received his ba from princeton, pursuing a masters at harvard university, john f. kennedy school of government. that's all correct? >> yes, sir. >> please go ahead. >> chairman lee, ranking member, other members, thank you for the opportunity to be a today. it's a privilege to take part in these proceedings. my name's pete hegseth and executive director of vets for freedom dedicated to supporting our war fighters and omission on the battlefield. i receive my commission from princeton in 2003 and that sir two tours in the united states army, the first in guantÁnamo bay, cuba, and the second iraq with the 101st airborne. currently infantry captain as chairman's and with the massachusetts army and a graduate from harvard university. i'm a citizen and a veteran and do not purport to speak a of the military. i'm going to start with the bottom line up front. we are in a nation at war. a nation at war with the vicious enemy on multiple fronts. i've seen this enemy firsthand. as have precious few for my generation. in any we face the test and seeks to destroy our way of li

spoke to stephenjones, the director of the georgian studies program at the davis centre at harvard universityasked him what he makes of the political situation unfolding right now in georgia? right now what is emerging are two governments, you have the government of the while police officers have been accused of assaulting protesters. you must have seen videos of the brutal way in which the police have treated some of the protesters in the last few days. what is your reaction to that? an investigation will happen against this kind of incidents, but also, in this case, it's important to have a clear position with regard to the violence from both sides. the protesters accuse the government of selling out to russia, which the authorities deny. neither side shows any sign of backing down. steve rosenberg, bbc news, tbilisi. for more, i spoke to stephenjones, the director of the georgian studies program at the davis centre at harvard university. i asked him what he makes of the political situation unfolding right now in georgia? right now what is emerging are two governments, you have the governme

i'm joined now by malkhaz toria georgian studies at harvard university.g images from the capital tbilisi about these protests are not restricted to the capital, what does that tell us?— does that tell us? thank you for having — does that tell us? thank you for having me, _ does that tell us? thank you for having me, this - does that tell us? thank you for having me, this is - does that tell us? thank you for having me, this is kind . does that tell us? thank you | for having me, this is kind of a point of no return the current protests really have escalated beyond the scope of previous demonstrations, you may have seen the protest demonstrations in the spring, against the so—called foreign agent law called the russian law, which restricted civil society in georgia but now we are having more nationwide resistance. which is fuelled by collective rejection of the ruling georgian dream parties not only perceived by already documented, well articulated retreat from the western aspiration, and democratic backsliding, just to give some description of the histori

senior fellow at harvard university, and holds multiple academic degrees including a doctorate from the university. georgetown university and law degree from american university. it will hear tonight his deep understanding of global affairs, dynamics, and international business makes in a really exceptional choice for the discussion. so a privilege to have him with us today to share his insights and expertise. i would like to note this is the sixth addition of the lecture which is a biannual lecture series, this lecture is cosponsored by the institute for international economic policy and takes place alongside the biannual meeting of the executive circle. we are delighted to have members of the executive circle in attendance for this evening's lecture and we are grateful to wellesley parker and a member of the elliott school board of advisors for her family's ongoing support of the elliott school. with that, please join me giving a warm welcome to ambassador verma. [applause] >> thank you. when i said i was going to be given a talk on climate change i didn't know we would experience rig

i spoke to stephenjones, the director of the georgian studies progam at the davis centre at harvard universitywe have seen a fourth night of protests. how much longerjevity do you think these demonstrations could have? the you think these demonstrations could have? ., , ., ., , , , have? the demonstrations them selves are persistent — have? the demonstrations them selves are persistent and _ have? the demonstrations them selves are persistent and i _ have? the demonstrations them selves are persistent and i suspect _ have? the demonstrations them selves are persistent and i suspect the - are persistent and i suspect the georgian — are persistent and i suspect the georgian people in the streets will continue _ georgian people in the streets will continue this demonstration until they see — continue this demonstration until they see this government fall. the question— they see this government fall. the question is— they see this government fall. the question is how long can the government last? right now the government last? right now the government has the riot police, controt— government has t

