. >> united academy is one of them. grant the school will work with a nonprofit that will run an extended academic program. >> so knowing the standards, the guides, knowinghat the students are working on in class and awill allowing practice time. >> they want to make sure that no one is left behind. in oakland, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >>> bay area researchers will be joining th effort to examine a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis. here is carolyn johnson. >> they are just back from a trip to the east coast. gail and michelle and the other weren't taking a vacation. they were together to receive an experimental treatment. >> that we were independent and did not depend on each other but what a joy. >> all three women suffer from multiple sclesis. the decision th shared was to undergo a controversial procedure based on theory known as ccsdi. it's backers believe the symptoms of mgs are caused by blockages in cranial blood flow. the pictures on carol's computer are from an imaging test of her veins. inc

at the united states military academy, you can get that opportunity. you learn to be someone.skills to truly make a difference in the world. >> glenn: did anybody have a problem when you said you were going to west point? has anybody experienced the "west point? why don't you go to a good school? you could have gotten in xyz." did you experience that? you did? >> i did a little bit, sir. >> glenn: don't call me "sir." i worked a long time for the label of glenn. [ laughter ] >> i think i grew up a little bit, i grew up in colorado. i think there is a little bit of of, maybe a little bit of a mood of discontent with how west point and how all the other service academies fit in with military and the country. i think i ran into a little bit of maybe service rivalry. because air force academy is carl springs. >> glenn: right. west point gives us a chance to serve with soldiers. >> glenn: so you were having the problem between the branches? >> exactly. yeah. >> glenn: what i'm looking for has anybody -- of course. you guys, i mean really, c'mon, seriously. the navy could kick your

, the united states air force academy and naval rotc units at over 57 colleges and universitiesthroughout the united states. with a bow bowtie, we have professor noel sharkey. professor sharkey is a professor of ai and robotics and a professor of public and gage met at the university of sheffield in england. he is irish. previously, he worked at yale and stanford in psychology, ethics and linguistics and cognitive science in computer science. he is responsible for having authored more than 100 academic articles and books. he writes for national newspapers and make zines and has created thrilling robotic pc and exhibits and mechanical arts installations. his core researches and the ethical applications of robotics such as the military, childcare, elder care, policing, medicine and crime. professor david wetham, our final panelist, is a senior lecturer at the defense studies department of kings college, london, based at the joint services command and staff college at the u.k. defense academy. david initially took a degree in philosophy at the london school of economics and went on

davis went to private academies, college, he was appointed to the united states military academy at west point. his older brother sponsored him, took care of him, gave him land. his brother gave him his first slaves. so the gulf began early in the terms of the experiences of wealth and privilege. davis made use of the skills. he became a senator, congressman, one the greatest secretaries of history. but the difference began early in life. >> host: uh-huh. okay. you point out in the book as well that despite all of that the north had suffered during the four years of war, lincoln was not inclined to punish the southern people or their leaders for that matter. and so he tells some of his generals to let them up easy. >> guest: yes. >> host: there's the indication there that he really was more than willing to let davis escape. in fact, he seemed to have preferred that that happened. and i assume that's because he didn't want the country thrown into even more chaos because you are putting the man on trial. >> guest: yes. >> host: but given what the northern people had suffered, was he being

his top courses devoted to ethics and ethics of leadership by the united states air force academy, and over 57 colleges and universities throughout the united states. with the bow tie, prof. noel he has worked in ethics, linguistics, come the science, and at exeter in computer science. he is responsible for having authored more than 100 academic articles and books. he writes for national newspapers and magazines, and has created thrilling robotics museum exhibits and arts installations. his core research is in the ethical applications of robotics in domains such as the military, child care, elder care, policing, medicine, and crime. our final panelist is a senior lecturer at the defense studies department of king's college, london, based at the joint services command and staff college at the u.k. defence academy. he initially took a degree in philosophy at the london school of economics and went on to earn a ph.d. in more studies. he also worked as a bbc researcher and in kosovo. his main research is focused on the ethics of warfare and development of the laws of war. he's been a fello

