homeland security. because the coast guard patrols these critical waterways, we must evaluate whether they have the resources and the authority needed to effectively address these threats. for dr. kardon, how does the p.r.c.'s expanding influence over global shipping routes and strategic ports including in latin america and the caribbean impact u.s. homeland security and the coast guard's ability to police illicit trade and trafficking? dr. kardon: thank you, congresswoman biggs. i believe that the extraordinary market share of chinese firms and global shipping and across all the verticals, shipbuilding prominently, important investments. shipping itself, containers, leasing, etc. gives china strategic advantage in the modern economic system. we heard the sir walter raleigh quote. that resonates with leaders in beijing. i for one have studied a lot of chinese strategists writings about the famous american naval strategist, and leading influence in understanding sea power is broader than naval capability

delivery of the first social security check in 1940 to the first social security recipient, ida mae fuller. social security checks have never been a day late or a dollar short. not once, but elon musk's illegal specialty when he takes over agencies of the federal government is to stop payments. and so the 71 million people who receive social security payments every month for the first time in history can no longer be sure if the next payment is coming. michelle king was the acting commissioner of social security until either yesterday or today. rumors started reaching me early this afternoon from people with expert knowledge of the workings of social security that the musk coo at social security was underway. there is a line of succession for acting commissioners of social security. when a commissioner of social security leaves office before a new commissioner has been confirmed by the senate, then the deputy commissioner shall be the acting commissioner according to that written line of succession. and that is exactly how michelle king, who has been with the social security adminis

it's not just for security, this food security, border security energy security. ready ready no one can really argue with what, after all, who doesn't want to be secure. i want to security isn't as benign or simple as it's often presented. often one course of people are made secure at the cost of another group security that could change the security we used in the context, not just of borders or resources, but a few. i personally support the reference to human security and i would refer to it as climate human security to move away from the national security, militarized, problematic framework. so there are different conceptions of security. the trouble is that the ones that would dominate are the ones i'm most results. and at the moment what we've seen is a mess of increasing ministry spending and national security spending. so what happens then is that the national security idea dominate. it takes away the issues around distribution and justice and focused on stem instead, on increasing and defending an attraction occurring system in the power of the military sec

ukraine's security matters to global security. this war was never just about the fate of one nation, china is watching, iran and north korea are watching, all, like putin, are looking for signs of weakness for our determination to fade, for our unity to fracture. and when aggression goes unchecked on one continent, it emboldens regimes on other continents. when the border of one country is redrawn by force, it undermines the security of all nations. so let us recognize this danger, let us confront it with conviction and unity, and secure peace through strength together. now it gives me great pleasure to introduce the new u.s. defense secretary, secretary hegseth. secretary hegseth: good afternoon, friends. thank you, secretary healy, for your leadership both in hosting and now leading the udcg. this is my first ukraine defense contact group and i'm honored to join all of you today. and i appreciate the opportunity to share president trump's approach to the war in ukraine. we are at, as you said, mr. secretary, a critical moment. a

this is not your 1st munich security conference. you've been attending it for years and as you've watched a lot of developments, they're important developments over the years. how would you describe to this conference in comparison to what you witness there before it looks for many years the yearns europeans have been told present office of presidents that they will have to take charge of their own security. and now the day has arrived and there seems to be a collective saw and is somewhat of a disorientation, what that will mean and actual terms. speaking you needs unity and it needs united leadership. and from the conversations i've had here, it doesn't have that right at the moment, spots as the farm instead of spain posted. and then, or the a panel here today, he said, that's a crises. and press a is the european way of doing things. whether that can be a successful recipe and testing what the trump administration means for europe is an open question. me, kayla. you know, thank you both very much. that was our chief political ed

