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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
SECRETARY NAPOLITANO, AND ROBERT MUELLER, AND FIRST TIME CONFIRMED, HAPPY TO WELCOME THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER, MATTHEW...
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Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
INCLUDING THE RING LEADER, MOHAMED ATTA, BOARDED AND EARLY MORNING FLIGHT TO BOSTON AT THE PORTLAND, MAINE JET PORT. FROM LOGAN AIRPORT, THEY SET IN...
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
HELD A DEPARTMENTAL COMMEMORATION OF 9/11, AND I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND OUTSIDE ON THE PLAZA OF THE REAGAN BUILDING HERE IN DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON, AND THE...
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WORST TERRORIST ATTACK IN OUR HISTORY. WE ALL REMEMBER THE GREAT SENSE OF SHOCK AND SADNESS WE FELT THAT DAY. >> ALL OF US REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE ON...
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
SUCH A POWERFUL STATEMENT OF THE UNITY. I THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL TO INCLUDE SECRETARY'S RIDGE AND CHERTOFF IN IT AND ALL THE SENSE OF UNITIES AND RESOLVE....
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
SECURITY'S EFFORTS TO KEEP OUR NATION SAFE AGAINST EVER EVOLVING THREATS. THIS WEEKEND, OUR NATION OBSERVED THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, AND WE HONORED...
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
APPRECIATE THE PRE-9/11 COMPARISON TO TODAY BECAUSE OF DOCUMENTS IN A VERY TANGIBLE WAY THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE, AND IT IN 62 VINDICATES THE CONCLUSION...
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
POINTED OUT SINCE SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE THREAT FROM TERRORISM HAS EVOLVED IN WAYS THAT PRESENT NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE FBI AND OUR PARTNERS AND TODAY...
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
YOU. WELCOME. OBVIOUSLY COUNTER TO THE CONVENTIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTERS ON OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NEW ENTITIES CREATED IN THE GOVERNMENT TO PUT...
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Olson, Matthew - Director
AND SUPPORT. I'M HONORED THAT MY FIRST HEARING OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER IS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE THAT AUTHORED THE LEGISLATION...
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
FOR EACH SENATOR. LET ME BEGIN BY BRING TO THE THREAT STREAM THAT ALERTED EVERYONE IN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE NATION LAST WEEK AS WE APPROACHED THE...
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
ONGOING THREAT. WE CONTINUE TO LEAN FORWARD INTO CONFORMING THAT THREAT. >> IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AND UNTIL IT IS RESOLVED, IT IS AN OUTSTANDING...
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
NECESSARILY MEANS THAT WE SHOULD BACK DOWN AND CONSEQUENTLY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE PURSUING THAT AS...
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
STREAM WAS SPECIFIC AND CREDIBLE ENOUGH THAT YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO DISMISS IT? >> NO. >> DO NOT ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? >> I SHARE THE VIEWS OF THE...
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Olson, Matthew - Director
MIGHT THAT IS SINCE WE FIRST GOT WORD OF THAT THREAT WE HAVE CONDUCTED HUNDREDS OF INTERVIEWS. WE'VE BEEN PURSUING A NUMBER OF LEADS,
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
AND CONSEQUENTLY, AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ELIMINATE SOME ASPECTS WHERE WE THOUGHT WE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER...
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
THERE WERE PLANS ALREADY WELL IN PLACE TO BE IT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TO BE PREPARED TO DEFEND AGAINST ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK ON ATTEMPTING AND...
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
ORGANIZATIONS COME TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY GIVEN OUR HISTORY BUT I WOULD SAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER IT MAKES...
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| 00:51:05 |
Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF FUEL AND COORDINATING OUR ASSETS BUT THAT THE NCTC PLAYS AN OPERATIONAL ROLE ON HIS BEHALF TO YOU TO COMMENT...
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Olson, Matthew - Director
RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT AND OUR ROLE AT NCTC IS TO BE THE PLACE WHERE INFORMATION COMES TOGETHER BECAUSE SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS COMING FROM THE...
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
OF THE WHITE HOUSE. WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW WE FIT TOGETHER. SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO ARTICULATE AND KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT, BUT IT DOES SEEM TO ...
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
SECURITY SINCE 9/11 FOR MOST AMERICANS HAS BEEN THE PRESENCE OF TSA AT THE AIRPORTS AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS...
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
THANK YOU I OWE YOU -- WITH RESPECT TO THE TSA, WE DO WANT TO LIVE AND ARE MOVING TO A MORE RISK-BASED APPROACH OF THE SCREENING PASSENGERS TO TRY TO...
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Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
THE OVERALL STATISTIC, THE DHS INTERVIEWS MORE THAN 101,000 IRAQI REFUGEE APPLICANTS AND APPROVED MORE THAN 84,000 FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY....
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
RESETTLED PURSUANT TO THE ORIGINAL RESULTS AND PROGRAM. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REVETED AGAINST ALL OF THE DHS DATABASES, ALL OF THE NCTC DATABASES AND...
