the national defense university. one of the questions i usually ask is how many people here under 35. usually get single digit hands. then i ask what does it -- what would you like to tell us? one of the interesting things recently was a 26-year-old who had been involved in reporting the arab spring and using blogs and facebook and social media, whatever. my question was what is the next big thing? her answer was at 26 i'm too old. ask the high school kids. and so we need to reach down further into this generation and understand what their thinking is. >> let me ask you also now a technology question. the united states for longest time and the pentagon itself was really one of the world's leading drivers of technology. but it's increasingly not the case. what does that shift mean and bode for the future of the u.s. military capabilities? >> i think you see in things like the experiments the army is doing with the commercial mobile devices. the understanding of -- >> using the smart phones as a distributed system as o

previously, he was the director of the institute for national strategic studies at the national defense university and has had a 25-year career inside government and academic research centers. thank you. we welcome our analysts today. i ask that our witnesses please keep your presentation to no more than five minutes. and without objection, the witness's entire statements, written statements will be inserted into the hearing record. we will begin with mr. fleist. >> thank you, madam chair and members of the committee. it's an who nor to be here today. >> you can put that microphone a little closer. >> i enjoyed working with your on the house intelligence committee staff. i my name is fred fleitz and i'm the managing direct of the langley intelligent group network, a forecast and intelligence service. i formerly worked with the cia and state department. i will focus on north korea's wmd program. the program was a test of an icbm surprised some experts and u.s. diplomats. however, this launch was consistent with past north korea behavior. although it seems counterproductive, north korea has done thi

from the university of west florida and he has also attended the naval war college and the national defense university. so we couldn't ask for anybody with a better resume to talk about the issue we have today. please join me in welcoming the congressman. [ applause ] >> that's okay, bob. not everybody can make it into the naval academy. i understand. i'd like to thank everybody for coming here today. i especially like to thank ed fuller for all the great work that he does here at the heritage foundation and also brian darling and of course james for all the work they're doing as well. i'd like to take the time to thank the conversation of lieutenant colonel aiken and mike parn and captain tracy price who also was able to get me great insight of how this program actually got started. of course, the advocates that are currently working with ffdost captain mike hoffman and special thanks to captain fred iceler for all the work you've been doing as well. >> how this all started. i had my 8-month-old in my arms. the baby sitter came in and said there's an airplane that hit one of the twin towers. i said,

host: you went to the joint and combined warfare fighting school at the national defense university. and the air command and staff college. angela is on the independent lines from longview, texas. caller: good morning. i am over 50. i am a female. i have trouble trying to learn all about the internet. i am new to it. during my years, i seldom -- i love popular mechanics. i watch science fiction. i understand everything you are saying. what i am curious about is when is america and the whole world going to get out from under the delusion that we are protected or we have privacy in any sector anywhere? there is no more privacy. you can put up all of these fire walls and recalls that you want or whatever walls that you want to. we are going to get hacked. we are hacking each other to death. i get more afraid of trying to use my computer on the internet because i am being constantly warned that somebody is after me. i am afraid to touch it now. host: a comment on twitter to go with angela's statement. do not give up your freedom for temporary security. just another way to waste money at

host: your alma maters are, you went to school at the national defense university, air war college andhe air command and staff college, correct? guest: yes, i did. host: back to the phones. angela is on the independent line from longview, texas. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm over 50. i'm a female. i have trouble even getting through just trying to learn all about the internet. i'm new to it. during my years, in major events or news and magazines, i loved "popular mechanics". i watch science fiction, i understand everything you say. but what i'm serious about is when is america and the whole world going to get out from under the delusion that we're protected or we have privacy in any sector anywhere? there is no more privacy. you can put up the fire walls and the great walls that you want. we're hacking each other to death. and i just don't -- i'm trying to use my computer on the internet because i'm being constantly warned that someone is after me. i'm afraid to touch it now. host: comment on twitter to go with angela's statement. writes "do not give up your freedom for tempo

grodin was the director of the institute for national strategic studies at the national defense university and has had a 25-year career inside government and academic research centers. thank you. we welcome our panelists today and i ask that our witnesses please keep your presentation to no more than five minutes. without objection, the entire written statements of the witnesses will be inserted into the hearing record. we will begin with mr. fleiss. >> it is an honor to be here today. i enjoyed working with you and the house intelligence staff. i am managing director of the langley intelligence group network, a washington d.c.-based global forecasting an intelligence service. i formerly worked for the cia and the state department. my remarks today will focus on north korea's wmd and rocket program. last week's rocket launch that north korea claims was intended to lift the satellite into orbit but was probably a test of an icbm. it was consistent with north korea's past behavior. although it may seem counterproductive coming after a food aid agreement was reached, north korea has done this

nation. as a star defensive tackle for georgetown university. after college, he met the love of his life.nd they moved out west. then august 5th, 2006, happened. he spent the often playing beach volleyball with some friends. in between games, he ran down to the ocean to cool off. he dove into the waives, hit a sand bar and was instantly paralyzed from the neck down. >> there definitely was a moment there where i was thinking that that could be my last breath. >> i promised him that as long as his heart and his mind stayed the same, that i would love him. >> reporter: that love would change everything. as his health returned, the reality was grim. then, a ray of hope. >> we came to learn about dr. susan in louisville and that's the one person that said there is hope for recovery. >> reporter: she teaches the spinal cord through repep tigs motion. >> two, three months after that, i started wiggling my toes. i said, you know what i have a chance here. >> reporter: and a year and a half after the accident, they turned tragedy into a future together. >> i'm blessed. she's an incredible woman a

high tower, middle defensive linebacker, national champion crimson tide, university of alabama. wow. let's be honest about something. sergio kindle was tapped to ultimately be ray's replacement. start blending someone into the system. let maybe the greatest middle linebacker of all time teach a young man the game. blend him in. >> unfortunately i don't think it's going to be working out and we all know why. there's no reason to rehash it. so now we've got to go back to maybe square one on that. that would be high tower. unbelievable. >> we'll have it for you friday morning right . >> let's go ahead and take a look at the forecast. we're going to call it a high of right around 60. breezy, warm, mixture of clouds and sun. beautiful sunrise right now. coming up on coffee with, if you've never heard chris he's one of the real -- real stars of the smooth jazz genre right now. plays a tremendous trumpet. he's done a collaboration album. one of the best in the business talks to us here in about five minutes or so. sharon's got your traffic control. we've got first warning weather. gett

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previously, doctor cronin was the president of national strategic studies at the defense university,as had a 25 year career inside government and academic research centers. thank you. we welcome our panelists today. i asked that her witnesses please keep their presentation to know no more than five minutes, without objection, the witnesses entire statements -- written statements will be inserted into the hearing record. we will begin with mr. [inaudible] >> thank you madam chairman. members of the committee, it's an honor to be here today. >> if you could put the microphone closer. >> i enjoyed working with you on the house intelligence committee staff. my name is fred flights. i am managing director of the linguae intelligence network. i formerly worked for the cia and state department. my remarks today will focus on north korea's rocket program. last week's multistage rocket launch that north korea claims it intended to lift a satellite into orbit, but was probably a test of an icbm, surprise experts and diplomats. however, this launch was consistent with past behavior. although it

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