president's objections did abuse carolyn its more i spoke with claire lopez at the center for security policy that's a conservative think tank in washington she began by asking her what she thinks donald trump's decision on the iran deal might be it is expected that the president will announce that he will not recertify the so-called c.p.o. a joint comprehensive plan of action or nuclear deal with the rand beyond that we're not completely sure what the other steps might be that he will take but it's expected he will not recertify what cook be the next scenarios and accept so we're going to see well the possibilities would include that either he takes no further steps at all or he could go back to congress and ask congress to re impose sanctions against iran and we're not really sure if that's what he's going to do or not. the enter national atomic energy agency did they really have access to all areas of countries that might be working on nuclear weapons no absolutely not and this is the main problem with the nuclear deal with iran and that is that ever since one nine hundred eighty eight whe

claire lopez of the center for security policy there with the w.'s carolina well germany voted in national elections last month and today we have the results of the first opinion poll of the new parliament from in protest elections all support for the governing parties including chancellor merkel's conservatives all to historic lows though it also means the far right alternative for germany will enter the bundestag for the first time. as germans went to the polls. probably hoping for a better result than she got the conservatives remain the strongest political force but suffered historic losses macko c.d.u. c.s.u. the liberal f.d.p. and the greens and now set to form a so-called jamaica coalition the party's colors of the same as the country's flag . german seem confident that america can forge these four different parties into a governing coalition three quarters of those polled by and for test think they'll strike a coalition deal only one in five think they'll fail. one of the criticisms levelled at makerere is that she had taken her conservative

jessie jane duff, a senior fellow at the london center for policy research and mike waller information operations vice president at the center for securityh you. you know, what's really interesting about that scene and i think you could actually sense or feel the tension there is that some of those, some of the be men there, some of these military leaders recently have said or suggested policies that counter some of the things we've heard or believe that president trump believes in. now everyone applauds the fact that they're getting there. they get together and talk about this, but president trump pretty stern about north korea being de nuclearized about iran and them not being in the spirit of this nuclear deal and some of the other things including a $700 billion budget so what's your take ultimately on what happens after tonight? >> after tonight on the-- >> charles: with respect to policy in general. for instance mattis comes out and says we should stay in the iran deal. i don't think it's going to happen. >> it's a mess. we don't know whether we stay in or stay out. there's no idea and we have the issue today where we had lost thre

joining us right now, senior vice president for the center for security policy, fred.es to hillary clinton, sometimes it's open mouth, insert foot. talk about insensitivity and trying to stir up international controversy in a very politicized way. in your view, isis this irresponsible rhetoric from the former secretary off state? >> trish, it's great to be here. i did an interview on sky news. they wanted to know what i thought of hillary clinton's criticism of president trump's iran policy. my response was who cares? she opposes everything the president does.as she's criticizing the president in such a sensitive time. >> trish: she is in south korea talking about north korea. i would say running the risk ofi scaring the living daylights out of people they are, fred. >> that's right and let's consider all these things we've seen this year. the supposedly h-bomb test.hi 19 launches of muscles. these weapons were all prepared during the obama years under a policy that she approved called strategic patients.ma that was to do nothing about the north korean threat. that's h

please stay with us because i want to bring in a panel now, a former cia analyst with the center for security policy, and the spokeswoman for the rnc. caylee let me go with you here, because a lot of what we're see ing also is the mainstream media stocking the notion of in fighting of disruption of total disray, dismay if you will within the trump campaign, trump organization. this week it was tillerson versus president trump. >> yeah, the media is stoking the narrative, making false stories, we saw rex tillerson come out and forceful it deny this was ever said and the spokesperson after he said those comments earlier they're creating discord, it's doing dis service to the american people particularly when the times are as they are now on the foreign policy front. >> charles: when president trump tweeted tillerson might be wasting his time with bomb boy or something to that effect, does that interfere or is it to what colonel west is alluding to and in this situation you've got to have someone coming on really really strong particularly as they try to negotiate a democratic solution? >> certainly yo

