transmissions, but you re right. the life of the batteries must be getting somewhere close to the end of life. it s, what, 31 days. so we re already one day past the advertised shelf life. we hope that it keeps going for a little bit longer. but then we need to go down, first of all, with the autonomous underwater vehicle to map the ocean floor. the subject matter expertise that s available will be able to determine if there s something unusual on the sea floor like aircraft wreckage. and in the event of finding something unusual, the autonomous vehicle will come back to the surface and will then be fitted with a camera and hopeful we would then be able to pick up imagery. now, i stress this is very deep water.
the advertised shelf life. we hope that it keeps going for a little bit longer. but then we need to go down first of all with the autonomous underwater vehicle to map the ocean floor. the subject matter expertise that is available will be able to determine if there is something unusual on the sea floor like aircraft wreckage. and in the event of finding something unusual, the autonomous vehicle will come back to the surface and will then be fitted with a camera. and hopefully we would then be able to pick up imagery. now i stress this is very deep water. 4,500 meters. and the limitation on depth in terms of this vehicle is 4,500 meters. so we re right on the edge of
clearly demonstrated the deep subject or the subject matter expertise and sound judgment required to lead our intelligence community. the president is finally glad to ha him on brd as part of his team. later this evening, the president along with kenny will attend the st. patrick s day reception and participate in the annual shamrock ceremony. since 1952 the president has invited them to come to the white house in celebration of st. patrick s day where they present a bowl of shamrocks as a symbol of the profound and lasting relationship between the two countries. they will also make remarks. i have a few more notes before i get to director mulvaney. first, i wanted to share with you guys, it s a letter that should be going out shortly if it hasn t already, that the president signed this morning wishing ray chavez, the oldest living survivor of pearl harbor, a happy 105th birthday. our nation owes mr. chavez s
ceremonial office. he has clearly demonstrated the subject matter expertise and sound judgment required to lead our intelligence community and the president is finally glad to have him on board as part of his team. later this evening the president along with kenny will attend the st. patricks day reception and participate in the annual shamrock certifica shamrock ceremony. come to the white house where they present a bowl of shamrocks as a symbol of lasting relationship between the two countries, the president and he will make remarks. first i wanted to share with you guys a letter that should be going out shortly if it hasn t already that the president signed this morning wishing ray chavez the oldest living survivor of pearl harbor a happy 150th birthday.
onings are. we just can t go back and look at their networks and see who they were in touch with and see what kind of involvement they may have had in radicalism in the past. the united states has center few assets in syria. there is no data base and basic supply of information. to the extent there is information, you are asking people to devote time and resources to vetting refugees that could otherwise be used to taking the fight to isis and other radical groups over in syri these are the same subject matter expertise that could have the knowledge to look at the networks to understand the flow of refugees, to understand if the flow of fighters, and you are asking them to take their time away from fighting over in syria and iraq and elsewhere. and devote to screening refugees