Representative smith is washington states 9th District Representative and serves as Ranking Member on the u. S. House Armed Services committee. He graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor degree in Political Science and jd from the university of Washington School of law. During his last year in law school, representative smith ran and won an election for washingtons 33rd district, becoming the youngest state senator in the country at the time. Representative smith is now the 11th in his 11th term in congress. Representative smith has previously chaired the subcommittee on air and land forces and the subcommittee on terrorism, unconventional threats and capabilities. He has previously served on the House Foreign Affairs committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence. After he makes his keynote remarks today i will join him on stage for a little back and forth and well open it up to the audience before we move to a break for our first panel. Please join me in
It alone and we have to talk with each other and figure out how the create quality jobs in the clean energy e kconomy. We have had as our part perrer inship that we are work manage the midwest and on the west coast from the u. S. Conference of mayors you can see more at cspan. Org, and we will leave this for a series of conversations this afternoon about defense and National Security oversight. The House Armed Services Ranking Member adam smith leads off and also the private sector for oversight and accountability. Live coverage here on cspan3. Hassan, we feel secure in the building but as a convener, we have a duty to prepare for the emergencies, so take a look around you and behind me are exits. I will be the official Safety Officer today. So should a fire alarm or something go off, i will direct you in the correct orientation out of the building. Today culminations a ninemonthlong effort conducteded by the cis program. Over 60 groups and functional experts and leaders of the ngo and
Washington state who shared his perspective as the top democrat on the House Armed Services committee, hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. Its just over 2 1 2 hours. Security experts and leaders from the ngo and Civil Society communities were consulted for this project. We want thoonk all of them for their insights and perspectives. The project was made possible by generous support of the open Society Foundations and open Society Policy center. Todays keynote address will be delivered by representative adam smith who is going to give us perspective from capitol hill. Representative smith is washington states 9th District Representative and serves as Ranking Member on the u. S. House Armed Services committee. He graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor degree in Political Science and jd from the university of Washington School of law. During his last year in law school, representative smith ran and won an election for washingtons 33rd district, becomin
Vallejo police dismissed the case as a hoax. In the last few minutes attorneys for the victim saw the News Conference and are now demanding an apology from police. This changes nothing about the humiliation, the violence that was purposeerpetrated on them by a psychopath, a sociopath a person bent on destroying other peoples lives. The Vallejo Police department owes an apology to miss huskins and mr. Quinn. They owe an apology to the public because the individual or individuals who committed this offense were at liberty to continue on their crime spree. Now muller was also a suspect in a Home Invasion in palo alto in 2009 but never charged. He is a harvard graduate, an attorney and a former marine. Abc 7 News Reporter is live in the newsroom with more about the suspects background. Reporter i talked to a former coworker and number of investigators about this case and all of them have described Matthew Mullers arrest as bizarre. He most recently worked as an immigration attorney in San
Walters says muller left his cell phone behind in dublin. When authorities arrested him at his South Lake Tahoe home, they shared what they had found with fbi investigators. And this 50page affidavit says that muller may have been after money, but the couples Attorney Says there was absolutely no connection between him and them. By the way, i stopped by the Vallejo Police Department Today to ask investigators what they made of this new information, todays update, and i was told they had no comment and that there was no longer their case. Reporting live in vallejo, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Melanie, thank you. Investigators say huskins called her father immediately after her kidnappers called her off in Huntington Beach a couple of days after they took her. He said today he is relieved by the arrest but is mentally and emotionally drained. Its very troubling for her. I mean can you imagine being rescued from a kidnapping and then people are on you for committing the crime . I was jus