Rep. Ike Skelton Holds a Hearing On an Assessment of Global Security

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Rep. Ike Skelton Holds a Hearing On an Assessment of Global Security

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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOLDS A HEARING ON GLOBAL SECURITY

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

SPEAKERS: REP. IKE SKELTON, D-MO. CHAIRMAN REP. JOHN M. SPRATT JR., D-S.C. REP. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, D-TEXAS REP. GENE TAYLOR, D-MISS. REP. NEIL ABERCROMBIE, D-HAWAII REP. SILVESTRE REYES, D-TEXAS REP. VIC SNYDER, D-ARK. REP. ADAM SMITH, D-WASH. REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ, D-CALIF. REP. MIKE MCINTYRE, D-N.C. REP. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, D-CALIF. REP. ROBERT A. BRADY, D-PA. REP. ROBERT E. ANDREWS, D-N.J. REP. SUSAN A. DAVIS, D-CALIF. REP. RICK LARSEN, D-WASH. REP. JIM COOPER, D-TENN. REP. JIM MARSHALL, D-GA. DEL. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, D-GUAM REP. MARK UDALL, D-COLO. REP. DAN BOREN, D-OKLA. REP. BRAD ELLSWORTH, D-IND. REP. NANCY BOYDA, D-KAN. REP. PATRICK J. MURPHY, D-PA. REP. HANK JOHNSON, D-GA. REP. CAROL SHEA-PORTER, D-N.H. REP. JOE COURTNEY, D-CONN. REP. DAVE LOEBSACK, D-IOWA REP. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, D-N.Y. REP. JOE SESTAK, D-PA. REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, D-ARIZ. REP. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, D-MD. REP. KENDRICK B. MEEK, D-FLA. REP. KATHY CASTOR, D-FLA. REP. NIKI TSONGAS, D-MASS.

REP. DUNCAN HUNTER, R-CALIF. RANKING MEMBER REP. H. JAMES SAXTON, R-N.J. REP. HOWARD P. "BUCK" MCKEON, R-CALIF. REP. JOHN M. MCHUGH, R-N.Y. REP. TERRY EVERETT, R-ALA. REP. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, R-MD. REP. WILLIAM M. "MAC" THORNBERRY, R-TEXAS REP. WALTER B. JONES, R-N.C. REP. ROBIN HAYES, R-N.C. REP. TODD AKIN, R-MO. REP. J. RANDY FORBES, R-VA. REP. JEFF MILLER, R-FLA. REP. JOE WILSON, R-S.C. REP. FRANK A. LOBIONDO, R-N.J. REP. TOM COLE, R-OKLA. REP. ROB BISHOP, R-UTAH REP. MICHAEL R. TURNER, R-OHIO REP. JOHN KLINE, R-MINN. REP. CANDICE S. MILLER, R-MICH. REP. PHIL GINGREY, R-GA. REP. MIKE D. ROGERS, R-ALA. REP. TRENT FRANKS, R-ARIZ. REP. BILL SHUSTER, R-PA. REP. THELMA DRAKE, R-VA. REP. CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, R-WASH. REP. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, R-TEXAS REP. GEOFF DAVIS, R-KY. REP. DOUG LAMBORN, R-COLO.

WITNESSES: THOMAS FINGAR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ANALYSIS, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

ROBERT CARDILLO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ANALYSIS, DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

JOHN KRINGEN, DIRECTOR FOR INTELLIGENCE, CIA

[*] SKELTON: Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a rainy day. Nonetheless, we will get started. Welcome to the Armed Services Committee Hearing on Global Security Environment.

We are pleased to have with us today Dr. Thomas Fingar, deputy director of national intelligence analysis in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Mr. Robert Cardillo, deputy director for analysis from the Defense Intelligence Agency; and Mr. John Kringen, director of intelligence for the Central Intelligence Agency.

Gentlemen, we welcome you.

We're entering a period where we hear from each of the leadership of the Defense Department, the leaders of Armed Services, Combat Commanders as well, as they come before us to testify about their portion of the 2009 Defense budget. It is our job to consider their recommendations.

This hearing is designed to provide a broad strategic context of the overall security environment facing our country as our committee considers those Defense budget requests. We've spent a great deal of time focusing on the wars in Iraq and Afghan...

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