because ukraine must have a secure future, europe must have a secure future, britain must have a securey unilaterally starting talks —— writers. as the — starting talks —— writers. as the united states undermined the united states undermined the uk, — the united states undermined the uk, europe and ukraine? what— the uk, europe and ukraine? what the _ the uk, europe and ukraine? what the united states wants is lasting peace that's what ukraine wants, that's with the united kingdom wants and that's what european allies want. what is important is that we ensure that ukraine is in the strongest possible position if we are to go into talks or if the fighting is to continue. and to ensure that if there is discussion about any guarantees that will be provided, that the european nations show willing as i have done, but also absolutely clear that it must be with a us backstop because i don't believe in their guarantee if there isn't a us backstop behind the security guarantees. backstop behind the security guarantees— backstop behind the security auarantees. ~ ., ., guarantees. what sort of fut

social security. 71 million americans. >> on social security.0%. >> of them, it is their income. >> that's it. it is. >> what is the difference between them and basically being homeless? and when i listen to this, i kept thinking, this. career official. michelle king, that's her last name, right? michelle king, who refused to give him this. >> access. >> 30 year employee. >> and she ends up. >> stepping down. >> because of the other king. the guy who thinks he's king of our country. and that is elon musk, who was not. elected to do that, who has so many conflicts because of the major multi-million-dollar. >> contracts that. >> he has with the government. and so i hope and i know there's already lawsuits that have been filed on this that once again, just like with the. irs data, the. court a court will find that, no, you can't just start rifling around rummaging through people's social security data. if you think there's fraud, then why did you file fire all the inspector generals? okay, if you think there's something we can do here, then let's d

homeland security council for all intelligence matters related to national security. and in this role, you would be responsible for over $100 billion between the national intelligence program and the military intelligence program. it is a position of great importance and significance to our national security created after one of our worst national security failures, 9/11. for that reason when congress established this position thanks in large part to our colleague and her friend susan collins, it mandated in law that any individual nominated for this position must have, and i quote, extensive national security expertise. now i appreciate you taking the time to meet with me and as i noted in that office before and after, i continue to have significant concerns about your judgment and your qualifications to meet the standards set by law. first as i noted previously, the dni was created in part to make sure we have appropriate intelligence prior to 9/11 and obviously we hadn't. but the mission is not only to share information between the ic, but also with our allies. the

, european security and security for ukraine, in terms of policing a frozen conflict.ct, lived in the city and has been in germany since 2016. counter—terrorism police are investigating the incident, which happened just ten days before government elections in germany. nicky schiller reports. flowers left at the scene of the devastation by the country's interior minister. germany is digesting the reality of a car being driven into a crowd at a transport workers' union rally. 30 people, including children, were injured, some seriously. the vehicle used was taken away for examination, as police said counter—terrorism officers had taken over the investigation due to indications the suspect had an extremist background. that suspect is a 24—year—old afghan asylum seeker, who german media have named as farhad n. they blurred his face due to the country's privacy rules. he was arrested at the scene. reports say he came to germany in 2016 when he was a child, and had his request for asylum turned down the following year. the bavarian interior minister said he had not been force

immigration and border security as.we called it became the top in this election because of how it touches touches so much of our daily lives. it impacts the. it impacts our. and security. it impacts education of our children. it impacts all areas of life. and it was reflected such when the american people cast their votes. so i look forward to the new administration coming in, restoring law and order restoring, accountability. accountability with our allies and accountability here within united states to make this much safer place. thank. i know it's now up to some questions and i have a microphone. so you could just speak into the mic is recording this event right. thank you for the speech. you said to think the box. this it's clear that the cartel is running mexico and that there are iranian and chinese in the plants. what prevents makes a terrifying thing outside of the box thought is if we go and try to go these cartels. what prevents the cartels and the mexican government of joining the axis of resistance i.e. chin

