Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Who would hear from the cybersecurity and intercommunity agency which launched task force a year ago to address threats. The department will testify about the progress that has been made. Well also hear from the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency which plays an instrument and dispensable role in securing our election. Well hear from Public Officials who have heard received Death Threats because of their efforts to protect voting. I want to play a video to put this in perspective. Donald trump launching an assault on the integrity of the election, policing a barrage of false claims of fraud and corruption without evidence. We were winning and then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled away. In secret, we have so much evidence and proof. Donald trump, jr. And other allies threatened to turn against allies who do not rust to the president s rate the president s defense. Is also having a detrimental effect on poll workers
Afghanistan and this has included 43 individuals and companies identified as having actively supported insurgent groups. Unfortunately, not every agency in the u. S. Government has the same fire in the belly. When we refer companies or individuals for suspension and debarment, those individuals are not acted on expeditiously as we want. We have proposed granting sigar or the theater commanders that can allowance to get rid of bad actors as soon as we find them. We are also working more closely than any other Law Enforcement agency with the Afghan Police and prosecutors to get afghans charged, tried, and convicted in afghan accords for bribery and corruption. Remember, this may sound odd to you, why are we using u. S. Court stepped in afghanistan, unlike in iraq where u. S. Contractors were predominant, the u. S. Government promoted an Afghan First Initiative which emphasized prioritizing contracts with afghanowned and operated companies. That is why in order to fulfil our mission of co
With chief Williams Scott from the San Francisco Police Department and Sarah Hawkins from the police accountability. Great thank you everyone for joining us. Now if we can stand and please say the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you so much. Sergeant can you call the first item please. Yes, line item 1 is going to be general Public Comment. At this time the public is now welcomed to address the commission for up to 2 minutes on items that do not appear on tonights agenda. Under the Police Commission rules, personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by public. Comments and opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415alternatively you may submit Public Comment on either ways. Or written comments may be sent to the Public Safety buildings. If you would like to make Public Comment, ple
Believe them. If you ask most americans do you want smaller government, they say yes. Then if you ask them to cut my particular item on the budget, they dont want to cut anything. So its not clear if they really believe in it. Based on the best data i have when writing this book lowest 10 and highest 30 . So lib tarnse if they were conscious and political, they could be a big movement. It could be a group of people that have a lot of influence in politics but they are not organized that way right now. What you might not know sunday night at 8 00 on cspan q a. The Inspector General overseeing reconstruction efforts in afghanistan said the u. S. Risks losing billions of dollars without proper oversight of the projects. Those remarks same at the same time that president karzai. This is 50 mens. Thank you very much. And thank you very much for everyone showing up this afternoon. They were very generous comments and i am honored to be here today at the stimson center, an institution named f
Host and on the leadership side, who are the ones to watch . Guest we have a woman on the Budget Committee and of course, nancy pelosi on the house side. As you mentioned earlier, the new congressman from phoenix, ariz. , when she was growing up, she lived in such poverty that her family lived in an abandoned gas station for two years with no electric anything. By the way, this she is in her 30s. This was not 60 years ago. This was 30 years ago. These are some folks who have been through some life experiences. They know what people are going through. Get some solutions and that means getting our economic house in order and giving opportunity for folks to succeed in this country. Host in virginia, good morning. Caller good morning. I understand that your goal is to increase the number of women in government, but i have problems squaring up with not a a supporting republican women or women who are not prochoice. Are you quitting makers . Or are you are you queen makers . Are you just the