hofstra young alumnus. ambassador james nicholson is currently senior counsel at brownstein hyatt farber schreck counseling clients in health care, regulatory law international relations, oil and gas, and alternative energy. from 2005 before this appointment he was u.s. ambassador to the holy seat during which he was knighted by john paul ii for his human rights. ambassador nichols has been the director of the new community development corporation commissioner and the commissioner on the defense advisory on women services. he was the chairman of the national committee from 2007 to 2001. lawrence wilkerson is distinguished adju

with us is eric freedman professor of constitutional law at hofstra law school.e has worked on many death penalty cases, and has written extensively on capital punishment. in new orleans denny leboeuf is , the director of the aclu's john adams project and former director of its capital punishment project. we welcome you all to democracy now! some of the survivors of the boston marathon bombing expressed relief at the verdict. this is karen brassard. >> it feels like we can take a breath and kind of actually breathe again, without even realizing it, you're holding your breath. once the verdict came in it was like, ok, now we can start from here and go forward and really feel like it is behind us. >> are you happy with the verdict? >> happy is not the word i would use. there's nothing happy about having to take some of these life. unsatisfied. -- i'm satisfied. i'm grateful that they came to that conclusion because for me, i think it was the just conclusion. but there's nothing happy about any single bit of the situation. amy: the youngest victim of the boston mara

basile is a hofstra alum, graduating with a degree in political science and he was named the 2007 hofstra young alumnus. ambassador james nicholson is currently senior counsel at brownstein hyatt farber schreck, counseling clients in health care, regulatory law international relations, oil and gas, and alternative energy. from 2005 2 2000 and he was u.s. secretary of veterans affairs. before this appointment he was u.s. ambassador to the holy seat during which he was knighted by john paul ii for his human rights. ambassador nicholson has been the director of the new community development corporation, commissioner and the commissioner on the defense advisory committee on women and services. he was the chairman of the national committee from 1997 to 2001. lawrence wilkerson is distinguished adjunct professor of government and public policy at the college of william and mary. he served in the u.s. army from 1966 until 1997, excuse me. while in uniform, he was a member of the faculty of the u.s. naval war college, special assistant to general colin powell when colonel powell was chairman of t

i am a dean here at hofstra. it is my pleasure to welcome you to the bush conference and to this plenary form, which is titled, "the bush doctrine and combating terrorism." we have with us to government officials, and journalists, and academics. we have no formal academic papers at this particular forum. our participants will offer some remarks, approximately 10-12 minutes in length, and then there will be an opportunity to ask one another questions, and then there will be the opportunity for you to ask questions in the audience. i will introduce everyone in this panel as quickly as i can. we are more interested in what they have to say. i will alert you, this is going until 4:20. at 4:10, mr. goss and mr. negroponte have to leave. porter goss served as director of central intelligence on until to those i five. -- until 2005. he became director of the central intelligence agency under the terrorism act. he continued under that position until may 2006. previously, director goss had served as a congressman from sou

i would like to start with questions from hofstra students. it is the question from our student body, we will start with you. >> we can talk about the college basketball tournament if you want. >> we will take the question right here. wait one second. microphone. >> discuss world war ii being the greatest generation and what we really need now is another greatest generation. yet millennials, only 5% voted. in the last election. how do we get this reversed? >> since, i will take the first shot. i am the optimist. you know, i can't address the percentage who voted but what i can address is what i see by those residents i look at the individuals, the interns i have my own for teenagers. i have for most of my family who are serving on active duty right now. what is an air force pilot, just came back over the region flying over isis. another is army another marine come another air force special forces. is a young kid who grew up playing computer games and the rest of us scoffed and laughed at the. they are leaving us in the dust. that generation is

this is part of a series on the bush presidency, hosted by hofstra university.i am the dean of the college here, and it is my pleasure to welcome you both to the bush conference and to this plenary forum, which is entitled the bush doctrine and combating terrorism. we have with us two government officials and journalists, academics, who will comment on the presentations. we have no formal academic papers at this particular forum but our participants will offer some remarks, approximately 10 to 12 minutes in length, and then there will be an opportunity for them to ask other questions, and then there will the opportunity for you to ask questions, as well. i'm going to introduce everyone on this panel as quickly as i can't, because we are more interested in what they have to say. -- as quickly as i can, because we are more interested in what they have to say. the last two rector of central intelligence until 2005 -- the last two rector of central intelligence until 2005. there was the terror of prevention act. he continued in that position until may 2006. previous

i would like to thank hofstra and all of the staff for inviting me. i wanted to start in discussing george w. bush with a quote from someone who is always been a great error when of mine, a woman named diane nash. have people heard of diane --? she was a great hero of the civil rights movement. --have people heard of diana nae nash? she was the one who really orchestrated the march on selma 50 years ago. she was being honored in the front row of those who were going to march to commemorate that extraordinary experience at the last minute she said this, she refused to march, and she said " i refuse to march because george bush marched. he was in the front row with her . i think the selma movement was about nonviolence and peace and democracy, and george bush stands for just the opposite, violence and war and stolen election, and his administration had people tortured, is so i thought this was not an appropriate event for him." i think she was right, it was not an appropriate event for him, and it is actually a good thing that he is not here today. i wo

i'd like to thank hofstra and all of the staff for inviting me. i'm delighted to participate tonight. i want to start discussing george w. bush with a hero, a woman named diane nash. have people heard of diane nash? diane nash was a great hero of the civil rights movement. at the age of 18 or 19 she was the one who orchestrated the marriage in selma. and on the commemoration of the march of selma she was being honored of those many the front row of those who were going to commemorate that experience. at the last minute she said this she refused to marriage and he said "i refuse to march because george bush marched. he was in the front row with her. i think the selma movement was about violence and peace, and democracy and george bush stands for the opposite for violence and war and stonal election and his administration had people tortured. so i thought this was not an appropriate event for him." . she was right. it was not an appropriate event for him. this is not an appropriate event for him either. i would think an appropriate event is to be on

