So devastated by something theyd done to violate that core sense of love and care for others that they would kill themselves says something about the power of that spirit. Um, that it would rather kill the body than give up that core humanity. smith those suffering from moral injury may have symptoms similar to posttraumatic stress, such as depression and suicidal thoughts. They may selfmedicate with drugs and alcohol. However, the root causes are different. Ptsd is fearbased, while moral injury stems from feelings of guilt and shame. A lot of them will say things like, god will never forgive me for this. Um, you know, i dont know how i actually could do that. I cant live with myself. Im trying to forget. I drink every day so i can forget. smith there is no clinical diagnosis for moral injury and it cannot be healed with medicine. brock for people who are really struggling with a really profound sense that theyre not good anymore, saying its a psychological problem isnt quite enough. T
Of state and Homeland Security share their thoughts for strengthening the program. Currently individuals from socalled friendly countries are not required to have a visa when entering the u. S. For stays of 90 days or less. This is about an hour and a half. Call to order here. I want to thank the witnesses. There may have been a little miscommunication in terms of the timing. I thought we wanted to start this at 11 00, we had the vote at 10 45. Thats why our attendance is not as strong. Also appreciate we were able to set this up as a roundtable. I want to have Administration People and people from the outside sitting together so we can have a good discussion. This will be pretty much a free flowing discussion which is also nice. Rather than have it structured and seven minutes per senator. When were on a topic ill encourage my colleague to jump in. So its not disjointed. We have four witnesses here, miss kelly parisi. Shes the deputy secretary of the office in the office of policy. Sh
Not required to have a visa when entering the u. S. For stays of 90 days or less. This is about an hour and a half. Call to order here. I want to thank the witnesses. There may have been a little miscommunication in terms of the timing. I thought we wanted to start this at 11 00, we had the vote at 10 45. Thats why our attendance is not as strong. Also appreciate we were able to set this up as a roundtable. I want to have Administration People and people from the outside sitting together so we can have a good discussion. This will be pretty much a free flowing discussion which is also nice. Rather than have it structured and seven minutes per senator. When were on a topic ill encourage my colleague to jump in. So its not disjointed. We have four witnesses here, miss kelly parisi. Shes the deputy secretary of the office in the office of policy. She can speak to the enhancements that dhs is thinking of strengthening the currents visa program. Mr. John wagner is here for customers and Bor
She can speak to the enhancements to strengthen the Visa Waiver Program. John wagner the Deputy Assistant commissioner for u. S. Customs and Border Protection at the u. S. Department of Homeland Security. He can speak of options and considerations of the waiver program. He will discuss the benefits of preclearance operations. Next witness will be mr. Jussen siberal. Im really bad. Not even 50 . He is the deputy coordinator for the Counterterrorism Bureau at the department of state. He can speak to the existing sharing agreements the u. S. Has with Visa Waiver Program countries. Mr. Mark frey, senior director and former director of the Visa Waiver Program from 2007 to 2010. As former director mr. Frey can speak to the need to enhance the Visa Waiver Program in a sensible way to maintain the benefits of the program at the same time enable dhs. Mr. Frey did provide testimony. It is probably the most succinct summary of the Visa Waiver Program. It would be nice if you could go through in a
Call roll at this time. Of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission to order can we please have the roll call commissioner courtney commissioner Vice President moran commissioner courtney commissioner kwon and commissioner caen will arrive shortly. Approval of the draft minutes is there a motion to approve the minutes of the 6 additions, deletions, or changes Public Comment . All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . That motion carries next item, please. Item 4 general Public Comment francisco da costa please. Commissioners, i want to wish you all a happy new year so. Happy new year to you. Thank you so we are now amending the taxpayers theyre going to be seeing a lot changes in 2016 whether we like it are not and what im requesting is not too many people have the time to come here time is precious so we all have our own projects and if you see less and less Public Comment here given it is less and less experts from the community i can mention a few like Steve Lawrence and john and anoth