[applause] john is the president of georgetown university. the university has completed a $1 billion capital campaign, significantly increased student financial aid, and strengthened endowments for faculty research. he also helped expand georgetown's initiatives such as emerging economies. he is a member of the council on foreign relations. he is a board member of the national association of independent colleges and universities. most recently he was honored in 2008 at the washingtonian. [applause] >> it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here this afternoon. it's an honor to have with us the united states secretary of state, hillary rodham clinton to discuss the human rights agenda for the 21st century. in this new century, no nation can achieve its lowest potential if any segment of the population -- is the list of potential if anyone is disenfranchised and their skills are ignored, it their potential and promise is squandered. at a time when nations are increasingly interdependent and interconnected, the situation in any one nation affec

it is great to be back here at georgetown. those was a legitimate reasons for taking a break. i'm very happy to provide it. i want to think jas for his introductory remarks. clearly those of you that are in the foreign service school are reflections of the extraordinary opportunity you have been given here to study about the culture of human-rights. it is a real honor for me to be delivering this speech at georgetown because there is no better place than this university and to talk about human rights. the president, the administration, the faculty and the body of the long tradition of supporting free expression and free inquiry and the cause of human rights around the world. and i know that the president has talked on human rights in as well as on the ethics of international development with one of my longtime colleagues. i'm hoping this will shape our thinking on many subjects. it is important to be at this university because the students here and the faculty here every single year add to the interreligious dialogue. you give

but then georgetown had so many's baskets. they looked like a top ten team as they knocked down number 17 washington by eight points and a rod allen game summary. mississippi state shooting 46% and ucla at 34%. >> marcus: and a big part of that disparity is the two shooters, the alleged gun slinging shooters from each team, johnson 26 points and nikola dragovic for ucla, 0 for 9, doughnut, did not score a point in this game. jarvis. >> steve: mississippi state with the basketball trying to push the record to 6-2. it's hard to believe that this is a team that lost to ryder by 14. >> marcus: thinking the same thing. those two losses kind of stand out when you see how well this team has performed in this game, the way they handled the ball the last time out in tampa at the site of their s.e.c. tourney championship last year, and this man here, ravern johnson jarvis. >> steve: he's got 29 points. >> marcus: picture perfect jump shot. terrific rotation. at what point do you become convince that had he can shoot and play better defe

the georgetown law center hosted this discussion in washington d.c. earlier this year. >> welcome. you for coming today for our discussion of the book recentlyñr released by the university of press on oral argument in the supreme court. i will moderate our discussion of "a good laurell." this book is 8 -- a good quarrel each essay focuses on an oral apartment in a case before the supreme court and offers lessons on the role of oral arguments. the supreme court's decision making process is a uniquely closed process to the public. virtually all the court deliberations occur behind closed doors. one of the only exceptions is oral argument, when the court spent an hour in public discussion of the case. as such, oral arguments present a unique window on the supreme court and its decision making. the panelists have observed countless cases of oral arguments, having had the unique opportunity to observe what the court does in oral argument. their experience gives us an interesting perspective on this public face of the supreme court. he served as cnn senior washington correspondent and is

[applause] john is the president of georgetown university.has completed a $1 billion capital campaign, significantly increased student financial aid, and strengthened endowments for faculty research. he also helped expand georgetown's initiatives such as emerging economies. he is a member of the council on foreign relations. he is a board member of the national association of independent colleges and universities. most recently he was honored in 2008 at the washingtonian. [applause] >> it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here this afternoon. it's an honor to have with us the united states secretary of state, hillary rodham clinton to discuss the human rights agenda for the 21st century. in this new century, no nation can achieve its lowest potential if any segment of the population -- is the list of potential if anyone is disenfranchised and their skills are ignored, it their potential and promise is squandered. at a time when nations are increasingly interdependent and interconnected, the situation in any one nation affects every nation

for old dominion, they are at georgetown. they have charlotte and duquesne, a couple of other atlantic 10 teams and at george mason in a big colonial athletic association game there. shooting 55% from the into, not getting a lot of shots >> derek: not getting a lot of shots. they have only taken 11 shots >> mike: moore on the dribble. to johnson for three. that might get the lid off >> derek: that might be the best offensive possession fort flyers all game. able to really rotate the basketball, get this defense to move and find marcus johnson at the top of the key for the open three-point shot >> mike: flyers lead 17-12. james with the ball for old dominion. they have done a heck of a job on gerel lee. you can see him down low, quickly double team him there is an inside pass. we get a charge before the shot. no basket. a charge called and ben finney. let's take a look. finney picked up the charge >> derek: again, brian gregory, as coach, ectomy be pleased with monarchs continuing to get into the lane. >> mike: flyers lead 17-

