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[applause] what i want to do very briefly is share with you some thoughts that are top of mind today for the fbi, and then i want to shut up and take questions bu but i will try to avoid answering from the great michael leiter. [laughing] and im determined not to make news for those of you who are following this. [laughing] first things, i want to talk very, very briefly about how the fbi is thinking about our Cyber Strategy can you hear me okay . How the fbi is thinking that our Cyber Strategy ...

Military nominations, none of which are controversial. Is there any objection to that . If not, since a quorum is not present, but i asked committee to consider the 4,158 pending nominations, of these nominations, 503 nominations are two days short of the committees requirement. The nominations be in committee for seven days, i recommend the committee waive the sevenday rule to permit the nomination of these officers before the senate goes out for the october recess. Is there a motion to favorab...

I think there is something to that. The way i would summarize it would be to say the United States is still the most powerful country in the world, but the margins of our lead are contracting. And what that means in terms of policy is that big problems in the world cannot be solved without the United States, but the United States can no longer be solving them alone or be dictating to others exactly how they get solved. So the premium in these coming years for the United States, i think, as the l...

The senate arm theed Services Committee that he didnt think they should be separate. This starts off with john mccain talking about military nominations. How are you, admiral . I would, since the quorum is not present, but we have pending military nominations, i would ask unanimous consent to waive the requirement for two more members to conduct the routine business for the 4,158 pending military nominations, none of which are controversial. Is there any objection to that . If not, since a quoru...

Question, first. In terms of the input, my opinion the devil is always in the details. I would want to understand the specifics of what we are talking about. That is a good duck. It just doesnt crack. Lets move on, i want to ask you about the use of encrypted information by terrorist and criminals. The fbi director came before us and gave us stark testimony about going dark and how big the problem was. Did you believe the increased use of this kind of encryption and apps as you pointed out poses...

I would like to call this hearing to order. Admiral, welcome. I would like to welcome admiral rogers, director of the National Security agency. Mike, as you know we typically hold hearing in close session so we can review your classified programs. Given the sensitive nature of the programs and the need to protect methods which intelligence is gathered that position is understandable. Today, we want to take time to insure the American People have an opportunity to learn more about the nsa, the mi...

Has come for the creation of such a center to parallel the uh centers that we operate for o counterterrorism, counter nters proliferation and Counter Intelligence and security. Eratio with that, let me turn to deputy secretary work. Chairman mccain, Ranking Member reed, distinguished members of the committee, thank you very much for inviting us here this morning to talk about the threats of cyber. This committee has led the way in discussing the threats and the response to these threats t ded th...

In your view, does the Russian Administration from putin down genuinely believe in an analytical way they can somehow manage the situation whereby assad hate ad across syria can somehow win this war . Or do you think that actually they share the analysis the british government, american government, french government until assad is gone, well never defeat isis and the rest is just theater. Its about saving face. Its about not setting precedent that people can be removed by external factors. Deep ...

Spend those fees on and if you use fees to expand dramatically the number of refugees from syria or other places in the middle east, that does tend to drain the money, does it not, ms. Strike, that you would otherwise have for other needs of your agency . Yes, sir. In order to reprioritize fee funding to the Refugee Funding Program in fy 16 that will come out of other uscis priorities. Follow up on this question, mr. Bartlett, if we go to 100,000, are you aware of how many of those over the 75,0...

Now Buckingham Palace is responding. Our reporting begins now. Reporting begins this monday with the horror on one of the holiest days on the christian calendar. And we have just learned one of the dead is a fifth grader from a presee prestigious schools in d. C. Bombers murdered nearly 300 people and hurt more than 500 more in sri lanka on Easter Sunday. An island nation in Southeast Asia with the population with that about the same as florida. Officials say they did have warnings. The countrys...