Former bush 43 spokesperson mercedes schlapp. Is this latest distinction, mercedes from the Obama Administration, president obama himself purportedly he had given the new president to be a heads up on general flynn a game changer . How would you describe it . I dont see this comment from these Obama Administration officials to be necessarily a gamechanger in any way. I think that President Trump at the time did have faith in Michael Flynn. I do believe that following what we have seen in these events that happened in the months, in january, february, where flynn had to resign, flynn continues to be that reoccurring nightmare that does not to away for the Trump Administration. Were all anticipating see what happens with the sally yates testimony which i think will be very telling in terms of these warnings that were given to the Trump Administration. But i just dont see it necessarily, what this actually brings what is a gamechanger, after the president and his team said no longer they
All of these recommendations raise serious concerns about the way director mayorkas was overseeing the eb5 program and in turn should be considered as a qualifying factor to determine his fitness to be secondincommand in charge at the department of Homeland Security. To summarize, we know that the National Security staff and the department of Homeland Security conducted reviews of the Investor Visa Program that mr. Mayorkas has been overseeing since 2009. These reviews found that the program created a danger to National Security, including the threat of exploitation by spies, criminals, and other National Security threats. I and others have asked for more information about the potential National Security vulnerabilities in the program and we have received no answers. What we do know is that director mayorkas dramatically expanded a program that the administration, even d. H. S. , believes for a threat to National Security. And according to a draft report by the Inspector General, he di
The one. And said to myself is why the president put you here. So i recognized common even with the large staffs that we have around us that we surround ourselves with, every once in a while you have to take an independent look at something and not be afraid to realize that maybe they bureaucracy has got this wrong and you happen to be right. And i did that on a number of occasions at the pentagon. Okay. As i prepared to yield to dr. Coburn im reminded of the many definitional issue. One of my favorite, it goes Something Like this. Leadership whenever else is marching to the wrong tune. Leadership also requires folks to lead. And help you leave the department. My colleagues and i know that we, as you said his position has been vacant for months. The deputy position, deputy secretary for over half a year and there are a number of positions they need to be filtered the administration has obligation to nominate many people and we have an obligation to act on them. I hope we will probably
Exhaustive list where personally identifiable information exists, i think that would be very helpful. I think we may have done that. But im happy to have my staff work with viewers or if theres questions for the record here to, again, always be as responsive as we can. Thank you. Senator, one more question . Thank you, mr. Chairman. And i just want to follow up on the question that senator ritter just asked. Let me tell youmy understanding is, director. There are approximately nine institutions required by the cfpb to submit invest on credit card transactions. Weve estimated that thats about 900 million. Im not asking you to confirm that number, unless you will, today, but as that data is clerkted, it is not amoanonymou not deidentified. Its the whole story. That information is then transmitted to a third party who you have contracted with who then goes in and deidentifies it or makes it anonymous. And they create a personal identifier for each one of those accounts that is not its a n
Bidens cabinet nominees appearing before Different Senate committees today as they start the confirmation process. Next hour, secretary of state Anthony Blinken is set to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for whats likely to be a contentious hearing. Among those grilled earlier was Homeland Security secretary, being pressed on the Migrant Caravan heading toward the United States. If youre confirmed as secretary of Homeland Security, this is the message they need to hear when they arrive in the United States. This is not the first caravan that has approached the border over the last four years or the last 12 years. Theres a commitment to follow our asylum law, to enforce our asylum laws and that means to provide humanitarian relief for those individuals who qualify for it under the law. That cannot be accomplished with just the flick of a switch and turned on in day one. John we have Fox Team Coverage as we kick off this edition of america reports. We have more on the