my name is sam abrams panama senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. and professor of politics andah social science here in new york. i like to welcome you to the american enterprise institute another edward and helen book form event.is simply put, american journalism today is under attack. ioin this intense polarizatione many major news outlets takeed pressure to push so-called politically correct narratives under the guise of objective unbiased reporting. so the question for today is, has a so-called institution that is largely responsible for checking the government, providingng information fall pry to a rising pressure from the woke or the pressure to be woke? today batya ungar-sargon the deputy at newsweek said yes but she has a orth coming book it's a great cover and i were not sponsored judge books by the cover but this is a great cover. it's called bad news: how woke the media is undermining democracy. it's a radical shift in american journalism over the last few years and what it means for democracy as a whole. i'm looking for to explaining thi

i'm a a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and a professor politics and social science at sarah lawrence college here in new york. i would like to welcome you to the american enterprise institute and another edward and helen hintz book forum event. simply put, american journalism today is under attack in this age of intense polarization many major news outlets face pressure to push so-called politically correct narratives under the guise of objective unbiased reporting. the question for today is has the so-called fourth estate, dissertation that's largely responsible for checking the government providing information to the citizenry and so on fallen prey to a rising pressure from the woke or the pressure to be woke? today batya ungar-sargon the deputy opinion editor news work says yes. she has a forthcoming book. it's a great cover. i know we're not supposed to -- this is a great cover called "bad news: how woke media is undermining democracy" she chronicles the radical shifts in american journalism over the last few years and what it means for democracy as a whole. i'm

my name is sam abrams panama senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. professor of politics andah social science here in new york. i like to welcome you to the american enterprise institute another edward and helen book form event.is simply put, american journalism today is under attack. ioin this intense polarizatione many major news outlets takeed pressure to push so-called politically correct narratives undeth

my name is sam abrams, i'm a senior fellow here at the american enterprise institute and a professor of politics and social science at the college here in new york. .. politically correct narratives under the guise of objective and unbiased reporting. so the question for today is, as the so-called institutionon thas largely responsible for checking the government provide information toto the citizenry d so on fallen prey to a rising pressure from the woke, or the pressure to be woke? today batyaya ungar-sargon, the deputy opinion editor at "newsweek" says yes. just a y forthcoming book. it's a great cover. i know we're not supposed to judgeo books by its cover but this is a great cover called "bad news: how woke media is undermining democracy." she chronicles the radical shift in american journalism over the last few years and what it means for democracy asea a whole. i'm looking forward to explaining this with everyone today, and to helpe me do that a number of guests. first batya isr of "newsweek." if or that she was the opinion editor of the largest jewish media outlet in america

my name is sam abrams, i am a senior fellow graph american enterprise institute and a professor of politics and social science at sarah lawrence college here in new york. i would like to welcome you to the american enterprise institute and another edward and howl enhance book forum event. simply put, american journalism today is under attack in this age of intense polarization many major news outletss facere

okay, welcome to the american enterprise institute this afternoon for our book event. am happy to welcome you today. i'm the director of domestic policies. i'm especially pleased to be able to do this introduction for the book event today. amit schaefer new book no way to treat a child. having had the pleasure of being naomi's colleague for the last few years here, i have been able to benefit from the book being written over time in getting brief by naomi along the way.e if you have ever spent any time in state government like i have you realize how absolute critical these issues are in the intersection between government dysfunction family dysfunction in trouble in our community comes in full force the child protective services. it is way past time for a book like naomi's to have been written. if he did not note naomi schaefer rarely seen or felt american enterprise institute where shetu specializes in dell protective services, foster care systems and in particular the role of nongovernment actors like faith-based and >> organizationss in changing the systems on the g

her visit on kpix.com, where we have an interview with a foreign policy expert from the american enterprise institute. >>> on the fire watch, chopper 5 over the scene and caught air support coming in to help stop the blaze. capital corridor trains were stopped just west of martinez. fire officials say it was burning along collins avenue near the regional shoreline. mckinney fire in siskiyou county has killed two more people, bringing the death toll to four. fire officials say nearly two dozen people are still missing. containment remains at zero percent. the flames are forcing people out of their homes. and of the thousands evacuees, many are staying at nearby evacuation centers. 81-year-old harleen swash schwander has lost everything. >> i lost everything. everything is gone. >> reporter: the fire has burned through more than 56,000 acres. that's an area larger than the city of seattle. right now officials are urging people that have not evacuated their homes to get to safety as soon as possible. >>> a new report says californians are doing better when it comes to water conservation. the state water

