i am mindful, the words of tom keating, respected characterfor am mindful, the words of tom keating,cted character for the national centre for crime and studies, who said last month the british government can no longer ignore the ugly truth that the reputation of london and the uk more broadly, is as the money—laundering capital of the world. it is justifiably earned, it has been stoked by the ambitions of the city, aided in no small part, by past governments. an interesting quote, he may well be right. the serious fraud office focuses of course on the top level of serious and complex fraud and also mainly commercial bribery. i am pretty stunned. he may be right, you say. so you may work ina milieu, be right, you say. so you may work in a milieu, where the city, aided and abetted by past governments has become a place where money—laundering is the norm?|j money—laundering is the norm?” don't think i necessarily agree with that. i certainly wouldn't regard money—laundering as the norm. we do know, however, there has been cash flows into this country which may be questionable and it is

benefited from the leadership in mentorship of pacific command commanders like harry harris, tim keating, tom fargo, and joe freer. , believe my current assignment and my history of service has positioned me to lead u.s. pacific command and face the challenges ahead. i would like to take a moment to thank the members of this committee and congress for the recent military budget. the improved level of resources will help us fight and win when called upon. forward tod, i look serving alongside men and women who make up the pacific command and i look forward to working with this committee as we face challenges. senator inhofe, senator reed, i pledge to you i will devote the whole of my energy to ensuring pacific command is the most lethal and combat ready force in history. sen. inhofe: thank you very much. general o'shaughnessy. distinguishhnessy: members of the committee, i'm honored to meet with you today as the presidents nominee to be the commander of the northern command and aerospace defense command. i would like to thank the president, servitor menace, and general dunford. i would like to

benefited from the leadership and mentorship of pacific command commanders like harry harris, team keating, tom fargo and joe career. and i believe my current assignment along with my history of service, not just within the department of defense but across our government, made us face the challenges ahead. i would like to take a moment and thank the members of this committee and congress for the recent military budget. the improved level of resourcing will ensure our forces can maintain the lethality when called upon. if confirmed, i look forward to serving alongside the men and women who make up pacific command, and, again, i look forward to working with this committee as we face these challenges. senator inhofe, senator reed, distinguished committee members, i pledge i will devote the whole of my energy as the most lethal and combat-ready in history. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you. general o'shaughnessy. >> good morning, senator inhofe, ranking member reid and members of the committee. i am indeed honored to be the commander of the united states northern command and north amer