taken care of , Leader . We're gonna go 

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back to the room here first . Just go 

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straight . Mr . Secretary , you 

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mentioned that you made pivot other 

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areas . Now can you give us a sense ? 

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You said . You talked to 20 covers . 

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be ? And also early on ? The Pentagon 

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said that they would be the last resort . 

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Clearly , civilian agencies are going 

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to take over the brunt of this code 

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virus , and now you're clearly all in 

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with 50,000 with the mercy seeing some 

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of its crew members testing positive . 

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Is there a concern that you could see 

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similar things in the field , hospitals 

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and other things of the military's 

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provided ? Sure , I'll take the first 

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question . First , I'll hit the longer 

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deploying personnel to Miami . I 

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mentioned some other places where we 

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Seattle to their . But FEMA makes that 

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decision on us as a reminder . And 

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there are other cities out there as 

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forward into and stay ahead off . By 

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time these cities make the news . We 

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expect that we will already be there . 

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of it . So we're looking at all . The 

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city's working very closely with FEMA 

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and NRCC to make sure we assess that . 

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daily to make sure I understand what 

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they need on their second point . It's 

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a It's a great question . So we went 

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into this , the strategy going into 

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this . It was a strategy that we 

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formulated with our medical 

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professionals that we had talked to 

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least . I talked to some governors 

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about that we would go in . We would 

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use the Corps of Engineers , Thio 

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developed bed capacity and then we 

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would bring in , in the case of New 

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York and L . A , respectively , the 

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ships have come up to provide 

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additional capacity and doctors keep in 

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mind . And Governor Cuomo's talked a 

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lot about this , and he and I have 

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talked about it , as has Mayor de 

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Blasio . The original thinking was we 

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would keep those facilities , cove it 

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free , and we would handle the trauma 

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patients , thus freeing up room in the 

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hospitals because the hospitals have 

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the I C . U rooms and beds and things 

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you need to treat persons with Corona 

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virus . Well , we came to find early is 

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that we aren't seeing trauma patients 

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because people aren't leaving their 

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homes . They're not getting car wrecks . 

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Now , then what we realized , too . And 

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so we've adapted our strategy every 

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step of the way in close coordination 

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with state local authorities . What we 

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found . It was very difficult to 

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determine when a patient came in tow 

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either the Javits or to the comfort . 

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It was hard to tell whether they 

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recovered a Not so you meet . What way 

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weren't denying patients access , but 

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what we want to do is at least divide 

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the ship up . So we kept the ship clean 

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and one not clean one side not clean . 

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But we see that again , the strategy 

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changing , I think . On one hand , the 

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success out there has been that the 

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measures taken by the states and 

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localities at the direction of the 

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president of the 15 day that became the 

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30 day Change your practices . No 

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gatherings of 10 or more , six feet of 

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social distancing . Things like that 

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looks like it is flattened the curve 

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and so we have the bet . We , the 

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states , have the bed capacity . At 

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least that's what we're hearing from 

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New York when I talked to General 

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Shaughnessy , they have the bed 

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capacity . But what's obviously become 

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straight , strained stressed , are 

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these hardworking nurses and doctors 

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and respiratory therapists and 

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everybody who'd been at this now for 

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weeks and they're getting burned out 

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and worn down and they're being 

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attrited to the Corona virus themselves . 

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And so that's where we've now pivot in 

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the last week or so to move our doctors . 

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And we're doing that now . We're moving 

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off the comfort our doctors , a portion 

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of our doctors and putting them into 

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the New York City hospitals to provide 

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relief . We're looking at a three phase 

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plan the northcom commander talks about 

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on one hand , you in bed , which is 

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what we're doing now . You're embedding 

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our doctors and nurses into the 

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hospital's alongside the civilian staff , 

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if you will , to help them out or to 

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provide relief . The other one is where 

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we expand a facility , and I think the 

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Connecticut is a place where we're 

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going in and expanding a wing of the 

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facility . And then there's the 

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traditional model , the one we began 

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with . So the our challenge is to keep 

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adapting as we see a CZ . We see the 

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state's adapt , and as a a CZ , they 

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see their medical staff in our bed 

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capacity . All these things play out . 

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And I say , I think as we go city by 

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city , we're going to see this . The 

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same dynamic happened . Clearly a 

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challenge will be to keep your 

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personnel . Oh , yeah , I'm sorry . You 

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have to be sure . Look , I think we're 

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seeing some attrition from it . The 

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civilian hospitals . I don't know what 

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that number is off the top , my head . 

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But I anticipate we will see some as 

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well . Maybe not as much , because as 

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I've said for the most part , least for 

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active duty forces , they're fairly 

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healthy and fit and maybe a different 

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demographic . But But I think we will 

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see some attrition . And we've 

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accounted for that . We've been talking 

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about that a lot internally in our in 

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our meetings . We have about what is 

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our Trish in overtime because you'll 

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hurt me . Stand up here before and say 

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I told you weeks ago I think we will be 

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moving to city to city to city as this 

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moves and we're now seeing it move and 

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our challenge What we have , we bring , 

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we bring the ability to quickly pick up 

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and move , not just people , but we can 

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move equipment and hospitals to do that . 

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And what we try to anticipate is , as 

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we move , do we end up leaving some 

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behind doctors because they become 

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infected . They've got to go into a 

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quarantine period , et cetera . But we 

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want to preserve the capacity as much 

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as we can In order to help the American 

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people to move around the country . 

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We're gonna go back to the fun to try 

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one more time , so lead up . Hi . Yes , 

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thanks a lot are wondering , 

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Gentlemanly if you can take , uh , talk 

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a little bit about the Truman . The 

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decision was made not to bring it back 

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into port , but to have it stay out . 

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Do you think you're gonna have to do 

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this with more ships in order to keep 

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them ? Ah , virus free . And can you 

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talk about any additional discussions 

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about calling back reserves ? How many 

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if any have done ? And are you still Mr 

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Secretary ? You've talked about not 

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wanting to do stop loss . Are you 

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reconsidering that ? Thank you . So 

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later on the Harry s Truman we've got 

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about . I think it's 90 or so U s 

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naval ships at sea right now in various 

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types of ships on . And the tiara , as 

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you well know , has been sidelined 

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temporarily , although we could get it 

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back out to sea quickly if we had to . 

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But we made a decision . Secretary made 

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decision , and the Navy made the 

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decision to keep Harry s Truman at C S . 

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O . That we had at least two carriers 

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at sea at a moment's notice . And we'll 

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keep the area's Truman at sea until 

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next up , which is the Nimitz set sail , 

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which we expect to set sail shortly . 

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So the Navy made that announcement . I 

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believe it was yesterday s . So that 

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was a conscious , deliberative 

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operational decision in order to make 

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sure that we had carrier strike group 

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capability at sea . At this moment of 

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crisis , the only significant covert 19 

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issues were having on any of the ships 

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at least reported up to today . Where's 

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the TR ? So the other ships right now 

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that are at sea are Kobe free , at 

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least as of the latest reports that 

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I've got and made on the stop loss 

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question As I said the other day , it's 

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a last resort . If if we had to get to 

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that point , it would be focused likely 

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on medical professionals . But I don't 

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see that is likely . Quite frankly , 

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we're seeing we still have some depth . 

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And our reserves . We've actually had 

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us report was sent to me today by the 

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army . We have , ah , retirees who are 

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volunteering medical professional 

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retirees who are actually volunteering 

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to come back on active duty to serve . 

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So we're seeing we're seeing folks that 

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are just standing up in volunteering to 

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help the American people , And I think 

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we will be be ableto handle this 

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pandemic with what we have now . But I 

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also can't predict the future . So 

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that's where we stand . All Reuters are 

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filled . Report Reuters . 

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All right , we can't hear Phil . So , 

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uh , back into the room , Courtney , Uh , 

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one for each of you . Mr . Secretary , 

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You mentioned that your modify the stop 

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movement order . How so ? Are you gonna 

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extend it ? And for how long ? And then 

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General Milley secnav said that you 

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continue to monitor North Korea tests 

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even all this going on . Can you update 

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us on what happened overnight , South 

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Koreans said that there were a series 

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of missiles , cruise missiles , both 

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ground and air launch . And do you 

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assess that ? What can you tell us 

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about the timing of this test ? Is it 

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because of Corona virus ? Are they 

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exploiting vulnerabilities ? So , in 

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the first part , yes , we are gonna 

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modify , extend modification . We want 

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to make sure we have a more 

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comprehensive A way in which we address 

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exemptions . We will still allow for 

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exceptions , hardship , things like 

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that that we've listed before . I don't 

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want to give any final dates yet Will 

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probably have our undersecretary for 

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personal rangers come in the next 

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couple days to brief you were still 

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finalizing that . The important thing 

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is as this virus unfolds and as our 

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mitigation measures take place and as 

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testing happens , et cetera , this is 

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something that I committed and you'll 

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see it Also in the update , a memo that 

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we will be reviewing this . The Joint 

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Staff and OSD staff will be eating this 

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up for me every 15 days , every two 

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weeks to review , to see if we can tell 

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it sooner or if we need to extend it 

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further . But we want to make sure we 

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stay on top of the key thing is again 

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protect our people and make sure that 

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we are ready to act . So at this point 

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time since the first , the expiration , 

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the first stop order Stop movement 

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order expires on May 11th . We want to 

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give our folks sufficient time to make 

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adjustments and to socialize it with 

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him , that we will be extended beyond 

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that May 11th date . And so will be 

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coming out back to you and more in the 

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next couple days with more detail on 

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that . It's just you're not announcing . 

