Later a confirmation hearing for julian castro. Next, Foreign Policy experts discuss the escalating violence in iraq. National security, and how the u. S. Should respond. The american conservative, the american prospect and the institute for security and conflict studies hosted the event. Its just over an hour. Good morning. Thank you all for coming. Welcome to our conference on the new internationalism. Id ike to thank George Washington university and the institute for security and conflict studies for hosting this event and thanks also to our cosponsors, the american conservative and the american prospect. My name is daniel larrison. I am a Senior Editor and ill be moderating this mornings panel. This will be a discussion on threats and responses with the focus on how to manage threats without resorting to military action. Well be addressing some of the following questions, what are the real threats to u. S. Security and u. S. Interests more gem, which u. S. Interests are truly vital
Military action when it is not strictly necessary. That does not mean fighting a allies wantthe u. S. Us to. The u. S. Should not extend halfhearted commitments. That can be interpreted as promises of military aid. It should not ignore basic obligations. We should not enable reckless driving, which the u. S. Does when a provide unconditional support. Should discourage our allies from treating our security guarantees is an opportunity to take provocative actions toward their neighbors that could trigger new conflict. Panacea. Is not a it is much less expensive and more sustainable politically and would contribute Peace Security in the decades to come. Thank you. Good morning. To the american servitor for putting this on. Conservative for putting this on. It is a privilege to be part of this event. I was asked to address americas role in the middle east. Conference being to think about ways of maintaining stability without military action, with methods other than war. In light of the reo
Ms. Wertheimer, please proceed. Chairman johnson, Ranking Member crapo, members of the committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am honored to be president obamas nominee for Inspector General of the federal Housing Finance agency. And before i begin, id like to introduce my family, who has accompanied me here today. My husband, andy pincus, our daughter, kate pincus, my steadfast mother, sidelle wertheimer. My inlaws walter and ann pincus. With that, let me get to the meat of what id like to say in my statement. The fhfa plays a crucial role in our Financial System as the safety and soundness regulator of fannie mae, freddie mac and the 12 regional federal home loan banks. To ensure they operate in a safe and sound measure and serve as a reliable source of liquidity and funding for Housing Finance. And as senator crapo mentioned, since september 2008, almost six years now, the agency has acted as conservator for fannie mae and freddie mac, to pro
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
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