Is given turkey the capacity to take greater action both inside turkey and outside. The point that needs to be made, the first line of defense against foreign fighters entering syria isnt the turkish border. The first line occurs back in the homelands with everything they be within the coalition. This is preventive measures that are necessary but also the legal measures taken for accountability that must be closed as well. So foreign fighter, stopping before fire flow isnt what happens at the turkish border. It is what happens back in homeless make every effort possible to do with the issue of radicalization at the measures, legal measures taken to make it difficult to move from source countries to transit countries. You describe isis as being in pretty good financial shape the what did the u. S. Government learn from a special operations raid that either gidget even greater pause about this, what with the pricey coming out of that, and what can you tell us about some of the things you
Counsel of the department of Homeland Security commented on the fact Homeland Security is a discipline and we see this in our law schools and undergraduate schools around the country were Homeland Security is taught today and we will be holding not on a penal josh will be moderating later. Celebrations and anniversaries come in 10 year intervals. Youre part of History Today with this 10th year program. The program really had its genesis to serving the general counsels office many years ago. So it is only appropriate today introduced the keynote speaker who is the current general counsel of the department of Homeland Security. The bible is the current general counsel and has served with distinction they are the last many years. Hes the chief legal officer of the department of Homeland Security and see if i lost track of how Many Employers you actually supervise, but it is probably somewhere in the vicinity of 1800 lawyers. I recall as many as 600 lawyers are sure the wash d. C. Area. I
Insightful with respect to the wall and if we have time at the end i will be happy to take some questions. Let me start with kind of what weve been spending our time on at the department the. This is the operational policy challenges of the department so the first challenge i want to discuss its counterterrorism and as joe and others now counterterrorism was the Founding Mission of the department and it continues to be the cornerstone of what we do compared to 2003 when the department was established the terrorism threat today is more challenging and more decentralized and diffuse and arguably more complex. We are more concerned about the foreign fighters who leave this country and others have traveled to another and take up to the fight and link up with a terrorist organization. They are concerned about the terrorist organizations adapted and skilled use of the internet to publicly recruit and inspire individuals. To prevent the travel of the foreign terrorist fighters the secretary r
Opportunity at the end to thank both candidates were with us tonight. We will begin with opening remarks by the senators and proceed from there. Senator strange . Thank you very much i cannot tell you how much i appreciate the opportunity to discuss the issues that are so important to our country at this historic time i went recognize my wife who would be here with us but our second grandson was born the day before yesterdays so she is in washington with our son and daughterinlaws so i have a great pleasure to sit with them in the hospital and a whole that young man as it puts that into perspective why we care about the next generation she wished she could be here our first date was that a nascar race and i knew we would have a long and happy marriage. So this is a historic election in coming have been the States History of lot of gay issues are at stake so who is the most qualified the president s agenda . To make America Great again . The president supports me if you have not followe
Good evening welcome chewed tonights debate i am from Troy University i will be the timekeeper for this evenings activities there is no moderator for the debate tonight. I would ask them as a matter to help to move this along you will refrain from affirmation and applause during the course of the debate and we will have an opportunity at the end to thank both candidates were with us tonight. We will begin with opening remarks by the senators and proceed from there. Senator strange . Thank you very much i cannot tell you how much i appreciate the opportunity to discuss the issues that are so important to our country at this historic time i went recognize my wife who would be here with us but our second grandson was born the day before yesterdays so she is in washington with our son and daughterinlaws so i have a great pleasure to sit with them in the hospital and a whole that young man as it puts that into perspective why we care about the next generation she wished she could be here ou