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Regarding the Security Checks. We will not cut corners. The Security Check requirements were developed in the inner agency with the consultation and expertise of the fbi, our dhs partners, and the Intelligence Community partners and the security regime was set up with all that input. And i have heard no discussion of making any cuts to it for any reason. I would like to point out that the grant grants of Refugee Status are discretionary so that if there is a doubt, the case is referred for furth...

Has acknowledged they do not perform oversight of these programs. Remarkably, a similar argument for collection under these programs is marked by the arguments under the section 215 program. This is the promise of big data. This is the Technology Age in which we live. What it means is that massive amounts of information can now be collected in order to anticipate threats and to anticipate individuals who might engage in wrongdoing. That approach is what the founders rejected. While information i...

Then it said it planned to accept a floor of 85,000 refugees and at least 100,000 next year. Once here with Refugee Status those individuals can claim any job and collect any federal welfare benefit. Recent statistics from the department of health and Human Services office of Refugee Resettlement indicate that 75 of refugees receive food stamps and more than half receive Free Health Care and cash benefits. For refugees from the middle east the numbers are even higher. More than 90 of recent midd...

All humility, in order to set the stage, a question that i think was raised and discussed by members of the council and is of course broader concern to all of us including to all citizens around the world. How is it possible to achieve peace in the middle east . 20 years ago, at around the time of the first i asked this question to a friend of mine and who later was the chief justice of the israeli supreme court. Its common maybe just for americans to believe that wars have a beginning and end. ...

Families do not have their checks expire, forcing them to redo many of those screenings, when individual parts of the test expire while theyre waiting for other parts to be completed. And third, keeping families updated about their status. Frequently a large familys resettlement will be delayed because a Single Family member is waiting to be approved. Those are common sense straightforward methods of reforming the screening process so that it takes weeks, not years to reach conclusion. And i thi...

There was a forum to talk about the different ways these domestic terrorism events and actors cut across statutes and expertise of the department. It was actually scheduled to meet on september 11, 2001. We reestablished it and started the dtec up again last june. A Civil Rights Division along with many others across the federal Law Enforcement spectrum who work on domestic terrorism matters. As it originally did, it serves as a forum to share information about the trends we see across the leade...

Afghanistan with Operations Commander general john campbell. On newsmakers this week, we are joined by congressman adam schiff of california. He is the top democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. He also serves on the House Select Committee on benghazi. To help with our questions, we are joined by Niall Stanage, associate editor of the hill newspaper, and ryan lucas, intelligence reporter with cq roll call. Ryan lucas has the first question. Congressman schiff, thank you for talking to us ...

Imagine that. Thank you all very much and have a successful conference. I see a number of friends out here. Theyve gotten a little grayer, but i recognize them for thank and thank you for all of your efforts, your continued efforts to help secure our nation and work with the army, to work with the department of Homeland Security. Appreciate it. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [cap...

I dont think any of you are being told your resources are going to increase when you have more refugees. So at the most fundamental level, im trying to figure out how you absorb this within the current rate of funding that you have without something giving. One of those things that may give could be the very important thing that we all have an obligation to ensure, and that is the safety and security of the homeland. There is going to be handoff between the various agencies. How do we make sure ...

[sirens] again, looking at the outside of the cathedral of st. Matthew the apostle earlier today where the annual rent mass was helpless Supreme Court justices, many of whom you saw there. The Supreme Courts term officially begins tomorrow. Some of the cases they face this term have to do with abortion, health care, labor unions, and immigration. You can look for those cases is here on cspan when they happen. With the Supreme Courts new cases. Es landmark that exports the human cases and constit...