mr. soloway., doctor. >> thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. among their nearly 350-member company, there are a number of companies that provide security services and many more, because of the work they do on the back of the united states government, off must procure such services. -- must procure such services. on a personal basis, i had the privilege of working in the clinton administration and look at these questions broadly and the role and use and management of contractors on a -- in a contingency environment, specifically. let me start by suggesting two things. i think it is important that we dispense with simplistic labels. the term "private security" encompasses un array of capabilities and functions. -- encompasses an array of capabilities and functions. moreover, while the public perception of private security has been a naturally formed by both the news media and film fiction, when looked at objectively and the hundreds of thousands of security personnel, overall,

mr. soloway. >> i'm stan soloway. among our nearly 350 member companies there are a number of companies that provide security service and many more that because of the work they do on behalf of the united states government must procure such services. as such we have the opportunity to look at this important issue from the perspective of both customer and provider. in addition on a personal basis, i had the privilege of serving in the clinton administration and office of secretary of defense and looked at these issues to governmental questions broadly and use of contractors and contingency environments more specifically to some extent. so i have that perspective as well to offer. let me start by suggesting two things. first, i think it's important we dispense with simplistic labels. the term private security itself encompasses an array of capabilities and functions from facility protection, training personal protection and more. we ought to be careful not to treat all asuspects of private security