To yellow that means you start. Two minutes remaining youre going to see a yellow light. Unlike when were driving instead of running yellow light you will speed up though, because the red light starts soon. When the red light hits, you have to stop. Were trying to provide as much time as possible for interaction. I know youll help me abide by that. Once the opportunity comes, be as concise as possible. Finally the record of this hearing is going to remain open 30 days. If panelists or members would like to submit materials they can either mail them to u. S. Commission on civil rights, office of civil rights evaluation at 131 im sorry 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Thats 1331 pennsylvania Avenue Northwest suite 1150 washington, d. C. 20425 or via email at Public Comments at usccr. Gov. With those business of housekeeping out of the way, let me introduce our first panel. Our first panelist megan mack, director of the office of civil rights and liberties at the department of Homeland
Screeria nigeria. By the inauguration ceremony for colorado governor john hickenlooper. The u. S. Commission on civil rights hosted its series of panels examining the nations use of immigration detention facilities. Speakers included government officials discussing how the facilities are created and ultimately maintained. The Commission Also looked at the legal challenges that the Detention Centers pose as well as other methods that could be used for immigration enforcement. Going to call the meeting to order. Good morning, everyone. Welcome. Im charm marty castro of the u. S. Commission on civil rights. I really would like to welcome everyone with us today, those testifying, members of the audience as well as those joining us via audio link as well as First Time Ever Live Streaming by the commission of a hearing or briefing on one of our civil rights topics. This is an effort by us to make our work more transparent and open to the public. We hope to continue to grow how we use technol
We understand the problems and put forth the message that targets specifically not how we can help the economy but how we can help you and you and you. And we do it in a way that isnt divisive but unifying. How do we do this . Its actually pretty easy. Its actually pretty easy. First it starts with education. If you look at the 70 of americans who dont have a college education, have limited skills, we need to make sure that we have opportunities for people to get those skills. We also need to look at why people are failing in schools and not getting those basic skills to be able to survive. Why . Because we have a top down governmentrun Education System that is failing our children. [ applause ] we need less common core and more common sense if we want to make america a great and educated country. [ applause ] we whats the common sense . Talk to any teacher or administrator theyll tell you that the biggest key in determining the success of a child in school is the parents involvement w
John mccall, tni looking forward to the authority, came up with the idea of essentially a two battalion u. S. Force. One kind is based in kabul with the assets to ensure that mobility. And the other battalion deployed in the key provincial centers. Kandahar, sharif, herat. Kind of a company of a level plus, very able to hold their ground against any likely force. If there was a serious challenge, you had the airmobile battalion set to go in and really kick some posterior. So two battalions. We send our messages to london and washington. Four hours later i had my response which was crocker, go sit under a tree until this insanity passes from you. There is no way we are going to send two battalions into afghanistan. I just think it was a very long time before we realized what we were up against. I believe as has been exaggerated that because of iraq, afghanistan suffered. I believe that because of erratic, at least during my period as ambassador, i was to a degree successful in increasin
Held the secretary, held with china in december, this was one of the issues of very much on the agenda, and weve made some progress in moving ahead on the application of antimonopoly law that we think should be applied to deal with issues of competition, not issues of industrial policy. So we are engaged with them as are our competition authorities and the ftc to work to encourage them to apply the law as its intended to be applied. I know these are tough areas. Canadas creation of a heightened standard for patentability, for pharmaceutical patents is a serious problem for our u. S. Innovators. This standard to obtain and enforce patent rights in canada. Also inconsistent with the World Trade Organization and under the nafta. We have raised this concern directly and repeatedly with the canadian authorities. That issue is now being litigated, and i believe the canadian authorities are looking to see how it proceeds in litigation as we continue that dialogue with them. Ambassador, from o