Subject: RE: Video Request: Tom Cotton at Senate Armed Services Hearing, 9:30am
From: "Yoxall, Collin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Kasnetz, Joel" <[email-masked]>, Research_D <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:10:57 -0700

Just flagging that Cotton got into it with Carter over Secretaries Gates and Penetta made about Obama national security policy making. Also Cotton hit Carter (joined by McCain) on Carter's refusal to comment on media reports that US planes had flown near Chinese bases in the South China Sea. Carter said the information was classified and he could only talk about it in a secured setting.

Cotton: want to start on south china sea. Wouldn't china be able to observe Phillippine flights from Scarborough Shoal?
Carter: working with Philippines to install equipment and do things to monitor the facility.
Cotton: what about the plane over flights?
Cater: would like to talk about it in a classified setting.
McCain: its disturbing you wont confirm what is know in the media.
Carter: I am refusing to talk about it b/c it is classified.

Cotton: would like to talk about foreign policy making. Your predecessors have said that policy making is right but slow and weak. So in south china sea and Syria what are your comments about these comments?
Carter: I am forthright in giving POTUS my best advice and best military advice. Additional special forces in Syria is what I recommended w/the chairman. President wont always approve recommendations.

Cotton: General Dunford, both previous Obama SecDef's have complained about micromanagement from NSC staff. Can you comment on this?
Dunford: would focus on my relationship with the POTUS. I didn't deal with NSC staff in previous post. In current role, I only deal with top two staffers.

Cotton: thank you.

Mccain: why should it be classified that we are doing things that everyone else in the world do it?
Carter: fair question but I respect the process.

From: Yoxall, Collin
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:56 AM
To: Kasnetz, Joel; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Tom Cotton at Senate Armed Services Hearing, 9:30am

Cotton on now

From: Kasnetz, Joel
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:29 AM
To: Yoxall, Collin; Research_D
Subject: RE: Video Request: Tom Cotton at Senate Armed Services Hearing, 9:30am

Jeff Sessions on soon. Thanks!

From: Yoxall, Collin
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:06 AM
To: Research_D
Subject: Video Request: Tom Cotton at Senate Armed Services Hearing, 9:30am

Starts at 9:30am

http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/16-04-28-counter-isil-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-the-levant-operations-and-middle-east-strategy

Collin Yoxall
Research Associate, DNC
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