we are also honored to hear from robert muller, director of the fbi. he is the sixth director nominated by george w. bush, sworn in as director september 4, 2001. that is just one week before 9/11. after receiving his degree at princeton university and his master's degree in international relations from new york university, the director joined the marine corps, serving as an officer for three years, leading a rifle platoon in vietnam for one year. for his service, he received a bronze star, two commendation medals, a purple heart, and a vietnamese cross of gallantry. following his career in the marines, he went on to earn his law degree from new va law school -- the university of virginia law school. he will speak to us today about an important topic in the economy generally and in the city, in particular. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. it is a pleasure. there was a proposed entertainment venue that would combine the fun of a theme park with the excitement of macro economics. one could float like a butterfly with the euro arsenic i

. >> he is the legendary coach at muller for decades, most associated with the basketball program. >> humility, unity, and thankfulness. did you know that before you gave the speech? >> there was an article in the indianapolis paper this spring. i knew there were sort of a code from the program, but there was an interesting article. it had been called the but norway -- but butler way. i thought that would be a big departure for the speech. >> here is some of what you said. where did that come from? >> it is just a conviction of mind. i may have overstated a little bit for effect. if one reads the whole speech, there were many qualifiers hear about the hazards of generalization. >> something move you to do this. >> i see a contrast between the values that have made america what it is, the values summed up in the but norway, and those that have too often dominated american life in what we think of as the baby boom era. i illustrated here, but i do not believe we have done as well as we could have. for instance, in the debt we are passing on to these young people. it will be a very diffi

muller ahmadinejad, basically every person may have independent or social concerns. so, if you want -- since you are the presidential candidate and you are competing presidential race, what are your main concerns for running for the presidency? >> in the name of god, the passionate and the merciful, initially i thank god almighty to gave me the opportunity to serve the great nation of iran for one term and i also appreciate the nation for all their support and their backing for me. and i hope that the iranians nation will always keep its dignity. we remember the late leader of the islamic revolution and the martyrs' and to whom we owe all we have nowadays. elections i guess is a making a pair iraq. it isn't only picking one single person, it also means people getting energized for taking leaps towards conquering peaks of success and development. the atmosphere, the vote should be one of fervent zeal and excitement. it should be replete with logic friendship and convergence and brotherhood. at the beginning, i would like to make some complaints about some unfair, let'

director muller of the f.b.i. deafed that bringing the detainees to the u.s. involved serious risk to american security. the administration is ignoring or disregarding these risks and stone walling the congress. we need to stop the administration from bringing more detainees into our country. in addition, my motion would restore language included in senate section 315 requiring a detailed threat assessment of the risk to the american people resulting from the transfer or release of each of these individuals. that language passed the senate by a vote of 92-3. this motion is that the house receive language prohibiting the movement of detainees to the united states in requiring comprehensive threat assessments. all this language passed overwhelmingly in the senate. mr. chairman, i urge adoption of my motion as i express my appreciation for the work of the senate. >> i thank the gentleman, mr. murtha. >> i appreciate what the gentleman is saying. we have two million people incarcerated in the united states. two million. more than any other country in the world. we

i have two preliminary issues and first i'd like to recognize and thank my colleague commissioner mullerhere today and i would request that my full testimony be placed in the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> the fall into summary of the testimony. i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today, discuss our nation's electric transmission grid. mr. chairman, your invitation for this hearing envisions, quote, a transmission system that will serve the goals of substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions and developing we newable resources and improving energy efficiency while preserving and enhancing reliability. a transmission system that meets the goals you have articulated will assist in promoting field diversity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and strengthening our national security and revitalizing our economy and enhancing competition and ensuring reliability. such a reliable and

i spoke to bob muller, i've told him about this. i want to bring it to your attention publicly. it is not acceptable that narcotics trafficking directions be given out of federal or state prisons. and i'd like to ask you to make a thorough investigation. i'd be happy to give you the information that i have that i'm not going to discuss here but what i'm asking you is a commitment to take a big, strong, in depth look at this. >> sure. i will certainly do that. there are certainly measures in place, the monitoring of telephone calls, the monitoring of people who visit with people who are detained, certainly in the federal system for which i'm responsible. but i'll certainly look at the information that you have expressed concern about and see if there are things that we need to do better on the federal side and also interact with our state partners to see if there are ways in which we can help them in that regard. >> thank you very much and i'm happy to fill you in. i just wanted to pick up on what senator kohl and senator graham said about this one group of detainee, as you've sa

director muller of the f.b.i. testified to congress three weeks ago that bringing detainees to u.s. soil poses risk to national security. including providing financing, radicalizing others and undertaking a tax in the united states. additionally the department of defense has reported that at least 14% of former guantanamo detainees have returned to terrorist activity in the region, to say the least we ought to be concerned about the release of people of that kind who threaten our interest anywhere in the world. this administration is ignoring or disregarding those risks and stonewalling the congress. we need to stop this administration from rushing to transfer or resettlelement of any more detainees at the expense of increased risk to americans and help the president simply fulfill his campaign promise. the president has been very busy since his inaugural. there's little question he's been down many a pathway and he's even found some of those pathways might very well have been a mistake. well, this is a case where i believe a decision was made without being carefully thought through