I think that a sound effect was appropriate for the tension that might existtwe if there is the outbreak in the the need to learn what works to address that outbreak for one that is the merging and the need for learning it is quite acute. With that humanitarian need is so great . So are the leaders of the team recently published to implement Clinical Trials so i will turn over the podium the cochair of the team and is currently a professor at university and also managing als a very exciting institution to do research on dangerous diseases. He is working hard to try to bring that to fruition. David peters will be talking for a few minutes and then there will be a Panel Discussion from the humanitarian group that has saved more ebola lives than in the other group in those that supported the United States efforts to control the ebola epidemic as director of emergency the office said u. S. Foreign disaster assistance. My thanks as well for those who are watching remotely we are very gratef
It is great to have such a large for there on this day election, as we are all sort of anxiously awaiting what happens. It is a genuine pleasure for me to be able to introduce amanda to you. Director ofssociate the National History center. I have worked with her for the past 2. 5 years. I could sing your praises ad. Auseam she is indispensable to the operations and success of the center over the years. For someone who is so young, she had an interesting and varied career. Before she became an historian, she was a pastry chef and worked at a prominent restaurant and got her phd at the university of michigan and a postdoc at yale. At the same time, she has continued her interest in food history. She has taught historical cooking classes. She has a blog called just desserts. She has herto that, mainstay as a historian, her work on the origins of humanitarianism and that has led to the book from empire to the American Revolution and origins of humanitarianism which was published by Oxford
She talks about the motivations and charity work of mid18thcentury north american and british philanthropists and humanitarians. This event was cohosted by the Woodrow Wilson center and National History center. It is just under 90 minutes. All right. It is great to have such a large crowd here on this day for the before the election, as we are all sort of anxiously awaiting what happens. It is a genuine pleasure for me to be able to introduce amanda to you. She is the associate director of the National History center. I have worked with her for the past 2. 5 years. I could sing her praises ad nauseam. I will simply say she has been indispensable to the operations and success of the center over the years. For someone who is so young, she has had a really interesting and varied career. Before she became an historian, she was a pastry chef and worked at some prominent restaurants. Then got her phd at the university of michigan and a postdoc at yale. At the same time, she has continued her
It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Nsa director and u. S. Cyber commander admiral Michael Rogers on the need to recruit, train and retain highly skilled cybersecurity professionals. Also hacking on the email servers. Hi, good morning, everyone. Were going to go ahead and get started in a minute, so if we can have you find your seats. Good morning. On behalf of the cyber maryland advisory board, i would like to welcome you to the sixth annual cyber maryland summit. Im david powell. Joining me is rick garetz. Cofounders and cochairs of the cyber maryland advisory board. My great pleasure to welcome the attendees, the speakers, the exhibitors, and the sponsors here to this event today. And also, our local, state, and federal Agency Leaders and policymakers and other dignitaries in the audience. Six years ago, cyber maryland started as an idea to build the Silicon Valley for cybersecurity. To unify the cyber maryland ecosystem around a common theme. To be the e
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 favorably report these 4,158 nominations to the senate . So moved. Is there a second . Second. All in favor . Aye. I thank the committee. We wouldnt want to go out for a long time without these pending nominations, none of which are in any way controversial. And i think that there was a cyber attack on admiral rogers automobile which accounts for him being late this morning. Well have a full investigation. Hes joking. Mr. Secretary, we welcome you and admiral rogers, and well begin with you, mr. Secret