received his ba from princeton, pursuing a masters at harvard university, john f. kennedy school of government. that's all correct? >> yes, sir. >> please go ahead. >> chairman lee, ranking member, other members, thank you for the opportunity to be a today. it's a privilege to take part in these proceedings. my name's pete hegseth and executive director of vets for freedom dedicated to supporting our war fighters and omission on the battlefield. i receive my commission from princeton in 2003 and that sir two tours in the united states army, the first in guantÁnamo bay, cuba, and the second iraq with the 101st airborne. currently infantry captain as chairman's and with the massachusetts army and a graduate from harvard university. i'm a citizen and a veteran and do not purport to speak a of the military. i'm going to start with the bottom line up front. we are in a nation at war. a nation at war with the vicious enemy on multiple fronts. i've seen this enemy firsthand. as have precious few for my generation. in any we face the test and seeks to destroy our way of li

i was at the harvard university. my husband and i, we were there.time difference, it was so early when they called us. so, they let you know early in the morning and then, it must�*ve been a cascade of calls after that? i wasn't yet invited to my own country to tell my story, so that was the first time i received a phone call from the iraqi president. and then, you know, calls after calls and then, you know, even malala called me, and she was like, "i know it's — you know, you could get emotional "but you'll get through it." do you think it still has value, you know, in this very turbulent, conflict—filled world? i think that is, you know, not our responsibility alone because this is a recognition. it doesn't mean that we have the magic to make peace. we have to work and continue to do the work. i think it has a value because if we stop — if we stop believing that peace is possible, to recognise the so many people who dedicate their lives to peace, then how can we get there and make peace? you think of all these people who work so hard for peace. ye

i spoke to stephenjones, the director of the georgian studies progam at the davis centre at harvard universitywe have seen a fourth night of protests. how much longevity do these demonstrations have? well, the demonstrations themselves, i suspect those in themselves, i suspect those in themselves, i suspect those in the streets will continue this demonstration until they see this government fall. the question is how long can the government last? right now the government last? right now the government has the riot police, control of the riot police, the army is neutral. in theory it can stay in power but is facing a population that is massively against their policies and rejects the european union. we heard yesterday from the georgia president and she said she will now not be stepping down at the end of her term, calling the current parliament illegitimate. what do you make a valid? to think she could face risks?— a valid? to think she could face risks? ~ ., _, , , face risks? well, of course she could. face risks? well, of course she could- right — face risks? well, of course she could. right

that was a researcher from the harvard university. we will get that route reaction later. us presidentjoe biden on the tarmac at thejoint presidentjoe biden on the tarmac at the joint base andrews in maryland. all set to board air force one, making a trip to africa the first stop will be coast via d, you can see the beast the name for the carrier that carries the us president. he is at the joint base andrews in maryland and we are following a story today including involving the us presidentjoe biden, he has pardoned his son hunter biden issuing a formal unconditional pardon for his son. he said hunter had been selectively and unfairly prosecuted adding no reasonable person who looks at the facts of this case could reach any other conclusion than hunter was singled out only because he is my son and that is wrong. hunter biden pleaded guilty to tax charges earlier in september and was found guilty of being on —— and illegal drug use are in possession of a gun injune becoming the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime. or on that story as it develops. y

and shannon felton spence, a political strategist at a harvard university think tank.aid on social media, essentially saying this is not ourfight — let it play out, don't get involved. is it going to be that simple for the next trump administration? so, what donald trump says on truth social is not always what ends up coming to be. certainly, that is sort of the line that he was campaigning on but now that he will be president in, you know, in less than a month, he is unburdened by having to seek re—election — he will be in his second term — and donald trump has shown quite isolationist tendencies. like i said, he campaigned on that. but it's not really clear yet from his cabinet who will have his ear. it's not even really clearfrom his cabinet what his doctrine is going to be because you have the secretary of state nominee as marco rubio who is quite a bit more hawkish than donald trump is. and then you have pete hegseth, who is almost a complete unknown, but i think it stands to reason would share the view with donald trump that boots on the ground, more boots on the

let's talk to the historian and fellow of harvard university, katie, it is freezing cold outside thef i read the placards, one of them says, thank you for your courage, gisele pelicot, and it has taken courage for her to do what she did. she wants to make a difference. do you think she has done that?— has done that? she has done everything — has done that? she has done everything possible - has done that? she has done everything possible that - has done that? she has done everything possible that she | everything possible that she could to make a difference, the question is whether french society and the pursuit of justice is done the same. we are hearing the sentence and, it is lower than what we expected, and some people, because of their suspended sentences, may be walking free today. what does that tell us? can shame really change sides? it seems that shame is stickier than we wanted it to be.- than we wanted it to be. tells me a little — than we wanted it to be. tells me a little bit _ than we wanted it to be. tells me a little bit about - than we wanted it to be. tells me a lit

