thanks to our panelists, megan bradley, shelley and turn 11. join me in thanking them.[applause] -- and turn 11. -- mr. darragi. [inaudible conversations] >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in to start their day. and out of the remarks in general speeches of the first. the senate will recess at 10:30 a.m. eastern so lawmakers can walk to the house chamber for today's joint meeting. later today we expect more work on the iranian nuclear negotiations oversight bill. now live to the senate floor it on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, enthroned above all other powers, thank you for the masterpiece of another day. lord, our hearts ache because of the pain in our world. we see the anger , the violence, the death, the tears, and the despair. forgive us when we forget that you are still in control of our planet and that the hearts of humanity are in your hands. lord help us to remember that your power is far above any conceivable command, au

megan bradley: i think that there are steps. one issue, for example, that will need to be considered is the question of restitution. that will be a very complex process. when there are large-scale displacements. in libya, it is going to be all the more complicated because the restitution claims are also intertwined with the practices of the qaddafi regime over decades. the qaddafi regime would use land conflicts and the allocation of land resources as a way of playing different groups off of one another. and this, of course, result in very complex overlapping claims to the same property. so, in terms of thinking into the future, when we can hope to see the situation sorted out the restitution piece is going to be a big part of that. i think that there is work that can be done in terms afford planning for strategies -- forward planning for strategies that can address those situations. i think there are ways in which they can be effective forward planning. it might take -- be some idealistic figures at this moment because the secu

we're going to begin with megan bradley at my far left. megan does development settings and political science in montreal. she's done a lot of work on transitional displacement and reconciliation but from our perspective, she's almost coming home. she worked for us for a couple of years on internal displacement. we still miss you a lot megan and it's really nice to see you here with us. >> thank you. >> megan is going to speak about the research based in doha. and then we'll talk about the embassy of tunisia, kais darragi who has worked in a variety of settings throughout the middle east, most recently, london tokyo, before coming to the u.s. in 2012 on displacement in libya, something to be considered. we'll then turn to shelly pitterman, the united nations high commission of refugees and has worked for many years in different settings from headquarters to the middle east and now in washington where he focuses on the issues in the caribbean. but you and acr have been quite visible in the last week or two with what is happening in the medit

we're going to begin with megan bradley sitting at my far left. megan teaches development studies and political science at mcgill university in montreal. she's done a lot of work on transitional justice displacement, reconciliation, and a variety of contexts. but from our perspective she's almost coming home. she worked with us for a couple of years as a fellow in the project on internal displacement. we still miss you a lot megan and it's really nice to see you here with us. >> thank you. >> so megan's going to talk about some of the research we carried out in collaboration with colleagues based in doha. and then we're going to turn to the charge d'affaires from the embassy of tunisia, who's a career diplomat, has worked in a variety of settings throughout the middle east, most recently london, tokyo before coming to london in 2012. the circumstances in tunisia and libya are something to be considered. we'll then turn to shelly pitterman who's the representative in washington, d.c. of the united nations high commissioner for refugees, has worked w

thanks to the panelists megan bradley, shelly. join me in thanking them. [ applause ] >>> on the next washington journal, john lott and ted ted alcorn. on protecting gun rights. and colleen u banks, executive director of national child support enforcement system discusses that system in the u.s. and reporter will discuss the use of executive action. we will take calls, join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on cspan. >>> here are some of the featured programs this weekend on cspan networks. saturday evening the white house correspondents annual dinner. live coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern with red carpet arrivals, remarks by president obama, and entertainment by "saturday night live," ses lee strom. and sunday former reporter judith miller on time in prison for not revealing the source of her reports before and during the iraqi invasion. 10:00 a.m. on cspan2. book tv is at annapolis. former attorney general alberto gonzales, and sarah wildman on world war ii and the holoca

we have a good panel for you today, and we're going to begin megan bradley to my far left. she teaches in montreal doing a lot of work on displacement reconciliation, in a variety of context, but she's almost coming home. she worked with us for a couple years as a fellow on the projects of internal displacement, and we miss you, but it's nice to see you here with us. >> thank you. >> she's going to talk about the research carried out in collaboration with colleagues, and then we're going to turn to the embassy of tunisia, a career diplomat worked in a variety of settings throughout middle east, most recently london, tokyo, before coming to washington in 2012. the consequences for tunisia of displacement in libya is something to be considered. we'll then turn to shelly pitterman, worked with us for many years in very different settings from headquarters to the middle east and now in washington. we also focus on some of the issues in the caribbean. you have been visible in the past week or two with respect to what's happening in the mediterranean off the coast of libya, and i

megan boone will be my date from "the black list." >> what about some of the big heavy hitters in hollywood. "american sniper" was huge this year. bradley cooper, will he be here? >> we found out yesterday he's coming. >> they always ask who is he taking because he had an all take young girlfriend recently and i think they parted ways. >> i kind of hoping he takes his mom. sometimes he takes his mom and i think that's really sweet. if he's single, i would like to see him take his mom. >> any other big name stars you've heard? >> rupert friend on "hopeland." he's in town. i'm a fan. i hope i'm saying this right. nicolai custer waldo from "game of thrones ." and then i think you'll see a ton of familiar faces from all the network shows that are coming. >> which are some of the parties that illicit -- elicit some of the big stories and there are parties that are so exclusive that a lot of people can't even get into them? >> vanity fair after the dinner on saturday night with bloomberg is typically very, very owe you need a full body scan and secret service clearance and have to be nominated for an academy award basically. that is the covet