Hearing of the House Armed Services Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Thornberry, Hearing on Implementing the Department of Defense Cyber Strategy

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"Let me welcome our witnesses and guests for our second hearing this week at the full-committee level on cybersecurity. We are very pleased to have a very distinguished group of witnesses to help us with this very challenging area.

For those Members who were able to participate in our hearing yesterday, we heard from the private sector and from academia, think tanks, about the challenges we face in cyber. Questions such as what is the role of the military in defending private infrastructure? Should private industry be able to hack back against those who may try to steal their intellectual property? What does deterrence mean when it comes to cyber? A number of difficult questions that we talked about some, but we will continue to pursue that line today.

Cyber, as many people say, is a new domain of warfare, and so what that means for the Department of Defense, what that means for our country's national security, is very much at or near the top of the agenda for all of us who are involved in national security."

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