i represent cambridge, a leading research cluster. this is already seen great successes in high-tech green tech, biotech. and if we are to turn your dreams into anything like reality, we can do it listening and learning from the cambridge experience. research needs funding. businesses need funding, and world class innovation need world-class funding for it last may -- last week i met the wellcome trust, the u.k.'s largest charity. last year they keep three- quarters of the bill in euros to medical research. -- they gave three-quarters of 1 billion bureaus to medical research. please do not say one thing and do another. >> thank you very much. please keep your time, because we would like to give the floor to more people. >> congratulations to cambridge. i think cambridge is one of the british universities in europe and the world. and it is precisely because we do not have so many cambridges in europe, that they are looking to have a real research cambridge is a very important university in europe. there were international and able to a

[applause] >> krista grandeur is the former history chair at cambridge university. he is the founding co-editor of the journal intelligence and national security. he is chair of the british intelligence study group. mr. andrew is the author of "the sword and the shield." this event was hosted by an international spy museum in washington, d.c.. for more information visit spy museum.org. >> senators are continuing their debate on the health care bill through the weekend. our regular booktv schedule will be pre-empted during these rare senate sessions with booktv programs resuming after the debate. watts the senate debate on health care live gavel-to-gavel here on c-span2, the only network with a full debate unedited and commercial-free. to read the senate bill and the house version plus watch video-on-demand go on line to c-span's health care hub. >> i am here with vali nasr, professor of international studies at tufts university and author of the new book, "forces of fortune" the rise of the new muslim middle class and what it will mean for our world. you are the new

she's a student, a doctoral student, studying biochemistry, cambridge university in england. when she was 4-years-old, valerie was lead most with type one diabetes. she decided early in life that she wasn't going to let her diabetes stop her career ambitions. she couldn't become an artist or entrepreneur. she knew she needed a stable job because she always needed to have health care. she had diabetes. now, at 24, this brilliant young scientist, the stock for all candidates, worries that her diabetes and what she calls the broken insecure u.s. health system will keep her from returning to the united states from england and using her skills to help her home country. to control her disease, valerie needs a lot of medical service including regular doctor visits and insulin shots for most of her life her medical care was paid for by her parents, but those of us to have three children know what happens next. most plans we have for our families cut off our kids at age 24 and that is valerie's age. however, valerie is going to school in england, and if you listen to some of the criti

cambridge is one of the greatest universities in europe and the world and it is precisely because weve so many cameras in europe that they have been working to have a real research area because cambridge is an important university. they are quite international and able to attract different funding. in other countries especially small countries, some of the tourist countries they don't have that kind of resources. that is why we need not only private funding like the ones we mentioned, welcome all the force of the foundation and the ones we mention but also public funding from the state and the european union budget. that is one of the points for the european union budget. the investment managers, i don't see the link. we should not use one thing or the other. is important -- the financial markets considering what happened. it is problems. >> >> translator: i would like to tell you that when talking about the ambitions, our country, entered into the strategy. the prime minister announced measures for reducing the deficit and the markets with trepidation. i hope you respond to the ques

when i got to cambridge university i was told this was all wrong.nking back to my child to a teacher i knew that the scientists were wrong and i was right because that was my dog. you can't have it some kind of animal share your life and not understand that of course they have personalities, mines, and feelings. of course the deserve names. but even today there are people who feel, and probably rightly, that if they start talking in these terms about their animals they will be less eligible to getnt

he is high profile over the cambridge police incident.>i was talking to him regularly on that process. i think the most direct impact was that it really was an enormous amount of stress for him, not only because of all the media attention, but i think that he was genuinely frustrated by how he had been treated. following the beer summit, there was -- there was a return to his former self. he is very jovial. people who do not know him would find it hard to understand. he is an incredibly proper guy. the idea that he was charged with disorderly conduct, a charge that you use when people are rioting. i saw him from going unsettled to a return to his lively self. in an interesting kind of way, even though he has been an incredible supporter of mine in the academy, his work has primarily been on literature and mine is in criminal justice issues. i am thrilled that he has this deep interest in criminal justice issues. not that he did not have it before. it was not central to his work. >> what is your dissertation? >> i am interested in the rate

