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"We're going to get them, we're going to get them, we're going to protect them, we're going to help them, and we're going to be there for them when they need us."
That's the promise of an anti-child pornography task force set up by the Justice Department to go after online predators who target children, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the FBI, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California, and other law enforcement agencies have teamed up to create the task force, which was announced Tuesday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, per a press release.
"We're going to get them, we're going to protect them, we're going to help them, and we're going to be there for them when they need us," the director of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children tells the Times.
"We're going to be there for the children when they need us, and we're going to be there for the parents when they need us."
The task force, which
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Halcyon Incubator Selects Inaugural Class of Fellows
Washington, D.C. based incubator for social entrepreneurs, Halcyon Incubator, has selected seven ventures to move into the newly renovated Halcyon House in September for its inaugural class of fellows.