cia analyst, chief of staff to ambassador john bolton, now a senior vice president at center the for security policyeat to have you here, fred. >> welcome to the swamp, lou. lou: thank you very much. i have the pleasure of saying it's merely a visit. [ laughter ] >> let me turn to one of the reasons why it's easy for me to say that. this is the swamp at work. tonight, making a liar out of the president of the united states. refusing the heads of the cia and the fbi to follow the law, to follow the orders of the president of the united states, elected by the people of this country. why in hell should the american people put up with the insult, the affront and simply the capricious arrogance of two, two heads of agencies that, whose agents and servicemembers deserve a hell of a lot better. >> lou, i can't conceive of legitimate reasons not to release the jfk files. i hear it could be names of sources, names of investigators, sources and methods. i imagine the people are long dead. i got to tell you, i trust mike pompeo. i imagine there's a good reason if he recommended to the president this not be rel

in the u.s., and there are groups that are very, very active, like act for america and center for security policy in this town. and i mean, any muslim who stands up risks being attacked. you could -- there will probably be a narrative that you're going to go there the constitution, i'm just wondering if you have confronted that, and have you thought about that and how would you react to that? do you worry that that might influence enough people and create a real, you know, hate storm around your campaign? >> so, within 24 hours of my announcement, twitter and social media trolls were out. and they have still been out. i've had all sorts of those accusations come my way, everything from i'm going to promote sharia law to i'm going to bring foreigners here. one tweet said something like fayrouz promotes open borders and free stuff. i'm look who doesn't like free stuff? why is that a bad thing? so this was an actual tweet. and that got retweeted and retweeted. so yeah. it's come at me already. and i expect that it will continue to come at me, unfortunately. i mean, really, for me, it's white noise a

gear, robert adam, current vice president of communications for the bipartisan policy center and kelly maximum, vice president for national security and international policy at the center for american progress. robert, when we think about what steve bannon had to say today to the value voters summit in d.c., listen to what president trump had to say about health care and the executive order from the same stage at that value voters summit. take a look. >> we're taking a little different route that we had hoped because getting congress, they forgot what their pledges were. so we're going a little different route. but you know what? in the end it's going to be just as effective and maybe it will even be better. >> so steve bannon talked about this being a war. certainly it's a different type of political war in d.c. right now, asymmetrical, donald trump was against president obama using executive orders. that has been the de facto pen signing ritual of this president to get things done that he wants. is this an issue for congress as seeing something in president trump that they just can't support or is this an issue within congress t

for years. policy doesn't work. joining me, vice president for national security at international policy at the center for american progress, and former acting assistant secretary for asian and pacific security affairs at the d.o.d. kelly, after the president's calm before the storm remark, the president tweeted, sorry. only one thing is going to work. what do you think about this rhetoric? i mean, how big is the risk here? bob corker said we're on the verge of world war iii. >> there is a big risk. i've been dealing with north korea for quite some time and right now is the most worried i've been about a potential provocation that sets off a conflict, an accidental war, so to speak. i think the rhetoric from president trump is not helping the situation. it's doing one of two things. either making kim jong-un think we are are going to come after his militarily or making kim jong-un think the president is a paper tiger. both are bad for the united states. both bad for president trump. >> how is kim jong-un different from his predecessor? more dangerous, more acceptable to this rhetoric from the president? >> one thing in min

for more, we're joined here in new york by bill hartung, the director of the arms and security project at the center for international policyhis latest book is "prophets of war: lockheed martin and the making of the military-industrial complex." william hartung, talk about what the u.s. is doing a broad around guns. >> there are two things. one is their loosening gun exports. they're moving regulations from the state department, which at least executive and right, to the commerce department, which is supposed to promote products. they're treating guns like any other product. hundreds of thousands of people get killed with small arms around the world. this is a huge consequence. as juan mentioned, there loosening restrictions on bombs and fighter planes, weapons being used by saudi arabia to kill civilians in yemen. -- obama administration at a handful of restrictions, one of which was the suspension of bonds to saudi arabia. trump lifted up. he lifted human rights restrictions to bahrain and on sales to nigeria. is the nra and arms guy. he is out to prove it. i think members of congress did to stand up for that. they have s

