Were going to call this meeting to order. I like to welcome our witness today Central Intelligence Agency Director john brennan. You appropriately note in your Opening Statement that this hearing takes place against the backdrop of a heinous act of violence, perpetrated by a troubled and evil person. The committee has been consistent in consistent contact from the fbi with Early Morning hours on sunday and its been provided a great deal of information on the status of the investigation. I know that your team, along with the Intelligence Community partners are also working to determine if the killer had any connections to a Foreign Terrorist Group like isil. Let me thank your officers for what they do and for the long hours that they are likely putting in to understand this tragedy while also focusing on a wide range of threats facing our nation. Director, i know your organization stands understands the threat posed by isil and theres been much public discussion about progress, the u. S
I will be up for reelection in 2018. I am taking john warner as my role model. If he saw something happy in his party he did not like he said include me out. I am not supporting oliver north. I use his longevity. Also his willingness to do what he thought was right. Along with my fatherinlaw he used them as examples. Would serving as president of the senate give you a better platform . I have a Good Platform right now. I am a happy senator. I am doing a ton of work for hillary to try to get her elected. I was one of the earlier supporters of barak obama. If president obama lost to senator mccain i would have been disappointed but it would not have represented a change in the fundamentals of the country. But we have issues on the table of should you bring torture back. Freedom of religious worship and turn it on its head and punish people. Should we use a tar brush to paint everybody from a recent immigrant to a federal judge as negative because they are latino. These are big, challengi
The history channel, the discovery channel, National Geographic channel, and he is really one of our most popular lecturers. Today we have asked him to speak , on the revolutions in military affairs which will give you a , quick survey of military history from the 13th century up to today. All in one hour, so im sure you will enjoy. Please welcome paul springer. [applause] mr. Springer good morning. I would like to extend a thank you to dale and alan, the New York Historical society and the policy research institute. Both are wonderful organizations i support and love working with. It is a great opportunity to speak to all of you today. I will see if i can keep you terrified for the rest of the weekend with some military robotics information here. But i am an historian, by definition that means i have to back up way to far to tell you the beginning of the story. Before i get rolling, as i work for the air force do not worry , about reading the small disclaimer at the bottom. These are
Transfer as an opportunity to deep end security and Counter Terrorism and cooperations of the United States. We welcome that and we look to facilitate that interest word exists. Had the administration provided military training in exchange of taking in detainees and so to what extent and to which government. Not to my knowledge, paul. Maam, thats somethin something thats something we have to talk about in a closed session. Like night vision goggles or Something Like that. Again, the negotiation of security of assurances is detailed and complex and to discuss any specifics, i have to talk to you about that in closed sessions. We are happy to do so. Have the administration provided intelligent equipment or training or intelligent sharing to any government in exchange for accepting a detainee and if so to what extent and to what government . We have to talk about intelligent matter and closed session. The absence of any of these agreements would need to be discussed in a classified settin
He understood it better than our current politicians, that is why he was abraham lincoln, i guess. [applause] our original constitution did not even have an income tax. Instead it had tariffs emphasizing taxation of foreign, not domestic, production. Today, 240 years him after the revolution, we have turned things completely upside down. We tax, regulate, and restrict our companies to death and allow Foreign Countries that cheat to export their goods to us, taxfree. How stupid is that . How could it happen . Him him him [applause] ladies and gentlemen, it is time to declare our economic independence once again. Means [applause] that means voting for donald trump. I will do it, no doubt about it. Not even a little doubt. It means reversing 2 of the worst legacies of the clinton years. America has lost 1 3 of its manufacturing jobs since 1997. Even as the country has increased the population by 50 million people. At the center of the catastrophe are 2 trade deals pushed by bill and Hilla