davis went to private academies and a college and was appointed to the united states military academy at west point. his older brother sponsored him, took care of him, gave him land for plantations, and his brother gave him his first slaves. the gulf began early in terms of experiences and wealth. davis made use of his skills by becoming senator and congressman. the difference began early in life. >> host: okay. you point out in the book as well that despite all that the north had suffered during the four years of war, lincoln was not inclined to punish the southern people or their leaders for that matter, and so he tells his generals to let them up easy, and there's an indication there that he really was more than willing to let davis escape, and in fact, he seemed to have preferred that happen, and i assume that's because he didn't want the country thrown into even more chaos because you put this man on trial and all of that, but given what the northern people had suffered, was he being just a tad naive or just wishful thinking, or what was going on in lincoln's head? >> guest: i th

selfless service to the nation exemplified in the best moments of the graduates of the united states military academy. each one was wounded while leading his troops out front, exposed to the dangers and hardships of warfare. we had previously host add group of soldiers from the 82nd airborne division. again, a very proud association as a former commander in that division. we hope periodically to host other wounded warriors from walter reed. but among our guests were capital dan prezinsky, graduate from the class of 2507. he hails from peach tree city, georgia. he was with the 52 striker brigade combat team in afghanistan. operating around agandab river valley near kandahar and he was on patrol, dismounted when he was hit by an i.e.d. and subsequently lost both of his legs. but not the diminution of his spirit or commitment of service to the nation. we're also joined by first lieutenant chris nickles, class of 2008. he was from meyersville, maryland, he was with the first of the third infantry division. he was injured in iraq, north eeflt of baghdad, and -- northeast of bag dads, an explosive i.e.d.,

crew is being detained in the united states as they filmed a valley near a military training academy dubbed by critics the school of assassins and cameramen and a correspondent have been taken into custody in the state of georgia along with a number of activists get the latest on this developing story tonight cross to out he's got a future courage falling in motion again what more do we know about what's happened to our colleagues so far tonight. well carol we had the chance to talk to kayleen one of our correspondents she and one of our cameraman john conway are now we jailed in columbus georgia they were covering going to annual demonstration outside fort benning which holds a training center for latin american soldiers and policemen air every year thousands of people gather at the gates of that institution with demands to shut it down among its graduates are many of the continent's most and poorest torturers mass murderers dictators and state terrorists some call for banning america's terrorist training camp kayleen our correspondent said there was no disobedience to the police on

davis went to private academies and a college and was appointed to the united states military academyat west point. his older brother sponsored him, took care of him, gave him land for plantations, and his brother gave him his first slaves. the gulf began early in terms of experiences and wealth. davis made use of his skills by becoming senator and congressman. the difference began early in life. >> host: okay. you point out in the book as well that despite all that the north had suffered during the four years of war, lincoln was not inclined to punish the southern people or their leaders for that matter, and so he tells his generals to let them up easy, and there's an indication there that he really was more than willing to let davis escape, and in fact, he seemed to have preferred that happen, and i assume that's because he didn't want the country thrown into even more chaos because you put this man on trial and all of that, but given what the northern people had suffered, was he being just a tad naive or just wishful thinking, or what was going on in lincoln's head? >> guest: i thi

he has served as the chair in professional ethics at the united states air force academy. rorism and a just war tradition." it includes four years in the united states to force as a military working dog handler. it includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life on experiences of patients in the health care system. max is the aurth -- arthur professor of law and of biomedical ethics in the school of medicine. the professor practice law in washington d.c.. he specialized in health care and medical technology. he has authored seven books and numerous articles on subjects including the ethical, legal, and social implications on the advances of human genetics. that is the relationship of medical malpractice reform. last but not least, christine has worked with individuals with learning differences. cognitive, emotional, social, behavioral. she collaborates on methods to improve quality of life for individuals and their family. she worked at quality living inc. in nebraska from 1997 to may 2001. first as an intern, then as assistant director of clinical service

and code-editor of the texts used by an courses devoted to ethics and leadership at the united states naval academy and rotc units, over 57 colleges and universities throughout the united states. with at the bow tie we have professor noel sharkey. the professor of artificial intelligence and robotics and a professor at the university of sheffield in england, although he himself is irish. previously he worked at yale, stamford, essex, and exeter. he is responsible for having authored more than 100 academic articles and books. he writes for national newspapers and magazines and has created thrilling robotic museum exhibits with mechanical art installation. his core research is in the ethical applications of robotics for the military, child care, medical care, and the policing. professor david wedam is a senior lecturer at the defense studies department of king's college, london. based at the joint services command at the u.k. defence academy. he initially took a degree in philosophy at the london school of economics, going on to earn a ph.d. in a war studies. the professor also worked as a bbc resear

