Artist the only way this will end is Corporate America and whites americans will have to stop giving into these kinds of people because as long as they know they can get what they want to they will never stop doing what theyre doing. This is why they keep black america at avery. Neil where does that money go . If it is either backed by reverend jackson or reverend sharpton where does that go . What is that money doing . I can honestly tell you for the last 20 years or so jackson and sharpton in those from the naacp have taken the money under the pretense that it will help black america. Linda hanson ends up in the pockets in the hands of Jesse Jackson and al sharpton and others. But they will give the money to the preacher or the leader in the black community. So it does not trigger down to them at all. Maybe we would see a Better Change america. Neil beginning with reverend jackson back with the Rainbow Coalition getting companies to pay up but the fact is this is happening through de
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. We are going to get the hearing started. I want to welcome director Nick Rasmussen from the National Counterterrorism center. Nick, we have invited you here today in an open session. I think some of the news outlets vice chair that said this would never happen with me being chairman that everything would be close and i want to point out we are having an open session and this is to provide the senate and the American People with an update on the current threat from terrorism. The committee remains concerned about the expanding evolving nature of this threat than the challenges facing the Intelligence Community and the evolving nature of the threat. This is the first of what i hope will be a number of open hearings that should give the Intelligence Community an opportunity to better inform the public of its current efforts and challenges. As mr. Rasmussen and i have talked about here is what we do. More importantly here is why the American People
Tough situation. Thats a terrific question senator and isils propaganda runs the gamut. You are absolutely right to point to some of these horrific videos including that sends a signal and attracted some element of isils propaganda also includes a fair number of messaging examples in which they paint a fulfilling life in the caliphate that they project to individuals who may be disenfranchised, disadvantaged dissatisfied in their home environment. So the range of factors for people than that going to places like syria now ranges from ideological that you pointed to but also to the psychological catering to some sense of wanting to belong to something no matter how depraved that group they would belong to is. And to others its the sheer sense of adventure and a chance to throw your hat into the winning side is a part of the calculation. We have tried to disaggregate all the different factors in the messaging we are seeing so we can develop contra messaging strategies to go at it. The pr
Collective selfdefense. The two sides will also discuss the issue of chinas growing defense budget. Officials in beijing say spending will increase by more than 10 this year. Their counterparts in tokyo say theyre looking for more transparency in chinas defense policies. Diplomats from the two nations will join their south korean counterpart next week in seoul. Theyll try to hammer out an agenda for a meeting of foreign ministers. Sugiyama will meet with Chinese Vice Foreign minister lu geminning and south korean minister foreign affairs. Representatives from the three sides met in september for similar talks. Japanese officials are hoping the discussions will be a stepping stone toward a summit between the three countries. Members of japans Ruling Coalition are getting ready for talks that could bring a turnaround in Security Policy. Theyll be discussing an outline of laws that would allow their country to exercise its right to collective selfdefense. Japan would be allowed to exercis
The proposal would give japanese leaders the right to exercise collective selfdefense. The two sides will also discuss the issue of chinas growing defense budget. Officials in beijing say spending will increase by more than 10 this year. Their counterparts in tokyo say theyre looking for more transparency in chinas defense policies. Diplomats from the two nations will join their south korean counterpart next week in seoul. Theyll try to hammer out an agenda for a meeting of foreign ministers. Sugiyama will meet with Chinese Vice Foreign minister lu geminning and south korean minister foreign affairs. Representatives from the three sides met in september for similar talks. Japanese officials are hoping the discussions will be a stepping stone toward a summit between the three countries. Members of japans Ruling Coalition are getting ready for talks that could bring a turnaround in Security Policy. Theyll be discussing an outline of laws that would allow their country to exercise its rig