playinground -- elite colleges are playing around proportions and how howard university -- harvard university a front door for admissions and a backdoor. in the front door, accomplished students apply and get in. the backdoor is reserved for legacies, children of rich people, and for athletes and i have a chapter about how i think they use this backdoor where academic standards are way lower to maintain their numbers of privileged students, principally largely white but really it is about maintaining the numbers of privileged students. they let in so many athletes when i say athletes, i am not talking about basketball and football, i am talking about athletes and country club sportswear being good is really a function of whether your parents have the resources to support your habit. tennis, for example. to be a division i tennis player, you have to be accomplished at jr. tennis and that is a $50,000 to $100,000 investment each year from your parents. so you can let the men with lower academic standards and effectively setting aside admission slots each year for the children of the very wealth

foundation, lehigh university and the national endowment for democracy and a senior fellow at harvard university center for science and international affairs and holds multiple academic degrees including a doctorate from the university that start with george, not this one, georgetown university, and a law degree from american university i think you will hear his deep understanding of global affairs, dynamics, and international business makes him an exceptional choice for the wenger lecture discussion and we are privileged to have him with us to share his insight and expertise. i would like to note this is the sixth edition of the lecture which is a biannual lecture series by the foundation, this lecture is cosponsored by the institution for economic policy and takes place with the biannual meetings of the executive circle. we are delighted to have members of the executive circle in attendance for this lecture and very grateful to elliott alumni wellesley parker, a member of the wenger family and board of advisors for the family ongoing support. with that, please join me in welcoming ambassador v

but if the united states government or harvard university or the united nations or w.h.o. was doing something, we didn't get involved in it. and so that's what we started on. and most of our work has been overseas. we take care of our health programs. we monitor elections. we've just done over 100 elections. we try to promote peace, things like that. but one time i came back from africa trip and the president, emory university, where i've been a professor now for 34 years, said why don't you do something at home? because we have a lot of poverty. atlanta so we did an analysis as of atlanta and we found 500,000 people who live in the southern part of atlanta, a lot of african-americans who were living in periods of destitution. they couldn't get a job and so forth. and i was amazed at how many we took on to help, but we divided up into 20 different groups of 25,000 each, and we found when we went into those poor neighborhoods, which i hadn't been in to before, that the policemen and the welfare workers and health workers, schoolteachers didn't live there. they lived in a ni

saying, but there's a reason that it turns out to be the most important 20th century speech at harvard university. because essentially what he's saying is that the moral, social, spiritual crisis is at the center of american life. and i argue in stumbling towards utopia that for all of the other concerns we have in all the sectors of american life, that ultimately, this idea of lying, that ultimately, we can conclude that a social crisis of the first order, a spiritual crisis of the first order, is the most important issue facing america today. >> my last question and please, we have mikes. do we need to hand them out? sean or -- very good. the, you end on a note of hope, but i noticed you say it's very important that you cultivate the virtue of perseverance. why is that the especially virtue of this sort of regeneration revival? >> yeah, because progressives, the natural inheritors of the period i'm writing about, they are most comfortable with beginning at the top for the things they seek to transform in a country, culture, and civilization like the united states. they want to begin in washingt

the was called the original meaning of the 14th amendment is letter and spirit, published by harvard universitypress. and that was all about what that meaning was. and so we don't need to privilege and maybe we spend a little too much time talking about the founders and we should talk a lot more about the republicans who gave us the fact that republicans are very newly formed republican party, who gave us the 13/14 and 15th amendments. having said all that, i do think the people that happened to write the constitution were extremely smart and they were extremely knowledgeable and well-educated about political theory. and that's the reason why they actually devised a system of government that was unique in its time. it reached some degree, remains unique and it's uniquely good. but only if it's followed. and part of the problems we have with our government is that there have been important chunks of the constitution, which is what i call the lost constitution in one of my books, restoring the lost constitution that have just been ignored or discarded. and if we would be a better society, we woul

