i'm a junior at dartmouth and the current editor and chief of "the dartmouth review." it is my privilege to serve as moderator and introduce you to the topic. before we get underway, i would like you to locate the nearest emergency exits and silence all cell phones. please note that flash photography is strictly prohibited, but our artists -- participants would like to encourage you to take photos and share what you are seeing on social media sites. when individuals like bill ayers and dinesh d'souza get together for an evening of discussion, there's sure to be much to talk about. the focus of the debate tonight has to do with the nature of america and its meaning in the world today. we will be asking our participants for what their thoughts are on what makes america unique and how it has succeeded and failed in living up to its own ideas. -- ideals. the wording of the resolve have been left purposely vague. we hope that we can take up the central question fully and explore its social, economic, and political forms. part of what will make the discussion unique is the b

doesn't dartmouth have a catholic group? >> dartmouth is a private school. was saying in my example -- >> the university of illinois has a catholic center right in the middle of its campus. it's allowed. >> i am arguing for a nondiscriminatory -- where believers and nonbelievers alike share, without discrimination, access to the public square. if somebody wants moses up there, we'd debate it on the merits, the same as we would voltaire. [applause] >> i would like to ask dr. ayers, where do libertarians have it right, and, mr. d'souza, where do libertarians have it wrong? [laughter] >> libertarians cover a multitude of sins. there are anarchists and libertarians who have come together. i will tell your where i think they have it right -- a deep skepticism of government, of the imposition of the state into our lives. i think where they have it right is full support for sexual freedom. you can do your thing. anarchists and libertarians would say full gay rights. in fact i was having a , discussion with a libertarian outside one of my talks and i said, i think w

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i think dartmouth has the right to say -- >> dartmouth probably teaches something else about your right to bear arms on private property. >> let's talk about the hypocrisy, huh? >> ahead, one of the hard choices hillary clinton needs to make, is staying off tv. we'll show you her latest on-air disaster. this time it's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. where do what are you doing with scratch craigthat key jake? i'm thinking of scratching your car. well, you should stop thinking that. you're a little too precious with it. don't touch my dart, jake common it's for your own good, you'll thank me later. move out of the way, so you don't get hurt, i mean it. it's gonna happen, might as well be from a friend. jake... step back, jake. (tiger roar) >>> politicians and late night comedy make for a good mix, as long as there's something funny to say. but when it turns out like this, can anybody be taken seriously. hillary clinton visited the colbert report on tuesday. take a look. >> i question your title. it's called hard choices. are there a

woolrich lives in fear and dartmouth can't make an exception to the school's anti-gun policy. they searched his car and found a noose and a knife and gloves, often what you drive around with, but it can mean anything, right? he is no hazard. >> this is a legitimate plea scary thing. >> that's why we didn't have a funny video. >> this is horrifying and you have to sympathize with her. at the same time i am not that hot of college students walking around with pes stoles. pistols. >> in war, those guys are -- daa difference because they are men? >> no there are women in the military. >> i am going to google that later. >> no, it is just -- was i the only one who was an irresponsible idiot in college? >> you were. >> that was just me? >> no, college is about seeing how far your alcohol tolerance can go. the tolerance to drugs perhaps. producing firearms and i think it is a profoundly dangerous addition. >> i don't know if that is your decision to make. i think it is the decision for the individual. dartmouth said if you feel scared call campus security. do you remember campus secu

. >>> coming up, desperate plea from a dartmouth college student.ants to carry a gun on campus. >> i deserve the right and that option. i deserve to feel safe and know if somebody did happen, i have the ability to protect myself. >> why that woman is living in constant fear and why she might drop out over the school's anti-gun policy. >>> a wildlife mystery. a bear walking on its hind legs or is it? >>> the white house now considering possible military and humanitarian options in iraq. to save tens of thousands of minority christians and others facing death and starvation at the hands of isis. the group has been trapped on a mountain top after driving them out of their homes. ed, i understand you just asked josh ernest about this whether america is going to intervene. >> reporter: i did, a whole bunch of people pressing, because this story is exploding this afternoon. you're right, that icis rebels are on the move. there's also that we have seen them take over, isis has, these islamic militants, the largest dam in iraq in mosul. that could give them

