Secu■ threats with the director of the cia william burns, fbi director christopher wr. They joined other leaders from the Intelligence Community to talk about the importance of continued suort forthe israelh, competition with china, and misinformation. At5z■4 this is about two hours and 15 minutes. Good afternoon. I would hearing to order and welcome to our witnesses. Director of National Intelligence avril haines,6 most americans will never see the work you do behindbe assuree members of this committee know its importance and we thank you for what you do to keep america safe. The threat environment today we have seen in recent years. We have seen nations backsliding from democratic institutions, authoritarian systems seeking to impose their will upon neighbors while looking to undermine systs been guarantor of stability and security since world war ii. And we see] competition around new technologies. We must ensure that our evolve to meet these new challenges, which means in my mi
america. now, singapore and japan were trading places and the others are coming closer and very soon, china and india will come to a place near to you. this is fascinating and it highlights the central ia that it s not that we are falling behind, it s that the whole rest of the world has begun to catch up. and it what it suggests is that people are overtaking us, it s that everybody is moving into the same space, and there s a whole set of advanced countries, european and asian that are all converging in one space. yes. it s the healthy, wealthy corner. that s where people want to live. i live there myself. its it s a nice place. can so many countries live there? can the united states prosper with so much competition? yes. i mean, it is more competition but it is also more customer. you are an optimist? i m not an optimist, because that is an emotional state.