fick: thank you, senator. i am serving at the state department in part because of my formative experience in the marines in my 20's which left me with a conviction that diplomacy is and must always be the nation's tool of first resort. so i welcome the conversation between presidents biden and xi. i welcome communication between us and all countries at all times. that does not mean we agree. it does not equal collaboration. but the communication in and of itself is valuable and it's better than the alternative. with respect to the military uses of a.i., i would point to the political declaration for the responsible use of a.i., a military focused framework of principles that rights-respecting countries have subscribed to. it's a good example of the kinds of behaviors we want to become the global norm. again we are under no illusion that our adversaries will abide by those norms in every case. i think the channel of communication is valuable. sen. menendez: i agree with that but my question is, do we want to ex

we start with ambassador fick. mr. fick: thank you for the invitation to speak here today and thank you for the support in my new role. i'm pleased to provide you with an update on our work in the service of technology priorities and will speak specifically to our efforts to strengthen u.s. global leadership to unlock the potentials of a.i. while also addressing its challenges. at the state department i oversee the organizations that lead and coordinate the department's work on cyberspace, digital policy and emerging technologies and there are two of them. the bureau of cyberspace and digital policy, c.d.p., and also the office of the special envoy for critical and emerging tech, s-tech for short. secretary of state blinken established these in partnership with congress as part of a comprehensive effort to moarndize american diplomacy and make technology central to u.s. foreign policy. he gave us a clear mission, to shape the terms of the technology future and extend america's industrial and innovation strategy into th

we'll start with ambassador ficke. good morning chairman carton to say which measure the committee on the part -- him to have the department is dave thank you dave thank you for the appended speaking more broadly thank you for your support over the 14 months i've been in this new role. i'm pleased to provide you today with an update on her work in the service of united states international technology policy priorities and will speak specifically to our efforts to strengthen u.s. global leadership and unlock the potential of ai while addressing its challenges. at the state department i oversee the organizations that coordinate the departments work on cyber space, digital policy and emerging technologies and their two of them. the bureau of cyberspace and digital policy and also the office of the special envoy for critical and merging tech. building on years of bipartisan work secretary of state blinken establish these organizations in partnership with congress as part of a conference of effort to modernize american dipl

we'll start with ambassador fick. good morning chairman, ranking member, distinguished members of the committee. on behalf the department of state thank you for the opportunity to speaker today. more broadly thank you for your support over the 14 months i have been in this new role for employees to provide you today with an update on our work on in the service of the nicest international technology policy priorities i will speak specifically to our efforts to strengthen u.s. global leadership to unlock the potentials of ai will also addresses challenges. state department i oversee the organizations we coordinate the department work on the cyberspace digital policy and emerging technologies there are two of them the bureau of cyberspace digital policy known as cdp and the office of the special envoy for critical and emergent tech building on ears a bipartisan work secretary state blinken establish these organizations in partnership with congress as part of a companys into modernized diplomacy make technologies central

but we discovered the contest i was murdered decades ago in the meeting, that was an entirely fick districts character whose identity had been assumed by many different people over the years. including go back to godaddy himself. in the 2 previous episodes, our search for the truth about these strange affairs took us from italy to slovenia to ukraine. in the process uncovered a complex system of shell companies, apparently involved in faith banking transactions. on paper, at least the transactions involved trillions of dollars and jurisdictions known for their lack. so money laundering controls to our inquiries, into one of these transactions. let us to and ask in business man called chevy equinox. he told us that he traveled across central asia with a method of godaddy who had signed contracts promising to invest hundreds of millions in development projects. but the money never materialized. in november 2022, we tried to pin that because that it down to why the contracts have never been fulfill . seat again denied having any ties to the mafia or to moving the money. but otherwise, his answe

paratroups over the seni, so they've always had this uh, don't worry, we've got each other's back, through fickout and i think that's what social media has become a tool, it will not help liberate palestine one bit, not whatsoever, however it does definitely discredit this age, it discredit wrong information uh sources that are used for paport wrong information and provide the reality on the ground of what it's actually like to be a palestinian in hazza and i really think we are seeing a global shift taking place, we saw 500,000 people take to the streets in london. and i would also just use the like to use this as an opportunity that more and more people must take to the streets in london, more and more leaders must come out and condemn and cut all ties of israel, the uk must cut all relations, at least sever its arms relations with israel, it israel must lift the siege that it has on gaza that has lasted for at least 70 years, that has resulted in 97% of the water being undrinkable, yeah, lot of people don't even know the facts of the gaza strip before october the 7th, how they want to talk a