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That's right . We will be extending it 

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and on your question on the missiles , 

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like like we do for any missile coming 

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out of anywhere we monitored very 

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closely and connect the analysis . It 

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usually takes a couple of days , By the 

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way , uh , the initial preliminary 

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analysis , and we work closely with the 

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rock military , the Korean military 

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grade military on that , and I've had 

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an opportunity to talk to Abe Abrams as 

543
00:19:06,672 --> 00:19:08,894
well . It's mixed right now in terms of 

544
00:19:08,894 --> 00:19:10,894
the assessment . I don't think it's 

545
00:19:10,894 --> 00:19:12,860
particularly provocative or or 

546
00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,040
threatening to us . A cz two . What 

547
00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,929
happened ? It may be tied to some 

548
00:19:16,929 --> 00:19:19,096
celebrations that are happening inside 

549
00:19:19,096 --> 00:19:20,762
North Korea as opposed to any 

550
00:19:20,762 --> 00:19:22,984
deliberate provoked provocation against 

551
00:19:22,984 --> 00:19:24,873
us . So , uh , another day or two 

552
00:19:24,873 --> 00:19:26,873
should be clear in terms of what we 

553
00:19:26,873 --> 00:19:29,096
pick up in the intelligence . Can't say 

554
00:19:29,096 --> 00:19:31,207
a long range short range , Anything . 

555
00:19:31,207 --> 00:19:33,262
These were short range . These these 

556
00:19:33,262 --> 00:19:35,484
these aren't any particularly big , big 

557
00:19:35,484 --> 00:19:37,651
missile . All right , we'll go back to 

558
00:19:37,651 --> 00:19:39,651
front striking and see if Phil from 

559
00:19:39,651 --> 00:19:38,350
Reuters 

560
00:19:45,030 --> 00:19:48,810
Room . Jennifer , follow up on the 

561
00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:51,240
TR . Since the PR is the only ship that 

562
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,550
really has covert cases , any plans to 

563
00:19:53,550 --> 00:19:55,550
punish her ? Hold responsible . The 

564
00:19:55,550 --> 00:19:58,100
officer that ordered that ship to go 

565
00:19:58,100 --> 00:20:01,340
into Vietnam or the officers that 

566
00:20:02,090 --> 00:20:05,370
compromise that aircraft care . And for 

567
00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:07,540
both of you , do you have any evidence 

568
00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:11,280
the virus began in a Chinese lab and 

569
00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,660
maybe was released accidentally Way 

570
00:20:14,660 --> 00:20:17,300
have IAEA inspectors all over the world 

571
00:20:17,310 --> 00:20:20,770
inside nuclear facilities . Is it time 

572
00:20:20,770 --> 00:20:23,510
to have those kind of inspectors in bio 

573
00:20:23,510 --> 00:20:26,530
labs like wanton Wuhan ? Yes , sir . 

574
00:20:26,530 --> 00:20:28,697
With regard to the tiaras , you know , 

575
00:20:28,697 --> 00:20:31,410
the investigation was conducted at my 

576
00:20:31,410 --> 00:20:33,700
direction was completed last week . 

577
00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,930
It's with the CNO right now . And as 

578
00:20:35,940 --> 00:20:38,051
I'm in the chain of Command . I'm not 

579
00:20:38,051 --> 00:20:40,051
gonna comment on it because I don't 

580
00:20:40,051 --> 00:20:42,162
know where it will go or what , where 

581
00:20:42,162 --> 00:20:42,140
it will take us . But I expect it will 

582
00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:44,990
be comprehensive . And with regards to 

583
00:20:44,990 --> 00:20:47,990
the labs , Yes , on the on the 1st 1 By 

584
00:20:47,990 --> 00:20:49,840
the way , that's that's gonna be 

585
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,062
standard . I know everyone has a lot of 

586
00:20:52,062 --> 00:20:54,230
questions about that on the TR , but 

587
00:20:54,230 --> 00:20:56,341
for the secretary and I and any other 

588
00:20:56,341 --> 00:20:58,397
member of the chain of command right 

589
00:20:58,397 --> 00:21:00,174
now there's an active , ongoing 

590
00:21:00,174 --> 00:21:02,230
investigation . It's in the hands of 

591
00:21:02,230 --> 00:21:04,500
the CNO . Until such time as the CNO 

592
00:21:04,740 --> 00:21:06,462
renders his findings of fact , 

593
00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:08,756
circumstances and recommendations to 

594
00:21:08,756 --> 00:21:10,978
the secretary of defense . The chain of 

595
00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:13,400
command needs to , as a matter of law , 

596
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,690
custom and tradition to be silent until 

597
00:21:15,690 --> 00:21:18,170
such time as the outcome . Secondly , 

598
00:21:18,170 --> 00:21:21,100
on the lab piece , that's there's a lot 

599
00:21:21,110 --> 00:21:24,390
of , ah , rumor and speculation in a 

600
00:21:24,390 --> 00:21:27,610
wide variety of media , the block sites 

601
00:21:27,610 --> 00:21:29,721
except her . It should be no surprise 

602
00:21:29,721 --> 00:21:31,943
to you that we've taken a keen interest 

603
00:21:31,943 --> 00:21:33,999
in that on . We've had , ah , lot of 

604
00:21:33,999 --> 00:21:36,332
intelligence . Take a hard look at that , 

605
00:21:36,332 --> 00:21:38,554
and I would just say at this point it's 

606
00:21:38,554 --> 00:21:40,666
inconclusive . Although the weight of 

607
00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:42,721
evidence seems to indicate natural , 

608
00:21:42,721 --> 00:21:44,970
but we don't know for certain . And 

609
00:21:44,980 --> 00:21:47,510
what about inspectors in labs ? Bio 

610
00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:49,510
labs ? Do you think it's time to do 

611
00:21:49,510 --> 00:21:51,843
that like you do for nuclear facilities ? 

612
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,544
I think that something needs to be 

613
00:21:55,544 --> 00:21:57,767
looked after . The factor is gonna be a 

614
00:21:57,767 --> 00:21:59,822
some point on a lessons learned , if 

615
00:21:59,822 --> 00:22:01,989
you will , that need to be conducted . 

616
00:22:01,989 --> 00:22:01,670
We've already begun it , by the way , 

617
00:22:01,970 --> 00:22:04,192
trying to capture lessons learned as so 

618
00:22:04,192 --> 00:22:06,359
at some point we can . We can stop and 

619
00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,414
look back and adjust our plans . Our 

620
00:22:08,414 --> 00:22:10,414
global pandemic campaign plans , et 

621
00:22:10,414 --> 00:22:12,248
cetera . I think that's probably 

622
00:22:12,248 --> 00:22:12,070
something to be to take a look at . Of 

623
00:22:12,070 --> 00:22:14,840
course , the I'II stuff is bound by the 

624
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,951
Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty . It 

625
00:22:16,951 --> 00:22:18,840
was adopted late , 1960 . So it's 

626
00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,951
connected to that , and you'd have to 

627
00:22:20,951 --> 00:22:22,951
think through what is international 

628
00:22:22,951 --> 00:22:25,118
regime by which would be bound to . So 

629
00:22:25,118 --> 00:22:27,062
I think that's something put off . 

630
00:22:27,062 --> 00:22:26,360
That's something I would defer to the 

631
00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:28,471
State Department comment on . They're 

632
00:22:28,471 --> 00:22:30,582
responsible for the treaty's assuming 

633
00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:32,304
this would be some type treaty 

634
00:22:32,304 --> 00:22:34,527
mechanism . So that's something I would 

635
00:22:34,527 --> 00:22:36,582
defer to State Department on . We're 

636
00:22:36,582 --> 00:22:36,310
gonna get the phones for Tom from USA 

637
00:22:36,310 --> 00:22:38,477
Today . And then after Tom gonna go to 

638
00:22:38,477 --> 00:22:40,754
Missy Washington Post . Tom . Go ahead . 

639
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,330
Mr . Secretary , I'm wondering why your 

640
00:22:44,330 --> 00:22:46,386
office approved secretary motivation 

641
00:22:46,386 --> 00:22:48,700
wavers travel to Guam and why that was 

642
00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:50,599
deemed to be inappropriate use of 

643
00:22:50,599 --> 00:22:52,766
government resources for him to use to 

644
00:22:52,766 --> 00:22:54,766
aircrews for a short stay on Guam . 

645
00:22:54,766 --> 00:22:56,860
Thank you . Yeah , I don't I don't 

646
00:22:56,860 --> 00:22:59,193
approve trips for any my senior leaders . 

647
00:22:59,193 --> 00:23:01,304
It's not my practice , but I will say 

648
00:23:01,304 --> 00:23:04,070
this much . I encourage senior leaders 

649
00:23:04,070 --> 00:23:06,070
from all the service is to travel . 

650
00:23:06,070 --> 00:23:08,126
It's vitally important that they get 

651
00:23:08,126 --> 00:23:10,237
out that they visit with their troops 

652
00:23:10,237 --> 00:23:12,292
on the ground . Soldiers , sailors , 

653
00:23:12,292 --> 00:23:11,970
airmen , Marines . They get ground 

654
00:23:11,970 --> 00:23:14,248
truth as to what's happening out there . 

655
00:23:14,248 --> 00:23:16,303
I traveled a lot as secretary of the 

656
00:23:16,303 --> 00:23:18,470
Army , and I travel a lot of secretary 

657
00:23:18,470 --> 00:23:20,692
defense just for that purpose . Many of 

658
00:23:20,692 --> 00:23:20,620
you have a problem with me . I think 

659
00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:22,842
it's invaluable to go out there and get 

660
00:23:22,842 --> 00:23:25,009
that type of experience and exposure . 

661
00:23:25,009 --> 00:23:27,231
So I support and if not urged my senior 

662
00:23:27,231 --> 00:23:29,287
leaders to go out there and travel . 