earlier i spoke to zack cooper a seniorfellow with the american enterprise institute and a former seniore visit will go ahead. it looks like it will happen probably in the next 2a hours. so i think we're going to have a very tense week ahead of us. why is nancy pelosi deciding to push this? it's a great question. she has a long history of pushing the chinese on a variety of issues. she famously went to tiananmen square in 1989. this isn't her first time being embroiled with beijing. it's a legacy issue for her, something she wanted to do before leaving office. maybe a bit of a political issue — everyone in congress in washington is trying to be tough on china and she certainly has a long history of doing so herself and i think that may be part of the logic here. that's quite worrying in the sense that it is essentially a personal issue that she is pursuing here with a bit of a political side element. clearly it is antagonistic at a time when tensions are pretty high. that's right. we cannot take the pressure off of beijing on this. if china escalates and uses military action against nanc

the human flourishing that leads to harmony and joy and peace in the american enterprise institute all of a sudden there's a popularized concept. a load of the economic minds and i consider myself an economic mind is sort of, but i've of a great deal we talked about flourishing. the books came about ten years ago and said this is how people achieve happiness is with earned success. the component of family, friends,ne some religious connectivity. these are the factors that harmonize and bring about a happy experience. there is a long tradition of teaching this both the protestant traditions and i believe the human flourishing is no more complicated than that which advances society and economics as a profession, losing sight of that aim and as you mentioned the charts and graphs in the econometrics of god in this incredibly wrong. >> i'm going to pushes back a little bit. does that mean a child credit is more important than a significant reduction in the capital gains? >> that involves a trade-off and it does require charts, but what we are doing when we study the charts and evaluating a

zack cooper is senior fellow with the american enterprise institute and a former senior pentagon ands it? it thank you very much. it's going to happen, is it?— to happen, is it? it looks like it will happen _ to happen, is it? it looks like it will happen probably - it will happen probably the next 2a hours. so i think we're going to have a very tense week ahead of us. going to have a very tense week ahead of ne— ahead of us. why is nancy pelosi deciding to - ahead of us. why is nancy pelosi deciding to push i ahead of us. why is nancy i pelosi deciding to push this? it's a great question. she has a long history of pushing the chinese on a variety of issues. she famously went to tiananmen square in 1989. this is in her first time being embroiled with beijing. —— isn't. it's a legacy issue for her, something she wanted to do before leaving office. maybe a bit of a political issue, everyone in congress in washington is trying to be tough on china and she certainly has a long history of doing so herself and i think that may be part of the logic here. i think that may be part of the logi

material and spiritual gwell-being, that leads to harmony and the joy of peace in the american enterprise institute helps to popularize these concepts a lot of economic mines and i consider myself an economic mind a great deal and we've been talking a long time in the books been erratic country ten years ago that this is how people achieve happiness, this is earned success, the component of family, friends, some religious connectivity, these are the factors that we harmonize and bring about a happy human experience it's a long teaching of this in the church of protestant tradition and i believe human flourishing is more complicated that advances the well-being of society and i think economic as a profession losing sight of the aim in charts and graphs has gotten this incredible life. >> are going to push back a little does that mean a child credit is more important than a significant reduction in the capital gain rate? >> that involves a trade-off. >> and charts. >> it does require charts, what were doing with the study of charts in evaluating and adjudicating the policies habit acceptability the t

that's it for our program today and we know take you to an event by the american enterprise institute. it's about defense strategy. it's just about to start. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> we've been working together but we met when he was commander of pacific forces and we will talk more about that this morning. i want to offer you the opportunity including our online viewers including twitter and youtube. i know he needs no introjection, -- introduction, general brown. he is a command pilot but that's not all he's about. he's flown a variety of aircraft. he has commanded at many different levels. what i think is my favorite part is that he and his wife grew up as military kids. you have two grown sons we talk about regularly. thank you for coming here. >> my pleasure. [applause] >> it's on the screen. that's for anybody who wants to send in your questions. i thought we could talk about air men and their families. there

