naked venus, seen here in botticelli's the birth of venus, symbolized divine love.his was a nude based on classical forms, which also suggests a baptism and a rebirth. [colin eisler] in renaissance florence, the nude again became the focus of artistic effort. donatello's david, probably commissioned by de medici, with its obvious reflection of the roman past, is a masterpiece of technical virtuosity and erotic suggestion. but it was more than that. it was also a brilliantly inventive symbol of the christian faithful, armored only in the word of god. finally, in brunelleschi's church of san lorenzo, we find the two bronze pulpits that donatello left unfinished at his death in 1466. here, for the first time in western art, we find a true late style that leads on to the work of titian and of rembrandt. leaving behind the technical perfection of his early work, donatello now engages with his material in a rougher, more direct manner-- biting into the bronze with his chisel to convey a more emotionally charged message. here in the harrowing of hell, christ's urgent figur

acting director michael botticelli of the national drug control policy office. too many of your states and territories are phasing a growing tide of opiate overdoses. as leaders we all struggle with public health and safety aspects of drug use in our various communities. we thank acting director botticelli for making the lieutenant governors one of the first groups he is speaking with in his new role at the helm of this office. we look forward to hearing your thoughts on how to address these issues. please join me in welcoming acting director botticelli. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you, lieutenant governor, and good morning, everybody. i wish i had control over things like elevators and other things. i think it would make all of our jobs easier if we could control things actually beyond our control but i really want to thank you for having the opportunity to come and talk with you. as the lieutenant governor talked about, i think i have not been in a state or a community over the past time that i've been doing this work that hasn't really been impac

michael botticelli also discussed the efforts to tackle drug abuse and trafficking here in the unitedstates. testifying before the house appropriations subcommittee on financial services and general government, this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> i want to welcome michael botticelli. this is the first time he has appeared and i appreciate you coming here to testify he is charged with and so we have dealt with these issues home and abroad. so today the committee will talk about the national drug control policy's fiscal year 2015 budget request, along with your efforts in this is requesting an increase of over $1 million to the irs and over $500 million to the gsa. the administration has recommended a decrease below the enacted fiscal year 2015 for the high intensity drug trafficking areas program and this includes the drug-related communities programs. and this includes the drug enforcement and prevention that are there to mobilize communities and increase collaboration and so i would applaud the reductions in federal spending, but it makes me wonder why these drug prevention and

michael botticelli also discussed his office's efforts to deal with drug abuse and trafficking in the u.s. the hearing was held by a house appropriations subcommittee. it ran an hour 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee will come to order. today we will hear from the chief of police, the chief also accompanied by an assistant chief denim valerie -- malloy, excuse me. and we would like to congratulate him on his appointment. you bet. thank you. chief, we applaud the fact that apartment has come pleated the long-awaited and overdue radio modernization process. on behalf of the entire committee to it like to give special thanks to mr. richard braddock the we understand is ill today, as are you. thank you for being here. we wanted thank mr. braddock for his dedication and determination in seen this project. chief, i would like to publicly thank you and all the members for your constant diligence providing for the security of members of congress, congressional staff, the u.s. campeau complex. we recognize how hard your folks work, how much they do for and how much thei

and thank you, michael botticelli for your testimony today. i want to confine my remarks initially on weed. because there's certainly been a lot of discussion about it from the medical side of the equation to the outright legalization for recreational use. and i have my own fairly hard-core philosophical objections to what is going on around her country. but my question is as far is this is concerned is, help me understand what involvement your office have had with states like colorado, those that have gone in this direction and helping educate people on what the true effects are with increased use and what happens to be. >> i think you know that the office of national drug control policy and the administration has remained opposed to drug legalization and i think that we come at this from a public-health standpoint, particularly as it relates to what we think the impact will be on our youth. you have raised some pretty important concerns and we now have more 12th graders were using marijuana than our smoking cigarette. their perception of ris