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The Charlie Kirk Show
Why Is the Trans Issue So Critical?
"96. Biden assistant secretary Levine says gender affirming care is here to stay and the Biden regime will use force their popularity how many popularity. Whatever support that they have, but power to make sure that an 8 year old can chemically mutilate themselves, play cut 96. As we look to all the different elections in 2024, I think the next two years are going to be challenging, but I am positive and optimistic and hopeful that the wheel will turn after that. And that this issue won't be as politically and socially such a minefield. In the meantime, I can say that the children that you serve, and the young people that you serve, their families, and you all say providers have supported the highest levels of the federal government. President Biden supports you. And he is articulated that support with the children and families believes it will be normalized. The regime is saying that this type of care, which is medieval at best. Is going to have the top levels of support. This is the new fight, most Republicans don't have the stomach for this. You guys get a better get ready. This is as big as it gets. This is the fight for our kids, the fight for decency, the fight to contain the social contagion. It's a fight for our civilization. And you know, some Republicans say, oh, Charlie, come on, the trans thing is a distraction. No, you're a distraction. The trans thing involves so many fundamental building blocks, language, freedom of discourse, biological reality, commitment to the truth, men and women, distinctions, differences, it all of them kind of find its way into the trans issue. What is a child? Should children's innocence be protected? Sexual predators targeting our young women, the trans thing is not just about live and let live. That is a weak one liner
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Sebastian Welcomes Cybersecurity Expert Mike Benz
"Talk to one man who in my opinion he's done the lion's share of the work, releasing for us the information on just how dangerous our republic's grip on the truth is, thanks to certain bad actors inside U.S. government, we are delighted to having back with us here on America first. Mike Ben's greetings. Greetings to you as well as Sebastian. Thank you so much for having me. All right, first things first, we're gonna go deep dive, we're gonna do a full hour on the latest revelations. We're gonna talk about what happens inside DHS across the government to try and control narratives. But first things first, everybody write this down. Foundation for freedom online dot com. That's foundation for freedom online dot com of which you are the executive director and right now follow this man on Twitter. Mike Ben's cyber. That's Mike Ben's BEN Z cyber. Before we talk about the things that you broke yesterday on Tuesday, let's talk about just a moment if for those who missed our last discussion. So what was your position inside the U.S. government, Mike? Sure. So I was the cyber das, which is deputy deputy assistant secretary for international communications and information technology, which is a long way of saying I ran the big tech portfolio. At the end of 2020, during a period of intense consolidation of big tech and big government, we're really the main adversarial party was the free speech rights of U.S. citizens. And so I saw from inside how big government and big tech were really wrapped into one sort of interest group, one sort of lobby group for their own sort of proprietary pecuniary interest where there was really no lobby for the American people, especially to be able to speak freely online.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Monica Crowley Weighs in on the Trump-DeSantis Skirmish
"I'm back with our friend Monica Crowley. She's a prominent media personality former assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Trump, also a host of the Monica Crowley podcast. You can follow her by the way on Twitter at Monica Crowley. Monica, the last segment you were talking about Trump and how he has been the focus of not only the CCP, but also the left. They seem more terrified of him than of anyone else. Now, recently, we're seeing this kind of strange skirmish, a little bit involving Trump, but also between the sort of the trumpsters and the desantis guys and their going after each other, and sometimes it gets a little bit mean spirited. I want to ask you, what do you make of all this? Do you think desantis has already in the ring? Or because I've always taken the view that, look, each of them actually brings a lot to the table. I'm actually disappointed to see this scar missing. It would be better. I think we would be stronger if there would be some kind of an alliance is that a, is that a fanciful expectation? What's your take on what's going on here? It's early I know where a ways from 2024. But what's your take? Well, welcome to politics, dinesh. It is a blood sport and especially if you've got Donald J Trump running for the Republican nomination again. Of course it's going to be a blood sport. Donald Trump basically has one speed dinesh and that's attack. Look, right. We will probably have a pretty wide field of extraordinary Republican candidates who are going to seek the Republican nomination this time. And it's always beneficial when the Republicans have this great embarrassment of riches with really talented, smart, accomplished people running because it just improves the overall dialog and conversation and voters can hear real debates on the issues and see the personalities involved. But I do think when it comes down to it dinesh, there's Donald Trump and then everybody else. And then secondarily, there's Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis and everybody else.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Author and TV Pundit Monica Crowley Talks the Issues of the Day
"Guys, I'm really delighted to welcome to the podcast a friend. Monica Crowley. She's a prominent media personality. She was assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Trump administration with Donald Trump, and she is host of the Monica Crowley podcast. Monica, it's a pleasure. We W and I tend to run into you at various events and conferences. I'm really thrilled to have you on the podcast. Let's begin by talking about something that's in just popped into the news coming out of The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. energy department now thinks they're not sure about it, but they think that COVID-19 came out of a lab. In other words, was made in the lab and came out of a lab and I just think to myself, you know, for three years, you people have been demonizing citizens who said this, going after scientists, deplatforming that what do you make of this latest twist? In an ongoing story about this pandemic. First of all, dinesh, thank you so much for having me. You and I are longtime friends, and it's such an honor and a joy to join you today. So thank you so much. Look, to answer your question, it really is the biggest question of them all right now because of what the world was plunged into for three years, starting in late 2019. Anybody with a brain or a common sense knew for the last three years that obviously this virus was a bioweapon. And the questions then emerged about its origins. And we were told nonstop a pack of lies, which continued to this day about the origins of this bioweapon. I think one of the main reasons why we still hear the lies coming from Democrats, the Biden regime, and so on. And the Democrats for the last several years have stopped any investigations into the origins of COVID-19
Bloomberg Radio New York
"assistant secretary" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Was doing was collecting data across 40 countries and what this had capabilities of on this spy balloon was actually being able to collect communication signals. And several of the decisions makers in the shoot down operation have been in front of Congress today. Messages that no U.S. sensitive information was lost in the balloon as it or to the balloon as it flew it signals to Chinese satellites because they were interrupted. And Melissa Dalton defense assistant secretary for Homeland Security says the whole mission was closely scrutinized in flight. The duration of this particular balloon was much longer. And information that we have since gleaned about the balloons that have transited globally was only recently discovered. And she says by letting it traverse the country and taking it down where it was allowed the U.S. to gather very important information about Chinese spying. Senator Susan Collins says the message is clear and the effort to gather sensitive information. In fact, a sophisticated spike balloon such as this one provides certain advantages over high-tech satellites. And The White House today says it's looking into potential sanctions against entities connected to the balloon project, spokesman went corinne Jean Pierre. The U.S. will also explore taking action against PRC entities linked to the PLA that supported the balloons incursion into U.S. airspace. And
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Sebastian Is Joined Again by Mike Benz
"Delighted to have Mike Ben's back with us for one on one. Mike, welcome back to America first. Smash and thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to continue our deep dive. So am I so am I so you are, you have reinvented yourself recently. You are the founder you are the head of something called the foundation for freedom online. I want everybody who is listening right now to go to foundation for freedom, dot com and also to follow Mike because he is a treasure trove of information. It's Mike Ben's cyber on Twitter. That's a mic bends BE and Z cyber on Twitter. For those who missed our last chat, just very quickly to get the credentialing out of the way. What did you do in so you're an attorney by training? Now you're fighting for freedom for the First Amendment on the online world in which so many of us spend far too much of our time. But what were your positions? What were you doing inside government Mike until recently? Sure. So before I founded the foundation for freedom online, I was the, I ran basically the cyber portfolio at the State Department. So the technical name was deputy assistant secretary for international communication technology, which is a long way of saying, I ran three different divisions at the State Department responsible for various aspects of U.S. cyber policy on the global stage that is the formulation of policy, the negotiation and implementation. And then prior to that, I was a White House speechwriter and worked particularly on tech issues there as well.
The Dan Bongino Show
Master Sergeant Gets 'Flagged' for Not Taking COVID Vaccine
"You know we talk to people I know people that have been thrown out We read that now the mandate's not in there which is another whole deal but tell us exactly what you find in a moment So the army has a policy that will allow you to serve to continue to serve Despite having a religious objection to a certain policy or practice And in this case I reject on religious grounds to receiving the currently available COVID-19 vaccines And so I set my request up It was supported in recommended approval but my immediate commander the chaplain that I interviewed determined that my beliefs were sincerely held And it went up the chain and eventually was denied by the Surgeon General of the army So I had a chance to appeal I sent out a peel up as well We went back up through the chain of command And then it went to the acting assistant secretary of the army for manpower and reserve affairs who ultimately denied my appeal And that was the final decision So if you've been suspended yes So that denial came back to me reached me on the 5th of October earlier this year And I was immediately flagged And for those who don't know what a flag is it is basically puts a hold on any favorable action that you can receive receiving awards or a permit change is stationed in duty stations So I was flagged for adverse action to receive a go mar which is a general officer memorandum of reprimand And I was flagged also for involuntary separation under chapter 14 12 C seriousness conduct Typically that chapters reserved for serious criminals DUIs do drugs when the military other civilians criminal offenses But
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Who Is Mike Benz?
