Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties
Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties
Services committee is chaired by texas congressman mack thornberry. Committee will come to order. Last week the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world. Or more accurately the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. Th
Inaugural gathering. I hope there will be many more. Its the Perfect Place for the reasons that hank shaw said, not just because of the challenges and opportunities in this great city in this region, but because Boston College is a leader in thinking and educating on these incredibly important issues. So this is a great place to have it. Hope you will do it many more times. You are stuck with me for about another six and a half years and so i would love to be invited back again. Obviously if you place called irish all is a neat place to have this, given my background. What i want to do is share with you some thoughts about how the fbi thinks about the threat we all face and how the fbi is trying to address that threat, a key part of that approach is going to involve the partnerships that special agent in charge shop referred to. Once i am done yammering with you id love to be quiet and take some questions. Hope we have time for that. You can ask me about anything. Im very slippery. I w
Agency and Boston College. This is just under one hour. [applause] dir. Comey this is the Perfect Place to have this conference. This is the Perfect Place for the reasons that hank shot said, not just because of the opportunities in this city and region, but because Boston College is a leader in educating on these important issues. This is a great place to have it. You are stuck with me for another 6. 5 years. I would love to be back again. Any place called irish hall is a neat place to have this given my background. What i want to do this morning is share with you thoughts about how the fbi thinks about the threat we all face and how the fbi has been trying to address that threat. A key part of that approach is going to involve the partnerships that special agent shaw referred to. And after i am done talking, i would love to be quiet and take your questions. You can as the about anything, i am very slippery and i will avoid things i dont want to talk about. [laughter] dir. Comey the q