Counsel of the department of Homeland Security commented on the fact Homeland Security is a discipline and we see this in our law schools and undergraduate schools around the country were Homeland Security is taught today and we will be holding not on a penal josh will be moderating later. Celebrations and anniversaries come in 10 year intervals. Youre part of History Today with this 10th year program. The program really had its genesis to serving the general counsels office many years ago. So it is only appropriate today introduced the keynote speaker who is the current general counsel of the department of Homeland Security. The bible is the current general counsel and has served with distinction they are the last many years. Hes the chief legal officer of the department of Homeland Security and see if i lost track of how Many Employers you actually supervise, but it is probably somewhere in the vicinity of 1800 lawyers. I recall as many as 600 lawyers are sure the wash d. C. Area. I
Insightful with respect to the wall and if we have time at the end i will be happy to take some questions. Let me start with kind of what weve been spending our time on at the department the. This is the operational policy challenges of the department so the first challenge i want to discuss its counterterrorism and as joe and others now counterterrorism was the Founding Mission of the department and it continues to be the cornerstone of what we do compared to 2003 when the department was established the terrorism threat today is more challenging and more decentralized and diffuse and arguably more complex. We are more concerned about the foreign fighters who leave this country and others have traveled to another and take up to the fight and link up with a terrorist organization. They are concerned about the terrorist organizations adapted and skilled use of the internet to publicly recruit and inspire individuals. To prevent the travel of the foreign terrorist fighters the secretary r
How easy are disdents to cross over. The deadline is fast approaching by monday add midnight, Congress Must pass a spending bill. Right now it doesnt look like its going to happen. The government will shut down on tuesday. This morning, the house did send its version to the senate. Something the senate will likely reject, not until tomorrow. Jean meserve reports. The blame game. Terribly destructive, totally unnecessary. The president is saying, i will shut down government if you dont give me everything i want on obamacare. In the wee hours of sunday morning, the republican controlled house of representatives did pass a bill. But the democratically controlled senate has already promised to reject it because of two amendments tacked on in the house. One delays for a year implementation of the Affordable Care act socalled obamacare. The other eliminates a tax on medical devices such as wheelchairs that would partially fund the Health Care Law. Mr. Obamas existing Health Care Law is the r
Get obama care repealed. Chief congressional krbt Mike Emmanuel live for us on capitol hill today. Mike, how does the speaker plan to move forward with the republican majority . Well, gretchen, as expected Speaker Boehner talked a lot about 46 jobs and economic bills that pass the house of representatives, but were never taken up by the democrat majority in the United States senate, so he is focused a great deal on jobs and trying to fix the economy. I had the opportunity to ask the speaker about another issue out today. The wall street journal report about president obama secretly reaching out to irans Supreme Leader. Heres the speaker on that. The wall street journal is out with a report saying that president obama has sent a secret leader to a secret letter to irans Supreme Leader on fighting isis. Your reaction, sir . Zi dont trust the iranians. I hope the negotiations that are underway are serious negotiations, but i have my doubts. I should note that the white house is not confir
Same Universe with a New Name, Discussing Free Stars: Children of Infinity hardcoregamer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hardcoregamer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.