We are live here at the Woodrow Wilson center in washington, d. C. Today, look at the popes visit to the u. S. This september. Pope francis we stopping in washington, new york city and philadelphia. A National Press foundation bring together reporters who cover religion and they will talk about ideas for coverage of pope francis first trip to the United States. Some issues expect to be discussed today and some issues expect the pope to address while in the u. S. Poverty hunger, immigration, the environment and more. Live coverage here on cspan2. Id like to take just a minute to thank the sponsors for this event, the u. N. Foundation and the Aarp Foundation and to meet some other folks later on. With that i would turn it over to linda. Thank you sandy. We will move right into logistic. Im going to introduce helen osman, secretary of to make a shift of u. S. Catholic conference of bishops. She is coordinating Media Coverage around the visit pope francis next month which, of course, why w
Satellites and cause chaos here in the city of the heartland as president graham would you responders that an act of war are not . Heres the problem very as the threats of this country grow we are disarming ourselves. Ive never seen more threats particularly in the cyber arena so what is the response to cut the military budget and have the Smallest Army since 1940, the Smallest Navy since 1915 to neuter the f. The i cia and nsa at the time we need them the most revealing way we will prevent an attack on this country is hit them before they come here and ask to Hillary Clinton the last person in the world you want to send into the ring of the russians as Hillary Clinton. After the clintons ive been dealing with this for 20 years. I am fluent in clinton speak. You want to translate . When bill said i didnt have sex with that woman, he did. When she says i will tell you about bill when i get to the president mean shed want and which he tells us trust me you got all the emails you need we
Its will on a minority group. So there are all kinds of reasons for violence. But one of the phenomenon that we are now seeing is he very specific promotion of violent extremism that oftentimes is twisting and distorting. And i think ultimately defying the hedicts of one of the worlds great religions, islam, and groups like al shabab and isil and boko haram. And the question is how do we fight back against those ideologies that allows us still to be true to the values of peace and tolerance and due process and rule of law. So the United States is obviously committed to this fight against terrorism. And we are working with countries and partnering with countries all around the world to go after, whether it is al qaeda, boko haram. But what weve also said is in order to defeat the extremist ideologies it couldnt just be police, military and security. It has to be reaching into communities that feel marginalized and making sure they feel they are hurt. Making sure the young people in thos
Outcome of senator schumer. Obviously pres. Obamas not on the ballot, but his policy is under attack. Does it seem at all with the what the republican essay and the reason why the middle east is such a mess now but theyre saying because we president obama ordered troops out of iraq, thats why, can you at least, and on that . I think it doesnt hurt to illustrate the starkly different approaches by democrats and the president obama. President obama has made clear that he does not see the scenario where u. S. Military personnel will be engaged in combat operation in iraq or syria. I know know many republicans on the stage last night who either on the stage or previously articulated their support for a strategy that would include significant commitment of u. S. Boots on the ground in iraq and syria. The president doesnt believe that would be the best way to advance National Security in the United States. Thats a disagreement weve had for a long time and ultimately the American People will
And with that i will turn it over to linda. Thank you, sandy. We will move right into logistics. Im going to in this helen osman, secretary of communications for the u. S. Catholic conference of bishops, court in getting Media Coverage next month which, of course, is why we are all the. Shes been with usccb since 2007 and has been a major player in bringing the church into the digital and social media age. In 2012 the Catholic Press association honored her with the st. Francis award for personal achievement and were happy to have her with us today. Thank you, linda. I appreciate evolving willing to work with me on Getting Started on time. I have some meetings thats mandatory for me answer of my colleagues to be at, at 10 00. I have a few slides, but i like to give more time for yall to ask questions if thats okay with everyone. I thought i would go over very quickly, but of whats different from previous papal visit. I was in the same role in 2008 when Pope Benedict game. And worked wit