Let me outline some examples of national security issues, where GEOINT contributes to both our understanding and to our ability to engage and represent our national interests. perspective to partners, the public, international fora, and even adversaries. Imagery or other geospatial sources can be a vehicle for sanitizing or articulating the U.S. Put another way, our customers look to NGA and our profession to create coherence out of chaos. Another of the ways GEOINT is able to contribute to favorable outcomes is by providing a less sensitive source from which to expose our knowledge and perspective on a situation or threat. With the explosion in publicly available information and non-traditional sources, the IC no longer has a monopoly on access or insight, but the IC is routinely asked to corroborate what is being reported and to put it into the context of what we know about the evolving issue, to include the motives of the participants and the potential threats to our interests. We are routinely able to respond more dynamically than other traditional intelligence disciplines, as we have worldwide reach, increasingly persistent collection and systematic analytic access. NGA and our GEOINT partners across the national security community are critical to the IC’s commitment to minimize surprise and enable decision advantage. I believe our motto says it all, “Know the earth, show the way, and understand the world.” Individually and collectively, I can attest that we are fully committed to our Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DOD) responsibilities and broader obligation to the nation’s security. NGA and our geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) partners help decision makers, military commanders, and first responders understand what’s happening at any given place and time, and anticipate what may happen next. Chairman Burr, Vice Chairwoman Feinstein, and distinguished members of the Committee, on behalf of the women and men of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG), I am pleased to testify before you today.
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