663
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,696
All right , we got a missing washing 

664
00:23:31,696 --> 00:23:35,310
post . Hi . Thanks for doing this . Um , 

665
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,098
just a clarification and then a 

666
00:23:37,098 --> 00:23:39,209
question General Milley . I think you 

667
00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:41,370
said that there were , uh it didn't 

668
00:23:41,380 --> 00:23:44,090
seem that there were any cases on any 

669
00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:47,400
of the 90 at the other , 

670
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,551
excluding the Roosevelt , of course . 

671
00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:53,900
And just to clarify , what about the 

672
00:23:53,910 --> 00:23:55,710
other carriers ? Are there any 

673
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,140
suspected or confirmed cases currently 

674
00:23:58,450 --> 00:24:01,640
on carriers that does , even if they're 

675
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,940
in court , such as the image and the 

676
00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:06,010
Reagan , that's for you . And then , 

677
00:24:06,590 --> 00:24:08,390
just for both of you , Are you 

678
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,680
confident at this stage that guidance 

679
00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:13,770
for the grammar for that 

680
00:24:15,140 --> 00:24:17,840
gone down the chain regarding grooming 

681
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,840
and formation and peopIe are all where 

682
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,810
they wearing that you feel like they're 

683
00:24:23,820 --> 00:24:25,931
where they need to be ? Because , you 

684
00:24:25,931 --> 00:24:27,930
know , we keep hearing reports of 

685
00:24:28,220 --> 00:24:32,140
showing up for required activity , 

686
00:24:32,150 --> 00:24:33,872
sometimes in ways that seem to 

687
00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:35,650
challenge the social distancing 

688
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,264
guidelines that we hear from other 

689
00:24:38,264 --> 00:24:40,320
parts of government . Let's take the 

690
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,460
last question first , and I'll speak 

691
00:24:42,460 --> 00:24:44,460
first and let the chairman chirp in 

692
00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:46,627
because , you know , we issued now the 

693
00:24:46,627 --> 00:24:48,682
eighth generation of guidance that's 

694
00:24:48,682 --> 00:24:50,793
gone out . The 1st 1 went out January 

695
00:24:50,793 --> 00:24:53,210
30th . Two commanders with regard to 

696
00:24:53,820 --> 00:24:55,876
that 1st 1 was with garden following 

697
00:24:55,876 --> 00:24:57,653
CDC guidance and all the proper 

698
00:24:57,653 --> 00:24:59,931
practices we've issued out many others . 

699
00:24:59,931 --> 00:25:01,987
Like I said , since them over time , 

700
00:25:01,987 --> 00:25:04,098
anticipating this question might come 

701
00:25:04,098 --> 00:25:06,209
up again , I asked the commanders and 

702
00:25:06,209 --> 00:25:07,931
are in the service secretaries 

703
00:25:07,931 --> 00:25:09,764
yesterday . Do you feel you have 

704
00:25:09,764 --> 00:25:11,987
sufficient guidance from me and some of 

705
00:25:11,987 --> 00:25:14,209
it's guided summits directives in terms 

706
00:25:14,209 --> 00:25:14,170
of how to manage the force and best 

707
00:25:14,170 --> 00:25:16,170
protect the force ? Unequivocally , 

708
00:25:16,170 --> 00:25:18,170
everybody said they have sufficient 

709
00:25:18,170 --> 00:25:20,337
guidance and keep in mind the guidance 

710
00:25:20,337 --> 00:25:24,140
I give is not to some young 03 captain 

711
00:25:24,140 --> 00:25:25,973
or Ensign or whatever . It's the 

712
00:25:25,973 --> 00:25:27,640
guidance I give the four star 

713
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,751
commanders or service secretaries who 

714
00:25:29,751 --> 00:25:32,220
have expansive staff medical staffs to , 

715
00:25:32,220 --> 00:25:36,190
could help further amplify and amplify 

716
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,680
and further push down to each 

717
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,736
successive level to guide its . So I 

718
00:25:40,736 --> 00:25:42,513
feel that the guidance has been 

719
00:25:42,513 --> 00:25:44,569
sufficient is going out . We've been 

720
00:25:44,569 --> 00:25:46,569
very clear . We've not only put out 

721
00:25:46,569 --> 00:25:48,513
through directives , we put it out 

722
00:25:48,513 --> 00:25:50,736
through town halls . I've put it out on 

723
00:25:50,736 --> 00:25:52,624
social media . We've amplified it 

724
00:25:52,624 --> 00:25:54,958
through every other type of means . Now , 

725
00:25:54,958 --> 00:25:57,013
the broader questions implementation 

726
00:25:57,013 --> 00:25:59,124
implementation is always challenged . 

727
00:25:59,124 --> 00:26:01,458
We have a directive right now that says , 

728
00:26:01,458 --> 00:26:01,390
for example , we did it last week , 

729
00:26:01,540 --> 00:26:03,707
face coverings . But everywhere I go , 

730
00:26:03,707 --> 00:26:05,929
I look in this room . Not everybody has 

731
00:26:05,929 --> 00:26:05,490
face coverings , and not everybody is 

732
00:26:05,490 --> 00:26:07,101
necessarily six feet apart . 

733
00:26:07,130 --> 00:26:09,297
Implementation is always a challenge , 

734
00:26:10,130 --> 00:26:12,297
particularly in an organisation . It's 

735
00:26:12,297 --> 00:26:14,550
2.2 million people strong . That's in 

736
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,850
140 countries around the world that has 

737
00:26:16,850 --> 00:26:19,470
a variety of different missions . You 

738
00:26:19,470 --> 00:26:21,692
name it I've talked before about how do 

739
00:26:21,692 --> 00:26:23,914
you get six feet distancing on a sub or 

740
00:26:23,914 --> 00:26:26,192
even a carrier ? For that matter , S O , 

741
00:26:26,192 --> 00:26:27,803
The challenge will always be 

742
00:26:27,803 --> 00:26:30,026
implementation . So the key thing is to 

743
00:26:30,026 --> 00:26:32,359
keep pushing it . Keep talking about it , 

744
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,414
keep amplifying it so that everybody 

745
00:26:34,414 --> 00:26:36,637
gets the word . And the commanders that 

746
00:26:36,637 --> 00:26:38,803
successful at successive levels as you 

747
00:26:38,803 --> 00:26:40,914
go downward , keep pushing it out and 

748
00:26:40,914 --> 00:26:40,740
keep filling in the blanks . 

749
00:26:40,740 --> 00:26:42,851
Implementing that guy that's based on 

750
00:26:42,851 --> 00:26:45,129
what's happening at their organization . 

751
00:26:45,129 --> 00:26:46,796
But again , I think it's been 

752
00:26:46,796 --> 00:26:48,907
sufficient . My commanders think it's 

753
00:26:48,907 --> 00:26:51,073
been sufficient to service secretaries 

754
00:26:51,073 --> 00:26:50,910
think it's been sufficient , and it's 

755
00:26:50,910 --> 00:26:52,966
completely consistent with how we've 

756
00:26:52,966 --> 00:26:55,188
done guidance in the past on any number 

757
00:26:55,188 --> 00:26:57,410
of things in terms of being in terms of 

758
00:26:57,410 --> 00:26:59,632
how it was delivered and the content in 

759
00:26:59,632 --> 00:27:01,799
the formulation . Your amount . If you 

760
00:27:01,799 --> 00:27:04,021
want to add anything to that piece , of 

761
00:27:04,021 --> 00:27:06,354
it . Let me first , just for the record , 

762
00:27:06,354 --> 00:27:05,460
for those watching on TV , this was 

763
00:27:05,460 --> 00:27:07,516
measured at six feet , were six feet 

764
00:27:07,516 --> 00:27:09,793
apart , and I would've preferred eight . 

765
00:27:09,793 --> 00:27:11,904
But six is what it is . And I have my 

766
00:27:11,904 --> 00:27:13,682
mask . But it was so But that's 

767
00:27:13,682 --> 00:27:15,627
afterwards . So let me first say I 

768
00:27:15,627 --> 00:27:17,849
think the guidance insufficient on . We 

769
00:27:17,849 --> 00:27:19,682
have relied for 2.5 centuries on 

770
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,102
commanders issuing guidance and leaders 

771
00:27:22,102 --> 00:27:24,269
issuing guidance and then subordinates 

772
00:27:24,269 --> 00:27:24,180
executing that guidance in implementing 

773
00:27:24,180 --> 00:27:26,100
it . But the standard do I feel 

774
00:27:26,100 --> 00:27:28,211
confident that chain of command , for 

775
00:27:28,211 --> 00:27:30,433
the most part , is executing standard . 

776
00:27:30,433 --> 00:27:32,656
I do the question that you had Monsieur 

777
00:27:32,656 --> 00:27:35,060
Ships at sea . The reports I have is , 

778
00:27:35,060 --> 00:27:37,490
as I mentioned upfront , only the TR is 

779
00:27:37,490 --> 00:27:40,580
reporting any significant amounts of 

780
00:27:40,590 --> 00:27:43,300
cove it . We did have a single sailor . 

781
00:27:43,570 --> 00:27:45,737
I'm reading it right here . One sailor 

782
00:27:45,737 --> 00:27:47,920
on the Nimitz tested positive , but he 

783
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,080
was out of state . Not yet on the 

784
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,180
Nimitz . Any remains to this day out of 

785
00:27:53,180 --> 00:27:56,400
state . Ah , second sailor displayed 

786
00:27:56,410 --> 00:27:59,630
symptoms on that sailor was placed into 

787
00:27:59,630 --> 00:28:02,770
isolation and is not on the ship . So 

788
00:28:02,770 --> 00:28:04,992
that's the Nimitz . All the other ships 

789
00:28:04,992 --> 00:28:07,420
that are at sea are reporting zero at 

790
00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:10,300
this time . Interestingly , too , is 

791
00:28:10,300 --> 00:28:14,040
the cruiser that was the crude , as 

792
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,500
that was with the tr somebody else 

793
00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:19,770
about a port call earlier . The crews 

794
00:28:19,770 --> 00:28:21,940
that was with the TR in delaying and 

795
00:28:21,940 --> 00:28:24,030
that poor call . They report zero as 

796
00:28:24,030 --> 00:28:26,780
well , so we're confident right now . 

