Committee on Homeland Security will come to order. Committee is meeting today to exam the most serious threats confronting our homeland. Before i recognize myself for an opening statement, i would like to take a moment to welcome the newest member of our committee, don bacon. Don served nearly 30 years in the air force and is experienced in cybersecurity and Airborne Reconnaissance will prove greatly beneficial to this committee. Thank you, sir, for being here. Thank you, chairman. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. I would like to thank each of the witnesses, acting secretary elaine duke, fbi director christopher wray, ctc director nick rasmussen, for joining us today. You represent thousands of patriotic men and women who go to work every day to insure the safety of their fellow americans. Everyone on this committee is extremely grateful for your service and director rasmussen, for over two decades, you have helped navigate an unprecedented landscape in combat terrorism
You should not have been inside watching television but it was very interesting, and it was a timely topic. I want to thank you all for asking me to come and address this, i sincerely mean, august group. I saw the honorable bob work on my way in any standing up straight because that 4000pound rucksack on his back was often you smiling happy. Its great to see all of you. Its Interesting Times were living in as a chinese Fortune Cookie always says, but id like to kind of address with this group who i know in looking here you have been enduring endorsers of National Security and forceful advocates for a strong navyMarine Corps Team. And i want to kind of address my thoughts on how were going to take this institution Going Forward. I will pause and give an update now. Its all restarted out to be a good week in the pentagon which doesnt mean its going to keep on the same trajectory but today certainly is nice to because i swore in the new under secretary of the navy. Tomorrow i get to swear
Id like to ask everybody to come back in and take your seats. Okay. Well, weve had two excellent key note briefs this morning. Both our speakers spoke to the comp reense haddive review. The u. S. Navy issued the comprehensive review of the recent incidents at sea that occurred within the last year. Almost all obviously forward in the western pacific. One cruiser that grounded and another involved in the collision with a chinese ship and two destroyers that collided with large merchant ships that resulted in a loss of life. 17 total sailors. That comp are reense haddive review was conducted over the past well, it took about 60 days and reported out approximately 30 days ago and presented. And we thought wed invite a few folks in here today to talk about the extent of it, theed a ksy of it and perhaps the meaning of it. We had two experienced Surface Warfare officers who had command at sea. Three individual whose have stayed close to the profession, either through their government activi
Id like to ask everybody to come back in and take your seats. Okay. Well, weve had two excellent key note briefs this morning. Both our speakers spoke to the comp reense haddive review. The u. S. Navy issued the comprehensive review of the recent incidents at sea that occurred within the last year. Almost all obviously forward in the western pacific. One cruiser that grounded and another involved in the collision with a chinese ship and two destroyers that collided with large merchant ships that resulted in a loss of life. 17 total sailors. That comp are reense haddive review was conducted over the past well, it took about 60 days and reported out approximately 30 days ago and presented. And we thought wed invite a few folks in here today to talk about the extent of it, theed a ksy of it and perhaps the meaning of it. We had two experienced Surface Warfare officers who had command at sea. Three individual whose have stayed close to the profession, either through their government activi
He had to reach across the aisle. Q and a, sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Coming up next, a forum on Global Security and a recently completed naval review of the seventh fleet collisions at sea that took place last year. The vice chief of Naval Operations also speaks at this u. S. Naval institute forum. I would like to ask everybody to come back in and take your seats. Okay. Weve had two excellent keynote briefs this morning. Both our speakers spoke to the comprehensive review. The u. S. Navy issued the comprehensive review of the recent incidents at sea that have occurred within the last year, almost all obviously forward in the western pacific. One aegis cruise hear the grounded. Another that was involved in a collision with a chinese ship. And two arly burke destroyers that collided with large merchant ships that resulted in a loss of life. 17 total sailors. That comprehensive review was conducted over the past well, it took about 60 days and was reported out approximately 3