At 202 7488003. You can join the conversation by texting us at that same number, also going to twitter cspanwj or facebook. Com cspan. The acting defense secretary outlined the president s decision yesterday. [video clip] by january 15, 2021, our forces, their size and afghanistan will be 2500. Iraq will alsoin be 2500 by that date. With ouronsistent established plans and strategic objectives. Supported by the American People. It does not equate to a change in u. S. Policy or objectives. Moreover, this decision by the president is based on continuous engagement with his National Security cabinet over the month past. Including ongoing discussions with me and my colleagues across the u. S. Government. I have also spoken with our military commanders and we all will execute this repositioning in the way that protects our fighting men and women, partners in the Intelligence Community, diplomatic corps, and our superb allies that are critical to iraqiding afghan and Civil Society. Secretarya
Chief of staff. Before that i held a number of different positions with another member and with two committees. Being the chief of staff of the speaker is very much like drinking out of a fire hose everyday. We had two years under president bush. Then two years under president obama. During that time we covered everything from the financial collapse to the passage of health care and stimulus and the after effects of the financial meltdown. The last two years we lost the majority so we were in the minority. And highite a diverse pressure ride i o is described as just drinking out of a fire hose everyday. Host i want to show viewers with the speaker has to say when she was asked about the election results. [video] we had a very deep victory two years ago. I dont think people are quite understanding of the 40 seats that we won, 31 were in trump districts. He wasnt on the ballot and right away we said he is going to be on the ballot. At the steeper climate these districts. We saved most of
Preparedness response and communications will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on the state of First Responder communications. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome all witnesses here this morning on an issue that is vital to our Homeland Security. The ability of our First Responders to communicate. As noted in the 2006 national interoperable baseline survey, there is a, quote, direct correlation between effective communications, interoperatedability and First Responders ability to save lives, end quote. In my hometown of new york city we know this all too well. Both the first both the office of Emergency Communications and First Responder Network Authority were established in the wake of the communication failures of 9 11 and later in hurricane katrina. We have made a great deal of progress since those fateful disasters. States and localities have invested billions of dollars in their Communications Networks, including
Good morning, thank you all for being here today for the second full [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] the meeting today to consider both Homeland Security appropriations bill, and interior appropriations bill. We made some remarkable progress over the past month and we hope to have it completed today. Now i refer to chairman carter to present the fiscal year 2018 Homeland Security bill. Judge carter. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Before i sort its sort of a tradition to have some kind of snipe from your home district. The most famous thing in my home district are doughnuts, the National Magazines declare it the best doughnut in the world. However we cant, theyre so good they dont travel well. So as a substitute, we have a large Czech Community in my district. Swree clac we have clachis of all sorts across the hall. Our Czech Community is very, very proud of their clachis and theyre very good. I want to let you know about that a clachi, we had them here last year. Theyre good. The question is wha
The will of the people and i hope that this body will put the politics aside and really join the American People and being pragmatic and taking steps to keep the fire arms out of the wrong hands. Thank you. Chair, you had 49 People Killed in your county by someone with one of these weapons. But more importantly, that individual was what we call lone wolf, in terms of somebody who we could not really bring a nexus to somebody overseas or Something Like that. Can you, in your Law Enforcement experience, explain what the challenge is for identifying extremist in communities, whether youre a member of the klu klux klan, whether youre a member of isil or any other entity and how does that play into your daytoday Law Enforcement experience . Thank you for the question. I can tell you that it is a challenge for us to identify the individuals who cause me harm to our nation, were only as good as the information that we received so, i believe that we have got to improve our Analytical Capabilit