And to washington and i look forward to chatting with you later today. So please reporters, behave. We have students in the room. We have some other guests here as well and i would like to welcome the director of the National Counterterrorism center. Like me, he is from wisconsin. Maiden name as his name as well. So, welcome. Director rasmussen of the and ctc in 2014 sworn in, today he will supply Additional Information on hezbollahs worldwide activity. I will also introduce you to our coordinatoror, the for counterterrorism, he is to my right. He joined the department in departmentleads the and the whole of government effort in counterterrorism abroad. I will start with director rasmussen and when we wrap up we will take your questions and i will do a little moderation and take your questions after that. Great. Thank you for that introduction, heather. As heather suggested, my role is to ride you with some background on the activity we see from hezbollah globally and here in the homel
Good morning everybody. Norm hi we dont start until the ranking members here but people have scheduling problems today, and ive consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you sir for being here. Senator kennedys coming. The topic of todays hearing involves the ms13 crises thats growing and spreading in communities across the nation. The atrocities of these criminals are not new. The group has existed since the 1980s and has made a reputation for itself as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous gang. And some say, it would be a terrorist organization. But, you wouldnt expect anything less from a group whose model happens to be kill, rain and control. Unfortunately over the last two years this terrifying model has become a vicious reality for many communities across our country. So far this year, the gang has been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes and assault across t
Good morning everybody. Norm hi we dont start until the ranking members here but people have scheduling problems today, and ive consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you sir for being here. Senator kennedys coming. The topic of todays hearing involves the ms13 crises thats growing and spreading in communities across the nation. The atrocities of these criminals are not new. The group has existed since the 1980s and has made a reputation for itself as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous gang. And some say, it would be a terrorist organization. But, you wouldnt expect anything less from a group whose model happens to be kill, rain and control. Unfortunately over the last two years this terrifying model has become a vicious reality for many communities across our country. So far this year, the gang has been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes and assault across t
Good morning everybody. Normally we dont start until the ranking members here but people have scheduling problems today, and ive consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you, senator cornyn, for being here. Senator kennedys coming. The topic of todays hearing involves the ms13 crisis thats growing and spreading in communities across the nation. The atrocities of these criminals are not new. The group has existed since the 1980s and has made a reputation for itself as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous gang. And some say, it would be a terrorist organization. But, you wouldnt expect anything less from a group whose model happens to be kill, rape and control. Unfortunately, over the past two years, this terrifying model has been become a vicious reality for many communities across our country. So far this year, the gang has been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes
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