thank you so much for being here at georgetown. you brought up iran today, and i really appreciate that as an iranian-american. i am a graduate student and had the pleasure of being in iran this summer if my first trip and witness what has happened after the election. now that six months has passed after the election, what can the united states do to balance our support of the human rights activists and demonstrators in the streets of iran with our agenda with regard to the iranian nuclear program? how do we balance the two issues? >> you're right. it is a balancing act, but the most important balancing act is to make sure that our very strong opposition to what is going on inside iran doesn't in any way undermine the legitimacy of the protest movement that has taken hold. now, this is one of those very good examples of a hard call. after the election and the reaction that began almost immediately by people who felt that the election was invalid put us in a position of seriously considering what is the best way we can support those

. >> how did allen get to georgetown? was it a recruiting process?what happened is that a committee of people from the area contacted me through boo williams and said they wanted to come up and talk to me about allen iverson. this i talked personally with some colleges at that time and big name coaches said, i cannot take him. because my president would not let him in. >> i was recruited by everybody. in the country. everybody. in both sports -- every single school in the country. and football and basketball. when i got in my situation, in high school, it was over. nobody else -- every single school. every single school. stopped writing, stopped calls. only a couple colleges we could think of -- and it was more than colleges but people. you had john thompson and you had john cheney. you had to have somebody strong enough -- first of all, they will come after you, the media. >> they were worried about his well-being and, you know, really, his safety because when they came up to visit me, there was an interesting thing that happened. i was not showing

he taught at stanford for a semester, for a full calendar year and also at georgetown. he liked it but he did not get into it as much as you would expect it because he is so brainy and intellectual. you would have thought he would have been drawn much more into teaching, but it was easy enough for him to leave it, frankly. he was excited about something that you enjoy. he liked being in the executive branch. >> host: what was his job and what did he do? >> guest: sure, sure. he started in the nixon administration, and he started with a new office created while he was there, the office of telecommunications policy. and he was general counsel for that. and then he moved into more of an administrative position where he was in charge of sort of ideas to streamline the bureaucracy. is real break came when president nixon, who was in the throes of watergate, nominated him to be an assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel. and office you know well. and he was not made by richard nixon, but was not approved until later in august of 1974 after richard nixon had

but he also taught a little bit at georgetown university and also -- you're talking up the justice? because his father of course was a professor. he taught at the university of chicago mostly but then also stand to become stanford for a semester and full calendar year and also georgetown. he liked it, but he did not get into it as much as you would have suspected because he is so brainy and intellectual. you would have thought he would have been much more drawn to teaching but easy enough for him to leave africa. he was excited about something that you have enjoyed. he really liked being in the executive branch -- host katulis about the expected -- what was his job and what did he do? >> guest: sure, he started in the nixon administration and he started with a new office created while he was there. the office of telecommunications policy. and he was general counsel for that and then he moved into more of an administrative position where he was in charge of sort of ideas to streamline the bureaucracy. his break came when president nixon who was in the throes of watergate nominated hi

>> georgetown university. >>host: dieing four happen. why the best qualities are also the most dangerous >> hello. thank you for being here. this is great. how're you? >> congratulations on your buck. >> you will have to read it. have you read it? >> yes. i did. >> a very nice and dedication. hello. high. how were you? >> from the idea is from public eight days publication took me three months. august through november but you have to read it. you can read it on the way home in a very short period of time. i have read it most of the times. it is good. i am always the optimist. i think we're making progress yes. the secretary general is in town and talking to people. people want to get this done. now the campaign and energy works. we are a part of it. there are 500 people in the field all over the country.

we're delighted you came over from georgetown to be part of the commission.y different, but incredible informative perspective, so we're delighted that you're part of the group that's digging through privacy, particularly privacy online. i want to thank you all, really, for assembling such a stellar cast and an accomplished group of thinkers on these issues. and with that, let's get the ball rolling. are we going to reveal the ecosystem charts today? this morning? >> yes. >> oh, that's going to be very exciting. so we have a number of exciting announcements and a number of terrific speakers, and thank you so much. [applause] >> thanks, chairman leibowitz. i'd now like to call to the podium mr. richard smith who will describe some of the data flow charts that are in your packet as well as the personal data ecosystem that's on be the wall to my right. and while mr. smith is coming up, could i also invite all the people on panel one to take their seats so that we can be ready to go as soon as mr. smith finishes his presentation? thanks. [inaudible conversations]

