there comes a time when he had a choice of where to go because he was so smart to graduate five beta kappa and offeredama offered a lot of money from a new york university but decided he had to go have the best so he chose harvard and did not have enough money to take his son or why so they left -- left them behind a stayed in touch but he was wrapped up in harvard and they never saw each other again until about 10 years later when he goes back to honolulu. >>host: what did she see in him? >> i don'tidanrt profess to be n expert but from what i know she had a hunger for whate was different she became ans anthropologist and, interested in the exotic and the other. p. was very bold and she traveled widely and a very sexy. she was drawn to other cultures and that is what he was. >>host: barack obama, jr. fa when he is about 10 months w old and when he was 10 years old deco talk about both of those periods and the exposure of his father's. >> is first was when he was very a little his father was gone buy the time he was nine months old and does not remember anything of that. the visit when he

identify -- identify beta kappa and mag in cum laude diof the harvard law school. join me in welcoming nadine strossen. [applause] >> thank you so much, ed, and it's really nice to have a reunion. ed was my most frequent sparring partner on countless topics because we disagreed on just about everything, with one exception, and the exception i just want to briefly note because it's relevant to the incident that happened here, freedom of speech. ed and i have always agreed to defend freedom, even for controversial expression, which from some perspectives includes john yo o's con crow very shall lieus and i'm sorry i would have told the protester, a a poster with your views would have been protected. when i was invited to share the podium with both john and ed, i immediately wrote back an e-mail and said, two to one isn't exactly fair. whereupon i have an e-mail from are in yoo -- i am going to frame this. it says, nadine, i don't think you could ever be out matched by the two of us. seriously, i'm very happy to have participated in the books that john and dean edited

standing award and also the gcm turn nationals outstanding persons of the world she graduated phi beta kappa from harvard college, both of our speakers of their undergraduate at the same institution and matt mechem lavitra harvard law school where she was editor of the law review. please join me in welcoming nadine strossen. [applause] think you. it's nice to have a reunion. it was my most frequent partner on countless topics because we disagree on just about everything. with one exception and the exception i just want to briefly note because it is relevant to the incident that happened here freedom of speech we always agree to defend freedom even for controversy will expression which for some perspective includes john yoo controversial views and i want to say i'm sorry i didn't get to advise the protesters i would have told them standing there silently with placards expressing their viewpoint would have been protected free speech as we defended of new york law school on friday. when i was invited to share the podium with both john and ed i immediately wrote back and e-mail and said it isn't