Good afternoon. This hearing will come to order. I want to thank our witnesses for your service to our country. I want to thank you for taking the time and for your testimony and the answers to our questions, but first and foremost, your service to our country. This was not planned this way,ut this does mark the 10year i hate to even call it the anniversary, the shooting at fort hood. 13 people lost their lives, 30 people were injured. It underscores what we are dealing with here in terms of a threat environment. What we are dealing with here in terms of a threat environment. This is my ninth annual threat hearing that i have either chaired or participated in. I often say im not the most uplifting character. Those i could say that in nine years, i have seen tremendous progress being made and we have reduced these threats and all is well. Unfortunately, we face the same threats. If anything, the threats are growing. Nine years ago, we were talking about the blind use of drive drones or
Perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that were going to have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th where we will look at current programming that focuses on africanamerican stories and also on october 18th where we will be focusing on the future and our panelists at that discussion will help us think about how do we continue to tell the story for, as mitchell said, it really is all of our story. I know our panelists well, and they have plenty to share with us. So please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here as a junior interpreter and then became an active interpreter and manager and also a program developer. If you would join me in
Recognized we were only telling half of the story. And so with the determination and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions were going to have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th, where we will look at current programming that focuses on africanamerican stories. And also on october 18th, where we will be focusing on the future. And our panelists at that discussion will be helping us to think about how do we continue to tell this story . For as mitchell said, its really all of our story. I know our panelists well. And they have plenty to share with us. So please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here at Colonial Williamsb
A relationship with the white house. Also coming up it only shuts down one of europes largest Migrant Centers and warns boats carrying rescued refugees no docking oh well tonight a special report on fortress. Lampedusa is at the front lines of a struggle over who is allowed into europe and who is not as italys right wing government slides its gates shut an International Network of rescuers is trying to keep those gates from closing for good. As you our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the dysfunctional u. S. President the wacky British Ambassador and a relationship quickly going from special to strained to strange it has been 48 hours since a secret u. K. Cable was leaked revealing to the world what the u. K. Ambassador in washington really thinks about the us president inept dysfunctional crash and burn those were just some of the words written by ambassador kim derek well last night the ambassador was promptly uninvited t
A Good Relationship with the white house. Also coming up italy shuts down one of europes largest Migrant Centers and warns boats carrying rescued refugees no docking a wild tonight special report on fortress. Lampedusa is that the front lines of a struggle over who is allowed into europe and who is not as italys right wing government slides its gates shut an International Network of rescuers is trying to keep those gates from closing for good. As you our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and around the world welcome we begin the day with the dysfunctional u. S. President the wacky British Ambassador and a relationship quickly going from special to strained to strange it has been 48 hours since a secret u. K. Cable was leaked revealing to the world what the u. K. Ambassador in washington really thinks about the us president in effect dysfunctional crash and burn those were just some of the words written by ambassador kim derek well last night the ambassador was promptly uninvited