The u. S. Securities and exchange commission, testifies observe the House Financial Services committee on emergency lending during the covid19 pandemic. Watch live today at noon eastern on cspan3, online at cspan. Org, or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Now, the first of two house jushy Committee Members well e hear from, pennsylvania democra Madeleine Dean joins us on the i dayn the house will vote on a Sweeping Police Reform bill. Theres lot in this bill, but if you could point to just one provision that would make the biggest difference if it was passed, what would you point to . Well, there are too many to point to one, but ill start with banning of the choke hold. This is a very big day and a e and very big povote. Im proud i will be voting for the George Floyd Justice in policing act. Its a comprehensive reform bill to get at Police Brutality, police systemic racism, and so banning the choke hold that we saw so grotesquely used againstd another human being, george floyd,
For the study of intelligence where he was the deputy director. He began his career in the cia, it age s you if i say in 192772. After two years in the United States army, also with the u. S. Military command in vietnam. Since his retirement from cia he was also National Security and teaches at Georgetown School for service. He is also a founding Advisory Board member at the International Spy museum, here since the beginning. Hes the author of a new book, the foundation of the cia harry truman, the missouri gang and the origins of the cold war. Youre not here to listen to me talk, so, thanks, rick, for coming out. [ applause ] and thank you all for coming out when you could be over at the Christmas Market across the street. I appreciate that. As vince said, ive been a cia officer for running on to 50 years now. And for the last 20 years i taught intelligence courses at Georgetown School of foreign service. And in teaching there at georgetown, ive discovered as well as from participatin
Down terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. She went on to become an fbi special agent at the l. A. Field office where she specialized in chinese counterintelligence operations. Tracy lives with her husband and four and a halfyearold daughter in dallas, texas. This evening tracy will discuss her memoire, the unexpected spy, from the cia to the fbi. My secret life taking down some of the worlds most notorious terrorists. Tracy will be interviewed by our very own historian and curator, dr. Vince houghton. After their discussion they will open the floor to audience questions and answers. Everyone will have an opportunity to ask their questions this evening. We are also going to ask that if youre trapped in the middle of a row, please put your hand up and we will ensure that you have a mic to answer your questions, but there will be two mics on each side of the auditorium that you can use to answer your question. Again, if you cant get out, just stay where you are at, raise your hand
Nursing homes. We are joining this hearing in progress. Youre watching live coverage on cspan3. As one basis for work authorization. U. S. Cis has used deferred action in medical and humanitarian cases for decades. The idea is longstanding, and, in fact, customary. In one data set i received in 2011, nearly half of the cases i could identify involved serious medical conditions. And many of the cases involved more than one factor. For example, deferred action was granted to a 47yearold schizophrenic who overstayed his visa, was the son of a lawful perm resident, and had siblings who were u. S. Citizens. Over 100 of these cases involved people whose homes were destroyed by an earthquake in haiti. In another data set, a 578 cases obtained from u. S. Cis in 2013, 336 were based on medical issues. One case involved a mexican female who entered the United States without inspection and had two u. S. Citizen children. One of her children had down syndrome, and the other child had serious medic
And im a curator historian here at the International Spy museum in washington, d. C. We have the largest collection of espionage and intelligencerelated artifacts in the world, and today were going to be looking at cold war berlin. Now, after world war ii ended, germany was divided between victors. Thats the united states, france, united kingdom, and the soviet union. Soviet union occupied the east and the other three countries the west. And that included the capital city of berlin, which was also divided into four sectors, one for each of the victors, again, with the soviets occupying the eastern zone of berlin, and the three western powers occupying the western zones of berlin. And this start of the division of germany, and the division of berlin after the war. Now, that division became concrete with the erection of the berlin wall in 1961. Now, the wall was put up by the eastern germans offensively to keep people out. In the years after world war ii and with the occupation of east g