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Published 29 January 2021 The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense has called on the federal government to urgently implement the recommendations specified in its new report, The Apollo Program for Biodefense: Winning the Race Against Biological Threats. The report details an ambitious program to develop and deploy the technologies needed to defend against all biological threats, empower public health, and prevent pandemics. The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense has called on the federal gov...

Priority Recommendations to the Biden Administration Format The Women’s Refugee Commission is a research and advocacy organization focused on the rights of women, children, and youth displaced by crises. We work with refugees to understand their needs, identify solutions, and advocate for policies and programs to strengthen their resilience and drive change in humanitarian practice. Based on our work with those most at risk of violence and exploitation, we know it is vital for the Biden admin...

English News and Press Release on World about Health and Protection and Human Rights; published on 19 Jan 2021 by WRC

According to new figures released by The Toronto Police Service (TPS), hate crimes have gone up 42 per cent in the city over the past year.  The nu...

Ask at fundsforNGOs Wijhat is seeking applications for its Grant Program to contribute to the definition of culture and art from the Arab region, whether at the regional or international level, by providing travel support for artists and cultural actors from the Arab region with the aim of participating in events inside and outside the region that allow them to present their works to a diverse audience in a global, regional and local context. Broad, as well as with the aim of exchanging expe...

If i went to places all over the country and came back and said this is where i would like to be. we had people that really understand what its about. its not about me. its about getting the right location. >> why should the presidents team be looking at a presidential property here, walter? should there -- i mean, there are supposed to be fire walls, are there not in federal procurement to prevent exactly this thing, right? >> absolutely. this is a procurement action plain and simple. its also ...

On both sides of the aisle, coming together, doing something about this. >> bill: he mentioned to the fbi director and bill barr. who do you think has their ear on this issue, john? >> i think that bill barr probably has his ear to a greater degree. he testified back in april, recently testified about the threat that is coming from white nationalism, white extremism. over the past 18 months. seven mass shootings have been perpetrated by white extremists. christopher wray testified to congress th...

Shout-out with respect to this. lets take a listen to what he had to say and then i want to get your reaction. >> jim bridenstein was somebody that -- everybody wanted that job. theres a love for space that is unpair reeled. unparalleled. mike pence and myself felt strongly about jim. we gave him the job. he surpassed any of our expectations. >> big expectations. 50 years later, we havent been back since 1972 with a manned mission. whats next for american space exploration. >> i want to say, i a...

Been responded to by congress. and weve asked for changes in authorities for the last three years that would have prevented this from happening. >> are you hear today to defwend the $5 billion request for the wall? >> im defending the entire budget request and that is a request that comes from our front line agents. it is not something we need everywhere on the border but we needs hundreds of miles to control critical areas where there is infrastructure on both sides and high traffic. that is th...

About it -- im encouraged that people are getting much more informed. weve had a lot of congressional delegations visit and see the reality of the border. but we need action now. we need the resourcing weve asked for. we need to be able to make it the legal changes that, again, a lot of people are talking about right now. to keep families together during immigration process, to treat unaccompanied children the same regardless of the country they come from. and to change our asylum laws. >> harri...