you go to college and you want to fit in, especially at a school like dartmouth.ople are socially ambitious, upwardly mobile. there's a promise the frat would connect them with jobs, different professional opportunities, and that can be an overwhelming desire for some people. >> look, i don't want to be here to cry angry culture wholesale. i think there are many people that i've known that have benefitted from it. that's all fine. but you raise a really important point, that very often this ends up being a gateway into the kind of denigration and violence you're talking about. it can also be a gateway into sexual violence. that's been the subject of our call to action this week. we've been doing a week-long series on violence of a sexual nature on college campuses and what the country is trying to do to combat that. you know, we've been looking at how that actually plays into this critique of greek life. you wrote about it yourself. for "cosmo" you wrote this column. you talked about the predatory conspiracy. >> absolutely. yeah, well, you know, i think that when

>> guest: oh yes indeed and both of the letters at dartmouth and to the site in cornish. c-span: i know you say you used information from over 30 different cetaceans -- institutions but how many places did you physically go? >> guest: just about all of them. harvard, yale, collections in boston, places in new york, collections here in washington. c-span: in chicago? >> guest: chicago. i love that. i love that part of it. c-span: how many times did you go to paris in the middle of writing's? >> guest: we would go at least once a year or so we would stay about two weeks or so. the research was almost all here because the letters are here. the diaries are here. the letters are written to people.com. the diaries were brought home so the diaries are accessible in this country and as is of utmost importance a newspaper which was published in paris in english. the library of congress has a complete set of all those newspapers and they are invaluable. gallic nonny's is still a bookshop. c-span: isn't he an italian? >> guest: he was a italian from england who started the newspaper

but dartmouth police prohibit student friends caring weapons on campus. does have restraining order against this person, but this guy has violated it and is currently behind bars. but to be safer, she wants to dari a -- car a gun. >> i understand but what do you do in this situation? timer -- time for weather, sue, what's going snob. >> i'm good. not a loft action in the weather department. you agree? that's a good thing. yep, because we have blue skies, sunshine in store for later on, once the sun is fully up. that will happen little bit after 6:00 this morning. see the sunset time there 8:08. we still have nice long days. >> walking around the neighborhood, you'll see people eating their lunch alfresco, outside. that's your planner for thursday. i know you love there is cast. >> i oh, i love it, thanks very much, sue. as we head out to the burlington bristol bridge, still open for them testing out the bridge this morning, that means close today traffic. aside from that the rest of the majors look fantastic. talking halloween, almost into the fall, right

out of college because of the school's antigun policy. 20-year-old taylor wool rich is student at dartmouthe wants to carry a gun on campus to protect herself. the school won't allow it. she has been stalked by a man since he was 1. he is in jail right now. she is afraid he will get out on bail. listen to her quote. if schools in society can't guaranty my safety and safety of victims like me, it is time we have the chance to defend ourselves, so we can stop living in fear. -- 16. harris, what do you make of this. i support her right to protect herself and defend herself. >> as former stalking victim, i wish i were not, she lives in a state where conceal carry is legal. she has legal ground to go to the university to make some sort of arrangement on campus for her to feel safe. i would suggest to her strongly she take self-defense combat classes. i took tae kwon do at the time. you may not keep the weapon exactly where you want to, because learning institutions are considered a little bit different under conceal carry law in particular states but she has every right to protect herself. and,

both to work with the letters from dartmouth and to the site at cornish. i know you stated you use information from over 30 different institutions in the united states. how many different places did you physically go? >> guest: just about all of them. harvard, yale, collections in boston, elections in new york, collection sure in washington. chicago. i love that part of the. c-span: how many times did you two pairs in the middle of writing this? >> guest: we would go at least once a year, so four times. and we would say about two weeks or so. the research was almost all fear, brian, because the letters are here, that i resorted. the letters are written to people back home. the diaries were brought home. so the diaries are accessible in this country. and as is of utmost importance, a newspaper which was published in paris in english -- drama and he was -- try to the library of congress is all those newspapers and they are invaluable. and it's still a bookshop in paris right on the river italy. c-span: isn't he an italian? >> guest: he's italian -- he was an

