make one special acknowledgement. here this evening general michael hayden and his wife, janine. thank you. [ applause ] general, thank you, we're thrilled you're here. thank you for everything you do for the school, george mason university and our country. we're really proud to have you here and host the hayden center at george mason university. when i've done these programs in the past year, i've always liked to brag a little bit about our international security program having achieved a ranking of third in the country. in the u.s. news and world report rankings. and i told everybody that some place called harvard was ranked number two and we're coming after them. there's a happy ending to the story, as of midnight tonight, when they released the results of the latest rankings, we are ranked number two in the country. [ applause ] and a lot of it has to do with events like this, programs that we have put on that i think really enhance the visibility of the school and the nature of public debate and discussion that's important for us to be sponsoring such as events like this on

his wife, janine. thank you. [applause] >> general, thank you. we are thrilled you are here. thank you for everything you do for george mason university and our country. we are proud to have you here and to host the hidden center at george mason university. i have done these programs in the past year and always like to brag a little bit about our international security program having achieved a ranking of third in the country. i told everybody that someplace called harvard is ranked number two. there's a happy ending to this story, because as of midnight tonight when they released the results of the latest rankings, we are ranked number two. [applause] >> and a lot of it has to do with events like this, programs that we have put on that i think really enhance the visibility of the school, in the nature of public debate and discussion that is so important to us to be sponsoring. i would like to introduce now senator mark warner. senator warner? [applause] you, mark.see mark warner was elected to the united states senate in 2008 and again in 2014. he served as governor of virginia fr

the hayden's having had a fight and poor mike and janine had to preside over this dinner party where we were feeling like this and glaring at each other and they did it, they not just mike did it masterfully and we made up and went along. it is to illustrate the point that these committees work much better when there is bipartisan cooperation. back in the day when mike was on the house committee and sen. saxby chambliss was on the house committee it worked. i was very proud of my service and you bet i think that it is essentially important not only to have oversight but to do it well. to distinguish between the types of collection i was thinking about that for two seconds. because i was a ranking member i was a member of the gang of eight and the gang of eight is the chairman and ranking member of each intelligence committee and the majority and minority leaders of each house. it is eight people. mike hayden was a briefer certainly on my watch for a long time. the misclassified program one of the programs in the first term of george w. bush right after 9/11. things like the telephone

county of san francisco will be deputy chief janine nicholson. [applause] [applause] >> chief nicholson is a dedicated public servant and a tremendous leader and has put her heart into san francisco and the fire department. she has been a firefighter, a paramedic, a lieutenant, a captain, a battalion chief and deputy chief. she will be the second woman to lead this department after chief joanne hayes white, and the first lgbt fire chief in our city's history. [applause] >> she has survived being burned in a fire in 2009. she has survived breast cancer. she has been on the frontline fighting fires, and she has saved lives as a paramedic. she has done the complicated work as a deputy chief to manage multiple divisions. this woman is tough. this woman is resilient. this woman is a leader. and i am confident that she will lead the department on day one. before bring up deputy chief nicholson to the podium, i want to take this opportunity to recognize our current fire chief, joanne hayes white for her years of service to the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you, chief, f

chief. welcome, good evening. >> good evening, commissioners. deputy chief janine nicholson. this is my report from the administrative side. the physician's office conducted 56 promotional and permanent physicals in multiple ranks, as well as 40 return to work evaluations. the i.s.p. investigative services bureau conducted 90 drug and alcohol tests, all negative. in terms of support services, we had over 120 facility requests, and so we are still working closely with public works to get that list down. we meet with them pretty frequently and we are streamlining communications and operations, and we will continue to do that in order to get things fixed for our members. the bureau of equipment has handled 70 plus field and equipment repairs, as well as hundreds of other requests for equipment, service needs, and materials. in terms of our fleet, central shops are filled for the january fleet repair and gent -- and maintenance with $501,000. and we continue to work with central shops in order to create efficiencies with that, with repair and maintenance. six brand-new engines are being