"Are delighted to have with us Mike Ben's Mike. Welcome to America first. Thanks for having me Sebastian. So Mike, we were on a Twitter spaces last night. I was feverishly making notes for the things you said. You've done multiple longer discussions online, you're the director of something called the foundation for freedom online. We'll discuss what their mission is in a moment. It's foundation for freedom online dot com. But first, let's talk about your background. Why are you involved with the question of the Twitter files Internet censorship, the exploitation of social media? What did you do as a government employee? Sure. So in 2020, I served as the deputy assistant secretary for international communications and information technology, which is a long way of saying that I ran the State Department's cyber portfolio. Our big tech foreign diplomacy on the policy side and the negotiation side. And in the context of working on big tech issues from the diplomatic perspective, I saw this this occurred really during the moments when the Internet changed forever with the deep platforming of a sitting president with this dramatic escalation of censorship and I watches the relationship between the federal government and private sector stakeholders had a had a sort of one two punch against the freedoms of the American people. And there really is no lobby for the American people. Yet I was fielding calls from Google lobbyists for how the federal government could help them overseas while Google was, in turn, censoring half of the U.S. population. So this is a relationship that the only loser here are people without representation. So when I went left government, I considered my mission to try to do what I could to help the civilian side of that.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Managing the Digital Strategy of the Trump Administration
"Do in the Trump administration? And how did you end up in the Trump administration? Well, you know, I did what a lot of immigrants do, which is, you know, figure things out here in my new home country. And they went to school. I ended up in the advertising business in New York. I did pretty much your mad men type advertising for 20 or so years. And at some point, I ended up with an ad agency that had a guy named Donald Trump as a client. And so where did you first go into the Trump administration at the Department of State or somewhere else? No, I went straight to Department of State. I came in as the deputy assistant secretary for digital strategy and my goal was just to bring what I did when I learned from the private sector to make our foreign policy the best for the world.
KOMO
"assistant secretary" Discussed on KOMO
"Road is again a bee concern for state transportation officials in northwest news radios Ryan Harris tells us they have plans to address it. Wash dots assistant secretary Marshall Eliza told state transportation commissioners they thought there would be fewer crashes and deaths on Washington's roads when less of us were driving during the pandemic, but instead Eliza says the opposite is true, and it's getting worse. Speeding the callus driving, we've seen significant increases in fatalities and serious injuries, particularly the pedestrians. In addition to the state's target zero plan to reduce traffic fatalities, Eliza says they're working with labor and unions contractors and some state lawmakers to improve work zone safety, including a proposed legislation for automated speed camera enforcement and works on the DOT is also working to hire more workers as quickly as possible because it's in its largest project list ever, and it's woefully short on the necessary workers. Ryan Harris, northwest news radio. In Tacoma, the EPA came bearing gifts on the 50th anniversary of the clean water act, $36 million will go to puget sound pollution, clean up and restoration. Janet mccabe is number two in charge at the EPA. It's about the health of the creatures. It's about the health of the water and the land. This is about our future. Council member Sarah rumba is the street sweeping is serious business in Tacoma. Our model right now for stormwater is if it hits the ground, it hits the sound. Removing street dust, tire wear particles, and then the second thing we do is remove pollutant laden sediments from our stormwater pipes, new research reveals a chemical and car tires is killing Coho salmon while not affecting other species. Newly released court documents reveal disturbing details about a woman who was kidnapped bound with duct tape and held against her will in the Woods by her estranged husband. Come a fours line and win was there for the husband's first day in court. Che on denied bail Wednesday as he faces multiple felonies related to the kidnapping and attempted murder of his estranged wife, a victim advocate, reading a statement from the woman in court. Please, no bail. I am really afraid for my life. I just want to emphasize that I fear him so much, and he will kill me again if
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
What's Happening in the Middle East? Mike Doran Explains
"So that's a little bit of credentialing here. What was your job in the NSC? Michael Duran? I was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa. And he was the man for that region in the NSC and then in the DoD. I was a dazzy deputy assistant Secretary of Defense. He's using Washington lingo to go there. So this is your real forte your area of expertise. What is happening in the Middle East is this just another one of these cyclical low level pushback against the regime of the mullahs in Iran that will be quashed like all the others or are you seeing signs of something different here? Let's while Mike's talking, let's run a bit of B roll of these incredibly brave women, most of them very, very young, ripping off their hijabs, ripping off their scarves and just dancing through the streets of Tehran. Tell us Mike, what's going on? Is this different? It is different. It's a $64,000 question as to whether it will become just one more wave. But it is a wave of protests that's different from all of the others. How? It's, first of all, it's gone on longer. It's wider, it's in all the ethnic areas, all the different ethnic areas, Iran's a multi ethnic country, all Strata of society. In all of the cities, and interestingly, it's more obviously directly explicitly anti regime than any of the other protests. Because of the headscarf element. The head scarf is a symbol of the regime. It's not, this isn't just feminism. These aren't just women. This is oppression by the regime. Yes. And so that is the symbol of the regime. If you're against the headscarf, you're against the regime by definition. So
WNYC 93.9 FM
"assistant secretary" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Are now visible. Is that a bone? What the heck? This system provides drinking water to 40 million people, and this reservoir is so low that it's dam could lose the ability to produce hydropower in a little more than a year. That's why in June, the federal government said states had to make unprecedented cuts to their use. We feel the urgency, they should feel the urgency. That's Tanya trujillo and assistant secretary at the interior department. She and other federal water managers said that if the states couldn't come up with a plan for those cuts by an August deadline, the federal government would take action to protect the river system. But last week, that deadline came and went and still no plan. While the federal government did announce small cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico that were already on the books, it's still not clear what action they'll take to prevent the reservoirs from crashing. Our water users really would like to understand the federal government when they say if you don't take action states, we will. Well, what are the actions being proposed? Andy Muller is general manager of the Colorado River district in western Colorado. He says that even though the federal government hasn't delivered on their threat to intervene, they still could. The cuts they asked for were clear. Two to 4 million acre feet. But the threat of what happens if the states can't get there, still isn't. If you don't know what that threat is, it's really hard to be motivated to take action. A version to federal intervention runs deep along the Colorado River. Some state leaders say the feds should simply run the dams and not wait and to policy making. But as the crisis has deepened in recent years, others in the basin are beginning to crave federal leadership. I think it would be much more effective if the federal government actually in writing articulates a plan. John and singer is in charge of the southern Nevada water authority, which serves the Las Vegas metro area. When the states couldn't reach a plan, he pleaded with federal officials to take the reins and make hard decisions about where some of the cuts need to come from. The state's have never accomplished anything meaningful without a credible federal threat. In response to the charge that they should be doing more, federal water managers said they're going to continue working with states on a plan for cutbacks. No new deadline has been set. Catherine Sorenson, a water policy researcher at Arizona state university, says if the federal government were to take drastic action, it could alienate people in states that rely on the river. But if the feds don't take action, the risk falls on the reservoirs. No one wants to make this call, right? It's not enviable to be in a position of saying who gets water and who doesn't. Someone eventually will be in that position. Sorensen says, whether it's the federal government, the states, or the users themselves. For NPR news, I'm Luke runyon in Grand Junction, Colorado
The Charlie Kirk Show
How Can Parents Push Back Against Chemical Castration Drugs?
"We as parents push back if our kids go to government schools on our kids possibly getting chemical castration drugs? I'm very worried about this. Thanks so much. This is something that's a huge problem. And it's happening more and more. Biden assistant secretary for health, Levine, said that we need to empower kids to go on puberty blockers. So let me be very clear. If America had a any ounce of sanity, Richard Levine would be court martialed and arrested and have to post bail for saying something like this. In fact, I believe Richard Levine should be arrested. For the widespread promotion of child abuse for saying this, play cut 64. So we really want to debase our treatment and to affirm and to support an empower these youth not to limit their participation in activities and sports. And even a limit their ability to get gender affirmation treatment in their state. How is that how is that any different than someone saying on television? We need to have young kids on cocaine and heroin. How is that any different? You are pushing life altering chemical castration drugs that show to increase depression, suicide rates, self harm, social isolation, outside of parental guidance and support. The direct quote is we need to empower kids to go on puberty blockers and get sexual reassignment surgery. You know the only community that really likes that pharmaceutical companies because that's a gold mine of the therapists, not doing therapy. They're doing affirmation therapy, which is the opposite of therapy, and kicking it on over to kids. Here is a bunch of drugs. Here's a bunch of chemicals. Yeah, you might want to kill yourself, be super depressed and anxious. Don't worry, we have Xanax benzodiazepines, and we have all these other drugs for you. But that comes later. It's a massive pharmaceutical cocktail that gets controlled by Pfizer estrogenic and Moderna and all the others.
