I know you are new, you are just days on the job, but from your standpoint right now initially, what is the status of the implementation of 922, and what is the status of the report on implementation of 922 required by section 1074 of the…

What efforts are underway to define and resource SO/LIC?

I think this is a safe bipartisan place where real progress can be made.

the President has not corrected any action on countering these threats.

North Korea's attack on Sony America was an attempt to silence an entertainment company from exercising its right to free speech.

countering these threats requires not only the Defense Department to integrate all the components of information warfare.

One of the great threats facing our democracy is influence operations, a type of information warfare which are mostly conducted through cyberspace.

China has been engaged in information operations against their own citizens in order to control their access to information and their behavior.

There are ongoing Russian direct or inspired cyberoperations against our electoral system, as we speak?

Russia poses a serious threat to United States national security, and that our allies and partners are also threatened.

Is that your estimate?

That's something that would--is something we should do immediately, because--the nature of the threat.

The risk of interstate conflict, including among the world's great powers, is higher than at any time since the end of the cold war.

Russia is aggressively confronting the United States and its allies, seeking to destabilize the international order.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

If we were not to do that, I think their pace would put us certainly challenged in almost every domain, in a military perspective, by, say, 2025.

Do you believe that it is in our national security interests to stay within the confines of the JCPOA?

There is a possibility that the Kurds would gradually leave our efforts in order to protect their fellow Kurdish forces in Afrin.