is america," is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board, there is something for everyone. singapore airlines, a great way to fly. forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, a echo communications -- afo communications, and the rotondaro family trust. >> it is a big mess, as opposed to a big other. >> slavic, or fanatic? >> i am not very good with my languages. i welcome the help from you. the middle east is in turmoil. at one point, you say that the european union is irrelevant. and that america is in some kind of decline. that is a fairly bleak picture. and we do not pay much attention to south america and latin america, when we look at the world. >> 67 years ago, who was dominating in the middle east? the british and french. they left, or were pushed out, after world war ii. who replaced them? we did. with whom did we have the best relationships there? with iran, turkey, a faithful nato ally from the very moment of their founding, practically. with saudi arabia,

is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism board -- there is something for everyone, singapore airlines -- great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and the rotondaro family trust. you write in the book, and intelligence community, and you mentioned the national security agency -- 16 different agencies, 1000 federal organizations. that is just mind-blowing. you mentioned a director of national intelligence, and of course we have the department of homeland security. how many security top-secret security clearances do we have floating around the united states? >> we estimated there were about 865000. >> 800,000 people? >> the government has published a figure larger than that. it is over 1 million. we started out saying we would find everything that is secret in the number of agencies, programs, and companies, but at the secret level we discovered there was no way we could ever hope to count how ma

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so obviously the oregon education association, the american federation of teachers has a tremendous and robust network, as does the oregon school boards association, our university system. i happen to have firsthand experience with the depth, breadth and effectiveness of the university of oregon outreach network. the business association. so essentially we're trying to engage the major stake hold hoarse have been a party to designing this change to use their networks to reach out and communicate. i will just say finally that we're having a series of community meetings around the state this month around the work of the oregon education investment board, including the early learning council. so we're attempting to have a very aggressive community outreach aspect of this as well. >> if i could just insert one question from the floor, from the tables. do teach from america and other programs like it have a place in the future of transforming k-12 education in the state? >> i think anything, any program that helps the professional development of our teaching staff and gives them opportunitie

is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the singapore tourism bureau -- board -- there is something for everyone. singapore airlines -- a great way to fly. poongsan corporation, forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation,the rotondaro family trust afo communications. -- and the rotondaro family trust. >> you have been in iraq and afghanistan. i want to talk about afghanistan as a country and as a people. you were there as a civilian and as a soldier. when i see afghanistan, -- say afghanistan, what triggers in your mind? >> the terrain is as formidable in difficult as the people. [laughter] >> interesting. >> the people in our rural areas, predominately were we are fighting, the people live in peace with the land as much as possible. if they do not save enough food, they start in the winter. there are valleys shot off because of snow fall. when there are rivers flooding, there is not much to mitigate them. it is a very primal existence. >> it is agrarian? >> overwhelmingly. >

but obviously the education association american federation of teachers a tremendous and robust network as does the european school boards association. university system. i happen to have first-hand experience with the effectiveness of the university of oregon outreach network. [laughter] the business association. essentially we try to engage the major stakeholders have been a party to designing to use their networks to reach out and communicate. i was a sign that we are having a series of community meetings around the state this month around the work of the oregon education investment board, including the early learning council. so we are attempting to have a very aggressive community outreach aspect as well. [inaudible] >> one question from the floor, from the table. teach for america and other programs like at a place in the future of transforming k-12 education the state? >> any program that helps the professional development of art teaching staff and gives them opportunities to teach in different venues that they not us. i think we are obviously looking for partners and ideas and c

but obviously the education association american federation of teachers a tremendous and robust network as does the european school boards association. university system. i happen to have first-hand experience with the effectiveness of the university of oregon outreach network. [laughter] the business association. essentially we try to engage the major stakeholders have been a party to designing to use their networks to reach out and communicate. i was a sign that we are having a series of community meetings around the state this month around the work of the oregon education investment board, including the early learning council. so we are attempting to have a very aggressive community outreach aspect as well. [inaudible] >> one question from the floor, from the table. teach for america and other programs like at a place in the future of transforming k-12 education the state? >> any program that helps the professional development of art teaching staff and gives them opportunities to teach in different venues that they not us. i think we are obviously looking for partners and ideas and c

letter from the national governors association which talks about the need to strengthen higher education not give more federal control. and a letter from the american council on education signed by molly broad and 98 institution from across the country. mostly public and private institutions. this is not a for-profit or public issue. this is all institutions of higher education who are concerned with this issue. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. miller: two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. waters. the chair: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. waters: madam speaker, i rise today in opposition to h.r. 2117, the protecting freedom in higher education act. this legislation will simply wipe out all of the credit hour and state authorization program integrity rules. these rules are so important and crucial because this is what prevents the widespread rip-off fraud and abuse in this industry. h.r. 2117 would repeal the department of education state authorization regulation which gives states the ability to enforce their right to

but obviously the education association american federation of teachers a tremendous and robust network as does the european school boards association. university system. i happen to have first-hand experience with the effectiveness of the university of oregon outreach network. [laughter] the business association. essentially we try to engage the major stakeholders have been a party to designing to use their networks to reach out and communicate. i was a sign that we are having a series of community meetings around the state this month around the work of the oregon education investment board, including the early learning council. so we are attempting to have a very aggressive community outreach aspect as well. [inaudible] >> one question from the floor, from the table. teach for america and other programs like at a place in the future of transforming k-12 education the state? >> any program that helps the professional development of art teaching staff and gives them opportunities to teach in different venues that they not us. i think we are obviously looking for partners and ideas and c