bob moeller has embodied those valleys through decades of public service and lived them everyday as fbi director in an extraordinary period in our nation's history. bob was sworn in justbefore 9/1 played a key role in response to those attacks, he began one of the biggest transformations of the fbi in history, to make sure that nothing like that ever happens again. like the marine that he's always been, bob never took his eyes off his mission. under his watch, the fbi joined forces with our intelligence, military and homeland security professionals to break up al qaeda cells, disrupt their activities and thwart their plots. i'll say it as clearly as i can. countless americans are alive today and our country is more secure because of the fbi's outstanding work under the leadership of bob moeller. all the while, bob and the fbi have been tireless against a whole range of challenges from preventing violent crime and reducing gang activity including along our border to cracking down on whited collar criminals. today, there are many in the fbi who have never known the bureau without bob at t