of the united states, and he's also a professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at harvard university. thanks for speaking with us this afternoon, michael. what are some examples of the ways president jimmy carter was influential in his support for lgbtq rights? >> sure. i think he was influential in in a lot of ways that we now might see as being rather small, but which at the time were actually enormous. right. one thing he did was that he in 1975, he promised to amend the civil rights act to include lgbtq people. later on, i believe it was 78. he actually invited. although he did not attend, he invited gay activists to come to the white house after his discussion to actually discuss queer issues that affected the queer community, which is just unheard of. i mean, when we think about the fact that president eisenhower in 1953 signed an executive order that banned gay men and lesbians from, as security risks from any federal job for him to do this. and, you know, in 70 in 76 is just enormous. he also, i think, just showed a decency and a sort of humanity about human rights, whether i

lurie from san francisco, andrea soares from vallejo, and raj salwan from fremont are all at harvard university in cambridge right now at their kennedy school. the five were among two dozen new mayors from 11 states chosen to be trained by harvard faculty on delivering results for their residents. the boot camp is called the first 100 days program. >> san francisco supervisor joel engardio is facing the possibility of being recalled, and this comes after a group of sunset dist residents filed a recall petition letter on tuesday. that group is upset over engardio support of proposition k, and that would shut down a portion of the great highway on the city's west side. abc seven news reporter tim johns spoke with the supervisor, as well as the recall supporters, and he has the story. >> like many residents in san francisco's sunset neighborhood, albert chow is upset after city voters passed proposition k, shutting down a two mile stretch of the great highway. chow worries it will have a negative impact on both his neighborhood and his business. >> you close a vital artery like the great highway t

currently in victory captain as a chairman's of the guard and a graduate student at harvard university per eye at this committee today is a citizen and a veteran and do not speak on behalf of all of the military. i'm going tory start the bottom line up front as we do in the army. we are a nation at war. a nation at war with the vicious enemy on multiple fronts. i have seen this enemy firsthand. has precious a few for my generation break the enemy we face detests and seeks to destroy our way of life. while completely ignoring and exploiting for that matter, the rule ofex law. this context but it's my testimony today. i've. got serious concerns about elena kagan's actions toward the military. willingness to myopically focus on preventing the military from having institutional and equal access to topknot recruits at a time of war. i find her actions towards military recruiters at harvard i'm becoming a civic leader certainly am befitting a nominee for the night sits up in court. ms. kagan is a goalie at keppel academic the president's right to choose who he pleases. but in replacing the o

on your way to the university of harvard the installation of the new president and then your tenure at gw university. what is your historical wisdom and view for moving forward? stephen joel trachtenberg i am afraid this is going to be less exciting than i anticipated since i found myself agreeing with everything the chancellor has said. and wish myself had followed that wisdom when i was in office. i believe that when university presidents take office, they surrender their first amendment rights. i think it is difficult even when they say i am speaking only for myself, not for the institution. i think that is nonsense. inevitably you are perceived as the president of george washington university on what you say becomes a position of the institution. this issue, by the way, is not contemporary. it goes back many years. i remember as an undergraduate going to a meeting at ohio wesleyan of the national student association where the debate at the time was our position on the cold war. i thought to myself, i am a sophomore in college, how do i develop a position on the cold war? so i was p

let me point out two other things this man sitting to my right is a graduate of harvard university scholar at oxford and he brings a wealth of expertise to his constituents and i like to thank the peel it and the gates foundation for their generous support for today's event. with that out of the way lets get the business. as you know a new administration will be entering in january as well as the new congress but from your vantage point from the house in what shapes the less china relationship going forward? >> thank you rhine big thank you to csis for bringing us together. these conversations are important and important right now in the transition they cost about. let me answer your specific question and expand on it a little bit. your question was from the standpoint of intelligence was likely to change and i would say i get accused of being -- on china but i reject that because my argument is we should be more nuanced a little bit more negotiation oriented and the rhetoric you hear where a work. just about the intelligence committee and will talk about that. along with the treatment of

in her memoir, lovely one, the justices shared that in her application essay to harvard university, she wrote it was her fantasy to be the first black female supreme court justice to appear on a broadway stage. and she's done it. dream fulfilled. okay, this one's for a lot of folks in our crew and john berman a shortage this holiday season across uk pubs. if you want a guinness, what at some bars you may need to order two other drinks first and at others you're going to need a ration card to get a pour. many pubs tell cnn they're worried they're going to run out amid skyrocketing demand for guinness this fall. demand jumped nearly 25% in the u.k. and in the u.s. it was the top imported beer in the last year, according to nielsen tracking. a fun fact while you wait for that stout, a proper pint of guinness takes 100 and 19.5. i don't know how they got the and a half seconds to pour. >> can you say everyone was so worried about drones like this is the real problem? no. >> and this is added to the list of reasons i've done research. we can blame gen zers. influencers are all into the guinn