— presidents zelensky is having the security of— presidents zelensky is having the security of their—imarily— underground, rare earth, and other things, but primarily where - underground, rare earth, and other things, but primarily where earth, i things, but primarily where earth, really— things, but primarily where earth, really we — things, but primarily where earth, really we want _ things, but primarily where earth, really we want - because i really we want security because europe — really we want security because europe is— really we want security because europe is putting _ really we want security because europe is putting much - really we want security because europe is putting much less- really we want security because . europe is putting much less money than us, _ europe is putting much less money than us, nato, _ europe is putting much less money than us, nato, europe, _ europe is putting much less money than us, nato, europe, whatever. europe is putting much less money. than us, nato, europe, whateveryou to call it. - to call it. whereat _ want to call it. whereat probably

homeland security.embers on the house subcommittee discussed china's presence near the panama canal and the freezing of federal grants and dismantling of us aid might impact china's influence globally. >> the committee on homeland security subcommittee on maritime will come to order. the chair may declare the subcommittee in recess. today's hearing will engage ports across the western hemisphere and the united states and broader implications. the gentleman from iowa and the gentleman from puerto rico are permitted to sit with the subcommittee and ask questions of the witnesses. i recognize myself for an opening statement. good morning i welcome to the first hearing. as we begin this new congress we turn our attention to one of the most pressing national security threats facing the united states, the peoples republic of china growing presence. the p.r.c. has increased its footprints across latin america and the caribbean gaining leverage over trade routes and military influence in our region. today's hea

border security immigration enforcement is critical to our national security. guantanamo bay is a dubious location to detain immigrants the detention center has only been used for work detainees it is unfortunate to acquaint immigrants with international war criminals. further the facilities at guantÁnamo are in poor condition are extremely understaffed. the u.s. military which is already stretched for resources is now spending millions of dollars to use military aircraft and thousands of hours of military personnel time for these operations. while at naval station in guantÁnamo does prepare for mass migration operations, these operations are for saving people, leaving dire situations in cuba or haiti on unsafe grounds. not moving individuals already in the united states to a place with the saddest and there it's ambiguous. i have questions about the legality of this operation i am concerned this is part of a border effort by president trump to militarize immigration enforcement. at the president at the behest will use common sense to follow the law stop spendi

homeland security council for all intelligence matters related to national security. in this role as well she will be responsible for over $100 billion between the national intelligence program and the military intelligence program. now, the stakes here have become all the more critical in recent days, just in the past couple of weeks president trump has issued several directives that could irreparable for our national intelligence against the many threats at that we face. at the fbi some of our most experience agents who protected us for decades from terrorists, drug traffickers, spies, criminals, have all been unceremoniously fired. thousands more may have reason to fear they may be next based on the vindictive list apparently being assembled of every fbi official who was involved in the investigation into the capitol riot on january 6th. not just the fbi. across the ic, including the cia, dia, nsa, nro, nga, alphabet agencies that most folks don't fully appreciate or understand, but in every one of these agencies, i'm hearing from intelligence officers and analysts

the security guarantees a key to your paying leaders who are concerned. the trump may give concessions to russia in the attempt to end the fighting concessions at the expense of ukraine. any speech of the munich security conference j. d. vans did level to allay yorba spheres. his main focus was not ukraine. instead, use your being countries of suppressing free speech. instead, the main threat, so you're up is not russia, but you're of itself. the threat that i worry the most about visa, the europe, is not russia, it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within the retreat of europe, from some of its most fundamental values value shared with the united states of america, your j events and speech. you think silk way through your i brought a strong response from germany. these are they will cut to democracy, was called into question by the us, vice president for the whole of your body. i can just as he speaks of the, in my elation of democracy, democracy and def. i understood incorrectly. he's comparing con

partners, while maintaining global nuclear security. her vision and her strategic initiatives continue to drive the nnsa's mission to protect the nation and promote mobile stability. she has over two decades of experience in nuclear facility operations, engineering, safety analysis, maintenance and risk analysis, within the department of energy complex. she has served in various positions including deputy manager, senior scientific and technical assign -- environmental safety, health and quality and a federal project director. she earned a bachelors of science degree from the university of tennessee. [laughter] and throughout her distinguished career, she has been recognized for several prestigious awards, including the doe secretary honor award for her exceptional contributions to national security, the nnsa administrator's distinguished service medal and the nnsa safety professional of the year. these accolades underscore her commitment to excellence and her significant impact on the field of nuclear security. with seven days into a n