from georgetown university. our next call comes from mike and rockville center, n.y.. caller: thank you for taking my phone call. we are reviewing political ideology across a broad spectrum. this is a result of whether or not these ideas can be waived into foreign policy and domestic policy successfully. they become like a four legs to a table they become all part of one pair ort of one. this administration has had difficulty having one ideology that serves well in chicago but not the rest of the country. the president is a likable man and an admirable person, he is very short terms of experience. he was state senator for one term and failed to complete that turnberry was in the united states senate for term and failed to complete that term and he has had absolutely no experience in corporate or municipal affairs as executive position. when it relates back to political ideologies, the ability to coherently link, whether you want to discuss conservatives or socialism or whatever, the ability to promote those ideologies is strictly dependent upon the ability to weave the

theit made me proud to be at georgetown, too. we have time for three questions. we thought because so many of you have abandoned your final papers to be here, students, that we would take those questions from our students. let me ask you. we have several people along the side with microphones. here is someone with a microphone. we have one more. let's have a first question from a student. that does not look like a student. here. let's get the young people here. we are not discriminating. which is one day, approach to thing. >> thank you so much. he spoke about the situation in it you got a. could you talk a little bit more about how the united states can protect the rights of the people in areas where the rights are not respected? >> yes. over this past year, we have elevated into our human rights dialogue and a public statement a very clear message about protecting the rights of the lgbt community worldwide. we are particularly concerned about some of the specific cases that have come to our attention of around the world. there have been organized efforts to kil

saturday a double header with the wooden classic, pac-10 power number 12 washington against number 16 georgetownoks to get back ontrack as they battle mississippi state. the action starts at 2:00 eastern 11:00 pacific. is there any way you and i can get three games in that day? >> marques: ah ha. ernie banks plans to. let's play four, huh? great game the other day against texas tech. the overtime loss was a wild one. that game was lost in regulation on the last-second shot by texas tech. the official reviewed it. they couldn't get the job done in overtime. >> steve: the big 12 has a 6-2 series advantage in the hardwood series. victories by the pac-10 at morgan state and also by california who won last night over iowa state. >> marques: that was good last night. great team effort. a lot of contributors. >> steve: dragovic. i like this kid. nelson. >> marques: he goes after it. and found a way to get it up without getting blocked. uses the left hand up and over cole aldrich. >> steve: you know, he's a ben howland player. he looks like a ben howland player. >> marques: nelson had that early. he cut

one other besides myself who graduated from georgetown. please go ahead. >> thank you, chairman lay hi. good morning, chairman, ranking member sessions and other members of the committee. again, i'm public policy director of the national center for victims of crime which is a national nonprofit resource and advocacy organization that will soon celebrate our 25th year of champning if rights and interest of crime. our members include providers and professionals at the state, federal, and local levels. we have a long history of advocating for sexual assault vict nls and working to promote the use of d.n.a. evidence and i appreciate the opportunity to appear this morning. sexual assault victims call our help line every day. when they can't find the help or information they need at the local level. they remind us as debby smith did this morning that undergoing a rape exam can be intrusive, violating, exhausting, and confusing, especially when it's not conducted by a specially trained sexual assault nurse examiner. once the exam is complete, vic

i have a note that she received her law degree from georgetown university law center. some of us on this committee, of course, find that -- never mind. [laughter] we actually have two of us on this committee, one other besides myself, who graduated from georgetown, that'd be senator durbin. please, go ahead. >> thank you, chairman leahy. good morning, chairman, ranking member sessions and other members of the committee. again, i'm public policy directer of the national center for victims of crime which is a national nonprofit resource and advocacy organization. we'll soon sell rate our 25th year of championing the rights and interests of victims of crime. our members include victim service providers and allied professionals at the state, federal, and local levels. we have a long history of advocating for sexual assault victims and working to promote the the use and understanding of dna evidence, and i appreciate the opportunity to appear before you this morning. sexual assault victims call our national crime victim help line every day when they can't find the help or i

rupp arena, one of the last time he was here was spectator for final four, where final four upset georgetown. and roberson. perfect. again, the austin peay big men stepping out on the floor, showing range on the jump-shot. kentucky big men slow to defend. wall gives it up. >> matt: to liggins. patterson. oh, nearly spectacular tip-in. justin blake on the double. >> kyle: austin peay being patient. working the shot clock down. trying to execute to get the good shot. >> matt: what is interesting here is campbell has yet to score in the ballgame. he had 11 games where he scored in double figures. four on the shot clock. campbell fires away. still has yet to score. open to, darius miller. patterson, the tip-in. we have no answer for the junior from huntington, west virginia. >> kyle: that was set up by the explosion of john wall. pushing it up the floor. patterson running the floor to get in position for the offensive board. >> matt: and a steal. john wall. showtime! [ cheering ] wall has 11. and four assists. >> kyle: he never played in a game and picked by one poll as maybe the national player

