now i will turn things over to our able second, john f. kellydepartment of homeland security. >> thank you, mr. attorney general. well, like the secretary of state and the attorney general, i welcome you here today. my comments will be relatively brief. last week the department of homeland security celebrated its 14th anniversary first opening its doors on one march night in 2003. it was established in response to the devastating attacks on september 11. when former terrorist turned a beautiful and ordinary day into a nightmare. those attacks caught taught us that we cannot keep the security for granted. homeland security must be our top priority. we needed to overcome our collective inability to take it, connect the dots of intelligence and arrange them into a more comprehensive picture of the threats posed to america and our way of life. much has changed over the past 14 years, both in the world that is more dangerous and at dhs, much better. the fact remains that we are not immune to terrorist threats, and our enemies use our freedoms and gen