Arbitrarily. This is true of all the countries in africa and in the middle east and central asia in the isis is not a very Benevolent Organization but an organic organization and its predictable. Thats one possibility. Whats going on in ukraine is a little on the side of the separatists. They are backed by the russians but they have every right to want to cut away from ukraine which it is like a political tidal zone. Its not a real country so it should break up into at least two or probably five or six different political entities so those are a couple places things might happen. Saudi arabia, the gigantic accident waiting to happen and has been waiting for the last 30 years. So when saudi arabia blows up or breaks up, it will be interesting to see. But the problem is at this point the u. S. Government is acting as a provocateur all around the world using its military power which is about the only part of the u. S. Government that kind of works to make trouble and stick their noses and
Of state and Homeland Security share their thoughts for strengthening the program. Currently individuals from socalled friendly countries are not required to have a visa when entering the u. S. For stays of 90 days or less. This is about an hour and a half. Call to order here. I want to thank the witnesses. There may have been a little miscommunication in terms of the timing. I thought we wanted to start this at 11 00, we had the vote at 10 45. Thats why our attendance is not as strong. Also appreciate we were able to set this up as a roundtable. I want to have Administration People and people from the outside sitting together so we can have a good discussion. This will be pretty much a free flowing discussion which is also nice. Rather than have it structured and seven minutes per senator. When were on a topic ill encourage my colleague to jump in. So its not disjointed. We have four witnesses here, miss kelly parisi. Shes the deputy secretary of the office in the office of policy. Sh
Not required to have a visa when entering the u. S. For stays of 90 days or less. This is about an hour and a half. Call to order here. I want to thank the witnesses. There may have been a little miscommunication in terms of the timing. I thought we wanted to start this at 11 00, we had the vote at 10 45. Thats why our attendance is not as strong. Also appreciate we were able to set this up as a roundtable. I want to have Administration People and people from the outside sitting together so we can have a good discussion. This will be pretty much a free flowing discussion which is also nice. Rather than have it structured and seven minutes per senator. When were on a topic ill encourage my colleague to jump in. So its not disjointed. We have four witnesses here, miss kelly parisi. Shes the deputy secretary of the office in the office of policy. She can speak to the enhancements that dhs is thinking of strengthening the currents visa program. Mr. John wagner is here for customers and Bor
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She can speak to the enhancements to strengthen the Visa Waiver Program. John wagner the Deputy Assistant commissioner for u. S. Customs and Border Protection at the u. S. Department of Homeland Security. He can speak of options and considerations of the waiver program. He will discuss the benefits of preclearance operations. Next witness will be mr. Jussen siberal. Im really bad. Not even 50 . He is the deputy coordinator for the Counterterrorism Bureau at the department of state. He can speak to the existing sharing agreements the u. S. Has with Visa Waiver Program countries. Mr. Mark frey, senior director and former director of the Visa Waiver Program from 2007 to 2010. As former director mr. Frey can speak to the need to enhance the Visa Waiver Program in a sensible way to maintain the benefits of the program at the same time enable dhs. Mr. Frey did provide testimony. It is probably the most succinct summary of the Visa Waiver Program. It would be nice if you could go through in a