Mark Levin
The Disloyal Culture of the Republican Party
"But it's the culture of the Republican Party I want to address this evening What is the culture I have never seen so many disloyal people in any organization Corporate labor clubs associations what have you The Republican Party is filled With so many So many disloyal individuals it's unbelievable They write these books if you're having served close to the president of the United States in this case I'll say Donald Trump They leak they they and grand eyes themselves enrich themselves they want to be celebrated by the people who have attacked their boss and the bosses have administration or the boss's office or what have you And there's so many examples I don't have enough time to cite them all And it's an amazing thing I watch this having served 8 years in the Reagan administration Several years his chief of staff to attorney general meese As deputy solicitor the interior department as associate director of presidential personnel as principal deputy assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education I never leaked against any of my bosses I never wrote essays or books anonymously or with my name against any of them
Mark Levin
Axios Producing Four Part Series on Vladimir Putin
"Axios has done a four part series one Putin who he is how it came to power I just want to read you a little bit of this The KGB to the Kremlin Pugh was a mid level KGB officer in Dresden East Germany when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 Weeks later in the tumult that preceded the collapse of the USSR crowd stormed the local secret police headquarters and Putin spent a tense night waiting for orders from Moscow that never came He returned to Russia and became a close aide first to sobchak and St. Petersburg and later to yeltsin in Moscow It was little noticed in Russia or brought until yeltsin appointed him director of the KGB successor The FSB in 1998 The year later he was prime minister four months after that on New Year's Eve 1999 yeltsin resigned in Putin's rise was complete Michael mcfaul who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia under Obama crossed paths with Putin and St. Petersburg in the 90s Behind the scenes former defense secretary Ash Carter was in several meetings with the top Russian official in the 90s He was an assistant Secretary of Defense Even Putin's critics acknowledged that he has accomplished three central objectives budding a strong Russian state reestablishing Russia as a global power and maintaining his own grip on power Nonetheless and then a couple of months of his appointment as prime minister became the figure on whom the last hopes of so many Russians were pinned
The Charlie Kirk Show
'Radical Feminist' Kara Dansky Is Fighting for Women and Girls
"Back. We are joined by someone that I was so moved by when I saw segment for conversation with Tucker Carlson, Carrie Danske, a self described radical feminist. Is that fair? Yes, absolutely. And you have some opinions on this transgender topic. I do. I do. And I write all about them in a book called the abolition of sex, how the transgender agenda harms women and girls. So what's wrong with the transgender movement? Why would a radical feminist care about that? Yeah, so I mean, radical feminism is all about protecting the rights privacy and safety of women and girls. And we can not do that as a movement if we can not define the category of women and girls to exclude males. So I'm just so interested in this because it's rare to be able to talk to somebody like you because I've been saying where are the feminists? Yeah. Where are the feminists? And especially when you talk about this whole transgender issue, it would probably be the one group that should be the most vocal about this issue. Why is there a large amount of silence when it comes to this? From most of the institutional feminist groups. Right. It's a really good question. And senator Paul, when he was questioning doctor Levine to be assistant secretary of health at HHS, ask that very question, where are the feminists? And it's a reasonable question because you wouldn't have heard of us because most mainstream media outlets will not talk about us. The New York Times will not talk about us, The Washington Post, NBC, ABC CBS MSNBC. None of them will platform leftist feminist gay rights, critiques of gender identity. And just so you know, I don't call it the transgender agenda. I just call it fighting for women and
WTOP
"assistant secretary" Discussed on WTOP
"Intelligence officials have determined a Russian effort is underway to create a pretext for its troops to further invade Ukraine and Moscow has already repositioned operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern Ukraine according to The White House today At a news conference Pentagon press secretary John Kirby says the U.S. has good intelligence that Russia is creating a pretext for troops to further invade Ukraine There's a fidelity here to the information that we have that we believe is very credible And again we've seen this kind of thing before out of Russia When there isn't an actual crisis to suit their needs they'll make one up National security correspondent JJ green spoke with State Department assistant secretary for Eurasian affairs Karen donfried about how the situation got so tense and where it might end up The Russians put three core demands on the table Two of those are non starters for the United States And to give you a concrete example they said we would like you to confirm there will be no further enlargement of NATO Now the United States believes that every country has the sovereign right to determine its own foreign and security policy So we are not going to agree to slam NATO store shut So there are some issues where we're not going to be able to engage in negotiation with the Russians But we came away from the weak thinking there are other issues where there is enough of a shared interest that we could sit down at a table with Russia and try to make progress So we are assessing now what the opportunities might be for further diplomatic engagement And I would say while the Russians have been pessimistic about the prospect for further diplomacy they have not closed that option And that is something we will be pursuing in coming days Does diplomacy actually have a fair chance to work here It is a great question And I can not assure you that diplomacy will work I can assure you that the Biden administration will do all it can to try to find a diplomatic solution We will not betray fundamental principles We believe in however So we are clear right about this We are continuing on building that response package should Russia engage militarily We also are continuing to provide security assistance to Ukraine We also are in discussion with our NATO allies about how we would bolster NATO's eastern Flank if there is further Russian military aggression So we are continuing on all those other paths And you mentioned quite rightly that today we shared publicly information that indicates Russia has already pre positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern Ukraine Those are operatives that are trained in urban warfare and then using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage So we are very clear about the enormous risk here but we're also clear that Russia is the aggressor in this situation And I think there's real solidarity across the transatlantic alliance in standing up for what we believe in and meeting this very serious challenge from Russia So what triggers more action to essentially push back against Russia on this It's a great question and there are several triggers and the one scenario that you were talking about right now in many ways is an internal destabilization scenario that could be the precursor for a Russian invasion into Ukraine And what we in the administration are doing now is looking at a number of plausible scenarios for Russian action thinking about what the response to those different scenarios should be And then consulting with our allies and partners to ensure that there is a unified response when those triggers are set That is Karen Don free She is assistant Secretary of State for Eurasia coming up on WTO P will check sports It's 9 14 Your favorite things feel made for you your education.
WTOP
"assistant secretary" Discussed on WTOP
"State hasn't shared COVID numbers in 9 days during a local surge Matt Hayden joins a slide now he's the former assistant secretary of Homeland Security for cyber infrastructure risk and resilience And Matt's here to talk to us about how our governments can better protect themselves and ultimately protect us Good to have you here These are two very local examples of states being infiltrated by hackers How prevalent is something like that Sadly it's becoming more and more a regular occurrence We're seeing ransomware incidents being reported almost daily at this point What we're trying to get ahead of is a challenge where the criminality of ransomware is actually paying off And so we're seeing it escalate across the board What can what more can state leaders do to try to prevent this Write some where is hard You have to make sure you're keeping your software up to date You have to make sure your employees are trained There's a lot of ways that bad actors try to get it networks and try to take down some of these state systems which also fall into the challenges of not being the most modern And so it's a triple edge challenge that they have to work very hard at especially right now when we have active vulnerability challenges like the log for J problem that's hitting everyone at the same time So when you get down to brass tacks here states and feds are looking for some safeguards to protect this very sensitive information How do they go about doing that Well the good news is they're not on their own There is what's called a multi state information sharing center or MS isac And this is where all the different state and local offices work together to get a collective defense options on the table So there are things like scanning There are things like software support services so that the states can get additional help to buffer some of these challenges but they're not there yet So there's still a lot of modernization and a lot of investment in protection that needs to take place All right mad good to get your perspective on this Matt Hayden former assistant secretary of Homeland Security for cyber infrastructure risk and resilience Sports.
