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Protection, Transportation Security Administration, and a secret service answer questions from the House Homeland Security committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on a department of Homeland Security use of a facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning. The committee on Homeland Security is meeting to examine department of Homeland Security use of facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. The government use of biometrics is not entirely new. For example, finger prints have been used as an identification tool for many decades. Other biometrics includes dna, voice pattern and palm prints. In recent years facial recognition has become the new chosen forum of Biometric Technology as facial Recognition Technology has advanced it is used by the
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Second straight quarter. It flames Week International demand and investment in ecommerce. Shery this hour brings another snapshot of the japanese economy. Trade data may show the deficit balloon in november. First, lets get you to the market action. Australia has come online. Sophie aussie shares opening, a little change to the upside with the benchmark twopoint shot of a fresh record. The aussie dollar Holding Losses after the rba reinforced the inw for its rba rate cut february. Pricing at a 59 chance. Thailand rates decision. Expect it to stay steady as it is stabilizing. We also waiting on japans november trade data later this morning. Nikkei futures pointing lower ahead of that. Overall, looking like a soft start of the session after asian shares closed at a high, with fresh eyes across the region including india. Right. L ll lets check in with the first word news with jessica summers. Jessica sterling slumped the most since january as fx traders gave a thumbs down to Boris Johnso