news crews detained in the united states says they filmed a rally near a military training academy in ga plus. two israeli soldiers accused of using a palestinian child as a human shield to see a sentence much to anger the few points groups and the international community. for a good evening from moscow it's nine pm sunday night this is r.t. it's kevin owen here with the stories making the headlines this past week for you and first russia is open to discussion over its participation in european missile defense but only if it's offered a fair and equal. all president dmitry medvedev emphasize the point of the nato summit in lisbon hailed as historic for ending a once hostile relationship between russia and the alliance results is lower enlisted reports negs they still remain issues on which they get to see eye to eye . nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its both. and russian president dmitri medvedev arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea corporate with arse. let us do this together l

we have an unusual situation where he is a graduate of the united states naval academy with honors, and we have raising this morning's session as yesterday, and a quarter of a century later, plus one he became of the naval academy the first marine corps officer in the history of the institution to become. as before he's an intellectual and academic and an educated in addition to being a commander in a leader of the men and women in our armed forces those who have been deployed, mobilized in the forward presence general allen. [applause] >> thanks very much for that terrific introduction. it's great to see the cadets this morning. from my understanding vmi, had my picture taken with them. i was honored to have that happen by the way from the institute and west point and the naval academy. we will see how that goes a little bit later, what we? es dr. anthony said, i was the first marine commandant at the naval academy. i have been so far the only marine, of the naval academy and my knee classmates from the class a bicentennial class of 1976 say they will call this the great experiment, an

scientists with nasa, u.n., american medical association and the national academies of science of 32 countries, including the unitedthem, climategate is a sideshow. >> they say it doesn't matter what is in the e-mails the earth is changing. >> the science is solid according to a vast majority of researchers, hotter temperatures, melting glaciers and rising sea levels providing proof. >> a lot of what they said isn't true. if the science was so inconvertible, why did the scientist have to alter it? >> in the last 12 months since this massive story came out the media made a decision not to cover. they've covered it 12 times all year, once a month for the big three networks. that's virtually no coverage. when they do coverage it is to dismiss the scandal that exits -- that exists. this blew the movement to shreds because it proved that climategate was a political operation to control world economies. >> sean: capitalists rape and pillage the planet for profit. >> the far left hasn't let up and all they are going to do is dismiss the facts. >> sean: brent, good to see you in studio. time to check in with greta for a sn

cory at the hoover institution and this is a professor of international security, the united states military academy. next we have dr. stuart patrick till, senior fellow and tutor of the program on international institutions and global governance at the council on foreign relations. and finally senior research fellow with the new american foundation and the author of the second world, and high years and influence in the new global order. please help me welcome our panel. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. we've got a great panel. it's covered virtually every issue that there is in the world today. [laughter] but fortunately for all of you, we have in sight and solutions both. some take notes, and by the time we are done, you should be in great shape to go home. [laughter] in any event, we have got great boats and what the plan is we're going to go through a couple of rounds of questions and then open up to you as soon as possible so we can cover what's on your mind as early as possible so please, think about what you want to ask and get involved as early as you possibly can. there's two parts to

at the hoover institution and an associate professor of international security at the united states military academynext we have doctor stuart patrick, senior fellow and director, global governance at the council on foreign relations. and, finally, a senior research fellow at the new america foundation and the author of the second world, empires and influence in a new global order. please help me welcome our panel. [applause] >> thank you very much. we've got a great panel. it covers virtually every issue that it is in the world today. but forcefully for all of you we have insights and solutions both. so take notes, and by the time we are done you should be in great shape to go home. in any event, we've got great folks. and water plan is, we'll go through a couple of rounds of questions, and then open it up to you as soon as possible. so we can really cover what is on your mind as her as possible. so please think about what you want to ask and get involved as early as you possibly can. they're sort of two parts to the title of this discussion. one is new rules and new syste systems. the other is ame

advanced bioethics and has served as the william lyons chair in professional ethics of the united states air force academy. his book, quote cutter was on and just war tradition," was published in 2007. he served over 18 years and active and reserve components of the military, including four years in the united states air force as a military working dog handler. his current research focuses or his current research focus includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life and influence of the military culture on the expectations and experiences of patients in the v.a. health care system. max mehlman is the director of the law medicine center case western reserve university school of law and the professor of biomedical ethics here in the school of medicine. prior to joining the faculty in 1984, professor mehlman practiced law with arnold and porter in washington, d.c., where he specialized in federal regulations health care and medical technology. he's the author and editor of seven books and numerous articles on subjects including "the ethical, legal and social implications of advances in huma

