then arbor michigan to work on a harvest and that work i couldn't do i couldn't make money at it so i came back. while i was in jackson and i would like to induction center and signed up. this is a possibility there were five textile mills and i want to for about two months and looking for a job and finally. one of the whole neighborhood around for years had pretty i get a job in the cotton mill. i was straight in the army recruiter. i grew up in the trailer park i grew up in a little small town called pear land texas near galveston i remember sitting on a child's and watching. the first gulf war. two hours ago allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait and watching it on the television and seeing how quickly. and the hoopla afterward and from the liberated feet. so great to be an american i had filled the we had lost the ghosts of vietnam. i remember sitting there on the couch at night and thinking i saw your you go into you know to go into the military. be doomed. so we got married on day thirty if it's the same or night say six if i so and i left on jan

came up an arbor michigan to work on the harvest and that work i couldn't do i couldn't make money at it so i came back and while i was in jackson i went to the induction center there and signed i believe. i have a sound paint you. this is a cotton military they were textile mills and i want to run for about two months and looking for a job and finally one of the old neighborhood greats had the around for years as per i get a job in the cotton mill. on a strike the army recruiter. the pentagon. i grew up in a trailer park i grew up in a little small town called parent land texas near galveston and i remember sitting on a couch and watching. the first gulf war. two hours ago allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait and watching it on the television seeing how quick that win and the hoopla afterward and from the liberated beaches. off oh great to be an american i had felt the we had lost the ghosts of vietnam. i remember sitting there on the child said i and think unless you want to go into you know to go into the military. he didn't do me. well we got mar

caller: first of all, you an awful call from somebody from ann arbor, michigan a couple months ago and i want to apologize for that. in michigan, we are not like that. he was being a jerk. al, will, and tom said everything that i wanted to say. al, i am vietnam veteran, too. welcome home, brother. i see the correlation now between the vietnam war and the afghanistan war. we are getting bogged down there. you know, the vietnam war ended a long time ago and i'm still not sure of what our mission was there. now i'm beginning to question what our mission is in afghanistan. host: robert, as a veteran, has your view changed over the years about when the u.s. should get involved? caller: well, as a christian, i want to help anybody that i can, but sometimes it is not economically feasible to do that. we are running into that dilemma right now. we cannot afford to help anybody right now. we have run out of money. we are being taxed to death. like i said, as a christian, i want to help anybody that i can. host: that is the issue "the new york times" reports this morning, saying that -- host: lo

arbor. we walked from our dorm across campus to michigan stadium. my first clear memory of her. we didn't start dating until basketball season, but our bond was formed out of a mutual love. my romance with college football actually goes back further with my father teaching me how to sing hail to the victors, and when we talk about the carter era we were not referring to a troubled presidency in the 1970's, we are talking about a time when anthony carter wore a helmet and scored a touchdown passes under the watch of the coach declared a faded memory. when i attended my games at michigan as a student along with my future bride and more than 100,000 of our closest friends it dawned on me that these games are not just pieces of entertainment, they're the moment athletic competition, they are cultural events of deep significance that can unite a diverse campus of english majors and engineering students that can bring a state together, alumni and malt alumni, black-and-white, white-collar engineers and he union lunch bucket guys. a union can bring them all together. conversations abou

dat [laughter] >> assistant professor at the university of michigan, ann arbor. yes. >> i'm a writer and a poet and literature professor.e >> hady amr, from usaid, tell us us more about your perspective. >> thank you. ok i'm pleased to be here.rs i firstt attended an adc convention more than 20 years ago and last spoke here some teo years ago. i'm really pleased to be here among folks that i know well. and, you know, when i thinkn i about that time period, the change in 10-20 years, and i think about my son. my wife and i had our first child this year. and i think forward to 10, 20 years from now.0 y i think about an arab world thah i hope will be one that is freer, more prosperous, more, mo democratic, more dignified, more participatory for its citizens. and i also think about annd arab-american community that ca also grow in its participation i in civil society here at home and in partnership with the arab world. so, i mean, as i'm reporting ini the context of information in the arab world and also in this context with adc, i hope we have a growing partnership

. >> we drove out the an arbor, the home of the university of michigan. 72, and my father drove through the streets of ann arbor, and pointed at every hippy he saw. [laughter] he said to my brother and i two things. the first thing he said was if your hair ever gets that long, you'll be punished severely. i'm paraphrasing. [laughter] as you can see, that problem has been solved. [laughter] the other was this was the greatest country on the face of the earth, and you should never feel entitled to it. you should put your heart and soul into making it better, which by his example, he did. [applause] now as i'm older myself, i'm no longer the child, i am the father. i'm the husband, and my wife rita first generation mexican-american, and a registered nurse working weekend shifts up to 12 hours. we have three children, george, a freshman, timothy going into his junior year at catholic central high school, and our baby girl who is 13 going on 30. [laughter] she'll be attending high school in the fall. my mother is still with us. i won't say her age, but things a

he has received a bachelor first degree from the university of michigan in ann arbor in a public policy degree from georgetown university and his phd in public administration and public policy from virginia tech. he served as adjunct faculty at georgetown public policy institute at virginia tech center for public administration policy about where he teaches courses on public policy process of public management and budgeting processes and i think you're about to add another university to johns hopkins. without further ado, i will turn you over to my very learned colleague,.or jason fichtner. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for coming to the event. my name is jason fichtner, research fellow. i was recently at the administration we had the privilege of serving in every positions including deputy commissioner and chief economist. while social security, one of my responsibilities is to say the secretary to the social security board of trustees. the trustees consists of six members. the secretary of the treasury, labor, hhs and commissioner social security along with those f