hosted bytheir debate dartmouth college covers war and civil rights and economics. you can watch at monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the british house of commons is in recess. we will bring you some of this year's western conservative summit with featured speaker sarah palin. after that, a hillary clinton super pac. and later, a look back at richard -- richard nixon's resignation and the secret audio recordings. >> sarah palin finished in the top three and presidential straw poll at the western conservative summit. the former vice presidential candidate and alaska governor address the group last month calling for the impeachment of president obama and critiquing his foreign-policy. she spoke for about half an hour. month's western conservative summit in denver. ♪ ♪ >> ♪ all the small things who cares ♪ >> thank you so much. thank you so much. i am just so happy to get to be here. it is so nice to get to thatcipate in something ccu is in charge of. they do so much good. they are like light out there in the education arena. we appreciate ccu. the studen

danny blanchflower is an economics professor at dartmouth college and former member of the bank of england monetary policy committee. good to have you on the broadcast. >> thank you. >> is the bank of england being too cautious or is the drop in the wage growth in the u.k. for the first time since the spring of 2009 a wake up call? >> i think it is a wake up call in many ways. theously, like the fed, bank said it will follow the data. but earlier in the year, it was focused on they unemployment rate. it saw the unemployment rate falling very fast and said, let's slack off. wage growth was going to be wasn't it -- be positive. but since then, we have had negative nominal wage growth. so they have had to change their view. there is more slack in the market than they thought. that puts aside the possibility of any rate rise. they are watching wages and wage growth is nowhere. >> how do you explain the contrast between the u.k.'s weak wage growth and strengthening labor market? is that wethe answer are seeing a fall in the unemployment rate is somewhere around 6.5% or so. we have two big thing

a dartmouth student wants to carry a gun for her own protection against a known stalker.no. this is a decision that could force the young woman she says to drop out of school. erika kweller has more. >> reporter: good morning, if you mention guns on campus, you are sure to get some attention. this request, though, is not about politics, forte lor lord, she says it is a matter of personal safety. taylor woolrich didn't plan to spend her summer break talking about gun rights. >> i'm here today because i couldn't make him stop for four years. >> reporter: on wednesday, the 20-year-old was in washington, d.c. speaking for a group that advocates for illegal concealed guns on campus and about her desire to carry one. >> i want to feel safe and know that if something did happen, i have the ability to protect myself. >> like many schools, dartmouth does not allow guns on campus. woolrich wants a weapon to protect herself from this man, who she networking at a san diego coffee shop four years ago. she says that's when bennett began to relentlessly harass and stalk her. she was jus

a dartmouth economics professor and a former member of the bank of england joins us via skype from new hampshire and from washington, d.c., a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. let's begin with you based on what you have just heard from michael mckee regarding mario draghi. is mario draghi in a position to do anything other than talk about rates? >> well, he could do some quantitative intervention and buy various assets. the question is whether he would want to do it. >> mario draghi has also got to contend with a multi-speed european economy. the german economy different from what is going on in spain, greece, and portugal. when is he going to recognize getting them altogether is part of what has got to happen? >> i think he has to look at the data. you are right. we have seen weakness in spain, greece, italy, and portugal. now we are starting to see weakness in germany and france. yes, he has talked about what he can do. you said it right. it looks like europe is where the u.s. was five or six years ago. they have had five or six years to sort out wh

dias kadyrbayev is charged with going through tsarnaev's dorm room in dartmouth, massachusetts, and removing a backpack full of emptied-out fireworks, before police could search the room. kadyrbayev had planned to plead not guilty... but he's expected in court today, to change his plea. burglars broke into a woman's home in california and stole her cellphone. but they may have given themselves away, by using the phone to take a few "selfies." a few days after the cellphone was stolen from the house in santa clarita, the "selfie" photos were posted to the woman's "cloud" account. she says she doesn't *know the people in the pictures. they could be the thieves. or, if the stolen phone was resold, they could be the buyers. u-p-s store is the latest major retailer to be hit by hackers. a mixed bag yesterday on the stocks. the nasdaq dropped by one and the s&p added four. >> the bicycle sharing program has hit a roadblock. the plan to add new stations is delayed until next spring. expansion was set for this year but delayed because of bankruptcy for one of the suppliers. when complete it will exp