797
00:28:26,980 --> 00:28:30,210
But let me also mention that the Navy 

798
00:28:30,210 --> 00:28:32,600
what the Navy's doing implement for 

799
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,220
future deployment . So all the ship's 

800
00:28:35,220 --> 00:28:37,770
crew's going into isolation for 14 days 

801
00:28:37,770 --> 00:28:39,826
and the particular emphasis , as you 

802
00:28:39,826 --> 00:28:42,020
would imagine on the SSG ends and on 

803
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:44,270
the SSB ends and the sub's the sub 

804
00:28:44,270 --> 00:28:46,326
fleet , especially the nuclear triad 

805
00:28:46,326 --> 00:28:49,200
piece of that ER and all those crews 

806
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,880
are being tested prior to setting sail . 

807
00:28:52,140 --> 00:28:54,084
Has tests become available ? We're 

808
00:28:54,084 --> 00:28:55,862
doing the same thing with other 

809
00:28:55,862 --> 00:28:57,918
critical component components of the 

810
00:28:57,918 --> 00:28:59,973
nuclear triad with the I C B M , the 

811
00:28:59,973 --> 00:29:01,973
Bomber Force , high end Tier one CT 

812
00:29:01,973 --> 00:29:04,240
forces and some of our rapid deployment 

813
00:29:04,250 --> 00:29:06,260
reserve forces . So there's a 

814
00:29:06,270 --> 00:29:09,070
prioritization of the force for testing 

815
00:29:09,070 --> 00:29:11,181
and quarantine to ensure that we have 

816
00:29:11,181 --> 00:29:13,660
adequate capability and readiness to 

817
00:29:13,660 --> 00:29:15,740
rapidly deploy if we need to for any 

818
00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:18,070
given continue . C all right back here . 

819
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,710
Megan didn't Barbara So , given that so 

820
00:29:20,710 --> 00:29:22,877
many of the Navy's cases come from the 

821
00:29:22,877 --> 00:29:25,099
TR and so many of those TR sailors were 

822
00:29:25,099 --> 00:29:27,154
asymptomatic when they were tested . 

823
00:29:27,154 --> 00:29:26,910
Have you thought about ramping up 

824
00:29:26,910 --> 00:29:29,077
testing anymore aside from just before 

825
00:29:29,077 --> 00:29:30,854
deployments ? But if you have a 

826
00:29:30,854 --> 00:29:32,688
squadron that has a case testing 

827
00:29:32,688 --> 00:29:34,799
everyone in the squadron , yeah , you 

828
00:29:34,799 --> 00:29:36,854
raise an important fact . So I think 

829
00:29:36,854 --> 00:29:39,410
out of the 585 or so uh , cases right 

830
00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:43,290
now , a little over only only a little 

831
00:29:43,290 --> 00:29:46,040
over 213 are symptomatic . So think 

832
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,207
about that . There are people who have 

833
00:29:48,207 --> 00:29:51,530
tested positive over 300 tested who are 

834
00:29:51,530 --> 00:29:53,710
just moving around so it could be the 

835
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:55,831
same . Could apply for all of us . So 

836
00:29:55,831 --> 00:29:57,942
it's our understanding more about the 

837
00:29:57,942 --> 00:30:00,109
virus . As we as we look at the at the 

838
00:30:00,109 --> 00:30:02,276
Roosevelt and we are looking , I think 

839
00:30:02,276 --> 00:30:04,387
the chairman talked a bit about We're 

840
00:30:04,387 --> 00:30:06,331
looking at how we expand testing , 

841
00:30:06,331 --> 00:30:06,140
looking at our Tier one force or 

842
00:30:06,140 --> 00:30:08,362
strategic forces are deploying forces . 

843
00:30:08,362 --> 00:30:10,529
We've had a couple of meetings on that 

844
00:30:10,529 --> 00:30:12,584
right now . The key is expanding the 

845
00:30:12,584 --> 00:30:14,640
test kits , making sure that we , in 

846
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,696
their different types test analyzers 

847
00:30:16,696 --> 00:30:18,918
and all that getting all that in places 

848
00:30:18,918 --> 00:30:21,029
lined up to do it making sure again , 

849
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:22,918
we have what we need to address . 

850
00:30:22,918 --> 00:30:25,084
People who are who are are symptomatic 

851
00:30:25,084 --> 00:30:27,140
first , but then again , tearing our 

852
00:30:27,140 --> 00:30:29,362
forces because we have to maintain that 

853
00:30:29,362 --> 00:30:31,307
mission readiness and we want Oh , 

854
00:30:31,307 --> 00:30:33,418
right , right now . Capability wise . 

855
00:30:33,418 --> 00:30:35,529
Uh , I think it's 8700 calling 9000 . 

856
00:30:35,529 --> 00:30:39,360
So test today or are we contest d o d n 

857
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,170
r d o d labs . We've got , uh , um 

858
00:30:43,170 --> 00:30:45,337
objective here of getting ramping that 

859
00:30:45,337 --> 00:30:48,810
up to about 60,000 tests here in about 

860
00:30:48,810 --> 00:30:51,690
45 days or so . So to get to your point 

861
00:30:51,700 --> 00:30:54,610
about testing , we want to our desire . 

862
00:30:54,610 --> 00:30:56,721
Our aspiration is to expand testing , 

863
00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:59,122
especially for groups that are gonna be 

864
00:30:59,122 --> 00:31:01,610
in probably be in tighter quarters such 

865
00:31:01,610 --> 00:31:05,230
as sub screws , bomber cruise , basic 

866
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,184
trainees and things like that . So 

867
00:31:07,184 --> 00:31:09,296
that's what the prioritization pieces 

868
00:31:09,296 --> 00:31:11,018
all about on . We're goingto , 

869
00:31:11,018 --> 00:31:13,184
hopefully we'll get after that here in 

870
00:31:13,184 --> 00:31:15,184
the next 45 days of getting rapidly 

871
00:31:15,184 --> 00:31:17,240
increasing the amount of testing and 

872
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,407
the last point the chairman maids very 

873
00:31:19,407 --> 00:31:21,740
important . We talked before about this . 

874
00:31:21,740 --> 00:31:21,490
It's not just near term rightness , 

875
00:31:21,490 --> 00:31:23,712
right with strategic forces or tear one 

876
00:31:23,712 --> 00:31:25,934
forces . But for me , basic training is 

877
00:31:25,934 --> 00:31:27,712
coming into the system into the 

878
00:31:27,712 --> 00:31:29,879
pipeline . The ability to test them is 

879
00:31:29,879 --> 00:31:31,712
important for future greatness , 

880
00:31:31,712 --> 00:31:33,934
because those with soldiers , sailors , 

881
00:31:33,934 --> 00:31:33,810
airmen , Marines we need to go through 

882
00:31:33,810 --> 00:31:35,977
a I T . And all those things to get to 

883
00:31:35,977 --> 00:31:38,199
flesh out our units . Particularly high 

884
00:31:38,199 --> 00:31:40,532
high demand , low density units . Quick . 

885
00:31:40,532 --> 00:31:42,532
Paula Johnson . I could . There's a 

886
00:31:42,532 --> 00:31:44,754
video circulating of the barber shop at 

887
00:31:44,754 --> 00:31:46,866
Camp Pendleton from yesterday and the 

888
00:31:46,866 --> 00:31:48,977
Marines 100 0 you know , maybe one or 

889
00:31:48,977 --> 00:31:51,199
two feet away from each other . No face 

890
00:31:51,199 --> 00:31:53,254
mask . Is that a situation where you 

891
00:31:53,254 --> 00:31:55,477
might want it ? I'm right , thank you . 

892
00:31:55,477 --> 00:31:57,643
I'm writing it down . Comet , I'll get 

893
00:31:57,643 --> 00:31:59,643
a call common . It's going to get a 

894
00:31:59,643 --> 00:32:01,754
call that go . That look that there's 

895
00:32:01,754 --> 00:32:04,570
no doubt in my mind . There's no doubt 

896
00:32:04,570 --> 00:32:06,792
in my mind that you all could go to any 

897
00:32:06,792 --> 00:32:08,950
camp Fort Base you name and find 

898
00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:11,061
somebody not following the guy that's 

899
00:32:11,061 --> 00:32:14,490
come out of that file footage B roll to 

900
00:32:14,490 --> 00:32:17,800
B roll . So our challenge is to get out 

901
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,078
there and educate the chain of command . 

902
00:32:20,078 --> 00:32:22,078
And maybe I can't explain why , but 

903
00:32:22,078 --> 00:32:24,189
when you get out there . I'm sure the 

904
00:32:24,189 --> 00:32:26,300
common on if he's watching , probably 

905
00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:25,770
is already on it . But if not , the 

906
00:32:25,780 --> 00:32:28,002
chairman's gonna give me a call and say 

907
00:32:28,002 --> 00:32:30,002
what is going on ? What ? Don't you 

908
00:32:30,002 --> 00:32:32,058
guys understand ? Suspend haircuts , 

909
00:32:32,058 --> 00:32:34,740
right ? For whatever period of time s . 

