We had to rebuild the military didnt have a choice. Welcome to hudson wide big crowd in the middle of summer. But the topic is very interesting and i appreciate you being here. Today we will talk about the intersection of economics and National Security thinking about competition as you know across the domain and on the economic side of things. The ad jumped secret fellow and a former associate director for capability and the chief Technology Officer National Geospatial intelligence agency. In that capacity responsible for technology r d and the strategy of the Agency Overall responsible to bring ai into the agency and to adopt it more effectively and ceo of two technology startups. With the phd and we need more of anthony and the government of economics of National Security with his whole career and then i will open this up to the audience. Thank you so much and to discuss this topic today. And then to spend some time and what that means for the American Military and intelligence in t
Screeria nigeria. Rs staffing and then the white house news briefing and then recent Data Security breaches at banks and retailers. A hearing today looked at staffing shortages at Veterans Affairs hospitals. Witnesses representing va doctors and nurses talked about the need for more medical professionals. This house Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing is two hours. This subcommittee will come to order. Before we begin, i would like to ask for unanimous consent for my friend and colleague from pennsylvania to sit in on todays hearings. Without objection, so ordered. Thank you for joining us today for todays subcommittee hearing, overcoming barriers to more efficient and effective va staffing. As a physician who worked at fee for service at the iran mountain Va Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center for about 20 years i know how privileged it can be to care for veterans on a daily basis. Regardless of how fulfilling va employment often is, the departments ability to effectively
Dashcam ra dashcamera evidence. We have not. In colorado the dashcameras are used routinely by the Colorado State patrol. It is left up to the individual officers when they want to use individual cameras. From a prosecutors point of view this hasnt been a difficult tool to employ . No the with respect to dash cameras, senator. The complexity is logarithms when i understand. Mr. Henderson the only reason were probably having this hearing is because of these private videos that have shocked everybody. You agree with that . I do. In those cases, were glad we have video evidence. I mean youve got the North Charleston case thats in litigation so ill be careful of what i say. But in that case only god knows what the story would have been. Youre absolutely right. Its these private videos that have really motivated the public debate. As i said earlier you deserve great credit for convening this conversation. On balance, if you could get the right protocols to protect privacy and make sure the
In, i believe, five in between 2005 and 2008 and that certainly assisted Border Patrol in expeditiously constructioning hundreds of miles of fence along the southwest border. There were legal challenges brought to halt certain border projects. But when dhs would show Waiver Authority, the courts would dismiss those challenges. I will note it is not absolute. Besides the constitutional limitations, you cannot waive the constitution. Another thing is that it refers specifically to the construction of barriers and roads. There is certainly some question as to whether it would apply to tactical infrastructure that is not a barrier or a road. Like sensors or cameras. Dhs when it has exercised Waiver Authority to border projects, it has often mentioned things like radio towers and cameras in addition to the fence. But whether Waiver Authority could be used exclusively for a say, a project to install towers or sensors along a particular stretch of the border dhs has never done that and that w
The form of non v. A. Care and choice care to get this right. If i can make two quick observations. Youre absolutely spot on. First of all we have to force ourselves to make certain decisions about what care can be most efficiently delivered in the community. So weve talked before my example the chairman remembers optometry. Why would we send a veteran 100 miles to get his eyes checked and get some glasses . We can do that anywhere. We wouldnt we routinely be referring that out to the community unless a veteran really wants to come to va. We are learning right now, again working to manage towards requirements rather than just a budget number, every time we improve access to care with a new facility, with additional staff, demand changes. Part of what were trying to understand are what are the dynamics. For example, you look in phoenix where we know were under penetrated in the veteran market. We improve access to care and we get a disproportionate response back. Weve got to understand