. >> let's bring in daniel benjamin it, the director at dartmouth college and coordinator for counter-terrorismt the state department where he was a principal advisor to then secretary of state hillary clinton. dan, good to see you. what threat do you think isis poses to the united states? >> an unproven threat. certainly a long-term concern and given its international renown and the fact that it's drawing so heavily from muslim communities around the world, it's something we certainly need to worry about. and with that very large safe haven that has opened up between syria and iraq really historic safe haven, it's a big concern. but at the moment, there is no proven record of out of area activities, no demonstrated ability to carry out attacks. and if i had to say who the next attack was going to be carried out by, it wouldn't be isis. >> of course, there is, if it is providing a safe haven for terrorists which you would agree with i'm sure, then isn't there something of an existential threat in the same way that the taliban was an existential threat preet-9/11? i don't want to make too big a

the 63-year-old was air lifted to dartmouth, lebanon, new hampshire, free was the fbi director from 1993 to 2001. he oversaw some of the largest and most complex discretions in the agency's history including the aircraft bombing and the un abomber. >> i'm jake ward, after the break, i'll show you the damage in.napa and how california is preparing for the big one. border >> al jazeera america presents labor day marathons >> this is not over... >> hurricane cristobal is churning in the atlantic heading for a vacation resort. kevin corriveau is here. >> that's right john, we have seen cristobal go from a tropical storm to a hurricane. just north of turks and caicos islands. will still affect bermuda whether it's going to hit landfall or not. we expect this to hit around 3:00 wednesday morning. the united states though is still not out of the woods. we're going to be seeing some incredible rip tides from cape hatteras to the coast of massachusetts. we have a storm in the making, this one is called invest 97, that's what they call these before they become a depression. we'll watch this one ve

. >>> on wednesday monday niche and dartmouth face each other in the other super cup. robert will make his official debut against his old including. they swept the german cup last season. the coach will miss several players through injury and the players that won the world cup with germany only just returned to training. >> translator: every final is important, and here especially. we know each other very well. of course, it's the first title of the season. we earned the right to play this match because we won. of course we will try. >>> they were runners-up last season losing both titles to byron. the super cup may not be the season highlight, but he says the match is crucial ahead of the start of the season later this month. >> translator: this is a competition that arouses quite a lot of attention abroad as well and it's a trial of strement in the highest level with one of the best teams in the world. this match is very important to us. >>> they both have france as an official member, but argentina has largely been devoid of major success. that could all change on w

pleasure tonight to introduce randall bomber who is the family professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. i have followed his career for a long time. his undergraduate work was done at a school where my father was at dean. my brother attended the school at the same time. and randy has turned into one of our great modern american historians. one of the things that makes them great is, he really minds the resources of presidential libraries. he has come here to the library, gunther and found very interesting documents that other people had not seen before. he has done that at other presidential libraries. combined with that he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. and can addition to that on top of his research skills he is an excellent writer. so i have had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one that has just come out. and i can tell you that as much as i have of these subjects and the maya research that there were many points when i came across new information and said, while,

