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How do you measure success . We can prove what our collection posture is, what our detection posture and every trooper, texas ranger, special agent in the vehicle, on the phone, has a gpslocating device. I can proof any time what is our coverage right then and there and one of the postures is that Border Patrol needs the same capability. You would expect that they would know if not just for a security standpoint be able to defend in terms of exactly what the Security Posture is, officer safety i...

In 1999 sheriff martinez was promoted to the rank of sergeant of Narcotics Service in eagle, texas. Served in this capacity until his retirement, 2007; 2009 elected sheriff of val verde county. Of rank elected sheriff of elverde county and the sheriff of yuma county, arizona and Law Enforcement in yuma for over 30 years. Since service in the United States marine corps and electe mr. Leon wilmot is the sheriff of yuma county, arizona. Worked in Law Enforcement for the county of yuma for over 30 y...

Congressman Henry Cuellar is a democrat from texas and specifically the 28th district of laredo based border district which means your district would be ground zero for President Trumps wall initiative. You called that wall a 14th century solution to a 21st century problem. Why . Guest first of all we have seen the history of the berlin wall, the great wall of china and other places. You remember the french and the germans during world war i pics of been a lot of history. What we want to see liv...

Of been a lot of history. What we want to see living on the borders, we want have a secure border. Theres different ways you can do that. First of all you have to listen to the men and women on the ground, the Border Patrol are actually there and they will tell you that they want the right mixture of technology, the right mixture of personnel, and some strategic fencing in hotspots. The other thing is im a big believer in extending our goal line which is the us border. Where we spend over 18 bil...

Great. In the evenness of the reporting we need to go beyond to preach to the choir. Most of us here living in a bubble are aware of the issues that you go to new york and the east papers and you know you dont see the same type of reporting where theres very little of it and you dont see it from the perspective of the border. I dont want to say its mainstream in terms of speaking about a reality that makes even us feel as if we are out of reality. I had a person from back east tommy what you all...

Assistant commissioner alles. Assistant commissioner alles thank you, sir. And good afternoon, sir. Good to see you again. You may recall we last visited our site in Corpus Christi in january. Thank you for coming down to see that. I would encourage any members of the committee to come visit our sites. I think thats very beneficial in understanding what we do better. As you noted, the office is a critical component of our later border strategy. The personnel operate 257 aircraft, 283 vessels and...

We conclude it was not the right system to go across the entire border and was much too expensive. We scaled down our ambition somewhat and selected and much more modest portfolio of systems that the Border Patrol selected and tailored to each area of the border. We focus that on arizona because thats what action was at the time. We are in the throes of completing a plan, it consists of everything from small handheld longerrange binoculars like sensors to more complex systems on hightowers with ...

Anne, john and your wife dana congratulations and thank you and thank your families for your willingness to continue serving our great country. And again i want to thank the general and admiral for their accomplishments. General mille and admiral richardson are wellpositioned to build on that progress. I look forward to working with them and other d. O. D. Senior leaders as we drive change, build the force of the future and help the president with Real Solutions for the National Security challen...

The security implications of extending the Nuclear Agreement with china. Federal investigators say that the amtrak train that crashed in philadelphia on tuesday night killing at least seven people was traveling at 106 Miles Per Hour before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit is just 50 miles an hour. More than 200 people aboard the washingtontonew york train were injured in the wreck. Lawmakers gave their reaction during hearings and on the house and senate floors. Wer...

Not only is she a best selling author but shes releasing her new book today called move, putting americas infrastructure back in the lead. Thank you so much for joining us. The book really explains with compelling details many of the health costs and even social justice impacts of our outdated infrastructure system, and i want to get to some of those today. First of all, can you please give us a brief synopsis of where we are today and how were fairing versus other countries . So theres only one...