>> georgetown university. >> ariel glucklich, "dying for heaven" holy pleasure and suicide bombers -y the best qualities of religion are also its most dangerous. >> coming up from the 2009 miami book fair international a discussion on the supreme court. joan biskupic, author of american original presents her biography of justice antonin scalia. and barry friedman author of the will of the people argues the supreme court bases its decisions on popular opinion as much as it does on constitutional precedent. >> i thought i would start with the last chapter of the buck to make you understand why i even wrote this. many of you are familiar with the 2nd amendment case that the court decided about a year-and-a-half

the children's digital media center, your kid georgetown, and there are other titles.it to hear from you are and i am thrilled that you're here. mr. john lawson, the executive director of the eye on media networks. welcome to virginia. ms. cyma zarghami, the president of nickelodeon, which my grandchildren watch a great deal. and the mtv and family group from new york, mr. james dyer, is that right? >> yes. >> i am terrified of names like that. the ceo of common sense media. sounds like a dangerous group. [laughter] from center cisco, california. >> i actually came from lake tahoe, my family vacation. it is very important to be here. >> do we have a chocolate chip cookies? we're joined by the good senator from alaska. you've got here too late to make your statement. don't you think? just barely missed it. he is absolutely terrific. he is 47 years old. first term, walks in here, does not use a note, everything occurs appear, he seems to know everything. and he is part of the new eagerness of this committee, which i want to make very clear to you. we are now eager commit

a live look at fox hall road and canal in georgetown. no major issues to report here in the district. if you are going to work, make sure you buckle up and stay safe out there. angie, back to you. >>> in the news now an investigation is underway in to what caused an apartment fire in oxon hill, maryland. more than 100 firefighters battled the flames in the 14200 block of georgia avenue. while fire damaged three of the buildings, fire was cut off to all of the buildings. bush fires destroyed 20 homes and injured three people. crews are surveying the burned areas to see if there are more injuries or possibilities of death to the residents in australia. those affected are being holed up in emergency shelters. >>> the first automated toll plazas are open in leavenworth, kansas. >>> the parade of entertainment award shows is just getting started. a preview of when you will be able to see it coming up. >>> plus, a violent incident raises question about safety at area hospitals. kim has the forecast. >> i'm checking high clouds across the area.

. >> she graduated from georgetown, not far from here. >>as you walk around life, why do you think you did so well? >> we talked about this earlier. my father is a college graduate. my mother is a carlos graduate. -- college graduate. >> why did they do well? >> my father had an athletic scholarship, but he also had people around him who were pushing him in that direction. a family, mentors, that sort of thing. it is not always easy, but we recognize that what you see around you is not necessarily what you want -- in line >> so -- necessarily what you want -- >> so if you go back even farther -- >> so, if you go back even farther? >> when the opportunity presented itself, they seized the opportunity. my mother, in her teens, knew that staying in north carolina would not work for her. she wanted a different light. she moved to d.c., not knowing -- anybody. she ultimately got a bachelor's degree and two master's degrees. it just becomes a part of your dna and you understand that that is what the expectation is. >> do you have a favorite his

. >> georgetown, led by dominant center patrick ewing, was one win away from being the first nba repeat champion in over ten years. his opponent was a villanova squad that barely sweked into the tournament with ten losses. the wildcats proved the adage on any given night. >> villanova did the impossible! nobody thought they could do it. >> nobody thought we could do it. but i did! >>> the images engrained in the mipdz of those who witnessed it. a couple on the big court between the lakers and rockets. tomjanovich ran to the fray. l.a.'s kermit washington saw the flash from the corner of his eye and instinct lively swung a fist. tomjanovich hit the floor. his face shattered by the punch. the incident caused the nba to significantly alter its rules against fighting. >>> ozzy smith was famous for his brilliant defense. but he was not known for his power at the plate. in fact the switch hitting shortstop had never before hit a home run while batting left-handed in the bigs. that is until the 1985 nlcs. >> smith courts one in the right down the line. it may go. go crazy, folks. go crazy! it'