ambassador and coordinator benjamin and director of international understanding at dartmouth college. >> thank you for having me. >> is that true, that the u.s. has missed opportunities to take down isil over the past two years? >> no, i don't think it's true. because of the demands of the iraqi government, the united states left iraq in 2011 and, frankly, iraq's own ability to pursue a counterterrorism mission and prosecute a counter insurgency has declined over time because of poor governance in baghdad. things have just gone south. we're at a new junction and the question really is whether the new government in baghdad will include the kind of inclusiveness that we need because it's the sectarian policies under nuri al maliki that have driven this conflict and created the space in which isis can grow and become such a dangerous threat. >> from the u.s. and a european point of view, with so many people coming to join this fight, what is it going to take to fight it? >> it's a capable set of partners on the ground that will depend on much more collection intelligence and we have part

single car crash involving former fbi director louie freeh on route 12 in bernard about 30 miles from dartmouth college. his suv went off the road, hit a mailbox and a tree. the the 64 year-old was air lifted to the hospital an underwent surgery for serious injuries. no one else was hurt in that crash, freeh was the director of the fbi from 1993 through june of 2001. he also led the independent investigation in the jerry sandusky penn state abuse case. >>> a veteran longport police officer dies in a tragic accident, police say sergeant charles adams was off-duty when his motorcycle struck the side of the suv in franklin township last night. adams was a 21 year veteran of the force and that accident remains under investigation. >>> philadelphia police are looking for three men who attempted to rob a parking lot attendant this happened sunday evening at park america, located at 1900 commerce street in logan circle. police say one of the men showed a gun demanded money and cell phone from that attendant. he refused and the man or men ran a away, if you recognize them call the police. >>> temperatu

i'm an associate professor at the tuck's school of business at dartmouth college. i teach financial accounting and taxation and my research centers on multinational corporations. it is clear that reform is needed. the international system is one of the most technically complex areas of the u.s. tax code, but raises little revenue. my testimony summarizes in my view what the academic literatures in economics, finance and accounting collectively offer in terms of evaluating the range of alternative solutions. the top u.s. federal corporate income tax rate is 35%. this is the highest rate of all oecd countries and far exceeds the 25.3% average. proponents of adopting a territorial system in the u.s. often cite competitiveness issues. a common assertion is that u.s. firms are at a competitive disadvantage because they face larger tax burdens, operate in under a worldwide system than their competitors operating under territorial systems. generally speaking, this is because u.s. firms face a high home country tax on foreign profits, whereas, their competitors face no hom

the 64-year-old underwent surgery against tuesday and is under armed guard at dartmouth hitchcock medical center. the burlington free press says police have interviewed him and hope to speak to him again to determine what caused this single car crash. freese was director of the f.b.i. from 1993 to 2001. amazon.com making a billion dollar bet on a company called twitch. before yesterday, people who don't play video games probably never heard of it. but 50 million gamers know exactly what it is and they are flocking to the site. "real money"'s patricia sabga has more." >> reporter: like youtube or netflix, twitch is a video streaming site. but the content has a single focus: video games. gangers can up load their best games, sharing them with friends or watch other players battle it out live. sometimes for huge cash prizes. >> it's not just random people playing video games. we have everything from giant tournaments where the very best players show off their skills and battle to be the number 1 player in the world of that game to industry news presentations where you get to see new game lau

a dartmouth university student has started petitioning the school to allow the open carry of firearmsus. "i'll ask you one more time, do you want to come to my acapella concert? [ laughter and applause ] think about it." listen to this. u.s. customs officials confiscated a scottish boy's bagpipe after they found the instrument contained ivory. said the boy's parents, "thank you. [ laughter ] thank you so much." [ applause ] this is kind of cool. there's a new restaurant in brooklyn which features a table dedicated to the game spin the bottle. great place for a date, terrible place to take your parents. [ laughter ] because spin the bottle is binding. [ light laughter ] it's a legal act. if it lands on grandma. [ laughter ] you would be breaking the law is what i'm saying. another celebrity in trouble. police in texas have issued a warrant for rapper wiz khalifa's arrest after he skipped a court date for a marijuana charge. apparently he was worried his wiz would test positive for khalifa. [ laughter ] there's something to worry about. [ applause ] that's a real concern. any basketball

