[inaudible conversations] good morning, everybody. Welcome to the institute. Im the senior vicepresident or foreign and defense policy studies here at aei. Et cetera its an honor to welcome mike pompeo for the first time in this current role, in this current roam. Im going to read your bio. This isnt always something i do. Those who know me know i race through, but i sat down and looked at the bio and was ennorm mustily impressed. Ill read it and embarrass you. Sworn in, he was on select committee on intelligence and energy and commerce, and he was on the house select benghazi committee. He headed up his own company. Number one graduate in his class from west point. Along the iron curtain when we had an iron curtain although were well on our way back and graduated at harvard, law review. Thats impressive and honored to have you serving in our government and delighted to see it. Normally i would give you a little bit of a rundown on what the director was going to say, but unusually, per
That, he served on the Benghazi Committee but before that, he was in business for himself, he headed up his own company and he was a graduate, the number one in his class served with the for the idea along the iron curtain when we still had an iron curtain and we are well on our way back and graduated after serving from Harvard Law School at the lot review, that is pretty impressive. It is really an honor to have you serving in our government and i am delayed to see it. Normally i would give you a bit of a run down on what the director was going to say but unusually perhaps in this administration, i had no idea, no leaks out of the cia, you imposed a discipline on everybody that is here to for a minute. This director was before a little while and then he will sit down with aeis on market for a conversation and then some questions for the audience. Without further a do, mr. Director. [applause] director pompeo good morning everyone. This will be one year to the minute when i was sworn i
To me, it was capturing the sentiment that drove an electric to deliver one of the most astonishing electoral defeats i think we have seen, certainly in my lifetime, and certainly i think in modern history. Issues from terrorism to poison water inflict, michigan flint, michigan. Next, remarks by cia director mark pompeo on a National Security threats. Yes a pop to about the president. Enterprisesrican institute, this is about one hour. Hour. Good morning everybody. I am the Senior Vice President for foreign and defense policy studies at aei, and it is an honor for us to welcome the director of the Central Intelligence agency, mike pompeo, who i think for the first time is in his current role. I am going to read your bio. This is something i dont always do. Those of you who know me know that i tend to sort of race through. I have sat down and look through the directors bio and i was enormously impressed. So i am going to read it and embarrass you. Sworn in as the director of the cia in
Time in this current role. Im going to read your bio, this is something i dont always do. Raise through but i sat down and looked at the directors bio and i was really a impressed. Im going to read it and embarrass you. Someone in as director of the cia in january of 2017, he was a the committee on intelligence and committee on energy and commerce prior to that, he served on the Benghazi Committee but before that, he was in business for himself, he headed up his own company and he was a graduate, the number one in his class served with the for the idea along the iron curtain when we still had an iron curtain and we are well on our way back and graduated after serving from Harvard Law School at the lot review, that is pretty impressive. It is really an honor to have you serving in our government and i am delayed to see it. Normally i would give you a bit of a run down on what the director was going to say but unusually perhaps in this administration, i had no idea, no leaks out of the c
But Bernie Sanders. China its a huge day around the world and Varney Company is go to begin. A lot of tension and happening around the world thatc1 a lot of tension and happening around the world that will influence your income your 401 k and a lot of other things like commodities and on that note lets take a look at oil. Down more than 10 , were less than a week into the month and dothing again after being up a little earlier today a lot of news coming out of iran that could make that go lower or higher. Lets take a look at gold in the traditional safe haven, its down 15 at 1157. The ultimate i call it the safety if you will our yield. Obviously money pouring into u. S. Treasuries once again, dothing six basis points 2. 22 . Its amazing the last two weeks out of greece and Ashley Webster with the latest from athens. Ashley. Ashley hey good morning to you charles. Wel157 we continue to wait to see what happens in brussels. The greasis are b10ng asked to give a new proposal on how to ta