so we are independent of nrda. the objectives are to study the impact of the dispersed oil and the ecosystem of the gulf of mexico and affected the gulf states. in a very broad context the fundamental understanding of the dynamics of these events associatedenvironmental stresses and public health implications the gri will support the development of improved oil spill litigation, oil and gas detection characterization and remediation technologies. ultimately the goal is to improve the society's ability to understand and respond to even this like this and to understand the effect on the coastal ecosystem with an emphasis on thgulf of mexico. we have established and are implementing peery viewed competitive grant programs that will support research that advance this understanding in five areas. first, physical distribution, dispersion and delusion of petroleum of constituents and associated contaminants such as disbursements under the action of physical ocean a granite process and tropical storms. second, the chemical

>> tackling the nrda is at least. >> you are using the cerebral academic. what narrative are you talking about? >> the narrative that says, the narrative that turns a young percent born in canada to hate the society. >> so you are saying find out what draws them to that? >> no, we know at the narrative is that there needs to be a counternarrative that emphasizes the importance of freedom of religion, rule of law and human rights, all the values. >> excellent. chiefs myth that we were to provide added funding, it seems that you have outreach to the community and the good news is they have responded. imams have responded and groups of people in neighborhoods have responded and the young people have come. is that correct? >> that is correct. >> an appropriate narrative for this committee would be to first of all chief if you might and i don't want to put words in your mouth, is it simply fair we would look at the broad days of a particular terrorist activity that might harm the homeland? is that a good narrative for as? >> i think we want to look at broad-base

we must take the opportunity through the nrda process to help bombardment fully recover from the tar on her white sands and we must take the opportunity to use the clean water act to invest in the gulf coast and our economy. not just to survive this disaster but to thrive in spite of it. thank you for the work each of you do for our country and citizens in thank you or the time to hear my testimony. >> thank you mr. robertson. >> thank you senator in thank sr in thank you for holding these hearings. i hate to field work and i've been working on this for 35 years. is on the marshall's last week and i will be offshore for two weeks as of next sunday and i will speak to you about some of the things in the field. the oil has not gone away. you to walk in the martian you can smell it. and the crust on the marshes still there and you can probe the martian, with fresh oil. it hasn't gone away and it is has is head and pecks in the marsh and offshore we have the grand canyon, grand teton's offshore that very few people see that we know it has been impacted and things have been -- and a dispr