Before we gavel the hearing in, i would just like to remind audience members that disruption of Committee Proceedings is against the law and will not be tolerated. Although wearing themed shirts while seated in the hearing room is certainly permissible, holding up signs during the proceedings, that is not permissible. So any disruptions will result in a suspension of the proceedings until the Capital Police can restore order. With that, i would id like to call us to order here for our hearing this morning and ask all the members to take their seats if you could. On september 3rd north korea detonated a Nuclear Device that according to news reports was stronger than all of the previous tests combined. This Hydrogen Bomb represents the latest advancement in north koreas longrunning nuclear and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile programs which now pose an urge gents threat to the United States. Moreover, the apparent speed in which these north korean advancements have occurred are challen
[inaudible conversations] before we tackle the hearing i would like to remind the audience members the disruption of proceedings is against the law and will not be tolerated also wearing themed shirts while seated in the room is certainly permissible holding up signs during the proceedings is not permissible and will be suspended until Capital Police can restore order. With that, i would like to call us to order for our hearing this morning and ask all the members to take their seats if you cou could. On september 3, north korea detonated a Nuclear Device thats according to news reports is stronger than any of the previous tests combined. This represents the latest advancement in north koreas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile programs which now posed an urgent threat to the United States. Moreover, the apparent speed in which the advancements have occurred are challenging the security structure across east asia creating dangerous instability in the region and that instability will lik
Financial intelligence of the department of the treasury where he focused on illicit finance. And so we welcome both our witnesses to the committee. Without objection, the witnesses for prepared statements are going to be made a part of the record and all members here will have five calendar days to submit any statements or additional questions or any extraneous material for the record. With that, i would suggest and would begin with you if you could summarize your remarks and then we will go to questions. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Ranking member angle, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the ever increasing challenge that north korea poses. The threat posed by the Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Program is grave. Six Nuclear Tests on september 3 is an unacceptable provocation that ignores repeated calls from the International Community for a change in their behavior. It followed the august 28 Ballistic Missile launch tha
Daybreak europe. Doin manus there was a feast of Central Banks this week. All eyes will be on the house of parliament. Will theresa mays in these backer on the article 50 bill . , itterling is a benchmark is under a little bit of pressure and bank of america says we reject the notion that article 50 is priced in. It is having the largest losing streak since july of last year. The Political Risk is rising. This is the euro against sterling and it is under pressure. Anna an interesting thing to watch in terms of Political Risk to the week. Lets look at the risk radar. Report andhe jobs other factors, japanese stocks extending the biggest rally in a month. South korean stocks are up. Record highs on global stocks. We have a very busy week as you point out with all the Central Bank Meetings and a busy political calendar. Manus keep an eye on the dollar. Just a little bit soft for two days in a row, giving back some of its original gains. Those are good numbers. The animal is essentially ob
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