The committee will come to order. I want to remind our members, our guests and our staff that we are at the unclassified level for todays hearing. Im also obligated to remind the witnesses that providing false information to this committee or concealing Material Information from the committee is a crime punishable by law. Today we welcome director of National Intelligence, james clapper, deputy secretary of defense robert work and the under secretary of defense for intelligence, marcel lettre. Thank you for all three of you for being here today. The United States faces grave security threats today from terrorism threats to aggression by nation states to cyberattacks. The Intelligence Community provides our military with critical information across the full spectrum of conflict. Yet when the ic and dod do not integrate effectively, we risk intelligence failures that put our war fighters lives at risk. Were here today because the dod and ic have failed to adequately respond to the concer
Dramatically and i think there is an appreciation of that now whether it was education, 60 of the kids in college today are there on his grant and loan programs, whether it was health, you know, 60 million or 70 million of americans on medicare, another 60 million on medicaid. The corporation for public broadcasting. Charlie we conclude with Lynsey Addario a Pulitzer Prizewinning war photographer and the author of its what i do a photographers life of love and war. Icon front myself with the question, what am i doing here and why am i in libya and why i do care about this particular story enough to give my life . I dont think theres an answer, not certainly in that moment, but it is an answer that i believe this work has to be done and i believe that i have the tools to go to these places and tell these stories and bring it home for a reader in the way thats accessible. Charlie cole bunzel Joseph Califano and Lynsey Addario when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provi
Dramatically and i think there is an appreciation of that now whether it was education, 60 of the kids in college today are there on his grant and loan programs, whether it was health, you know, 60 million or 70 million of americans on medicare, another 60 million on medicaid. The corporation for public broadcasting. Charlie we conclude with Lynsey Addario a Pulitzer Prizewinning war photographer and the author of its what i do a photographers life of love and war. Icon front myself with the question, what am i doing here and why am i in libya and why i do care about this particular story enough to give my life . I dont think theres an answer, not certainly in that moment, but it is an answer that i believe this work has to be done and i believe that i have the tools to go to these places and tell these stories and bring it home for a reader in the way thats accessible. Charlie cole bunzel Joseph Califano and Lynsey Addario when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provi
This is not gonna be an announcement about u. S. Ground troops. This is not the equivalent of the iraq war. What this is similar to the kinds of counterterrorism campaigns that we have been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven years. And he said several times in the interview, no american boots on the ground. I want to go straight to the white house. Thats where we find our erin mcpike. The president s message today, erin, sharply contrasting with those remark he was criticized for by many saying, look, the u. S. Does not yet have a strategy in terms of tackling isis. How are key politicians on both sides responding to what the president said . Certainly applauding him from moving forward and getting on board this but listen who how californias Dianne Feinstein put it on state of the union this morning. I want to congratulate the president. He is now on the offense. I think that this is a major change in how isis is approached. It is overdue, but the president is now
In the faulken islands. Strong words for the author now. Good morning to you. So glad youre with us. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. 10 00 on the east coast, 7 00 out west during the cnn newsroom and were starting with a strong statement from defense secretary ash carter. He says the Obama Administration still questions its plans to pull out almost all remaining 10,000 u. S. Troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016 as scheduled. Carter arrived in the Afghan Capital kabul this morning. Its his first overseas trip since he was sworn in a few days ago. In a News Conference with the afghan president carter said he will assess the security situation against the taliban. President obama and i discussed in my first meeting in the oval office earlier this week just a few days ago, our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president gaineys Security Strategy including possible change