Property, and saved lives. This type of training is happening every day in the fdny and is essential to our ability to serve the city of new york. By investing in core areas, planning, incident management, leadership, communications, patient triage and treatment, hazmat, marine firefighter and search and technical rescue, we are better prepared to adapt to a changing threat environment if disaster strikes. We have structured our Core Competencies to respond to routine and extreme events, including acts of terrorism. Thank you again for the opportunity to speak here today on this important topic. Thank you. Chair recognizes mr. Ielpi. Thank you for inviting me here. Its a pleasure to be able to speak to you. Before i start, id like to acknowledge behind me theres a large number of family members who lost their loved ones here that are here to listen to this talk today. Id like to thank the Port Authority who lost fabulous 37 guys and gals, 12 still missing today. New York City Police de
Property, and saved lives. This type of training is happening every day in the fdny and is essential to our ability to serve the city of new york. By investing in core areas, planning, incident management, leadership, communications, patient triage and treatment, hazmat, marine firefighter and search and technical rescue, we are better prepared to adapt to a changing threat environment if disaster strikes. We have structured our Core Competencies to respond to routine and extreme events, including acts of terrorism. Thank you again for the opportunity to speak here today on this important topic. Thank you. Chair recognizes mr. Ielpi. Thank you for inviting me here. Its a pleasure to be able to speak to you. Before i start, id like to acknowledge behind me theres a large number of family members who lost their loved ones here that are here to listen to this talk today. Id like to thank the Port Authority who lost fabulous 37 guys and gals, 12 still missing today. New York City Police de
Property, and saved lives. This type of training is happening every day in the fdny and is essential to our ability to serve the city of new york. By investing in core areas, planning, incident management, leadership, communications, patient triage and treatment, hazmat, marine firefighter and search and technical rescue, we are better prepared to adapt to a changing threat environment if disaster strikes. We have structured our Core Competencies to respond to routine and extreme events, including acts of terrorism. Thank you again for the opportunity to speak here today on this important topic. Thank you. Chair recognizes mr. Ielpi. Thank you for inviting me here. Its a pleasure to be able to speak to you. Before i start, id like to acknowledge behind me theres a large number of family members who lost their loved ones here that are here to listen to this talk today. Id like to thank the Port Authority who lost fabulous 37 guys and gals, 12 still missing today. New York City Police de
The senate. I congratulate him on his comparable career in the i wish him the very best. Senate incomparable career in the senate. I wish him the very best. I would like to say two other words here. I want to make sure there is a separate place in the record for what i am going to say. I ask consent for that to be the case. Without objection. It is said that you dont chose your family and that is true. We are born into our family and we have no way to determine the family we are born into. Jay rockfeller chose to make the people of this area his community. How did that happen . Born in new york to one of the most famous people like this end up in West Virginia. I was an undergradate student at harvard and he decided he didnt like things they were doing so he left and dropped out of school. He went to japan and spent three years there. He became an interpreter and knows the japanese language well and loves the japanese people today. He started out at harvard and came back and was there
We may not anticipate that we will. But to put that aside and say were not going to doesnt strike me as wise. The commanderinchief has that policy, but he can change his mind as conditions warrant. Its far more difficult once the congress has spoken to go back to the congress and say now conditions have changed on the ground and we need a new aumf. What do our enemies do in the meantime . What do our allies do in the meantime . I would respectfully say that when my colleagues here are saying that the president needs to show more leadership and actually put an aumf together and present it to the congress, one that is in keeping with the history and what we need for the future, ill be glad to give you a copy. That doesnt substitute for one that will come from the president. For him to make the strong case to congress that this is what we need, thats what we need as you put our allies deserve it. Our enemies need to understand it. And we need this country together. So again, i would ask y