Important and timely hearing. Im pleased that you are able to join us i have a long history in massachusetts and so happy to see his legacy move on to his niece. Todays hearing is relevant given the proximity to the conflict zone, social networking and the internet and the premier recruitment cools for terrorist gangs expanding far into europe and the United States. These are cheap and ineffective even for isil who has plentiful resources. They focus on various assets of the recruitment and communication strategy. This is what we must attack. Of course we need the cooperation of the transatlantic and regional partners. The National Counter Terrorism Center estimates that as of this month, as many as 12,000 individuals have travelled to syria since 2011 to support the armed militants there. This includes well over 1,000 citizens and more than 100 americans. Other estimates from the allies overseas expect these numbers to be higher. They are a prom ter for what may come. We must work clo
And take questions. This is about an hour. Dave thank you for coming. Our guests are jeff zients and brian deese. Zients is in maryland native graduated with honors from duke university. He joined been consulting and worked for bain consulting. Our guest is a father of four and has undertaken a series of challenging government roles including serving as chief performance officer and heading the offer dubbed tech s urge. Brian deese spent time at the center for American Progress and worked on the Obama Campaign and the transition team. At the age of 31 his first assignment after joining the white house staff was to help restructure general motors. And went on to serve as Deputy Director of the National Economic council and management and budget. So what for biography, on to the mechanics. No live blogging or tweeting or filing while the breakfast is underway to give us time to listen to what the guests are saying. To help you resist the sulfate urge we will email pictures to the reporte
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