all the critics of the war are daut pelosi democrats from cambridge and new york city.the supporters are sarah palin republic and. the people he has to convince are his natural constituency. palin is just looking for a chance to say he is covering it up. the politics in this are terrible. yes? >> you mention that we do not know and there have been no credible reports. there have been reports over a number of years that he has not stayed in above iran what is going back and forth. there were reports in the 2004 and photographic evidence. the had seen him there in january 2009. how do you analyze those reports? >> i want to be absolutely explicit. the last time we had a solid piece of information about where osama bin lawn was was eight years ago. -- osama bin laden was 8 years ago. he said it has been a few years. senate -- gates has been my boss in more organizations than i can remember. it has been eight years, mr. gates, since we have had any idea. has he been in iraq? i do not rule it out. al qaeda has been able to operate in iran on more than one occasion. we do not

chimpanzees had numbers and i described their personalities and minds and feelings and when i got to the cambridge university to get my ph.d. i was told this was wrong but thinking back to my childhood teacher i knew that the scientists were wrong and i was right because that was my dog, and you can't have some kind of animal share your life and not understand it. of course they have personalities, minds and feelings and of course they deserve names, but even today there are people who feel and probably rightly that if they start talking in these terms about their animal they will be less eligible to get grants from surgeon organizations because it is too fluffy and sentimental. >> host: it's not scientific. .. >> people stop naming them because they're row introduce to the wild, and they have such a state of loss, they can't cope. >> host: perhaps you can give examples of species you write about in the book. maybe you can just pick one. did you visit all of this places or most of them? where are some of the places you went? >> guest: i couldn't give it all but i certainly visited the whooping cra

we have an account from a cambridge university academic, a professor of law, who acted as an adviser to the albanian delegation, and he said that the serbs had accepted most of the political demands put on them. madeleine albright said the same thing. her press secretary, james reuben, in an account after the war also acknowledged the serbs had, in fact, accepted most or almost all of the political demands put on them. they seemed to have been negotiating in good faith, it would appear. the only point of disagreement was on the peace-keeping force. the u.s. demanded that the peace-keeping force would have to be directed by nato whereas the serbs insisted it should be u.n. directed, they didn't trust nato. it seemed likely that that disagreement could be overcome since the serbs accepted in principle the idea of an armed force to oversee the implementation of the accords. and it looked like a full agreement could have been achieved. what caused the agreement to break down was a new demand put forward by the negotiating powers, probably by the united states, at the very end of the conf

, who was also sitting on this panel, who came to give a talk on her new book mit while i was at cambridge. this serendipitous of clinton's has led to us in a way being here today and along the way has led to some journalism being manufactured. i am half greek, half english. i grew up there and learned english when i was about 10, and that opened the way to learning more languages like arabic at university. then i went to iran were either in person, and now, i am trying to learn turkish in istanbul. the whole idea behind@@@@@@@ we are basically not an age of the old foreign correspondent who would parachute in, drop a capsule, and get the job done by his local contacts. local contacts are absolutely crucial, today more so than ever, but the budget that would allow that does not exist, so for somebody who is by cultural and more greek and english, it has been a real challenge trying to follow this path of journalism that means learning foreign languages and cultures and starting to write about them, not to say i would give you the lowdown on what is going on, but hopefully i will cover the

he was in cambridge. he was at johns hopkins. he went to harvard and started working the library. did not have a lot of money. >> did you clerk? >> that is the man that i clerked for. in 1964, 1965. >> what did that do to you? >> it was wonderful. his quirks loved him, it was great fun working for him -- clerks loved him, it was great fun working for him. i was probably recommended by faculty people at harvard. >> and how do you pick your -- >> i have a committee of former clerks. the judge's call me on the court of appeals and say, i have a wonderful clerk for you. we get several hundred applications. between that and the calls of the different court of appeals judges, i might interview tenor 15 and pick -- ten or fifteen and pick four from that. >> there is normally a roaring fire. >> because it is cold. i love the fire. >> israel would? -- is it real wood? >> yes. >> normally, you have robes on. you normally work without a code on -- a coat on? >> yes. >> what kind of atmosphere do you have? >> it is pleasant. people give me odd things. this is an indian tribe stick, it is fun.

