>> that's a great point because in the beginning, every news article talked about how christie vilsack was the wife of tom vilsack. he was a beloved person in the state of iowa so she obviously was in love with her husband that was something to embrace. the reality is that by the end of the campaign, she became her own candidate. there is a lot of people who run for congress or run for governor other offices who are somebody's something. in reality, she became her own person. was it frustrating to her? maybe sometimes, i don't know. i think she felt like what she had done and accomplished was she was able to run a real campaign and really take on $3.4 million in the fourth congressional district to show the rest of the people -- take on $3.4 million in the fourth congressional district. afterwards she did incredible things. i will also want to ignore some of the people here who are behind the successful men -- obviously, lieutenant governor sally pederson is here. ruth harkin - it was an amazing experience to get to know her and i don't think the senator would be where he is today if i

because in the beginning, every news article talks about how christie vilsack was the wife of tom vilsack. and it's a great thing. tom vilsack isn't a loved person in the state of iowa. she's obviously very in love with her husband and that was something to embrace. the reality is that by the end of the campaign, she became her own candidate. and i think there's a lot of people who run for congress or run for governor or run for other offices who are somebody's something. but in reality she became her own person and was it frustrating to her to see every article saying i'm tom vilsack's wife? maybe sometimes. i don't know if she would admit it to tom sill sack, but i feel like -- vilsack, but i feel like what she had done and accomplished, she was able to run a real campaign. run a modern campaign and take on folks and raise $3.4 million in the fourth congressional district and show some of the people that even though she didn't win, you can run a great campaign. and afterwards do really incredible things because you did that. i also want to acknowledge some of the people here who were be

>> that's a great point because in the beginning, every news article talked about how christie vilsack was the wife of tom vilsack. he was a beloved person in the state of iowa so she obviously was in love with her husband that was something to embrace. the reality is that by the end of the campaign, she became her own candidate. there is a lot of people who run for congress or run for governor other offices who are somebody's something. in reality, she became her own person. was it frustrating to her? maybe sometimes, i don't know. i think she felt like what she had done and accomplished was she was able to run a real campaign and really take on three point $4 million in the fourth congressional district to show the rest of the people -- take on $3.4 million in the fourth congressional district. afterwards she did incredible things. i will also want to ignore some of the people here who are behind the successful men -- obviously, lieutenant governor sally pederson is here. harkin - it was an amazing experience to get to know her and i don't think the senator would be where he is today

. >> christie vilsack made the theme of her campaign that she was was that effective?> you know, obviously we weren't successful in electing christie vilsack but i think it was effective in a way that people realized they had a real choice in that campaign. against somebody who was a tea partier, he's now seemingly running for president. was we had to raise the people were sick of the bickering in washington. you don't get a 9%, no offense to the great senator here, you when people are not sick of you and people want things to getand so even though it wasn't successful, it sent a messageyou can run a campaign on positive issues and positive policy initiatives and talk about how you don't have to go back and forth against each other when you get to washington. you can actually build on relationships and get things done for your district. i think it's a theme that other people who are running can i'm use. because -- can use. to her campaign were drawn to that theme. >> senator mccaskill, with all the women in the u.s. senate and working >> well, i do think that there's a

i would like to thank christie vilsack. we are super-4 today and excited to have her leading the charge andwe are super-fortunate excited to have her leading the charge. i want to recognize the rest of fromeam and so many others our education group who has worked hard -- have worked hard to pull this together to get a room to learn up and moving and to help build more evidence basis for how we carry out our education mission around the world. i know you have had a chance to hear from extraordinary leaders like secretary arne duncan and others. i hope you feel inspired. the work you do is so incredibly important. many of you are in from missions around the world. probably more wanted to be here and could not. --ant to note that one scene one of my first education in thenities what -- was south sudan with young girls and boys. mp3-enabled curriculums for teachers. it was a professionally-run effort in a difficult environment. i want to take a moment to recognize the folks working in areas of crisis and security risk. could yo

i want to take a most just to -- a moment just to thank christy vilsack. e at usaid are fortunate and very excited to have christy the leading the charge for our international education efforts and insuring we build out the kinds of expansive partnerships that this country should be known for all around the world. thank you, christy, for your great leadership. i also want the take a moment to recognize the rest of the team, eric postell, natasha, alexis and so much others who are really worked hard to pull this together and have worked very, very hard over the last couple of years to get room to learn up and moving and to help build more evidence basis for how we do and carry out our education mission around the world. i know that you've had a chance to hear from some extraordinary leaders like secretary arne duncan and gene sperling and presidents ellen johnson sur leaf and others, and i hope you feel inspired because the work you do so incredibly important. i know many of you are in from missions around the world and probably many more wanted to be here a