Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Report

Jan 26, 2010

Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission

Former Senator Bob Graham and former Senator Jim Talent spoke to reporters and answered questions about the release of the commission's evaluation of the government’s ability to protect the U.S. from the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.
Former Senator Bob Graham and former Senator Jim Talent spoke to reporters and answered questions about the release of the commission's evaluation of the government’s ability to protect the U.S. from the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:46 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. FIRST WE WILL ASK YOU TO TURN OF SOPHOS OR AT LEAST PUT THEM ON BEEP. I AM THE DIRECTOR...
00:01:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR A MUCH, MR. KROLL LARSON AND FOR THE GREAT LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED OVER THIS PAST...
00:14:52 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB LEADING THIS COMMISSION THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES WITH INITIAL REPORT...
00:19:46 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. CARIE LEMACK FOUNDED THE FAMILIES OF SEPTEMBER 11TH -- HER MOTHER WAS MURDERED ON AMERICAN...
00:20:30 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CARIE LEMACK, AND I JUST WANT TO OFFER MY THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO THESE FINE...
00:23:30 Unidentified Speaker CARIE IS HEADED TO THE HILL FOR A HEARING NOW ON HOMELAND
00:23:38 Unidentified Speaker THE COMMITMENT OF CARIE AND HER OTHER FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL AS WITNESSED...
00:24:12 Unidentified Speaker MAY I ASK FIRST OF ALL THAT YOUR QUESTIONS BE IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION AND NOT A LECTURE OR POLITICAL...
00:24:33 Unidentified Speaker FROM USA TODAY. I'M WONDERING IF I COULD -- 52 QUESTIONS ST LUMMIS IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHY YOU THINK...
00:25:03 Unidentified Speaker ON THE SECOND QUESTION I CHAIRED THE CONGRESSIONAL JOINT INQUIRY INTO 9/11 AND I WOULD SAY THAT OUR...
00:26:24 Unidentified Speaker THE CHAIRMAN -- BALD MIGHT WANT TO SPECIFY WHY HE THINKS THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ATTACK AND PEOPLE HAVE...
00:28:13 Unidentified Speaker I THINK ANOTHER FACTOR IS THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF AL QAEDA WHICH IS THAT EACH ATTACK AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS...
00:29:52 Unidentified Speaker THE LOSS OF 300 LIVES WOULD BE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AND IT IS THAT SMALLER SCALE ATTACK WE MAY
00:30:09 Unidentified Speaker I AM WITH CNS NEWS TO READ THE CHRISTMAS DAY ATTACKED WAS THE SPOKE ABOUT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS THAT...
00:30:38 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK IT WAS A POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ISSUE. ONE OF THE MANY DISTURBING THINGS ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS...
00:32:25 Unidentified Speaker IF I CAN ADDRESS THERE IS AN UNDERLYING POINT TO THE QUESTION THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT. EVERYBODY,...
00:33:54 Unidentified Speaker MICHAEL OF ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FIRST MAY POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ATTACK...
00:34:17 Unidentified Speaker COLONEL LARSON, COULD YOU DISCUSS THE EIGHT PRINCIPAL PATHOGENS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT...
00:34:23 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT GOING TO LIST THEM ALL BUT THE EC ONCE SO TO SAVE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND 50 YEARS OF...
00:35:26 Unidentified Speaker
00:35:30 Unidentified Speaker WEAPONIZATION AS I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT IN THE 1960'S THAT TOOK SUPERPOWER TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT....
00:36:34 Unidentified Speaker THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED THERE IS A BOTTLENECK WITH THE NUCLEAR SITE WHICH GIVES AN ADVANCE. THEY HAVE...
00:38:31 Unidentified Speaker YES?
00:38:34 Unidentified Speaker MARGIN NOT A SHOT, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMEN. FIRST IS THE REPORT CARD RELEASED TODAY AND...
00:39:03 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT REPORT. I'M INTERESTED IN REVIEWING IT. I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH...
00:40:16 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S NO DISAGREEMENT AMONG COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE LACK OF PREPAREDNESS IN THE BIO AREA, NONE. I...
00:41:18 Unidentified Speaker NEXT QUESTION.
00:41:28 Unidentified Speaker PETER NATIONAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION. I WAS IN TRADE, SENATOR TALENT AND SENATOR GRAHAM BY A PROFESSIONAL...
00:41:55 Unidentified Speaker THAT IT WASN'T APPROPRIATELY PASSED ON AND THAT'S MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO HAD THE CAPACITY TO RESPOND,...
00:42:36 Unidentified Speaker THE SYSTEM IS NOT SET UP AS WELL AS IT SHOULD BE TO ENCOURAGE SHARING WHERE THE SHARING IS APPROPRIATE...
00:43:37 Unidentified Speaker NEXT QUESTION? IF THERE ARE
00:43:43 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A CONCLUDING ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS ALMOST THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS COMMISSION'S LIFE,...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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