Subject of our hearing today the what you have received for your efforts is already deserved and to share those sentiments this is an important step to provide the answers to many questions that have festered for far too long. That the scope is narrow and most non more important questions remain unanswered. Much attention has been paid to the inclusion the hurricane investigation did have adequate predicate yesterdays order by the presiding judge is a dramatic rebuke how serious those are. And then to ask more fundamental questions at what point should that investigation collusion between russia and some campaign has been shut down . And then when officials of the first six weeks now a result in inclusion of any inculpatory information rather than shut it down or the least intrusive mesh in one methods the pfizer taps the fbi officials argued with the cia with the salacious into the body of the Intelligence Community assessment and finally the fbi investigation blooming on ballooning i
Taking questions from members of the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee taking questions from members of the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee. [inaudible conversations] the hearing will come to order. Thank you to the inspector and his team to be here i know you had to raise your hand to identify yourself all those who did this excellent work. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts as the main subject of our hearing today the what you have received for your efforts is already deserved and to share those sentiments this is an important step to provide the answers to many questions that have festered for far too long. That the scope is narrow and most non more important questions remain unanswered. Much attention has been paid to the inclusion the hurricane investigation did have adequate predicate yesterdays order by the presiding judge is a dramatic rebuke how serious those are. And then to ask more fundamental questions at what
[inaudible [inaudible conversations] the hearing will i welcome you all. [inaudible] we have a profound responsibility to do all that we can do. [inaudible] that could be trouble. All right. Can we get the rest on record as i get started here quick servicemembers put their lives and their health on the line when they put on theirand in return they have a profound responsibility to make sure that the nation is doing all that it can to keep us safe, to training casualties and provide the best possible care for those who are injured. We are holding this hearing because dod is not meeting its responsibility when it comes to traumatic brain injuries and other injuries that result from firing weapons. Injuries from the pressure thats caused by a shockwave that exceeds the normal atmospheric values have been signature with wounds of the wars in iraq and in afghanistan. But there are also injuries incurred in training home. They are invisible but they affect thousands of Service People causing
But there is a potential and we have participated in this way. And there are many online interest in these issues. So should there come a day when we can engage with them more transparently. And i think that the government has done some important things from their symbolic first few days in terms of reopening this investigation and trying to continue this from that. Including what others are taking in terms of procurement to try to constrain corruption. We talked about it quite openly and transparently. Its part of the speech in terms of what has to be done in afghanistan. Certainly in terms of appointing a rod range of ministers and governors, this is something that there is a common interest in. So we continued to do everything that we can to work with this and others in terms of the importance of their investigation and demonstrating their accountability and we will continue to do so. Im going to make just a quick note on that. And afghanistan is going from a fairly corrupt system t
Lester spence was asked about the best approach. Heres what he had to say. The approach the city has taken before was actually have monuments toto the put them in context. They were just put up. Before the statue was taken down there was a plaque next to it basically saying that it was that the statue was erected as part of a lost cause project voted to the confederacy and White Supremacy. That was ok. Gone, i thinkare what i would like to see is the base maintained. For the statues themselves are removed but the bases stay there in order to reflect on the one hand the fact that there was a political project dedicated to White Supremacy that had a long history that is deeply tied with the creation of the nation. And then that there was another political project created in order to remove them. I think thats actually the best that was the best approach in this circumstance. Other potential approaches. Maybe leaving taking pieces of the statues. Butbe maintaining them erecting another st