host: cambridge, andrew. good morning. caller: i am calling to say that in minnesota rehouse the largest -- hello? we house of the largest headquarters of the national guard. we are very upset with this. we feel that our troops have been used and abused enough. we are starting groups that will pay for the impeachment of president barack obama. he ran on shutting down these wars and saying that we have to have an entire congress and senate to get laws passed to shut down these wars. he has that even bothered. host: how many people are in this group so far? guest: 5 -- caller: 5000. host: are they all minnesota residents? caller: yes. host: how do you get them to sign up belloc caller: going door-to-door. host: what area of the state are you in? caller: north of minneapolis. host: our next call comes from jesse. caller: thank you for c-span. you are looking very well today. everything that the callers have said, in america we voted for this man. a lot of young whites and blacks voted for change. now, he says there is no mone

all the critics of the war are daut pelosi democrats from cambridge and new york city.are sarah palin republic and. the people he has to convince are his natural constituency. palin is just looking for a chance to say he is covering it up. the politics in this are terrible. yes? >> you mention that we do not know and there have been no credible reports. there have been reports over a number of years that he has not stayed in above iran what is going back and forth. there were reports in the 2004 and photographic evidence. the had seen him there in january 2009. how do you analyze those reports? >> i want to be absolutely explicit. the last time we had a solid piece of information about where osama bin lawn was was eight years ago. -- osama bin laden was 8 years ago. he said it has been a few years. senate -- gates has been my boss in more organizations than i can remember. it has been eight years, mr. gates, since we have had any idea. has he been in iraq? i do not rule it out. al qaeda has been able to operate in iran on more than one occasion. we do not know what the

sitting on this panel, barbara, who came to give a talk about her new book that mit when i was at cambridge. this serendipitous acquaintance has made for us to be here today. and has led to some journalism being manufactured. english. i grew up there that opened the way to learning more languages like arabic at university. then i went to iran were either then i went to iran were either in person, and@@@@@@@@@ ,a&@ @℠ -- my parents are academics so i have run as far as i could. we are basically no longer in the age of the old foreign correspondent who would parachute in somewhere and lived a life of relative leisure and basically get the job done by his local contacts. local contacts are absolutely crucial, more so than ever, but the budgets are not existing any more. for someone who is more greek and english, it has been a real challenge trying to follow this path of journalism which involves basically learning at four languages and understanding for in cultures -- learning foreign languages and understanding for cultures. ity than would have happened if i did not speak the language. this p

when i was at cambridge.so this sare dip tuss aquabetans led us to be here today and led to journalism being manufactured. so i'm half english and was born in greece and loved english when i was about 10. that opened up to learning arabic at the university and then i went to iran and learned peshian and now i'm trying to learn turkish in istanbul. i run as far as i could without totally leaving the discipline -- we are basically no longer in the age of the old foreign correspondent who would sort of perish somewhere or live a world of exotic capitol and get the job done by his local contacts. they are absolutely crucial today. more so than ever. but certainly the budgets that used to allow that kind of life no longer exists. so for someone who is bicultural and more greek than english it's been a real challenge trying to follow this path of journalism which involves basically learning foreign languages, understanding foreign cultures, not to say i am going to give you the low down on what's going on but hopef

while the critics of the war are nancy pelosi democrats from san francisco, cambridge, and the new yorkrah palin is just looking for the opportunities for him to screw it up. the politics of that are terrible for the president. >> you mentioned that we do not know where bin laden is. there have been reports over a number of years -- if he is not stayed in iran, calling back and forth to are wrong. there were reports in 2004 and other people had photographic evidence. that he and me -- he may have been there until january 2009. what about islam -- what about his ties to the islamic republic? >> i want to be absolutely explicit. the last time we had a solid piece of information about where osama bin laden was, was eight years ago. we do not have a clue where he is. bob gates asked this question -- was asked this question, he said it is been a few years. i am a big fan of bob gates. i think he was being a little misleading. it has been eight years, mr. gates, since we had any idea where he was. has he been in iran? i do not rule out the possibility. al qaeda has been able to operate -- ope

