This hearing of the National Security subcommittee will now come to order. I want to welcome everyone to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to the house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person, let me remind theyone that pursuant to latest guidelines from the house attending physician office, all individuals must wear a face mask. Members who choose not to wear a face mask will not be recognized. That me make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in active speaker mode. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with webex by now, but let me remind everyone of a few points. You will be able to see each other speaking, in person or remote, as long as you have webex set to active speaker view. If you hav
Todays hybrid hearing. Some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webx. Since some are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending Physicians Office all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a facemask. Members who choose not to wear a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known in webx as active speaker mode. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appear regular motely, i know you are all familiar with webx by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, youll be able to see each other speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webx set to active speaker view. If you have any questions about the abou
Special representative for afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the over house on National Security about the Trump Administrations afghanistan policy. He answered questions about the recent u. S. Taliban agreement and plans to reduce the u. S. Military presence in afghanistan. Good morning. The turning of the subcommittee will now come to order. I want to welcome everyone to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to the house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via web acts. Since some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physicians office, all individuals intending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who choose not to wear a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they
Our International Partners and all of our partners, information sharing underpins almost everything that we do. Information sharing enables vast networks of partners within our department across the federal interagency within state, local, territorial, tribal, nongovernmental, the private sector to act on their own and in concert with each other and other partners to effectively address challenges. No organization be it federal cabinet department, local police department, nongovernmental organization, a publicsector entity can take on these challenges alone, and so we must work in concert with each other and the sharing of information underpins all of that. The last five and i think its a very good one and we highlight it and report on the review itself is that the aging nature of our infrastructure does cause concern i think nationally about its resilience. And it is why when the president issued the president ial post attracted 21, we evolved our approach, our National Approach that
Whether both domestically and internationally . And one more right here. Im Mark Rockwell with federal computer week. How is the nature of cyber changes the last qhsr . Let me take those in order. Its interesting. The statement that during the cold war that the public didnt have much of a role in deterrence, in a sense, though, the entire Civil Defense mechanism in which individuals were taught what to do and what to act was both for a dprsh a prospective perspective but also to create a deterrent effect. So there were efforts to engage the public in Civil Defense efforts during the cold war. Today with the distributed nature of threats and challenges, the pervasiveness of communications technology, every person has a role and an opportunity to make decisions about actions that can impact the security and resilience of the United States. So efforts like the if you see something Say Something campaign that originated with the new York City Transit administration and that has been used b