Albany. He spent his career preserving military history with the National Park service, new york state government. Rensselaer. Civil War Preservation trust. Kentucky state parks and u. S. Arm. Hes written books on various aspects of military leadership from 1775 to the present. Published to books with the civil war at perryville and stone river and Tullahoma Campaigns and studied the 1941 and 42 entitled last day in bataan released in 2016. In september of 2016 the arm published his volume on virginia campaigns as part of the series on the civil war. Last year at this event friday night i bought this book and i spent all night reading it. Highly recommended. Last about chris he is a great researcher, he knows an amazing amount of almost anything military, havent writer and, most importantly he is a really good guy who will share anything with you which i think is the most important thing. He is also getting ready to get married. So without further ado, chris kolakowski. [applause] good
Identity fraud is a hugely important problem. Today, criminals have tools at their disposal to get at sensitive Consumer Financial data. Complicated situation and that we get briefings like wheree i just received you go through just how massive the problem is and the techniques that are available. We realize that mentioning them in public is not a wise thing to do. This puts us in a tough situation. And thell of my Members Committee and their staff to get those briefings from members to our testifying today to see how big a problem this is. It is costing us a lot more than we think. Toolsare large numbers of that people use. These intrusions are only becoming more sophisticated. In the news this week there was synthesizer voice from anke instructions employee who thought it was his boss. That will accelerate as the Technology Gets more advance. The stakes in this are a enormous. Financial services at the front lines of this attack. It can be used for something to do Identity Fraud. It
Next, look into the military justice process when it comes to Sexual Assault trial. During a Defense Department Advisory Committee meeting, several Trial Defense Service organization chiefs from different branches, talk about conviction and acquittal rates and the adjudication process. We are continuing with panel three. Regarding conviction acquittal rates, case adjudication process and victim declination. I suspect we might hear Something Different than we heard this morning. We just pull together questions. I will read the first one. It concerns the referral process. The responses indicate victim preference may play an outsized role into whether or not a Sexual Assault case is referred to trial. What consideration should the authority get to victims wishes, regarding the disposition of a Sexual Assault case. Colonel bennett, could you start us off . Would you be sure to hit the button please . The voice of the victim is something that should be considered. When we give too much weig
There are many threats to american interests, and that those threats will not reseed if we retreat. He understands that American Leadership is essential to keeping the threats and enemies at bay. And that our partners in our lives rarely act without us. John appreciates the need to stand up to adversaries like putins russia, approach them from a position of strength. And hold them accountable for their lives and their misdeeds. I wish him well wherever his career next takes him. Of course the president deserves to choose his own team. And he assembled a strong wind. He and our nation are well served by leaders like secretary pompeo, secretary s berg, and director hospital. Of the president celexas National Security advisor who will work well with the National Security leaders who have been chosen by the president , and confirmed by the senate. The house will be in order. For 40 years, cspan has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress. The white house. The supreme court,
Remembrance on 9 11. Later that morning we had in my caucus, the House Democratic caucus, we had a presentation of the situation in afghanistan, a country that we went into following 9 11 to see where we are and where we go from here. The longest war in the history of the United States. Some disarray at the white house on this subject, but 18 years after the attack, the terror attack of 9 11, we remember the heroism that we saw that day and renew our solemn commitment to support our men and women who sacrifice to keep america safe. Whether its our men and women in uniform, in the military service or our first responders, well never forget their valor at that time and every day. Sadly, here we are, the president s decision to cancel 3. 6 billion for military construction initiatives, makes us less safe by undermining our National Security and the quality of life and the morale of our troops and it dishonors the constitution of the United States as the president negates the constitutions