What Form 8854 Homeland 2023-2024

Good morning and let me welcome everyone to the campus of George Washington University. Today is quite a poignant day; it's a day when we can remember and reflect upon those horrific attacks on 9/11, but also a day when we can remember the heroic acts of so many men and women of all stripes and in all sorts of uniforms. From our first responders to our first preventers to our men and women in our armed services taking the fight overseas, it is also an especially important session for me because this will be my last session hosting an event as the director here at our Cyber Center at George Washington University. I can't tell you how many luminaries we've hosted on the stage, including all of Secretary Nielsen's predecessors, and I couldn't think of a better person to host than Secretary Kirsten Nielsen today. Kirsten comes to the Department of Homeland Security with an amazing background on homeland security issues. She's an original plank holder at TSA and a senior fellow at our Center for Cyber and Homeland Security for a number of years. So, please join me in welcoming Secretary Nielsen with applause. Thank you as always for the kind introduction and thank you to George Washington for hosting us here today. I'd also like to take a moment to thank everyone in the audience who has been a part of or currently is a part of DHS. If you've been part of the community or the homeland, please stand up and let's give you a round of applause. Thank you for everything you've done. This is a beautiful facility, and at some point, hopefully sooner than later, we look forward to welcoming you to our new headquarters at St. Elizabeth. We've certainly come a very long way,...