Lets go over here. Back hear. The daily foundation. It has been a really strange week in the realm of ideas. We had an article earlier in the atlantic. The Islamic State is very islamic and its foolish to talk about these things without entering realistically and seriously in the realm of ideas. To what extent does the allergy have consequences . What role does the United States playing talking about theology . Do we combat the seriously theologically driven threat . Well, i want to say one thing you. Do we have a general in charge of ideas . Do we have somebody who wakes up every day and looks of the ideological war and says this is our going to play the battlefield . We dont. [inaudible conversations] so it is not just that piece. All of the other things that we are putting into the bucket of the soft power that that person doesnt actually control. And so the integration of both of those things i mean, in my view is we think about all of these pieces, including the theological piece
Cultivate the alienation, and that festers. They themselves arecriminals, gangsters, thugs on the farthest fringes of the faith they claim to represent. Yet they prey on disaffected young people without jobs or even a sense of belonging of where they were born. And they exploit social media to bolster their ranks and make fear go viral. Extremists have a strategy for hate. We need a comprehensive strategy for harmony, reintegration and peace. Second, preventing violent extremism and promoting human rights go hand in hand. Time and again we have seen that the most effective recruiting agents for extremists are the very actions taken against them. All too often counterterrorism strategies let basic elements of due process have respect for the rule of law. Shaping testify in additions of terrorism are often used to criminalize the legitimate actions of opposition groups Civil Society organizations and human rights defenders. Government should not use the fight against terrorism and extrem
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome secretary of state john kerry. [applause] am pleased to share with you and i think all of you know this anyway, that the threat posed by violent extremism has been a top priority for president obama from the day that he became commanderinchief. A very few months after he took office he spoke to the university in cairo and stated clearly that on his watch, the United States would relentlessly confront violent extremist pose a grave threat to our security because we reject the same thing that people of all faiths reject, the killing of innocent men, women and children. He continued, its my first duty as president to protect the American People. In the year since, president obama has proven that he understands the best way to do that is to protect not only the American People but also innocent people everywhere. And to Work Together as a Global Community to fight back against the violent extremism that attacks all of us. Thats why he has literally spen
I appreciate the good work in ferreting this out. How long is Homeland Security and secret service had your report . When did they get your first draft . They received my first draft this draft may 6th. We supplied the underlying materials either in the middle of late last week. Yet theres been no consequence yet. We get reports that maybe one person is going to retire and who knows when that will be. What direction does secretary clancy have in revoking their security clearance . I dont have that information. But he could revoke their security clearance immediately. Correct . Im not sure what the process is for revocation of security clearances. I know there is a process that is involved but i dont know what it is. It could be put on nonpaid leave. Correct . Thats my understanding. Do you think this is an aggravated situation . My understanding is that nonpaid leave unfortunately congressman you getting into areas of Employment Law that are simply beyond my competence. I apologize. I
Quickly as it would have. Unemployment will not go down as quickly as it would have. And there are lives behind that. And thats real. And its not necessary. Thats the problem. Reporter there is a way out of this, of course, scott, and thats for both sides to compromise. But in this conflict, neither side has shown any willingness to do that at all. Pelley thank you. It is a feature of this law that federal managers cant choose where to cut. The reductions must be across the board thereby eliminating both the wasteful and the vital. A few programs are exempt, however, and we asked nancy cordes to tell us where the cuts are coming. Reporter food stamp fund will not be cut. Neither will Childrens Health subsidies or medicaid. Democrats protected those programs for the poor and a few others when they were negotiating the sequester with republicans two years ago. And both sides agreed that military pay and benefits along with funding for veterans should be shielded from the budget ax as wel