Former intelligence officials from the clinton, bush and obama demonstrations spoke monday about the Government Security clearance process and recommendations for moving the system. From the Wilson Center, this is an hour and a half. Good morning welcome bright and early on monday to the Wilson Center. I and jane harman, president ceo recovering politician for many many years, too many for some of my detractors. I spent time in the house of representatives working on security and intelligence issues and numbers of people sitting here are my friends on a bipartisan basis. Im very excited that we are doing something truly useful this morning, which is to host a Panel Discussion on security clearance, and nextgen overhaul. If you dont understand what nextgen means you probably should leave the room. Todays problems are digital. Too many of our policies and politicians are analyzed. Anyone who has held a secret or top secret clearance knows what i mean. Parts of our system fit the 19th cen
Representatives working on security and intelligence issues and numbers of people sitting here are my friends on a bipartisan basis. Im very excited that we are doing something truly useful this morning, which is to host a Panel Discussion on security clearance, and nextgen overhaul. If you dont understand what nextgen means you probably should leave the room. Todays problems are digital. Too many of our policies and politicians are analyzed. Anyone who has held a secret or top secret clearance knows what i mean. Parts of our system fit the 19th century like the paper timecards we are stuck with it. Not kidding. Bottom line if we want a workforce with secure and talented our approach to security clearances needs an overhaul asap. The way we do business right now and at least three serious problems. First, we are not getting the right people in the door. More than ever we need individuals with Language Skills and cultural staff working in National Security but its too hard for a native
From the tisch studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Good evening, thanks for joining us. The central philippines have been devastated by whats being described as one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall. Red cross officials estimate 1,200 people have been killed. Typhoon hayian ripped through the Eastern Islands of the philippines. Meteorologist said the storm had winds of 200 Miles Per Hour when it came ashore. It crushed buildings, brought down power lines and left roads impassable. Widespread flooding after a powerful storm surge. Devastation is i dont have the words for it. Its really horrific. Its great human tragedy. Theres no power. By the time the sunsets its dark and, you know, youre just going to have to make your way to where you can find some shelter. Filipino officials reported widespread looting in the aftermath of the storm. Hayian is now heading towards vietnam where emergency preparations are being made and several hundred,000 people have b
Sreenivasan those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan on wall street today, the end of 2013 went much like the rest of this record setting year stocks kept rising. The s p 500 had its best year since 1997, up 29 . Other major indexes also scored big. The Dow Jones Industrial average added another 72 points today to close at 16,576. The nasdaq rose 22 points to close at 4,176. Well look at what drove the yearlong rally right after the news summary. Two new reports rounded out the year in economic news. Housing
From the tisch studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Good evening, thanks for joining us. The central philippines have been devastated by whats being described as one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall. Red cross officials estimate 1,200 people have been killed. Typhoon hayian ripped through the Eastern Islands of the philippines. Meteorologist said the storm had winds of 200 Miles Per Hour when it came ashore. It crushed buildings, brought down power lines and left roads impassable. Widespread flooding after a powerful storm surge. Devastation is i dont have the words for it. Its really horrific. Its great human tragedy. Theres no power. By the time the sunsets its dark and, you know, youre just going to have to make your way to where you can find some shelter. Filipino officials reported widespread looting in the aftermath of the storm. Hayian is now heading towards vietnam where emergency preparations are being made and several hundred,000 people have b