Overseas if we had a preclearance locations. We have global entry located overseas. We are working towards that together. The secretary is driven towards that goal and i think we are in the process of doing that. I would differ to my colleague from cbp to answer some of that as well. If you would please. Looking up at different arrival experience. Its getting rid of forms for them to fill out. Its motivating selfservice kiosk that not only gives them a better strength but helps us be more efficient and more secure in what we do. Saying things like global entry that frequent lowrisk travelers keeping a program like that. We are getting 60 to 70,000 applications a month for that program. Its been steady like that for the last yeartoyear and a ha half, tremendous uptick in that program. Usage can vary from five to 10 depending on the day the week but it tends to trend with business travel. Later in the week we see those percentages increase up to 10 of total arrivals. Automated passport c
To deploy automated passport control kiosks known as abc. These are like the exact change booths. The administrator portion of the arrivals process thereby reducing the overall interaction time with the cbp officer and allows the cbp officer to focus on the security aspects of that inspection process. In the past year 16 airports are launched apcs and several more planned to join by the end of year. All of these airports that have launched these kiosk we have seen average wait times decrease by 30 to 35 after the installation of kiosks. We have also automate the for 494 arriving at seaports of entry. We have the arrival information from electronic record taking into processes easier and faster for travelers in addition to using reducing hc cause. We are are looking for Paper Production formed to eliminate the process. We envision several ways to use the internet mobile device kiosk and seeing the options available like when checking in for flight. Effective secures should be a travel f
The expectations we have of adoptive families, we certainly have an interest in avoiding a double standard, but it suggested for a subset, and probably a very small subset of adoptive parents, there may be a different standard. What do you think about the evidence that she is uncovered as to the rate of adoptive versus biological parents that are advertising on the internet . You know, its hard for me to say because i dont know what the mindset was of these folks making these poor decisions. I do think that obviously when they adopted a child, they did not take that responsibility of becoming a parent in the way i think it was intended. Certainly, i think its important for laws to be clear how children, when they are placed outside a parents home, what types of laws and regulations should guide that. That should be equally true. Because it didnt happen in this instance, in this investigation, doesnt mean its not possible. I think the fact that parents, whether adopted or not, arent cle
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Public good which needs much more public involvement. Yes. May i add that i do think that what really is at stake is a competition of two systems. Our liberal societies and putins idea that hes going to use the time before we get our act together to export his liberal ways of running a society. I must say what you encountered in bulgearia in that he is targeting the weakest link. I must add one of the biggest problems is not directly related to energy but that the perception of the russian threat is very very different in western europe, in northern europe, Southern Europe and let me say eastern europe. In eastern europe, i think im worried. Im really worried that russia with the multiple tools in his tool box, putin using energy, all kinds of other tools to influence the Eastern European and Central European countries which he feels was once part of his sphere of influence. Its just not fair that they are now on the other side. Lmr. Ambassadors you asked fr a soft ball so i will throw