2015. On our threehour program this morning, well be talking about police reform, u. S. National security challenges in the middle east, and the state of the u. S. Auto industry. But we begin this morning with the renewed debate in the country over the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship. With republican president ial candidate donald trump and several of his fellow gop contenders now calling for an end to the practice of granting automatic citizenship to anyone born on u. S. Soil, were asking our viewers to weigh in on this latest debate over immigration policy. Should the u. S. End birthright citizenship . If you think yes, the number for you is 2027488000. If you say no to ending birthright citizenship, the number is 2027488001. We also have a special line this morning for americans whose parents were foreign born, those firstgeneration americans can call in at 2027488002. A very good thursday morning to you on the washington journal. We begin this morning with a concept of bi
Protection, and securitysecuri technologies will come to order. First of all, im sure speak for all of us here on the dais in expressing our deepest condolences to all of the family members and all of the victims of yesterdays tragedy in las vegas. Events like the one yesterdayic really demand the utmost humanity in response to such blind hate and evil, and hopefully will give us all a renewed sense of purpose today as we approach the task of the h day. The subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony regarding the department of Homeland Security is Cybersecurity Mission. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. We are here to today, at the start of National Cybersecurity awareness month, to discuss what i believe is one of the defining Public Policy challenges of ouri generation, the cybersecurityy posture of the United States. We have seen cyberattacks hit practically every sector of our economy with devastating impact to both Government Agencies ande the private sector ali
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Free. This is a wonderful turnout and what promises to be a very timely event. Let me start by giving a couple of works couple of words of introduction. Hogan. Ou to senator john there are a lot of offices involved on this work. In addition to our inhouse work in terms of publications, in terms of events to be able to and representll the findings of our friends. Couple of words about the american foreignpolicy counsel. Including transnational threats and radical islam. Counterterrorism is actually broader and represented here. This is one component we do. To talk about different angles. A very complex topic that may be underserved currently. Other groups do not fall into that broad category. We also publish twice monthly global islamism. If you havent already there is a signup up sheet outside where you can sign up free of charge and it brings you that type of information every two weeks on. Extremist islamic ideology and trends in ideology but also in terms of movement, what is happen