910
00:32:34,740 --> 00:32:36,962
So that's the type of guidance you need 

911
00:32:36,962 --> 00:32:39,129
to make . Otherwise , don't don't take 

912
00:32:39,129 --> 00:32:41,351
that is guided ship . Don't take that . 

913
00:32:41,351 --> 00:32:43,518
Has got a lot of ways to do haircuts . 

914
00:32:44,450 --> 00:32:47,290
What ? But that's the type of that's 

915
00:32:47,290 --> 00:32:49,512
the type . That's something I would not 

916
00:32:49,512 --> 00:32:51,734
have thought of putting in the guidance 

917
00:32:51,734 --> 00:32:53,790
of the haircut policy , right ? It's 

918
00:32:53,790 --> 00:32:55,901
stuff like that where you find people 

919
00:32:55,901 --> 00:32:55,470
close together , what you could find a 

920
00:32:55,470 --> 00:32:58,320
way to do it or were not required for a 

921
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,630
period of time . If we have time in the 

922
00:33:01,630 --> 00:33:03,686
end , I want to know how both of you 

923
00:33:03,686 --> 00:33:05,908
are getting haircuts . I really want to 

924
00:33:05,908 --> 00:33:08,910
know . I think it's a mirror with a 

925
00:33:08,910 --> 00:33:11,340
thing . Barbara , Get things . 

926
00:33:13,090 --> 00:33:15,890
It's not about Mr Secretary General . 

927
00:33:15,890 --> 00:33:17,946
Super gentlemanly . But , sir , if I 

928
00:33:17,946 --> 00:33:20,112
could , you mentioned a little bit ago 

929
00:33:20,112 --> 00:33:22,334
that you're going to take a look at the 

930
00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:25,240
restrictions every 15 days s o . And 

931
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,520
that right now you said there's about a 

932
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,050
45 day period in which you want a ramp 

933
00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:33,150
up testing . So , first question , what 

934
00:33:33,150 --> 00:33:35,920
is the framework of your thinking over 

935
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,550
these 15 days and the 45 days ? What 

936
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,510
factors do you anticipate taking into 

937
00:33:41,510 --> 00:33:44,250
account is you make decisions about 

938
00:33:44,350 --> 00:33:47,070
reopening that things . Will it be 

939
00:33:47,730 --> 00:33:49,897
because you live in communities around 

940
00:33:49,897 --> 00:33:52,940
the country ? Will you work with local 

941
00:33:52,940 --> 00:33:55,060
states and governors ? Thea 

942
00:33:55,060 --> 00:33:56,671
Administration , Do you take 

943
00:33:56,671 --> 00:33:58,782
independent military medical advice ? 

944
00:33:58,782 --> 00:34:00,727
What will be the framework of your 

945
00:34:00,727 --> 00:34:03,260
thinking and Millie wanted to ask you 

946
00:34:03,270 --> 00:34:06,050
is you look ahead to the future now and 

947
00:34:06,050 --> 00:34:08,161
how the U . S . Military will operate 

948
00:34:08,161 --> 00:34:11,420
going forward . This pandemic . 

949
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,540
Does it change your thinking at all 

950
00:34:14,750 --> 00:34:17,930
about what is a national security 

951
00:34:17,930 --> 00:34:20,650
threat ? Do you go back to so called 

952
00:34:20,660 --> 00:34:23,110
business as usual , or do these kinds 

953
00:34:23,110 --> 00:34:24,888
of situations , which have been 

954
00:34:25,220 --> 00:34:27,620
literally global change your thinking 

955
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:29,791
about what is a threat and how do you 

956
00:34:29,791 --> 00:34:32,210
adjust to that ? So it's it's a very 

957
00:34:32,210 --> 00:34:34,154
good question . We're looking at a 

958
00:34:34,154 --> 00:34:36,321
number of factors . I think , first of 

959
00:34:36,321 --> 00:34:38,599
all , be driven by the science , right ? 

960
00:34:38,599 --> 00:34:38,270
What ? What do we know about the virus ? 

961
00:34:38,270 --> 00:34:40,730
How's it moving you know , if you go 

962
00:34:40,730 --> 00:34:42,980
back to January , even middle a January 

963
00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:45,260
people were saying , I think even a W H 

964
00:34:45,260 --> 00:34:47,204
O said , No indication of human to 

965
00:34:47,204 --> 00:34:49,316
human transmission and we know that's 

966
00:34:49,316 --> 00:34:51,260
now we know it's wrong . We're now 

967
00:34:51,260 --> 00:34:53,427
learning and we talked earlier . Megan 

968
00:34:53,427 --> 00:34:55,620
raised the fact that on the tr of 585 

969
00:34:55,620 --> 00:34:59,340
sailors , uh , only 213 were 

970
00:34:59,340 --> 00:35:01,507
symptomatic . So that tells you things 

971
00:35:01,507 --> 00:35:03,673
about the virus that we need to know . 

972
00:35:03,673 --> 00:35:05,840
So I think there's there's the science 

973
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,784
piece of it . There is the testing 

974
00:35:07,784 --> 00:35:09,784
capacity and , by the way , testing 

975
00:35:09,784 --> 00:35:11,896
capacity in terms of whether you have 

976
00:35:11,896 --> 00:35:11,780
it or not . But there's the other part 

977
00:35:11,790 --> 00:35:13,901
of it is , Do you have the antigens ? 

978
00:35:13,901 --> 00:35:16,012
They could give you some type of ward 

979
00:35:16,012 --> 00:35:18,068
clarity as to whether you had it and 

980
00:35:18,068 --> 00:35:20,346
are no longer infectious , if you will . 

981
00:35:20,346 --> 00:35:22,401
So there a number of factors that go 

982
00:35:22,401 --> 00:35:24,401
through that what I'm trying to has 

983
00:35:24,401 --> 00:35:26,512
managed expectations off . You know , 

984
00:35:26,512 --> 00:35:28,846
we have a 2.2 million person force . Uh , 

985
00:35:28,846 --> 00:35:31,068
maybe a majority is married with kids . 

986
00:35:31,310 --> 00:35:33,254
I don't know . I'd have to get the 

987
00:35:33,254 --> 00:35:35,421
number , but there's a lot more people 

988
00:35:35,421 --> 00:35:37,366
affected by this . People who have 

989
00:35:37,366 --> 00:35:39,421
suspended their lives , uh , who are 

990
00:35:39,421 --> 00:35:41,588
anticipating a PCs move get settled in 

991
00:35:41,588 --> 00:35:43,754
their new community , their new school 

992
00:35:43,754 --> 00:35:45,870
by August September . We're trying to 

993
00:35:45,870 --> 00:35:48,290
take all these factors into account , 

994
00:35:48,670 --> 00:35:50,781
and at the same time we got to manage 

995
00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:52,837
the force because we got force units 

996
00:35:52,837 --> 00:35:54,948
now . Units moving around out there . 

997
00:35:54,948 --> 00:35:57,114
So we got families . We got units . We 

998
00:35:57,114 --> 00:35:59,226
got individuals going to school . How 

999
00:35:59,226 --> 00:36:01,281
do we balance all that out ? Because 

1000
00:36:01,281 --> 00:36:03,503
they're not moving within a community . 

1001
00:36:03,503 --> 00:36:03,300
They're moving globally . And so that's 

1002
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:05,522
another factor . So there's not There's 

1003
00:36:05,522 --> 00:36:07,689
not . There's not one thing . It would 

1004
00:36:07,689 --> 00:36:09,856
be a multitude of factors , but driven 

1005
00:36:09,856 --> 00:36:11,967
by science . By what the scientists , 

1006
00:36:11,967 --> 00:36:14,078
the doctors were telling us about how 

1007
00:36:14,078 --> 00:36:16,300
this virus moves because protecting our 

1008
00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:15,640
people protecting our communities will 

1009
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,240
be task number one . Are you indicating , 

1010
00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:20,990
though in your mind it's at least 45 

1011
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,000
days ? Because you want to see that 

1012
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,270
testing regimen in place first ? Now 

1013
00:36:25,270 --> 00:36:27,492
that's there's not necessarily what I'm 

1014
00:36:27,492 --> 00:36:29,492
trying to say is we don't know . We 

1015
00:36:29,492 --> 00:36:31,714
don't know how how this will play out . 

1016
00:36:31,714 --> 00:36:31,480
We see in New York . The governor 

1017
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,647
thinks it's plateau ng we see in other 

1018
00:36:33,647 --> 00:36:35,880
States . It's it's it's moving . What I 

1019
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:38,080
want to make sure is I can do at least 

1020
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,582
my top two missions , protect my people 

1021
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:43,840
and ensure the readiness of my force . 