uniform, dress sweater and tie, is at the student's academy, something that would have been impossible in his native sudan. >> right after you moved to the unitedtates, and someone said, robin, what are you going to do with your life, what would you have said? >> i really don't know what to say during that time. now i look at myself, i'm going to be someone like very good, make my people proud. >> life in america has not always been good to robin. when you're an outsider from sudan living in the united states, what is that like? what happens to you? >> it's very hard. like everyone is picking on you. they're treating you really differently. you don't belong here. >> what did you do? >> i used to fight a lot. nowadays, i don't really get into fights. i try to resolve them and not make people fight. >> while there are refugees living all around the united states, the fugees family is the only group combining soccer with hope for a better future. you have kids like this from around the country? >> we get letters from all around the world wanting to send fugees to us. >> how many more years before you finish? >> i have four more years because i'm i

to the speaker's appointment of the following member to the board of visitors to the united states air force academy. the clerk: mr. alfredo sandoval of indian wells, california. the speaker pro tempore: and announces to the house her approval thereof. -- under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2009, the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, is recognized for 60 minutes as designee of the minity leader. mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i am honored to be recognized here on the floor of the house of representatives. i have long appreciated the honor to serve the people of western iowa here in the united states congress. and each one of us carries this duty with us in a heavy way and also sometimes in a juvenile way depending on the cycles of the day and cycles of the election. as i sit here on the floor tonight and i listened to the presentation of the gentleman from indiana, mr. burton, and he talks about the situation on the border between texas and mexico, arizona and mexico and perhaps new mexico and mexico and california and mexico, there are a whole lot of data points he rolle

advanced bioethics and has served as the william lyons chair in professional ethics of the united states air force academy. his book, quote cutter was on and just war tradition," was published in 2007. he served over 18 years and active and reserve components of the military, including four years in the united states air force as a military working dog handler. his current research focuses or his current research focus includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life and influence of the military culture on the expectations and experiences of patients in the v.a. health care system. max mehlman is the director of the law medicine center case western reserve university school of law and the professor of biomedical ethics here in the school of medicine. prior to joining the faculty in 1984, professor mehlman practiced law with arnold and porter in washington, d.c., where he specialized in federal regulations health care and medical technology. he's the author and editor of seven books and numerous articles on subjects including "the ethical, legal and social implications of advances in huma

advanced bioethics and has served as the william lyons chair in professional ethics of the united states air force academyis book, quote cutter was on and just war tradition," was published in 2007. he served over 18 years and active and reserve components of the military, including four years in the united states air force as a military working dog handler. his current research focuses or his current research focus includes the reintegration of military members into civilian life and influence of the military culture on the expectations and experiences of patients in the v.a. health care system. max mehlman is the director of the law medicine center case western reserve university school of law and the professor of biomedical ethics here in the school of medicine. prior to joining the faculty in 1984, professor mehlman practiced law with arnold and porter in washington, d.c., where he specialized in federal regulations health care and medical technology. he's the author and editor of seven books and numerous articles on subjects including "the ethical, legal and social implications of advances in human g

united states coastguard. admiral papp is a 1975 graduate of the coast guard academy. he holds a master of arts in national security strategic studies at the united states war college and a master of science in management. admiral pat have surged six coastguard cutters, four of which he commanded. he is our 13th gold ancient mariner. for those who may not know, the gold ancient mariner is an honorary position held by an officer with over 10 years duty.ated see tha ladies and gentlemen, please welcome admiral papp. [applause] >> master chief 11 and i seem to be in a competition. he likes to point out the engine things whenever he can. secretary napolitano, thank you for being here with us this morning. distinguished guest, thank you as well. it is always a pleasure to see you. device, died of the coast guard and it shipmates, thank you for being here. i thank in particular the chiefs for rallying people to come out here. we have done this for many years. when you have a couple of bad weather years, the crowd diminishes a little bit. it is gratifying to see the turnout th

