Today’s annual worldwide threats hearing is a rare opportunity where members of the intelligence community give an assessment of the threats we are facing around the world in an open, unclassified setting. On this Committee, our highest priority must be keeping our country and her citizens safe.  The stakes are high and the challenges are great, but our intelligence community has some of the best and brightest minds in the world. We are committed to giving these professionals the resources, tools, and capabilities they need to counter the numerous threats that America faces, everything from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to home-grown terrorists living in the United States.