for international studies at stanford university and a non—resident senior fellow at the american enterprise institutecorrect for nancy pelosi to make this visit to taiwan now? ., , , �* , now? honestly, whether it's nancy pelosi _ now? honestly, whether it's nancy pelosi or _ now? honestly, whether it's nancy pelosi or president i now? honestly, whether it's nancy pelosi or president by making statements that united states will defend taiwan all this political manoeuvring to get the logic they want to signal their commitment but it's not helping, just provoke beijing gives them the moral ground and does not address the issue at hand which is the united states military capability to defend taiwan. you believe this was not helpful at all, perhaps she should have decided not to go? it was just the initial decision i would have strongly urged her not to go but once the white house clearly indicated they wanted her not to go then i thought she had to. it is convoluted but a big part of her strategy is to convey to beijing the separation of powers and united states, the white house can't dictate what congr

that leads to a harmony that to a joy of peace now, it's the great arthur brooks at the american enterprise institute who all of a sudden helped a popularize this concept a lot of economic minds of faith, and i consider myself an economic mind to sort of but of faith a great deal and we've been talking in this language amity for a long time about flourishing arthur brooks came around about 10 years ago and said, this is how people achieve happiness is with earned success that the component of family a friends of some religious connectivity and then of work that it is these are the factors that it when harmonize most bring about a happy human experience. this is there's a long tradition of teaching of this in the church both catholic and protestant traditions, and i believe that human forishing is no more complicated than that which advances the well-being of society and i think that economics is a profession losing. to that aim and moving into more you mentioned charts and graphs and econometrics has gotten this incredibly wrong. well, but i'm going to push back a little there dave. does that mean a

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. >> journalist and american enterprise institute senior fellow matthew kahn and that he talked about his new book the right which looks at the history of the american political right since the early 20th century. here's a look. >> one of the big things of my book is its relationship between conservatism and populism. and the irony that oftentimes the only way conservatives get into power is through populist politics. which conservatives like buckley and meyer might mention often ambivalent and kind of conflicted about. but this is clearly evident in the reagan election. populism being one of the driving forces of reagan's rise. reagan able to synthesize vitalism with the supply-side agenda, with the interest of the religious right, with the tax cutting, defense buildup, all the various factions of the american right as well. with his departure from the scene, this argument begins a new. and i always thought it was interesting, 1988 gop primary was in many ways a missed opportunity. because you had a moment where the republican party could've been forced to choose between jack kemp, y

matthew, fellow at the american enterprise institute, and mollie hemingway, editor in chief at "the federalistooting of them off america, the incident they are still under investigation, we don't have details but we are told the lockdown is being lifted, we will keep you updated. but for now let's turn to china. matthew, i will start with you. you heard the different viewpoints there, some think the speaker's visit was a great idea, others think it was unnecessarily provocative. now we have all of these live fire training for china's got going on basically surrounding taiwan, so what you think the fallout is ultimately? >> i think this is one step in a much larger crisis that's going to play out over the next two to five years. it's important that we don't rush in reaction to what china is doing but that we methodically prepare for any attempt that china makes to take the island by force and that means building up our differences and helping taiwan build up their defenses. >> shannon: "the new york times" puts it this way. they asked the question a new axis, if the world is breaking into two c

strossel member of the editorial board at the "wall street journal" and matthew continetti american enterprise institutemocrats like senator leahy who have concerns about this let alone the money and the possibility of inflation going up because of this. but, also, the politics of this and somebody paying off essentially a loan that other people have paid or other people haven't gone college. >> yeah, i find this really crazy politics. they just passed the inflation reduction act. it was this win according to them. they can go out and make the case that they are reducing inflation or helping the environment, tenuous as though that argument may be. this is not a political winner. this is something they are doing for their progressive base. they are going to get accused of giving money to higher earners. there is very serious concerns that this is going to directly inflate tuition costs even more, add to inflation. those are not messages that any democrat should want to be taking into the midterms and so i find this very questionable from a politics perspective. >> bret: harold, the committee for responsi

