What danger do you worry about most in cyberspace . I think thats impressively not necessary. If you have been reading the papers and talking to your friends and colleagues across the private sector, but i would say four things about cyberspace, not entirely well understood by the public that makes use of that. I think therefore we still have some surprises that have insidiously crept up on us. The first thing i would say cyberspace, the internet writ large is not really this Massive Technology that acts as oftentimes is considered as just another version of the voter poll, fix it. Whatever technology, whatever aplukys we need to make it resilient, just do that. Its of course, a mix of technology and people and critical process. And theyre so interlocked its almost impossible to tease one out from the other so you cant delegate this to the i. T. Shop and say fix it. The other thing is everything is connected to everything. Convergence is the reality. For those who think they have an of
Little to enhance security in benghazi. It wasnt an intelligence failure. It is a policy and leadership failure on the part of the administration. With regard to iraq, intelligence including director clappers testimony at a january 29, 2014 hearing has been clear that iraq was vulnerable to the threat from isil. I encourage any member to read the intelligence if they are questions regarding the assessment about security in iraq and the rise of isil. It was clear in 2011 as u. S. Forces were withdrawing that iraq was vulnerable to resurgeance and we have seen the violence escalate during the administrations failed policy. This was easily predicted but we have stood by and watched as it has occurred. Again, this is a policy failure. Not an intelligence failure. Perhaps the most concerning aspect of the Foreign Policy is the counterterrorism strategy. I hear them touting the dissire of them being on the run. But nothing could be further from the truth. Al qaeda is on the run but they are
Quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Reid madam president . The presiding officer mr. Leader. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 779. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, paul g. Byron of florida to be United States district judge for the middle district of florida. Mr. Reid i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of paul g. Byron of florida to be United States district judge for the middle district of florida, sig
U.S. Marine Corps Col. John H. Rochford, the commanding officer of 8th Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Maj. Keith D. Hoge, the sergeant major of 8th Marine Reg., both with 2d Marine Division, case the regimental colors during a deactivation ceremony on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 28, 2021. The regiment served a total of 68 years and is now being deactivated in accordance with the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chase W. Drayer)
8TH MARINE REGIMENT JOINS OTHER UNITS IN DEACTIVATION
January 30, 2021