Assistant secretary in the department of Homeland Security for border immigration and trade policy. Were also supposed to be joined by tom bush, but he had a illness that came up this morning, so was unable to join us. Well proceed with these three fine panelists for discussion of terror travel related issues and what we can be doing to prevent terrorists from exploiting the travel system in support of their objectives to carry out attacks in the United States, over seas and our allies which is a key element of their efforts in term in pursuit of carrying out attacks. You know well have a moderated discussion. Ill jump right in and put the first question to seth. If you look at the, you know, current terrorism of threat that we have with isis, very diffuse threat, with al qaeda, a variety of other groups, its very different than the threat that existed when many of the u. S. Government programs to prevent and disrupt terrorist travel were created 15 years ago, 10 years ago. So you have
Will moderate the first session this morning with the deputy secretary of dhs. Mike balboni is a longtime friend, coconspirator on a whole host of issues. He serves on our board and more importantly has served in numerous roles related to Homeland Security, including the Homeland Security adviser to two different governors in the state of new york, a former senator, state senator in new york who really picked up and defense of a lot of the Homeland Security issues from the status of the. Also resides from my hometown, long island. He represented long island, as you can see im wearing the islanders color today. But without further ado it introduced mike balboni who is ceo of redland strategies. You see him a lot on our tv screens throughout the country. Mike, the floor is yours. Thank you. [applause] good morning ladies and gentlemen. I dont know if you share my sense of enthusiasm that its great when you come from the hinterlands of the state did you come to washington, d. C. And to ge
Over the last several years. That has not been a policy that is bipartisan or in the american interest. But this is something we should have seen more focus on. I held a hearing with Chris Johnson and others talking about the aftermath, what we achieved comeau we fell short of, and what we should be doing looking forward. Their concern over treatment of christians in china, there is a need for more focus on human rights in china. It goes back to that point. Working with the world in terms of International Norms violating human rights is no way to do that. Followup. Once said we should not let human rights get in the way. Do you think she set the wrong tone . Probably. But i think how do you tell someone, just ignore human rights. Lady in the front. Can you please identify yourself . I wanted to ask you. What are your predictions . The administration command do you think there is a role for china . Thank you. We have got to get this done sooner than later. I want to see this done now. W
Suggest a certain amount of effort on the part of the russians a number of folks trains is so small finding them in the country the size of syria strikes me as not, as i might have said in my earlier career, by accident. Im prepared to say and ive said this earlier, the russians are not in syria to defeat isis. That is a fundamentally false narrative. I want to thank our panelists is somewhat depressing, i know that both of them will continue to be important voices on the subject in the future. I appreciate your time you spent with us this morning. Thank you. [applause]. More now from the Foreign Policy initiative. Coming up will look at u. S. Relations with asian countries. You will hear from senators dan sullivan of alaska and senator from colorado. The strength to lead. It is a pleasure to welcome you back to a session that will focus on the asiapacific region where the United States has so many allies that asked the question that gets to the heart of the form this year. Will the Un
Someone they know they can trust in those areas. Id say thats both for christians and yazidis. They also arent seeking the same refugee protection because theyre outside of that. You mention trafficking. Not only is there an issue of trafficking of women but because of the vulnerability of the refugees, children are much more susceptible. The parents go out doing things, they leave children behind for someone to take care of and we find more cases children being abused, which is heartbreaking. Its one of those cases to get them out of these situations we need to make sure they have emergency schooling and caregivers that provide that opportunity so their families arent vulnerable. Chairman, on your point about the dublin agreement, and as you say, just for those not familiar with the jargon, it means the within the European Union, the first country where a person claims asylum is the country that processes the application and looks after the person while that is happening. Clearly, thi