. >>> joining us now, fellow at the american enterprise institute and an adviser to aei's critical threats project, katherine zimmerman. good morning. thanks for being here. let's start with what we just heard, this idea that the taliban may act to retaliate to the killing of the al qaeda leader. how do we anticipate what that reaction may be, and what does it tell us about the state of u.s./taliban relations going forward? >> the taliban has already declared that the strike was a violation of afghan sovereignty, and what we expect to see them do is actually to downplay what has happened inside, because of the requirement that the taliban has against international support, the lifting of sanctions to restore afghanistan's economy. of course, this is a challenge for the united states and the taliban relationship, we've been in talks recently with them, to unfreeze some of the afghanistan assets that we froze last year after the withdrawal, and you know, this is going to be another hurdle, and a breakdown in trust ongoing between us. >> not a good look to be apparently giving safe harbor of

let's talk about it with senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, beth acres and former section claudia saum. does this help or hurt the economy? >> this will hurt the economy in a minor way. a lot of people are upset because of the inflationary impact. to be honest, the inflation impact will be more mild. i'm more upset about the policy terms and what it means to the higher education finance system. >> we'll talk about that in a second. claudia, how do you see this impacting the economy? >> i think we absolutely have to back up and understand the problem we are trying to solve. student loan forgiveness was never about boosting growth in the u.s. economy or fighting inflation next year. before we went into the pandemic, one in ten borrowers were in default. that's a problem for those people now, and it is also a problem going forward. but again, growth and fighting inflation is never what this program was really focused as a problem to solve. >> beth, what do you say to that? >> yeah. that's right. -- several months ago in the economic downturn from covid. people saying let's ca

american service senate from hurricane live a nonpartisan program affiliate where the american enterprise instituted more than a third of americans agreed that the traditional american way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it. what do you make of this? >> the biggest fall anyone in america can have from 2015 on is not imagining that the worst can happen. the worst can happen. the worst has happened. no one before 2015 would've said, a president will not accept the results of election and will launch a violent attack on the u.s. capitol. there was a failure of imagination. there has been one over and over again when it comes to both trump and to the authoritarian movement that he has spawned and supported in fostered and push. the idea that we cannot end up in a civil war, it is absurd. we certainly can! the great writer william gibson once and the future is here, it is just not evenly distributed yet. we have a civil war that is not evenly distributed yet. we have one coming faster than me can imagine if we do not take steps to perfect this democracy. >> rick wil

matthew continetti of the american enterprise institute, presidential historian michael beschloss, national correspondent for "politico" betsy woodruff swan, "the washington post" columnist eugene robinson and amy walter editor in chief of "the cook political report." as we come on the air, we're hearing reports that a man did fire shots in the air, somewhere between the capitol and the supreme court, and ended up according to the capitol police killing himself. so there was a lot of tension this morning, just a block from here, and it is just an indication of the overall tension in our society right now. i don't need to tell all of you. so, let's talk about the biggest takeaways from this week. matthew continetti, republicans outraged, we saw more moderate tones certainly from senator rounds but a lot of questions still unanswered. what do you think? >> i think trump entered this week as the front-runner for the 2024 republican nomination and he leaves it as the front-runner for the 2024 republican nomination. what we have seen with the republican reaction to the raid on mar-a-lago is a st

. >> bret: 100%, let's bring in klein kitchen a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and also was working on strategy and national counterterrorism center and with the dia of the lead analyst on the senior leadership at the defense intelligence agency also at the national center, you have dealt with this for a long time and going after zawahiri, your thoughts on this and the significance? >> obviously it is a good day, always happy to see the united states with this little memory reaching out and bringing someone to justice. that's a great thing for the nation. i think that it will be interesting to learn over the next couple of days the intelligence that gave us this opportunity. it is an interesting development from the withdrawal that somehow our intelligence picture actually firmed up in our options to be able to see that there was a role in intelligence to the united states from perhaps the taliban or isis-k or some other group that may have wanted to make a change. >> bret: this was not a dod operation a cia strike. there are other questions obviously that move forw

