Our borders from other transnational threats, our operation is based on layered security where we attempt and i have described earlier some of the partnerships that we have with regard to Port Security to inspect port facilities for their security regime overseas. With regard to specifically the source and transit zone for narcotics we also have significant partnerships with countries in south and Central America that allow us to board their flag vessels on the high seas, recognizing that many of the nations dont have robust coast guards or navies with the kind of off shore capability that we have. So those partnerships allow us to detect and interdict drug shipments far off shore. In the case of one interdiction i made, over a thousand miles west of the galapagos islands, with drugs destined for mexico and then ultimate i will for the United States. So we use using our long range aircraft and cutters and detection monitoring capability of the department of defense and other partners w
Information officer at the pentagon on cybersecurity. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this week had a confirmation hearing. Tennessee senator bob corker chaired the hearing. Its an hour and a half. Foreign Relations Committee will come to order. Senate Foreign Relations committee is meeting this morning for a confirmation hearing on nominations, including state Department Counselor Thomas Shannon, to be undersecretary of state for Political Affairs. If confirmed by the senate, he would replace Wendy Sherman who helped to lead the u. S. Negotiations for iran. And as i said to him when he came into our office and im sure, ben, you said the same thing, all of us are gratified when people who commit their life in this way end up ascending to these positions. You oversee africa, east area and the pacific, europe. The nearest, south and central asia, the western hemisphere and International Organizations just to note to staff, we could see the world. It would be easier. Thank
4 15 this morning. Thats when firefighters got that call of a fire. They say about ten people were inside and one of those people was seriously injured. Serious conditions. Firefighters have not been able to tell us if they had smoke inhalation or burns. We are working on updates on that. As far as this fire goes, as of a couple minutes ago actually still burning. It may not look like it right still burning a couple minutes ago. The firefighters are on the inside and they are working the back side of this fire. On the back of that building are live power lines that fell down during this fire. So xcel energy has come to the scene to deactivate the lines and make sure they dont pose a risk to firefighters and residents. Speaking of residents, the speech who lived here, one of the people told me this is somewhat of a shelter for people who are down on their luck and experiencing hard times. Ten people lived in here in building. Its a have he old building. As we know, five points a citys o
I want to start by noting that the committee has been particularly supportive as the staff and the oversight investigation subcommittee for their work on this issue and their work with our agency we consider it to be a Real Partnership and we are very grateful for this committees support. We have received a number of referrals from this committee and we appreciate your confidence and ability to work with the employees that your office refers. So thats one thing. Its already happening. We are doing everything that we possibly can. Weve set up a priority system and we free allocated staff to handle the va employee claims. But as the numbers increase its a very hard to keep up. We were at capacity before. In the retaliation cases now it exceeds 130, and the number as i mentioned continues to increase pretty much daily. We are an agency that has 120 employees more or less. We have jurisdiction for the statute for the reemployment rights act and we are working now on a demonstration for the
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