But theyll be ushered in. Good afternoon and welcome to the Aspen Institute. On behalf of the Strategy Group and the Rural Development Innovation Group, i want to thank you for joining us for this lunchtime dialogue series. Americas rural opportunity. I want to thank all the people in the room here, in washington, d. C. , with us, as well as the hundreds of the people Live Streaming and those of you watching on cspan3. So i am i wonder how many there are. Im janet topolsky. Im executive director of the Aspen Institute strategies group. What we do here at aspen usg is we do a lot of work out in the country equipping local leaders to build more prosperous regions. And to advance those living on the economic margins while they do that. Since 1985, aspen csg has focused most of its work in Rural America. And through our experience over those years, we have learned full well that Rural America is not flyover country. Rural america, rather, is livein, workin, start a business in, and raise a
Test test test. Test test test. With us from the South Carolina association for Economic Development. Bernie . Thank you and welcome. I bring you greetings from warmer climates where there are Smiling Faces and beautiful places. [ laughter ] South Carolina is a great place to be. We have urban and rural areas that definitely have slight differences. In South Carolina, the Unemployment Rate in our 11 most distressed and rural count iies averages 12 , this is twice that of the more developed and you are urbanized counties. Our three most prosperous counties is home to 40 of the states Bank Deposits. What that translates into is thats where capital largely resides. Whereas the Rural Communities, the 11 most rural and distressed count geez home to 4 of the states Bank Deposits. At the same time, South Carolina rich in land assets or 65 of our state is considered rural as far as landmass. Now, some may say that that is a challenge but we see that as an area of great opportunity and innovati
Trumps top counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka a member of a hungarian farright, naziallied group . Leaders of vitezi rend which the state Department Says was under the direction of the not the government of germany say gorka took a lifelong oath of loyalty to their group. Gorka wore the groups medal on his lapel at a president ial inauguration ball. Hes defended it as a way to remember his father. [indiscernible] although he passed away 14 years ago, i wear that middle and remembrance of what my family went through what represents to me to be an american. Amy if gorka is a member of vitezi rend but did not disclose this on his immigration application, it could make him inadmissible to the country under the immigration and nationality act. We will get the response from the jewishamerican forward, the reporter who broke the story. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On his first trip to asia, secretar
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Response from ralph nader, longtime consumer advocate, then, is president Donald Trumps top counterterrorism adviser sebastian gorkrka a memr of a hungarian farright, naziallied group . Leaders of vitezi rend which the state Department Says was under the direction of the not the government of germany say gorka took a lifelong oath of loyalty to their group. Gorka wore the groups medal on his lapel at a president ial ininaugurationon ball. Hehes defefended it as a w wayo remember his fatheher. [indiscernible] althouggh he passed away 14 yeas ago, i wear that middle and remembrance of what my family went through what represents to me to be an american. Amy if gorka is a member of vitezi rend but did not disclose this on his immigration application, it could make him inadmissible to the country under the immigration and nationality act. We will get the response from the jewishamerican forward, the reporter who broke the story. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democ