albright is sitting?>> yes. >> we should have a quick -- [laughter] >> we should have an answer for that down here. i think. >> you have to have gone to wesley to be secretary of state. >> yes? >> so i'm actually dreaming of becoming an academic and not a secretary of state. but who knows. so my question is you have all mentioned several academia in facilitating among students and also engaging other academics in cooperation. do you think that the current system of tenure in the united states is in fact hampering or enhancing the academics to do that? >> good question. >> yup. >> well, no president up here is going to say -- [laughter] >> we could talk to you privately afterwards. >> i would, you know, i think certainly president bollinger is right, your question is interesting one from a college view or professor. >> i always knew when he found his niche, he could. >> in my job, i've been to japan a couple of times. i feel very successful. i just want people to look at 43, feel that i've succeeded, and w

and david albright, a former u.n. nuclear weapons inspector. he's now president of the institute for science and international security. it produced one of the reports on iran's nuclear program cited in today's "washington post." welcome gentlemen to all of you. flynt leverett, beginning with you. how do you read what you've heard and seen in terms of the video what happened today on the streets in iran? >> i think it's further evidence for what i believe has been evidence since last june. namely that this movement, the green movement, the opposition, however you describe it, that this movement does not pose a threat to the fundamental stability of the islamic republic. there is no revolution afoot in iran, and the social base of this movement is not growing, it is, in fact, shrinking. i don't believe this movement ever had majority support in iran, but whatever its height of support was in the immediate aftermath of last june's presidential election, that support base has contracted very significantly. >> warner: reza azlan, do you read it tha

albright is sitting? >> yes. >> you should have an answer for that down here, i think. >> you have to go to wellesley to be secretary of state. [laughter] >> yes. >> so i am it actually thinking of becoming an academic. not secretary of state, but who knows? my question -- you all mentioned the role of academia and facilitating global engagement among students and engaging other academics and cooperation. do you think the current system of tenure in the united states is hampering or enhancing the possibility of academics to do that? >> good question. [laughter] >> no president up here is going to say -- [laughter] >> we could talk to you privately afterwards. >> i think certainly president bollinger is right, you know, your question is an interesting one from the point of view of a college president or professor. it seems to me that one of the benefits of tenure is that it allows for a kind of freedom. one can reach out and do innovative things without worrying about jobs security. in that sense, i think

albright is sitting?[unintelligible] [laughter] >> you should have an answer for this. >> you have to go to wellesley to be secretary of state. [laughter] >> yes. >> so i am it actually thinking of becoming an academic. not secretary of state, but who knows? my question -- you all mentioned the role of academia and facilitating global engagement among students and engaging other academics and cooperation. do you think the current system of tenure in the united states is hampering or enhancing the possibility academics to do that? >> good question. [laughter] >> no president appear is going to say -- [laughter] >> we could talk to you privately afterwards. >> i > >bollinger -- i think president bollinger is right. your question is an interesting one from the point of view of a college president or professor. one of the benefits of tenure is that it allows for a kind of freedom. one can reach out and do innovative things without worrying about jobs security. in that sense, i think tenure might enhance exper

it is my pleasure to introduce madeleine albright.d nations. she is the principle of a global strategy firm and investment advisory firm. dr. albright earned her be a with honors from here, and hold advanced degrees from columbia. >> thank you very much and thank you for telling everybody who i am. not everybody always knows. and i am truly delighted to be sitting in front of this banner and to relate that wellesley for this great honor. nothing makes me happier than to be able to be a continuing part of wellesley, particularly this institute which i think is reflective of what we are going to talk about today -- the importance of an integrated education that prepares people for dealing with the world in the 21st century. the 21st century is different from what people thought. it is requiring the people that emerge from our universities to have a variety of talent. i did love wellesley more than i can tell anybody. family knows that important it was to me. i was a political science major, and could have been a history major. but the b

albright. i find some fascinating new things that are going on. and things that are very, very important. dr. albright is really into something that is important to all of us. he is the principal associate director for global security at the lab. is responsible for applying the labs bold a disciplinary science, technology to anticipate, innovate, and deliver responsive solutions to our nation's complex global national homeland in energy security challenges. which is a complex way of saying he's going to make sure we are prepared. and in that context, it comes with extraordinary background both at the public sector as well as in the private sector. in the private sector and organization that kind of put these pieces together on the private side. in matching innovation with the money to make it all happen. and he was also the assistant secretary in the department of homeland security where he achieved several remarkable goals, most important of which was he took the budget from 700 million, 21.6