partners, while maintaining global nuclear security. her vision and her strategic initiatives continue to drive the nnsa's mission to protect the nation and promote mobile stability. she has over two decades of experience in nuclear facility operations, engineering, safety analysis, maintenance and risk analysis, within the department of energy complex. she has served in various positions including deputy manager, senior scientific and technical assign -- environmental safety, health and quality and a federal project director. she earned a bachelors of science degree from the university of tennessee. [laughter] and throughout her distinguished career, she has been recognized for several prestigious awards, including the doe secretary honor award for her exceptional contributions to national security, the nnsa administrator's distinguished service medal and the nnsa safety professional of the year. these accolades underscore her commitment to excellence and her significant impact on the field of nuclear security. with seven days into a n

and i believe deeply that there is no security. if you're afraid of the voices, the opinions, and the conscience that guide your very own people in europe faces many challenges for the crisis this continent faces right now the crisis i believe we all face together is one of our own making. if you're running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing america can do for you, nor for that matter. is there anything that you can do for the american people who elected me and elected president trump? you need democratic mandates to accomplish anything of value in the coming years that we learned nothing. that fin mandates produce unstable results. but there is so much of value that can be accomplished with a kind of democratic mandate that i think will come from being more responsive to the voices of your citizens. if you're going to enjoy competitive economies, if you're going to enjoy affordable energy and secure supply chains, then you need mandates to govern because you have to make difficult choices to enjoy all of these things. an

the national nuclear security administration maintains and refurbishes and ensures the safe and secure storage and transportation and maintenance of our nation's thousands of nuclear weapons. nnsa runs the national nuclear labs. they develop nuclear propulsion systems for our nuclear submarines. they are the people in charge of making sure that terrorists don't get their hands on a nuclear weapon, or that nuclear weapons technology doesn't get stolen and sold on the black market. they are also in charge of making our new nuclear weapons and inspecting those weapons. and trump is firing them, firing hundreds of them. the agency only has like 1900, 2000 people. thursday night, they sent out termination notices to more than 300 of them. termination notices, reportedly to hundreds of staff of the small, expert, professional, very important national nuclear security administration. isn't there anything about the name of that agency that might suggest to you that maybe this isn't the best place to make cuts? what about national nuclear security administration bugs you and makes you think tha

how about border security?n here since 2013 we did border security bill that was bipartisan the house republicans kill that we had a bipartisan deal in this body in 2018 president trump said vote against it we had a bipartisan deal in 2024 president trump said vote against it all of those bills had significant resources to invest in border security donald trump and house republicans opposed to them. we just passed an immigration bill that got bipartisan vote you do not need reconciliation to do defense you do not need reconciliation border security there is a demonstrated track record in the body that both can be done. in a bipartisan way. so what is the bill about if you don't need reconciliation and border security what is it about? the effort that's begun today is an effort to dramatically cut spending on programs that affect everyday virginians and everyday americans. those dollars combined with the tariffs that donald trump is laying on american families that will make everything more expensive then going

labs to secure america's competitive advantage and security. i could not agree more, and that's precisely why we're here today at this hearing to explore ways that we can secure american technology for the benefit of our economic and national security. for years, the chinese communist party has worked to infiltrate our national labs, targeting top scientists and siphoning off american research to fuel china's military ambitions. through programs like the dallas program, the c.c.p. systematically recruited elite scientists, nationals of the people's republic of china who are trained in the west, built their careers in american labs, and worked with american funding to develop american technology. and then the c.c.p. lured them back to china. it's a deliberate strategy to leverage u.s. taxpayer expertise for the benefit of the chinese military. and tragically we're starting to see the consequences. former d.o.e. researchers are helping china develop hyper sonic missiles, deep earth-penetrating warheads, and advance submarines. these are weapons d