AP News Radio
China, US in talks on military relations amid strained ties
"Defense officials from China and the US have held two days of talks in a small sign of progress I meant a continuing sharp downturn in relations the secure video conference held was led by the deputy director of the people's liberation army's office for international military cooperation and the U. S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of defense for China Chinese defense ministry spokesman said the sides exchanged in depth views on relations between the two countries and the two militaries and issues of common concern however he blamed continuous publication and containment of China but the U. S. for the considerable difficulties and challenges between the two many trees I'm sorry I. Shockley
Progressive Talk 1350 AM
"assistant secretary" Discussed on Progressive Talk 1350 AM
"Clarke, former assistant secretary defense for public affairs under then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Tory. Thank you so much for coming on and sharing your story. Can you step us through that morning leading up to the attack on the Pentagon? Sure, And it's arguably that was 20 years ago, because I'm sure you hear this all the time, right? But it seems like it was yesterday. At events leading up to I can never talk about this about telling people what a brilliantly beautiful day September 11th was before Everything started to happen. And, you know Washington, D C. It can be awful and monkey and miserable in September and kind of overcast, and it was a brilliant blue clear day. Just couldn't believe that pilots called. It called the conditions severe clear because the conditions were so perfect. And you know if there's any such thing as a normal day, it's Pentagon. It's a normal day at the Pentagon. Most people in sector in the senior staff would be there 663 in the morning and focusing on what was coming up. And we had scheduled later that morning. Regular press briefing in the briefing room about there's some issues going on the Balkans at the time. Think there was some controversy about missile defense systems coming up, and that's what we're focused on when the first plane hit the first tower in New York, so right after that happens right after American Airlines flight 11 flies into the north Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 A.m. that morning. What was the reaction within the Department of Defense? Yeah, I was in my office at the time, Big, large conference table with a lot of people around it. Military and civilian getting ready for that briefing later, and we, like a lot of people in Washington have a lot of televisions on and with the sound turned down. And you saw the news in New York, reporting that a plane had hit the first tower. And my first reaction was what many people had, boy. It must have been a commuter plane. It must have been on whether playing something like that. Um, later talking to experience pilots. When they saw it happen, they said, Well, I don't know what size plane it was, but it wasn't an accident. They said the conditions were so clear that in their minds, it wasn't an accident. And I'm as I'm watching. I'm on the phone with the secretary chief of staff in his office. And they said you watching this and he goes well, secretary. Now we're going to keep an eye on it. And if he and I are talking his name is Larry DiRita. We see the second plane hit the second tower. And then you instantly know you instantly know that it was not an accident. You would still I know it's a terrorist attack very quickly determined that they were large commercial jetliners, people. And so the crisis management systems that you would want to spin up started has been up. I'm Ryan Gorman joined right now by Tori Clarke, who worked in the Pentagon on 9 11. At that point, Did you feel like the Pentagon was a potential target? Did you in a way almost anticipate what would come next for all of you working there? Um, to a certain extent, Yes. And you work in a place like that. You work with enormously talented trained people. You always know something can happen. And in the months leading in the early months of 9 11 and the administration We had done crisis management planning. That's what you do. You can never predict what it will be. But you know something can happen. And as soon as we realized that it was commercial airliners that were used as weapons as soon as we realized there were commercial aircraft, not responding to the signals that were being requested them to determine They were okay. We realized that Washington probably was a target. And so the focus we're in a crisis command center, the middle the building with the secretary and the vice chairman, joint chiefs at the time and a handful of other people. The focus at the time was getting all aircraft on the ground as quickly as possible. Prevent further attacks if we could, and that's what we were focused on. When we felt this enormous thump and a very loud, very muscle because we were in the Senate, the building but very loud, muffled boom and To answer your question. I know Ryan. This sounds really stupid. But we were focused on planes. We were focused on planes have been used as weapons. Despite that, when you feel something like that, my my first reaction wasn't it was another plane. My first reaction was it was a car bomb of some kind. Some massive car bomb. Because it just wasn't our frame of reference at the time, right, of course, immediately after 9 11 frame of reference was commercial aircraft being used as weapons, But the time I thought it was something else, and there have been rumors about and first reports are always wrong. There have been rumors of other explosions around town. So for the first several minutes, it was unclear. What had happened. So once American Airlines flight, 77 does, in fact, strike the Pentagon and get at 9 37 that morning. What happened next inside the Pentagon? Well, interestingly, a handful of us in that center and the secretary after the second plane, it's second power. The secretary had decided to stay in his office because he at the time Was getting briefed by his CIA briefer Amazing woman named Jenny Watson. And he said he wanted to get more of the briefing, and then he would join us in that command center. So he was in his office when the plane hit and like everybody's asking what happened? Who knows? People didn't know. So we're in the middle of the building in the command center, trying to figure out what had happened, and he decides to go outside to find out what had happened. The secretary himself tried down the hallway. Find an exit. The building did start to folks smoke. And gets outside and was one of the first people on the crash site. As a matter of fact. And he and others were pulling people out of the wreckage and getting some people to ambulances. Once the emergency response system Had gotten up and running. He came back into the building and joined us and he was actually our first eyewitness. At this point. It's been probably been 10 15 minutes we began to realize and we had started to hear reports that has been a plane. At the Pentagon. But he was really our first eyewitness, and he said Yes, it was playing with a large plane. There are pieces of the wreckage all over the ground already. So that's how we That was our first real eyewitness report of what it was that it hit our building. I'm Ryan Gorman joined right now by Tori Clarke, who worked in the Pentagon on 9 11 so fast forwarding through the rest of the day. What were some of the key moments that still stand out to you 20 years later. There were several as a great question when he won the first ones was the secretary's decision to stay in the building. And everyone insecurity. Everyone in the White House was encouraging him to get out of the building, more secure site because they're clearly consideration that, uh, something else could happen. And you think about a normal day. Continental United States are literally thousands and thousands of planes there. But he wanted to stay and he wanted to stay for two reasons. One was the communications were working. Our communication systems were working. We were able to reach the people who need to reach and two he wanted to send a very clear signal to the terrorists and to the others and the American people. That they hadn't succeeded. They had clearly killed many, many, many people, which was often injured others, but they had not succeeded in stopping the department just meant we were never shut down. Not for a minute, so he wanted to make sure everybody knew that. Threatening. That was one of the first key moments of the day, and that happened fairly quickly. And then, as the day went on, it was then it was in stages. It was getting commercial aircraft another aircraft on the ground to try to prevent that. It was getting to ground truth on who was responsible and pretty quickly, smart people and smart people. Intel knew that only Al Qaeda Could have been could have had the resources and the wherewithal to do something like that, and then quite five to begin to prepare a response to that was the focus of the work during the day. And I went out the media. The press corps that live and work in the Pentagon had to evacuate with most other people, and they are people..
Native America Calling
Bryan Newland Snags Senate Approval for Indian Affairs Role
"On saturday the. Us senate confirmed the nomination of brian. Newlyn to assistant secretary of indian affairs. New england is a former president of the bay mills indian community based on michigan's upper peninsula. A major step. Recently in advancing the may t- people's of manitoba right to self-government is dan carpenter Reports the provinces mateen federation signed a recognition and implementation agreement the deal recognizes the matey of manitoba people's right to self government it also recognizes the federation's authority over citizenship leadership selection elections and the running of their government on behalf of the matey of manitoba. It's a step that lays out what happens next to recognize the f. As an indigenous government under canadian law david charter on the president of the says justices now being achieved. And it's something people have fought for. We've always been a government and no one will ever take that from us. We are the only truly recognize government province-wide in this country of canada. That is a powerful statement being made by canada. This is a legal legitimate document. And i hope. I hope that every party listening odor i ask you now. If you're going to challenge agreement challenge it now but not all are as satisfied as chartrand. The assembly of manitoba chief says ottawa did not consider the implications to the inherent and treaty rights of first nations as the original treaty partners of the crown. They argue first nations. Have yet to be given the right to self-governance chief. Arlen duma says canada's now clearly signaled it prioritizes the may t- over first nations people who claim rights and land that have existed long before the may t- came to be for national native news. I'm dan carpenter.