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washington against number 16, georgetown.n ucla looks to get back on track as they battle mississippi state. action tips off at 2:00 eastern, 11:00 pacific. a dynamite club at mississippi state. >> mike: lorenzo, after a down couple of years got the huskies back in it, in the pac 10 the early start of the year. >> ron: collins has been sitting a long time. wonder if he will get back in. 2 of 5, four points in the ballgame. miami had a 9-1 run, cut the lead 55-47, have a chance to cut it even further. here comes grant. tries the no look but jackson gets the left hand on it. 6:59 left in the ballgame. wide open thomas for three. golden opportunity. boston college missed their last five shots. >> mike: you have to be frustrated if you're miami you're getting decent looks. >> ron: that was a wide open shot and getting guys you want to shoot those looks. nice play by scott, rips it away from jackson. >> mike: your defense is coming alive, amped up the pressure and forcing turnovers. >> ron: not necessarily a great shot. the lead s

this forum was hosted by the georgetown university law center, it's about an hour and ten minutes. >> thank you for coming today. for our discussion of the book recently released by the university of michigan press on oral argument in the supreme court. i'm paul wahlbeck of the department of political science at george washington university, and i'll moderate our discussion of a good quarrel. this book, edited by tim johnson and jerry goldman, is a unique volume. the editors have assembled a series of essays written by journalists who cover the supreme court. each essay focuses on oral argument in a case before the supreme court and offers lessons on the court and the role of oral arguments. as you know, the supreme court's decision making process is a uniquely closed process to the public, virtually all of the court's deliberations occur behind closed doors. one of the only exceptions to this secrecy is oral argument when the court spends an hour in public discussion of a case. as such, oral arguments presents a unique window on the supreme court and its decision making. the panelist

he previously served as a founding directer of the institute on political journalism at georgetown university as well as having been a fellow at the institute of politics at the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard. he is a past president of the philadelphia society and has been a media fellow at the hoover institution. please join me in welcoming my colleague, dr. lee edwards. lee? [applause] >> well, thank you john, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. an historian must have a passion for the past. compelling desire to learn all there is to learn about an age a movement or an event and the men and women who shaped it and were shaped by it. he must have an equal desire to tell the story of that past as completely and as objectively as possible. never allowing a mesmerizing personality or an overarching event to distort the telling. a true historian must have a judicial temperament that enables him to differentiate between the sensational and the consequential, the fleeting and the fundamental. well american conservativism has been fortunate for more than 30 years to have had

the army has sent me to graduate school and i am finishing up my degree at georgetown.a $60,000 housing grant for the modification of existing homes. i cannot extend my education benefits. my daughter is a junior in high school. i will not be able to use my veterans benefits towards college which i would be able to do if i was in college. we need to take a comprehensive look at those benefit and merge them. those were built on the assumptions that if a service members of was injured, he would be out. this would give you access to it when you need it. that is a discussion and dialogue that needs to take place as we look at these two things holistic way. >> about the rehabilitation, i really do think that integration into a civilian sector rehab would benefit these men and women greatly because there are four, centers in the country right now. the fifth one is being built in [inaudible] i am grateful for the house i have been staying at. families are having to relocate and ordered to be to the closest public trauma center. they should be able to relocate and have some sor

we just saw georgetown knock off washington by eight points and now we get ucla against mississippi state, and here's a guy who knows a little bit about the bruins, '95, he played for coach wooden, '77 he won the first ever wooden award. i want to know your feelings about your old coach wooden. >> well, you know, coach wooden, the thing that stands out in my mind about him is consistency as a person, meticulous attention to detail. you saw preparing to fail and a living embody meant of how you're supposed to live your life. >> he knows this ucla team is very young, 2-5, a struggling first start. they need a big game from michael roll. >> the senior has got to give them some offensive production and his numbers are down this year. he has got to be the guy offensively. michael roll after the kansas game talked about the improvement of this basketball team. >> every day at practice we always talk about the next game and how we're going to keep fighting and do everything we need to to give us the best chance of winning the next game so in the future we're really pulling together and i'm excit

we actually have two of us who graduated from georgetown. please go ahead. >> thank you.victims from crime. we will soon celebrate our 25th year of championing the interests of victims of crime. our members include victim service providers at the state and local levels. we work to promote the use of dna evidence. i appreciate the opportunity to appear here this morning. sexual assault victims call our health line every day when they cannot find the informations a need at the local level. they remind us that undergoing a rape exam can be violating and confusing, especially when is not conducted by a specially trained examiner. once this is complete victims have no idea what happens to the rape kit. many assume everyone is sent to the lab immediately, said they are confused as to why they cannot get in a formation about their case. if they learned it was never ççsent they become very upsetd discouraged. many are destroyed before processing. many -- one caller spoke at length about her frustration that after she had done all she could no one else seemed to care about bring