ever duplicate what the united states was doing or the united nations or the world bank or harvard universityhere else, but just do things that nobody else wanted to do. and that got us more and more deeply involved in health care in africa. so now, 75% of our total budget and personnel and our total cash budget each year is now about $100 million, is devoted to health care in africa and, to some degree, in latin america. so we address diseases that are not any longer known anywhere in the rich world, diseases like -- and to some degree more lately, malaria. so that is what we do in countries all over africa. we also had a major agricultural program for about 15 years, where we would go into small farmer's operations, they had on aggregate only two acres of land, and we would teach them how to increase their production of basic food grains. nothing of a cash crop like cotton. and we educated 8 million farm families on how to double or triple their production. we looked on that as part of health care, like it would increase nutrition, so everything they grew they can eat or self or surplus. so

back in 2021 she took time away from her music to enroll in a graduate program at harvard universitye five years and then applying that to music and to concerts and to these really large public gatherings. ♪ in the morning when you pick me up ♪ >> reporter: large public gatherings that have become, for both rogers and her fans, something almost spiritual. >> this couldn't have happened in any different way. like i'm reaching madison square garden, stepping on that stage and being like, i'm really ready for this, and that in itself is such a gift that i've -- i've sort of tried to keep from contextualizing this for myself because as soon as you figure out what it is, it changes, you know? i'm always at the eye of the storm. it's really calm where i sit, and i'll never, ever be able to know what it looks like from the outside, but what i can know is when i've really dedicated myself to my art and when i think i'm at my best, and i like to think that i'm doing both of those things as much as possible. ♪ ♪ >> thank you so much. we'll see you soon. how are folks 60 and older having fun th

more than a dozen universities including harvard, cornell, university of massachusetts, and the universityalifornia are now warning students to return before january 20. that is to say before the first week of trump's new term. ted mitchell is the president of the american council on education, which represents more than 1600 colleges and universities. ted: that there is expectation i think we share it, that there will be some kind of travel ban early in the administration, maybe as early as the first week , through executive order. campuses are suggesting that students return early so that they won't be wrapped up either in the travel ban, specifically, or in just the general chaos that we saw that happened the last time we had travel bans. lisa: for more i'm joined by dan berger, immigration attorney and academic fellow at cornell law school. dan, president-elect trump has in fact said that he is thinking of bringing back a travel ban. he has named a few muslim majority countries but other , than that, we don't have really details or anything on timing or how much of a priority this is,

the was called the original meaning of the 14th amendment is letter and spirit, published by harvard university press. and that was all about what that meaning was. and so we don't need to privilege and maybe we spend a little too much time talking about the founders and we should talk a lot more about the republicans who gave us the fact that republicans are very newly formed republican party, who gave us the 13/14 and 15th amendments. having said all that, i do think the people that happened to write the constitution were extremely smart and they were extremely knowledgeable and well-educated about political theory. and that's the reason why they actually devised a system of government that was unique in its time. it reached some degree, remains unique and it's uniquely good. but only if it's followed. and part of the problems we have with our government is that there have been important chunks of the constitution, which is what i call the lost constitution in one of my books, restoring the lost constitution that have just been ignored or discarded. and if we would be a better society, we wou

a poll done by the kennedy school at harvard university established that half of voting age americans under the age of 30 think that our democracy is failing. a another survey found that 46% of americans believe a future civil war is likely in this country. 43% feel it's unlikely. an 11% were simply not sure. almost half of americans believe some sort of civil war is likely in this country. and i think one of the things that we are dedicated to is to keep that from happening. if we possibly can. if you studied the history of spain in the 1930s, you'll know how ugly those kinds of civil wars can be and trust in our institutions, our at historic lows. i have a graph here about trust in government to do what is right. it is lower now than it was during the depths of watergate and vietnam. it's one of its lowest rates ever since we've been polling such stuff. so failing institution has concerns about violent us concerns about this 237 year experiment in democracy falling apart seems to be a very big part of the day, and that's kind of what we're going to talk about is the sorts of things