1022
00:36:44,050 --> 00:36:46,272
And before I start moving people around 

1023
00:36:46,272 --> 00:36:48,439
and , you know , moving piece , having 

1024
00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:50,494
people conduct PCs moves , I want to 

1025
00:36:50,494 --> 00:36:52,494
make sure I can do that with a high 

1026
00:36:52,494 --> 00:36:54,550
degree of confidence that I will not 

1027
00:36:54,550 --> 00:36:54,490
further spread the virus and 

1028
00:36:54,490 --> 00:36:57,510
contaminate units and communities all 

1029
00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:59,621
at the same time . I anticipate we'll 

1030
00:36:59,621 --> 00:37:01,399
we will continue to support the 

1031
00:37:01,399 --> 00:37:03,177
American people by being out in 

1032
00:37:03,177 --> 00:37:05,066
America's towns and cities . Uh , 

1033
00:37:05,066 --> 00:37:07,288
Barbara , where when we get on the back 

1034
00:37:07,288 --> 00:37:09,454
side of this , whenever that happens , 

1035
00:37:09,454 --> 00:37:12,010
we intend to lead a , uh , an after 

1036
00:37:12,010 --> 00:37:14,240
action review term you're familiar with 

1037
00:37:14,670 --> 00:37:17,300
the military does is frequently We hope 

1038
00:37:17,300 --> 00:37:19,610
to lead an inter inter agency whole of 

1039
00:37:19,610 --> 00:37:21,610
government type after action review 

1040
00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:23,887
because there's gonna be lots and lots 

1041
00:37:23,887 --> 00:37:25,664
and lots of lessons learned the 

1042
00:37:25,664 --> 00:37:28,200
operational logistical level , public 

1043
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,710
affairs narratives , how you how you 

1044
00:37:30,710 --> 00:37:33,400
deal with subs and ships and planes and 

1045
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,511
brigades and so on so forth . So it's 

1046
00:37:35,511 --> 00:37:37,678
gonna be a lot of lessons learned from 

1047
00:37:37,678 --> 00:37:37,600
out of this , too early right now to do 

1048
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,544
that Where people are collecting , 

1049
00:37:39,544 --> 00:37:41,656
we've got We've activated some of our 

1050
00:37:41,656 --> 00:37:43,822
lessons learned units to do that . Eso 

1051
00:37:43,822 --> 00:37:45,767
we do intend to do that rigorously 

1052
00:37:45,767 --> 00:37:47,878
because you're a question about , you 

1053
00:37:47,878 --> 00:37:49,989
know , Is it back to business Usual ? 

1054
00:37:49,989 --> 00:37:52,322
No , I don't see that . I don't see how , 

1055
00:37:52,322 --> 00:37:55,130
uh the effect this is . Add on the 

1056
00:37:55,130 --> 00:37:57,186
economy the fact that you're sitting 

1057
00:37:57,186 --> 00:37:59,019
here all six feet apart , people 

1058
00:37:59,019 --> 00:38:00,797
wearing masks shut down for all 

1059
00:38:00,797 --> 00:38:02,352
intensive purposes of major 

1060
00:38:02,352 --> 00:38:04,463
metropolitan areas . The impacts that 

1061
00:38:04,463 --> 00:38:06,463
this is having overseas , There are 

1062
00:38:06,463 --> 00:38:08,686
countries out there and states that are 

1063
00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:10,908
very fragile . Ah , that air in various 

1064
00:38:10,908 --> 00:38:12,980
states of civil war or they have 

1065
00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:15,258
violence and internal to the society's , 

1066
00:38:15,410 --> 00:38:18,150
there's significant stress as a result 

1067
00:38:18,150 --> 00:38:21,660
of this cove , it 19 virus On the 

1068
00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:23,771
politics , internal politics of other 

1069
00:38:23,771 --> 00:38:25,938
countries , this significant stress on 

1070
00:38:25,938 --> 00:38:28,104
their economies on resource is there's 

1071
00:38:28,104 --> 00:38:30,271
an increased probability or at least a 

1072
00:38:30,271 --> 00:38:32,382
risk of the instability , significant 

1073
00:38:32,382 --> 00:38:34,660
instability in some countries . Eso No , 

1074
00:38:34,660 --> 00:38:36,771
it's not gonna be business as usual . 

1075
00:38:36,771 --> 00:38:38,993
We've got to take a hard look at how we 

1076
00:38:38,993 --> 00:38:41,216
as a military , we is the Department of 

1077
00:38:41,216 --> 00:38:43,104
Defense conduct operations in the 

1078
00:38:43,104 --> 00:38:46,060
future on what we need to do in terms 

1079
00:38:46,060 --> 00:38:48,171
of to apply those lessons learned and 

1080
00:38:48,171 --> 00:38:50,590
implement them s so that we can 

1081
00:38:50,850 --> 00:38:53,930
continue to be effective in a quote 

1082
00:38:53,930 --> 00:38:56,750
unquote postcode world or or in the 

1083
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,130
next part of secondly , on that is all 

1084
00:38:59,130 --> 00:39:02,180
the logistics . Think about masks , 

1085
00:39:02,180 --> 00:39:04,290
gloves , ventilators and all the 

1086
00:39:04,290 --> 00:39:06,820
supplies we have kicked in . I think 

1087
00:39:06,820 --> 00:39:08,980
it's 10 million mass secretary made a 

1088
00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:10,813
decision to go and distribute 10 

1089
00:39:10,813 --> 00:39:12,980
million master FEMA made available . I 

1090
00:39:12,980 --> 00:39:15,640
think it was 2 to 3000 ventilators . 

1091
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,896
All the medical support that we were 

1092
00:39:17,896 --> 00:39:20,062
providing . Right now we have to think 

1093
00:39:20,062 --> 00:39:21,840
through all of that , the urban 

1094
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,007
augmentation task forces that the Army 

1095
00:39:24,007 --> 00:39:26,118
came up with , which is an innovative 

1096
00:39:26,118 --> 00:39:28,173
solution to this particular crisis . 

1097
00:39:28,173 --> 00:39:30,062
There's lots and lots and lots of 

1098
00:39:30,062 --> 00:39:30,010
lessons that we have to think about in 

1099
00:39:30,010 --> 00:39:31,954
addition to just basic things like 

1100
00:39:31,954 --> 00:39:34,121
replenishing the stockpiles , bringing 

1101
00:39:34,121 --> 00:39:36,177
back some critical infrastructure in 

1102
00:39:36,177 --> 00:39:38,399
manufacturing to the United States . At 

1103
00:39:38,399 --> 00:39:38,250
the strategic level that may be 

1104
00:39:38,250 --> 00:39:39,639
vulnerable , things like 

1105
00:39:39,639 --> 00:39:41,750
pharmaceuticals . Some of the some of 

1106
00:39:41,750 --> 00:39:43,972
the medicines that people are using , a 

1107
00:39:43,972 --> 00:39:45,972
lot of these massive you're wearing 

1108
00:39:45,972 --> 00:39:45,810
right now are manufactured overseas . 

1109
00:39:45,810 --> 00:39:47,810
Maybe we need a manufacturer in the 

1110
00:39:47,810 --> 00:39:49,866
States . So there's a lot of lessons 

1111
00:39:49,866 --> 00:39:51,754
and implications not just for the 

1112
00:39:51,754 --> 00:39:51,100
military , not just for the uniform 

1113
00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:53,378
military and the Department of Defense , 

1114
00:39:53,378 --> 00:39:55,267
but also for the broader whole of 

1115
00:39:55,267 --> 00:39:57,156
government that we need to really 

1116
00:39:57,156 --> 00:39:59,267
seriously think through in the coming 

1117
00:39:59,267 --> 00:40:01,267
months and then implement those ast 

1118
00:40:01,267 --> 00:40:03,156
time goes on . Where are you most 

1119
00:40:03,156 --> 00:40:03,000
concerned about ? You mentioned 

1120
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,222
instability where you're most concerned 

1121
00:40:05,222 --> 00:40:07,389
right now ? Well , this is quite a few 

1122
00:40:07,389 --> 00:40:09,389
areas were involved in that you are 

1123
00:40:09,389 --> 00:40:11,611
very familiar with Afghanistan , Iraq , 

1124
00:40:11,770 --> 00:40:14,050
Syria come to mind right off the bat 

1125
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,960
because there is obviously U . S troops 

1126
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,127
there . This violence associated there 

1127
00:40:19,127 --> 00:40:21,870
and this pandemic or this virus is 

1128
00:40:21,870 --> 00:40:24,148
taking hold in some of these societies , 

1129
00:40:24,148 --> 00:40:26,259
you've seen some of the data come out 

1130
00:40:26,259 --> 00:40:28,481
of Iran ? Uh , well , you know , if you 

1131
00:40:28,481 --> 00:40:30,592
look at Afghanistan is on one side of 

1132
00:40:30,592 --> 00:40:32,759
Iran and Iraq's on the other side , so 

1133
00:40:32,759 --> 00:40:34,870
you can extrapolated some of the data 

1134
00:40:34,870 --> 00:40:37,020
from Iran and maybe think about what 

1135
00:40:37,030 --> 00:40:39,490
effect that's happening in societies 

1136
00:40:39,490 --> 00:40:41,720
like Iraq and Afghanistan . We don't 

1137
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:43,750
have eyes good insight into North 

1138
00:40:43,750 --> 00:40:45,917
Korea's we would other countries , but 

1139
00:40:45,917 --> 00:40:48,028
we're convinced that their challenges 

1140
00:40:48,028 --> 00:40:50,250
well , just that one thing , then we'll 

1141
00:40:50,250 --> 00:40:49,320
move on because I know we have more 

1142
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,487
people asking questions . I would just 

1143
00:40:51,487 --> 00:40:53,487
say this much , you know , for good 

1144
00:40:53,487 --> 00:40:55,487
reasons . Much of America's focused 

1145
00:40:55,487 --> 00:40:55,450
inward right ? We're taking care of our 

1146
00:40:55,450 --> 00:40:58,660
families , our communities , our cities , 

1147
00:40:58,670 --> 00:41:00,726
one another . And that's good people 

1148
00:41:00,726 --> 00:41:02,790
should . We are still focused , not 

1149
00:41:02,790 --> 00:41:04,957
just inside but outside . Every day we 

1150
00:41:04,957 --> 00:41:06,901
get intelligence reports of what's 

1151
00:41:06,901 --> 00:41:09,123
happening out there , and I rattled off 

1152
00:41:09,123 --> 00:41:08,870
a list of the things we're doing . I 

1153
00:41:08,870 --> 00:41:10,759
still have that national security 

1154
00:41:10,759 --> 00:41:13,092
mission , first and foremost in my mind , 

1155
00:41:13,092 --> 00:41:15,203
along with protecting our people . So 

1156
00:41:15,203 --> 00:41:17,148
that remains our challenge in this 

1157
00:41:17,148 --> 00:41:19,148
world . There are some parts of the 

1158
00:41:19,148 --> 00:41:21,426
world that that claim to be unaffected , 

1159
00:41:21,426 --> 00:41:20,900
and maybe they are or they're just 

1160
00:41:20,910 --> 00:41:23,077
They're just not aware of how deep the 

1161
00:41:23,077 --> 00:41:24,854
problem is , but it is changing 

1162
00:41:24,854 --> 00:41:26,966
politics , societies , and we have to 

1163
00:41:26,966 --> 00:41:28,854
be really careful . We have to be 

1164
00:41:28,854 --> 00:41:30,910
vigilant these days that nobody does 

1165
00:41:30,910 --> 00:41:33,021
something dumb , that nobody tries to 

1166
00:41:33,021 --> 00:41:35,188
act out in a way that could affect our 

1167
00:41:35,188 --> 00:41:37,354
interests , our people , our country . 