from georgetown university. our next call comes from mike and rockville center, n.y..aller: thank you for taking my phone call. we are reviewing political ideology across a broad spectrum. this is a result of whether or not these ideas can be waived into foreign policy and domestic policy successfully. they become like a four legs to a table they become all part of one pair ort of one. this administration has had difficulty having one ideology that serves well in chicago but not the rest of the country. the president is a likable man and an admirable person, he is very short terms of experience. he was state senator for one term and failed to complete that turnberry was in the united states senate for term and failed to complete that term and he has had absolutely no experience in corporate or municipal affairs as executive position. when it relates back to political ideologies, the ability to coherently link, whether you want to discuss conservatives or socialism or whatever, the ability to promote those ideologies is strictly dependent upon the ability to weave them

we're delighted you came over from georgetown to be a part of the commission. also, jeffrey rosen, standing over there in the corner. he is helping us think through these issues with a slightly different but incredibly informative perspective. we're done lightly you are part of the group that is digging through privacy of online. i want to thank you all for the selling such a stellar cast and an accomplished group of thinkers on these issues. and with that, let's get the ball rolling. are we going to be revealed the ecosystem charge today, this morning? that is going to be very exciting. a number of exciting announcements. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, chairman leibovitz. i would now call to the podium mr. richards met who will describe the data flow charts that are in your packets, as well as the personal data at the system that is on the wall to the right. -- ecosystem that is and the wall to the right. and it panel one could take their seats so that we can be ready to go as soon as mr. smith insists his presentation. -- finishes his presentatio

senior out of georgetown, south carolina high school by we wayf spartanburg methodist college. >> daymeonand knox a guy who was -- coach lebo wanted to try to go to him and try and establish an inside presence. right now, though, haven't seen a lot of that. knox a couple of passes inside but i feel like if you are auburn you want to try to get in there a little bit more. >> matt: auburn hit the first four free-throws and missed the last four free-throw attempts. landesberg working on hargrove. hit the side of the backboard. they want to go inside to knox who is double teamed. put it on the floor. tripped and fouled by baker. >> daymeon: a good decision. look at this line-up out here right now, knox is probably as big or bigger than anybody on the floor and what they do is simply move it around, go out one end, good entry pass, the double team getting there too late and knox going up and showing a little strength. if you are auburn you got to knock them down once you get to the charity stripe. >> matt: knox just dropped his contact lens on the floor. he had it on his finger trying to put i

firm, the government of the district of columbia, holds a master's degree in public policy from georgetown. it is a small, local institution here in washington. the next person has been a colleague and compatriot on the consumer side of housing and community development work for many years. we have worked together for many years on a variety of many issues and i have found her to be one of the most informed advocates in this area. she is currently director of the hurricane relief project which was launched in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. she does plenty of extra duties on issues broadly of mortgage foreclosures and making homes affordable mitigation programs. throughout most of debbie's career, she has worked for local, community-based organizations to increase access to high-quality, low-cost financial-services and to eliminate discriminatory practices. she had a long tenure at the center for community change, a great ally and friend of ours, where i first began working with her. she has a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the university of north carolina, chapel

i am an associate professor of law at georgetown.as special counsel to the oversight panel. the views i expressed today are my own. we are two days into a foreclosure crisis. the picture is grim. mortgage foreclosure rates are at four and half times the historic rate. the cornerstone of federal efforts to mitigate the foreclosure crisis is the home of the station program which provides tax fair funded incentive payments to services, lenders, and homeowners to facilitate standardized loan modifications. this involves an initial trial modification. after it converts to a permanent status even though the permanent modification is a permanent modification. first, a trial modification must be commenced. there has been around a million trial modification. there was an increase in the trials conducted suggesting that the enrollment in the program might have already peaked. trial modifications have adapted to promise status. nine months into this, there are 31,382 permit modifications. as of the end of october, less than 10% were converted b

then they will come up with a trip to georgetown which is not going to be easy >> derek: and then you have charlotte. charlotte a very good team, knocked out louisville at louisville a couple of weeks ago and you see duquesne. four opponents on the atlantic 10e, old dominion will stays this year. of course, richmond, duquesne, charlotte. >> mike: seeing a lot of pairs between the colonial athletic conference and the atlantic 10. we are back to action. sit back, relax and enjoy dayton flyers basketball here on whio tv. monarchs with the ball to start things off. that's gerald lee. lee has five -- four. i i flyers did a nice job of defending the mop narcs. that's a high post, low post screen for lee. now they' lou them to go one on one. rebound to dayton. here comes london looking to get points on the first possession. leaves it open to chris wright who fumbles it again, loose on the floor, chris johnson able to come away with it >> derek: this is where you see a point guard needs to bring the ball out and set your offense. it's important that you get a good shot on the first possession

