Victimized at high and sometimes alarming rates. Kpleks complex jurisdictional patterns still too often hamper investigations and impede justice and resources remain scarce. Report by the tribal law and Order Commission noted the need for almost 3,000 tribal Law Enforcement officers, a 50 staffing shortfall. Thats why the resources requested in the president s budget are vital. Excluding funding for prisons, the budget allocates almost 300 million for Public Safety activities in Indian Country. This level of funding would be historic and it would allow us to build on our progress and make in roads into solving the enduring and intractable problems faced by our tribal partners. For one thing, the budget would take a page from ctask to dedicate specific funding to tribal specific initiatives. A flexible tribal grant 7 set aside for programs for my office would give tribes reliable access to 111 million in grant resources. This would remove some of the unpredictability and anxiety around
So we remember and we honor their service. There are real risks involved in being a diplomat. There always have been, and many of those risks are accentuated today. I know that service can mean sacrifice for families as well. Some of you serve at unaccompanied posts, which means that you are separated from your loved ones. When families deploy and spouses and children serve in their own way, we know that they dont always hear directly from the president. So i need to you transmit to them how much we appreciate the work that they do. Let them know that we know they are part of the ambassadorial team as well. More broadly, i want to thank you for your partnership in what has been a priority for us. And that is renewing american leadership. I believe that a Broader Vision of american strength that harnesses all elements of our national power, including diploma diplomacy, is what is going to make a difference in this complicated age that we live in. Thats how we build a Global Coalition to
Investigations and impede justice. Resources remain scarce. The report by the tribal law and commission noted the need for a thousand Law Enforcement officers. A 50 staffing shortfall. That is why resources requested in the president s budget are vital. Excluding funding for a prison, the budget allocates 300. Illion for Public Safety this funding would be historic and allow us to build on progress to make inroads into solving problems faced by our tribal partners. Page andt would take a donate significant funding to initiatives. A flexible tribal grant, 7 set aside of programs from my office 111 give tribes access to million in grant resources. This would remove some of the unpredictability around the competition for federal funding for which under resourced tribes often at a distinct disadvantage. Makesesidents budget targeted investments as well. 25 million would be devoted to meeting the needs of native american victims who remain chronically underserved. Funds from the department
Studies, john monahan whos been involved with the Oneill Institute and is now the special assistant to president dejoy ya on a range of issues, including health issues. Tim and linda oneill who made the Oneill Institute possible through their vision and generosity and, of course, to the faculty director of the to kneel institute, larry godsden, who really is just a visionary in Global Health law and who has done so much to focus us on this crisis and to bring us here today. So we brought together the most influential speakers in the country from the cdc,. Doctors working on the ground in west africa, as well as Global Security experts. This is the convening power at its finest. Thank you all for being here, and let me turn things over now to dr. Godsden. Thank you very much, bill. We really appreciate you taking the time to come. What im going to do is, first of all, you can see were sitting could be on easy chairs down on easy chairs, and were planning to do that because we want to ha
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