academy applications on-line. it includes some famous west point names like george custer. and william tecum is a sherman. you can view them on-line through sunday. the uniteds is being accused of upsetting the trade balance. deliberately weakening the dollar. charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: fingerpointing is threatening to derail the g-20 summit in seoul. leaders of the world's wealthy economies are sparring over ways to rebuild the global economy. >> we need to ensure balance and sustainable growth. >> reporter: president obama was forced to defend the federal reserve's plan to pump hundred billion dollars in though u.s. economy. critic accuse the u.s. of deliberately devaluing the dollar to boost trade. president obama shook hands with south korea's president but couldn't strike a trade deal. the sticking point, access to south korea's lucrative auto market. >> we don't want months to pass before we get this done. we want this to be done in a matter of weeks. >> reporter: thousands of protesters rallied in the streets, claiming world's powers aren't taking responsibility for the financial crisis. police arrested a woman who threatened to set herse

journalist writes in the united states one question optional spent around thirty two hours in jail for trying to film a problem in the peaceful protests against the military academy dubbed the school of assassins that finished with offices hung consecrate covering the event and marched them a to a police van. thank you you may think your. own correspondent for describing to police as brutal she was later released in the brutal her account of the arrest. while we were filming we were asked to step aside we were asked to step onto the sidewalk which we did this is documented in the footage that we shot we turned our backs and all of a sudden we were being arrested we were not told what we were being charged with we were taken to the county jail it took about four hours for us to be told what we were being charged with and we were processed through the system and we actually spent thirty two hours in the county jail there in georgia even though we were clearly credentialed press were accredited with the united states congress we presented our press credentials and they still arrested as we were charged just as all the either activists were all of us were found guilt

united states coastguard. admiral papp is a 1975 graduate of the coast guard academy. security strategic studies at the united states war college and a master of science in management. admiral pat have surged six coastguard cutters, four of which he commanded. he is our 13th gold ancient mariner. for those who may not know, the gold ancient mariner is an honorary position held by an officer with over 10 years duty.ated see tha ladies and gentlemen, please welcome admiral papp. [applause] >> master chief 11 and i seem to be in a competition. he likes to point out the engine things whenever he can. secretary napolitano, thank you for being here with us this morning. distinguished guest, thank you as well. it is always a pleasure to see you. device, died of the coast guard and it shipmates, thank you for being here. i thank in particular the chiefs for rallying people to come out here. we have done this for many years. when you have a couple of bad weather years, the crowd diminishes a little bit. it is gratifying to see the turnout this year of all the senior leaders and

academy. something that would have been almost impossible in his native sudan. right after you moved to the united if someone said, robin, what are you going to do with your life, what would you have said? >> i really didn't know what to say during that time. now when i look at myself, i want to be someone like very good and make my people proud. >> life in america has not always been good to robin. when you were an outsider from sudan living in the united states, what is that like? what happens to you? >> it's very hard. everyone picks on you. they treat you really different like you don't belong here. >> what did you do? >> i used to fight a lot. now a days i don't get into fight. i try to resoovl. >> while refugees live all around the united states, they're the only group combining soccer with the hope for a better future. are there other organizations like this around the country? >> no. >> this is? >> this is it. we get e-mails from people around the country and around the world. >> how many more years before you finish? >> i have four more years because it in eighth grade right now. >> for m

dressed in the school's uniform is an 8th grader at the fuji's academy, something almost impossible in sudan. right after you moved to the unitedobin, what are you going to do with your life, what would you have said? >> i didn't know what to say during that time, but now, when i look at myself, i want to be someone like very good and make my people proud. >> reporter: life in america has not always been good tore robin. what happens to you here? >> everyone is picking on you, treating you different like you don't belong here. >> reporter: what did do you? >> i used to fight a lot. now days i don't get into fights. >> reporter: while there are refugees living all around the united states, the fuji's family is the only group combining soccer with the hope for a future. are there other organizations like this around the country? >> no. we get e-mails from around the country and world about bringing the fujis to us. >> reporter: how many more years? >> four years because i'm in eighth grade. then another four years of college. >> you can learn more about the fujis family more on dr. sanjay gupta m.d. right here on cnn. fiber one c

academy. my question is for director williams and everybody else. you identified change agents as being a product for the united states in terms of sending abroad. what has been done for peace corps in terms of identifying change agents in the country's you go to, in terms of saying this is a member who can make substantial change for the country going forward, and providing resources to do so? thanks. >> u.s. about the decision to create the crisis court. i want to talk about the extraordinary values. >> the history, of course, as alain said, was listing to so many returned peace corps volunteers, who would reflect on their years of service, very much want to go back, but were frustrated that their lives are organized and somewhat encumbered. , another 27 months was unthinkable. if the world needs the skill sets of peace corps volunteers. while they might have been lacking a lot of experience when they first went in, coming back later in life, language skills, cross-cultural skills, cultural skills. there was a group in the united states of returned peace corps volunteers unlike any other. the theory was to ch

