The meeting will come to order. This hearing is entitled the Trump Administrations syria policy perspectives from the field mic. Thank you. Before i begin i would like to take a moment to remember my friend and our chairman, elijah cummings, though we lost almost one week ago. Like others on this committee i had the pleasure and privilege to call him my friend for almost 20 years as we worked work on n issues that have confronted congress and our country. Mr. Cummings has bequeathed a legacy of Compassionate Service to those families in our society who still struggle to receive the full promise of the american dream. While we had, he had an abiding faith in the goodness and kindness of humankind, he was firm and his commitment to use hisit many talents, and the powr of his position, to wait in our behalf of the disenfranchised and to reduce p the suffering tt he saw in this world. Elijah lived his life in a meaningful cause, the cause of justice, the cause of liberty, and the cause of
Good afternoon and welcome to the 10th annual Cyber Security summit. My name is Tom Billington. Its ab honor and privilege to convene this forum for a tenth year to address our high purpose and theme a call to action for the siCyber Security community. As you look around in the audience here and throughout the exhibit hall are some of the most Innovative Companies and organizations in the world. Facing some of the toughest adversaries. We thank you for your dedication to the mission. My wonderful wife and i founded Cyber Security ten years ago. Besides this annual summit, we host the leadership council, a Member Service and aim for dialogue about Cyber Security in our nations capital. Thats filming the event today, this conference is on the record unless specified and unclassified. And we welcome those members of the media today. You can follow us on twitter at billingtoncyber. As youll see from the Conference Program in your conference materials, we have a packed day and a a half ahea
Around, both in the audience here and throughout the exhibit hall, are some of the most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies and organizations in the world facing some of the toughest adversaries. We thank you for your dedication to this mission. My wonderful wife, susan, founded billington cybersecurity nearly ten years ago. Besides this annual summit we host the leadership council, a membership council. We aim to be top experts in the serious and deep dialogue about cybersecurity in our nations capital. I deeply thank the superb speakers who will share their insights. Please lets give them a round of applause. [ applause ] for the media, including cspan thats filming the event today, this conference is on the record unless specified and unclassified. And we welcome those members of the media today. You can follow us on twitter at billington cyber. And use billingt billingtonsum. We have a packed day and a half ahead. It has been expanded by a half day this year. Q a will be available f
The American Enterprise institute beginning at 1 30 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies this 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host and best selling author tom standage has a new book out, and its called writing on the wall. Tom standage, what do cicero and twitter have in common . Guest well, the idea of the book is that social media is a very old idea. We think that its recent and only people alive today have ever done it. But really what im arguing is theres a very long and rich tradition of social media that goes back to the era of cicero, so thats the First Century b. C. , and the point is that you dont need a Digital Network to do social media. If you have one, it goes faster, but you could actually do it in the old days. Cicero did it with papyrus rolls and ore members other members of the roman elites were linked to him and all spoke to each other, and its very much a social environment. But there are many
Modern Democratic Party fighting over the legacy of barack obama . What used to be, obamacare was the most lifting you can think of and now the modern policy position. China , what is clearly a progressive position in trying to normalize it. Obamacare is still a bad idea. The other side of the says Mainstream Media trying to guess light america about barack obama. They knew it wasnt enough. Watching this left party trying to take barack obama and say he is if you think it is effective, where do you think the vast majority of the democratic voting bases . Have a gun too far left kick you what is the reaction . People we hear all the time, they are as progressive as you get. May be people at home are afraid to speak up for being afraid to be called a racist, who dont speak out. My theory is if you have a progressive candidate moderates will vote for them in 2020. If they have a moderate candidate im not sure progressives show up. They are true believer kind of people like Ocasio Cortez w