Now to a hearing on diversity and inclusion in the Intelligence Community. Witnesses included three officials from military and civilian Intelligence Agency who talked about recruitment efforts to include more women and people of color into the workforce. The committee will come to order. Before we begin i want to remind you we are in open session and as such we will discuss unclassified matters only without objection, the chair may declare a recess at anytime. I welcome our members and witnesses to todays hearing. Im grateful you joined us today to discuss the mission imperative in the Intelligence Community, significant improvement of Diversity Inclusion at all levels entrylevel to Senior Leadership and within all disciplines. There has been some improvement in recent years the demographic profile of the workforce still does not mirror of the Wider Population is lighting and attracting the best and brightest from all walks of life. Only taking advantage of the diverse and correct inn
Hosted this event. The committee will come to order. Before we get our termite all members we are in an open session and as such will discuss unclassified matters only. Without objection, the chair may declare in recess at any time. I welcome our members and witnesses to todays hearing. Im grateful you have joined us today to discuss admission imperative in the Intelligence Community, significant improvement of diversity and inclusion at all levels, from entrylevel to Senior Leadership and within all disciplines. While there has been some improvement in recent years, the demographic profile of the ic workforce still does not mirror that of the Wider Population and is lagging in attracting the best and the brightest from all walks of life. Fully taking advantage of the diverse intellect, innovation, and experiences here at home better prepares the ic, and our nation, to address tomorrows most pressing challenges and analyze an increasingly complicated and integrated world. In holding th
Shaking new tremors from an earthquake of magnitude 5. 6 affected people. Now the payment for the trip will become even more convenient in the capital, there is a single travel card for all types of passenger transport, including the metro. Alexander lukashenko suggested that brazil determine a roadmap for the development of relations , this was said the day before at a meeting between the president and the ambassador of a latin American Country in the case of minsk and brazil, a decent distance between the states. Really not a hindrance, we are connected. For three decades now, dip relations and throughout this time always maintained contact and developed trade. As a result of todays meeting, we simply have to agree on specific areas of our cooperation, which will bring our relations to a higher level. I will have a number of proposals on this, and i think that you are up to the government of your parliament and , above all, the president of brazil. Well , bring my proposals to blue,
I appreciate this opportunity for the first hearing of this calendar year. In my view of todays hearing, we present the American People with a false choice. Its very premises suggests that we can either keep america safe or preserve our fundamental values. I reject that promise. We can and must defeat terrorism without sacrificing our principles. To compromise these principles and blame over a billion muslims for the twisted actions of an extremist view only serves to divide america, to alienate and legitimate the load groups that falsely claim to speak for islam. This makes us less safe. To truly tackle and destroy the ideology that lead fanatics to do us harm we will be best defended by maintaining open, tolerant us and religious freedom. We cannot fight radicalization with further radicalization. The country is still trying to make sense of a tragic attack in orlando 16 days ago. He massacred 49 innocent people, injuring 50 more, 50 more, leaving our nation and world shaken. These a
Needed drugs. They have not provided an analysis for how physicians would have to refer beneficiaries to more costly hospital outpatient settings. Cms has not indicated how will affect the beneficiary access and quality birth but during the course of a formal evaluation. Not surprisingly the proposed experiment has been one of the condemned by experts and stakeholders. Almost immediately after his proposed demonstration was release we received a letter from times from over 300 stakeholder organizations asking for help in getting cms to withdraw the proposal. These organizations include the arthritis foundation, the Caregiver Action Network the immune deficiency foundation, the lung cancer alliance, and the National Alliance for Mental Illness. The organizations that have reached out with concerns about how the proposal represents patients who suffer from the disease is treated by these drugs including cancer arthritis Mental Illness and hiv represent the physicians who treat the patien