balanced. >> the national security program director and the bipartisan policy.org, i the website, tell us about the bipartisan policy center, particularly what you do as director forthe program. >> as the name suggests, we believe bipartisanship is vital on critical issues facing the united states. i think that's true on national security where you face long-term threats, whether its nuclear programs are north korea dealing with russia and china, where one congress or president isn't going to see the conclusion of those issues.le bipartisanship and having a bedding and consensus -based strategy is really effective to solving the strategies and we help try to craft those. >> jack from rhode island. >> i was taught as a kid when i took science, that technology can never be regressed. it can only grow. now, with this deal and with north korea, you can slow down technological growth, but you can never stop it. iran, in time, will become a nuclear state. north korea is a nuclear state that i don't think can hit the united states right now, but they are coming to that point. the country that has the problem with iran is israel and israel is a technological superstate,ic

to my mind bring in end to the cold war, which is been so much at the center of our foreign-policy and our nasa security for more than four decades, that was a good price to pay, to end that war peacefully, without any fire, in shot being fired. >> host: what's the legacy of the cold war with our relations with russia today? >> guest: i think initially they were pretty good back in the times when boris yeltsin came in following mikhail mikhal gorbachev and there was a time there where one might said detente between us and the russians. nasa good under mr. putin although there some changes going on there. we'll have to see how that plays out. but you cannot understand russia without understanding the soviet heritage and legacy. one has to realize that mr. putin spent the first 41 years of its life under communism, that he was ten years being trained by the kgb. one of the lessons from the cold war is that legacies matter and ideology matters. you can't touch base with summary like that without taking into account that he spent most of his life under communism. >> host: here's the book, "a brief history of th

introduce our speaker, federica fasanotti is a nonresident fellow in the center for 21st century security and intelligence with a foreign policy program at the brookings institution. her field work and research have covered afghanistan, libya, ethiopia, somalia, and her latest book is "the army and the bush italian counterinsurgency, 1860 to 1943." she has a doctorate from the university of milan and following her studies, she moved to rome where she is active with the central historical office of the italian army and the historical office of the italian ministry of defense. so i would like to welcome dr. fasanotti to csis. >> thank you. thank you so much. and thank you for being here. i see many friends, and so thank you. okay. today, i hope to be not too boring, but we're talking about history. and how history has shaped libya in many ways. so if we -- anyway, if we look at libya today, we have three fundamental issues in my opinion. one is local. and it is strictly connected with the history of the country. the other one is regional. and it is given by the absence of a strong government. always connected with the first prob

3, a panel discussion on cybersecurity, the george washington university center for cyber and homeland security hosted a policy conference in

3, a panel discussion on cybersecurity, the george washington university center for cyber and homeland security hosted a policy conference in washington, d.c. in this portion you'll hear from coordinator rob joyce and deputy director george barnes. >> good morning, good afternoon. one bit of housekeeping information, tom boss ert is -- duty calls, he's responding to obviously the devastating effects in puerto rico and since his job is to be head of homeland security, cyber, counterterrorism, he's kind of running in a million directions. we are truly fortunate to have rob joyce in his place. for those of you who don't know rob, rob is the cyberlead at the national security council. he's the so-called cyberczar, the coordinator for all things cyber. he comes to the white house from the national security agency where, among other roles, he ran tao, which i think has gotten a little more notice in recent years, and there was a time we couldn't even mention that. but rob comes to this job with true professionalism. he's worked these issues from a collector and an operator's perspective. and he has a natural ability

