For your service to our country. 13 people lost their lives, 30 people were injured. It underscores 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 the use of social media. We face the same threats. They are evolving. Terrorist groups are metastasizing. They are spreading around the world. , it has happened is grown more complex and difficult. You have tremendous responsibilities on your shoulders. Really, i will turn it over to my Ranking Member and we will get to witness testimony. Thank you. Thank you for your service and thank you for being here today. As w
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
This is one hour. Good afternoon, how is everybody good afternoon how is everybody doing. I really appreciate the opportunity thank you for the opportunity is great to see. You also want to thank council for Foreign Relations for the opportunity to be with you today and have an important discussion on the state of Homeland Security and immigration. Also to have a dialog and also on Homeland Security priorities with members. Here i know that many of you have been following crisis on our border last year and tracking the regular challenge of migration, not only has the situation obvious implications for Border Security but its lead to significant humanitarian crisis as well as a Foreign Policy challenge in the United States and throughout the region. I like to take the dialog today a little bit above the headlines and into the daily news cycle and look back the challenges over the last ten months or so, in our efforts to address them especially focused on the last three to four months du
Relations for the opportunity to be with you today and have an important discussion on the state of Homeland Security and immigration. Also to have a dialog and also on Homeland Security priorities with members. Here i know that many of you have been following crisis on our border last year and tracking the regular challenge of migration, not only has the situation obvious implications for Border Security but its lead to significant humanitarian crisis as well as a Foreign Policy challenge in the United States and throughout the region. I like to take the dialog today a little bit above the headlines and into the daily news cycle and look back the challenges over the last ten months or so, in our efforts to address them especially focused on the last three to four months during that tenure as acting secretary. I took it on five a half months ago and taken momentum and progress to deal with this crisis in the last three or four. For us here for our audience i dont believe its too contro