Ultimately harming consumers because then it giving access to the best information from across the internet. Watch the communiques tonight at eight eastern on cspan2. X, general mackenzie answers questions on the president 2021 Defense Budget request and how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the middle east. Our meeting will come to order. The Committee Meets today to receive the testimony of the United States Central Command. I would like to welcome our witness, general frank mckenzie, commander of the United States Central Command. I want to add that immediately following this mornings open hearing well move to svc217 in the Senate Visitor center for a closed session which will be an opportunity for general mackenzie to answer some of the questions that might make a note of questions that come along that are not appropriate answer in the setting so that we can do it later. I would like to begin by recognizing two United States marines, gunner Sergeant Diego Pongo and captain mois
It was attacked by rk terrorists 20 years ago. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. It was those forces was it . No, it wasnt. It was tied in with the planning and malaysia. It was bin laden himself and he paid the price. Now of course another major architects paid the price as well. Your initial thoughts. I think this was a strike which led indications to our nation, middle east and potentially the world. When you look at what iran has been doing in the past decade, theyve been upping the ante. This individual alone probably has more blood on his hands than any single individual. Over 600 plus americans killed because of his or his proxy forces that he was orchestrating throughout the middle east and what we did here was we disrupted future planning the iran was going to come after us in our interest throughout the region. A largescale operation. We disrupted it. The state department as a defensive action, people who read the media would think its an offense of action, they said they
Media, we will reach her tweets cspanwj, or on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Thank you for being with us. A piece in the hill newspaper, focusing on whether there is a social stigma for being a supporter of donald trump, we want to hear from Trump Supporters. The risks of coming out as a republican or a trump supporter can be severe. As a result, many conservatives keep their mouths shut and remain quiet about their political views and these same conservatives show up at the polls and pull the report lever for republican candidates. Fear of stigma before sa is available online. The headline democrats demonizing Trump Supporters destroys accurate holes. This is the headline from inside times,new york tensions rise during faceoff in cortland. Please arresting portland. Hundreds of farright protesters in antifascist counterdemonstrators swarmed downtown oregon. They were largely successful. Morning,gan saturday gathering downtown with some wearing body armor and helmets, seizing weapons
Preparedness response and communications will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on the state of First Responder communications. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome all witnesses here this morning on an issue that is vital to our Homeland Security. The ability of our First Responders to communicate. As noted in the 2006 national interoperable baseline survey, there is a, quote, direct correlation between effective communications, interoperatedability and First Responders ability to save lives, end quote. In my hometown of new york city we know this all too well. Both the first both the office of Emergency Communications and First Responder Network Authority were established in the wake of the communication failures of 9 11 and later in hurricane katrina. We have made a great deal of progress since those fateful disasters. States and localities have invested billions of dollars in their Communications Networks, including
Morning. I am jane harman, happy to welcome a lot of experts and smart people and also to give a shout out to the swiss ambassador, a dear friend of ours and interested in history, among other things and i note that we are having swiss day on november 9th. A tradition we have long observed. This event is for our friend bruce bruce hoffman, the very first expert on modern terrorism period. He may have been the very first expert on modern terrorism. He surely was a valuable resource to me when he headed rands office in washington and i was a member of the United States congress. With his bushy beard, at the time, i thought he might be a terrorist and i thought his job at rand might just be cover. Bruce tried to help me create a commission to make recommendations to congress on how to intervene before an individual who is radicalized, having radical views is protected by the First Amendment but how to intervene before a person with radical views turns to violence. Violence is a crime. The