Dozens of Different Missions for decades are simply shocking and unacceptable. It is the u. S. That is footing most of the bill for the peacekeepers who are committing these atrocities against men, women, and children. If the people who we are funding and supporting to the peacekeepers cannot be trusted our support for peacekeeping is at risk of doing more harm than good. Listen to act, not just to bring an end to Sexual Exploitation. Simply providing peacekeeper and police does not fulfill a Member States obligation. It is the responsibility of Member States to oversee the appropriate units. It is a struggle. Contributing countries are deploying in order to get troops paid we are not attracting the best, most capable forces from around the world. Before we make progress, we have to institute meaningful accountability for nations and their peacekeepers that connect these crimes. Ive been forward to exploring ways we can help the u. N. Push for accountability that is meaningful to and t
Resources into all the stations and as youre going through the process. The organizational span of control, we know is too wide, as you noted in your in the meeting we had yesterday and its not mission focused. So i appreciate particularly what youve been highlighting on the customer focus of metro and the need to have a much more customer focused work force and to have that be certainly a top priority. I was able to go up to the rock recently, the rail operations control center, and i know one of the biggest concerns that i had had when i read articles like the washingtonian back in december, was the training program. I noticed in the recent audit that they identified training as a key problem area. Any way we can help you as you go through that process of revitalizing and changing that training so we have the best people available and get the most value for the money and resources were putting in here. I thank the chairman for allowing us to join you here today. I thank the general m
This is still an active scene. Wbff is still shut down. Significant Law Enforcement presence here. Still investigating the area. Looking at whatever evidence might be on scene. There is that front door where the man walked inside at 1 20 this afternoon. Again, he was wearing a panda suit. Onesie as it was described with a surge call mask. He presented a flash drive. Said there was something on it he wanted to put on the news. Eventually two hours later he walked out of the station with wires hanging out. It did appear to be a bomb according to police. He would not comply with authorities. He was fired on by three different officers. At least three to five shots is what we are being told. He was struck three times. He was then not communicating with police extensively. He was not complying. The police sent in a robot that successfully removed the device from the man and then he was taken into custody. Serious but stable condition. Police sate looked like a bomb but it was candy bars out