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Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
VETTED AGAINST THE EXISTING DATABASE BUT IN FACT DUE TO A LACK OF RESOURCES AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK TO DO THE MATCHING AND THE LIFTING...
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
WE LOOK AT, AND WITH THAT PRIORITIZATION THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL GROUPING OF DEVICES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT. WE ARE TAKING THE PRECAUTIONS OF ...
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
CENTERS. THEY DO NOT DUPLICATE. THEY COMPLEMENT. THEIR PORTALS OF ENTRY WHERE WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION, AND AS I MENTIONED IN MY OPENING COMMENTS ALL...
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Brown, Scott - U.S. Senator, [R] Massachusetts
AS A FOLLOW-UP IS YEMEN ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING ANOTHER AFGHANISTAN SAFE HAVEN FOR AQAP TO PLOT A TAX AND TO WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT STRATEGY IN PLACE FOR...
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Olson, Matthew - Director
THAT AQAP IS CERTAINLY AMONG THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FROM THE COUNTERTERRORISM PERSPECTIVE. IT HAS SHOWN ITSELF TO BE TO HAVE BOTH THE INTENT AND THE CAPABILITY...
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
I WOULD SAY IMPOSSIBLE. SO WHILE WE DO HAVE THE TOOLS, THE LIKELIHOOD, THE POSSIBILITY OF ERRATIC EATING FROM THE INTERNET UNDERSTANDING IT'S NOT JUST...
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Brown, Scott - U.S. Senator, [R] Massachusetts
FROM THE LEGAL ENTRY ESPECIALLY YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS WHERE YOU ARE FROM I KNOW IT IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO SENATOR McCAIN A LOT OF THE OTHER BORDER...
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY THOSE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY WHO ARE ALSO COMMITTING OTHER CRIMES AND SOME EXISTING WARRANTS ARE MULTIPLE ILLEGAL ENTRANTS...
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| 01:13:03 |
Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
MATERIAL LIKE INSPIRE MAGAZINE OR THE OTHER THINGS ON THE INTERNET, AND WHAT DIRECTOR MUELLER SAID OF THE AUTHORS WHAT THIS IS TRUE ON THE FEDERAL...
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Brown, Scott - U.S. Senator, [R] Massachusetts
WEBSITE. THANK YOU. SENATOR CARPER? >> TO THE WITNESS IS WELCOME, GOVERNOR, NICE TO SEE. DIRECTORS MUELLER, THINK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SIGN...
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Carper, Thomas "Tom" R. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
DIFFERENT DIRECTION. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO HAVING A SHOOTING IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE SUBJECT OF THE CHEERING WAS DEFICIT-REDUCTION AND ONE OF THE...
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| 01:16:57 |
Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
BUDGET EVERY YEAR. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD RESIST THE NOTION THAT SOME REDUNDANCY IS WASTEFUL. IN THE AREAS WITH WHICH WE DEAL, SOME REDUNDANCIES HELPFUL...
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
TO DO FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. MORE IMPORTANTLY IS PRIORITIZATION. NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE A PRIORITY. AND FOR US IT IS PROGRAMS WE HAVE, THE PARTICULAR...
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Olson, Matthew - Director
POINTS. THE FIRST THAT FOLLOWS A ONE DIRECTOR MUELLER, AND THAT IS THAT AT NCTC WE ARE SEEKING TO CREATE WHAT WE CALL THE COUNTERTERRORISM DATA AND...
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| 01:21:49 |
Carper, Thomas "Tom" R. - U.S. Senator, [D] Delaware
TO SAY YOU'RE NOT KEEPING SCORE, YOU'RE JUST PRACTICING. ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THAT IS WHAT WE MEASURE WE MANAGE AND THE IDEA OF LOOKING THROUGH THE FEDERAL...
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Johnson, Ronald "Ron" Harold - U.S. Senator, [R] Wisconsin
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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Johnson, Ronald "Ron" Harold - U.S. Senator, [R] Wisconsin
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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Moran, Jerry - U.S. Senator, [R] Kansas
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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McCain, John S. III - U.S. Senator, [R] Arizona
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
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McCain, John S. III - U.S. Senator, [R] Arizona
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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| 01:48:00 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
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Olson, Matthew - Director
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Akaka, Daniel K. - U.S. Senator, [D] Hawaii
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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Paul, Rand M.D. - U.S. Senator, [R] Kentucky
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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| 02:00:15 |
Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
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Olson, Matthew - Director
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Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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Levin, Carl - U.S. Senator, [D] Michigan
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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| 02:13:09 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
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| 02:16:13 |
Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
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Olson, Matthew - Director
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| 02:19:16 |
Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
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| 02:20:18 |
Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
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Olson, Matthew - Director
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| 02:21:45 |
Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
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| 02:24:51 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
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Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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| 02:27:41 |
Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
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| 02:30:05 |
Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
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| 02:33:13 |
Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
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| 02:34:06 |
Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
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| 02:34:51 |
Mueller, Robert S. III - Director
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| 02:35:14 |
Collins, Susan M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Maine
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Napolitano, Janet - Secretary
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Lieberman, Joseph "Joe" - U.S. Senator, [I] Connecticut
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.