collings, any final questions to the discussion? seeing none, this hearing has been held and is closed. >> as a supervisor representing the district, i had a prepared statement, but i think the mayor's office and planning has adequately addressed it, so i really want to thank the people who came out on both sides. i know you have, for years to discuss this process. what struck me was how involved some people are in the development of this project regard -- of its profit. it is a firming to your how this has been -- to hear how this has been. it is hard to hold ogre in a public process. i recognize how difficult that is. it is hard to have people come here

coll is our next witness. part to join the defense department, he was a senior fellow at the center for a new american security and served as coordinator for the obama campaign direct policy expert crew. in 2005-two dozen 6 he was a council of foreign relations fellow. he received his ph.d. in political science from columbia university and his ba from university of michigan. last but not least is christopher crowley who serves as the deputy administrative assistant for the middle east. prior to this assignment, he was usaid mission director in iraq. he joined usaid in 1971 as an assistant. development adviser in vietnam and has served as a regional mission for central asia and director of the program office in india, deputy mission director in egypt. in 1994, he became the first mission director for the west bank in gaza. he holds a bachelor of science degree in physical sciences from the ohio state university, a master's degree in international relations from the university of pennsylvania, and a master's deg

commendation, so i would ask our colleagues who have special accommodations to make them, and then, collings, ladies and gentlemen, we will proceed to the substance. i understand that supervisor wiener has the first commendation. >> thank you -- supervisor wiener: think you. i have two. carol, do you want to come up? after almost 40 years in san francisco, carol and kathy are retiring and moving to minnesota. in fact, i think they are leaving today -- tomorrow. >> she is actually at home with the movers. supervisor wiener: this is a big loss for san francisco. they have been a couple for money year -- many years. there were domestic partners under willie brown, early domestic partners, the registry. they were married on august 23, 2008, when it was still legal for same-sex couples to marry in california. carroll is an attorney specializing in family law, specifically lgbt family law, and she leads a referral panel and helps with lesbian rights. she was a group president back in the day, and she also was president of the lgbt democratic club, and that is so i first got to know carol as a very

coll. i would add some of the metrics in the degree of cooperation and i think now at least publicly cooperation is slacking rather than increasing the number of u.s. military trainers and pakistan has decreased the number of cia intelligence officers and also decreased, so it's the strength of cooperation and some of these things the metrics may be able to be publicly stated that the reporting may have to remain classified these are enormously the degree and extent pakistan is about the cooperation against terrorism. >> i just have a few seconds left so i apologize for getting difficult questions so quickly but how would you suggest, and what would be some of the benefits and dangers of linking our foreign aid to these metrics? do you think there's a way to do that? is there a danger in doing it too closely or a benefit in doing it? >> i don't think we have much choice. the problems for the pakistani perspective they believe that in essence they know we require the cooperation and it's a b

venice, and then a gondolier singing, "♪ of love i sing tra-la-la-la ♪ for you got ring around the coll-la-lat, "my powder didn't work." >> ♪ of love i sing, la-la-la >> stahl: more than 30 years later... >> ♪ ring around the coll-la-la ♪ >> henner: my powder didn't work. >> stahl: ...dead on. >> henner: boy, you guys really have drawn up the dregs. >> stahl: what do you see as the potential, in terms of science? >> mcgaugh: it could be a new chapter. we think we knew a lot, and all of a sudden these people come and display a kind of memory we've never seen before. and we have to say, "whoo, what is that about?" and so we're going to take a look and see if we can figure that out. and it could be... could be very important. >> stahl: one thing dr. mcgaugh had not yet done is bring these memory wizards together, so we did, and he kicked off a questioning session unlike any other. >> mcgaugh: a 7.1 earthquake hit the san francisco/oakland area on? >> all: october 17th, 1989. >> petrella: tuesday. >> henner: i remember we were watching the game of the world series. >> all: that was the world seri

kathleen coll let -- supervisor elsbernd: let me start with a few questions. my knowledge of your work is san francisco state, and you're also an advocate before the university playground, the neighborhood out there. west side issues, you know those well. what is your knowledge of the east side? >> southwest state is relieve the city's university. we have run 23 headstart programs around the city and -- in every single supervisor real district. we're educating the city's work force and making sure that the university is in the position to provide people to fill the jobs that the city needs to move forward. my knowledge of the city has grown far beyond just district 7. as president of a club interested in issues across district lines, i have come to know the city quite well as well. supervisor elsbernd: as i said, i know your work through san francisco state and throughout wallenberg. it was an education looking at your resume and learning your work as a civil rights attorney. that is new to me. >> after retreating from northeastern university law school in bos

