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Assistant commissioner alles. Assistant commissioner alles thank you, sir. And good afternoon, sir. Good to see you again. You may recall we last visited our site in Corpus Christi in january. Thank you for coming down to see that. I would encourage any members of the committee to come visit our sites. I think thats very beneficial in understanding what we do better. As you noted, the office is a critical component of our later border strategy. The personnel operate 257 aircraft, 283 vessels and Sophisticated Network across the u. S. , puerto rico and the virgin islands. Oams critical and Mari...

We conclude it was not the right system to go across the entire border and was much too expensive. We scaled down our ambition somewhat and selected and much more modest portfolio of systems that the Border Patrol selected and tailored to each area of the border. We focus that on arizona because thats what action was at the time. We are in the throes of completing a plan, it consists of everything from small handheld longerrange binoculars like sensors to more complex systems on hightowers with radars and cameras that are connected in a commandandcontrol center. The purpose of the systems is t...

Anne, john and your wife dana congratulations and thank you and thank your families for your willingness to continue serving our great country. And again i want to thank the general and admiral for their accomplishments. General mille and admiral richardson are wellpositioned to build on that progress. I look forward to working with them and other d. O. D. Senior leaders as we drive change, build the force of the future and help the president with Real Solutions for the National Security challenges we face. Thank you. This weekend the cspan cities tours partnered with comcast to learn about ft...

The security implications of extending the Nuclear Agreement with china. Federal investigators say that the amtrak train that crashed in philadelphia on tuesday night killing at least seven people was traveling at 106 Miles Per Hour before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit is just 50 miles an hour. More than 200 people aboard the washingtontonew york train were injured in the wreck. Lawmakers gave their reaction during hearings and on the house and senate floors. Were going to show you just a couple of them now. Before we begin today id like everyone to keep in the...

Not only is she a best selling author but shes releasing her new book today called move, putting americas infrastructure back in the lead. Thank you so much for joining us. The book really explains with compelling details many of the health costs and even social justice impacts of our outdated infrastructure system, and i want to get to some of those today. First of all, can you please give us a brief synopsis of where we are today and how were fairing versus other countries . So theres only one indicator in the transportation and infrastructure area in which the u. S. Is number one and that i...