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kim, president of world bank, former college of dartmouth college and a highly respected global world health expert. >> charlie: tim finchem is here, pga tour commissioner for years. he successfully navigated a treacherous period in professional golf when the economic recession and the absence of tiger woods happened at the same time. i am pleased to have him at this table for the first time. welcome. though you and i did a program in 1984, was it? >> yes. >> charlie: '84? 30 years ago, a debate in a cam can pai -- in a campaign si. >> charlie: people like to compare you to paul tagliabue, did a great job. the sports league seemed to have the great fortune of having somebody ready to step into the footsteps of somebody who really put the sport in great financial shape and great marketing situation. >> well, you know, i think the sports that have been most successful have a long tenure for the leader which allows maturity to develop in the rest of the team and gives you a lot of options for succession. relations are key in sports marketing, so you want somebody who can do it for a long

there was an article about students at dartmouth who were heading up to san francisco to get to knowd their mba's. offeroes an mba have to that economy which already seems to have what it needs? >> good question. what we have to get our students to understand is that traditional tools like finance and new areas like urbanization and thinking about the big trends that are driving the world, that is where you can make value. areas and doing the equivalent for the world of infrastructure to bring a food truck into lower manhattan. >> i want to hear from you on the divide between soft fields and hard fields. tom talks about rigor. if it is rigor that people want, wouldn't the cfa be a better bet? it is a better return. think about puzzles and mysteries. if you get a specialized degree, you can apply the tool in one area. if you understand data science and you are also a leader and you see a range of problems that need solutions, then you are in actually be an organization to lead change. >> dean after dean after dean, the biggest headache for students after five years, the get their mba,

he's a graduate of dartmouth college. he's been a professor of rollins college, and lecturing on music and songs in america for about 30 years. so with that, let me introduce michael lasser. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thanks a lot. thank you. i'm going to be treating songs as in effect documents. that is, when you listen to a song from your own time, somehow it's a mirror on that time. it reflects the attitudes of that time. more about love than anything else. but attitudes toward love and romance and sex and marriage obviously change over the first half of the 20th century. in case you hadn't noticed, take my word for it. songs reflect that. but for us, 100 years after the songs of world war i, those songs are not a mirror. they serve instead as a window, and let us look back on what people were thinking, and feeling, and how they behaved. and songs are a particularly good way to get at it because they have no aspiration really, beyond beyond liking you enough to want to have you buy it. irving berlin said a g

. >> their debate hosted by dartmouth college covers war, civil rights, and economics. you can watch a monday night. >> a pakistani general said operations to kill hundreds of militants and the north waziristan region. theongoing -- how government is handling the nearly one million people who have been displaced by the violence. this hosted by the atlantic council. my colleagues at the center, i would like to welcome all of you to this very interesting session on the situation in north warziristan. welcome the part of our audience that is not in the same room, but in another room. we will be taking questions from them, too. also welcome to the c-span audience watching us at home or in the office or wherever they are watching from. thank you all for being here. this is normally supposed to be a quiet evening in washington in august, but that is one of those yths, like a 30 minute commute everyone has. i'm delighted we are looking at this topic and delighted to experts.wo one is a defense analyst and also chairman of a group and pakistan that is related to security. docto

he's a graduate of dartmouth college.rve instead as a window and let us look back on what people were thinking and feeling and how they behave. and songs are a particularly good way to get at it because they had no aspiration really beyond having you like it well enough to buy it. irving berlin said a good song is one that sells. and he was not simply saying i need more money, because he was a multimillionaire when he said it. what he was saying was that he trusted the judgments of the people. if you go out and buy my song for whatever it costs, 15 cents in sheet music, 79 cents on an old 78 rpm record, it doesn't really matter. if you download it from the internet, you're in effect voting with your pocketbook. and so, a good song is one that sells. it's really a very democratic, lower case "d" point of view. it's -- i think you can make the case that the great songwriters certainly from the first half of the 20th century were democratic populi populists, although they certainly didn't see themselves that way. they never