he was with a journalist and said of the bill was secretary albright comes. you're about the same age. i am a tired old man and she is full of zuma and vigor and when i hugged with hershey has threefold brass. were you saying to back? i said no. i have to put something to put those pins on. [laughter] thank you very much. the. [applause] >> thank you for coming and we're here to talk that a splendid to book by david walker, come back america. i will say it more in a moment but first i want to declare a bias. i will make no bones about it, i major but the span of david and has been four years. i find it difficult to disagree with much of what he says but i gave up on that when i started to read the book. some of the descent might have to come from new. the way to organize this, we have been talking the past half an hour and will leave plenty of time for questions and interventions from the audience. by the course of the discussion if you think why hard to ask you this? hall that is your job. with that i will promise to say a word of welcome to the c-span2 view

albright. mr. chairman, i think we've seen the importance of making sure that we're looking at simulation modeling super computing capabilities to assist us moving into that endeavor when we identify the molecular footprint in some of these chemicals, these very destructive weapon materials to do harm and i appreciate mr. buswell that the department of homeland security has move forward to engage in a more senior level working relationship with the laboratories. i think it's important that we identify technologies like magviz in identifying where we were weak and this in this horrible failed attempt that we saw come forward but as we understand the importance of modeling into occurring that we understand the whole system. and specifically, mr. buswell if we can get a commitment from dhs that this is one area that we can work with our national laboratories as well as building into this relationship to truly understand the importance of evaluating the whole system, a system's level approach to identi

albright, you discussed this in generality but how long do we have to wait and what is the status and will it be possible? >> that is a great question. it was pointed out by me luhan, our present situation is revolved around a metal detection. the thing you look for -- you walk through is looking for metals. that may have made sense when we were worried about people bringing guns on board aircraft but it does not checked for explosives. even with the carry on baggage systems that we have deployed, without going into classified details, they have utility in detecting explosives but they're certainly not at the performance ì(lc@&c+ here at the table would like. we have tried to move on to other ideas. whole body imaging is certainly one that has been put in play. that is a technology that was developed at the civic northwest national laboratories and was transitioned into the private sector. the difficulty with explosives is that -- there are two problems. one is that they're not volatile for they don't put out signs. this is the kind of things you would detect in a remote environment.

coming up, madeleine albright will join leaders in talking about developing the next generation of leaders and diplomacy. >> it is the only collection of american portraits. see the entire collection of online & c spam's website. -- at c-span's website. now, we talk about president bush's management style. this was in houston. president bush is a man, whether as an aviator or president of the united states, embodies the best and public spirit. having served our nation with distinction, president bush led the cold war to a peaceful conclusion. now with a bang but with a whimper and create international coalition that reversed saddam hussein's reversions of kuwait in desert storm. he advanced the cause of arab- israeli peace. his administration skillful diplomacy brought arabs and israelis together in madrid. it was the first time the israelis and the arabs collectively met face-to-face to negotiate. the creation of a climate of trust that made possible the oslo accord and the treaty of peace between israel and jordan. there's no question that the professional and personal relationship facil

former secretary of state madeline albright also called for it, but it just never seems to happen. the diplomatic community, homeland security and other officials don't seem to put this in to their education and their training and so they're hoping that maybe in the obama administration there will be new opportunities. >> abernethy: another really interesting story, for me anyway, was the reaction of many muslims to that plane crash last week in austin, texas when a guy who apparently hated taxes flew his airplane into the building that housed the internal revenue service and it was officially called a crime and muslims said, "wait a minute, that fits the definition of terrorism." then they charged there was a double standard about what terrorism is. true? >> lawton: well they looked at federal law, how they define terrorism in federal law, which says it's a premeditated, politically motivated act targeting non- combatants. they say this is what this is. had it been a muslim flying that plane they say that the government would have not hesitated to call it terrorism. government off

