Talk about Police Brutality and profiling. April. Next question mr. President. [laughter] mr. President i need to find out from you. April ryan how did a selfdescribed workingclass black girl from baltimore get to ask for us president s questions i get called out by every one of them. This is your life and 23 years later and i was out there working and they recognized my work and said we may have a position open and i said okay i thought it was for the dc bureau chief i did not know was for the white house. I even got folded washington and anchored on the weekends but never in my wildest dreams would i imagine i would be questioning for american president s and they call me by name. E. T i did the work. I started local. Being baltimore. I love baltimore city. It was about 36 miles away south and so lets try this. I thought i would be there may be only stay two or three years and i have been here 23. I just started out being a reporter and i realized coming in washington power was havin
Going to the funny thing is in syria linking up with extremist the returning to the home countries including this one and other countries for which we do not require a piece of. Theyre rights as social media and of the use of internet to recruit and inspire is a new phenomenon compared to 30 years ago. Groups have the ability to recruit without an individual ever going to a terrorist training camp. Were to be trained from a command and control structure. And dc a rise of bill wolf attack in the australian ottawa a and here in this country from time to time. The lone wolf threat must be taken seriously because it could arise at any moment in a whole landors United States. Our Intelligence Community does a pretty good job but the nature of bill lowes wolf attack as such it could occur at any moment with little warning. Obviously there has been the military response as part of the International Coalition against isil and iraq and syria. Period and in response to the threats generally to a
Some of our very important Homeland Security initiatives until we have an appropriations bill. Its key that we get one. On the good news front the year ago there were a number of vacancies in the seniorlevel positions and we now have including myself over the last 12 months is to the hard work because 13 confirmed president ial appointments. We also have confirmed president president ial points and is the assistant secretary for legislative affairs in the new assistant secretary for public affairs. We have one nomination think an undersecretary for management to actually happens to be a former client of mine. The retired Vice President bird of Johnson Johnson russ dio who has impressed virtually every senator he has met. He will be a great addition to our team but im hoping he will be confirmed early in the new year. Its no accident that i selected somebody who was the Vice President for administration of Johnson Johnson which is a large decentralized Health Care Company with operating
Power that it already is. The the soft power, its position on north korea will be significant. I understand why china takes the position it takes now because it still serves a purpose in terms of a strategic a strategic buffer, but i think the longer china continues to be a patron of this road state that has been determined by the United Nations as a country that commits crimes against humanity, that turns a blind eye to the nonproliferation regime, it is going to be a huge burden on china increasingly. I believe in the mid to longterm perspective, the sooner china is able to shut this headache the sooner china will become a leader that we will are in its respect, and certainly from south korea. Professor moon. Yes, a pressing priority for all of us. Very shortterm thinking on my part, which is lunch. [laughter] thank you again. Lets give a big hand to our prestigious speakers. [applauding] [inaudible conversations] q a is ten years old, and to mark a decade of compelling conversations
Costs and improve patient care. Im a Glass Half Full kind of person i hope we can work constructively, working with republicans and democrats, the administration all to make sure we have the right incentives in place that allows folks like mary to have access to the material they need. We dont need any unnecessary delay to the regulatory process through tax policies that prevent rations from getting access to these therapies. Could this next congress in january, when they convene for the 114th, addressed this issue . That this is an issue leaders of both sides of the aisle have said its a priority. This tax has been in effect in it with each passing day, more and more money is being siphoned away from investment and job creation and research and development. Where hoping its as soon as possible that congress will act to repeal this tax in this money will be able to immediately go back and it sure that these jobs are not moving offshore and stay here domestically and companies that had