Want to say thank you. I support the priorities in the remarks. As you have heard, from the admirals and generals, the need for more timely and accurate intelligence continues to grow. Crises in the middle east and recent developments in crimea, central africa, and asia underscore the drumbeat for officers with special insight and understanding. We have a responsibility to the men and women to make smart decisions in these austere times to take risks. Maintainand those investments that will ensure our security. Changes to manage risk. To make the choices we need to i will highlight for critical 40s in our request. , collection processes and career broadening experiences. How we have received much of our business practices. Intelligence collection operations, ensuring the defense Cleansing Services is a priority for the Defense Department and Intelligence Community as a whole. Your oversight has helped us mature. Measurable progress in support of defense equities. In all measures, trade
Was that . With regard to tsa because of the responsibilities for the screening and Airport Security has a limited separate line budget with regards to providing Technical Assistance on Airport Security no other component to my knowledge has a separate line item that would permit the kind of Capacity Building. Let me quickly pursue this very briefly. You said that despite the fact they work to incorporate recommendations on response times and the Standard Operating Procedure they do not require member countries to implement them. Do you have recommendations on this . As i said in response to the chairs question requiring other countries to screen the database is an issue we need to debate but populating it has a direct and Immediate Impact on our security so if we go down that route and mandates or Capacity Building efforts i would focus on getting data into the database that we could screen. Whether we could cooperate with interpol and other organizations such as the Civil Aviation or
For workers 55 and older . 4. 7 . Did that improved over last year . Yes. Did you know how that was prerecession . No. Abouten now have more 500,000 jobs since the recession began, while men is that right . Yes. They called it the man session . I still think we have an issue, and i touched on this with the longterm unemployed, and issue with some of the wages that people make, even though they have jobs they are not able to support their families. And one of the ways we know works is education. College degrees make a difference. What is the Unemployment Rate for college is now . See. , lets let me see if i got ok. That is ok, you can give it to me later. I used to always ask this every month to find where we were in relation to here we go, Unemployment Rates for college graduates. 3. 7 . Do you know what it is for high school or people who did not complete high school . 7. 5 for High School Graduates with no college, and 11 for those without a high school diploma. Have there been any t
Many key workers who willingly took on so much responsibility during this crisis are now being forced to tighten their belts. Now not in the medium term to which the chancellor refers, now. Unemployment is forecast to hit 7. 5 next year, leaving 2. 6 Million People out of work by the middle of next year. The chancellor also announces a £4 billion levelling up fund to help local communities, supported by a Uk Infrastructure Bank based in the north of england. 0verseas aid is to be cut, prompting the resignation of a Foreign Office minister. In other news, the duchess of sussex reveals she suffered a miscarriage in july, writing in an article of feeling an almost unbearable grief. As the covid rules are eased for five days over christmas, people are urged to be sensible or risk another wave of the virus. Also coming up, closed and empty how village halls, once the heart of many communities, are being hit by covid restrictions. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. One of the worlds gre
Goodbye to 2020, year we will not miss it all and we remember all those we have lost. I wish you a peaceful and healthy new year. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. In times of crisis, we learn plenty about who we really are. So it is that this global coronavirus pandemic is revealing truths about humankind. How we balance self protection against the collective interest. My guest today is the dutch writer and historian rutger bregman, whose book humankind a hopeful history is making waves across the world. Do we humans underestimate our capacity for doing good . Theme music plays. Rutger bregman, in the netherlands, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. We are all living in this time of covid i9. It is a Global Health emergency and in times of emergency, perhaps we learn more than usual about the nature of human beings. What do you think this pandemic right now is showing us about humanity . I think it is showing us that most