Who truly needs to introduction. As you know hes vice chairman of the Senate Select committee on intelligence. Im going to be presiding over this discussion. The meeting is the annual kenneth a. Moscow lecture on Homeland Security and counterterrorism. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. Moscow who was a long time member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and his many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. I do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today seated at the center table. Welcome to you. So without further ado, ill just say i will invite senator warner, he will speak for about ten minutes and then ill have the opportunity to ask him questions for about 20 minutes and then at 1 00 we will open it up for questions from members. So without further ado, senator mark warner. Th
Relations in washington, d. C. Good afternoon, everyone. What a cheerful looking group. I am Judy Woodruff with the pbs newshour and im delighted to be here with all of you at this council and Foreign Relations meeting with senator mark warner who truly needs to introduction. As you know hes vice chairman of the Senate Select committee on intelligence. Im going to be presiding over this discussion. The meeting is the annual kenneth a. Moscow lecture on Homeland Security and counterterrorism. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. Moscow who was a long time member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and his many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. I do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today seated at the center table. Welcome to you. So without further ado, ill just say i will in
As you know hes vice chairman of the Senate Select committee on intelligence. Im going to be presiding over this discussion. The meeting is the annual kenneth a. Moscow lecture on Homeland Security and counterterrorism. This is an annual lectureship that honors the memory of kenneth a. Moscow who was a long time member of the council with a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. Further details on his life and his many professional accomplishments can be found in the booklet that you have at your seat. I do want to extend a special welcome to the members and guests of the moscow family who are here with us today seated at the center table. Welcome to you. So without further ado, ill just say i will invite senator warner, he will speak for about ten minutes and then ill have the opportunity to ask him questions for about 20 minutes and then at 1 00 we will open it up for questions from members. So without further ado, senator mark warner. Thank you for that int introduction
Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Commanders u. S. Northern command u. S. Southern command testify on security challenges affecting the western hemisphere from the Senate Armed Services committee this is just under two hours. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] the Committee Meets today to receive testimony from general gregory geo commander of Northern Command and aerospace defensee command and Laura Richardson of u. S. Southern commands. Hearing as commander and we welcome you sir. I would also note this is general richardsons alaska. Before the committee and her current role. General, i would like to express my appreciation for your decades service to the nation including outstanding leadership for the forces, thank you very much maam. I like to take aoing crisis in haiti. The situation is very concerning and i understand the u. S. Military forces have beenrfdeployed to augment security at her embassy in portauprince and evacuate nonessential personnel. This cri
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