Function research according to the National Institutes of health. This involves the genetic modification of viruses and pathogens to increase strength and transmissibility. We hear about National Security concerns but also how gain of function research has been used to identify and mitigate potential buyers to tatians that could have resulted in pandemic potential viruses and mutations that could have resulted in pandemics. The hearing is one hour and 45 minutes. I call this meeting to order. I want to thank the senator for allowing this hearing to occur. Welcome to each of our panelists. Pink for joining us. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the emerging threat imposed by research. We will hear from a panel of three witnesses, all of them who are accomplished in the community. We are grateful for the work into each of you for taking the time to hear from us. It is a Controversial Research method involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them a new aspect or ability such
Get started. I called this meeting of the Senate Homeland security and Government Affairs subcommittee on emerging threats and spending oversight to order. I want to thank senator hassan for allowing this bipartisan hearing to occur. Welcome to each of our panelists. Thank you for joining us. The purpose of this hearing by the subcommittee on emerging threats and spending oversight is to discuss, as our name implies, the emerging threat posed by gain of function research. We will hear from a panel of three witnesses, all of whom are extraordinarily accomplished experts in the Scientific Community. We are grateful for that work, and we are grateful to each of you for taking the time to appear here with us this afternoon. Gain of function research is a controversial Scientific Research method involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them a new aspect or ability, such as making viruses more transmissible or dangerous to humans. Despite all we have learnedre about the potential risk
It is to run for president. So i just think theres a one in three chance, a little less than a one in three chance that she doesnt run. By the way, biden turns 74 right after the election in 2016. Yep. And just not that all of you are not much better at math than i am, so shed be 77 at the end of the a second term. So you just think that and just say, you know, does she feel like it. But, again, if she runs, i think the odds are overwhelming that shed be the republican nominee excuse me, democratic nominee. [laughter] she will have to deal with how do i become more relevant to be future than to the past, and she cant run a, hey, remember how great the economy was when my president , when my husband puz president back in the 1990s . Keep in mind the youngest voters will be 2 years old when her husband left office, so, you know, shes going to have to run a very Different Campaign than she ever has before. And i would just add i think she has to dump shade herself differentiate herself fr
The gentleman up there and sort of yeah. Thank you. My name is mohamed [inaudible] for voice of america afghanistan service. I have one question but in three parts. How much the focus on Investigative Journalism in afghanistan, and the second part is what are the main challenges if the media conduct such journalism, and the third part and last is that is there any market for that in terms of the audiences test . Thank you. Who would like to go ahead. After, you know, in last 12year experience now afghan media is focused on investigative reporting which if you hear recently, we created [inaudible] afghan media, you know [inaudible] and we start investigative reporting on corruption and human right which is each month we produce two investigative reporting, one on human right and one on corruption. And like we can say that, but some of those when we release the story, you know, it was really have a good impact, and our president , president karzai, took this and he, you know, ran a he gi
Rails. Maybe the bulls are too complacent. Actually not paying up enough. Byebye byebye byebye. For stocks. Thats how you have to feel after this session. Where the dow is averaging up 19 points and s p edging up 0. 9 higher and nasdaq edging 3. 4 . Underneath, theres astonishment. Astonishment about the prices companies are paying for each other. Not the index buyers for the market. But what private companies are paying for other companies. Lets start with tyson foods. Theyre buying hillshire brands, theyre fattening meats and even more fattening pies. They launched its own bid for pinnacle hillshire foods. Jimmie dean, id like you to get to know wishbone salad dressing and sara lee, you met your competition. Both are moving to block this merger between hillshire and pinnacle. They wanted hillshire themselves apparently from before when hillshire launched its pinnacle bid. Tyson and pinnacle are titans of the fresh and fresher protein aisle. Youll see their stuff if you go to the supe