joining me now, norman ornstein, who is an emerita scholar in american enterprise institute. he is also a contributing editor from the atlantic, and i will say this, he is, objectively, one of the foremost experts in all things the institution of congress. norm, thank you so much for joining us, i really appreciate it. let's just talk us through, as you understand it. the state of the legislation, at this very moment. what is in the bill, what is out of it? >> so, we know that there are a few things that have been removed from the original bill, that was put together by chuck schumer, and joe manchin. first, where some of the things that were moved, and then additions put in, by kyrsten sinema, to get that crucial, 58 vote. that included tax provisions. one, a 14 billion dollar provision to alter the carried interest tax break. basically, for hedge fund billionaires. but, it was replaced with some other taxes that will, actually, increase the revenue coming in. now, another was a change in the alternative minimum tax. the new minimum tax, for corporations, that would reduce r

let's bring in marc thiessen, an american enterprise institute scholar and fox news contributor.. good to have you with us. you have $153 billion that went unspent. you have all of these teachers that are now gone. so there was money budgeted for those teachers. so that money could -- should be used to pay for them. i don't know why nobody seems to be saying that. memphis needs 200 teachers. they don't have a single applicant. this is what the poor school kids are facing as they try to catch up. >> yeah, it's a tragedy. one more way that the pandemic lockdowns are devastating america's children. you have the school closures which led to a mental health crisis with suicide rates among teenage girls sky rocketing, you had learning losses for which these kids will never recover. lifetime earning losses and kids and poor kids are hit the worst. now you have the pandemic, distortions of the economy, which have created a massive labor shortage which are now robbing these kids of teachers at the moment that they need them the most. >> martha: the idea of a four-day school week, i mean,

. >> hello and good afternoon, welcome to the american enterprise institute this afternoon for our book event i am ryan streeter i'm happy to welcome you today and the director of domestic policies at aei and pleased to do this introduction for this book event naomi schaefer no way to treat a child, having the pleasure of being naomi's colleague i've been able to benefit from the book being written over time and naomi along the way. if you ever spent time in state government like i have, you realize how absolutely critical these issues are an intersection between government dysfunction, family dysfunction and trouble in our communities comes in full force and the child protective services. , if you don't know naomi onto naomi she's a senior fellow where she specializes in child protective services foster care services in the role of nongovernment actors like faith-based organization role she is the author of six books you may have seen theme and read some of them they include not banning sea salt and start banning snapchat and so faith do us part how interfaith marriages transforming, n

i'm here at the american enterprise institute is my pleasure to welcome you in conversation about matthew continetti's important new book , "the right: the hundred-year war for american conservatism" . this book is both an intellectual and political history of the american right b over the past century . it takes up the ideas behind the right and editorial coalition that has composted coalition y that has sought power used our and the way it's not about the future. gthe book explores the important tensions between populism and conservatism, between libertarians and traditionalists, but we practice and tourists so it gives us a lot to talk about hr and that is what we will be doing this morning . we will do it through a conversation between the e books author matt continetti and you might say one of the subjects former house speaker paul ryan, a practitioner and thinker about politics on the modernright . matt continetti is a senior fellow at aei where his work is focused on politics and history. he's a prominent analyst and analyst and fauthor, founding editor of the washington free vegan

hello everybody welcome i'm uvalde fan of the american enterprise institute and it is my pleasure to welcome you to this conversation about matthew continent is important and excellent new book the right the hundred year war for american conservatism. this book is both an intellectual and a political history of the american right over the past century. it takes up the ideas behind the right the electoral coalition that has composed it the ways that their coalition has sought power and used power and our politics the way that it's thought about the country and its future the book explores some important tensions between populism and conservatism between libertarians and traditionalists between pragmatists and purists. so it gives us a lot to talk about and that is what we will be doing this morning. we'll do it through a conversation between the book's author matt cottonetti and you might say one of its subjects former house speaker paul, ryan. a practitioner and a thinker about politics on the modern, right? a word about each of them as if they need it. matt continenti is senior fello

uh next up we've got kevin kassir dr kassir is a senior fellow at american enterprise institute where he studies the us congress, the administrative state and election reform. prior to a e i he was the vice president of research partnerships at the r street institute and was the co founder of the legislative branch capacity working group. he also served for more than a decade as an analyst with congressional research service. he is the co author of the book. congress overwhelmed the decline of congressional capacity and prospects for reform. doctor costar earned his bachelor of arts in political science from ohio state university and his master of arts and phd in politics from new york university. dr costar welcome back. you are now recognized for three minutes. >> all right, well, thank you much. chairman kilmer, vice chairman timmons and uh members of the select committee for having me here. and i also appreciated the setup. you gave my topic in your introduction, you referenced rule 11, clause two j two. um kind of gets to my point and i think it's also interesting that this room i

