senator hagen. >> thank you, senator chairman, and thank you, senator udall. i want to talk about iraq, but i also want to state how much i appreciate both of you being here today testifying, but in addition, your leadership and long-term security interests in our country. so thank you. director clapper, in your prepared testimony, you say al-qaeda and iraq, despite its nuclear capabilities, remain available for attacks and will start shooting, including diplomatic personnel. what is the intelligence's opinion in the assessment of our forces? >> i would say that the assessment of the ct left there is a capable force. but also aqu is a capable and f formidable foe, so while the iraqis have some capability, there are certainly some things we are still looking at doing that we can withstand for some times. >> how about the iraqi forces? >> we have put that forward and work with our iraqi friends. >> let me ask about the weapons stockpiled. it was discovered he had large quantities of unconventional as far as. are they secured? >> yes, they are. >> were these reco

thank you. >> thank you very much, senator hagen. next is amanda -- sorry, senator mikulski could not be here today, but wanted to express her definite appreciate eight for what you do and for being here today. she teaches special education and teaches at a school for those with medical disabilities. in addition to her school responsibilities, she serves as a resident adviser for new special education teachers. and works with families of children with autism to support them in their homes and communities. next to amanda, mr. wade henderson. mr. henderson is the president and ceo of the leadership conference. formerly known as the leadership conference on civil and human rights and he heads up the education fund. and prior to these roles, mr. anderson was the washington bureau director of the naacp. finally, i'd like to invite senator paul to introduce the last witness. >> i would like to welcome today elmer thomas, principal of madison central high school in richmond, kentucky. he's the vice president of the kentucky association of s

i first want to thank staff, particularly bob hagen, who has put in many hours of hard work to see this happen. i also wanted to congratulate paul gillespie and all the partners here today who helped to make this possible. we look forward to future collaboration that will have to maintain san francisco's label as the greatest city in america. [applause] >> the bay area air quality management district is in charge of making sure that we follow these regulations. >> as the executive director for the bay area air quality management district, it is my pleasure to recognize the city of san francisco, mayor lee, lt. gov. newsom for their leadership, and demonstrating the fact that green has gas reductions can occur, they can occur in the economic climate we find ourselves in, and i want to thank and recognize them for their leadership, for creating the cleanest taxi fleet in the world. that is a phenomenal achievement. we have been proud of our partnership with the city. we provided half a million dollars to help purchase some of the taxis here today. we think this is just step one of a long

back to the -- actually pre first world war and they're amazing and held by pacific ariel survey off,,hagen burger road by the airport. what they did in the early era is they had a large format cameras that they went with the originals over the city and did long exposure photos with very high resolution lenses so when you want to find something in the archives, they'll give you aqua drant go to and a loop and you can't see much resolution but they will blow it up for you and the resolution will be so high you will be able to determine the make of many of the autos you see on the street. in the teens and 20s. >> so let's go back to learning history of your building to find out when was your buildingibility and who built it. what do you think moses? >> for the newer buildings i believe their data base comes from building permit records. >> how do people access that. >> sfgov dot org. you're going to tell he is a historicle person. for newer buildings after the 06 earthquake. you mean the 89? >> one of the greatest faults with the assessors data base is they make up date for builds that pre ex

goalkeeper of the who's carlo at tesco moscow is also due to make his international come back into open hagen three more friendly as our shared job for russia as part of their euro twenty two hour warm ups including a clash with italy in early june. for me while over in england one of the america's top footballers landon donovan says he's been enjoying his second loan spell as everton the twenty nine year old l.a. galaxy forward is considering joining the toffees on a permanent basis but as a later point in his career. in the future who knows you know i have had. a really good time again i've had time to speak to my family. i've had time to speak to the manager i've spoken to my my coach and. i have two more years left and we'll see what happens i want to get through this year it's qualifying for our national team it's a big year and then make a decision on what i'm really planning for the future. and moving on to athletics and russian pole vaulter united isn't viable as have another confidence boosting win with five months to go before the start of the london games the double olympic champio

hagen senator from north carolina so will it happen you know what action year but i'm not certain favor of this i think that this is a good plan i would love to see something that's not just revenue neutral this is revenue neutral i'd like to see something that actually raises the corporate tax rates the states up to something close maybe even thirty percent lower than the o.e.c.d. average i mean you know we're well below fifty percent what was it like about whether it's lowering the corporate tax rate just i would like the idea of some of the corporations that profit off the commons you know to better xterm allies in their cause they're dumping pollution into our air that are making use of our education our educated citizens that are that are making use of our court system that are making use of our currency they're taking all these things that you and i are all paying for their tax dollars and then up in a damn penny towards or i'd like to mr pants on the revenue neutrality though is still an open question in this plan there are some analyses that suggest about two hundred fifty billi

and if they do, as debbie hagen of illinois said yesterday, it is a sea change. in your enlightened self- interest, homeowners, this is your opportunity to change things for the benefit of your homeowners, your investors, and yourself and your reputation. this is an opportunity to do the right thing. this is also about -- this agreement came about as a result of strong, healthy, bipartisan relationships. the attorney-general -- the attorneys general have a rich tradition of being a bipartisan group. that has never been more true than in the settlement. john southers led the republican. along with rob mckenna, they were coordinated and worked with the republicans. and attorney general pam bondi, she contributed a lot on this. roy cooper of north carolina, like me, a democrat, was the steady hand in all of this as we went forward. richard madigan of illinois contributed so much. through debbie a word, her leadership and -- hayward, her leadership, and her courage. we saw that with lisa as she supported and worked on this agreement during difficult times. that is go

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hagen is also a from new york. how could we ignore him? >> there is another new yorker there, too. [laughter] >> we do not always agree on the ny0pd. i now recognize mr. rogers. quite a would like to offer for the record at the alabama delegation delivered to the secretary yesterday. >> without objection. >> thank you madam secretary for being here and thank you for your service to the country. i know it is not a 40-hour a week job. i want to talk to you about secure communities and 27g. my understanding from looking at the memo on the budget is these programs were reduced by 25% which basically a halt additional training of additional communities going forward. is that correct? >> for task forces, yes. we began this migration last year. we are moving forward as we install secure communities throughout the country. that is the preferred way to identify those in the country illegally and get them removed. >> i agree secure communities is a great way, but the 27g has been great and it is relatively inexpensive. i hate to see no additional committees being added. >> in terms -- commun