1168
00:41:37,354 --> 00:41:39,577
So we're very keen , the chairman , I , 

1169
00:41:39,577 --> 00:41:41,799
all of our combat commanders , watching 

1170
00:41:41,799 --> 00:41:43,910
our respective parts of the world our 

1171
00:41:43,910 --> 00:41:46,132
responsibilities to ensure our national 

1172
00:41:46,132 --> 00:41:46,010
security state care of . We're gonna go 

1173
00:41:46,010 --> 00:41:48,232
to the phones , Jack . Foreign policy . 

1174
00:41:50,490 --> 00:41:52,500
I I just want to go back to the 

1175
00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:55,290
decision . The D o D . Made both to 

1176
00:41:55,460 --> 00:41:58,120
deploy the comfort in the mercy and to 

1177
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:00,290
set up field possible the hospitals as 

1178
00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:04,150
trauma site earlier in this process . 

1179
00:42:05,700 --> 00:42:07,867
You , of course , made the decision to 

1180
00:42:07,867 --> 00:42:10,600
reverse that now . And when you made 

1181
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,656
that decision , they were already in 

1182
00:42:12,656 --> 00:42:14,711
acting at a pretty aggressive social 

1183
00:42:14,711 --> 00:42:16,711
distancing measures that would have 

1184
00:42:16,711 --> 00:42:18,989
limited some of these trauma incidents . 

1185
00:42:18,989 --> 00:42:21,044
So was he'll be aware of that at the 

1186
00:42:21,044 --> 00:42:23,211
time ? And why are you deciding now to 

1187
00:42:23,211 --> 00:42:25,267
sort of move many of these personnel 

1188
00:42:25,267 --> 00:42:27,211
into local hospitals as opposed to 

1189
00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:27,210
keeping them on sight ? Thanks . Well , 

1190
00:42:27,210 --> 00:42:29,154
we're responding to what the state 

1191
00:42:29,154 --> 00:42:31,266
local authorities were calling for in 

1192
00:42:31,266 --> 00:42:33,432
this case , New York again . You gotta 

1193
00:42:33,432 --> 00:42:35,654
go . You gotta go back to where we were 

1194
00:42:35,654 --> 00:42:37,710
a few weeks ago when a comfort first 

1195
00:42:37,710 --> 00:42:39,877
deployed . At that point in time , New 

1196
00:42:39,877 --> 00:42:39,760
York was still moving up that curve , 

1197
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,871
not knowing where the apex would be , 

1198
00:42:41,871 --> 00:42:43,982
not knowing whether the apex would be 

1199
00:42:43,982 --> 00:42:46,149
above their hospital capacity or below 

1200
00:42:46,149 --> 00:42:48,270
it . And so That's why we shipped the 

1201
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,113
comfort up there . That's why we 

1202
00:42:50,113 --> 00:42:52,336
deployed Army Hospital , other units up 

1203
00:42:52,336 --> 00:42:54,280
there . That's why we expanded the 

1204
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,502
Javits because they were very concerned 

1205
00:42:56,502 --> 00:42:58,447
about bed capacity . My assessment 

1206
00:42:58,447 --> 00:43:00,669
Right now , the governor's assessment , 

1207
00:43:00,669 --> 00:43:02,669
the mayor's assessment is that they 

1208
00:43:02,669 --> 00:43:04,724
have the capacity in terms of beds . 

1209
00:43:04,724 --> 00:43:06,836
It's the doctors that they don't have 

1210
00:43:06,836 --> 00:43:06,510
the capacity for . So again , they came 

1211
00:43:06,510 --> 00:43:08,566
to us and we said , Sure , we if you 

1212
00:43:08,566 --> 00:43:10,510
don't need the beds , then we will 

1213
00:43:10,510 --> 00:43:12,343
redeploy our doctors to the your 

1214
00:43:12,343 --> 00:43:14,510
hospitals to do that . So we're trying 

1215
00:43:14,510 --> 00:43:16,470
to be as responsive as we can . It 

1216
00:43:16,470 --> 00:43:18,803
would be foolish to be dogmatic and say , 

1217
00:43:18,803 --> 00:43:20,914
No , we're not gonna We're just gonna 

1218
00:43:20,914 --> 00:43:22,970
keep our Our doctors on the ship are 

1219
00:43:22,970 --> 00:43:24,970
nurses on the ship . While you have 

1220
00:43:24,970 --> 00:43:24,220
needs in . Your hospitals were trying 

1221
00:43:24,220 --> 00:43:26,560
to be as responsive as we can and our 

1222
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,893
folks remaining for it and want to help . 

1223
00:43:28,893 --> 00:43:31,004
They want to be there alongside their 

1224
00:43:31,004 --> 00:43:33,116
civilian counterparts to take care of 

1225
00:43:33,116 --> 00:43:35,449
the American people . Operational terms . 

1226
00:43:35,449 --> 00:43:37,393
Think of fighting the enemy as the 

1227
00:43:37,393 --> 00:43:39,727
enemy presents itself . So in this case , 

1228
00:43:39,727 --> 00:43:41,893
the friendly situation with the mayors 

1229
00:43:41,893 --> 00:43:44,116
and the governors except her they put a 

1230
00:43:44,116 --> 00:43:46,338
demand signal into the secretary and to 

1231
00:43:46,338 --> 00:43:48,282
the northcom commander on then the 

1232
00:43:48,282 --> 00:43:48,080
virus itself , where it's affecting . 

1233
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,280
And we , as a military , take great 

1234
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:51,891
pride in our flexibility and 

1235
00:43:51,891 --> 00:43:53,836
adaptability . That's exactly what 

1236
00:43:53,836 --> 00:43:55,947
General Shaughnessy has done with the 

1237
00:43:55,947 --> 00:43:57,780
what the secretary of previously 

1238
00:43:57,780 --> 00:43:59,836
described about embedding doctors in 

1239
00:43:59,836 --> 00:44:02,210
civil hostage civilian hospitals about 

1240
00:44:02,210 --> 00:44:04,700
expanding civilian hospital capacity 

1241
00:44:04,930 --> 00:44:06,708
and then literally creating new 

1242
00:44:06,708 --> 00:44:08,708
hospitals like the Javits A kn . So 

1243
00:44:08,708 --> 00:44:10,819
we'll go to phone again for Jeff from 

1244
00:44:10,819 --> 00:44:13,041
tasking purpose , and we'll do a couple 

1245
00:44:13,041 --> 00:44:16,380
more , thank you very much . Thank you 

1246
00:44:16,380 --> 00:44:18,602
for doing this . Just to be clear , the 

1247
00:44:18,602 --> 00:44:20,713
video that was posted online may have 

1248
00:44:20,713 --> 00:44:22,824
been taken before April fits in . The 

1249
00:44:22,824 --> 00:44:24,936
Marines claim now that they are using 

1250
00:44:24,936 --> 00:44:26,936
social distancing . But I wanted to 

1251
00:44:26,936 --> 00:44:29,158
follow up on my colleague's question by 

1252
00:44:29,158 --> 00:44:31,158
asking Secretary Esper one . Do you 

1253
00:44:31,158 --> 00:44:32,991
think it's mission essential for 

1254
00:44:32,991 --> 00:44:35,102
Marines to get haircuts during a Kobe 

1255
00:44:35,102 --> 00:44:37,880
pandemic ? And to have you considered 

1256
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,102
consulting a left corporal who can tell 

1257
00:44:40,102 --> 00:44:42,213
you all the useless things Marines do 

1258
00:44:42,213 --> 00:44:44,436
that put their lives in danger during a 

1259
00:44:44,436 --> 00:44:48,400
pandemic ? Let me take that for 

1260
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,130
me a second . So first of all , what ? 

1261
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,342
Jeff , what do you want ? Do you want ? 

