See certain the Congressional Black Caucus foundation discussion is available on cspan. Org. Well leave this and take you to a discussion in washington on financial regulations and their role in the u. S. Economy. Youll hear from robert cook, president and chief executive officer of the financial industry regulatory authority. Live coverage here on cspan3. Robert and i talking about developments. Were going to have you, the audience, become part of the discussion. Let me take a minute or two to discuss or frame our discussion and then introduce robert. A regulator of central importance although not widely understood and a lot of people dont know a lot of things about it. It is commonly called a Self Regulatory Organization or sro. Its a delaware not for profit corporation. It is not a Government Agency. Yet, it is important in terms of its size and scope. It has a budget of approximately 1 billion which compares to the s. E. C. s budget of 1. 6 billion. It has approximately 3,500 emplo
Have ratcheted up tensions with the United States at an alarming rate. With the knowledge that north korea conducted 20 missile test on over a dozen different occasions between february and september 2017, including tests of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Many Americans and our allies around the globe remain on edge. However, americans may rightly wonder about north koreas ability to threaten the homeland. Intelligence from the kingdom is often inconsistent and limited, despite these intelligence challenges, information that has been gathered is reason enough for alarm. According to media reports, to north korean shipments to a Syrian Government Agency Responsible for the countrys Chemical Weapons Program were intercepted in the past six months. While these reports did not detail what the shipments to syria contained, this is not the first time a north korean ship has been seized carrying suspected Missile System components. In 2013, a north korean ship was intercepted in the pan
I am a fan of this director and worked on the transition. Mr. Director, welcome. Its great to see you again. It all worked out. Thank you. The director is a soldier, lawyer, entrepreneur, congressman and is doing great work at the cia. I think what we want to do today with those joining in the audience and why extremist talk about the issues not just in the newspaper but some of the newspapers for the director of the cia and the Intelligence Community. We often get captured by the media and you have to not only deal with the facts of how we are thinking about the National Security five, ten, 15 or 20 years now so we need to talk about some of those issues. There is a sense of dislocation in the world and that power itself is a shifting including the role of nonstate actors. Theres lots going on in the world so lets get into it. Mr. Director, the president gave his speech on october 13 reshaping u. S. Policy on iran to. Is iran in violation or what is the animating principle behind the
The director is a soldier, lawyer, entrepreneur, congressman, it is doing great work at the cia and is doing great work with the cia. I think what we want today is talk about not just the issues of today that are in the newspaper, but some of the trends and issues you have to deal with as the director of the cia in the Intelligence Community. We often get captured by the immediate, and you obviously have to not only deal with that but deal with how we are thinking about our National Security five, 10, 15, 20 years out, so i want to make sure we talk about some of those issues. Theres no question there is a sense of dislocation in the world, a sense the map is shifting in some ways, that power itself is shifting, including with the role of nonstate actors. Major issues before north korea, with major policy shift the fall of the putative capital of isis, Chinas Communist Party event happening as we speak. Lets get into it. Mr. Director, First Talking about iran, the president gave his sp
Take time to reflect on the nationals could issues of the day. Theres no secret here, im not an unbiased journalist here im a fan of this directory. I worked on his transition. Frankly, i love the man. I believe in the concept of putting your biases upfront before beginning the questions. But welcome. Its great to see her again and thank you for taking time. Its great to be. I would not a condition parents to that you be the moderator, but it all worked out. Thank you. Appreciate it. The director is a soldier, a lawyer, an entrepreneur, congressman and is doing great work at cia it would think we want to do today with the audience and with those joining us via live stream is talk about not just the issues of today that in the newspaper but some of the trends and issues yet to do with as the director of the cia and in the Intelligence Community. We often get captured by the media as you have to not only deal with that deal with how we think about our National Security five, ten, 15, 20