[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the Washington Institute for near east policy. I have the pleasure of directing the institutes reinhardt program on counterterrorism and intelligence and im very, very please to be joined here today by the acting director of the National Counterterrorism center, Russell Travers. Todays conversation is part of the institutes ongoing counterterrorism lecture series. Russell took office at nctc as acting director in august, but its not his first, second or third time in the building. He felt many other leadership positions within nctc including Deputy Director counsel to the director, acting director to the office of datacomm strategy and innovation, chief data officer, among others picky suppositions at the office of the director of national intelligence, the Defense Intelligence agency, the nationals could counsel, the u. S. Army, joint chiefs of staff so were really very thrilled that he has been able to carve time out of
Hes held many of other leadership position at nctc including Deputy Director consulate to the director acting director profits of Data Strategy innovation chief data officer among others. Hes held positions at the office of director of National Intelligence the National Security council the joint chiefs of staff so we are very thrilled that he has been able to carve time out of his busy schedule and spent some time with us today to talk about counterterrorism and an air of competing priorities. Russell will deliver opening remarks from the podium and then we will sit down for a little fireside chat and asks the first few questions and then open it up to you to ask questions and we welcome all of you who are watching via livestream or via cspan thank you for joining us today. Russell. Thanks very much matt. Its a great pleasure to be here amongst a number of old friends to talk about counterterrorism and resources. I happen to testify earlier this week for the leadership of the fbi and
By the acting director of the National Counterterrorism center , russell travers. Todays conversation has sparked institutes ongoing lecture series. Russell took office that nctc as acting director in august but its not his first, second or third time the building. Hes held many of other leadership position at nctc including Deputy Director consulate to the director acting director profits of Data Strategy innovation chief data officer among others. Hes held positions at the office of director of National Intelligence the National Security council the joint chiefs of staff so we are very thrilled that he has been able to carve time out of his busy schedule and spent some time with us today to talk about counterterrorism and an air of competing priorities. Russell will deliver opening remarks from the podium and then we will sit down for a little fireside chat and asks the first few questions and then open it up to you to ask questions and we welcome all of you who are watching via live
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Attorneys, assists members with all aspects of tax legislation. This panel is about 45 minutes. So our first panel is going to examine portions of the history of the joint committee on taxation. And our first speaker is george yin and his paper deals with the joint committees role in the codification of the tax laws. George . Thank you very much, and thanks to the u. S. Capital and Historical Society for sponsoring the event and to the joint committee, tom and the rest of the staff per organizing it and inviting me to participate. Its wonderful to see so many familiar faces and join in celebrating the 90th anniversary of this great institution. I thought i would use my time to mention just a few of the surprises i have discovered in researching the history of the joint committee. Truth be told, virtually everything ive learned has been very interesting, if not surprising. In addition to satisfying our curiosities, the story of the joint committee is important because the staff of this