as concerning as her lack of experience and tendency to vote against her security is, ms. gabbard's history of cozying up to america's adversaries is far, far more troubling. her actions and words suggest that she has been directly influenced by foreign propaganda, whether at that comes from russia, from syria or other brutal dictatorships. this isn't just me saying this, it's the view of many of ms. gabbard's former staff members during her time here on capitol hill. we have public reporting that states, and i'm going to quote here, former advisors to gabbard suggested her views on russia and its polarizing leader, vladimir putin, have been shaped by her unorthodox media consumption habits. three former aides said gabbard regularly read and shared articles from the russian news site rt, formerly known as russia today, which a u.s. intelligence community characterized in 2017 as the kremlin's principal international propaganda outlets, end quote. this is who donald trump wants to lead the intelligence community, in a national security role, someone so easily swayed by fore

he's of course the munich security conference. so we ask them what he thinks, what he thinks of donald trump as being back in the white house. he suggests that trump may go into finished fun. terry martin, thanks the can you see is what old car is has to do with you production? here's a hands on so really indeed, the snow on youtube is with a lot say what the could this week be the beginning of the end of the war and ukraine dollar from has promised that he can deliver a deal on his top diplomatic team will be here in germany later this week, to try to get things started at the munich security conference. we've been talking to the head of the conference to try to get a sense of what to expect. this is so far as can, thanks for making time for us today. so why is this? we can so important. unique security conference has always been important we believe, but this year, of course, it's extremely important. there's so many conflicts going on. we have the russian aggression against ukraine and still ongoing, but at the same time there

all right, of course, monetary shields of munich security conference. terry is always thank with you, as vice president is also meeting you crazy. and president, florida means a lensky for talks on how to negotiate a settlement to the russia, ukraine conflict. now, leaders in both europe and steve are alarmed after you, as president donald trump spoke to russia's president vladimir putin and agreed to start peace towards raising fears at cheap and it's european allies will be side law the battlefield in done yet. can eastern ukraine, one of the regions, russia has tried to swallow, and that ukrainians have fought for years to get back. last year, ukrainian president follow to me as a lensky, laid out a victory plan to world leaders that included nato membership and a return to the countries 2014 borders before russia annex the crimea province, winding diesel. it will surely be sad that thrushes war against you drain has ended not frozen, not paused north fulton truly. and this will have not because someone got tired of the war, not because someone trade

so for us national security. well, obviously that didn't go down well with denmark or the rest of europe for that matter. but there's also another issue and much bigger issue. europeans are shocked and appalled, have therapy in sidelines and pretty much ignored when it comes to resolving the conflict in ukraine present. donald trump says he is looking forward to negotiating with russian president vladimir putin to end the war and ukraine. potential breakthrough in the war and ukraine after calls with russian president put and ukranian presidents, the landscape president trump, now saying peace negotiations will start immediately create different moscow. what about ukraine? after 9 a minute phone call between president trump and russian president vladimir putin and those 2 leaders agreed to meet and begin negotiations immediately to end the war and ukraine, but apparently, without ukraine's participation. interesting question. i think they have to make peace that people are being killed and i think they have to ma

i talked to the security guard. i talked to the security guard just in there. he said he has been given specific orders to prevent employees of usaid from entering the building today, and i just find that to be absolutely ridiculous. this is no way to govern. this is no way to treat public servants. this is no way for us to conduct our foreign policy as a country. i just had to show up today, see it with my own eyes, the chaos of this administration, and just their attacks on public servants in our country. host: that was new jersey senator andy kim, a democrat, outside of the usaid office building. in case you want to go to the website, usaid.gov, it has been taken off-line. this is what you get when you go to usaid.gov. it has been taken down. let's start with calls with matt in maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. let's not sugarcoat what is going on. this is a coup. the richest man in the world has been given access to basically the united states main bank, the way that we pay people's social security, the way that we pay basically for everything.