one other besides myself who graduated from georgetown. please go ahead. >> thank you, chairman lay hi. good morning, chairman, ranking member sessions and other members of the committee. again, i'm public policy director of the national center for victims of crime which is a national nonprofit resource and advocacy organization that will soon celebrate our 25th year of champning if rights and interest of crime. our members include providers and professionals at the state, federal, and local levels. we have a long history of advocating for sexual assault vict nls and working to promote the use of d.n.a. evidence and i appreciate the opportunity to appear this morning. sexual assault victims call our help line every day. when they can't find the help or information they need at the local level. they remind us as debby smith did this morning that undergoing a rape exam can be intrusive, violating, exhausting, and confusing, especially when it's not conducted by a specially trained sexual assault nurse examiner. once the exam is complete, vic

authored by professor randy bar net, the mccormack water house professor of legal theory at the georgetown university law center. nathaniel stewart, an attorney with white and case, and todd gasiano, of the legal and judicial studies at the heritage foundation. i ask consent to place this paper into the record at this point. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: i also want to share with my colleagues a letter i received from dr. michael adams and an attorney carol robertson. they are on the faculty of the barbara jordan-mickey leland school of public affairs at texas university. mr. robertson was named in 2000 to the list of 100 to watch. i ask consent that their entire letter, which is dated october october 25, 2009, be placed in the record following my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: let me share here just an excerpt from these two people, and this is -- or from from -- an excerpt by dr. michael adams, ph.d., and carroll g. robinson, esquire, and barbara jordan from the mickey leland school of public affairs, texas southern university. "our r

we're delighted you came over from georgetown to be a part of the commission. over there in the corner. he is helping us think through these issues with a slightly different but incredibly informative perspective. we're done lightly you are part of the group that is digging through privacy of online. i want to thank you all for the selling such a stellar cast and an accomplished group of thinkers on these issues. and with that, let's get the ball rolling. are we going to be revealed the ecosystem charge today, this morning? that is going to be very exciting. a number of exciting announcements. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, chairman leibovitz. i would now call to the podium mr. richards met who will describe the data flow charts that are in your packets, as well as the personal data at the system that is on the wall to the right. -- ecosystem that is and the wall to the right. and it panel one could take their seats so that we can be ready to go as soon as mr. smith insists his presentation. -- finishes his presentation. >>, i think the ftc for the

i am an associate professor of law at georgetown. i served as special counsel to the oversight panel. the views i expressed today are my own. we are two days into a foreclosure crisis. the picture is grim. mortgage foreclosure rates are at four and half times the historic rate. the cornerstone of federal efforts to mitigate the foreclosure crisis is the home of the station program which provides tax fair funded incentive payments to services, lenders, and homeowners to facilitate standardized loan modifications. this involves an initial trial modification. after it converts to a permanent status even though the permanent modification is a permanent modification. first, a trial modification must be commenced. there has been around a million trial modification. there was an increase in the trials conducted suggesting that the enrollment in the program might have already peaked. trial modifications have adapted to promise status. nine months into this, there are 31,382 permit modifications. as of the end of october, less than 10% were c

host: some background on our guest, maria freese is a graduate from georgetown university, here in washingtontional committee? guest: that is entirely member supported. we don't take any money from outside organizations or get supported by doctors or insurance companies. we are entirely supported by our 3 million plus members that send us $12 a year to represent them here in washington, dc. host: we have tom joining us. caller: thank you, i am 53 years old and i took care of my mom and dad, they got sicked i don't have a job, i am disabled and taking care of property tax, what little i got and what it takes to eat and get by. how am i going to pay for health care, this 1500 a year they are talking about us, us being fined because we don't have money to pay for this. what little times i go to the doctor, i pay cash for it, and i pay dearly for it, but why do we need more government in our life? guest: if you are low income there are significant subsidies includes in the house and senate of this version of legislation. so the cost of the insurance will be much, much significantly reduced. and y

senator lieberman is an orthodox jew, and he often times on saturday walks from his home from georgetowns over and a rise. almost an hour had gone by before he arrived, and he was wearing an orange scarf and it was exciting when the cast the votes and people could finally lead and catch their flights because senator mccaskill was waiting on the sideline to see if she was going to need to change her vote to get the 60 votes required to move forward on this bill. she wanted to vote against the bill and she did not want to have to change her vote. so lieberman arrived in time and senator byrd is getting older and often comes in a wheelchair. he came in late as well. >> what was the outcome of the vote and what does it mean for the omnibus bill? >> they got the 60 votes required. three republicans switched sides and three democrats switched sides. it is almost definitely going to be passed tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., when the vote is going to start. that will be an adoption of the conference for the on the bus. hopefully, people have their fingers crossed that the president will be able to review

