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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said intelligence reports highlighting the potential terrorist threats posed by right wing extremists groups are not accusations, they re assessments. The report, which states that right wing extremist groups could use the nation s poor economy and the election of the country s first black president as recruiting tools, has come unde stanley becher r fire from Republicans who say the Obama administration is unfairly singling out conservatives and military veterans.But Napolitano said the reports are not intended to infringe on anyone s constitutional rights by any stretch, during an appearance on CBS The Early Show Thursday. These reports are issued periodically through the intelligence and ana stanley cup lysis division of the Department of Homeland Security. And what they are intended to do is to give state, local, tribal stanley drink bottle law enforcement what we call situational awareness. What s out there What do they need to be sensitive to The report noted that military veterans who have difficulty reentering civilian life are susceptible to recruitment, as was the case with Timothy McVeigh, whose 1995 attack on a federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people. Click here to read the full report. That drew the ire of the House of Representative s top Republican. To characterize men and women returning home after defending our country as potential terrorists is offensive and unaccep
For months, lawmakers in Washington have been at loggerheads over a fresh round ofCOVID-19relief for millions of Americans, including a stimulus check and enhanced unemployment ben stanley tumblers efits. But what exactly is impeding the talks over emergency assistance for jobless workers, small businesses and others ca stanley uk ught up in the crushing economic crisis caused by the coron stanley thermos avirus House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined some of the differences she sees between Democrats and Republicans in aletteron Thursday to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Your responses are critical for our negotiations to continue, Pelosi wrote. The American people are suffering, and they want us to come to an agreement to save lives, livelihoods and the life of our American Democracy as soon as possible. The delay in new stimulus funding comes as financial support from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security or CARES Act, passed in March as the economy cratered, is running out for many people. Unemployment aid for gig workers and freelancers will end on December 31, while an extra $600 in weekly federal jobless support that many were receiving expired in July. Many Americans spent their $1,200 stimulus checks in the spring or summer on bills or paying down debt. About one in four adults say their family s financial situation was worse in September than at the start of March, according to recentresearch from the Urban Institute. That already dire situation could wo Olqc Big Deficit Gets Even Bigger
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said intelligence reports highlighting the potential terrorist threats posed by right wing extremists groups are not accusations, they re assessments. The report, which states that right wing extremist groups could use the nation s poor economy and the election of the country s first black president as recruiting tools, has come unde stanley becher r fire from Republicans who say the Obama administration is unfairly singling out conservatives and military veterans.But Napolitano said the reports are not intended to infringe on anyone s constitutional rights by any stretch, during an appearance on CBS The Early Show Thursday. These reports are issued periodically through the intelligence and ana stanley cup lysis division of the Department of Homeland Security. And what they are intended to do is to give state, local, tribal stanley drink bottle law enforcement what we call situational awareness. What s out there What do they need to be sensitive to The report noted that military veterans who have difficulty reentering civilian life are susceptible to recruitment, as was the case with Timothy McVeigh, whose 1995 attack on a federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people. Click here to read the full report. That drew the ire of the House of Representative s top Republican. To characterize men and women returning home after defending our country as potential terrorists is offensive and unaccep