>> guest: ann arbor, michigan, it was in the basement of a friends center, a quaker meeting hall, and i think we had maybe 35, 40 kids. >> host: and you did not have a degree at the time? >> guest: now, i didn't have a -- no, i didn't have a degree, i was 20 years old. >> host: and was this an accredited school? >> guest: yes. we had one certified teacher. >> host: what about your education, what was your education like? >> guest: i grew up in the western suburbs of chicago, went to suburban schools, good schools. in my junior year i went to lake forest academy, so i went to residential prep school and from there to the university of michigan. >> host: how did you end up at lake forest academy? >> guest: you know, i write about it in one of my books. i jokingly refer to lake forest academy as a kind of reform school for kids with privilege. [laughter] it's not literally true. i was, i was disenchanted with school as a lot of 16-year-olds are, i was disconnected from school. my girlfriend had gone away to college, and i saw no purpose in going to school, so my father thought that was a

but they recommended a fellow from ann arbor, whose name is dr. gross. dr. gross is an expert in survey methodology. he spent decades working to strengthen the federal statistic statistical system, to improve its training programs, keep the system committed to the highest scientific principles of accuracy and efficiency. dr. groves knows how the agency operates and what its employees need to successfully implement the dicennial census. he is one of the most respected officials in his field. the combination of his experiences have prepared him well to lead the bureau at a time when rapid developments and changes are occurring. pass a manager, he elevated the university of michigan's -- as a manager, he elevated the university of michigan' michigas association of research to a premier organization, actually respected throughout the country and around the globe. numerous state agencies and policy-makers have sought his expertise in survey design and response. his work has received professional recognition through awards from various professional associations, i

obviously, because we are moving into an era of war where we want arbors to be strong and have equipment that makes them strong, but i don't take issue with the fact that it has to be what the customer wants. i'm thinking of the f-22, for example, which is just, you know, which is just a tragedy in a way because we have these, all these restrictions from years past. we can't export an airplane, and i'm not talking about two i-india. i'm talking about two other countries. but my point is, we build things that the customers want but we build things as a national strategy with the idea that we are trying to strengthen the partners, and i take no issue with your particular point. >> we're going to move straight into our next panel, which is on indian u.s. economic cooperati cooperation. before we adjourn i would like you to join me in a hand of applause for our panelists. they did a great job. [applause] thanks, mary. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible con

sarkozy, prime minister brown, prime minister arbor, prince charles, for being here today. thank you to our secretary of veterans affairs for making the trip out here to join us. banks also look to susan eisenhower, whose grandfather began this mission 65 years ago with a simple charge, okay, let's go. and to a world war two veteran who returned home to serve a proud and distinguished career as a united states senator and a national leader, bob dole. [applause] i am not the first american president to come up and mark this anniversary, and i likely will not be the last. this is an event that has long brought to this coast both heads of state and grateful citizens, veterans and their loved ones, the liberated and their liberators. spoken of, and depicted in countless books and films and speeches. long after our time on this earth has passed, one word will still bring forth the pride and awe of men and women who will never meet the heroes who said before us -- the day. why is this? of all the battles and all the wars across the span of human history, why does this day hold su

arbor, you have been very patient. >> i was interested reading the column over the weekend where secretary gates reached out to the communists there because he wanted to talk about general jones' foreign policy process in the obama administration. i wanted ask you about it because the article says that the secretary himself reached out and proposed the interview to talk about general jones and the gossip going on in the administration about general trends. this seems pretty extraordinary. is the writer and actor that the secretary reached out? >> he is correct in that i reached out to david ignatius, because as the secretary believe, general jones is doing a terrific job and the fact is he characterized it to ignatius, jones he believes is the glue that is holding this team together. he is the one who he thinks is most possible for the fact that it has jelled and come together as quickly as it has, that this is not a team of rivals as it was originally billed, but thanks to jones' leadership, it is a national security team. there is, as you are aware, a lot of chatter in washington about t

. >> host: smartness next from ann arbor michigan independent line. >> caller: good morning, c-span, and good morning, richard. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: first i have to compliment you on writing a fantastic. >> guest: thank you. i appreciate that, really. >> caller: i need to preface that by saying i help teach political science in the high schools, and it is a very detailed description of how a candidate is now grown from someone who is semi obscure and then develops, running on to that, and someone made about a prolonged primary. the development just weeds to happen especially with someone who doesn't have those long resonates. >> guest: thank you. i appreciate that. thank you for taking the time to read it. >> host: we will go to kevin who is next from new york. good morning. >> caller: good morning. congratulations, mr. wolffe on your book. i enjoy your appearances on msnbc, and i have one question and one favor to ask. >> guest: go ahead. >> caller: the question is through the course politics starting brumbaugh time of nixon, i realized it's something that's been done

>> ann arbor michigan in the basement and a friend center, a quaker meeting hall and i think we have and maybe 35 or 40 kids. >> you do not have a degree at the time? >> no, i was 20 years old. >> and it was this an accredited school? >> yes we had one certified teacher and it was, indeed, in a credit is school. >> what was your education mike? >> i grew up in the western suburbs of chicago, went to suburban good schools, went to glen per request high-school and then in my junior year went to lake forest academy so i went to a residential prep school and from there to the university of michigan. >> how did you end up like force academy? >> i read about it in one of my books i jokingly referred to lake forest academy as a kind of a reform school with kids of privilege. it is not literally chew. i was disenchanted with school as a lot of 16 year-old farmer. i was disconnected from school, i often had got away from college and i saw no purpose going to school so my father thought that was a bad choice and looked around for some alternatives. he had the means to take an alternative. >> w