Later a confirmation hearing for julian castro. Next, Foreign Policy experts discuss the escalating violence in iraq. National security, and how the u. S. Should respond. The american conservative, the american prospect and the institute for security and conflict studies hosted the event. Its just over an hour. Good morning. Thank you all for coming. Welcome to our conference on the new internationalism. Id ike to thank George Washington university and the institute for security and conflict studies for hosting this event and thanks also to our cosponsors, the american conservative and the american prospect. My name is daniel larrison. I am a Senior Editor and ill be moderating this mornings panel. This will be a discussion on threats and responses with the focus on how to manage threats without resorting to military action. Well be addressing some of the following questions, what are the real threats to u. S. Security and u. S. Interests more gem, which u. S. Interests are truly vital
Ms. Wertheimer, please proceed. Chairman johnson, Ranking Member crapo, members of the committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am honored to be president obamas nominee for Inspector General of the federal Housing Finance agency. And before i begin, id like to introduce my family, who has accompanied me here today. My husband, andy pincus, our daughter, kate pincus, my steadfast mother, sidelle wertheimer. My inlaws walter and ann pincus. With that, let me get to the meat of what id like to say in my statement. The fhfa plays a crucial role in our Financial System as the safety and soundness regulator of fannie mae, freddie mac and the 12 regional federal home loan banks. To ensure they operate in a safe and sound measure and serve as a reliable source of liquidity and funding for Housing Finance. And as senator crapo mentioned, since september 2008, almost six years now, the agency has acted as conservator for fannie mae and freddie mac, to pro
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For her coverage of the National Security agency and in 2000 received a citation from the education writers association. She will moderate our panel. Thank you so much, and thanks for joining us for our, i guess, officially unsexy panel. [laughter] but congressional reform is probably the most high profile reform that has never fully or really at all been embraced. And in their tenyear report looking at the current state of play for National Security, the commission cites theres actually been a proliferation of committees that are now responsible for counterterrorism and Homeland Security types of issues. Were now up from 88 to 92, so i guess thats some kind of accomplishment that well discuss here. The report also highlights another congressional oversight problem in another realm which is actually too little congressional oversight when it comes to certain types of programs like sensitive intelligence programs, particularly as weve seen recently those that were highlighted in the sno