Kottke Ride Home
Call For US Federal Government To Make Vaccination Mandatory for Air Travel
"A quick link over on cocky dot org yesterday. That really got me thinking. It's a piece in the atlantic by juliet. Kayem former assistant secretary for homeland security. During the obama administration basically arguing that the us federal government should make it a requirement for people to be vaccinated in order to travel on airplanes now while she cops that most airplanes filtration systems make transmission on the plane itself fairly rare. The bigger concern she says is transmission in airports and then wherever people are traveling to pointing out that the whole reason for international travel bans is to reduce spreads so is in our huge country with disparate state governments at similar risk and according to a recent new york times and kaiser family foundation pull that she shared forty one percent of people who said they were waiting to see about getting a vaccine would get one if they had to do so to travel even eleven percent of respondents who were entirely opposed to getting. The vaccine said they'd be swayed by travel ban quoting. I am the public debate. Making vaccination a precondition for travel employment and other activities as described this approach as vaccine mandates a term that to critics suggests that unvaccinated people are being ordered around arbitrarily. What is actually going on. Mostly is that institutions are shifting burdens to unvaccinated people denying them access to certain spaces requiring them to take regular cove in nineteen tests charging them for the cost of that testing rather than imposing greater burdens on everyone americans still have a choice to go unvaccinated but that means giving up on certain societal benefits. Nobody has a constitutional right to attend the lion. King on broadway or work at disney or walmart employers and entertainment venues are realizing that they can operate more easily without the hassle of planning around unvaccinated employees and customers
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Congressman Darrell Issa on Winning Back the White House
"Next is gonna be exciting. I think two thousand twenty. It's going to be even more exciting. Having seen the president recently new york. I'm convinced he's going to run. I think he's gonna win. One of the biggest challenges we face if that occurs. We got a win the house. We got to win the senate. We're going to take back. The white house is how we get good people onto the bench and into the next administration you were nominee a trade nominee for the trump administration. The democrats blocked you left right and center. of course. they're going to do that to anybody. Who's good and who's going to be a fighter but isn't the biggest challenge just finding people who are willing to do what you did down to actually put their name down for position after what we've seen happen to people who believe in america thrust you're exactly right that The brutalizing Using the criminal justice system using the media Of nominees has only intensified. most americans. See it at the supreme court level but it occurs all the way down to the deputy assistant secretaries and ambassadors The foreign affairs committee stranded. Tens of people myself included Because bob menendez the most honest member of the senate gordon himself So simply objected. And the arcane rules of the senate The majority allowed that at of course you're now seeing the opposite suddenly your everyone's rushing through and they don't even have a legitimate. There's through so the challenge. We have is to stop the double standard either either block biden nominees or don't tolerate the blocking of your nominees when When things are reversed in another three years
Native Opinion Podcast an American Indian Perspective
"assistant secretary" Discussed on Native Opinion Podcast an American Indian Perspective
"Of the senate committee on indian affairs led a nomination hearing to consider president biden's nomination of principal. Deputy assistant secretary for indian affairs brian. Todd neuland of michigan to serve as assistant secretary of of indian affairs Or the asi at the at the us department of interior. Mr newland a graduate of the indian law program at michigan state university college of law is a citizen of the bay mills indian community and most recently served his tribe as its duly elected president. He also served in the federal government as a presidentially appointed counselor and policy advisor to the asi. Under the obama administration the nomination hearing to consider brian. Todd nolan to serve as assistant secretary for indian affairs of the united states department of the interior more than for thirty tribes and tribal organizations including the united south and eastern tribes again who. We read a their support of a bill on earlier today. The national congress of american indians and the alaska federation of natives submitted letters in support of mr new orleans confirmation. What is the job of the assistant secretary for indian affairs. You might ask. The assistant secretary is charged with maintaining the government to government relationship with sovereign tribal nations respecting tribal sovereignty and promoting trou- tribal self determination. Close quote said chairman chats. Quoting him again. This hearing is an important first step in carrying out the senate's constitutional duty to provide advice and consent on one of the most consequential nominations for native communities across our nation. Close quote so now in the article here going to give you some excerpts from a nominee newlands confirmation hearing going on quote growing up on our reservations. You mr newin going up growing up. On our reservation i saw how federal laws and policies affect the lives of everyday indians commercial tribal fishermen exercise treaty per protected fishing rights to feed in that position. I worked to help. Establish the bay mills healing to To wellness court that substance abuse treatment court has helped to reunite families provide job.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
"assistant secretary" Discussed on Mike Gallagher Podcast
"But you know like nixon. Trump is never going to get credit for anything because trump like nixon before him is an existential threat to the ruling class outsider looking to smash the whole corrupt status quo. Which is what. Nixon was in the process of doing when watergate hit him and they took him out So it's sort of a very similar dynamic on when it comes to politics to me. Mike and i m sure you might agree with this. There are two things that are truly unconscionable. one is playing with life and death with the american people and to is playing with people's livelihood and when it came to the corona virus pandemic you had people who were reporting to trump lake. Dr fauci or we're playing with both life and death and people's livelihood shutting down the entire us economy and so on. And i want to know what she know when did email it. What did dr brooks no. When did she know it. What the metal. And when did they know. And what were they telling. President trump president pence and others in the administration who are dealing with a totally unprecedented situation flying by the seat of our pants. Because nobody ever seen anything like this before certainly not in recent history to everybody in the trump administration was doing be buried. They could flying in the dark and yet now we see that perhaps not everybody was flying in the dark perhaps dr. She knew more than what he was saying. And wouldn't it be nice to know that. What did he know. What was he telling the president. What was he withholding from the president. And why i think. The american people deserve those answers. Course they do and you know monica when i look back at the last year and a half. I've had the benefit of going sort of back and forth spending most of the time in florida in my home state And and part time in new york the difference between new york city and tampa bay. Florida is so profound economically. What businesses have been put through in new york. I mean it's it's it's beyond shameful and and the trouble is new. Yorkers are too blinded by their own bias and their own political ideology to even be be bright enough to see the difference. If i've watched businesses remain open in florida Dr- governor disentis. Who's been masterful masterful in leading the state through this pandemic. i hate to break it to you. Trust the science. The data shows that the corona virus numbers in in florida certainly weren't any worse appreciably. The new york new york didn't have some you know lock on how to handle this and yet they shut the practically shut the city down. It's it's unreal. Monica to be able to compare to a couple of states. Like florida and new york to one another get prompted question mike than were democratic leaders in this country trying to crush small business Deliberately trying to remake the economy by using the kovin Emergency pretext as an excuse. I don't know i'm just throwing that out there. I will say since. I left office on january twentieth left washington. I'm loved what i did. It was such an honor to serve at treasury and the trump agenda and president trump. it was a total honor and loved it every day. But i hated washington. Because i'd get out of there fast enough. But i came back to new york and it was like an unrecognizable city and then i spent a couple of weeks in florida taking some time off visiting france and it was definitely it was like we were in a different universe. Never mind in country because they have freedom and in washington and new york. Where i spent you know as the both of the pandemic working on the economic response and that was like a completely different universes felt like prison and by the way. It's still sort of feels like prison. It's only you know fifty seventy five percent to open it is. It is outrageous and all of these democrats should be held to account won't be they might be if the voters are paying attention if americans are paying attention because we gotta get this country back and one way to start is to get the house back in two thousand twenty two which is just around the corner. Thankfully people like monica crowley aren't going anywhere i. It's so great to catch up with you. Monica keep fighting the good fight unless visit again soon. I would love that mike. Thank you so much for what you do. Every day for the country i appreciate. Your friendship got loud..
Mike Gallagher Podcast
"assistant secretary" Discussed on Mike Gallagher Podcast
"I've respected monica. Crowley's worked for a long time of course She's been on television tv radio personality former assistant secretary of the treasury and his monica crowley herself put it to me when i first caught up with her. It's been a minute since i've had a chance to visit with the great monica crowley monica. Have you been taking. Mike is such a pleasure to talk to you again. It has been omitted. Like no time has passed. You and i are old and good friends and i'm just so happy to be here to. I'm grateful for your work because we need your clarity more than ever. It does feel like there's a massive backlash happening in america whether it's about dr foul cheesy whether it's about the border there show many examples of american sort of having their eyes opened and right now we're seeing. The biden administration tried to destroy the trump economic recovery. I saw your piece at the hill. And that's why. I wanted to bring you wan to kind of connect the dots. Let's talk a little bit about how it feels like. The biden administration is trying to sabotage. Not only the trump's success story but the country itself still the country itself. Yeah well none of this comes as to surprise to those of us who have had our eyes open for a very long time. Being propaganda media simply will not report the truth. They only report spin and lies and deception and promote a left wing agendas. So if you're only listening to that then of course you're surprised when you hear dr fauci has been a fraud and it's been covering a lot of details about the american people deserve to know or andrew cuomo with the nursing home data and so on I would say that. President biden is an extension of president obama. Right so this is essentially obama's third term when it comes to the economic agenda they are throwing into reverse all of this successful pro growth pro worker policies that made the trump economy so successful and such a thriving academy for all americans they're taking most of those policies and putting them into reverse for for a whole variety of reasons ideological political and also because they hate trump so much that they've got a reverse everything he's gotten even this stuff that has worked so we know that should be true and what made the trump economy so successful where four key pillars tax cuts regulatory relief Warfare reciprocal trade deals and unleashing our energy sector. And in just a couple of months the biden administration is reexamining all of those things in order to push them back and replace them with a more collectivist socialist kind of model so tax increases more regulations on businesses of all sizes. They are reexamining. The trade deals although they haven't made any movement on those yet and look at what they're doing to the energy sector literally day one he kills the keystone pipeline and the eleven thousand jobs. That went with it. So you're seeing the the movie that we saw. Before in the eight years of the obama biden. We know how this movie runs. And we know how it ends. It ends west more sluggish job creation luggage out wage growth sluggish overall gross greater income inequality and jacked up deficits and