'I Don't Believe You': Tom Cotton Accuses Sec. Lloyd Austin Of Withholding Information
Vložit
- čas přidán 30. 03. 2023
- At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) questioned Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin on President Biden's budget.
Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:
account.forbes.com/membership...
Stay Connected
Forbes on Facebook: forbes
Forbes Video on Twitter: / forbes
Forbes Video on Instagram: / forbes
More From Forbes: forbes.com
How does this guy still have his job? Why
ask KJP
Is that a serious question? He is doing exactly what his bosses are asking of him. To them, he is a loyal soldier.
Just following orders, that’s what all the Nazis said, and they ended up dead rotten in a prison
He is highly qualified because he is BLACK!
He’s the Black male token hire of the Biden regime. 👍🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Relieve him of his duty.
He was handed articals of impeachment yesterday
Relieve him of his duty because he didn’t want to comment in an unclassified setting and cotton put words in his mouth?
@RF: You have been relieved of your duty pushing carts at Walmart.
@@pikeslayertv.2998, and I hope he gets impeached.
@@fcruzdj2 I think after they indicted trump the gloves are finally going to come of for the republicans and start playing there game on them. They need to grow a spine and take on the deep state and use there powers. If they succeed they will have there names engraved in the history books
You will never get a straight answer out of Austin and Milley because they're crooked.
Lol😂
All the same crooks 🪳👎🏿🐕☠️🐷🐈⬛
I served under Milley with the 101st, he was good at that level, now, it’s a politics and party influence.
Look at their history !. Can't walk straight if they had too. They give our REAL veterans a very bad name.
@@ahuxley123 there is Nothing good about Milly . He s evil ! And doesn't care about the military or you..... Thank you for your service .! Even though your priorities are F Ed up.
Lloyd Austin is another woke hire.
He has no business being in upper management in our military.
He has no business being an officer.
The very first rule of being an officer is NEVER LIE.
He has no business in upper management ANYWHERE, ANYTIME ALL AT ONCE.
Was he not employed by Raytheon?
@@artmccartan4911 yep
It's the affirmative action administration
Watching an administration destroy it's own country
@Mike DiCarlo: Yes, the Republicans are destroying the country.
Did Cotton ever serve? If not who cares what he says or does. He doesn't get to crap on Austin.
@@yvonneplant9434 Military, YES, he did!!! Biographical information: Tom served in Iraq with the 101st Airborne and in Afghanistan with a Provincial Reconstruction Team. Between his two combat tours, Tom served with The Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery. Tom’s military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, and Ranger Tab.
This surprises me immensely.
@@yvonneplant9434 : He did serve, ended up as a Captain. Agree, he has no right to crap on Austin.
The country is in Deep Trouble with this Regime...
Every single " empire" ends in time.
Ya mean the red team, fox entertainment?
@@pattitully-chain9708 you're hilarious
@@yvonneplant9434
@@pattitully-chain9708 Get the taste of Obiden out of your mouth!! Please use Listerine any color!!
Austin speaks with such self importance and yet never says anything important.
same with his boss
At least he said 83 and 4 responses. I agree with you, but we need to see grace also.
You got that right.
He says a lot of things that are very important. These questions are for a SECRET meeting. He cannot say outright "we're not flying the drone in Russian airspace" IF there's a chance it was either in or too close.
Austin no longer protected by his skin color. Afghan spell truth
Listening to Austin, knowing he was a 4 star, throw in Milley, and I can now see why the Army took a giant dip in balls and readiness.
The Peter Principle is nearly undefeated when it comes to the Army. Case in point: Ricardo Sanchez. He was an excellent Battalion Commander, an average Brigade Commander, a mediocre Division Commander, and a horrific Corps Commander.
China would be super stupid not to take Taiwan.
well, suicides are up, so there's that
Recruiting failures
The fact that Lloyd Austin's job before this was an executive a Ratheon, a military defense contractor, tells you all you need to know. -follow the money!
