Hearings on the other events throughout the day. Weekdays at 5 pm and 9 pm eastern, catch washington today. A fast paced report on the stories of the day. Listen to cspan anytime. Just tell your Smart Speaker to play cspan radio. Cspan, powered by cable. According to a report from the Government Accountability office, about 17 with veteran Affairs Department says they have experienced Sexual Harassment on the workplace. Va officials appeared before a subcommittee to address what is being done about the issue. This hearing is about now run af. Todays hearing is titled progress made, an exact role harassment at the department of Veterans Affairs. We will hear from two diversity and inclusion. Miss pretty the johnson Amber Crombie, director of a number of operations for o. M. The eyes operation and thomas costa, other Government Accountability office who is joining us virtually. Sexual harassment is a major problem within the department that affects the wellbeing of va employees. Accordin
Government accountability office, about 17 of employees with the Veterans Affairs department say theyve experienced Sexual Harassment in the workplace. Va officials appeared before a subcommittee to explain what is being done to address the issue. The hearing is about an hour and a half. Todays hearing is titled progress made, anding Sexual Harassment at the department of Veterans Affairs. We will hear from two witnesses. Diversity and inclusion and miss johnsonabercrombie, director of operations as well as mr. Costa, joining us virtually. Sexual harassment is a major problem within the department which affects the wellbeing of va employees. An estimated 17 of va employees experience one form of Sexual Harassment this exceeds the government average of 11 . It might be the highest rate of Sexual Harassment im sure everyone in this room agrees that this is unacceptable. The severity and pervasiveness of Sexual Harassment within va is not new. I wish i could say the department has done al
And you can join the conversation by giving us a call, 202, 585, 3881 for republicans, 2025853881. For democrats, 2025853880. For independents, 2025853882. Facebook or us on send us an email. Journal cspan. Org or twitter. Com cspanwj to send us a tweet. Action prompted at embassies, that is the headline. Based on unspecified information, the warning comes after the state department ordered the closing of 2100 embassies in the Arabian Peninsula. Let me read to a portion of this. The part in the state warned citizens to the continued potential for terrorist attacks, particularly in the middle east or north africa. Host that is from the state department. Matt lee, who follows the state department for the associated press, is with us on the phone. What news can you tell us . Caller there is not much new that we know since thursday or friday, when we receive the notice of the embassy closures. The alert came out on friday. Right now we are kind of in a wait and see mode to see what, if any
Closed as of today. Those include iraq, egypt, and libya. The state Department Says al qaeda and other groups might be targeting u. S. Government or private american interests. That travel alert is set to expire at the end of the month. This morning on nbcs meet the press, two senators talked about the situation. Senator saxby chambliss, the Top Republican on the Senate Intelligence committee, talked about the alert. Iowa senator dick durbin talked about the embassy security. We will take a look at that now. The chatter out there chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning that is going on. Very reminiscent of what we saw pre9 11. We did not take heed on 9 11 the way that we should. I think it is very important that we do take the right kind thelanning as we come to close of ramadan. We know that is always an interesting time for terrorists. We are also, what, 38 days, 37 days away from the september 11 anniversary. Are paying very, very close attention to the chatte
Established after World War II to prevent future world wars, the United Nations remains central to the pursuit of global harmony and stands as a symbol of democracy and human rights. However, in 2024, worldwide conflict and rising power tensions pose major challenges to multilateral cooperation, making the organization’s role in managing international peace and […]