smothering debt. So we've been down this road. We before we know what doesn't work but they don't care mike. It's not about policies that worked for the american people. It's about remaking the us economy reengineering relationship between the government the economy and the individual and again geared toward a more socialist kind of model. Now i want to ask your big picture perspective and comparing the biden administration with the obama. Ten your we're only you know we're in the first year of the of biden administration. Is it just me or is there a much more massive pushback backlash whatever you wanna call it to the biden harris agenda than there ever was with the obama and i think it certainly building because again the obama biden agenda is the very recent past. People remember this is not ancient history and now they have a point of comparison with the four years of the the trump agenda which again with pro growth and pro worker based on economic commonsense and the trump economy delivered for all americans. This was a really critical point. Mike that of course the media has buried but the democrats including joe biden for decades have talked about their desire to want to reduce income inequality reduce poverty and reduce unemployment particularly for certain demographic groups like african americans hispanic americans and so on in four short years. Donald trump actually did those things. He reduced the wage and wealth gap in the country. And he did it. Because those at the bottom end of the income ladder house faster and more significant wage growth than those at the top and so the gaps started close under president trump. He reduced poverty to record lows particularly for the demographic groups and unemployment was at record most for demographic group hundred trump so you have a very significant point of comparison for the american people who may not be economic experts but they know how their their individual and their families live improved dramatically under president trump with some very basic common sense pro growth policies. And now they know well. I didn't have it. This good under obama and now biden is off and now my life is getting worse. My economic situation is getting worse and they're putting two and two together and their understanding and that's why you're starting to really see after bit of a honeymoon period for biden. You're starting to see the backlash grow. Visiting with monica crowley former assistant secretary of the treasury tv radio personality Great friend of the show and avars over the years. Monica you mentioned the media you've been on sorta sides of that of that. I'll Yesterday when it was earlier in the week when it was revealed that The through these fouled she emails that were released through freedom of information request from buzzfeed that foul. She was being congratulated for downplaying. The wuhan lab connection this whole this whole accusation of of the united states helping to fund. Wuhan do you know that they're the at the white house. Press briefing none of the white house press corps. Not one of them has to shane. Gould question about the foued. She emails the corruption in the media. Today monica is as bad as i've ever seen it and i've been at this a long time really quite stunning. And when i served as assistant secretary of the treasury for affairs in the trump perjury department undersecretary mnuchin. I was dealing with the press every single day. And what i can tell you. Is you know you. You and i have been career talking about media bias. But what is incredibly evident now. And what's different Versus the media. Bias against ronald reagan and richard nixon. What's different now in. The trump era is the level of activism and intensity on the part of members of the propaganda media. So they're no longer there just to protect an agenda. They are there now actively serving as cheerleaders four leftist for their agenda for the democratic party. And i'm gonna tell you. Mike i mean. It was a daily battle in the administration daily battle but a healthy republic cannot sustain itself cannot survive without an honest media. That is interested in only the truth. We no longer have that and that makes it a very dangerous moment for this country. I remember like it was yesterday a number of months ago. I had an argument with an acquaintance of mine. Who was really taking president trump to task for trump's seemingly his his disavowal sort of tony pfau chief kind of pushing him aside taking him out of that spotlight when when when president trump was in office. now it appears that it's quite possible that trump his once again vindicated. How many times do we see this happen. It's almost it almost feels spiritual or other worldly to me. Monica how many times president trump was fully and completely vindicated. And now it looks like his his concerns and cynicism about tony tony foul. She may have been right all along. Donald trump has been pretty much right about pretty much everything and unfortunately so many people in the country are not aware of that fact because we have a corrupt media he's simply doesn't report it and their hatred of donald trump was just and remains off the charts. So you'll never get credit for anything you know. I started my career working for former president. Nixon at mid career with president trump. And i'd love to say. I really know how to pick on my only the most controversial presidents for monica..
Monocle 24: The Briefing
Israeli Warplanes Pound Hamas Tunnels as Conflict Enters Second Week
"Is royal has launched dozens of further air strikes against gaza this morning. Reckon the by locals. As among the heaviest bombardments the clave has ever sustained. The rights followed further rocket. Salvos launched at israel from inside gaza overnight. It has been traditional at moments of heightened conflict between israel and palestinian authorities for the united states to insert itself as depending on circumstances mediator broker or banger. Together of heads. Us president joe biden must now judge whether the united states usual reflexive support of israel plays quite as well within his own party as he could want. Assumed it would join with more on this by scott. Lucas junked professor at the clinton institute university college. Dublin Scott first of all the bigger question does the united states. Still say itself is the empire here will. Certainly there is a public part of the biden. Administration's approach which says we're very much of the effort to try to do something to reduce the killings and the violence. So howdy ahmar. Who is deputy assistant secretary of state for the middle east when out to tel aviv on friday. And he's in discussion with Israeli arab in palestinian officials but notably will not be having any contacts with any officials from hamas who of course is the ruling authority in gaza but the primary approach of the biden administration the so far and this has been reinforced. Only yesterday has been to provide cover for israel you know. However the biden ministration sees itself. The reality is this first of all in the united nations on three occasions. The security council has reportedly wanted to issue a statement calling for a ceasefire on three occasions including yesterday. According to diplomats the united states was the only country out of the fifteen council members that held out against such a statement
WMAL 630AM
"assistant secretary" Discussed on WMAL 630AM
"Us Right now? It's Sergio Dale opinion he's running for Virginia governor is in him. Grant and retired Army colonel served in the Pentagon as well as assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere. That's a big job, sir. Good morning. Good to have you with us. Good morning. Vance's The pleasure to be with you and married today. Tell us why you threw your hat into the ring, sir. Well, I want to protect the American dream. I've lived the American dream and currently, the American dream is under assault by The General Assembly and our democratic governor in Richmond. I can tell you a little bit about my bile, but but I want to have you pointed in the right direction. Well, I would actually like t talk a little bit about your story because you are an immigrant to the United States. And I've have a theory that the reason we're moving away from those values that you talk about us because so many Americans are away from their immigrant story. So many Americans are, you know more than more than two generations away from why their ancestor came to this country because When you do when you know that story because it's been told to you over and over and over again. I think you have different a different set of values than if you don't know this story. What do you think? I agree. And so my story is a simple one. I I was born in Mexico grew up in a house of dirt floors and running water. And that was just the reality of how we lived. Came to the United States legally when I was five with my mom and my brothers to join my dad. We didn't have a lot of money. So my dad decided that the family needed to go to work when I was 10. So we started picking cotton you did. It is a family. I did 20 different jobs from the time I started picking country the time I went to the Army. Spent 30 years in the army. I was a defense consultant and contractor, and then I was had the opportunity to join president then candidate Trump. Campaign to reach out to Hispanic voters, and I think we did a pretty decent job because I'm like we we contributed to getting him elected. Um and so I was then invited to be part of the transition team into the Pentagon. And then later, President Trump tapped me to be the deputy assistant secretary defense for Western Hemisphere. Hemisphere affairs. And that I'm very proud of the fact that when I left three months ago, we had the best alignment with countries in this hemisphere with United States s. Oh, that's that's been that the recap of my story and I just want to say that The uniqueness of my American story isn't and I'm not at all unique. There are many, many American stories. I'm sure that you can come up with some yourself and you live some of us. Yes, sir. So when as an immigrant as somebody who legally immigrated to the United States when you hear these debates in Virginia, in particular about being accommodating to illegal immigration at all costs, including recently in Fairfax County, where they've expanded the definitions of what it means to be a sanctuary county where they're trying to resist as much as they can cooperating with immigration and customs enforcement. What do you think when you see stories like that? Well, I'm very troubled because great cognitive dissonance. The thing that we've always promoted in the military is rule of law. That's what the United States is all about. That's what this country was founded on. And when we start violating our own laws and enforced by our own leaders were on the wrong track. I've thought communism and socialism my entire career and I know what it was like when it was during the Cold War who were facing off against the Soviet Union from an attack into central Europe to then helping our partners in Latin America defend against guerilla war to them. When I was the attache, seeing how Chavez got elected, I was an observer of his election. The first ones they're clean. And then after that he had a subsequent series of crooked elections and we've seen what happened in Venezuela. I'm not saying that we're Venezuela by any means, because we are the United States. But a lot of the same trend lines that I've seen with socialists are now coming to the fore. And you're gonna be talking later about Chinese influence. And, uh, the United States. While all this was going on, the Chinese were working their brand of communism that is much more insidious and much more powerful. And we are the victims of all of it. And the lawlessness doesn't help. That's for sure. No, not at all. So there are a lot of you have a lot of contenders for the Republican nomination. What separates you from them? I think my story and my experience is really the key. I can talk to a foreman. I can talk to somebody who used to be my boss on the drilling rig on Harvest platform on it, a lumber yard. And a welding shop and I can talk to the president and I have talked to president and I have. I had I still have some personal relationships with some of the ministers of dissent in the hemisphere haven't reached out to them recently because of where I'm at. But when I was in my job, I have it. I had direct contact with every single minister of defense in this hemisphere. So I understand that, Brooke that broad range I lead lead soldiers. And military personnel and I've managed budgets, and I know how to design policy to scandals budgets, So I think that makes me a little different, and one other thing is that I could reach out to those immigrant communities. That know what it's like to live under socialism and communism. And then we could relate because I've had the opportunity to do so. Here in Northern Virginia, we have We have Asian communities. We have Hispanic community. We have the entire world. This is one of the most eclectic collection of Americans that you've ever seen anywhere else. And I can tell you those that left those Communist countries are not happy with the direction that we're headed. No, That's very true. That is very, very true. Well, thank you so much. We appreciate you joining us as Sergio Della Penna. He's running for Virginia governor, and we wish you the best of luck. I'm sure we'll be speaking with you again. Mary, Can I just add one thing? Sure. Please follow me at surgical Della penna dot com. Sergio Della penna dot com. I appreciate your support. Thank you very much for having me. Sure think you have a great day..
