dr. flynn will talk with us about this today. how can we build and redesigned a free and open society that is better able to recover economically, socially, in terms of transportation and everything else after these devastating attacks. were they natural or man-made? >> i could not be delighted to be here. in the border patrol, i am a post card officer. at the end of my career i had the opportunity in the revenue commission, produced in 2001, the level one national security challenge on the soil. we were not well prepared for it. the reality is that despite a long career span with the coast guard like the apartment of homeland security. front lines are not at the border. that is not what is happening with our brave men and women. it is the greatest asset that we have. i would like to put an exclamation mark on that tied directly to 9/11. the first, first and foremost, the only successful counter- terror is an operation on that day was conducted aboard united 93 by the brave men and women on that airline. wase's certain destinatio

. >> dr. flynn has published a book shortly after 9/11, and more recently the acclaimed "the edge of disaster -- rebuilding the resilience of nation." he has been working as president of the center for national policy and has been focusing that centers work on informing and advancing our national resilience. and is organizing a summit in washington, d.c. as we approach the 10th anniversary of september 11 and those attacks. in addition to those accomplishments, he serves as a member of the bipartisan national security prepared news group cochaired by former 9/11 commissioners tontine and lee hamilton. -- tom keane and lee hamilton. he was an expert advisor to the u.s. commission on national security that we have come down as the heart-rudman commission -- hart-rudman commission. it made some precedent recommendations about the high likelihood of terrorist attacks on american soil and american deaths. dr. flynn has served on homeland security advisory council that baez's secretary napolitano of. we s

i look forward to hearing from dr. flynn at the center for national policy and how we can foster our communities and our citizens can play more active role in disaster response and recovery efforts. before introducing our speakers this afternoon, i would like to turn to my co-chair, governor o'malley of maryland's, for the opening remarks. >> thank you very much for that great summation of what we will talk about today. there will be ever -- other governors at the overlapping meetings that we have here at the nga in the beautiful state of utah. when there are other people here that are part of this important conversation. i want to thank you, governor burk, for making sure that this committee continued. -- governor brewer, for making sure this committee continued. this was created some years ago and there was some discussion about holding it back into -- how many are there? three or four committees. there are multiple committed -- committees that have the effect of dealing with legislature during the sessions. but i want to

i look forward to hearing from dr. flynn at the center for national policy and how we can foster our communities and our citizens can play more active role in disaster response and recovery efforts. before introducing our speakers this afternoon, i would like to turn to my co-chair, governor o'malley of maryland's, for the opening remarks. >> thank you very much for that great summation of what we will talk about today. there will be ever -- other governors at the overlapping meetings that we have here at in the beautiful state of utah. i want to thank you, governor burk, for making sure that this committee continued. -- governor brewer, for making sure this committee continued. there are multiple committed -- committees that have the effect of dealing with legislature during the sessions. but i want to thank you, governor brewer for making sure we continue this. when an emergency happens, especially large-scale emergency, the people look to us to make sure that public safety is guarded and protected, that we have recovered

. >> thank you very much, dr. flynn. we look forward to working with you. i think this is a tremendous opportunity as you have underscored for governors to honor the sacrifices that so many people have made it to make our homeland more secure at the borders, ports, afghanistan, iraq, police, and our departments by harnessing that american spirit so that we can become a more resilient nation. we are going to be dealing with this sort of threat for the perceivable future, for a couple of generations. you have summed it up very well. we need to confront the risk and overcome it. the executive committee in committee leaders will need to establish overarching policy for the national governors association. following that meeting, the committee will begin work to consolidate, revise, and align our policies for the priorities set by the executive committee. it is our hope that we will be but to build a consensus around key principles, like resilience, that can guide our advocacy efforts and better inform not only our federal lawmakers of the issues but do a better

i look forward to hearing from dr. flynnnal policy and how we can foster our communities and our citizens can play more active role in disaster response and recovery efforts. before introducing our speakers this afternoon, i would like to turn to my co-chair, governor o'malley of maryland's, for the opening remarks. >> thank you very much for that great summation of what we will talk about today. there will be ever -- other governors at the overlapping meetings that we have here at the nga in the beautiful state of utah. when there are other people here that are part of this important conversation. i want to thank you, governor burk, for making sure that this committee continued. -- governor brewer, for making sure this committee continued. this was created some years ago and there was some discussion about holding it back into -- how many are there? three or four committees. there are multiple committed -- committees that have the effect of dealing with legislature during the sessions. but i want to thank you, governor brew

i look forward to hearing from dr. flynn at the center for national policy and how we can foster our communities and our citizens can play more active role in disaster response and recovery efforts. before introducing our speakers this afternoon, i would like to turn to my co-chair, governor o'malley of maryland's, for the opening remarks. >> thank you very much for that great summation of what we will talk about today. there will be ever -- other governors at the overlapping meetings that we have here at the nga in the beautiful state of utah. when there are other people here that are part of this important conversation. i want to thank you, governor burk, for making sure that this committee continued. -- governor brewer, for making sure this committee continued. this was created some years ago and there was some discussion about holding it back into -- how many are there? three or four committees. there are multiple committed -- committees that have the effect of dealing with legislature during the sessions. but i want to