on behalf of what so proudly we hail aei's program on american citizenship, would i like to welcome you and our viewers around the country courtesy of c-span to event in honor washington's birthday. this is one of a series of events and discussions where response oregon on the american we're sponsoring on the american calendar. built around selections from a recently published anthology, "what so proudly we hail, the american's soul in store i had speech and song." our purpose in this series is to revive interest in and attention to our national holidays seen as important tools often neglected for shaping american identity and encouraging civic understanding and national attachment. through our national holidays we're summoned to remember, honor and celebrate and express gratitude for our existence as a nation and the people who have contributed and sacrificed so much to create and preserve the republic whose blessings we enjoy, blessings so familiar that we tend to take them for granted. our national holidays suitably observe, can refresh our national memory and unite us as a people. m

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aei scholar leon cass will read passages from the farewell address and serve as moderator. diana schaub, coeditor of "what so proudly we hail" will comment on the address. richard brookheiser, editor at national review and author of bieg ti fis of washington, hamilton and madison will speak about president as exemplary president. author of books on burke, machiavelli and the theory of executive power will consider the role of the presidency in the american polity. finally aei scholar steven hayward, author of biographies of ronald reagan and winston churchill and his new politically incorrect guide to the presidents wilson to obama will discuss the modern presidency in the light of its earlier history. we hope to have time at the end for discussion among the panelists and for questions from the floor. biographical stechs of our panelists should be available on the sheets that were provided outside as well as online at whatsoproudlywehail.org. so, too, is the text of washington's farewell address to which we now turn. thank you. >> i'm going to read a few selections from the

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aei had an analysis of it saying that the workforce is shrinking, continuing to shrink.uary 2009 the unemployment rate would actually be 10.9%. if it was the same workforce in place. what about the numbers and the political impact of it all? bring in the panel. steve hayes for "weekly standard." a.b. stoddard of the hill. and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. charles? >> there are ups and downs and this is a down number. in part you can explain it away saying that january and february were artificially high because the weather was warm. so you got higher, the higher, the more hiring in the winter months than you ordinarily have. but the result is that you get less in the month of march as a result of the fact normally with good weather you would get a lot of employment. if you afternoon it out, it's slightly down. the number at the root of the problems is growth rate. economy is growing at 1.7% rate in 2011. a rate that unemployment will go up. not enough to sustain the same level of unemployment. you can get a birth of unemployment here and there. but in the en

i am a student at the master college in california, an intern at aei this semester. i've recently took a feminist class through secular college, and while they talked about all sorts of interesting issues, i noticed that there was an absence of addressing anything from any of the issues that you talk about with sharia and the women's issues with the islamic ideology. so i was just wondering if there's a way that we can make him if there's a way that you suggest we can make people more aware of that, and also fight back against some of the inconsistencies that i noticed even in the modern feminist american movement? >> thank you. that's a great question but, unfortunately, the modern feminist american movement doesn't even want to touch the problem of islam and oppression of women. for many reasons. first of all, it's too big, the problem is too big. it also will divert the attention of their main goal, which is really, there go is anti-male, anti-america, really leftist ideology, more than really a feminist, a true feminist problem. so another thing that the reason w

he was the codirector of aei's brookings election reform project, and participates in aei's election watch series. i think it's pertinent again in a season which we have so much money in the political system that you should know that mr. ornstein helped to shape the mccain-feingold campaign finance law that was result overturned and the courts citizen unite decision but he's also the author of several books include the forthcoming, and i think the title says it all, it's even worse than it looks. how american constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism. please help me welcome norm ornstein. [applause] norm, let me begin with you. in talking in general about race and politics in american society, i just want to throw out two quick names, and get your response, norm. the two names i would throw out to you are mitt romney and sheriff joe arpaio. >> well, of course, if you recall in the past it was a debate in arizona before the primary in which joe arpaio sat in the audience smiling and nodding vigorously, pritchett of late as mitt romney extolled the arizona immig

. >> 7:19, two minutes after smith,a second officer arrives, riccardo e riccardo aei.ficers custody. aiella says he tries to get a response from the subject on the ground. a sergeant arrives, checks the pulse. there is none. both officers begin cpr. another sergeant arrives and takes over chest compressions from officer aiella the fire department arrives and attempts to revive the subject. at 7 c:30, a paramedic pronounc the subject dead. then, the police report says zimmerman is placed in the back of officer smith's patrol car and given first aid. when that happened is a matter of dispute. criminal defense attorney, holly hughes. >> we don't know what time it took the emts to arrive. if it took them five minutes, you are down to five minutes for them to perform a complete medical examination. if he is in that bad of shape, they are not going to do something that takes five minutes. they are going to bandage him if he has a gushing gash on the back of his head. >> this shows zimmerman and officers arriving at the station at 7:52, 35 minutes after the first officer arri

taylor scholar at aei and henry aaron senior fellow at brookings institution prepare you each have five minutes the entire statement is a part of a record year now recognized five minutes. >> thank you for inviting me. we have been involved for many, many years. thank you for serving with me in this capacity on medicare reform and have had the pleasure to work with in many capacities. one of the most important issues and most divisive either part d have to face what do we do with medicare reform? i had the privilege serving 14 years in house and 18 in the senate. i fully understand the difficulties each member has to address the difficult issue to provide quality health care. i am aware some democrats have taken the position the government should do everything private sector do that but there are some who argue the opposite direction the government should do nothing with health care and the private sector should do everything. in order to reach an agreement congress passed to combine the best of the public and private sector and put them to gather. i would submit that is what we did wit

enterprise institute, he was the co-director of brookings election reform project and electiontes in aei'swatch series. we have so much money in the political system that you should know that mr. oren steen helped to shape the mccain-feingold finance law that was really overturned in the citizens united decision. i think the title says it all. it is even worse than it looks, how the american constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism. [applause] let me begin with you. he was bounced from office because of his extreme views. he said if you did ago that mitt romney's position on immigration is the same as his own. now we see mitt romney pushing the reset button a bit on this issue. it changed the focus by exploring barack obama for not pushing hard for a conflict paired has receive services show romney support among hispanics has been hovering around 14%, about a third of what george w. bush had. it is a little bit less than half of what john mccain had. if you look at the presentation that we had on the distribution of votes, this is a huge problem and a huge burden.