Regarding the dangers of financial exploitation through n Community Organizations and places of worship and Community Centers and resources that might be available to them, to utilize organizations like the National Guardianship Association to play an Important Role by promoting standards of best practices for guardians and probate courts by providing education and training and provide advocacy on the issue and the impact seniors including that impact seniors including elder abuse and financial exploitation, develop Court Systems and processes that dont work against seniors and consider the urgency of time for the elderly such as the probate and the elder law and miscellaneous remedies courts in chicago because many exploiters simply try to wait out the life span of those of the elderly victims. You have the written materials that ive submitted that are premised large part on article that my deputy Public Guardian wrote and id be happy to share our experiences with individual cases. Th
From nonaligned movement. You may have to stand alone to adequately defend u. S. Security interests. I hope you will explain how you plan to defend these and your ability to successfully represent the u. S. While we have the opportunity, i would like for you to discuss our governments efforts to counter smuggle something how you may use if confirmed to further ensure the security of Nuclear Material globally. I appreciate your attendance before the committee today and look forward to growing our relationship should you be confirmed. Let me also welcome laura holgate. Thank you for your longstanding public service. A as was pointed out by the previous witness, this is a family commitment. We thank you for your willingness to serve our country in this critically important position. You bring a host of kwaufrgzs to this nomination. Senior position at the department of energy and department of defense, career that prevents states and terrorists from requiring and using weapons of mass dest
Information officer at the pentagon on cybersecurity. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this week had a confirmation hearing. Tennessee senator bob corker chaired the hearing. Its an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Senate Foreign Relations committee is meeting this morning for a confirmation hearing on nominations, including state Department Counselor Thomas Shannon, to be undersecretary of state for Political Affairs. If confirmed by the senate, he would replace Wendy Sherman who helped to lead the u. S. Negotiations for iran. And as i said to him when he came into our office and im sure, ben, you said the same thing, all of us are gratified when people who commit their life in this way end up ascending to these positions. You oversee africa, east area and the pacific, europe. The nearest, south and central asia, the western hemisphere and International Organizations just to note to staff, we could see the world. It would be easier. Thank
There will be blowback on that. Doesnt that mean we will have to have american boots on the ground, back in the quagmire i can see the reaction now from some of my friends, the same ones. What is your response to that that this would then cause us to be involved with boots on the ground and back into the quagmire that characterized our involvement prior to the search. Gen. Petraeus i think very important to underscore the fact that he cannot be a part of the longrun solution in syria. The individual held responsible for well over and he isrians a dead the Magnetic Attraction that is bringing jihadis to syria to fight him. If we are to support a force, it wont work for us. It wont be supportable if we ssadssupport it against a actions, the most horrific of which are the dropping of their old bonds and that can be stopped. We can doel bonds and that. Dont have to put any boots on the ground to do that although i think at some point, we should not be closed to the possibility of some advi
I was in asia and australia. Its all about u. S. Credibility services, particularly electricity, during and what does that mean for the extraordinarily hot weather. And then corruption. They are flat out outraged. South china sea. Does what happen in syria a few the ayatollah seeing this, years ago have implications for through his clerics, issued that . The answer is yes, it does. Statements that really encouraged the kinds of reforms at the end of the day if irans that premise or a body has pursued. Foreign policy is continued to be dictated by the and now they are moving each week. He knows that the only way to revolutionary guards cuts force get to combat isil nd enables approximatelies sustainably is to get to the people in the area where isis is like hezbollah, hamas another one, hoothies with what theyre located in the same way that we did with did with the andy barr doing and murdering shiah militia and iraq then obviously awakening and the sons of iraq program. We have to coun