academy. my question is for director williams and everybody else. you identified change agents as being a product for the united states in terms of sending abroad. what has been done for peace corps in terms of identifying change agents in the country's you go to, in terms of saying this is a member who can make substantial change for the country going forward, and providing resources to do so? thanks. >> u.s. about the decision to create the crisis court. i want to talk about the extraordinary values. >> the history, of course, as alain said, was listing to so many returned peace corps volunteers, who would reflect on their years of service, very much want to go back, but were frustrated that their lives are organized and somewhat encumbered. , another 27 months was unthinkable. if the world needs the skill sets of peace corps volunteers. while they might have been lacking a lot of experience when they first went in, coming back later in life, language skills, cross-cultural skills, cultural skills. there was a group in the united states of returned peace corps volunteers unlike any other. the theory was to ch

academy. my question is for director williams and everybody else. you identified change agents as being a product for the united states in terms of sending abroad. what has been done for peace corps in terms of identifying change agents in the country's you go to, in terms of saying this is a member who can make substantial change for the country going forward, and providing resources to do so? thanks. >> u.s. about the decision to create the crisis court. i want to talk about the extraordinary values. >> the history, of course, as alain said, was listing to so many returned peace corps volunteers, who would reflect on their years of service, very much want to go back, but were frustrated that their lives are organized and somewhat cumbered. , another 27 months was unthinkable. if the world needs the skill sets of peace corps volunteers. while they might have been lacking a lot of experience when they first went in, coming back later in life, language skills, cross-cultural skills, cultural skills. there was a group in the united states of returned peace corps volunteers unlike any other. the theory was to chan

we had basically the united states, had lost in an insurgency and after vietnam, we cease to study culture insurgency in the u.s. government. it was dropped from the military academies it dropped out. we want going to get involved with that, and there was no preparation for what we encountered in iraq, and in afghanistan. afghanistan figures and of course also, but i focus mostly on iraq, and they are the failure of intelligence on our part, on the u.s. part, was extraordinary. like? so i was trying to think of this overtime and one thing is that takes you to think and comparatively about the u.s. in ways that is sometimes a bit taboo and a little bit making people uncomfortable. it is not saying it is all the same, but also it lifts it out of the bush administration per se, where you step back in history and look at the bigger picture and you are going back to world war ii. you are going back to other things. at one point in the book i end up in the philippines at the turn-of-the-century, you know, when u.s. conquered the philippines in 1898 and early 1900's. all the rhetoric was there. i have a line in the book that if you want to find a ghost behind the ghostwrit

academy. my question is for director williams and everybody else. you identified change agents as being a product for the united states in terms of sending abroad. what has beenone for peace corps in terms of identifying change agents in the country's you go to, in terms of saying this is a member who can make substantial ange for the country going forward, and providing resources to do so? thanks. >> u.s. about the decision to create the crisis court. i want to talk about the extraordinary values. >> the history, of course, as alain said, was listing to so many returned peace corps volunteers, who would reflect on their years of service, very much want to go back, but were frustrated that their lives are organized and somewhat encumbered. , anotr 27 months was unthinkable. if the world needs the skill sets of peace corps volunteers. while they might have been lacking a lot of experience when they first went in, coming back later in life, language skills, cross-cultural skills, cultural skills. there was a group in the united states of returned pea corps volunteers unlike any other. the theory was to change a l

academy. something that would have been almost impossible in his native sudan. right after you moved to the united say. during that time. but now, i look at myself, i want to be someone like very good, make my people proud. >> reporter: life in america has not always been good to robin. when you're an outsider from sudan living in the united states, what is that like? what happens to you? >> it is very hard. like, everyone is picking on you. they're treating you really different like you don't belong here. >> reporter: what did you do? >> i used to fight a lot but nowadays i don't really get into figts. i try to resolve them and not make people fight. >> reporter: while there are refugees all around the united states, this family is the only group only bining soccer with the hope for a better future. are there other organizations that you know of like this around the country? >> no. >> reporter: this is it? >> this is it. we get e-mails every week from people around the country and the world, when will you bring them to us? >> reporter: how many more years until you finish? >> four more years. >>