later today, former secretary of state madeleine albright and economic -- academic leaders discussingformer presidential photographers share their grief -- behind-the-scenes photos and talk about working at the white house. that is at 6:00 p.m. and tonight, a discussion on the future of guantanamo with an army lieutenant colonel, legal experts and more, discussing the time line for the closing of the facility. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern call today on c-span. -- 8:00 p.m. eastern, all day today on c-span. host: for the next 40 minutes or so we will talk about declining crime rates in the united states. professor james alan fox is a professor at boston university. the fbi has reported the latest this is diggs on violent crime from january to june 2009 cannot murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault are the categories. murder declined nationwide 10%. robbery fell 6%. for shebaa rate declined 3.3% and robbery -- forceable rape declined 3.3% and robbery also declined. it was behind the statistics? guest: the decline would have to be due to more than one factor. you can look

one by seformer secretary madeleine albright.europe, there are lots of different opinions, but we will do nothing unilaterally or precipitously, but in consultation with our allies over the next months and years to be sure that the deterrent that we have extended are as strong as ever and work within the framework of the agreements that we have. >> any other questions? >could you hold up your hand so we can give you a microphone? >> gary vanvalen. does the obama administration plan to revisit the clinton administration policy's pdd-15? >> what is that? >> it deals with test readiness. cos has invested a lot of money to make sure that the nevada test site was within a range of months capable of testing, but the obama administration's commitment to ratify and the ctest ban treaty is -- we will engage the senate and work to ratification cannot go for a vote until we have the votes. that will be over the horizon, my guess is. i think there is a balance between investing in the test site apparatus and infrastructure to make sure that

albright. this gentleman here, excuse me. this gentleman here has put his hand up three times, so can we help a brother out. >> thank you. i have a very simple question. the view from the rnc on california and are good senator boxer, time for her to go. >> a man. let me just say that without revealing a lot of strategies here, as i know our friends are watching. california is going to be very important to us this year. and we are very excited about the prospects both of the gubernatorial and senatorial bubble. were excited about the prospects of the congressional level, legislative will he. while folks have been focusing on allngn about the republican party and who's not anyone who is picking a fight. we have been very quietly and very methodically tilting layers and layers of support now works, grassroots organizations and opportunities to be competitive in a lot of races they don't expect us to be competitive in. much as turn california, but across this country. and i've turn on to toll the political operations and all the

james albright, john sherman cooper, george taken, clifford case.ept i would add mac mathias. these men formed the intellectual and moral compass of the united states. they came from different parties and different backgrounds but shared one thing in common. the believed in basic human decency, gender and racial equality. they belonged to a political party, but they were patriots burst -- first. they viewed themselves, as i observe them -- observed them, they started from the premise that there represent the american people. mac was part of the moral compass and his true north pointed toward what was best for the people of maryland and our country and the world. people today think that to march out of lockstep with your political party and to speak out independently is some sort of a new form of courage. it has been around a long time, it has just been pretty rare these days. it has always been in rare supply. it was in rare supplied then. -- rare supply then. mac was speaking out independently a generation ago. if the did not invent what it meant t

you had a secretary albright visiting. a visit that i was fortunate enough to be on. during these years north korea had already embarked on an alternative path to fissile material. north korea had already started cooperation with syria to support the production of its young gun two. so even during the key years of cooperation when you could say the u.s. did not have its hostile policy. when we did not have an administration that was not hesitant to use terms like axes of evil and of the dry the deroy terms. even during those years north korea in the 2000's you have the public break out. the october 2002 confrontation. by then assistant secretary jim kelly was in the state department. initially not north korea confis the existence of an heu program admits to secretary kelly that they have one. shortly overturns the decision and decides to pursue the plutonium breakout. so in 2003 we see the first reprocessing campaign. in 2005 another reprocessing campaign. you have this breakout where intermingled with dialogue, a intermingled with the negotiating process that starts

sunshine policy under -- the visit of the number two man in north korea to washington was secretary albright visiting pyongyang, a visit i was fortunate to be on. during these very year's number three already embarked on an alternative path to fissile materials with its highly enriched uranium from and north korea had already started cooperation with syria to support the production at elkus bar. during the cooperation when you could say the u.s. did not have its hostile policy. when we didn't have an administration that was not hesitant to use terms like axes of evil and other derogatory terms, even during those years, north korea demonstrated its strategic intent to pursue this nuclear capability. in the 2000's you had the public break out. the october, 2002, confrontation of north korea and its highly enriched uranium from by the assistant secretary jim kelly in the state department it really is a point of demarcation where north korea initially confirms the existence of the program, and a possible decision hastily made overnight at mr. secretary kelly the have the program and shortly over

