All witnesses. Please discuss the profile of persons of diverse backgrounds within your organization and then for the record, the Committee Requests the addition of grade, years of service and career categories to the annual be added to the annual demographic report. Mr. Coker, why dont you begin . We took a look at our great profile, gg 12 and 13 as recently required by our manager from her directive, 715. We noticed there was a gap there between minority and nonminority and that triggered further analysis. We are in the midst of a study we began in march of this year and expect to complete this fall, september 2019, to take a look at why that gap and promotion rate. Not likely to be one particular item but nonetheless evil have data to support some understanding of that gap. In terms of its effects i can tell you our current senior profile for Senior Officers 32 is female which is good and our minority representation at the senior ranks, nsa, 15 and for people with disabilities it is
Hosted this event. The committee will come to order. Before we get our termite all members we are in an open session and as such will discuss unclassified matters only. Without objection, the chair may declare in recess at any time. I welcome our members and witnesses to todays hearing. Im grateful you have joined us today to discuss admission imperative in the Intelligence Community, significant improvement of diversity and inclusion at all levels, from entrylevel to Senior Leadership and within all disciplines. While there has been some improvement in recent years, the demographic profile of the ic workforce still does not mirror that of the Wider Population and is lagging in attracting the best and the brightest from all walks of life. Fully taking advantage of the diverse intellect, innovation, and experiences here at home better prepares the ic, and our nation, to address tomorrows most pressing challenges and analyze an increasingly complicated and integrated world. In holding th
Well, first it was brazil, then france, then mexico, now its germany. Another ally has accused the u. S. Of spying. German chancellor Angela Merkel comcomplained to president obama that there have been spying on her cell phone. What else is the white house saying about these accusations. Reporter allegations that the spying program that has been so controversial in the wake of edward snowden, first it was france alleging that french citizens of 75 million telephone conversation have been eavesdropped on by the nsa. Today out of the blue here comes the german government, the spokesman for the chancellor making those charges that you just outlined. Today jay carney was asked about it. This was his response. I can tell thought president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. The United States greatly values our close cooperation with germany on a broad range of shared security challenges. The president sai
Activities. The german chancellor Angela Merkel called president obama about complaints that the u. S. Was monitoring her cell phone. I can tell you that the president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the chancellor. The u. S. Greatly values the relationship with germany on a broad range of issues. Reporter what more is the white house saying about all this . Reporter well, not much, really. This came as something of a surprise today. You notice the phrasing that jay carney used, there is not and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor Angela Merkel. When we followed up with a National Security spokeswoman said she could not go any further than what jay carney said leaving the possibility that at a kind of surveillance really has raised the hackles of the German Government and the chancellor Angela Merkel has happened in the past. This comes on the heels of a number of allegations. It seems like another day, another ally
Many republicans thought was impossible and the polls said was improbable. Crowds chanting donald trump is not our president , staging sit ins and in some cases burning images of the images of the president elect. Tonight, we have live team coverage. Jean casarez and ryan young are following demonstrations in new york and chicago. Paul vercammen is on the west coast and set the scene for us. What are the protesters doing and saying tonight . Well, theres about 1200 protesters. They scattered throughout downtown. If you look over here, they are basically chanting all kinds of things including excuse me, love trumps hate. Now they are chanting one person, one vote. Many people in this crowd had expressed to us they fear that some of their relatives or friends might be deported under a trump presidency. Also tonight, many people expressed to us, as californians, they feel that their votes didnt matter in this election because the Electoral College. Some went so far as to say they thought