How long do you think that will take . I have to i do not i know we are partially through the Associated Press request. Ill just ask a request, if the chairman asks for the calendars, how long will it take . I have to find out how many more have to be processed. How many more what . We at least as a courtesy, as part of the agreement, we mark documents to the congress about whether or not their public release would be detrimental. This is just a calendar. If the secretary of state was having a meeting, a sensitive meeting with a Foreign Government shes not there anymore. The existence of that meeting, sir, could be dispositive along the lines of activities that secretary kerry is carrying on. To be clear, im not talking about, sir, withholding information from you. But we have to process it so that you know what we consider sensitive as opposed to let me move to something else. According to the inspector generals office, the state department has previously reported that Certain Records
Has acknowledged they do not perform oversight of these programs. Remarkably, a similar argument for collection under these programs is marked by the arguments under the section 215 program. This is the promise of big data. This is the Technology Age in which we live. What it means is that massive amounts of information can now be collected in order to anticipate threats and to anticipate individuals who might engage in wrongdoing. That approach is what the founders rejected. While information is being collected under foreign intelligence authorities, in certain circumstances, it may be used and is being used for criminal prosecution. The problem is, our communications are now global. We have historically depended on the borders of the United States to protect us. We are no longer bound by geography in how we communicate. Our conversations go internationally routinely. When they do, they can be monitored under a mere yut of programs currently in place. Similarly, our private papers and
Then it said it planned to accept a floor of 85,000 refugees and at least 100,000 next year. Once here with Refugee Status those individuals can claim any job and collect any federal welfare benefit. Recent statistics from the department of health and Human Services office of Refugee Resettlement indicate that 75 of refugees receive food stamps and more than half receive Free Health Care and cash benefits. For refugees from the middle east the numbers are even higher. More than 90 of recent middle eastern refugees draw food stamps and about 70 receive Free Health Care and cash welfare. Refugee settlement also comes with security risks as we have witnessed with the surge of isis recruitment among, for example, somali refugee communities in minnesota. Anyone claiming to have a serious and honest discussion of Refugee Resettlement must ask the difficult questions about integration, how can we accomplish that. Assimilation, and community safety. This is certainly true with respect to count
States has allocated more than 4. 5 billion to meet syrian humanitarian needs. This includes over 1. 5 billion to ngos, the International Federation of red cross and red crescent and other International Organizations. Yet according to unhcr chronic funding shortages are greatly limiting aid. Since 2011 the u. N. Appeals have remained significantly underfunded and recently resulted to cuts in food aid and cash assistance. Lack of supplies is leading to begging, child labor, survival sex and increased debt. The world can and must do better. Its imperative when we talk to our allies particularly in the gulf countries that we emphasize the necessity of meeting the humanitarian need of these refugees. While the United States has been the leader weve fallen short in absorbing refugees. Jordan has absorbed half a million. Lebanon 1 million and turkey 2 million but since the 2011 the United States has taken in roughly 1,500 Syrian Refugees most in the past year. This is simply not acceptable.
Didnt find a whole lot in terms of studies that have looked at these things. Theres a lot of studies that talk about computer assisted and used to design a program that could be effective. What criteria is success . Well, first of all i think it was successful in that we did achieve what Congress Actually asked us to do in 1996, make sure that it was no inequality in terms of, you know, highincome areas having classrooms connected and lowincome areas not. By the way, in the early phase, not sure that will be true of the reform of the erate, but there certainly were studies that suggested that the erate in the years 97 through 2002 i think actually helped drive an upgrade to broadband in those areas where you had erate finding. It was kind of an anchor institution that drove greater connectivity. Look, i appreciate that. I think if you look at the weight of all the evidence that came in from various groups, and you can say they are biased, support for reform of the program to have wifi