Im sure you can see that chart over there. Charts are always interesting, but this one, were going to need someone to translate for us because its an example, and i think an one, of the difference, the differences and authorities and responsibilities, none of which seem to have an overall coordinating office or individual. Of course, mr. Joyce absence here, whose job it is to do all this is an example, frankly, of the disarray in which this whole issue rests. And mr. Rapuano, to start with, you said that is not department of defense responsibility. Suppose at the russians had been able to affect the outcome of the last election. Wouldnt that fall under their responsibility and authority to some degree of the department of defense if theyre able to destroy the fundamental of democracy which would be to change the outcome of an election . Mr. Chairman, specifically, the issues associated with protecting elections from cyber incursion so youre saying cyber incursion is not something that
Epidemic, and that is very inspiring to us, to see these small news organizations that are struggling because they have lost so much advertising over the past decade, and still putting resources into this story is really important. So we cheer all those people on. Ms. Casey where does this go from here . Mr. Rosen i think the story that we did will get local television stations now to say lets cover it in our area in the bigger way. Lets not just cover the car crash or local three alarm fire, lets devote resources to this. When that happens, here is how it works in washington. Those stories happen, people at home get outraged, they call their senator and congressman, the senator and congressman look at the mail and the incoming phone list, and says oh, i better do something about that. Legislation has been proposed maybe to remedy it. Law enforcement, maybe the vote is more resources in a proper way. To theely, it goes executive branch that says this is going to be a big voting issue i
The Senate Armed Services Committee Held a hearing yesterday. [inaudible conversations] , one. Of morning. The Committee Meets to receive testimony on the u. S. Government policy strategy and organization to protect our nation in cyberspace. To begin id like to thank senators rounds and nelson for their leadership on these issues and our Cyber Security subcommittee. This hearing builds upon the good work that they and their subcommittee have done to tackle the critical challenge of cyber. This is a challenge that is growing more dire and more complex. Not a week passes that we dont read about some disturbing new incident, Cyber Attacks against our Government Systems and Critical Infrastructure, data breaches back compromise Sensitive Information of our citizens and companies, attempts to manipulate Public Opinion through social media and of course attacks against the fundamentals of our democratic system and process. Those are just the ones that we know about. This is a totally new kin
That is what ive been hearing. Lets look at the risk off tone in europe that is being hit the hardest. We are now at eight straight down days and have not seen that kind of streak since 2014, the dax hit particularly hard. A bit of a safe haven bid as far as bund yields. That does not feel like a risk off move in bunds. The dollaryen down 6 10 of 1 . The bloomberg Commodity Index down 3 10 of 1 . Not just oil and copper, the base metals across the board hurt. David now we turn to emma chandra. Emma Senate Republican leaders may have made tax reform a little more complicated. They decided to add repeal of the obamacare individual mandate to their tax package to help them meet the fiscal target but will change the vote calculations in the senate and house. Twice the senate tried and failed this year. The russians have agreed to restructure more than in venezuelan debt. The Credit Rating firm declared venezuela and its state oil company to be in default after missing payments. In zimbabwe
We were unprepared for russian response. We got a russian response and we were caught flat footed. Thats poor policy making. Thats what we need. Again, we need to engage russia and have a better idea of what theyre really thinking about, what their capabilities are, and then fashioning a policy that gets us where we want to get if not tomorrow over time. And its been bad for us, but also bad for ukraine because were in a situation where we made this commitment that we are likely not going to follow through on anytime soon, and at the same time ukraine has had crimea taken away, has been subject to this very brutal conflict. It hasnt worked well for either. If you would address this point because this is a very interesting point. Yeah, it might be nice. It might be even right to say if ukraine wants to be a member of nato, they can be a member of nato. If we dont have the stamina to follow through, our allies dont have the stamite farmina to fol through, isnt that getting sort of down a