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
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And allentown, 7 below in mt. Pocono. And by tomorrow morning, more of this arctic air moving in from the great lakes, its going to keep that arctic air in here, even if the winds die down, its going to feel like its close to zero in west chester, allentown, doylestown, everybodys in the Single Digits, philadelphia at 5. Its not going to warm up a whole lot on saturday, but not this bitter cold. After that, were setting up for some snow to in spread through the area. Hats, gloves and scarves for just about everybody as they got off the bus at the charter school. Crews were loading the salt on to trucks to get the roads ready for what lies ahead this weekend, and that includes snow for many areas that will change over to rain. And sheena, youve got updated information on all that . And it depends where you live, were going to see snow moving in at the start, were going to see an icy mix and then rain. Were going to have a mixed bag, it will be cold at the start and then were going to wa
Is the Prime Minister ready yet . When will she be publishing her own plan . Wishing everybody in the house a very happy new year. Can i say to him that as as ii said in the Liaison Committee i will be in a few weeks setting out more details on the proposal on the issue. I would like to remind the honorable gentleman when he talks about the scottish governments plan, its his party, nationalist party that wants to leave the united kick come and therefore leave the european union. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Generate 16 , does the honorable friend agree with me that Nuclear Industry is a crucial in economy and she continue to support the construction of new generation to guaranty jobs in the region . I certainly agree with my honorable friend that nuclear does have a role in securing future in energy needs specially as we are looking to move in allowcarbon society and the industrial strategy that the government will be setting out will have strong emphasis on the role of region in supporting
Is the Prime Minister ready yet . When will she be publishing her own plan . Wishing everybody in the house a very happy new year. Can i say to him that as as ii said in the Liaison Committee i will be in a few weeks setting out more details on the proposal on the issue. I would like to remind the honorable gentleman when he talks about the scottish governments plan, its his party, nationalist party that wants to leave the united kick come and therefore leave the european union. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Generate 16 , does the honorable friend agree with me that Nuclear Industry is a crucial in economy and she continue to support the construction of new generation to guaranty jobs in the region . I certainly agree with my honorable friend that nuclear does have a role in securing future in energy needs specially as we are looking to move in allowcarbon society and the industrial strategy that the government will be setting out will have strong emphasis on the role of region in supporting