For a Diversity hire, he has done very well for himself.
Your one in a million😮
EVRAZ
Stratcor and EVRAZ lied 🤥
Watch the movie, The whistleblower!
He said he had "no regrets" in the pull out of Afghanistan. He should be court-martialed for failing his troops resulting in UNNECESSARY deaths, the loss of material in excess of 85 BILLION dollars thereby giving aid to our enemy.
Aiding our enemy = Traitor
The pull out was trumps plan. Why blame everybody but trump for it?
Exactly! He should have had at least 13 regrets!
EXACTLY!.Biden is a traitor!
They also did not tell our allies they were going to do it, so they had trouble getting their people out. We are no longer respected on the world stage because of this administration. As far as I am concerned, Biden is the worst president in American history.
Call them out, and lock them up.
Bring our troops home. Defend our borders. No more corporate warfare for profit.
Our boarders and those of our allies are safer and better defended due to us projecting power outside of our boarders. Your comment shows a lack of understanding of American military philosophy. If that’s what you think will make us safer, you should run for office.
@@DavidJohnson-hg1mz
Learn how to spell. It's "borders".
@@DavidJohnson-hg1mz You should learn to spell 'borders' before you attempt to comment on them, much less on what makes the US more safe.
Did you call for this when trump was in charged or only speak out when it is a dem as potus
This reminds me of the Benghazi fiasco. The republicans launched a rage filled attack against Hillary Clinton placing the death of 4 Americans squarely on her shoulders. A charge she fully deserved, yet how many of these same republicans supported the invasion of Libya in the first place? Both sides, the democrats and the republicans always agree, we need this war. It is in the best interest of our national security. Then when things go bad, it's. the other sides fault. What the hell are we doing in Syria, beside stealing their resources and pushing for more war in the middle east?
We all know that the slugs in charge right now are and always will be cowards
Certainly does not look like they have Americans best interests on their minds
@@eurofox994 both
Mr cotton you are a man who speaks his mind Thank You !!!!
Wow! A former active duty four star general, now SecDef, replies with "I think"! after being asked a direct question.
He shouldn't be in that position. He's not qualified.
@@dtro5853 none of them are
He can cook meals....that's all he is qualified for
Another forged CV.
U S govt most corrupt on the planet.
Traitors who need to removed by fair means or foul.
Lets go brandon .
Thank you Senator Cotton.
For lying?
What is fot lying?
@@tray4666 I meant to say for lying.
It's a typo.
Deal with it
And Tom Cotton is a liar!!!
I would appreciate it if they put everyone in jail
Yes thank you Senator Cotton for highlighting what a colossal failure Affirmative Action Austin has been.👍🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Let's just say that in 60 years, I've never had such doubt in our "military " high brass. That is hard to admit given the 4 active duty, and multiple veterans in my family.
Yeah but let's be truthful. The current leadership is a compromised, corrupt, incompetent joke, that's true. However, it's been slowing getting worse and worse for decades now. When a lack of integrity and a lack of competence isn't punished, you get what we have now. Not dishonorably discharging higher ranks, no matter what they do, has created this trash heap.
you misspelled war criminals
move to Canada
If your 4 Active Duty Family Members don't know this already, then they can expect to get a low performance report rating! They better be doing something to promote this woke agenda or their careers are over! Now, I hope they tell their leadership to go pound sand and be prepared to make them admit, the reason for a low rating was from a lack of wokeness, so they can fight it in a military tribunal.
It's pretty scary that this guy who is by title the Defense Secretary seems pretty clueless on all these issues.
He is not clueless he knows exactly what he did to destroy America and aid our enemies Secretary Austin is acting exactly like a textbook communist infiltrator. Why is he allowed to keep his job one more minute and why isn’t he in prison with Hillary and Biden and Peter strzok and Obama and Hunter and every single gov employee that acts in any way against our constitution and our freedoms and rights to raise our children without government control and control over our taxes with budgets provided monthly for any gov spending and every penny being accounted for and tracked to see if one penny was spent on anything anti American or anti capitalist nor socialist or communist. We cannot allow anyone no matter who they are to take even one mm of America from us.
