Sanctuaries to launch suicide and car bomb attacks into baghdad. Theres already some of that going on now. This is precisely the tactic they used against the United States, and so they were pushed out by the american surgery and general petraeus in 2007 and 2008, and i think its likely theyll return to that. Host michael gordon, were you surprised at how fasthis host were you surprised at how fast this seems to have come on or have you been monitoring this for a while . Guest these days even though i covered the iraq war, covering the state department, a whole big world to track, im not surprised that alqaeda in iraq, which is basically the group thats come back under a new moniker, alqaeda for iraq and the lot, or sometimes its isis. Im not surprised the comeback because they have taken heat all. This is a group that doesnt respect borders. Theyre in syria and in iraq. Nobody is putting heat on them instantly and nobody is putting the heat on them in iraq. This is a problem you can go
Commissioner. Questions i will be able to dodge some if they are particularly difficult. Perfect time to talk about an evolving vision thecbp and talk about pressing concerns that we fisa and also where o that we face and where our agency is headed. Let me first talk about the workforce because i think that is actually the premier part. Soon to have 62,000 employees and 42 in 40 countries. Range and diversity of people and skillsets and as many you know from the federal Employee Survey we dont do particularly well when it comes morale in the department. Is so working on that particularly critical for me. Commissioner to be im the first commissioner to be confirmed by the senate in now over five years and i think its helpful when you have gone through the confirmation process. The previous commissioners who were incredible people, i have the greatest respect and admiration for all of them. They did a tremendous job. They certainly have the full support of the administration. But i think
Many ideas. But there is also real darkness at the heart of the vision for the next four years. If there is engagement with the sunnis, it is about creating a new class of sunnis from the tribal and political groups at low level and trying to completely reduce and eradicate the National Level leadership of the sunnis. It struck me that the sunnis that wanted to support the sense of there being a Sunni Community who could Work Together, those people are the ones that the Iraqi Government were planning to continue persecuting. And if they were going to involve sunnis in future government, the plan was really to create a new class of sunnis that they could deal with and also control. That is an extraordinarily dark vision for the next four years. My hope is, as i recently put in a piece with the institute, that this may be a catalyst. Sometimes in iraq, you have to get right to the edge of a cliff or even take a step over the edge before people do the right thing. My feeling is if the ele
Mention from every leader to that workforce. And important things. We are doing lots of experimentation in expanding telecommuting, changing the environment within the organization. But i think when that message comes across from all of the leaders, many of whom are seated in front of me today, that message comes across from all of the leaders about the importance and the value that they place in employees that i think translates well. The better that workforce does, the more efficient they are, the less sick time and on and on but many of you know this. We are hoping that we are going to be able to improve the way we show on that federal Employee Workforce survey. This is also an important issue with secretary johnson and also with their deputy secretary. When we work with this vision, we will improve the productivity and we will be better capable of carrying out our mission. Carrying out our mission involves sharing information and creating community. Partnerships and information sha
Hillary speechwriter. I will be live on cspan two at 6 00 p. M. That will reair all weekend. Be with usrra will sunday, thanks for being with us, enjoy your day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] good morning, everyone, welcome to csis. To beat pleasure introducing our speaker today and our discussant along with them. First is the honorable Gil Kerlikowske who is here as the commissioner of u. S. Customs and Border Protection, sworn in in march. Historyn extensive within the Law Enforcement community. Now he runs the largest Law Enforcement, federal Law Enforcement agency in the country. We are very much looking forward to his remarks this morning. Customs and Border Protection has been very much in the news havey and he is going to some good questions put forth to him by eric discussant, adam at theho is a manager Chertoff Group an