basically, the united states had lost in an insurgency, and of after vietnam -- after vietnam we ceased to study counterinsurgency in the u.s. government. it was dropped from the military academies. it was dropped out. we weren't going to get involved in that. and there was no preparation for what we encountered in iraq and in afghanistan. afghanistan figures in, of course, also. but i focus mostly on iraq. and there the failure of intelligence on our part, on the u.s. part, was extraordinary. why? so i was trying to think of this over time, and one thing this does is it takes you to think comparatively about the u.s. in ways that are sometimes a bit taboo and a little bit make people uncomfortable. it's not saying it's all the same, but also it lifts it out of the bush administration per se when you ten back in history and look at -- step back in history and look at the bigger picture. you're going back to world war ii, you're going pack to other thicks -- back to other things. at one point in the book i end up many this the philippines at the turn of the century, you know, when the u.s. conquered philippines in 1898, early 1900s, and all the rhetoric was there. i have a line i

united states. many committees have warned of the budget-related crisis and describe the harm down by large deficits. recently john palmer, syracuse university professor and i co-chaired by the national academy of science and public administration. the membership of the committee, like this one, spanned a wide range of ideology. the committee report has the usual diagnosis of budget problem and warning about potential crisis if we do not change policy. however, i think our report is unique in it's contains unique policy options to obtain fiscal stability. first we green fiscal stability has chairman bernanke did, as achieving a stable debt-gdp ratio. we go further and think that a prudent ratio would be 60% of gd. my prepared statement rationalized that. i'll be glad to go into more details in later if you'd like. our policies were grouped in packages. in one, the committee asked what spending restrain would be necessary while avoiding significant tax increases. at the other extreme, the committee looked at what taxes would be necessary while other programs grew as determined by current law. and the two middle paths were also delineated. in the package that avoided any increase in the tax bu

academies followed up on their rising above the gathering storm report from 2005 with an account this year of america's progress over the previous five years. they concluded in part that if the united states is to remain competitive, we need to preserb an adequate supply of creative, leading edge, innovative more than resermingers. early involvement in the real world practice of science is very valuable in meeting this goal and equally vital is our economic progress. it produces a scientifically literate society, as well. i commend the students and faculty who are participating in undergraduate research programs across the country and in organizations that support their work, such as the counsel on undergraduate research, the research corporation, the national science foundation and many others. i encourage our colleges, universities and federal agencies to continue robust support for these programs and to work together to develop new opportunities for all interested students to participate in undergraduate research. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. thompson: i have n

united states. many committees have warned of the budget-related crisis and describe the harm down by large deficits. recently john palmer, syracuse university professor and i co-chaired by the national academy of science and public administration. the membership of the committee, like this one, spanned a wide range of ideology. the committee report has the usual diagnosis of budget problem and warning about potential crisis if we do not change policy. however, i think our report is unique in it's contains unique policy options to obtain fiscal stability. first we green fiscal stability has chairman bernanke did, as achieving a stable debt-gdp ratio. we go further and think that a prudent ratio would be 60% of gd. my prepared statement rationalized that. i'll be glad to go into more details in later if you'd like. our policies were grouped in packages. in one, the committee asked what spending restrain would be necessary while avoiding significant tax increases. at the other extreme, the committee looked at what taxes would be necessary while other programs grew as determined by current law. and the two middle paths were also delineated. in the package that avoided any increase in the tax bu

academy of medicine, and in 2005 it was called rising above the gathering storm. it was chaired, and i had the privilege of being on the committee. task very simple. how is the unitedte in a flat world of the 21st century? and the answer -- it made a number of recommendations. but essentially, pay attention to the intellectual capital, invest in it, you will get more wealth creation. there was a progress report in 2010, and it's entitled -- the title says the progress. rising above the gathering storm revisited. rapidly approaching category 5. and what it essentially says, it says in balance, and this is talking about the collective society of america, the government, congress, administrations, everybody, in balance it would appear overall the united states long term competitiveness outlook, read jobs, has further deteriorated since the publication of the gathering storm report five years ago. and so the issue is what are we -- what is really at stake? what are other countries doing? so let me remind you, the united states has been for well over a century, the greatest innovation machine in the world. while it did not invent the automobile, that was done in germany