That polar approach. And so weve learned the absolute necessity of a close relationship with canada, we learned that was in our National Interest. That relationship we have with canada has enabled us to truly be able to provide Aerospace Control and maritime morning. That relationship is critical to the security of the United States and canada. Both our countries have benefit from the against existential threats. That relationship we have with canada is a model that is worthy of emulating. But in Aerial Threat over the poles is not the only threat that north america faces are the Security Landscape is evolving, and north america faces a threat from the south. Now, our threat from the south is not presently an existential threat but it is a Security Threat nonetheless. And this threat, that is transnational in nature, exploits seems between countries. Its an organized threat. It is a networked threat. It is agile, its adaptive and it can reach the point where it actually destabilizes re
We do that through our rfp process. How would we know what that experience and process is if we potentially dont have the experience in our own staff to be able to hire that type of contractor to understand what you need in that process . Im not assuming that we dont have expertise to understand. I would like that answer to that question. Through this process, when a mine is open and it has gone on for at least in the state of nevada for 60, 70, 80 years. You have to provide documentation and environmental process. What happens to those records that are provided by those mine folks. What happens to that information . They have to provide to the epa. Any information that is provided. Do you believe that would be appropriate to the investigation of this mine to handle the situation before we hire a contractor to go do something . Whatever appropriate steps we should take should be documented. I think those questions should all be asked before you start that process. I believe there has b
Sense, its also true that lawyers for the agencies that those responders work for also play a very, very Important Role. And were privileged today to have an outstanding panel of lawyers from various agencies at the federal and local level, some now in private practice, who have served in those Important Roles or do so today. And to give us some insights about the role of a lawyer in Emergency Preparedness and response. And with that id like to introduce the panel by having them introduce themselves to you and then well get right into it. Good afternoon, im adrian sevier. Im the chief county of the Emergency Management agency. Ive been with fema for 15 years. Ive had a variety of positions at the agency starting what we called then a field attorney. So i deployed to the joint field offices that fema sets up when the president declares a major disaster or emergency. Ive held a variety of positions at fema. And again ive been the chief council since for about a year now. Im dan connelly,
As president , but warning against taking them out on an arbitrary time line next year. The president announcing today that he would keep nearly 10,000 troops in the region until october 2016 and then cut back to 5,500 in early 2017. In a statement the majority leader said the decision to reduce troop numbers should be left to the next president. You can read more here at the washington examiner. Weve heard from the chair of the Armed Services committee, who released a statement saying given the troubling conditions on the ground in afghanistan and the other Security Problems in the region keeping 9,800 troops through at least 2016 is necessary for our security interests. You can also hear the president s announcement for yourself in its entirety and well have it at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time over on cspan. Known as the city of good neighborhoods, this weekend our cspan cities tour joined by Time Warner Cable explores the history and literary life of buffalo wrarks new york, on become tv
And that relationship that we have with canada has enabled us to truly be able to provide Aerospace Control and maritime warning. That relationship is critical to the security of the United States and canada. Both our countries benefit from that against existential threats. That relationship that we have with canada is a model that is worthy of emulating. But a an Aerial Threat over the poles is not the only threat that north america faces. The Security Landscape is evolving. And north america faces a threat from the south. Now our threat from the south is not presently an existential threat but it is a Security Threat nonetheless and this threat that is transnational in nature exploits seams between countries. Its an organized threat. It is a networked threat. It is agile. Its adaptive and it can reach the point to where it actually destabilizes regions and it can also challenge sovereignty. So we broadly describe that threat as transnational organized crime. Now this threat enters th