for governor. -- of the bipartisan policy center on the fiscal health of social security and back -- medicare. talk about security --nerabilities in floating voting machines. host: the senate returns for its third and final day of working on the budget, which republicans say is the launching pad in their efforts toward tax reform. a long night expected as dablet continues over amendments added by democrats, centering on tax breaks for the wealthy, also preventing tax hikes for the middle class. stay close to c-span2 and c-span.org, follow that process. speaking of republican efforts on tax reform, president trump spoke about what he hopes to see from it, particularly when it comes to tax cuts, which the white house insists will occur for the middle class. in our first hour, we're interested in hearing from you, if

fellow at the initiative as the program directo a prograe hague center for strategic studies at the institute and european security policy counsel welcome, glad to have you here. jan is also the board of directors of the council and ceo of north america and former deputy secretary of the department of homeland security and was right at the head of the department. the most recent addition to the cyber security initiative previously the director of one of the premier cyber security firms, welcome very much. and then for the moderation of political reporter for cnn as well as other national security topics. so i think we have a great group and fundamental questions that span a wide set of issues and with that lets me turn it over to alex who is going to give you a summary and lay out some of the things the panel can get to a. >> thank you it is a great pleasure to be here and i'm very proud of my affiliation. i spent more time at the atlantic council then i did there so i cherish this place for its values and i think it is clear that right now the values far more than the governments and they also include an impressive comm

oversaw policy and implementation related to protecting our critical infrastructure, our cyber security tocounterterrorism and emergency preparedness. she is also a former senior fellow at the center for cyber and homeland security at george washington university. additionally, for the first time in history, a former employee at the department is going to lead the department. that's the first. so it should be. should have happened a lot over the years, but it didn't. she joined the transportation security administration in a policy role soon after the september 11th attacks. it's hard to imagine a more qualified candidate for this critical position. she is joined today by her father, james. james, where is james? stand up, james. great father. [ applause ] >> her uncle and aunt from north carolina, trevor and mary ellen burton and several other family members and loved ones. her mother is no longer with us. but kirstjen, we know she is looking down on you today and she is incredibly proud. we will be very sad to see this incredible woman leave the white house. but we are truly thrilled for all that she is going to accomplish for our nation, for the citizens of this great country in he

for prevention, preparedness, and response. in this role she oversaw policy implementation related to protecting our critical infrastructure, our cybersecurity, counterterrorism and emergency preparedness. she is former senior fellow at the center for cyber and homeland securityhington university. additionally, for the first time in history a former employee at the department is going to lead the department. so that is a first, so it should be. it should have happened a lot over the years but it didn't. she joined the transportation security administration in a policy role soon after the september september 11th attacks. hard to imagine a more qualified candidate for this critical position. she is joined today, by her father, james. james, where is james? stand up, james. great father. [applause] her uncle and aunt from north carolina, trevor and mary ellen burden and several other family members and loved ones. her mother is no longwer us, but kirsten, we know she is looking down on you today. and she is incredibly proud. we will be very sad to see this incredible woman leave the white house but we are truly thrilled for all that she is going to accomplish for our nation, for the citizens of this great country in her new role. in light of the serious threats

for prevention, preparedness and response. she oversaw policy related to protecting our critical infrastructure, our cyber security, counter terrorism, and emergency preparedness. she is also a former senior fellow at the center for cyber and homeland security at george washington university. additionally, for the first time in history, a former employee at the department is going to lead the department. that's the first. that's the way it should be. it should have happened a lot over the years, but it didn't. she joined the transportation security administration in a policy role soon after the september 11th attacks. it's hard to imagine a more qualified candidate for this critical position. she is joined today by her father, james -- james, where is james? stand up, james. great father. [ applause ] >> her uncle and aunt from north carolina, trevor and mary ellen burr tin and several other family members and loved ones. her mother is no longer with us. but kirstjen we know she is looking down on you today and she is incredibly proud. we will be very sad to see this incredible woman leave the white house, but we are truly thrilled for all that she is going to accomplish for our nation, for the citizens of th