Yes and how woke they have become is the source of the problems
It's pretty scaring that a politician is trying to discuss highly classified issues in a public forum to score political points.
@@lewise9703 How do you know this is not the intention? I dont know anything about these people since im not an American or politician. But a narrative or plan/strategy, even how crazy it might looks to others might be understood in the future. And maybe as time goes by, a bigger picture appears, and faith are restored or not :-) - What if, a spree, an overwhelm, tsunami of information, even better if comming from high rank officials, doing uncontroversial things, confusing. I can see the value of misinformation/veiling.. a thick smokescreen around the country for control and power. - Just a thought, i might be so so so wrong, and time just created stupid values/morales/knowledge..
I agree with Senator Tom Cotton 100%! Lost ALL trust in (D), due to non specific, bs and word salad! When actions and words do not match...smells corruption!
cotton is a stooge he’s not for bringing troops home
Austin’s was handed articals of impeachment
@@eurofox994 indeed it was guy is seriously a joke. What happens when you pick someone based on there race and not qualifications
This is sickening! I fear for our future.
What future?
dont worry , Joe explain with tough tone , He wont allow 'merican economy to be destroyed period .
Putting "thugs and roughest" in high, respectable, and honorable positions "severely harms" this very PRECIOUS country.
That's not why Austin is a poor choice. If you want an example, look no further than the Drinkwine Reign of Terror at Ft. Bragg 12 years ago. Austin was the Corps Commander at the time and punted it to his replacement.
No longer a precious country...
Slaughtering the unborn...
Corrupting children....
Placing a demented old man in the highest office in the country...
Abandoning God's Commandments..!
America is being handed the wages of it's sins since it refuses to repent..
A once great nation now lost..!
Tom Cotton is awesome!
Absolutely Brilliant Speech Mr.Cotton!!
This guy seems to want to tell our enemies what we do
@Carter Seeley I'm so glad I'm not the only one to see that... so many commentators apparently think we should air all of our information to the general public so that even our adversaries know SPECIFICALLY what we do, how we do it... where are jets fly... when, how often... and what time... Its SOOOO easy to sit in a chair located in a comfortable office across the United States and make judgment calls about individuals actively engaged in defending United States interests.. these Repubs are despicable and I believe represent a clear and present danger to our nation. I hope Sec. Austin keeps his wits as he appears to be doing under this duress.
Lloyd Austin checked the big box, which is why he got the job . . .
He is so out of his element! 😮 and he's certainly not accustomed to being talked back to. He's at least stopped using the word "listen " when he's responding to a question.
Think of the great country America could be if we just stay in America, protect America by staying there, and divert all this monitor, addressing homelessness and poverty
We are still a world power. You can't stay "at home" and be a world power. The UK is pretty worthless now because they are no longer a world power.
Not sure I agree that America would be better off by ignoring the balance of the globe. Not saying we should stay in Syria. But the US has interests all over the globe, and relies on commerce all over the globe. Our citizens and companies are all over the globe, and deserve the support of the US Government.
And building the wall, HIGH.
You are naive!
What is your idea on how to address homelessness and the dependence on social welfare? Putting aside the issue of if we brought all our troops within our borders our enemies would grow and then follow to our borders instead of us fighting at theirs putting that aside. In theory the government would have more money not being used by the military what is your idea? Give them a house? Then who pays the bills for that house? Who pays the taxes on it? That won't fix the problem it makes it worse because if your giving out more handouts they have less and less reason to get a job and better their situation they already would rather live in a tent and not work and not pay taxes than have a home. When society has taken everything to the point that you can't say it is best have a mother and a father in the same home and raise kids together, they are trying to tell kids they should pick what they want to "identify " as and that they can change it instead of teaching them to accept who they are they are being told to be something else, told that it's not their fault it's everyone's fault, that they deserve everything and work for nothing. So what is your idea for solving the problems?
