dr. louis sullivan. the institute for the events of multi-cultural and minority medicine hosted this event and this is 50 minutes. >> i hope you are enjoying your lunch. we would like to get started with the next phase of the program. we are so honored and so pleased that dr. louis sullivan has joined us today. as you all know, dr. sullivan served as the secretary of the u.s. department of health and human services from 1989-1993. took on big tobacco and a surge of a chevy. -- and the scourges of hiv. dr. sullivan aren't his doctor of medicine degree at the boston university school of medicine in 1958. he completed his internship and residency at new york hospital cornell medical center. he also did some work at the new jersey college of medicine while teaching at harvard medical school and researching at the half thorndike memorial laboratory. that was before becoming the co- director of hematology at boston university medical center. he also founded the boston university hematology service at boston ci

dr. sullivan and his wife have three children. i would like to introduce to you dr. louis sullivan. [applause] >> thank you for that generous introduction. let me say it is a great pleasure and honor for me to be here with all of you to see where we are in terms of health equity. i have enjoyed the presentations thus far. i think they're very important. coming during the week when we look forward to the unveiling of the sculpture in honor of martin luther king jr.. i think this gives us conference special significance. i happen to have been 10 feet away from martin luther king, jr. in 1963 when he gave his talk here at the lincoln memorial. and for me personally, the other part of the book is when my wife and i were here for the inauguration of the first african-american president. mr. obama. we have made significant progress in our country but as has been noted. we still have a lot to accomplish. that depends on a lot of people. it depends particularly upon us to put the issues before the country, to lobby for those things that need to be done to lend support to those who have idea

dr. louis sullivan has joined us today. as you all know, dr. sullivan served as the secretary of the u.s. department of health and human services. that was from 1989-1993, where he took on big tobacco and the scourge of hiv. dr. sullivan also founded the prestigious morehouse school of medicine in atlanta. dr. sullivan earned his doctor of medicine degree at the boston university school of medicine in 1958. he completed his internship and residency at new york hospital cornell medical center. he also did some work at the new jersey college of medicine while teaching at harvard medical school and researching at the thorndike memorial laboratory. that was before becoming the codirector of hematology at boston university medical center. he also found the boston university hematology service at boston city hospital. that was until 1995. that's when he founded the medical education program at morehouse college. dr. sullivan has received dozens of honorary degrees, and has been honored by many diverse organizations, such as the southern leadership --

dr. sullivan and his wife have three children. i now would like to introduce to you, hon. dr. louis sullivan. >> thank you very much. it is a great pleasure and honor to be here with all of you to see where we are in terms of health equity. i have enjoyed the presentations so far today. it is important. we look forward to the unveiling of the sculpture in honor of martin luther king jr.. this gives this conference special significance. i happen to have been about 10 feet away from martin luther king jr. in 1963 when he gave his talk here at the lincoln memorial. the other part of the -- my wife and i were here for the inauguration for the first african american president, mr. obama. we have made significant progress in our country. we still have a lot to accomplish. that depends upon a lot of people. it depends upon us to indeed put the issues before the country, to lobby for those things which need to be done, to lend support to those who have ideas that we think are important and to see that those individuals are put in positions of authority and power. a comment made earlier today about getting politics out of me

dr. louis sullivan talks about health care disparities. and on "washington journal", we will get the latest on the situation in libya and we will look at the medicare advantage program. today, a discussion on homeland security challenges 10 years after 9/11. the panel will examine current car terrorism tools and talk about terrorist attacks that have been foiled since 9/11. live coverage from the heritage foundation at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span-2. at 10:30 eastern, our report on the help of u.s. banks. that is hosted by the federal deposit insurance corporation. we will hear from the head of the fdic. that is live on c-span-3. the british home affairs committee last week held a hearing to investigate the police response to the riots in london. witnesses included london's acting police commissioner and the association of chief police officers chairman. this portion of the hearing is 50 minutes. >> the committee will have follow-up questions, but we would like to keep our detailed examination of you to our first oral session which is to t