Things thats going on in our approach to world affairs. And i think it recognizes that weve made the transition from 21st century problem solving to 21st century problem solving. The 20th century was kind of a bipolar century. The 21st century is obviously multipolar. Globalization is a reality. Its on a course of diversions, because one of the sectors that is universally admired and recognized for what it does is the American Private sector. And when you think about the developing world and the growth of africa and whats going on, even dealing with the problems that mr. Putin is causing, a large part of the solutions are economic when you think about it. Energy security is something that ive been convinced is not only going to be one of the United States strongest cards in the future but its a way of showing leadership in a more globalized world, that recognizes the important changes between the two centuries. This problem is going to be solved not just by aircraft carriers and troops
And each instance is unique. Each and every one is totally unique with a unique set of circumstances. But in this one, given the timing given the lack of information about any credible threat, given all of the ramifications that may have taken place had shots been fired, i believe they acted quickly, bravely and heroically. Before the gentlemen yields back. I got to ask you a question. Ive asked you directly in closed doors and in here whether or not you had somebody with a gun trained on these people that could take them out of the air and yet when mr. Cummings asked the same question in a different way you said no. You told me yes. What is it . We clearly have officers out there with weaponry. In this instance with the gyro copter coming at the capitol did you . And it may have been brief. I you said understand you didnt get much advanced warning. Right. But did you or did you not have guns trained on this gyro copter. Did they have guns on him in this instance. As he was landing. So
Classified information tell me this. Did this incident this incident that were talking about today has that caused you all to change anything about your policies with regard to shoot downs lethal force . We have not changed anything yet. But it has caused us like those other seminal moments you referenced to reexamine how we do business. Object twoin 2013 there was another incident. A woman drove on Capitol Grounds fleeing Law Enforcement and capitol place shot and killed her. We learned later she was mentally ill and not armed and that she had a oneyearold baby in the backseat of a car. Is that right chief dine . Yes, sir. Now, while some praised the response of the Capitol Police, others criticize. And chief dine, what impact, if any, did this incident that i just talked about have on your policies for using lethal force . Ranking member, cummings as you know that matter is under litigation. But i can tell you every time we face one of these situations it causes us to examine how we
Incident by splay sinning the fas role in security and how we coordinate with other agencies. First and foremost the mission is aircraft and air space safety. We operate the nations air Traffic Control system in order to separate aircraft. Our primary focus is on getting aircraft safely to their destinations and managing the flow of thousands of aircraft and their passengers around the country every day. In addition to the f. A. A. s Safety Mission we also work very closely with the depts of defense and Homeland Security on a daily basis to support their Aviation Security missions particularly here in the capitol region. As part of that support, we provide them a raw air traffic radar feed so they have Situational Awareness of what is happening in our National Air Space system. To enable our controllers to safely control air traffic, the first thing we have to do is distinguish the aircraft that are communicating with controllers from all other objects in the air that are not aircraft.
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