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Politics and you didnt force morsi from story and not keeping him in power, but stay out of our politics. There is this irony, we play a small role. We can play a small role. We can be catalysts for things, but i think to argue that we are the drivers of jihad, that we were the drivers of extremist in iraq to me given a whole host of factors involved, given the stakes that people feel every single day versus the extent to which americans dont have to live with the consequences, i think the respo...

And so over the course of the last couple of months we have traveled all over the country from orlando, florida, from san francisco, to seattle, boston, new york, my hometown of chicago, virginia. We have talked to workers and Business Leaders and Union Leaders and academics and deans and stakeholders from around the country all helping us figure out what we do to change that paradigm and reflected in this room and watching us online are all of you who have contributed to the agenda for today an...

Committee, answering questions on the targeted killing program and his role as counterterrorism advisor to president bush. The confirmation hearing was interrupted several times by protesters. They were forced to reset for several minutes to clear the room. [captions Copyright Nationalcable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed bynational captioning institute] police. Will the Capitol Police now come in and clear the room. All signs out. [indiscernible] if the Capitol Police will clear the...

Doing just fine. I wont go into the i. G. Report on the background checks. But the people that are at kabul now, it is 100 million a year we are paying them. I cant believe we cant use the marines in these situations. Someone has got to do a cost benefit analysis. Can you imagine the amount of money we have spent fooling around with these contractors that werent getting the job done . Can you imagine the time we have spent on this and the money that has been spent . I would like for you, general...

Great cities of europe, and all countries and regions in between, cia officers were there. Sometimes in force. Sometimes virtually standing alone. And for those 25 years, it was a great honor for me to be a cia officer. As i knew that the agencys contributions to this countrys security as invaluable as they were innumerable. I had the good fortune of other opportunities professionally. For three years as president and chief executive officer of a private Sector Company learning firsthand very im...

Taking place. When i later found out that you had rpgs and there was an attack, there was no question in my mind. My position would be they knew that at the time because i have talked to several people that have stated they knew it. Unequivocably that would have been a terrorist attack. The thing i am getting to come and do you agree that it was a terrorist attack . When i appeared before this committee three days afterwards i said it was a terrorist attack. That is what the john brennan said. I...

In this area to say what has not been dealt with. You are exactly right, fannie and freddie is not dealt with under doddfrank. But lets talk about doddfrank for a moment. There have been reforms to our financial system, but there needs to be significantly more. One thing about doddfrank is it sets up a framework. But ultimately not all of the rules are implemented. There are very important standards that need to be set by the regulators and treasury. Because what we are worried about is trying t...

Department that essentially says the president is above the director, therefore the president is not subject to the jurisdiction of the director, therefore it doesnt meet the definition of urgent concern, therefore the Inspector General is done. The Inspector General cant investigate anymore. Thats the Inspector Generals reading of the Department Opinion, that he is no longer allowed to investigate this. Is that your reading as well . Chairman, not necessarily the president , but the allegation ...

Department that essentially says the president is above the director. Therefore, the president is not subject to the jurisdiction of the director. Therefore, it doesnt meet the definition of urgent concern. Therefore, the Inspector General is done. The Inspector General cant investigate anymore. Thats the Inspector Generals reading of the public opinion, that he is no longer allowed to investigate this. Is that your reading as well . Not necessarily the president , but the allegation has to rela...

Coronavirus didnt attack any other state the way it attacked new york but we all responded like it did. I understand why. Mitigation works and we flatten the curve. Most states agree. Some didnt. This is a very new York Metro Area situation. They got hammered. 8 Million People in a densely populated city, subways and buses, crowded buildings and street packed highrises, big elderly population, jfk airport like that with International Flights planning all day. Tens of thousands of frontline worke...