source of things, but the most prominent on the left is bookings and on the right the american enterprise institute. they both say, you need to do the same things to leave poverty to get to the middle class. number one, finish high school. ideally one you can read, right, and compute. two, do not have a kid until your 20. third, get married first. four, keep your job and if it is a minimum wage job, you will get a raise. five, avoid the criminal justice system. do not commit crimes. if you do those things, you will not be poor. if you do not follow that, there is a good chance you will be. >> good afternoon and welcome to book tv's in depth program. this is our monthly author interview. we invite one author on to talk about his or her body of work. this month it is author, talkshow host and gubernatorial candidate larry elder. beginning in 2000, "ten things you can't say in america" came out. that was followed by "showdown." "what has ray's got to do with it? " came out in 2009. "double standards" a collection of the essays in 2019 and the book we discussed a little bit, "a lot like me," was his mo

let's hear more from american enterprise institute's michael beckley.inaire article in "the wall street journal" i actually read it twice it was so good. deal with the first part, china's economically weak now, particularly after the pandemic. it is still having the economic lockdowns hurting the economy. the world recession is going to affect it even more but military at its peak, and that is a very dangerous combination. >> absolutely. so china's coming off of about a 10-year period of churning out warships and ammunition at a rate we haven't seen from any country since world war ii. at the same time the united states and taiwan have been pretty slow about spreading out their forces, making them more resilient. so china has a window of opportunity could carry out a pearl harbor strike on american bases in okinawa and pulverize taiwanese forces before they get oaf the ground. on other hand, by 2030s, u.s. and taiwan as ambitious plans to strengthen military. taiwan will lose 70 million working age adults between now and early 2030s. gain 100 million se

the most prominent one on the left, brookings, on the right you had the american enterprise instituteey both say you need to do the same handful of things to leave poverty to get to the middle class. number one, finish high school. one way you can read, write and compete at grade level. don't have a kid until your 20. get married first. get a job, keep a job and if it is a minimum wage job, you will get a raise in six months. avoid the criminal justice system. do not commit crimes. you do those things, you will not beil poor. if you don't follow the formula, there is a very good chance you will be. >> good afternoon and welcome to book tv in-depth program. this is our monthly author : program. we invite one author on to talk about his or her body of work. this month it is author, talkshow host and gubernatorial candidatel larry elder. beginning in 2000, 10 things you cannot say in america came out. that was followed by showdown confronting bias, lies and interest of the biden america. what race got to do and they came out into thousand nine. originally published as stupid lachman. dou

and on the right you have the american enterprise institute. but they both say you immediate to do to do the same handful of things to leave poverty and get to the middle class. number one, finish high school. ideally, one where you can read and write at grade level. number two, don't have a kid until you're 20. number three, get married first. numberir four, get a job, keep e job, don't quit until you get anotherll job. and finally, avoid the criminal justice system. don't commit crimes. you do those things, you will not be poor. if you don't y follow that formula, there's a very good chance you will be. >> host: good afternoon and welcome to booktv's "in depth" program. this is our monthly hour interview and call-in program. we invite one author on to to talk about his or her body of work. this month it's author, talk show host and gubernatorial candidate larry eller. larry elder. here's a list of his books. beginning in 2000, "ten things you can't say in america" came out. that was follow by "showdown: confronting bias, lies and the special

all you got to do is turn it into website american enterprise institute left right center. it's a gigantic debate hadn't occurred as you and i both know in my colleagues now in the last 70 years. it is not been this contentious not just the politics, but the debate the intellectual for 70 years. there's been a consensus judge on our supreme court on these issues of privacy and protecting the powerless and this consensus has been fully fully embraced in my view by the american people, but there are those who strongly disagree with the consensus as is there right and they seek to unravel the consensus and judge you are in the unenviable position as we talked about in my office of being right in the middle of this fundamentally important debate. and quite frankly judge. we need to know on which side of that divide you stand. for whoever replaces justice rehnquist as well as justice o'connor will play a pivotal role in this debate and for tens of millions of the america of american people of the american people. this is no academic exercise for the position you will take in thi