Intelligence threats, cyber terrorism, and edward snowden. This is a little more than an hour. This is a list you do of accomplishments of a man and i have to recite them but i will go really fast. He was a white house fellow and he had the experience of working with the National Security council with such deadheads as Henry Kissinger whats the generals name . General brent snowcroft. He had three major positions in the senate including being the Administrative Assistant chief of staff, International Policy advisor to chris dodd. And a stint with robert byrd, one of the great characters of american politics. There are few companies he did not touch. Im sorry. He had such power that he moved their headquarters from texas to greenwich, which was quite amazing. He was assistant dean of the Fletcher School of law and policy and director of communications for the number one position or place in intelligence in the United States of america. Most recently as the Communications Director of the
You and knows not to ask questions so thank you. Out will make today about the Intelligence Community. Some threats and challenges. Id have to talk about the snowden controversy. I would like to talk about the way forward and invite some questions. Connecticut has produced its fair share of heroes. When i was in washington, i was invited to the cia to speak to groups and do orientations and explain what the Intelligence Community does. Outside of the headquarters is in an auditorium and that stands the statue of their patron saint from connecticut. After you give a speech like that, a connecticut guy outside, it is kind of moving. On the statue artist in his words i only regret that i have but one life to give for my country. Nathan hale means a lot to people because some of them do give their lives. Some names who you and i will never know have done that and he is an inspiration. Very interesting. He went from poverty and went down to new york city and he was discovered because he was
In nigeria there have been three separate bombings that have left more than 130 people dead. The most recent happening in Nigerias Borno state. The area where more than 200 school girls were kidnapped more than a month ago. Bombings killing 118 and officials warning that the death toll could rise. We have more. Reporter the target was a marketplace. The bombs were packed in a minivan, planned to kill as many as possible. A second blast less than 30 minutes later. It hit some of the initial response teams. A fire broke out gutting a fire station and badly burned many of the dead. It seemed there had been two years of relative piece until now. Now attacks have been waged across the country. No one has claimed responsibility but many suspect it was by boko haram. President jonathan said that he assures all nigeriaens that the government will win the war on terror. The mos attack of over 200 schol girls over a month ago has attracted the worlds attention. Its president is holding a meeting
To thank you and the Ranking Member who is currently not here, but you all in this committee have done such a great job in responding to this crisis. I think showing excellent leadership. We heard from the va directly. Weve heard from the gao, the office of Inspector General, hearing from the private sector. Each of us in our individual capacities are listening directly to the veterans in our community. I ask we have a panel of vet vans and Veterans Service organizations if we are talking about veterancentered care, we need to hear from them. And add to mr. Mcclains excellent suggestion of having a Management Organization identified structural and organizational weaknesses and complement that with the veterans and what they are missing in their care right now. I think one of the issues that has to be included in that review is the issue of accountability. Weve talked about and described our frustrations with the amount of money thats been authorized and appropriated. Virtually lost wit
Thank you again for your leadership and the opportunity to be a part of make it in america. And next from the state of pennsylvania, representative cartwright who has introduced the job creation through Energy Efficient manufacturing. Thank you. And thank you all for coming today. I want you to notice a couple things about the people standing before you on this stage. Were all wearing two things. Were wearing our congressional badges and were wearing our make it in america pins. We wear the first because we care about this country. We wear the second because we know that part of caring about this country is caring about making manufacturing jobs resurface in this country. And i thank mr. Hoyer on his leadership and in the make it in america plan, to strengthen businesses and create high paying jobs in this country. Im also gratified to have had hr4162, the job creation through Energy Efficient manufacturing act, added to this program. Energy efficiency is not just about being green, it