In women and girls. Seizing these opportunities will help prevent crisis in the future but we must still respond to the crisises of today. We cannot turn away from the more than 60 Million People who have been forced to flee their homes, the highest number since world war ii. Many are fleeing the very same terrorists that we are fighting. Now is the time to do more by welcoming more refugees to america. Without discrimination based on race, religion, or ethnicity. And providing more support to refugee hosting countries. And we cannot defeat violent extremism when millions of people see a future of continued injustice and lack of opportunity. Development programs can help address underlying issues that make communities more vulnerable to violent extremism, getting directly to the causes of this problem not only addressing the symptoms. And we cannot ignore how so many challenges are exacerbated by the plague of corruption. Its not just the panama papers. The scale of corruption as much
Care for ouro children, they have to be paid more. To pay them more is going to we increase the payment rate. It is also going to require greater investments to strengthening the supply of childcare. This is especially important in light of the requirements in the law. Put it isal to hard to find. To act would provide funding expand it. One more recommendation, we need investments in Early Education and state prekindergarten programs. We will send more details. Questions from members of the committee . Thank you so much. We invite robert up. He is among a group of employees trying to establish the united workerss unit at the mississippi plant. According to the uaw, large numbers of the workforce are temporary employees who work for years earning significantly lower wamgs and benefits. He worked at nissan for two years. We look forward to hearing your remarks. Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to speak to the Platform Committee. We are here to talk about a workplace where
But the International Communities that agreed we need an inclusive transitional government, even russia and iran agree to that. What were seeing under the circus here is intensified diplomacy between the americans, russians and iranians and others to talk about what that might look like. This is long overdue. President obama has talked about the need for diplomacy, and really there has been far too little diplomacy over syria. What is happening now, as we were talking, russian president Vladimir Putin being introduced. I have the honor to welcome to the United Nations hes excellency Vladimir Putin, president of Russian Federation and to invite him to address the assembly. Your excellency, mr. President , your excellence president secretary germ. Distinguished heads of government, ladies and gentlemen, the 70th anniversary of the United Nations is a good occasion to both take stock of history and talk about our common future. In 1945 the countries that defeated naziism joined its effort
Borders, but beyond. In the past few years alone, i have visited poland, hungary, estonia, russia, and georgia. I have met with Prime Minister netanyahu in israel, visited the allies in the arab gulf, trouble withnisia and iraq, met ukraine,dent of yo and met with our allies in germany, france, and the united kingdom. Understanding the world, and the wisdom to act when needed, is not measured in frequent flyer miles for endless meetings. Affective Foreign Policy is not about effort, it is measured by success. Success in Foreign Policy, just like the mustard policy, must be governed by sound, unshakable principles. Without a clearly stated framework for action, our emmys will be them enemies will be emboldened by uncertainty and indecision. Here is the first and most important principle of american foreignpolicy, the world is a safer place when america leads. Candidate obama crisscrossing europe, speaking before millions. He traveled to berlin to speak to finding crowds with the goal fa
Controlled, the space for Civil Society restricted. Were told that such retrenchment is required to beat back disorder, that its the only way to stamp out terrorism, or prevent foreign meddling. In accordance with this logic, we should support tyrants like bashar alassad, who drops barrel bombs to massacre innocent children, because the alternative is surely worse. The increasing skepticism of our International Order can also be found in the most advanced democracies. We see greater polarization, more frequent gridlock, movements on the far right, and sometimes the left, that insist on stopping the trade that binds our fates to other nations, calling for the building of walls to keep out immigrants. Most ominously, we see the fears of ordinary people being exploited through appeals to sectarianism, or tribalism, or racism, or antisemitism, appeals to a glorious past before the body politic was infected by those who look different, or worship god differently, a politics of us versus the