. >> reporter: hussein rashid is a professor of religious studies at hofstra university on long island. >> when we look at these new centers coming up, i think we have to see it not as a trend towards we're gonna have gay mosques or a trend towards having women's mosques, but really it's a pattern of muslims are now reimagining what these spaces could be like more largely. and so it's important because it's not the transformation of the tradition but it is the adaptation of the tradition. >> reporter: even so hargey's interpretation of islam has put him at odds with the mainstream muslim community here, established nearly 400 years ago by slaves from the dutch east indies-- present day indonesia. muslims now account for 1.5 percent of south africa's population. hargey's call for a revolution on how islam is practiced has made him a target-- last year there were three arson attacks against the mosque. his theology is a sharp departure from mainstream islam- - a few miles away at the large gatesville mosque women pray from the balcony at the back of the mosque and are separated by a barr

i'd like to thank hofstra and all of the staff for inviting me. i'm delighted to participate tonight. i want to start discussing george w. bush with a hero, a woman named diane nash. have people heard of diane nash? diane nash was a great hero of the civil rights movement. at the age of 18 or 19 she was the one who orchestrated the marriage in selma. -- the march in selma 50 years ago. and on the commemoration of the march of selma she was being honored of those many the front row of those who were going to commemorate that experience. at the last minute she said this, she refused to marriage -- march and he said, "i refuse to march because george bush marched. he was in the front row with her. i think the selma movement was about violence and peace, and democracy and george bush stands for the opposite for violence and war and a stolen election and his administration had people tortured. so i thought this was not an appropriate event for him." she was right. it was not an appropriate event for him. this is not an appropriate event for him either.

at the hofstra north shore lij school of medicine and a member of the fox news team we are so glad toou, uma. >> the world news organization has declared liberia ebola free is a huge move forward. it's a huge stand. >> 14 months after we first heard information about this oobl virus, we're getting great news. it's time for people to celebrate but still be vigilant. it only takes one case to change the statistics. clearly the other two countries are being affected by this. we see more ebola in there. this is a great achievement. it shows us how the world has come together with all the doctors without borders and the entire national international doctors coming together to stop this virus. as a result of this we still lost about 11,000 people. 200 health care workers died as a result of this virus. but today, world health news is announcing a very good news that in liberia, this is under control. we still have a lot of work to do in sierra leone and beginguinea. the entire health care has become global. what effects in africa what shows in africa can be in our doorstep in it can, new yo

distinguished professor of law at hofstra law school. focuses on the relationship of international law and skopbs doingsal law and also conducted an academic research on a wide range of topics including china's relationship with international law. he's received many honors including membership in the american law institute. he's the co-author of the u.s. constitution and has written numerous academic articles, book chapters, sim pose i can't as well as writing in numerous popular journals from the "wall street journal" to the los angeles and "new york journals from the "wall street journal" to the los angeles and "new york times". his blog is read by thousands worldwide. we're fortunate tonight to have such a distinguished group of experts. i'll turn it over to them and they'll speak in the order they were introduced and we'll move into the question and answer portion of the segment. i think i get it go first so jonathan thank you for the introduction and thank you for having me. i have to give the standard d.o.d. disclaimer. i'm here in

for hofstra to host this. looking at the partnerships. i do like this. as a co-author i would like to safe. i appreciate this czar the analysis of ambassador negroponte's position i think that if he were here he might have reactions to what you said. i less ended to some things. and very interesting. i think that everything that we hear and read and listen to will have to be taken into the strategic context where the post 9/11 war on terror an and conflict that will continue with a current version of the al-qaeda. isis and other threats, that there is a timeline in the history. historic times where we are trying to get a handle on things and we learn as we go so i think that the other factor that i would take from the papers is personalities matter. individual that's gain trust. and they have a habitual relationship with the leaders all of a sudden finding themselves to be thrust into an opportunity to lead an opportunity of when governor ridge was in harrisberg pennsylvania and the coast guard will show up and they will begin to talk about what a future

i am bob brinkman at hofstra university welcome to our beautiful campus.e have great sustainable efforts and our generation plant that produces green energy for us every day. thank you all for being here. today we have a very interesting set of papers and very esteemed panelist that's could be discussing it. afterwards i hope we have a great conversation going from the audience. today with us we have david cohen from the university of akron. john hopkins urine. and justin vaughan from boise state university. stephen knot from the naval war college. unfortunately could not make it today. and commitments in washington. and after the papers and afterwards opening up for conversations. so without further adieu many of the first paper is we must work ever day to improve, the creation and the evolution of the homeland security infrastructure and in the gob white house. ter application o'sullivan. and i want to thank this conference this. is the third. and the presidential. and george bush. and a lowly graduate then and presented a paper on white house chief of s

he's oat distinguished professor of constitutional law at hofstra law school.ocuses primarily on the relationship of international law to constitutional law. he's also conducted a academic research on a wide range of topics, including china's relationship with international law. he's received many honors including membership in the american law institute. he's the key author of "taming globalization, international law: the u.s. constitution and the new world order," and has written numerous academic articles, book chapters it, symposia contributions as well as writing in numerous popular journals from "the wall street journal" to the los angeles and "new york times." >> finally, he cofounded the leading international law blog, which like just security blog is read kailey by thousands worldwide. so we are fortunate tonight to have such a distinguished group of experts. i will turn it over to them. they will speak in the order they were introduced and then we will move into the question and answer will portion of the segment. thank you. >> all right, i get to go