dr. goodman? as you mention in your testimony, you served on a council of foreign relations staff on u.s. education reform and national security. which concluded that shortfalls in u.s. education raise national security issues. will you please explain how the task force came to that conclusion? >> thank you, mr. chairman. we began with the horrifying statistic which was 75% of our young people today are unqualified or disqualified from military service. that was a number that shocked really all of us. some are unqualified because of their educational background. some because of persistent health problems, and some because of obesity, which we know is a major problem in america. so we tried to zero in on the part of that population that at least we could fix. and that was through education. and what we tried to get agreement on and got a substantial amount of agreement was that america needs a core curriculum as about 20 states and 20 governors have now accepted. what surprised me the most is i tho

dr. goodman? >> thank you, senator. dan mentioned in his testimony that language conveys a values and sometimes conceals intentions. we need people skilled in understanding both. the same is true in cyber security. the internet is being used by people of many different values and intentions. i think part of our recommendation is to try and understand those people who are speaking english using the internet and have in tensions that are very different than the ones we associate with sharing more information. >> thank you. dr. davidson, your testimony notes there is a general lack of knowledge of how to develop and implement language training from early childhood. you recommended using the k-12 flagship model to build a pipeline of proficient language speakers. what key elements from this program can be emulated by schools across the nation? >> thank you, mr. chairman, for that question. i think the lessons of flagship are that best practices are out there in the field. flagship did not create a bunch of mystical new ways

dr. alan goodman. a member of the council on foreign relations task force. on u.s. education reform and national security. and president of the institute of international education. and dr. dan davidson who is president of the american councils for international education and president-elect of the joint national committee for languages. it is the custom as you know this committee to swearing all witnesses to ask you to please rise and raise your right hand. do you swear that the testimony you're about to give this subcommittee is the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you. let it be noted for record that the witnesses answered in affirmative. before we start, i want you to know that your full written statements will be made a part of the record. and i'd like also to remind you please limit your oral remarks to five minutes. so mr. lawlis would you please proceed with your statement? >> thank you, chairman. thank you to this committee for allowing my testimony about the business of language in the u.s. i will do so on behalf of the g

dr. goodman, will you please proceed with your statement? >> thank you, mr. chairman. it was an honor to receive the call from this committee to present some testimony. it's a privilege to serve as president of the institute of international education on behalf of the department of state and the department of defense. but what really captured my attention for this hearing was participation in the council on foreign relations task force. it was chaired by secretary condoleezza rice and former chancellor of the new york city public school system joel klein. it was a very bipartisan and very mixed group. but for higher educator, what really was to me the heart of the recommendation was the call for a national readiness audit. which would help us understand the very things your statement and your questions and this committee have been asking about for a long time. how prepared is the nation and at what levels are we teaching all of our citizens to have proficiency in another language? now, it's easy for us in higher ed and international education to forget just how many of

dr. goodman. as you mention in your testimony you serve on the council of foreign relations staff for u.s. education reform and national security which concluded shortfalls in your education raise national security issues. will you please explain how the task force came to that conclusion? >> thank you, mr. tran. we began with a horrifying statistics who is 70% of our young people today are unqualified or disqualified from military service. there was a member that shocked all of us. some are unqualified because of their educational background, some because of persistent health problems and some because of obesity which we know is a major problems we try to zeroing in on the part of that population that at least we could fix and that goes through education, and we tried to get an agreement on and got a substantial amount of agreement is that america needs a core curriculum as about 20 states and 20 governors have now accepted. what surprised me the most is i felt i would have to fight very hard for

dr. allan goodman. member of the council on foreign relations task force on u.s. education reform and national security. and president of the substitute of international education. and dr. dan davidson, who is president of the american councils of for international education and president elect of the joint national committee for languages. it is a custom to swear in all witnesses. i would ask you to please rise and raise your right hand. do you swear that the testimony you're about to give the subcommittee, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. thank you. let it be noted for the record that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. before we start, i want you to know that you pull written statements will be made upon the record. and i'd like also to remind you, please limit your oral remarks to five minutes. so mr. lawless, will you please proceed with your statement. >> the testimony about the language in the u.s. i will do so on behalf of the globalization and local suggestion association that's the international trade association for corporate

goodman. today marks the third anniversary of the death of dr. george tiller, a 67-year-old abortion provider who was shot point blank as he attended services in his wichita, kansas church. he was one of the handful in the nation that performed abortions after the 24 week of pregnancy. he faced constant threats of vandalism and violence. his clinic was bombed in 1985. in 1993, dr. tiller survived an assassination attempt. speaking to them this majority foundation in 2008, he described the danger he faced. >> while i was developing this practice, i thought i was just stepping out disease and taking family vacations. but that is not true. there is a lot impressed on me that there are a lot of people in the u.s. that do not like what we do. it is with -- this is what an office looks like when your office is bomb that the night. our response continues to be, how know, we won't go. -- hell no, we won't go. [applause] i put up $10,000 as a reward. nobody ever caught them. that was 1986. we tried to get back to being a normal clinic but we have to take