>> thankyou, senator. so one of the first things i did when i was nominated was to mee at a huarters and get a threat brfing, an intelligence briefing. so my t priority is making sure that tsa h the latest inteigen, threat information, and is making informed judgments as to how to allocate theirresources. so that's a top priority, followed very close by addressing workforce develment ises, as imentioned. and then third, engaging all stakeholders in the busines of tsa toe sure they knowha their voice could be heard, and that all the issue that they are dealing wit will b addressed by tsa. i sai one last question, let me ask o more, if i might. could you smit to us -- i'll bmit a question in wring on the issue of soft target terrorists obviously take aook the targetpportunities to commit an a of terrorism in r country and they see what we would conser hard targets, that is the targe we are now protecting vy substantially, then they see softargets where our attention is not there because we've not experienced

. >> thankyou. >> senator? >> welcome. i truly believe that the president understands this will take a great deal of review. i want to commend you because i think that you have stayed focused on the three most important things. one, stop the leak. two, start the clean-up. three, see what went wrong and what changes we need to make. i believe i have consistently heard th. le me ask you krks you comment on the agency's involvement in preparing the atlantic coast for any potential fall-out? >> let me just say that the commander on this has been working on making sure we are anticipating the problems that willccur. we are prepared for the worst casenary j. >> do you believe the areas cover the issues that cause the accident? >> i think that the areas where the safety recommendations are being implement ed for drilling activities in the outer shelf, those recommendations there inputting the national sciences. my view is they are very good and we are headed in the absolute r direction. whether tre will be additional requireme re

. >> thankyou, mr.stole, very mu i am going to open the questioning by asking you to try and give a thumbnail skeh of how you see the terrism threat and therefore the use of airplanes and, therefore, the use of dection equipment and how satisfactory is it. how doou see the terrorism threatomg from oversees? how do y see it from people o come from overseeso be embedded here and how do you see it coming from america themselves as anger grows, which, of course, it is? and then how does that mesh into how youchange amplifyr whatever t technology that people have to go through to be searched, because tt is an absolute oigation and the wide body imaging thing is anatha to a lot of people, but i don't know how you get around at, so can youalk about how y see the wave, t sequencgfhe threats, the magnitude of the threats a fro ere, and how do you address tecoly to try and count that? >> thank yo mr. chairman and that actua addresses my top priority if confirmed into going to tsa to ensure that the men and women