KTOK
"assistant secretary" Discussed on KTOK
"Helping to secure the capital more than a month after that deadly attack, But the threat may linger a lot longer securing America. Former assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for counterterrorism, Elizabeth Newman called on the House committee to take bipartisan action against threats, which she said could linger for years. Sadly, I do believe we will be fighting domestic terrorism that has its roots in inspiration, points from January 6 for the next 10 to 20 years, Freshman Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia warned against labeling people with unconventional views as extremists pointing to vetting military members on their personal views. Max of the thought police the panel greed to examine possible new laws designed to combat domestic terrorism. Rachel Sutherland boxes is a big day for some Amazon workers trying to unionize Amazon and hope the National Labor Relations Board would have sided with them. But the board denied the company's request to postpone a unionization vote. At the company's fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama. Workers at the warehouse there will begin casting votes today and will vote through the end of March. The Alabama employees air voting on whether to join the retail, wholesale and department store union. Evan Brown Fox News on Wall Street stock futures Rob Modestly is markets also rise overseas, coming off the best week since November, when the Dow gained 4% that NASDAQ surged 6% to a new record. The S and P 500 also at an all time high, he might have noticed the price of gas is also keeps going up. It's an added nickel on top in the past two weeks to $2.50. Or regular great nationally, and there's a few more pennies to come that we can see on the way analyst Toby Lumbers survey stations.
Newsradio 600 KOGO
"assistant secretary" Discussed on Newsradio 600 KOGO
"Former assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for counterterrorism, Elizabeth Newman called on the House committee to take bipartisan action against threats, which she said could linger for years. Sadly, I do believe we will be fighting domestic terrorism that has its roots and inspire Nation points from January. 6 for the next 10 to 20 years, Freshman Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia warned against labeling people with unconventional views as extremists pointing to vetting military members on their personal views smacks of the thought. Police. The panel greeted examine possible new laws designed to combat domestic terrorism. Rachel Sutherland boxes is a big day for some Amazon workers trying to unionize. Amazon had hoped the National Labor Relations Board would have sided with them. But the board denied the company's request to postpone a unionization vote at the company's fulfillment center. Invest Summer Alabama workers at the warehouse there will begin casting votes today. And will vote through the end of March. The Alabama employees air voting on whether to join the retail, wholesale and department store union. Evan Brown, Fox NEWS Wall Street stock futures, robotic sleaze markets also rise overseas, coming off the best week since November, when the Dow gained 4% that NASDAQ surged 6% to a new record. The S and P 500 also at an all time high. You might have noticed the price of gas also keeps going up. It's an added nickel on top in the past two weeks to $2.50 for a regular grade nationally, and there's a few more pennies to come. That we can see on the way still be Lundberg's survey stations across America..
600 WREC
"assistant secretary" Discussed on 600 WREC
"Uh, Wow. I find this amazing. There's a story that I can't find out. I saw it yesterday. On. I am now on Page four of Google and I cannot find it. The new assistant secretary of health Who was the Former secretary of health for Pennsylvania transgender Andrea Palm. She came out yesterday and she said that, um shaming People who are transgender. And name calling, she believes should be categorized as a mental illness. Now, why is that a problem? Because now if you have a different opinion, you go down that road. Instead of saying it's wrong. It's not polite. It's unkind. It's cruel. Whatever. Now you categorize that as a mental illness. So now you open the door to I have a difference of opinion. And your point of view is is hateful and really a condition of mental illness. Now you don't get arrested. Now you go to a Asylum. Now you go in on your taking off the streets because you're sick. You're really sick. I mean, Have you ever heard that before in any country where they do that? Take people who disagree with the government and put him in institutions now. That's frightening. I can't find the real yet. That's real. I saw it in a story. We talked about it yesterday in our producers meeting and I can't find it today. She's Now.
X96
"assistant secretary" Discussed on X96
"Kids, kids and referees, she said. I went to a youth soccer tournament the other day. Kids and referees, not mass parents, with masks under their chins, shadowing, cheering in close proximity to others. This is not good. Do not do it. Joe Biden. Has selected Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine. To be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U. S. Senate. Pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician, General Levine Or perhaps, Levin? I don't know. Was appointed to her current post by Democrat governor, Democratic Governor Tom Wolfe in 2017, making her one of the few transgender people serving in elected or appointed positions nationwide. She won. She won past confirmation by the Republican majority Pennsylvania Senate. So that's interesting Aunt has emerged as the public face of the state's response to the Corona virus pandemic. Dr Levine will bring steady leadership and essential expertise that we need to get people. Through the pandemic, no matter what their zip code, their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, identity or disability and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond, President elect, Biden said in the state. I feel like he's being really thoughtful about all of his picks. I think he's really trying to Is diverse is possible and at the same time getting people that are the most qualified for the job because this doctor said I was reading a little bit about her extremely accomplished and respected and Look if he's being so conscientious about making sure that a lot of people are representative, where are there any Maga people in there? Any maggot people it is, huh? Oh, believe me, there are maggot people. Everywhere, like termites throughout the various organizations is not going to. He's not going to consciously appoint any maggot people to his administration. Brett Tolman, the former U. S attorney for Utah. Is making headlines by making big bucks lobbying the White House for pardons for his clients, huh? He's made news before. Uh, now he was the U. S attorney for Utah. He was an advocate for women who are victims of violent crimes. He was a crusader for reforming the legal system. More recently, however, Tolman has been advising the Trump Administration on pardons and commutations. And, according to The New York Times, he's been collecting tens of thousands of dollars and possibly more lobbying for clemency for the son of a former Arkansas senator, the founder of a notorious online drug marketplace, Silk Road and also a New York City socialite. Pleaded guilty in a fraud scheme. So he has been making the case for those three different people and others to the Trump Administration for clemency or pardons and and these people are paying him. A good chunk of change to make those Pleased to the Trump administration. I'll Brett, I'm not going to tell you how to make a living, or how not to make a living. Just know that the stain will go with you. That's think is going to stay on. You don't come off in a tomato, wash. Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate will happen. Let's get on with it. What does Mitch McConnell say about the whole thing? He says, Listen, uh When we have this trial in the Senate What You know, it's a vertical. It'll be a little conscience. That's why I will be more. Yeah, I hope so. Because I hope that's exactly what it is. I hope you examine your conscience. Senators. Really? And if you vote guilty if you are Republican who votes guilty It's it will also say. You know, I've been wrong this whole time or it will say I knew I was wrong this whole time, and I didn't care. Yeah. So There you go. But again, not enough tomato soup in the world to bathe in for stink.