1262
00:44:54,342 --> 00:44:56,231
You want me issue instructions on 

1263
00:44:56,231 --> 00:44:59,110
haircuts ? Is that what you want ? E 

1264
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,176
would like to know whether you think 

1265
00:45:01,176 --> 00:45:03,287
it's mission essential for Marines to 

1266
00:45:03,287 --> 00:45:06,040
get a haircut pandemic . So , yeah , so , 

1267
00:45:06,050 --> 00:45:08,190
uh , whether they're Marines or 

1268
00:45:08,190 --> 00:45:11,500
soldiers or chairman or who are 

1269
00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:13,890
sailors , discipline is a fundamental 

1270
00:45:13,890 --> 00:45:17,600
function of our force . On For many , 

1271
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,730
many years , the United States military 

1272
00:45:20,730 --> 00:45:24,130
has had hair standards . Andi , I'll 

1273
00:45:24,130 --> 00:45:26,600
let the Marines as a service . Answer 

1274
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:29,120
your question , Jeff . But yes , I 

1275
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:31,287
think Marines should get haircuts from 

1276
00:45:31,287 --> 00:45:33,398
a personal standpoint , as the son of 

1277
00:45:33,398 --> 00:45:35,860
ah , of a Navy Korman who hit the beach 

1278
00:45:35,860 --> 00:45:37,804
at Iwo Jima with the fourth Marine 

1279
00:45:37,804 --> 00:45:39,638
Division , it took extraordinary 

1280
00:45:39,638 --> 00:45:41,804
discipline to conquer that island with 

1281
00:45:41,804 --> 00:45:43,950
7000 Marines killed in 19 or 20 days 

1282
00:45:43,950 --> 00:45:46,300
and put a flag on Sarah Bochy that it 

1283
00:45:46,300 --> 00:45:48,830
was a result that Marine victory was a 

1284
00:45:48,830 --> 00:45:51,420
result of incredible discipline of 

1285
00:45:51,430 --> 00:45:53,730
America's 911 force an expeditionary 

1286
00:45:53,730 --> 00:45:56,640
force . It may seem superficial to some , 

1287
00:45:56,850 --> 00:45:58,961
but getting a haircut is part of that 

1288
00:45:58,961 --> 00:46:01,370
discipline s Oh , yes , I support the 

1289
00:46:01,370 --> 00:46:03,481
Marine Corps . Let the Marines answer 

1290
00:46:03,481 --> 00:46:05,648
the common on answered himself . But I 

1291
00:46:05,648 --> 00:46:07,592
certainly support it . All right , 

1292
00:46:07,592 --> 00:46:09,759
We'll get to the phone . David , CBS . 

1293
00:46:12,250 --> 00:46:15,980
Okay , uh , go back over . The 

1294
00:46:16,310 --> 00:46:18,820
number's on medical personnel . I 

1295
00:46:18,820 --> 00:46:20,764
thought I heard you say you've got 

1296
00:46:20,764 --> 00:46:23,680
about 4000 medical 

1297
00:46:24,140 --> 00:46:26,870
personnel deployed right now . I assume 

1298
00:46:26,870 --> 00:46:30,380
that includes active duty and reserve . 

1299
00:46:30,980 --> 00:46:34,970
But how far do the 

1300
00:46:35,110 --> 00:46:38,200
total population of health providers 

1301
00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,800
are you ? With 4000 deployed . Yes , so 

1302
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:46,090
of ah , so of our total number . 

1303
00:46:46,580 --> 00:46:48,750
We'll use doctors , for example , that 

1304
00:46:48,750 --> 00:46:50,750
I'll let the chairman you got these 

1305
00:46:50,750 --> 00:46:52,750
numbers down pretty well . But like 

1306
00:46:52,750 --> 00:46:54,917
doctors , we have 13,000 in the active 

1307
00:46:54,917 --> 00:46:57,083
and reserve components . When you when 

1308
00:46:57,083 --> 00:46:59,194
you start taking down the numbers for 

1309
00:46:59,194 --> 00:47:01,361
doctors , we need demand . Our medical 

1310
00:47:01,361 --> 00:47:03,583
treatment facilities , doctors deployed 

1311
00:47:03,583 --> 00:47:05,639
abroad , doctors deployed on ships , 

1312
00:47:05,639 --> 00:47:07,861
etcetera , etcetera . You get down to a 

1313
00:47:07,861 --> 00:47:09,861
and lower number , then you come up 

1314
00:47:09,861 --> 00:47:11,861
with what's available either in the 

1315
00:47:11,861 --> 00:47:13,972
active or the reserve . And you , you 

1316
00:47:13,972 --> 00:47:13,390
know , you start get too much lower 

1317
00:47:13,390 --> 00:47:15,810
number . Now let me transition and not 

1318
00:47:15,820 --> 00:47:18,810
turn over . The chairman , I think last 

1319
00:47:18,810 --> 00:47:20,990
week this time we probably thought we 

1320
00:47:20,990 --> 00:47:24,440
had 2000 or so maybe 3000 

1321
00:47:24,730 --> 00:47:27,060
medical professionals of one shape or 

1322
00:47:27,060 --> 00:47:29,116
form . You know , doctors , nurses , 

1323
00:47:29,250 --> 00:47:32,340
respiratory nurses , et cetera . We've 

1324
00:47:32,340 --> 00:47:34,562
called up many more people since then , 

1325
00:47:34,562 --> 00:47:36,673
so I don't know if a better track the 

1326
00:47:36,673 --> 00:47:38,451
number chairman you have . It's 

1327
00:47:38,451 --> 00:47:40,680
probably 1500 to 2000 or so remaining 

1328
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,624
in the force that are available to 

1329
00:47:42,624 --> 00:47:44,569
employment . But what we're seeing 

1330
00:47:44,569 --> 00:47:47,150
right now is again we see you look a 

1331
00:47:47,150 --> 00:47:49,670
TTE Seattle , where that 250 bed 

1332
00:47:49,670 --> 00:47:52,660
hospital or so is now packed up 

1333
00:47:53,050 --> 00:47:55,210
and ready to be redeployed . So what 

1334
00:47:55,210 --> 00:47:57,270
we're seeing war is a sort of see 

1335
00:47:57,270 --> 00:47:59,670
redeployments and and we also see 

1336
00:47:59,670 --> 00:48:01,892
volunteers coming forward . I mentioned 

1337
00:48:01,892 --> 00:48:04,114
it earlier , but in terms of depth , we 

1338
00:48:04,114 --> 00:48:06,281
probably haven't I'll say another 2000 

1339
00:48:06,281 --> 00:48:08,503
plus or minus or so available out there 

1340
00:48:08,503 --> 00:48:10,670
in the actives and reserves that could 

1341
00:48:10,670 --> 00:48:13,270
be called up if we need it . Way could 

1342
00:48:13,270 --> 00:48:15,270
dig into those numbers and give you 

1343
00:48:15,270 --> 00:48:17,500
give you a more accurate number . All 

1344
00:48:17,500 --> 00:48:19,667
right , last question . Thank you very 

1345
00:48:19,667 --> 00:48:22,060
much . I'm Daniel . Yes , Eternal Korea 

1346
00:48:22,290 --> 00:48:25,010
have locations for you on the first 

1347
00:48:25,010 --> 00:48:27,430
station yesterday , a South Korean 

1348
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,600
government sent Thio Corona Baida test 

1349
00:48:30,900 --> 00:48:33,150
United States . Do you have any 

1350
00:48:33,150 --> 00:48:35,640
specified for these on second ? Kenshin 

1351
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:39,580
is what is the United States this past 

1352
00:48:39,630 --> 00:48:43,280
who South Korea proposed 

1353
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:47,670
30% increase off with cost . Fisher . 

1354
00:48:48,570 --> 00:48:50,792
Yeah , the Celtic . The second question 

1355
00:48:50,792 --> 00:48:52,903
first and say that differ . The State 

1356
00:48:52,903 --> 00:48:54,959
Department on that they're leaving . 

1357
00:48:54,959 --> 00:48:56,737
The negotiations certainly been 

1358
00:48:56,737 --> 00:48:56,400
involved , Not to the extent that I've 

1359
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,480
spoken to my counterpart made very 

1360
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,740
clear what our position was on that my 

1361
00:49:00,740 --> 00:49:03,100
view remains that South Korea is a 

1362
00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:05,350
close and trusted ally of ours . But 

1363
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:07,527
they're wealthy country . They can and 

1364
00:49:07,527 --> 00:49:09,582
should , should pay more to help for 

1365
00:49:09,582 --> 00:49:11,693
our mutual defense and their specific 

1366
00:49:11,693 --> 00:49:13,693
defense . On the first question , I 

1367
00:49:13,693 --> 00:49:15,693
think , Look , we deeply appreciate 

1368
00:49:15,693 --> 00:49:17,860
supplies , assistance , et cetera that 

1369
00:49:17,860 --> 00:49:19,860
our allies give us and that we give 

1370
00:49:19,860 --> 00:49:21,916
them as I spoke the other day were , 

1371
00:49:21,916 --> 00:49:24,082
we've done a lot with allies . Italy , 

1372
00:49:24,082 --> 00:49:26,520
Romania , various continents were 

1373
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:29,160
providing a lot of bio surveillance and 

1374
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:31,271
other type of support . We hope to do 

1375
00:49:31,271 --> 00:49:33,493
more . I've talk . I've spoke with many 

1376
00:49:33,493 --> 00:49:35,549
of our allies in Europe and Asia and 

1377
00:49:35,549 --> 00:49:37,604
elsewhere about how we could doom or 

1378
00:49:37,604 --> 00:49:39,716
we're ramping up production that will 

1379
00:49:39,716 --> 00:49:39,260
give us a TTE some point here , the 

1380
00:49:39,260 --> 00:49:41,038
ability to share those supplies 

1381
00:49:41,038 --> 00:49:43,780
materials abroad . So , uh , again , 

1382
00:49:43,780 --> 00:49:46,130
it's tomorrow . I'm speaking with the 

1383
00:49:46,130 --> 00:49:48,352
NATO Defense Minister meeting that I'll 

1384
00:49:48,352 --> 00:49:50,463
be speaking at . So we're all in this 

1385
00:49:50,463 --> 00:49:52,686
together . We all need to work together 

1386
00:49:52,686 --> 00:49:54,852
and cooperate together to make sure we 

1387
00:49:54,852 --> 00:49:54,640
get through this as quickly and safely 

1388
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:57,130
as we can to the end state . We want 

1389
00:49:57,130 --> 00:49:59,186
back . Back to his normal . We can . 

1390
00:50:00,020 --> 00:50:02,210
Thank you guys . Okay . Thank you all 

1391
00:50:02,210 --> 00:50:05,920
very much . Military team .