so, i heard what you say in broad outlines. what would be your top three priorities for assuring that the department has the organization, the tools, and the resources it needs to meet its mission? well, the first priority, sir, is getting adequate funding. as i said, we re very appreciative of where we stand on the appropriations process to date. as senator coons being the new chairman of the subcommittee on appropriations. second, investing in our workforce to try to build a workforce to face the challenges of the next several decades at a strategic level, but also, as i mentioned, retention is a real concern. our attrition numbers are not as high as you might think, but anecdotally and some surveys are suggesting that a significant number of employees are thinking about leaving. so that s the canary in the coal mine we have to worry about. and so we have to address a lot of the pain points that make it hard to serve. and that undermine morale. and so we won t hit a lot o
today s white house briefing with jen secretary jen psaki who takes questions on president biden s agenda. it s about 55 minutes. joining us today is barat, deputy director of the national economic council for financial reform and consumer protection. he was formally the managing director of the corporate power program at the roosevelt institute. he also served on the congressional oversight commission for the c.a.r.e.s. act, a position he was appointed to by senate majority leader chuck schumer last year. previously ba rat was top economic adviser to senator elizabeth warren during her 2020 campaign and senior council for banking and economic policy in her senate office. he will give you deliver some brief remarks, take some questions and thank you so much for joining us. good afternoon. earlier today the president had the chance to visit a couple small businesses here in town. one is a locally owned hardware store that s been around for 150 years. the other, which lea
and to go beyond to build the conditions for humanity to live together in peace. meanwhile, president obama delivered more nuanced talk but with little action to back it up and that has even some top democrats restless. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight s top story. reporter: jordan s military pounded isis targets today with 20 of their fighter jets plus 21 american planes as king abdullah met with the family of the jordanian pilot who was burned alive. jordan s foreign minister exclusively telling fox that after that brutal murder the air raids have intensified. we are going to go after them wherever they are and we are doing that. reporter: the national prayer breakfast, president obama offered some of his toughest words yet. we see a brutal vicious death cult that in the name of religion carries out unspeakable acts of par barrism. reporter: the president s critics are pushing for him to back up those words with more action. this president i
terrorists there for further interrogation to keep this country safe. more from the freshman center who schools the administration in terrorism. and also fights wars. he s a veteran. he was bur shoplifting but then this cop let him go. it s not black and white for us. there s a lot of gray. and you have to cipher through everything and you really need to figure out the whole story. why he had a change of heart. it s friday and mornings remain better with friends. it s time for fox & friends. tgif thank goodness it s fox. and friday as well. we re live this morning from studio e. glad you re here and we re going to bring you a fox news alert off the top. we re looking live where jordanians are marching in sol dari with the solidarity with the family of their murdered pilot by isis. fighter jets launching airstrikes on isis targets in syria. president obama is expected to step up our assault finally against the militants and ask congress to authorize milit
hearings, there are many experts who would contend the complexity of the geopolitics that led to the u.s. retreat from europe created an opening for putin and the ukraine. clearly we must closely coordinate with our european friends for the sanctions against russia to work but i think without any doubt we can all agree on one point and that is that the united states must take the lead. i believe the administration the legislation passed with unanimous consent in both houses of congress. it authorized the president to provide much needed military and humanitarian aid to ukraine and imposes additional sanctions against russia. this legislation was necessary in december. and it is certainly necessary today. now, we all want a diplomatic solution. but this can only come about when at the cost of continuing to ravage ukraine is simply too high. providing nonlethal equipment like night vision goggles is all well and good. giving ukrainians the ability to see russians coming, bu