, who was also sitting on this panel, who came to give a talk on her new book mit while i was at cambridge. this serendipitous of clinton's has led to us in a way being here today and along the way has led to some journalism being manufactured. i am half greek, half english. i grew up there and learned english when i was about 10, and that opened the way to learning more languages like arabic at university. then i went to iran were either in person, and now, i am trying to learn turkish in istanbul. the whole idea behind journalism is to -- well, we're basically no longer in the age of the old foreign correspondent, who would parachute in somewhere, live life in a world of lesser are in an exotic capital and basically get the job done by his local contacts. local contacts are absolutely crucial today, more so than ever, but certainly, the budget that used to allow that kind of lifestyle no longer exists. so for someone who is by cultural -- bicultural and more greek and english, it has been a real challenge trying to follow this path of journalism, which basically involves learning foreign

he was in cambridge. he was at johns hopkins. he went to harvard and started working the library. did not have a lot of money. >> did you clerk? >> that is the man that i clerked for. in 1964, 1965. >> what did that do to you? >> it was wonderful. his clerks loved him, it was great fun working for him. i was probably recommended by faculty people at harvard. >> and how do you pick your -- >> i have a committee of former clerks. the judge's call me on the court of appeals and say, i have a wonderful clerk for you. we get several hundred applications. between that and the calls of the different court of appeals judges, i might interview 10 or 15 and pick four from that. >> there is normally a roaring fire. >> because it is cold. i love the fire. >> is it real wood? >> yes. >> normally, you have robes on. you normally work without a coat on? >> yes. >> what kind of atmosphere do you have? >> it is pleasant. people give me odd things. this is an indian tribe stick, it is fun. when you hold it up, people are supposed to listen. it doesn't work, but i like it. >> what about this piece o

host: cambridge, andrew. good morning. caller: i am calling to say that in minnesota rehouse the largest -- hello? we house of the largest headquarters of the national guard. we are very upset with this. we feel that our troops have been used and abused enough. we are starting groups that will pay for the impeachment of president barack obama. he ran on shutting down these wars and saying that we have to have an entire congress and senate to get laws passed to shut down these wars. he has that even bothered. host: how many people are in this group so far? guest: 5 -- caller: 5000. host: are they all minnesota residents? caller: yes. host: how do you get them to sign up belloc caller: going door-to-door. host: what area of the state are you in? caller: north of minneapolis. host: our next call comes from jesse. caller: thank you for c-span. you are looking very well today. everything that the callers have said, in america we voted for this man. a lot of young whites and blacks voted for change. now, he says there is no mone

host: john della volpe is the leader of the harvard institute for politics, joining us from cambridgeericans towards politics and public service. we want to let our viewers know that we are going to set up our phone lines differently this half hour. for those under 30 -- john della volpe, thank you for joining us. this is an update from one you did earlier this year or around the campaign, correct? guest: this was conducted number 16, 2009 -- november 16, 2009. i]host: let us look at some of e early data you have in the poll and it turns up the approval rating of president obama's handling of issues -- in terms of the approval rating of president obama's handling of issues. guest: 18-to-29-year-olds for the last decade have been an ally in american politics -- outlined in american politics. if not for young people, it is unlikely that president obama would have won the iowa caucus. the lesson here is in 2008, young people were critically important to obama's victory, and were an out liar relative to the rest of america. -- outlier relative to the rest of america. young people are stil

for what it is worth in my climate change review it's published by cambridge university press last year and on the web review dot au. i did some careful calculations of what each country would have to contribute if the world was to achieve the 450 part per million concentrations goal that the europeans have sometime accepted as a aren'table objective -- a reasonable objective policy. australia and the u.s. are heading towards. and what china is doing is sub stan,ly -- substantially more than their part in the arithmetic that i presented in that review. the united states on the other hand with the 17% reduction from 2005 by 2020. it's not doing as much as develop countries will need to do. my own view is that the rest of the world has to accept that as a reality. most important thing is that the rest of the developed world our country included doesn't start to see the united states position as a norm because we won't get strong global mitigation if it becomes the norm we have to see it as an exception that the u.s. for its own political reasons at this moment in history. can't do much mo