They are such a disgrace!!!!!!
Even my 30 something kids see what is going on in this country. They think Biden is a foreign plant.
He probably is !
You have more than 30 kids? 😮
WE HAVE GOT TO GET THESE EVIL PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE NOW!!!
Since they been elected by the majoriy of the votes, how do you suggest doing that?
Sec. Lloyd Austin is hopeless. 70+ over times against 4😢😂
. . . and those 4 attacks were hot air balloons.
In law enforcement, there's no such thing as coincidence, until it's been investigated thoroughly. This sounds like the withholding of information is being considered a coincidence hasn't been investigated at all.
Austin is great at non answers…. does he accept these types of answers and responses from area commanders…
Lloyd has the balls to leave 30 Billion dollars of equip behind and now the enemy has it up for sale Canada watching
$82 BILLION, so I heard before?
85 plus billion.
If Lloyd Austin had been around in the Indian Wars, we would have been pushed back to the tip of Massachusetts with one foot in the Atlantic Ocean.
😁👍
One thing is sure is that he doesn’t answer questions, unless you ask him how amazing he is.
Keep pressing Senator Cotton!
Affirmative action on Display folks
Diversity Hire
So sad to see what my neighbours have come to. USA was admirable. Once. Canada is now no better. Outrageous behaviours not challenged or simply lied about when investigated. Or even more despicable, refusing to answer when asked. Just part of the Fall of freedom and integrity.
But WE are the problem . WE elect these people .
@@observer1242I understand what you’re saying but the thing is… I vote but NOT for these people. Never have. Never would.
100 % weakness showing of our leaders!!!.
Treason is punishable by death!
"We have government reports describing the COVID-19 vaccines as a biological weapon" said Alexandra Latypove to RFK Jr.
“I have a question to our government,” she said. “What is it that they’re exactly forcing on us?”
This is what Sec. Lloyd Austin is withholding.
Austin: Incompetence, malfeasance, distortion, deceit, deliberate sabotage of American military preparedness & combat readiness, battlefield fecklessness, and smug indifference to foot-forward force-ready operational superiority renders him unfit. He should be stripped of his authority, command, titles, be subjected immediately to court-martial - at least - and ultimately be imprisoned for treason.
They've been shady from day one, transparency has been naught. There for after repeated bait and switch, no one believes them except the ones who don't or won't think for themselves.
Most Horrifying that SecDef feels like there is 0 accountability regarding the deaths of American Heroes!
*Sec Austin makes a comment*
Senator Cotton: STOP THE CAP!
Generally, at the O4 level and above, military rank begins the journey into the realm of politics. That is how they advance and that is how Sec Austin obtained his position. Or they move into a highly paid military contractor role. Sec Austins politics reflect the current Administrations politics. Hence the downturn in the military ranks for recruitment, a military morphed into wokeism, and a heightened sense of emboldened bravado in our enemies. If there is not a return to the policy of winning and adhering to the "complete and violent " destruction of our enemies as in WWII, then you can kiss you arse goodbye. The time will come when we will not prevail. Those days could soon be upon us...
It has been tried in Vietnam and US failed miserably. Using nukes to destroy enemies will never happen again favoring regime change is modern war.
And what experience did Lloyd Austin have before he was installed?
Fry chef?
Uber driver?
This is why they think we are weak.
Know we are weak
Austin and Milley are jokes.
WE DONT NEED TO BE THERE
It's clear these people are not competent and should not only be removed, but they should be investigated, and indicted!
Great intervention senator Cotton! Greetings from Europe
Tom Cotton the smartest man in the room here; also he doesn’t lie nor need to lie!
You go Tom just becarful ❤
many of the generals and admirals who do business with military contractors retire and go to work for the same contractors and no one thinks this is not a crime on the American citizens.
