Director andrew mccabe, cia director mike pompeo, director of National Intelligence dan coats, and nsa director admiral michael rodgers. The answer questions about the rush investigation and the firing of james comey. This is two hours and 20 minutes. Coats. Or dan 2 20 s sen. Duckworth sen. Burr i would like to call the hearing to order. I would like to welcome our Witnesses Today. The director of National Intelligence, dan coats. Good to see our former colleague. Director of the Central Intelligence agency, mike pompeo. Director of defense intelligence, vince stewart. Director of the National Security agency, mike rogers. Director of Geospatial Intelligence agency, robert cardella. And acting director at the fbi, andrew mccabe. Thank you for coming in on such short notice. Since 1995, this committee has met in an open forum to hear about and discuss the security threats facing the United States of america. I understand that many people tuned in today are hopeful that we would focus s
Good morning, we meet to receive testimony on the situation in afghanistan, i am pleased to welcome general john ,icholson back to the committee we thank you for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of u. S. And allied forces in afghanistan at a critical time. We would ask you to relate to the brave men and women fighting under your command how appreciative and how proud we are of their service. At war ins been afghanistan for more than a decade and a half. It is always worth remembering that American Forces went to afghanistan because that was where, under the century of the under the taliban regime, now counted planned and trained for the september 11 attacks that killed 3000 innocent civilians on american soil. Our mission was to ensure that afghanistan would never again be a safe haven for al qaeda or other terrorist groups to attack america or our allies and partners, that mission has been successful for 15 years but it is not over. American forces are carrying
My name is peterbergen. I run the International Security program here. Welcome to you and also the people watching on cspan. Cspan is covering this live. When we get to the questionandanswer session, please make sure to identify yourself and wait for the microso the audience outside the room can hear your question. Today we are going to discuss afghanistan 2017, and prospects for the future. And we have two brilliant panelists to discuss that. First of all of course ambassador mohib, the ambassador to the u. S. From afghanistan. He worked as president ganis chief of staff. Previously worked with intel, worked with the American University in afghanistan. Also a ph. D. From bruinel university in the united kingdom. And he will speak first. And then after that,iany koss keenas who is a fellow here, who has been living in afghanistan pretty much since 2010. Iani runs a company which provides intelligence and security analysis to businesses in afghanistan. He is also doing his ph. D. At Kin
Thank you for coming. My name is peter bergen. Welcome to you. Cspan is covering this live. When we get to the question and answer session please, i want to make sure you identify yourself and wait for the mic so the audience outside the room can hear your question. So today were going to discuss afghanistan 2017 and prospects for the future. And we have two brilliant panelists to discuss that. Ambassador mohib who is the ambassador to United States from afghanistan. Hes previously worked as ganis deputy chief of staff. He directed intel. He worked at the american in afghanistan. He has a ph. D. From the united kingdom. And ioanni koskinas who has been living in afghanistan pretty much since 2010. Ioanni runs a Company Called hop life which provides intelligence and security analysis to businesses in afghanistan. Hes also doing his ph. D. At Kings College on the afghan civil war. Hes a retired air force colonel in special operations who works for crystal who was the commander in afghan
Thank you for coming. My name is peter bergen. Welcome to you. Cspan is covering this live. When we get to the question and answer session please, i want to make sure you identify yourself and wait for the mic so the audience outside the room can hear your question. So today were going to discuss afghanistan 2017 and prospects for the future. And we have two brilliant panelists to discuss that. Ambassador mohib who is the ambassador to United States from afghanistan. Hes previously worked as ganis deputy chief of staff. He directed intel. He worked at the american in afghanistan. He has a ph. D. From the united kingdom. And ioanni koskinas who has been living in afghanistan pretty much since 2010. Ioanni runs a Company Called hop life which provides intelligence and security analysis to businesses in afghanistan. Hes also doing his ph. D. At Kings College on the afghan civil war. Hes a retired air force colonel in special operations who works for crystal who was the commander in afghan