the critics of the war are nancy pelosi democrats from san francisco, cambridge and new york city.ans from alaska and arizona. that is a terrible place for a democratic president to be. the people he has to convince to support him are his natural constituency. he does not have to convince sarah palin. she is looking for the opportunity to say, you are screwing up. the politics are terrible for the president. yes? >> you mentioned that we do not know where osama bin laden is. there are reports that are very few. there have been reports that he has, if not stay in iran, going back and forth to iran. in 2004, there is a photographic evidence. the iranians had seen osama bin laden there. what are his ties to the islamic republic? >> i want to be absolutely explicit. the last time we had a solid piece of information about where osama bin laden was was eight years ago. we do not have a clue where he is today. bob gates asked this question on "meet the press," and said it has been a few years. i am a big fan of bob gates. he has been my boss and more organizations than i can remember. i t

valeri because she's a student in cambridge receives free health care that she said is as -- is as goodr as anything that she had in the united states. in addition to free doctor visits, her care includes care from a dietician and indoe krinnologist -- endrocrinologist free of charge. she is -- in better health than she has been in years. she hopes to open her own laboratory where she can continue research. and -- in myochondrial birolling yism she worries if she would be able to do that if she came back to the united states. here's what she said: as long as the same broken, insecure health system remains in place, i see little incentive to come home to the united states with my talents an experience. we can't afford to lose talented scientists like valeri who might find a cure for a disease like parkinson. 45,000 a year die -- they can't get the care they need to stay healthy and they lose their lives. if we don't change this system, if we don't reform it, we stand to lose talented people and we also stand to lose valuable lives. the last person i want you to see is a friend of mine, d

that used to be if you really wanted to be educated you had to go to the cambridge or massachusetts but today you can be on a mountaintop and do have access to all of the world's education. all of m.i.t. courses are on the internet for free. it is up to them and good administrators because so many are bloated with administrators we need to get rid of a lot of them. we have good ones but also some that are not. >> host: house of teachers is stimulating material to students while still meeting the state requirement for standardized testing. >> guest: standardized testing, but teachers don't need to do with there doing if they feel they're under pressure but i have a friend who is a teacher and california and he tells me two weeks before the testy starts teaching to the test but the rest of the year he does good teaching. there is no reason to teach her to the test all year. once the test is over then they play. they do not teach before or after. it should not be. reduce spend the whole year teaching for the test to have mindless kids and they do poorly if you chartwell education group you

cambridgal, illinois, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to talk a little bit about this the relocation of the guantanamo bay prisoners. host: go ahead. caller: the new prison facility will be located just maybe 40 miles north of where i live. and i just wanted to support my voice my support to it. host: why do you support it? caller: well, i thought the whole guantanamo bay thing was an international embarrassment for the united states. and i thought not only does this give us economic tints, but i think we can do it much better here. i'm much more supportive of doing it right and doing it within the law. and i think a lot of the whole nature of the political opposition to relocating it in the united states was really born out of the legal problems that were generated from getting around the law from the preevels administration. host: caller, what do you make of all the safety arguments that have been put forth not so much of the detainees escaping but that area becoming a target for folks? caller: i think it's just kind of r

for what it is worth in my climate change review it's published by cambridge university press last yearcalculations of what each country would have to contribute if the world was to achieve the 450 part per million concentrations goal that the europeans have sometime accepted as a aren'table objective -- a reasonable objective policy. australia and the u.s. are heading towards. and what china is doing is sub stan,ly -- substantially more than their part in the arithmetic that i presented in that review. the united states on the other hand with the 17% reduction from 2005 by 2020. it's not doing as much as develop countries will need to do. my own view is that the rest of the world has to accept that as a reality. most important thing is that the rest of the developed world our country included doesn't start to see the united states position as a norm because we won't get strong global mitigation if it becomes the norm we have to see it as an exception that the u.s. for its own political reasons at this moment in history. can't do much more than that. and we have to see it as an exceptio

