Links to stories that were written. But making my job and then mysteriously, theyre playing spy versus spy saying look it up and the name is backwards and blah, blah, blah. Its like i dont have time to do that. So making themselves available is is the most useful thing for me. And the other thing i guess i would put out is to not be offended if that particular story does not isnt something that we consider news. I mean, theres just as, you know, i get rejected every day by calling people up and having doors slammed in my face, you know, there are going to be times when we say, well, we just did that story, or theres nothing new there or whatever. I think you have to be prepared for that. Well, thank you. Check here with our time. Yall are going to get a little bit of a bonus. Is there anything that either one of you would like to end with . I would if i could. So i would say that for all of you who are working locally in local communities, like if i could imagine an outcome, it would b
Challenges facing u. S. Cyber command. I would like to thank you for convening this forum. Its an honer to represent the individuals of this fine organization. Im grateful and humbled by the opportunity to lead this impressive team. Im confident you would be proud of the men and women of u. S. Cyber command if you saw their commitment to mission and hard earned successes on a daily basis as i am fortunate to do. While my written statement goes into detail, i would like to highlight the challenges we face in todays environment. And some of the initiatives the command is pursuing to meet those challenges. Over the last year, we have seen an increase of Cyberspace Operations by state and nonstate actors. We have seen a wide range of malicious cyber activities aimed against government and private sector. At u. S. Cyber command, we focus on actors that pose a threat to our National Interest through cyberspace. Nations still represent the gravest threat to security. But we continue to watch
Civil war studies at uva. A popular speaker that he allows organizations like ours to work him way too hard. But we do it anyway. E flew in a few hours ago he was jetting up here from florida, where he was speaking at another conference. We do feel a little guilty for asking him back so soon. Gary is not only a prolific speaker and author, but a popular battlefield guide, one of the leaders in the preservation movement, an and onenning teacher, of the most important mentors of graduate students in civil war history. As i noted when i introduced hey at the 2014 symposium, dedicated his prizewinning book his graduater to students at penn state and the university of virginia with admiration for their contributions to the field. I know his students reciprocate that admiration. As just an example of what gary had done for the next generations of historians, our previous speaker is just one example. We owe it to gary to put in a applause for his latest work, the recently released book, the e
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. We begin again this morning with those rapidly spreading wildfires burning through towns in california. The flames forced 20,000 people to spend the night in makeshift shelters. The three largest fires have scorched 406 square miles, an area about the size of san antonio. The ruff and butte fires are burning to the north, 20 under control after consuming 600 homes. We are live in middletown, california this morning with the valley fire tearing through over the weekend. How are people coping with the devastation . We are back in middletown and you can see theres more wreckage of homes behind us, just by eyeballing it, i would say a third to half of homes in this town are completely droid. There are very few residents in middle town right now because officials have not let them back in. As early as today, they are going assess the damage of their homes. A lot of people do not know whether their homes l