The truth and erode our ability to fight, creating a set of it that no narrative or use source can be trusted at all. Some of the ttts in this space wont necessarily come as as a surprise to you but we talked about intrusion and u. S. Government networks and medical organizations, hack and leak operations related to compromise or embarrassing situations, Cyber Attacks against our eroding infrastructure, the targeting of u. S. Persons or elected officials by social media and disinformation, suppression of voter turnout by spreading misinformation regarding polling and voting, manipulation of media through the injection of false stories, and news reporting. And then subsequent application of the disinformation to shape of the discourse. Shape Public Discourse. There are a few overarching similarities regarding the manner in which our two principal adversaries, china and russia, execute these objectives. Both countries use a whole of government approach. And use sophisticated and aggressi
Outlooks. We will also hear from the usda chief economist at this forum. It is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good morning, everybody. If you could please find your seat. I would like to welcome everyone to usda 96 annual outlook forum. Usda oldest annual meeting. I am stephen, deputy secretary of agriculture. It is great to see everyone here this morning. This years theme is that innovation imperative. Shaping the future of agriculture. This is a fitting theme for the secretary to announce something we have been working on at usda called the agriculture innovation agenda. We are excited to share more with you this morning. I am joined in this room by many of you that are working to shape the future of our agriculture economy. It is important that we take stock, not only where we are today, but also where we need to go to meet a growing Global Demand with rising standards of living at a time when producers are dealing with uncertainties in the farm economy and the conditio
Supreme court they write on monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in College Admissions adding affirmative action to major cases on abortion , guns, religion and covid19 on the agenda. The court said it would take up lawsuits claiming harvard private ty a institution. The university of North Carolina a state school discriminates against Asian American applicants. A decision against the schools could mean the end of affirmative action in College Admissions. That story, that announcement by the court on monday, heres a story about the sats which was announced yesterday as part of an evolution in where those standard tests are going. Sat is Going Digital example will be online only. Shorter as colleges ditch standardized tests. Joint next by eric huber Senior Writer at the chronicle of Higher Education to talk about in particular the sat change but the significant stories in College Admissions. Eric cooper, good morning. Lets talk about the change in the sat first
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