Womens Football Team demands the same pain at their male counterparts. The plight of refugees fleeing conflict appears to be getting worse. The u. N. Is calling for safeguards to be put in place before refugees return to turkey under a deal between ankara and the European Union following a warning of deteriorating conditions in makeshift refugee camps in greece. Amnesty international is accusing turkey of forcibly returning Syrian Refugees back to the wartorn country. The Rights Group Said turkish authorities have been illegally expelling 100 syrians daily since early this year. Well speak to amnesty in a moment but first sedona hodor joins us from the greecemacedonia border. A lot of concern about how this process is going so unfold. This isnt the first time the u. N. And other organizations have criticized the way the u. N. Is handling the refugee crisis. The u. N. Raising its voice really three days before that deal is to be implemented. Monday, we are expecting to see deportations,
Exactly that. So im grateful to be here. Im also grateful for the opportunity to talk with a room of leaders who have a tremendous opportunity to have impact on behalf of or our nations children. So i know were going to get to a q a, so i wont speak for long, but i wanted to first try to frame a bit about our progress that weve made over the last seven years, some of the challenges that we face and the opportunities, the tremendous opportunities ahead. Since the beginning of the administration, we have seen significant reductions in the dropout rate. Even in this room knows last year we had the highest Graduation Rate from high school that weve ever had as a country. Thats thanks to leadership from folks in this room. [applause] much of that improvement has been driven by reductions in the dropout rate for africanamerican and Latino States in particular. That is a very encouraging sign. It is encouraging sign we have tens of thousands of more students with access than before the admini
March 2014, Doctors Without Borders said we are overwhelmed. This is obviously in west africa and the context of ebola. We are overwhelmed, this disease is out of control. We need help. End of march 2014. In august, the w. H. O. Declared a health emergency. About march, 300 people had died. By august, the disease had become far more widespread. That delay is what a lot of us have focused on and have asked hard questions about why was there that delay . And how do we make sure that doesnt happen again . I do think as a response, w. H. O. Has been far quicker. There have actually been some people who said it was too kbik to declare this time. Its not the same disease, it doesnt spread the same way. W. H. O. Did it very narrowly. They did it in the context of microcephaly and said this is a Public Health emergency. I personally dont think they overreacted. I think its a personally reasonable call, but it doesnt reassure me and ill tell you why. Right now, theres a spotlight on w. H. O. An
Say is under the control of extremist groups like isil . Isil and daesh control the area in and around sirt. I couldnt give you exact percentage. The other places have transitory effect. Would you consider libya at this point a failed state . Yes, sir. Thank you all very much for your service. Thank you, mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses. I echo the comments about the appreciation for the service. The many times you have been before this committee. General rodriguez, i want to ask a couple of questions touching on each of your expertise about the training we do with foreign militaries and in africa i know the u. S. Military is a preferred training partner in many nations seek our assistance. I kind of like to have you talk about the success of those training efforts over the course of your three years in the position and what other nations do significant training of African Military . I view this as one of the most Cost Effective investments that we make. I would like to hear y
And launch the Global Counterterrorism Forum among other institutions. And eric has now joined the prevention project, which is organizing against violent extremism. So with that, let me turn the microphone over to matt. Good morning, everybody. Thanks for turning out so early on a friday morning. I wish it was for a more better topic, but here we are. Last week i as it happens, spent the week in belgium, meeting with belgian intelligence and counterterrorism officials. As it happens, i was sitting with one of the chief belgian counterterrorism officials on tuesday, as they were about to raid a safehouse in the neighborhood of forest. One person was killed in that raid. They did not find their primary targets Saleh Abdeslam but found his fingerprints and three days after i left they found him in the neighborhood in which he grew up, molenbeek, a corner around the family home. Let me paint a picture for you. After meeting with the mayor and the Police Chiefs and the counter radicalizati