institute for european policy and security in vienna you're very welcome to the program so it looks as if according to the preliminary results the top two parties in this election are center right on far right how much does today's results change the face of austria i think change there will be a change but it's more or less a change in the reform agenda not so much in the political specter because the top number one party is a center right party and it will continue this way of a centrist politics fota future yeah it's quite extraordinary some of the facts here sebastian kurtz who is said to be the next chancellor of austria he's thirty one he was the foreign minister before he's got some experience on the world scene but in terms of off politics what he comes up now as leader of his country how do you think he's going to fare or how will he do as chancellor. you know i think is the most talented or most gifted politician in the last decades probably one of the most talented politicians in austria since world war two he has already acquired some experience because in the age of twenty four he became already state secretary and with the age of twenty seven he became forei

policy. civilian leadership that center of national security policy is integral to our democracy at home and our leadership abroad. for years congress has sat on the sidelines when it comes to the state department and what do we have to show for it? personnel shortages make it harder to address crisis or allow for professional development. traditional responsibilities of a department moving to other agencies like the pentagon distracting from its core diplomatic mission. i'm glad that the president sees the necessity for more funds for dod. but we don't want it at the expense of the state department. the expense of diplomacy, the expense of making sure our embassies are safe. in 2020 the foreign service act will be 40 years old. it was written during the cold war and the world has changed. we do nide to modernize the department. that's why i've consulted staff and other experts to be in thinking about what states should look like the next 40 years. i would value the imput as we move forward and again mr. deputy secretary, i look forward to your testimony and hope you shed additional light on this process. and before i

of common solutions that enable security and stability in the region joining us now here in the studio. analyst at the doha institute arab center for research and policy studies you met with people very close to mattis general mattis mad dog matters what were they saying to you but actually they said that. the station was not really happy when the president actually tried to mediate between especially between their. man and i mean of qatar during their famous phone call and he did not the president i'm talking to he did not actually have. the sort of. that he was expecting actually the sort of flexibility that he was expecting from his closest allies here we are talking about mohammed bin so man and mamma desired that all of of up. i think the president was quite. quite upset by the lack of responsiveness by these two allies and he wanted very much actually as he promised during the press conference with the emir of kuwait when he was actually trying to do give the impression that if he get involved directly personally and this this crisis he would be sold and get overnight that did not have been i think under president discovered the limits of his pa

for the ipartisan and the credibility of the process. host: both members of the bipartisan policy center, their at rt is available online the center, if you want to read about their findings, social security and medicare. for coming on. coming up, we'll take a look at machines, of voting this after a group of hackers had a chance to actually these machines and see how easy it was to manipulate them. joining us to talk about the report and its findings when "washington journal" continues. >> when i first went in, it's a but i was barely able to get back to the surface. jumped a bunch of them in and there's a picture, which i'm sure you will show, of them me out of the lake. broken and my arm is up high and then of course, once they pulled me out, they weren't to see me because i place.nished bombing the and so we got pretty rough. my shoulder and hurt my knee again, but look, i don't blame them. them.'t blame we're in a war. the n't like it, but at same time, when you're in a war captured by the enemy, you can't expect, you know, to have tea. >> 50 years after the vietnam senator, john mccain talks about the impact of and the n his life country, sunday at 6 and 10 p.m. eastern on american

center in u.s. national security decisionmaking. this is a time for u.s. diplomatic and foreign policy efforts to be aggressively focused on intent sbensfying economic and diplomatic coordination with our allies and china in a strategy that would entail sophisticated policymaking capacity and coordination across the u.s. government but instead, a week ago in a move that i believe history will strongly condemn, president trump refused to recertify the iran nuclear deal , throwing into question continued u.s. support for the landmark nuclear accord. whether you support or hate the iran nuclear deal, it's widely viewed, at least so far as successfully containing iran's nuclear ambitions and will for many years. there can be no question that president trump's threat to walk away from the international nuclear accord will have a direct and profoundly negative effect on our ability to convince kim jong un or our allies that america will honor any commitment to integrate north korea into the global community if it gives up its nuclear and missile programs. in short, the president's threat to

