The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Almighty god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We pray for the gift of wisdom to all with great responsibility in this house, for the leadership of our nation. May all the members have the vision of a nation where respect and understanding are the marks of civility and where honor and integrity are the marks of ones character. As members take time in the coming week for constituency visits, give them the ability to hear the voices of all in their districts, even those with whom they disagree. This is difficult to do so endow them with patience and a discerning ear. Bless us this day and every day and may all that is done within these hallows halls be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. These hallowed halls be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and anno
Of the abuse of kids through the internet and selling of kids through the internet. The answer is yes. We have prosecuted the people behind an outfit i think called redbook that was in california. We locked up the proprietor of it winning it, that shut down the site. We may have taken civil action to shut down the site, so yes we have. Followup. Since the online facilitated exploitation of children is evolving prioritized threat, what is, help me understand your allocation to that area of investigation. How does the internet crimes against Children Program fund fit into that . We have task forces that focus on this, i forget the number but more than my number of field offices so we have two in someplaces. We do this in every field office. We do operation i hope you heard of called operation Cross Country. I have. Great. It works with local partners to connect with the cyber stuff. A lot of ways we find people looking to exploit kids are through advertisements where we try to take down
Do you believe the army can buy back force with oka funds . Do i not, senator. Do you believe the navy can work with shipping in funds . No, maam. I just. Im not saying we come to this as democrats because we have engaged in gimmickry also. I know the chairman wants to face this head on. I know its a challenge in the environment. We have obviously not met the challenge with the bucket as its currently configured. I wanted to specifically ask you, general austria austin, there has been a determination that freedom sentinel is a new operation. Do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . Its a continuation of our efforts, senator so you know in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train the and advise and assist the Afghan Security force but in terms of you know how we account for the funding that were allocating to that, thats a different issue. The reason im asking this is i am told there is an effort under way of naming a new lead Inspector General in
Thank you, guys are coming. Sandy will be appear. She is happy to sign copies of her book which are for sale if you dont have one at the Cash Register at the front. Thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] cspan to providing live coverage of the user Senate Floor Proceedings and key Public Policy events, and every weekend booktv. Now for 15 years the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by the cable tv industry invented by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, lik like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Historian joshua zeitz examines Abraham Lincoln president ial tenure through the eyes of his secretaries, john a. And john nikolai, next on tv. [applause] thank you all for braving this weather, low as i understand it last week might have been worse. I probably picked the right week to be here. I mightve been delivering this from the airport if we don had e this last week. I want to begin our sto
A Climate Change crosses the ocean. Egypts president admitted that he made some mistakes and is calling for unity to move the country into the new year. The opposition isnt listening, theyre calling for more protests. It was the most conciliatory tone that the president had since the political crisis exploded last month. There was no floury religious verses or talk about a conspiracy, just a parent humility. During this transition, there have been mistakes that i take full responsibility for this. God knows i would not take any decision except in the interest of the country. I am not after power or authority. It is the egyptian people level the authority. The response was immediate. We will continue the fight against the institution which is not representative and does not respect the rights of everyone including the women and the poor that continue to try to bring it down including through peaceful administrations. Another important development, they took over legislative power. There