he's a graduate of dartmouth college, he's been a professor at rollins college and has been lecturings. he was not simply saying i need more money because he was a multimillionaire when he said it. what he was saying was he trusted the judgments of the people. if you go out and buy my song for whatever it costs, 15 cents sheet music, 79 cents on an old 78 rpm record, it doesn't really matter. if you download it from the internet, you are, in effect, voting with your pocketbook. a good song is one that sells. it's really a democratic, lower case "d." point of view. i think you can make the case that the great songwriters, certainly from the first half of the 20th century, were democratic populists although they certainly didn't see themselves that way. the irony is they were millionaire democratic populists, and you don't encounter that very often. they never lost their ability to pick up what was in the air. you know, when they walked down the street, they were listening for a catch phrase, some slang. when they read the newspapers, they were looking for a story that they could turn i

it was true when he balanced the budget and led dartmouth through its critical transition. we welcome his leadership. what i think many of you may not know is that when he was in high school, he was a quarterback. those of you who know american football have to just imagine what it was like for this young guy about 10 years after he arrived in america. he was facing down big miss what -- big midwestern linebackers. there is no better preparation for today's world and life than that. a few decades later, he was working -- revolutionizing how hiv and aids was going to be dealt with. i was in the senate. we were working then to try to find a way to create stronger trade links, particularly of sub-saharan africa. jim mcdermott, a former foreign service officer and member of congress at the time, we discussed creative ideas about how to break down barriers to trade, while at the same time lifting up the standards for governance and transparency. those -- the result of those early efforts was the advocate of growth and opportunity act that president clinton signed into law in the

was true he balanced the budget and led dartmouth college through its critical period of transition. so we welcome his leadership here. ist many of you may not know that when he was in high school he was a quarterback. those of you who know justcan football have to imagine what it was like for this young guy about 10 years heer he arrived in america, was facing down big midwestern linebackers. and there was no better preparation for today's world that.fe than a few decades later, he was working revolutionizing really how h.i.v. and aids was going to be dealt with. in the senate and we were working to try to find a stronger trade links with africa. saharalarly with sub africa. for several years with the help of somebody you all know well, i think, jim mcdermott, a former foreign service officer and time, of congress at the we discussed creative ideas about how to break down the to trade while at the same time lifting up the governments and for transparency. and the result of those early was in fact the africa act thatd opportunity president clinton signed into law in the last months o

[applause] i would like to acknowledge the [inaudible] a fellow dartmouth alum. years of myseven life. i enjoyed every year. the state senator from district 20 is also here. i also wanted to thank him for being here. is often said that lou would go to the opening of an ampulla. he's a great outlet serving. serious lawmaker and we do not have enough serious lawmakers who think an awful lot about the problems we have an goes a step further to say i think i have some ideas. some of them outside the box as he alluded to. that may cause some witticism and arrows being directed at him but he is willing to do that in order to move the country forward. to grow the economy so we can 4%, 5% growth. we need people like the senator in the u.s. senate so we are fortunate to have him here today. i would ask before we leave if we could have a moment of silence, a thought for james foley and his family, that they find strength in the next coming days and months and years ahead. in rochesterbor and a friend to many people. with that, a moment of silence for james foley and his fa

am a practicing pediatrician and associate professor of pediatrics at the school of medicine in dartmouth here today representing the american academy of pediatrics, and professional organization of 602,000 pediatricians and the chair of the eep to back a consortium and conduct research on tobacco and adolescence. chairman, ranking member, members of the committee, made is my pleasure to be here today to talk about electronics cigarettes. pediatricians at numerous and growing concerns about the known and unknown risks and health impact of the cigarettes. seriously concerned that they may leave adolescence to a lifetime of nicotine addiction and to serve as a gateway to traditional cigarettes. the aggressive marketing of electronic cigarettes and its impact on users it is particularly worrisome. the evidence is clear that tobacco advertising directly and vons is youth. use of the cigarettes is rising dramatically, and we believe that it is clear link to unfettered advertising. while there is much we don't yet know, we do know enough to say this, we must act now to protect children against