wait for that get started, a portion of the journal, looking at the future of the rand nuclear agreement. >> joining uswa now from the bipartisan policy center, he serves as our national security program director and we are here to talk about the future of iran nuclear agreement. >> could you remind us what the u.s. role has been in this agreement and what our current stance is on it. >> the u.s. is one of the leading countries trying to get this agreement in the first place. as part of the agreement that was reached under president obama, the u.s. has a responsibility

oversaw policy and implementation related to protecting our critical infrastructure, our cyber security, counter terrorism and emergency preparedness. she's also a former senior fellow at the center foryber and homeland security at george washington university. additionally, for the first time in history, a former employee at the department is going to lead the department. that's the first, so it should be. should have happened a lot over the year, but it didn't. she joined the transportation security administration in a policy role soon after the september 11th attacks. it's hard to imagine a more qualified candidate for this critical position. she is joined today by her father james. james. where is james? stand up, james. great father. [ applause ] her uncle and aunt from north carolina trevor and mary ellen burton and several other family members and loved ones. her mother is no longer with us, but kirstjen, we know she is looking down on you today and she is incredibly proud. we will be very sad to see this incredible woman leave the white house, but we are truly thrilled for all that she is going to accomplish for our nation, for the citizens of this great country in her new ro

centers. the state does not have performance indicators such as ensuring the policies prescreening activities. we recommend they state concurred. second, within the department of homeland security has policies and procedures. for those adjudications we were able to observe we found that u.s.cis generally implemented procedures. they provided a training to all officers. however u.s. cis could improve its trang. specifically we found that officers did not receive the same amount or type of training as full time refugee officers. we recommend they provide training for temporary officers and u.s. dpcis has done so. they have not assessed the quality of refugee adjudication and that they are legally sufficient. thus we recommended that they conduct regular quality assurance assessments. finally, state and uscis to fraud risks but could improve their records. instances of staff fraud have occ occurred regarding applicant fraud in the past state has suspended resettlement programs because of fraud. they have implemented mechanisms however they have not jointly assessed applicant fraud risks. state and uscis do not have information that may effect the integrity of the process. we recommend the state review fraud risk

security and welfare contribution that their employer makes on their behalf. these are not my numbers. these the tax policy center numbers. a full third of americans are not paying one penny for income tax or payroll tax of any kind. i am not here to debate the wisdom of that. i'm here to tell you i don't know how much lower i can go to cut taxes for that group. i don't know how to lower the tax burden on people who were not only paying no income taxes, but have their payroll taxes rebated to them also. is this a group we should talk about? she would talk about folks on the bottom rung of the ladder? should we talk about how it is the entitlement system, the benefit system is trapping people at the bottom of the ladder, and not allowing them to climb to the top? we should. you, it wouldy to be misleading to the american public to suggest that this tax bill is focusing its attention in one direction instead of another direction. the fact is i cannot lower taxes anymore at the bottom of the spectrum. we are talking about lowering taxes on corporations. that does not inspire people. tax.port the fair in the spirit of folks who are enthusiastic about tax reform, i am not in that

center's performance. we recommended that state develop such indicators and state concurred. second, with some of the department of homeland security, we have policies and procedures to adjudicate refugee applications. for those adjudications that we were able to observe, we found that the staff generally implemented these procedures. we found that they provided training to all officers to adjudicate applications abroad. specifically, we found that officers who adjudicated applications on a temporary basis did not receive the same amount or type of training as full-time officers. we recommended that they provide additional training for temporary officers and they have since done so. with regard to quality assurance, they have not regularly assessed the quality of refugee adjudication and temporary officers and they have applications are well documented and legally sufficient. thus we recommended that they conduct regular quality assurance assessments of refugee adjudication. state has procedures to mitigate fraud risk. while in frequent, instances of staff fraud has occurred such as processing staff some listing pribes. they have design control activities. however state has not required that all centers