>> i mean, the entrance of glenn youngkin as dark horse presidential candidate was sort of fan fick to begin with. but what does happen to glenn youngkin after his tenure as governor? perhaps this will quiet the 2024 talk. but we'll have to see going forward what he does and where he goes. but certainly his ambitions are pretty clear. >> we'll see how that affects things moving forward. look, believe it or not, we didn't get to a lot, we'll run this back a little later this hour. thank you all for being here. >>> all right. coming up for us, still ahead, the stage set for tonight's gop debate in miami. what is different this time around? >>> plus a new window to get out of gaza. the announcement just a short time ago from israel defense forces. and just hours from now, ivanka trump on the witness stand in a new york courtroom. >>> israeli military has opened up another humanitarian corridor but just for four hours. given the widespread electricity and internet outages, it is not clear just how many people will learn of the chance to move. gustavo valdes is live in tel aviv. good to see

fick remove my name as a cosponsor, i think there was a miscommunication in my office arpd that, which does not mean i will not support it but i want more time to clarify things. i don't necessarily think, think whether or not judges should be running for a office ever is a fair question. and perhaps that should not be that we should have just a appointed judges to life lime payment or particular term. but, that is not the way the rules were work. so i very proudly and loudly supported the public defenders that ran last couple of sounds and i did that, because i think it's great to have diversity on the bench flt there is very few, public defenders that make it to the bench appointments that is often prosecutors often people from private practice and i think that, it's, it's good to have different people from different communities run. so when, three public defenders of color ran for seats, held by at the time it was one republican sitting on the seat, and it was a couple of, of former prosecutors and private practice, i thought that was a good thing. and i don't think that there is an

fick remove my name as a cosponsor, i think there was a miscommunication in my office arpd that, which does not mean i will not support it but i want more time to clarify things. i don't necessarily think, think whether or not judges should be running for a office ever is a fair question. and perhaps that should not be that we should have just a appointed judges to life lime payment or particular term. but, that is not the way the rules were work. so i very proudly and loudly supported the public defenders that ran last couple of sounds and i did that, because i think it's great to have diversity on the bench flt there is very few, public defenders that make it to the bench appointments that is often prosecutors often people from private practice and i think that, it's, it's good to have different people from different communities run. so when, three public defenders of color ran for seats, held by at the time it was one republican sitting on the seat, and it was a couple of, of former prosecutors and private practice, i thought that was a good thing. and i don't think that there is an

fick remove my name as a cosponsor, i think there was a miscommunication in my office arpd that, which does not mean i will not support it but i want more time to clarify things. i don't necessarily think, think whether or not judges should be running for a office ever is a fair question. and perhaps that should not be that we should have just a appointed judges to life lime payment or particular term. but, that is not the way the rules were work. so i very proudly and loudly supported the public defenders that ran last couple of sounds and i did that, because i think it's great to have diversity on the bench flt there is very few, public defenders that make it to the bench appointments that is often prosecutors often people from private practice and i think that, it's, it's good to have different people from different communities run. so when, three public defenders of color ran for seats, held by at the time it was one republican sitting on the seat, and it was a couple of, of former prosecutors and private practice, i thought that was a good thing. and i don't think that there is an

ambassador fick, in your opening statement kind imagen an alphabet soup of multilateral organizationsthat we were looking at. you didn't mention nato. i recognize nato is not technically part of the state department, or within the purview of the state department. certainly what they do is very important. so was there any reason and what are you looking at with respect to nato? >> senator shaheen i joke with my life sometimes we in brussele i'm in nato so much. especially in the context of the were in ukraine in the past year. our ambassador to nato is a dear friend and we collaborate very close in on these topics. i think nato is a terrific example of what secretary blinken talks about as variable geometry in making sure our most important alliances historically are fit for purpose of the technology age. so i really key element of our diplomacy with nato and in europe has been ensuring that the alliance is equipped with all these technology topics. cybersecurity, at the vilnius summit in july we saw a robust set of deliverables on the virtual cyber instance core capability of the revi