a friend of mine, while he was recovering, got a master's degree from georgetown, and he is going totly selected for promotion to colonel. he is currently on his war college scholarship as well. we really want our soldiers to be actively working to go to school while they're in the program. host: we're talking about the army's wounded warriors program with brigadier-general gary cheek. it is the commander of the warrior transition to man. -- he is the commander of the warrior transition commanded thomas on our line for independencts. caller: good morning, general, and tv announcers. i have an interesting question, regarding what a person leaves the military, first-termer, third-termer, or the retiree -- why can't we use the central part of the united states for a west coast, east coast base program, because the skills we have in the military, any branch could accomplish the maintenance, food service, and hospitalization, and you can have your wounded warrior at that base, which has been closed. i was very saddened when i was up in the north central part of the united states where the

i'm a georgetown lawyer. i think i'm reasonably bright. i've got to real estate settlements, we've got these forms an disclosures. i bet nobody here has gone to a settlement who's read all those papers. period. i think there's way too much paper. i don't think even if they read it they'd understand it. but the fact that they read it and understand it and didn't like paragraph five and called up the lender, the lender would say, that's fine, you don't get the money. they're counting on us. this is the time when they're counting on us, there's a time when we can respond. that's exactly what the consumer financial protection agency would do. that's its purpose. protect us. i understand their concerns about it and i congratulate mr. minnick for raising this issue and i appreciate his perspective. i simply disi a -- disagree. it would take up the oversight responsibility that i think has been abandoned. it would safeguard consumers from ex employee employtation and protect our economy from -- exploitation and protect our economy from another cl

mortgage insurance firm, the government of the district of columbia, and holds a master's degree from georgetown which is a small, local institution here in washington. debbie is familiar to many of you and is a colleague in the compatriot in the consumer side of housing and community development work for many years. she and i have worked together on a variety of issues and i have found her to be one of the most informed and passionate advocates in this area. she is currently director of the hurricane relief project which was launched in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. she is plenty of extra duties on issues broadly on a mortgage foreclosures and making homes affordable mitigation programs. throughout most of her career, she has worked for local, community-based organizations to increase access to high-quality, low-cost financial-services and to eliminate discriminatory practices. she had a long tenure at the center -- at the center for community change, a great ally and friend of ours, where i first began working with her. she has a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the un

he's the transfer from georgetown who had to sit out last year. bill: the faircloth kid makes another three. came in making seven of his last 13 threes and really a good shooter of the basketball off the pass. not real good off the dribble. you give him a chance to get it up there and he can do it. matt: werner has been struggling with his shot lately. that's to parsons. and brings it up the floor for the blue hose. bil holmes spinning, kept it alive much he's a whirling dervish, isn't he? bill: he's a competitor. staying with it. matt: hargrave for three, in and out. bill: there's a guy 6'6" out there putting one up. matt: boynton lost the dribble and now the gators reset the offense. bill: florida has one of the -- florida's team as a group has one of the fewest three-point shots for a man of any team in the sec right now but take a team like presbyterian, eight of their nine guys have taken threes this year. matt: and traveling is the call on parsons and this is a break from the norm for the gators. they had average 275 three pointers or had at

a friend of mine, while he was recovering, got a master's degree from georgetown, and he is going to remain on active duty, recently selected for promotion to colonel. he is currently on his war college scholarship as well. we really want our soldiers to be actively working to go to school while they're in the program. host: we're talking about the army's wounded warriors program with brigadier-general gary cheek. it is the commander of the warrior transition to man. -- he is the commander of the warrior transition commanded thomas on our line for independencts. caller: good morning, general, and tv announcers. i have an interesting question, regarding what a person leaves the military, first-termer, third-termer, or the retiree -- why can't we use the central part of the united states for a west coast, east coast base program, because the skills we have in the military, any branch could accomplish the maintenance, food service, and hospitalization, and you can have your wounded warrior at that base, which has been closed. i was very saddened when i was up in the north central part o

at the georgetown law center hosted this discussion in washington, d.c., earlier this year. >> welcomeoming today for our discussion of the book recently released by the university of michigan press on oral argument to the supreme court. i will moderate the discussion of a good quarrel. this book is a unique volume. the editors and assembled a series of essays written by journalists who have covered the supreme court. each essay focuses on oral argument and a case before the supreme court and offers lessons on the role of oral arguments. as you know, the supreme court's decision making process is a uniquely closed process to the public. virtually all of the court's deliberations occur behind closed doors. one of the only exceptions to this secrecy is oral argument, with a court spends an hour in public discussion of the case. it represents a unique window of the supreme court and its decision making. the panelists have observed countless cases of were argument, having had the unique opportunity to observe what the court does in oral argument. the experience gives us interesting perspec