williams albright, mike mansfield, john sherman cooper, clifford case.s mac mathias. these men formed the intellectual moral commerce of the united states, in my early years in the united states senate. they came from very different parties and different backgrounds. but they all shared one thing in common. they all believe in basic human decency. gender and racial equality, they belonged to a political party, but they were patriots first. instead, they give themselves, as i observe them, and i knew all of them relatively well except john sherman cooper, they all, they all started from the premise that they represented all the american people. mac was part of that moral compass. his true north always was pointing towards what was best for the people of maryland, and our country, and for the world. people today think that to march out of lockstep with your political party, to speak out independently is some sort of new form of courage. well, folks it's been around a long time. it is just pretty rare supply these days. but it's always been in rare supply.

sunshine policy under -- the visit of the number two man in north korea to washington was secretary albright visiting pyongyang, a visit i was fortunate to be on. during these very year's number three already embarked on an alternative path to fissile materials with its highly enriched uranium from and north korea had already started cooperation with syria to support the production at elkus bar. during the cooperation when you could say the u.s. did not have its hostile policy. when we didn't have an administration that was not hesitant to use terms like axes of evil and other derogatory terms, even during those years, north korea demonstrated its strategic intent to pursue this nuclear capability. in the 2000's you had the public break out. the october, 2002, confrontation of north korea and its highly enriched uranium from by the assistant secretary jim kelly in the state department it really is a point of demarcation where north korea initially confirms the existence of the program, and a possible decision hastily made overnight at mr. secretary kelly the have the program and shortly over

advent of the sunshine policy, the visit of the no. 2 man in north korea to washington, secretary albrightted pyongyang , during these very years, north korea had already embarked on an alternative path with its highly enriched uranium program. north korea had already started cooperation with syria to support the production of its pyongyang ii. even during the key years of cooperation when you could say the u.s. did not have its hostile policy and an administration that is not hesitant to use terms like "axis of evil" and other derogatory terms, even during those years, north permit demonstrated strategic intent to pursue this nuclear capability. with the 2000's you have the public breakout. by then the assistant secretary jim kelly with the state department appointed demarcation where north korea initially confirmed the existence of the program. there was a possible decision hastily made overnight. they admit to secretary kelly that they do have a program and then shortly overturn the decision and decide instead to pursue the plutonium break out. in 2003, we see the first reprocessing cam

but madeleine albright is sharing this strategic concept committee and doing an excellent job. out of that work and it will be up to member countries to hammer out the actual content of it. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator shaheen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you madam secretary. i frankly don't know how you do this. really. i watched sometimes trying to run the state department at the same time. it is an incredible challenge and i really appreciate your service in doing this. these are really tough times for us economically but i am very pleased to see that the administration's decided to have a sizable increase in the department of state funding. i mean, i've traveled to afghanistan, iraq several times and our troops are magnificent. but when you're there, you have to kind of be not thinking to say you know, how do we stop this from happening before it happens? and anyone that thinks about that for having a strong smart big department of state can act as an incredible prevention so we don't have to put our troops out in harm's way. and i know that you have no better

one specifically by former secretary of state madeleine albright. so we're very interested in talking to our allies about this. it is clear that other 26 in europe that there are lots of different opinions, but as i said, we will do nothing unilaterally or precipitously. but in consultation with our allies over the next months and years to be sure that the deterrence that we have extended is as strong as ever, and works within the framework the agreements that we have. >> any other questions? we have one here. >> is there any other question? can you hold up your hands we can get a microphone. >> matter secretary, does obama administration plan to revisit the clinton administration's anytime soon? >> well, as you know, every administration has everything under review. i can't even tell you what that is. do you want to -- is this a test? you want to tell me what it is? [inaudible] >> test readiness. as you know, over the years the congress has invested a lot of money to make sure that the nevada test site was within a range of months capable of testin