Was 1999, 1998. Coming up on 20 years ago now. And the world is really changed, and our missions have evolved, and i want to make sure were optimized to meet the future. So ill receive the final input back on those three by the first of october. In fact, i think im going to review a draft this weekend, to be honest. Im told they think they have some initial work for me to look at this weekend. As i indicated previously, once we sit down and decide, its my intention to come back to the committee and say this is whats been recommending and this is what i intend to do and heres why. This is what i think it will generate in terms of value. Thank you. I think nsa is in good hands. Thank you very much. Admiral rogers, i seldom get the opportunity to highlight North Carolinas hightech successes. Especially given the fact that my vice chairman representing silicon valley, i keep reminding her, i have the Research Triangle park, but while there are 99 days in ns a lts code breaker challenge. No
People around him at all time. [ applause ] i dont think governor gilmore was worried about it, do you . No. Youre not a threat. Youre the good guys. Thats right. So its the safest room in the state as bob said. Theres a lot of information out there and information is the power of politics. If you want to win elections, you have to have information. And part of the critical information that you need is information about the candidates, where they stand, what they stand for, do they really mean what they say, have they proven that they mean what they say, what did they say a couple of years ago, what are they saying now, how is it different. There is lots of sites out there. Theres lots of research out there. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has their gun vote project online. Good information, good resources. The nra, gun owners of america, Citizens Committee for the right to keep and bear arms, the various state organizations, the Arizona Citizens Defense League yeah of which im
Do you believe that theyre ignorant . Are the efforts ignorant . They are ignorant. But theyre not stupid. We cant confuse the two. Theyre ignorance is that they dont get it. But theyre not stupid. The efforts to take away our rights and oppose our rights are meticulously effective. Its strategic. They know what theyre doing. And the effort to try to minimize the voice of women will not work. But we have to help amplify the voice of women, because whats the tactic . The tactic is emotion. Stories. Guess who has lots of stories, guys, that this world is not hearing . Women. Stories of strength, courage, fierce protection of their family. There are some incredible stories that we need to be sharing and we need to have the communities hear these stories. Our response typically is statistics. Numbers. From my cold dead hands, thats what we hear. Is that accurate . Yes. Is it effective . We need stories. We need to tap into the emotion of this topic. We need to be focusing on the stories of
Do you feel like were doing enough to get these 60 nations engaged in this battle of good versus evil that were engaged in . I would like to see other nations engaged. We need more. Its good to have political support, youre right. Its good to have widespread political support. Just about nerve the world recognizes that isil is bad but theyre not backing up words with deeds and we need more in there swinging with us and that applies particularly to those countries that reside in the region itself. And were concerned and doing our part and theyre not there. I know its not totally your lane for that component but i think we need to put more pressure on state department or whatever to gain more support physically from our allies. A quick question if i can, general dunford, for congressional notifications of guantanamo detainee transfer decisions. Have you or general dempsey before you nonconcurred with any of those . I have not. Ive only had two cases since ive been a chairman and i concur
Single most neglected group of gun owners in the country. [applause] of thee are sort redheaded that child in the child in step the basement and that needs to change. Alliancehe nsa freedom is that organization. It has become increasingly more important with the explosion of the sale of suppressors, that is firearms,tegory of even though none of us would consider them firearms, that has been the one area of the firearms industry that has exploded and that is part of why i believe the Freedom Alliance is so necessary. Probably the biggest growing and fastestgrowing segment of the firearms sales market, currently. Since starting the organization last october, we have had a record of success. Nsa billsssed for pro in four separate states, and you think, what does the nsa have to do with state law . Many of the states have duplicate of laws, for instance, one of the most Amazing Things is when i was doing research before the Freedom Alliance, i found out that in the state of past tense, it