News Radio 1190 KEX
"assistant secretary" Discussed on News Radio 1190 KEX
"Stopped, my captain knew the residents. You need to leave. The house has been ransacked Everything either alittle fight in there or first thing I thought was a robbery into. Of course we found to these Today Marks 20 years since emergency responders found a murdered woman inside of a burning home and kill Devil Hills. The victim was 33 year old Denise Johnson. The only way to understand in East Johnson story is to move counterclockwise in time to go backwards to the point Her clock violently stopped. She was, you know, fight for life. Obviously, it was a struggle going on. You wouldn't know it looking at this home that something terrible happened here 20 years ago. Horrible crime that is yet to be solved. I'm your host, Delia, dm brah. This is counter clock. The investigation into the 22 year old unsolved murder of 33 year old Denise Johnson. Counter clock is an audio chuck original. Listen and follow this podcast for free and weather together just minutes from now, at the bottom of the hour news radio 11 90 k X. I'm Ryan Gorman from I already own filling in for the team here while they enjoy their holiday off and right now to talk about some covert 19 vaccine information. I know everyone has a lot of questions about this these days. I'm joined by Mark Webber, deputy assistant Secretary for public affairs and human services in the office of the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services. Mark. Thanks so much for taking a few minutes to talk to us, I guess the.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030
"assistant secretary" Discussed on WBZ NewsRadio 1030
"Thank you so much for taking a few minutes to talk to us, and before we get to the latest on the pandemic, tell us about the work you do in the office of Minority Health. So Hello, Ryan. It really is a pleasure to be with you and your listeners today. Um, again, I am the director of the Ox to minority health. And in a nutshell, What we're responsible for doing is helping to reduce Differences and health outcomes known its health disparities racial and ethnic minority communities. And so our office works in partnership with other federal agencies. Eight groups, advocacy group media organizations in order to accomplish that goal, and then in the context of coded, we are particularly involved in work in partnership with groups such as the National Institutes of Health, and I H Where You Know Dr Fauci works and is a household name at this point. Centers for Disease Control prevention, CDC and the Food and Drug Administration. FDA Just to name a few. And on that note, can you give us an update on where the country is that in our response to the pandemic, we've certainly seen Quite an increase in cases, hospitalizations and deaths following the holidays, So you're absolutely right. The numbers of infection across the nation remain at a high level and it is really concerning from after the recent holidays we have seen and continue to see increases. The number of cases and there was a possible is a shins and death so that the CDC reports we are well over the 20 million mark nationwide on by numbers of deaths are likewise increasing. It's actually chilling in some ways when we hear someone like Dr Fauci, who has been involved in infectious disease outbreaks for 40 years, say that this is the worst thing he has ever seen in his career. But I do want to say that despite those numbers I'm really encouraged by the fact that if we now have two vaccines that are available, and now state and local governments are executing their vaccination plans shot to going into arms across the nation, which is really, really important. Um And so we're at a point where the federal, the state, the local government, health care providers, community based organizations, advocacy media like yourself, We are all working together to get the word out about covert vaccination and to answer any questions. And concerns that exist so it's really important that we are all ready to receive that vaccine when it becomes available tough. I'm joined by Rear Admiral Doctor Felicia Collins, deputy assistant secretary from minority Health in the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and director of the Office of Minority Health. Tell us about the impact this pandemic has had on minority communities across the country. As someone who focuses on minority health. There's certainly been a disproportionate impact on those communities and variety of different ways. Correct. That is correct. And if we just look at the data, the data show us that African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, Alaska natives at a national level or more likely to test positive for Cove, it's more likely to be hospitalized and more likely to die. Compared to non Hispanic whites. And while Cove it indeed has revealed or really shined a bright light on racial ethnic disparities in the U. S. These disparities that we're seeing, unfortunately, are really the same as existed before Covad 19, so their differences in these covert health outcomes or health disparities as we call it, and and they reflect conditions that we live in which the public health term for that is social determinants of health and social determinants of health include whether we have access to health care and whether we have quality health care. There are a number of other elements that are also included in social determinants of health. They include things like our housing in the transportation we use and access to education and job opportunities just to name a few. So if we apply this social determinants of health concept to cove in communities of color more likely to become infected with coed because, for example, we disproportionately Are the essential employees who worked in long term care facilities or grocery stores, and we drive the trains and Busses and can't work from home. And then to make matters even worse, racial, ethnic minorities and American Indians in Alaska natives are more likely to have conditions that put us at an increased risk of severe illness if we get infected by covert, and so, in that case, we're talking about things such as chronic kidney disease and sickle cell disease and diabetes. Obesity just again, just to name a few. So there are a lot of factors that are in play here for the increased risk. TomKat Muniz of color, which makes you know opportunities like this so important because we really want to be sure that everyone has accurate information. About the Koven vaccine and the role that it plays in defeating the pandemic. I'm joined by Rear Admiral Doctor Felicia Collins, deputy assistant secretary for minority Health in the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and director of the Office of Minority Help. Take a Look at the Cova 19 vaccines for a moment we know in this country. There are vaccine skeptics in all circles. But with your focus on minority health. Can you speak to some of the reservations minority communities have about vaccines? Why there? So much skepticism in those communities and why, with these covert 19 vaccines, they should be reassured that they're safe and effective. So you're again. You're right. There's backs their vaccine. Hesitancy as we call it. Um, in different populations across the nation, But, um Particularly. We're seeing it within communities of color, and it's grounded in from past history that has produced distrust of Medical research community and the federal government. I mean, your listeners may have heard of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment in which you know the federal government studied the effects of untreated syphilis. An African American men without their informed consent for 40 years, and that included not offering them the standard treatment when the standard treatment became available. And then their examples, um within the Latino community in which there was a government led effort to sterilize women in Puerto Rico without their knowledge that the procedure was irreversible. So, um Today. Fortunately, we're in a place where there are improvements and research standards and regulations and safeguards in place to prevent things like this from happening, But the distressed from the past is still very deep. And while they're absolutely valid concerns based on this past experience What I want everyone to be in a place is no that currently I want everyone to have accurate information about what's currently happening so that they can make an informed decision about getting vaccinated. What are some of the questions that you get the most when it comes to the vaccine? I think the question I get the most, um Across populations is how can it be ready so fast? Um, and I think unfortunately, the title operation works. It doesn't help that that perception that maybe this maybe this is occurring faster than it really should. And the truth is that the speed of the development of the current vaccine is really a reflection of the scientific advances over the last five plus years. That it really made, um, that have been made and technologies for vaccines and again. In this case, some of these technologies were developed and Dr Fauci is lab did National Institutes of health and so he describes it. That processes that used to require years can now be accomplished in months..
Bloomberg Radio New York
"assistant secretary" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Assistant secretary for help, Admiral Bret Jura says federal government needs to be doing a better job in rolling out the cove in 19 vaccine, Cary Sanders reports of pace has been slow across the country. State officials blame the federal government operation warp speed, past responsibility of administering the vaccine to state and local health departments, which are underfunded and for the last nine months. I've been focused on getting people tested for the virus, Joel says. While Vaccine administration has started somewhat slow, he expects it to ramp up very soon. It's comes as he says the U. S. Is back on track to distribute 20 million doses by the first week of January and could potentially have 50 million doses given out by February, also commented on recent delays in the drugs availability and said vaccines left on the shelves are no good. More cases of a new coronavirus Stranger being found in Southern California, Miguel Almaguer has more the infection. In California, which comes after a case in Colorado appears to be community spread. While scientists expected mutations. They believe this variant spreads more efficiently because of changes to its spike protein, which can more easily Doc on the human cells. San Diego County health officials announced that three more people tested positive for the variant. On Wednesday, the county announced its first case of the more contagious strain strain is more transmissible that health officials don't believe it causes a more severe infection. US is closing in on 20 million Corona virus infections One year after the virus first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan on December 31st of 2019 the World Health Organization's China office, got reports of pneumonia cases with unknown causes in Wuhan. One week later, Chinese officials identified and isolated a new type of coronavirus. This first day of 2021. The disease, now known as covert 19 is infected 83. A half million people around the world over 1.8 million people have died, including more than 346,000 Americans, Michael Kastner. Police in Lexington, Kentucky, saying No explosives were found after suspicious RV downtown cause an evacuation and explosives detection canine alerted to the vehicle yesterday in the parking lot. The bomb squad was called in. Officers were able to contact the driver and no explosives were found. Evacuation order, which affected some restaurants, bars, hotels and apartments was lifted after about two hours. U. S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, his cheering the nation's judicial system. Way it responded to the Corona virus. Pandemic in mutual has more in this annual end of year message, Roberts noted. Courts across the country quickly adapted to conducting business from home offices when courthouses shut down in the early months of the pandemic. After courts returned to in person trials, he said, citizens responded eagerly to serve on jurors. Actor turned evangelist Kirk Cameron is again drawing the ire of public health officials after hosting another large massless gathering there. Time. It was a New year's Eve event on the beach in Malibu Social Media Post. Cameron encouraged hundreds of people to join him to sing and pray for the country by candlelight images showed at least 100 people there. Malibu City officials publicly called the event unplanned UN permitted and said they were working with law enforcement to inform organizer's. They can't hold large gatherings in the city. In recent weeks, Cameron has hosted two large massless events for caroling in the 1000 Oaks area made an unprecedented cove. It 19 death and A surge in Southern California. The first meteor shower of 2021 is this weekend Mark Mayfield with more NASA calls the quad granted one of the best annual meteor showers, Although it's short compared to others. Peak activity for the quad granted is usually only about six hours for two nights, and this year it falls on January 2nd and third under ideal conditions. As many as 62 200 M can be seen during the peak hours and reminder. There's no mail today because it's New Year's Day. New Year's is a traditional holiday observed by the U. S Postal Service on my car faster And I'm in case from the Bloomberg newsroom for corporate America. 2020 was a year of mixed results because of the pandemic. Big Tech was the big winner as Americans worked from home, jumping on zoom for meetings and streaming content on devices, with many areas under lockdown at some points, But the travel industry was battered Southwest Airlines says business travel Big source of income for the industry is down. 90% and hotel occupancy rates have fallen by two thirds compared to 2019. All cruises have been halted through this February. Stocks rallied and 2020 at new record highs. The story from Bloomberg's Charlie Pellet, the S and P. 500 ended the year up more than 16%, leaving equities that rich valuations amid expectations that widespread vaccine distribution in 2021 Central Bank's support on government aid will reignite economic growth and boost corporate profits. For the year, The NASDAQ composite index was up 43.6% while the Dow in 2020 advanced 7.2% Charlie Pellet Bloomberg Radio, The New York Stock Exchange will delist three Chinese corporations that is in order to comply with the U. S executive order that imposes restrictions on cos. Identified as affiliated with the Chinese military. China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. Hong Kong will be suspended from trading between January 7th and the 11th and Proceedings to do Alison have started. Americans are feeling less optimistic Overs Gina Serve any reports The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index dropped during Christmas week toe a four month low as people grew more pessimistic about the state of the national economy. And the resurgence of covert 19 cases. The index is now only a third of the way back from its pre pandemic level. Gina serve Eddie Bloomberg Radio. Global.