. >> issues facing the telecommunications industry with verizon executive craig silliman. >> special operations manager use stories from his navy seal training as the backdrop for this year's commencement address at the university of texas. he is a u t graduate. he described wallowing in cold med -- mud. this is 20 minutes. >> thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you, president powers. members of the faculty, family and friends, and most importantly a class of 2014. [applause] tois indeed an honor for me be here tonight. it has been almost 37 years to the day that i graduated from u.t. i rubber a lot of things about that day. i rubber i had a throbbing headache from a party the night before. [applause] i remember i had a serious girlfriend who i later married. [applause] that is important to remember, by the way. i remember being commission to the navy. of all the things i remember, i don't have a clue to the commencement speaker was, and i certainly don't remember anything they said. technology and that fact, if i can't make the speech memorable, i will try to make it sh

. >> host: our guest is craig silliman. he is the senior vice president for senior policy at verizon. he has been with the company since 1997 and a lawyer by training. verizon is one of the largest wireless companies. thank you for being our guest. joining me with the questioning is paul kirby. and we are delighted to have you. earlier this spring we covered you at a panel and you were asked about what the number one privacy priority was in telecommunication and your response was spectrum, spectrum, spectrum and talked about the three institutions that have responsibility for that. i am going to ask you were the audience to briefly give a report card on how the institutions are doing and why it is so important. >> guest: the reason it is important is spectrum is a fundamental input going on in the investments. we are all carrying multiple wireless devices and they require spectrum and more and more of the airwaves to connect up and communicate so it is necessary to find ways to make more spectrum available to continue the i

. >> issues facing the telecommunications industry with craig silliman. >> lauren bush, the granddaughter of george h.w. bush acepted the jfk profile in courage award on behalf of her grandfather. jfk's grandson gave the award. jack has taken over the hosting duties from his mother. she's currently serving as the u.s. ambassador to japan. also honored, paul bridges. joining a federal lawsuit against a law targeting undocumented immigrants. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests. i am ceo of >> good morning, ladies and encourage 20s ceremony. -- profile in courage ceremony. please join me and -- in welcoming our guests. [applause] it is my great pleasure to introduce the chairman of the kennedy library foundation board of directors who gives endlessly of his time and extraordinary talents to both this institution and to our country. [applause] to welcome everybody here this morning. this is one of the great highlights of the year for this great library and we are honored to have all of you here with us today to celebrate a very special day. as we be

. >> issues facing the telecommunications industry with verizon executive craig silliman tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span two. -- on c-span2. >> on tomorrow's "washington journal," david. under and paul bailey discussed the climate change initiative. and the goal of decreasing emissions by 20% by 2030. and rendering the 25th anniversary of the pro-democracy protest in beijing's tiananmen square. journal" is live tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. it here is an announcement from earlier today on the administrations our proposal. -- the administration's power proposal. it is half an hour. [applause] >> thank you. great to have you here, thank you. thank you. wow. it is great to be here. thank you for accompanying me in and for all of the leadership you bring to this agency. i want to tell you a little bit of a story. about a month ago i took a trip to the cleveland clinic. i met a lot of really great people, but one person stood out, even if he needed to have to stand on a chair to make himself seen while he was talking. he was 10 years old, and he ha

. >> host: our guest is craig silliman. he is the senior vice president for senior policy at verizon. he has been with the company since 1997 and