the american people voted for trump to secure our borders. president trump promised basic security. he knows better than anyone how to get border crossings down, during his first administration he brought those down to a 40-year low. that's why we're here today. we're here to support our border patrol agents, fund the border wall, complete that wall, and improve c.b.p. port facilities. we'll also support our immigration and customs enforcement officers in the process too. they are dealing with unprecedented circumstances. as you mentioned in your opening remarks, there are 300,000 missing children who have crossed the southern border under the biden administration, the biden administration has no idea where they are. additionally, we have 1.4 million illegal immigrants who came to this country asking for asylum and have been refused and now are set to be deported. all the more concerning of the 10.5 million crossings under the biden administration, those who have committed crimes and were convicted pending -- and are pending charges. 350,000 of those. over 35,000 were for homicides

, ., secure. defence which you _ secure. the other questions of defence which you raise - secure. the other questions of defence which you raise but i defence which you raise but the question of what in greenland as opposed people in greenland as opposed to donald trump or the united states want. and a poll indicates 85% of the greenleigh population do not want the island to become part of the how can you speak to what us. how can you speak to what people want in greenland? titer;r people want in greenland? they have told me — people want in greenland? they have told me what _ people want in greenland? they have told me what they - people want in greenland? tie have told me what they want, they want is success in what they want is success in their mining, they want successful tourism, they want their children to speak english as a second language, not chinese. this is what greenland wants, they will opportunity and good paying jobs. they do not have what they are looking two day. but in a kind of

who don't really care about our security.ay you care about the palestinian people. it's time to drop your agendas and biases and take a constructive approach for the palestinian people and join us in supporting organizations that will actually help ukraine to defend. >> the presidency of the security council thanks the representative of israel for the statement. i would like to give the floor to the representative of egypt. >> think you. president of the security council i would like to extend a warm welcome to commissioner general as well as mr. yan england, secretary-general of the norwegian counsel. president would like to thank you for holding this meeting so we can discuss the protection of unwrought from the threat posed imposed an israeli measures and compromising the activities of the agency and lifting the immunities which its personnel and premises enjoy and occupy posting a territory including east jerusalem. i'm delighted to deliver the statement on behalf of the arab group. the arab group would like to reaffirm t

speaking at the munich security conference on saturday, keith kellogg said previous peace efforts hadailed because too many parties were involved — suggesting that only the us, russia and ukraine should be part of negotiations. take a listen. my definition of "at the table," when you're actually sitting down there. you don't — to me, it doesn't mean their interests are not taken part of, they are not considered, they are not used, they are not developed. that means at the table — you have an ability to have input. but when you have those three — well, really, two — engaged partners with — you have russia and you have ukraine fighting right now — and president trump coming in as differently, to basically be — for lack of a better term — and we only uses it in the english language — going to — to think that he's going to do this alone is wrong. he never said that. it's all a definition of terms. at that same conference on saturday, ukraine's president called for europe to establish its own army, instead of relying on the us for military support. meanwhile, france is arranging an emergen

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maybe in the security circles in europe. we're confused. some even worried by the commons made by senior us official earlier this week. but we need to be honest to you and we need to avoid outrage and outcry. because if we listen to the substance of the remarks, we not only understand where they are coming from. but recognize there are some remarks we can agree on. because yes, both the united states and europe in union ones and then to the black shit, we want to adjust the simplest and piece one that leads to a sun room and prosperous ukraine. and as you crane should be given solid security guarantees. but perhaps what resonates with me the most is the need for you, not only to speak frankly, but also to act accordingly. so let there be no room for any adult. i believe when it comes to your pin security, europe has to do more. you must bring more to the table and to achieve this, we need a search in european defense spending. the turn key, turn key, but you 27, no spending around 2 percent of g d, p on defense. and yes, our defense spendin