it is an honor for me to introduce our special guest today, admiral cecil d. haney. admiral haney assumed command of the united states strategic command in november 2013 after serving as the commander of the u.s.-specific fleet. with the course of his 35-year-long service in uniform he's built a distinguished and decorated career in the navy. he has also served as a congressional appropriations liaison officer for the office of the secretary of defense. admiral haney comes into this with a depth of experience and had previously seshdrved as a deputy commander combined with a breath of regional experience as the civil fleet commander and illus illustrative background. he has an appreciation of the problems we face as a nation as well as the resources for strategy. admiral, we're very proud and pleased to have you here today. please join me in welcoming admiral haney to the stage. [applause] >> thank you so much. good morning, governor huntsman and thank you for the kind introduction. it's fantastic to be here today to interact with so many intellectuals, professionals

. >>> in a moment, the head of the strategic command cecil haney outlines the threat to security. then after the paris attacks last week prime minister david cameron speaks about the need for the u.k. government to pass a counterterrorism bill. and the focus on counterterrorism movement. >>> president obama gives his state of the union address to the joint session of congress on tuesday. we'll have the president's speech plus reaction from you and members of congress, live coverage tuesday night begins at 8:00 eastern on c-span, c-span during and c-span radio. and joni ernst will deliver the formal response to the president's state of the union. >>> the deadline for the c-span video competition is tuesday so get your entries completed now. produce a documentary on the theme, the three branches and you for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. for the list of the roles go to studentcam.org. >>> now, admiral cecil haney, the commander of the strategic demand speaks about the extremist organizations nuclear detection. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >>> i would like to offer

. >>> now, admiral cecil haney, the commander of the strategic demand speaks about the extremist organizations nuclear detection. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >>> i would like to offer a very warm welcome to one and all. we're delighted to have you with us. i very much appreciate you being here with us for this commander's series event where we will hear from admiral cecil d.haney, commander of the strategic command. he joins a roster that includes martin dempsey chairman of the chiefs of staff, and the commander of allied europe. we're delighted to have you with us. we're fortunate that the long-time pentagon correspondent for "the new york times" is with us today tom, we too are honored to have you with us. the commander series is our longstanding flagship speaker series for senior u.s. and allied military leaders. and i want to thank saab north america for their strong and consistent support of the series. we have more great speakers lined up later in the year, including admiral jonathan greenert, chief of naval operations and general kelly, chief of southern command, among others. we ho

it is an honor for me to introduce our special guest today, admiral cecil d haney. over the course of his 35-year long service in uniform he has built a distinguished and decorated career in the navy. he also served as liaison officer for the office of the secretary of defense. admiral haney comes at this with the depth of experience and previously served as the director. combined with the region experience and the legislative background he has a true appreciation for the strategic complexity we face as a nation, as well as the practical challenges. of matching resources and strategy. admiral, we're very proud and pleased to have you here today. please join me in welcoming admiral haney to the stage. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. well, good morning. governor princemanhuntsman and also mike, thank you for the kind introduction. it is fantastic to be here today to interact with so many intellectuals, professionals who have been deeply involved in our nation's security and policy apparatus for decades. so thanks to the brent skullcroft center for hostingtnxu and