The subcommittee will come to order. Thank you all very, very much and, again, we apologize for being late. Days take on a life of their own. But i wanted to say good morning, dr. Collins. Welcome back to labor hhs, the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say thank you on behalf of the of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease, to develop treatments for major depression, shrink and treat cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials. So it was a moving an informative but a very moving experience as well. Let me welcome our witnesses, including the five institute and Center Directors who join us today and in addition, and always a great addition, dr. Francis collins whos joined us many times, director of the National Institutes
Collins and other and i age leaders testify before House Appropriations subcommittee on funding and research efforts. This is about 21 2 hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Thank you very much and apologize for being late. They take on a life of their own. I wanted to say good morning, welcome back to labor hhs, appropriations subcommittee. Let me say thank you on behalf of of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work, we learned about researchers working to develop treatments for major depression, shrinkage free cancer tumors in children, we heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials so it was a moving and informative experience. Let me welcome our witnesses including the five Institute Center directors who joined us today and in addition, always a great addition doctor Francis Collins, director of the National Institute of h
Just like the analysts and special agents who are working these issues, we aim to stay on top of the threat picture and to help devise tactics and strategies and tools for getting ahead of it. Today its standard it is standard procedure for agents conducting counterterrorism investigations to consult throughout the process with attorneys and prosecutors in the National Security division. That is to ensure that all potential avenues for destruction of a threat, intelligence gathering, investigation and prosecution are all preserved. If you asked me to break down how much intelligence versus how much Law Enforcement work we do, i would be hard pressed to give you an answer. We are almost always pursuing multiple tracks at the same time. We no longer have to across organizational lines to bring tools and talent to bear against a particular threat or problem. For instance, our Office Lawyers in the office of intelligence work day in and day out with the Intelligence Community to secure aut
Community including the American Academy that we have been through, it is not an extensive study. But the literature that the staff has been working. Much of what we already had, trying to devour. The most interesting meeting is with an interfaith group. Not only the traditional mainstream protestant churches, the Catholic Council of bishops, but evangelicals. They are reluctant to engage in is because it is may be an attack on a cultural thing related to gun ownership and the like. All these groups with the muslim community, the hindu community, etc. It was really a fascinating discussion. And then we matt with sportsmen groups that is distinct from but do not disagree with the gun owner groups. They have a different perspective that includes the blue water strategies, the outdoor industries. With a gun owners and the marines and troops, headed by a retired Major General to fire arms and export roundtable. The independent firearms owners. There is a difference among them as well. We a
President obama agreed to place detainees under the afghan government. Again, waiting for afghan President Hamid karzai. Georgetown university is also where the u. S. Womens council is located. Again, waiting here at georgetown university, were live tonight waiting for hamid karzai. He met with president obama and they spoke at a press conference earlier today. Were going to bring you that press conference again tonight you can watch it here at 8 00 p. M. Eastern here on cspan. The two leaders have agreed to speed up slightly the move Afghan Forces into the lead in that country. The u. S. Troops shifting to a support role, currently 66,000 troop u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Were going to bring you inaugural information and coverage but back to president karzai, the president of afghanistan preparing to speak. [applause] good evening, everyone. Welcome to our distished guests from all around the world, especially afghanistan, our faculty, students, colleagues and friends. The u. S. Afgh