Thought. I will introduce schumer i usually wait for the Ranking Member but i was told to go ahead. Several years ago, but when i have a short statement to put into the record because i want senator sessions to several years ago, the obama tii administration promised, quote, refocusing on limited resources and people on violent offenders, people convicted of crimes, note just families, end of quote. But although there has been more funding for enforcement in 2015, the president s promise goes unfulfilled and many criminals remain in our communities. When will enough be enough . Even those with violent criminal histories arent being removed as promised to the extent they should be. And american citizens are paying the price while Law Enforcement officers are instructed to look the other way. The Administration Says it does not have the resources to enforce the law against all undocumented criminals. But a lack of resources doesnt seem to be the problem. Its a lack of will and the polici
Thought. I will introduce schumer i usually wait for the Ranking Member but i was told to go ahead. Several years ago, but when i have a short statement to put into the record because i want senator sessions to several years ago, the obama tii administration promised, quote, refocusing on limited resources and people on violent offenders, people convicted of crimes, note just families, end of quote. But although there has been more funding for enforcement in 2015, the president s promise goes unfulfilled and many criminals remain in our communities. When will enough be enough . Even those with violent criminal histories arent being removed as promised to the extent they should be. And american citizens are paying the price while Law Enforcement officers are instructed to look the other way. The Administration Says it does not have the resources to enforce the law against all undocumented criminals. But a lack of resources doesnt seem to be the problem. Its a lack of will and the polici
The senate. I congratulate him on his comparable career in the i wish him the very best. Senate incomparable career in the senate. I wish him the very best. I would like to say two other words here. I want to make sure there is a separate place in the record for what i am going to say. I ask consent for that to be the case. Without objection. It is said that you dont chose your family and that is true. We are born into our family and we have no way to determine the family we are born into. Jay rockfeller chose to make the people of this area his community. How did that happen . Born in new york to one of the most famous people like this end up in West Virginia. I was an undergradate student at harvard and he decided he didnt like things they were doing so he left and dropped out of school. He went to japan and spent three years there. He became an interpreter and knows the japanese language well and loves the japanese people today. He started out at harvard and came back and was there
Feel free to come forward if you would like. Good afternoon. Im peter bergen and peter bergen and i run into National Security foundation and its my great pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend Michael Waltz who has this wonderful new book out warrior diplomat a green berets battles from washington to afghanistan which really outlines mikes unusual career both being someone who is creating policy in the white house and the south asia adviser to Vice President cheney and carrying out the policies and the field as a special forces officer. Mike is also running a successful business. Hes a fellow here at the new America Foundation so he is going to outline the big ideas and some of the interesting stories in the book and then we will open up to question after session. Thank you. Mike. Thank you peter and thanks everyone for coming out today. I will just take a brief moment and talk about some of the broader Strategic Issues that i have tried to address in the book and really underl
I really appreciate that question because actually when we develop caring across generations with those two demographic shifts in my. That there is enormous opportunity for us to think about how we are we being a whole new social contract in the fabric of our nation weeding and. And the truth is i want to go back to this point about multigenerational relationship and the imports of multigenerational relationships that help bridge a lot of the gaps. I think weve worked really hard in the campaign to think about people who are aging people with disabilities, the caregivers themselves whether their family caregivers or the workers themselves, and really the demographics of who are the workers and one of the need for those workers. But also looking at people like myself or in the Sandwich Generation who are also trying to figure out how we meet the needs of our children and also the needs of her aging parents. Or aging loved ones in our household. And even how we are managing ourselves in