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Litwak, Robert S. - Director
D.C. I'M ROBERT LUTNICK, WELCOMED THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY AS WELL AS THOSE WATCHING ON C-SPAN. THE WILSON CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS NATION'S...
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Hoffman, Bruce - Professor
ROD. WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY PRIVILEGE TO DISTRIBUTE THESE GENTLEMEN TODAY AND TO HAVE THE HONOR OF ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION. I THINK WE ALL KNOW SECURITY...
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| 00:05:02 |
Bonner, Robert - Commissioner
IT IS ESSENTIALLY SERVING AS A CONSULTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, WHEN THE ATTACKS -- THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OCCURRED IN WASHINGTON. AND ONE...
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Hoffman, Bruce - Professor
ATTACK OVERSEAS. >> WELL, MR. BASHAM COMMUTE TOOK OVER IN 2608 THREADS HAD INVOLVED SERIOUSLY, WHAT WERE THE CHALLENGES YOU
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Basham, Ralph - Commissioner
FACE? >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GIVE MY TIME TO COMMISSIONER TRENT DRAPE. [LAUGHTER] >> AS ALWAYS. LAST NIGHT'S >> ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I WAS...
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| 00:16:47 |
Bersin, Alan - Commissioner
OPPORTUNITY IN THE PRESENCE OF MUCH OF THE FAMILY. [INAUDIBLE] SOUNDS LIKE A FAMILY. [LAUGHTER] TO ACKNOWLEDGE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NOW TRUSTED FRIENDS...
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| 00:24:43 |
Bonner, Robert - Commissioner
SINGLE BORDER AGENCY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY, AND AS ALLEN SAID THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WE BROUGHT TOGETHER...
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| 00:27:47 |
Hoffman, Bruce - Professor
IN THE FUTURE. >> PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AND THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE 9/11 COMMISSION,
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Bonner, Robert - Commissioner
ONE WAS THE ABILITY TO EASILY GET ADVANCED ELECTRONIC INFORMATION FOR EVERY PERSON AND EVERY CARGO SHIPMENT MOVING TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS...
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Basham, Ralph - Commissioner
WE WERE A PART OF THAT, WE WERE ALL OF THAT INITIATIVES BUT IN TERMS OF THE MANDATE TO SECURE THE BORDERS THAT IN MY MIND SORT OF GOT OUT OF PROPORTION....
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| 00:35:11 |
Bonner, Robert - Commissioner
ATTACK BUT WE NOW HAVE THE COMMISSIONER BERSIN. [LAUGHTER] >> I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS WOULD BE THE ROYTE STUDY FOR ME TO SHARE EXACTLY WHAT KEEPS ME A
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| 00:35:22 |
Bersin, Alan - Commissioner
BAD NIGHT. [LAUGHTER] WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH NOT FIGHTING LESS WAR BUT THE CLASSIC STATE THAT IS MADE IN HISTORY THAT WE SHOULD ATTEMPT...
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| 00:39:33 |
Basham, Ralph - Commissioner
ACROSS THE BORDERS DID NOT CARE HOW WE ATTACK US BUT IT IS FLYING PLANES IN THE BUILDINGS ARE BLOWING UP SUBWAYS OR DESTROYING THE ECONOMY. THEY FORCE...
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| 00:40:12 |
Hoffman, Bruce - Professor
YES, SIR. >> I'M WITH OF THE NATIONAL
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Q & A, -
DEFENCE MAGAZINE. FOR THE COMMISSIONER CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE YOU MENTIONED SCARCE RESOURCES, THE PROGNOSIS IS THEY ARE GOING TO GET SCARCE. ...
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| 00:40:48 |
Bersin, Alan - Commissioner
JOINT BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY THAT HAS EVER EXISTED, I WOULD SAY THAT OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THE CORPORATE MERGER DIMENSIONS OF THAT ENTERPRISE...
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| 00:43:41 |
Bonner, Robert - Commissioner
THAT IS THE MOVEMENT OF ILLEGAL DRUGS AND AND THE I.T. STAFF ISSUES, AND I BELIEVE THAT AS WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD IN TIME CBP HAS MADE AND IS MAKING...
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| 00:44:26 |
Basham, Ralph - Commissioner
ORGANIZATION, THAT WOULDN'T REALLY BE A FAIR REPRESENTATION. AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL THREATS. THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE BORDER...
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| 00:45:41 |
Bersin, Alan - Commissioner
TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE TO SEE THESE INTERRELATED PROBLEMS AND IT FOCUSES ON THE FACT WE NEED TO BUILD A PARTNERSHIP AND GATHER THE INTELLIGENCE...
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| 00:46:56 |
Basham, Ralph - Commissioner
A 2,000-MILE CENTS AND SECOND WAS TO INSPECT EVERY MARITIME CONTAINER COMING INTO THE COUNTRY BEFORE IT LEFT THE POINT OF ORIGIN WHICH WOULD TOTALLY...
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| 00:48:10 |
Bersin, Alan - Commissioner
TIME. >> IT IS AUTHENTICALLY HISTORIC AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WE ACTUALLY VIEW THE PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE...
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| 00:51:39 |
Bonner, Robert - Commissioner
KNOW, THE NOTION THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SPILLOVER VIOLENCE FROM MEXICO INTO THE U.S. IS GREATLY EXAGGERATED. THERE'S BEEN PRACTICALLY VIRTUALLY NO...
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| 00:53:02 |
Basham, Ralph - Commissioner
DOWN THERE AS WITNESSED RECENTLY WITH THE DEATH OF THE AGENT. THERE IS STILL A TREMENDOUS RISK OUT THERE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN BOTH BETWEEN THE PORTS...
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| 00:54:03 |
Bersin, Alan - Commissioner
THE GROUND AND THE FACTS AS THEY PROCEED BY MOST MEDIA OUTLETS IN THE UNITED STATES? I THINK IT IS A FUNCTION OF THOSE WHO WERE ON THE BORDER KNOW...
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| 00:57:07 |
Litwak, Robert S. - Director
WHAT THE STEPS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT TO CALL DETERRENCE BY DENIAL MAKING A MUCH HARDER TARGET EVEN AS WE MARK THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY AND THE TAKEDOWN...
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