foreign policy skorls recently discussed the findings of the woodrow wilson center here in washington. this is about an hour. >> good morning. you all get a gold star for super veeng the security in this building and being on time, and we appreciate it. we know there will be some stragglers, but that's to be expected. i'm jane har monday, the president and ceo of the wilson center, and i have to say it's hard to sound hopeful about the subject we will address after the past week. hundreds were gunned down last night in las vegas. at least i don't know -- i don't think we know yet what the gunman's motives were. two women were stabbed to death in front of a train station in march say by an isis sympathy zbler, and there seems to be an unprecedented disconnect between the efforts of our secretary of state and our president, strategy to walk north korea back from threats of nuclear war. vice president pence was here a few months ago. he's an old friend of mine from our congress days. and he told us that the president's strategy of america first does not mean america alone. at the wilson center we all hope that vice president pence is right. this is the fourth time ambassador the

center. finally we will hear from mr. jackrin,rn -- chris analyst in cyber security policy at the congressional research service. each witnesses recognized for five minutes of oral remarks and questions.ceed to mr. smith, you may proceed. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. my name is andrew smith and a partner at the law firm of covington burling. behalf of thee trade association of companies that provide businesses with the information and analytical tools necessary to manage risk and protect consumers. ctia's members include the three national credit bureaus. you've asked us to discuss how credit bureaus protect consumer data. first and wanted to mention the important role played by the national debt credit reporting. more than two thirds of our gdp comes from consumer spending, fueled by consumer credit. credit reporting system that allows them to quickly and effortlessly open a bank account or purchase a cell phone. more than 40% of consumers move every year and the national credit reporting system facilitates this mobility in addition to providing fast, fair, and impartial access to well priced insurance, apartment rent

center's prescreening activity its. we recommend that the state develop some indicators and state concurred. second, within the department of homeland security, usdis has policies and procedures to adjudicate refugee application. for those adjudications we observed during our audit we found that staff generally immigrant pled the pressured ours and provided training to all officers who adjudicate refugee applications abroad, however usdis could improve the training. specifically we found that officers officers officers who adjudicated applications on the temporary basis did not receive the tame train agent fullile refugee officers. we recommend that additional training be provide for temporary officers and usdis has done so. with regard to quality assurance, usdis has not regularly salessed the quality of refugee adjudications to help ensure that files are complete, and that the decisions on applications are well-documented and legally sufficient. thus we recommended that usdis conduct regular quality assurance assessments. finally, state and -- the admissions program that could improve efforts. while infrequent, instance of us staff fraud has occurred, such as processing center staff solis sitting bribes fromming

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center. and finally, we will hear from mr. chris jaikaran. did i pronounce that right? mr. chris jaikaran, analyst in cyber security policy at the congressional research serviceful. each witness is recognized for five minutes of oral remarks and then we will proceed to questions. mr. smith, you may proceed. >> thank you. chairman crapo, ranking member brown and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you. my name is andrew smith, and i'm a partner in the law firm of covington and burrelling. i'm appearing today on behalf of the consumer data industry association, which is a trade association of companies that provide businesses with the information and analytical tools necessary to manage risk and to protect consumers. cdi a's members include the three national credit bureaus, equifax, ex person and transunion. you've asked us to discuss how credit bureaus protect consumer data. first, i wanted to mention the important role played by the national credit reporting system in our economy. more than two-thirds of our gdp comes from consumer spending, fueled by consumer credit. it's the national credit reporting system that allows consumers to quickly and effortless