Leaving the United States, traveling to conflict zones, syria most notably, and the concern that they became or already were radicalized with the intent of returning to the United States to do us harm. That, of course, remains a concern of ours, but increasingly we are concerned about the homegrown radicalized violent extremist. And we had an effort that was under the rubric of countering violent extremism, but we rebranded that effort very importantly and created the office for Community Partnerships because ultimately ultimately the owners of that effort must be the local communities themselves to be able to identify individuals who are on the path to radicalization and to intervene in that path. We, in the federal government, can facilitate and equip them to address this phenomenon. The director james comey has spoken on a number of occasions publicly about the fact that there are approximately 1,000 individuals under investigation in the United States now. There are individuals in
Will moderate the first session this morning with the deputy secretary of dhs. Mike balboni is a longtime friend, coconspirator on a whole host of issues. He serves on our board and more importantly has served in numerous roles related to Homeland Security, including the Homeland Security adviser to two different governors in the state of new york, a former senator, state senator in new york who really picked up and defense of a lot of the Homeland Security issues from the status of the. Also resides from my hometown, long island. He represented long island, as you can see im wearing the islanders color today. But without further ado it introduced mike balboni who is ceo of redland strategies. You see him a lot on our tv screens throughout the country. Mike, the floor is yours. Thank you. [applause] good morning ladies and gentlemen. I dont know if you share my sense of enthusiasm that its great when you come from the hinterlands of the state did you come to washington, d. C. And to ge
My life without my son. 17 and 19yearold were the people who shot my son. How is that . Why are we not doing more . Reporter the call to address the issue of gun violence here on the streets of new york city and colorado came with acknowledgment from some of the harshest critics of police conduct, that the battle being waged is two pronged. At the same time we deal with police accountability, we have to work with them in dealing with gun violence. And weve got to be able to thread that needle and weve got to be able to do it with focus. The truth is the truth. We can deal with the police 6789 we can deal with ourselves. Reporter spike lee joined the group of mostly politicians to announce his film a satire will not have a party but a march. Were not having a celebration after a premier in new york city. Its going to be a march. Reporter and a resolution to congress for National Gun Violence awareness month. Historic resolution. Hasnt been done before to make sure we can fight this issu
Reports say former White House cybersecurity official and cybersecurity executive Jeff Greene will join CISA to replace outgoing official Eric Goldstein as