all the critics of the war are daut pelosi democrats from cambridge and new york city.the supporters are sarah palin republic and. the people he has to convince are his natural constituency. palin is just looking for a chance to say he is covering it up. the politics in this are terrible. yes? >> you mention that we do not know and there have been no credible reports. there have been reports over a number of years that he has not stayed in above iran what is going back and forth. there were reports in the 2004 and photographic evidence. the had seen him there in january 2009. how do you analyze those reports? >> i want to be absolutely explicit. the last time we had a solid piece of information about where osama bin lawn was was eight years ago. -- osama bin laden was 8 years ago. he said it has been a few years. senate -- gates has been my boss in more organizations than i can remember. it has been eight years, mr. gates, since we have had any idea. has he been in iraq? i do not rule it out. al qaeda has been able to operate in iran on more than one occasion. we do not

a used to be that if you really want to be educated you had to go to corrine bridge -- cambridge. now you can be on a mountain top somewhere and have access to information. it is up to individuals. we have too many administrators. we're loaded with administrators. we need to get rid of a lot of them. there are good ones, but there are also a lot that are not. host: house should teachers introduce stimulating materials while still meeting the state requirement for standardized testing? guest: the standardized testing is a problem. teachers do not need to do what they are doing. a lot of it is because they're under pressure from administrators. i have a friend who is a teacher in california. she tells me that two weeks before the test they start teaching to the test. the rest of the year he does good teaching. there is there reason to the teach to the test all year. they do not teach before and they do not teach after, and they're just teaching to this test. it is bizarre. if you spend the whole year teaching for the test, you have mindless kids and they do poorly. if you teach well

all the critics of the war are daut pelosi democrats from cambridge and new york city.are sarah palin republic and. the people he has to convince are his natural constituency. palin is just looking for a chance to say he is covering it up. the politics in this are terrible. yes? >> you mention that we do not know and there have been no credible reports. there have been reports over a number of years that he has not stayed in above iran what is going back and forth. there were reports in the 2004 and photographic evidence. the had seen him there in january 2009. how do you analyze those reports? >> i want to be absolutely explicit. the last time we had a solid piece of information about where osama bin lawn was was eight years ago. -- osama bin laden was 8 years ago. he said it has been a few years. senate -- gates has been my boss in more organizations than i can remember. it has been eight years, mr. gates, since we have had any idea. has he been in iraq? i do not rule it out. al qaeda has been able to operate in iran on more than one occasion. we do not know what the

host: john della volpe is the leader of the harvard institute for politics, joining us from cambridgelk about the newly released poll from the institute looking at the attitudes of young americans towards politics and public service. we want to let our viewers know that we are going to set up our phone lines differently this half hour. for those under 30 -- john della volpe, thank you for joining us. this is an update from one you did earlier this year or around the campaign, correct? guest: this was conducted number 16, 2009 -- november 16, 2009. i]host: let us look at some of e early data you have in the poll and it turns up the approval rating of president obama's handling of issues -- in terms of the approval rating of president obama's handling of issues. guest: 18-to-29-year-olds for the last decade have been an ally in american politics -- outlined in american politics. if not for young people, it is unlikely that president obama would have won the iowa caucus. the lesson here is in 2008, young people were critically important to obama's victory, and were an out liar relative t

valeri because she's a student in cambridge receives free health care that she said is as -- is as goodtter as anything that she had in the united states. in addition to free doctor visits, her care includes care from a dietician and indoe krinnologist -- endrocrinologist free of charge. she is -- in better health than she has been in years. she hopes to open her own laboratory where she can continue research. and -- in myochondrial birolling yism she worries if she would be able to do that if she came back to the united states. here's what she said: as long as the same broken, insecure health system remains in place, i see little incentive to come home to the united states with my talents an experience. we can't afford to lose talented scientists like valeri who might find a cure for a disease like parkinson. 45,000 a year die -- they can't get the care they need to stay healthy and they lose their lives. if we don't change this system, if we don't reform it, we stand to lose talented people and we also stand to lose valuable lives. the last person i want you to see is a friend of mine