YES! Just Say It! Thank you thank you thank you
He sounds like an Obummer double speaker. B.F.S.
Sec. Lloyd Austin Is just a product of the affirmative action, total incompetence, but nice guy though.
Lloyd Austin almost makes Biden seem competent and aware.
Any proof?
@@christheprophet6583 look at that ballon handling.
The general behind Austin
ran out of room for his ribbons on the left side so he used the right side for the overflow. I wonder if he got a ribbon for proving that he knows how to put all his ribbons and badges on his uniform.
The ribbons on the right are just unit awards. The Army puts ours on the right unlike the Air Force, Navy , and Marines. Just sayin'. But if he were Air Force, then yeah he'd get a ribbon for having them on right. They had theirs out like candy.
Austin, Milley, Buttigieg, Yellen, Blinken, Kirby, Kamala, Karinge Jean-Pierre… and Biden. We are so screwed.
Blinken is kind of qualified for his position.
@@niweshlekhak9646 Blinken doesn't appear to be qualified for anything.
Austin is not qualified
We must save our troops , they save us , Leave no one Behind , Fear no one , or they will own us !!!!!
In Iraq they had 2 schools of thought when traveling, 1 Button up and hide, 2 porcupine effect with a gun out every window saying "You don't want this fight". I liked #2
I agree, we should not show weakness to our enemies
Tom Cottn is spot on. Thank you sir.
Secretary Austin sure doesn't mind "being too provocative" when taking away the rights of American gun-owners in New Orleans, after Katrina, for example.
I am amazed that Mr. Austin is able to stand up straight, given that he has no spine.
You are dam right Senator Cotton. Keep the pressure on..
Oh it’s absolutely true!
79-4 is APPALLING!!
Tom needs a promotion!
Put " So help you God " back in the Oath!
Keep up the good work Senator Cotton
Tom Cotton always has great questions and makes great points. A genius guy. I think he could be great as VP for President Trump
Amen to that❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you Forbes
Coincidence is only believable to a certain point. These people have 0 problem lying so all the Senator's threatening to "bring him/her in front of Congress and put them under oath" means squat and doesn't scare anyone...
Yes, 'cuz we know those senators are always telling the truth.
Austin is a perfect example of having a lifelong military bureaucrat instead of one with combat experience.
AUSTIN JUST LIKE MOST IN THIS ADMINISTRATION,WORK FOR THE GREAT RESET
you mean back to the stone age?
Awesome job Tom cotton
Never attribute incompetence to what is clearly corrupt.
I'll take 'Things to see while one's country dies' for 800, Alex.
A common trait running throughout this administration is incompetence coupled with no hesitation about lying.
Even in suits they cant help but break the law
Terri here. I have no faith in this man. Thank you, Sr Cotton
Loyd needs these attacks to continue
Sen. Cotton sees through the B.S. and calls them on it.
Who knew that we had invaded Syria!
I thought invading other countries was a war crime in the UN need to take action in there needed to be sanctions. I guess I don’t replaced other countries not United States I thought invading other countries was a war crime in the UN need to take action in their needed to be sanctions. I guess I don’t replaced other countries not United States of America.
Thanks for your video and report.
Well done
Dude from the Green Mile😂
Austin is the Definition of Pure Incompetence !
But he acts like he be proud as hell😮
Words are evidence,cannot go away and here as a subsidy,for when needed
It really is questioning what he knows, what he understands, what he is willing to do, and what he has done. Very little, sadly.
So we have stopped flying in the exact same airspace where our drone was downed by Russian aircraft 2 weeks ago. Learn something new everyday. Thank you Sen. Cotton for all you do to expose these little hidden details after the fact.
Unmanned drone to be exact.
Did Austin just say that because an attack didn't hit successfully, it's ok?
LIARS within...
I am completely in love with the woman in the green dress behind Tom. SHE. IS. BEAUTIFUL.😳
I love women but I don’t see it
Austin and Milley need to go ASAP.
Nice job holding his feet to the fire