having earned his undergraduate degree in anthropology from our own dartmouth college, a institution, which just happens to be also a member of the new england council. he school atattend law the university of michigan, and he established a very successful as an expert in trade law hisoth washington d.c. and native city of cincinnati. 19 # 9 he began his career had joining thece by first bush white house. senator had held several under the president george h.w. bush, including house council, director of the wows office of legislative affairs. years at the white house, the senator returned to in 1993 and did a very special election to fill congressman who was thought very highly of. he went ontosful, represent the second congressional district with honor and distinction for some years. he resigned his seat in 2005 to join the second bush aministration, serving for year as the united states trade representative. and later as president george w. of the office of management of budget. 2010 the people of the great him tof ohio elected represent them in the united states senate. and since t

they're thinking, how do i get my kid to dartmouth? that is the summit of their aspirations. all i am saying is, let's make it possible for them to do it. let's realize that we have a great formula and let's fight, be community activists, not just to redistribute the pie, but to widen the pies. and widen the possibilities of the world. thank you very much. [applause] >> the national geographic did a study some years ago of 18 to 25-year-old american kids. they asked him to identify countries on a blank world map. 80% could not find iraq. 80% of american young people could not find iraq. 80% could not find israel or palestine. 40% could not find england and 10% could not find united states. that one makes us laugh but the others, not so much. it is hard for americans. that is what american exceptionalism leaves you with. it leaves you with a sense that you we are the center of the universe and everyone should be like that. what is not exceptional is that everyone feels exceptional. the idea just seems to me like a fool's errand. why would we argue that we are the most importan

host: from the south dartmouth, massachusetts on the independent line, this is ray. caller: hi, how are you? i was not a veteran, but i did have two brothers serve in vietnam. hearts, got two purple died christmas day, 1969. my other brother was older. i tried joining, but i was already married. they put me -- they would not take me. i had a kid. what i would like to know is -- arizona had the worst v.a. senator mccain is from arizona. why wasn't this investigated such a long time ago? you know? guest: arizona is sort of ground zero for the scandal. the phoenix v.a. and the media reports that came out of some of the experiences there is what started this whole firestorm that led to the increased oversight. there has been a recital long. this got folks to pay attention to it. egregious case can focus the nation's attention. the nation has such a short attention span. we almost have add. if kim kardashian does something funny one day, that will detract from it. it did take the case of the vet dying in phoenix and his family coming forward and being willing to talk abou

he's a graduate of dartmouth college. he's been a professor of rawlins college and has been lecturing on music and songs and america for about 30 years. so with that, let me introduce michael lasser. >> thank you. thank you. thanks a lot. thank you. i'm going to be treating songs as in effect documents. that is, when you listen to a song from your own time, somehow it's a mirror on that time. it reflects the attitudes of that time. more about love than anything else. but attitudes toward love and romance and sex and marriage obviously change over the first half of the 20th century. in case you hadn't noticed, take my word for it. songs reflect that. but for us, 100 years after the songs of world war i, those songs are not a mirror. they serve instead as a window, and let us look back on what people were thinking and feeling, and how they behaved. and songs are a particularly good way to get at it because they have no aspiration, really, beyond beyond liking you enough to want to have you buy it. irving berlin said a good

. >> you can see the entire debate hosted by dartmouth college tonight starting at 8:00 eastern right here on c-span. republican senator tim scott addressed in will western conservative summit in mid july and talked about education, the economy and the midterm elections. south carolina senator is crumley running a special election this fall to complete the term of former senator jim to by, cd was appointed the governor last year. is introduced by mike scott from colorado. >> it is so good to be with my fellow conservatives today. as many of you know, and the number one target for the democratic campaign congressional committee nationally. and they are going to find out that taking on the united states spring court combat veteran is going to be a lot tougher than they ever thought -- he nodded states marine corps combat veteran is going to be a lot tougher than ever thought. tois an honor for me introduce a former colleague of mine, senator tim scott is the epitome of conservative values and principles. he grew up poor in a in northrent household charleston, south carolina. he learned