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jerry colling, president and ceo of north american electric reliability corporation. mr. franklin cramer, former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs at the u.s. department of defense. and mr. barry lawson, associate director power delivery and reliability at the national electric cooperative association. welcome to the hearing. we look forward to your teimony. i will recognize you five minutes for the purpose of your openinstatement. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman. >> is your microphone on? >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman wh whitfeld. a ceo charged with reliability of securing the north american grid, i wake up every day concerned about emerging risks ka caused by intentional actions of our adversaries. the security of the bulk system is not the main pority for nerc. it is a set of nine standards we actively mitor and enforce. we made significant strides as improving our cyber standards. when i came onboard in nerc in 2010, i recognized the importance of establishing brought line criteria as we heard from the previous testimony

coll. what is your assessment of this picture?did this affect an impact our relationship with this country who has been known to proliferate nuclear-weapons? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i associate years -- myself with your analysis. i think you describe the picture well. the circumstances about the house raises disturbing questions about the knowledge that must have been present in some sections of the pakistani government about this unusual compound. i hope that over time we will discover more about how far up the chain of command such knowledge might have gone. a couple of quick observations. pakistan has one of the lowest tax participations. one of the reasons why is that if you build a million-dollar house, someone knocks on your door and says you can avoid tax, put me on your payroll. the person is almost always a regional official. it raises the question of whether isi would have been involved in such a racket. it is understood best as a criminal enterprise. they are involved in many racquets around the country. it is impor

derna's coll derna's scholar says both are wrong. >> there is no nuclear. >> reporter: but at least 50unteers from derna were picked up by forces in afghanistan and the libyan contingent fight with the al qaeda faction in iraq. they were allegedly recruited by this man from derna. he admits fighting in afghanistan but says he joined the revolt against gadhafi. derna has a history of resisting the libyan dictator and this paid a high price. poverty is more evident than in other towns and the citizens are always suspect. this man spent 15 years in jail. >> i was accused of accusing the party. >> reporter: islam is deeply engrained here. the 300-year-old mosque is always packed during friday prayers but libyans are conservative, not radical. >> don't say al qaeda to a person. no. >> reporter: no one we spoke to here tonight went to iraq and afghanistan to fight on the side of radical islam. but they say that al qaeda has no chance of putting down roots here. that may be, but several young men did not want to be photographed told our translators don't take the journalist too many places, t

coll for his opening statement. >> randy weber clark and members of the opportunity thank you for the opportunity to testify. almost a decade after the september 11th attacks the threat to the united states and the related groups is diminishing but remains a persistent. most encouraging the al qaeda field politically and by doing so isolated itself, its violence in the absence of constructive ideas and programs caused populations to turn away on the degette potential when the recruitment of fund-raising the death of some of the mud and will challenge them to the leadership succession crisis in al qaeda history. group's claims on the grievances and imaginations of disenfranchised muslims is waning. yet no terrorist organization requires the following to inflict substantial disruptive damage. al qaeda remains capable from time to time of killing dozens and hundreds of citizens at once including on american soil as evidence from recent plotting makes clear. it's already been made of the zazi case and the near miss on northwest flight 253. both of these involve safe havens abroad with pak

jerry colling, president and ceo of north american electric reliability corporation. mr. franklin cramer, former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs at the u.s. department of defense. and mr. barry lawson, associate director power delivery and reliability at the national electric cooperative association. welcome to the hearing. we look forward to your testimony. i will recognize you five minutes for the purpose of your opening statement. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman. >> is your microphone on? >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman wh whitfeld. a ceo charged with reliability of securing the north american grid, i wake up every day concerned about emerging risks ka caused by intentional actions of our adversaries. the security of the bulk system is not the main priority for nerc. it is a set of nine standards we actively monitor and enforce. we made significant strides as improving our cyber standards. when i came onboard in nerc in 2010, i recognized the importance of establishing brought line criteria as we heard from the previous t

jerry colling, president and ceo of north american electric reliability corporation. mr. franklin cramer, former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs at the u.s. department of defense. and mr. barry lawson, associate director power delivery and reliability at the national electric cooperative association. welcome to the hearing. we look forward to your testimony. i will recognize you five minutes for the purpose of your opening statement. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman. >> is your microphone on? >> thank you. good afternoon, chairman wh whitfeld. a ceo charged with reliability of securing the north american grid, i wake up every day concerned about emerging risks ka caused by intentional actions of our adversaries. the security of the bulk system is not the main priority for nerc. it is a set of nine standards we actively monitor and enforce. we made significant strides as improving our cyber standards. when i came onboard in nerc in 2010, i recognized the importance of establishing brought line criteria as we heard from the previous t

that's why i urge my colle >> that was house floor debate on friday on a bill. this is live look at the senate foreign relations committee. they are gaveling in to mark up and authorization for military action in libya. just to let you know, the result of that vote on friday, that particular bill use of the debate on, would have cut defense spending for most military operations except for things like reconnaissance, search and rescue, etc. that fell on a vote of 180-238. the house also debated a resolution that would have authorized limited action in libya, but no ground troops. it is similar to what is being considered here by the senate foreign relations committee agreed that resolution fell by a vote of 123-295. live at the foreign relations committee. senator lugar, the ranking republican, according to "congressional quarterly," is expected to introduce five amendments to this resolution on the military operations in libya, including one that would bar defense funds from being used in libya except for certain activities. an amendment similar to the bill that