Thanks. Thank you k. T. Mcfarland. Next, the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, on the state of National Security. After that a discussion of congressional oversight. Then the white house medal of honor ceremony. On the next washington martin, toby harnden and klingst. And what remains on the legislative agenda for congress adjourns. Plus your phone calls and tweets. Eastern on0 a. M. Cspan. Michele flournoy is our guest on q a. If youre in government you are dealing with the tyranny of the inbox. Responsibility was representing the secretary of defense on the deputies committee, the senior level group that works through the issues, developing options for the principles on the president. A lot of Crisis Management focus. When youre in a think tank, your utility is not trying to secondguess problems you make around the issues of the day. Day, look raise their over the horizon to see what are the issues im going to confront a year from now. How do i think more strategicall
Reports shortly before the polls closed former governor and his First Cousins watching party was simply saying im a little concerned our primaries have become out of control over allegations and things and i think we have to reestablish ground rules about the allegations that are reasonable. The story says he was speaking on the run of runoff cycle of te longest costly history that is that both businessmen and the representative Jack Kingston for an open senate seat. The next governor of the republican honcho says they argue that the system needs to be overhauled. The director of National Intelligence said today that the terrorist attacks increasing and the former employer in florida spoke at an events to mark the tenth anniversary of the Commission Report. This is an hour and a half. [applause] well thank you very much. I apologize for being late. Im sure you understand. I do want to thank the vice chair and the 9 11 commissione commissioners. The right thing to thank them for is the
Commission report. This is an hour and a half. [applause] well thank you very much. I apologize for being late. Im sure you understand. I do want to thank the vice chair and the 9 11 commissione commissioners. The right thing to thank them for is the love of our country. Thats been manifested obviously in each case in many ways but particularly the commitments when they were commissioners when that was going on, but even more importantly the sustainment of that commitment which i think at its root is another reflects the level of the country. And also, i feel obliged to support and thank them for the continued support of the Intelligence Community and our National Security structure that. The past few days and weeks have been in tens with world events. So i appreciate the chance this morning to start by briefly and talk about the journey the Intelligence Community has taken over the past decade. Like all journeys this is the one that is the work in progress. Today we face the most dive
Deal but one chair and can and did hold up the cyber bill until just recently. They did a program governor thompson referred to because they also have a referral and stopped the legislation from moving to the floor. I think it is counterproductive and dysfunctional and quite honestly that hurts the American People because we cant pass legislation that can protect them and in addition the oversight issue with 100 committees and subcommittees how can the secretary j. Johnson who had a Great Respect and admiration how can he do his job when hes constantly preparing for testimony and he has a very important job and the whole legislative shock us to do that. You look at the judiciary and it has the department of justice. They have the entire department of defense. Why doesnt the committee on Homeland Security have jurisdiction over the entire department of Homeland Security and not have to deal with all of these offshoots . We are passing bills to demonstrate the leadership from any other c
Well thank you very much. I apologize for being late. Im sure you understand. I do want to thank the vice chair and the 9 11 commissione commissioners. The right thing to thank them for is the love of our country. Thats been manifested obviously in each case in many ways but particularly the commitments when they were commissioners when that was going on, but even more importantly the sustainment of that commitment which i think at its root is another reflects the level of the country. And also, i feel obliged to support and thank them for the continued support of the Intelligence Community and our National Security structure that. The past few days and weeks have been in tens with world events. So i appreciate the chance this morning to start by briefly and talk about the journey the Intelligence Community has taken over the past decade. Like all journeys this is the one that is the work in progress. Today we face the most diverse threads ive seen in my 51 years in the business. I sta