vote,ird -- the first was the second was access to every job at the top of the field and it is incomplete. and we need the third which is to say that we don't just want to be at the top of the world, we want to change the world. it is not working for women, men, or for any of us. still have 50 million people living in poverty. we can't have gun control legislation. politicians identify their identity in terms of their job. callson't make the tough and when we begin to redefine what success is, we will make better decisions whether it is politicians or individuals. tavis: the flipside of the chase , you are encouraging us not just to chase money and power but to find a third metric. is not sode of that much the chase to have money and power, but just the chase to survive. what is the message to everyday americans like people you have met i can't for member the last time they want tired not because they were chasing money or power, but the rent, the babies milk. struggleuring times of , find the grace in the struggle. circumstances. there were people able even in the most extreme circumstan

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we mentioned the "washington post" expose, billions lost on waste, they profiled ird, the biggest contractornd found a lot of overcompensation a couple they said received $4.4 million in salary and bonuses. do you think that kind of compensation is appropriate for aid contractors? >> it's important to note that piece in particular referred to a lot of activity between 2001 and 2008 -- >> this was between 2008 and 2012. >> actually the actual statistics they were referring to were a little bit earlier than that. here's the bottom line. when we took office we tripled our staffing in afghanistan and broke down large awards into small awards. for 2% of the cost of the war in afghanistan, we've helped send 7.5 million kids to school, including 3 million girls. we've seen the fastest predukss in maternal and child mortality anywhere in the world in afghanistan and built almost 200,000 clokilometers of road. as we talk about the election that just happened and the second round that will soon happen, 75 prosecuti% of voters women, a lot of that is because of investments in schools and -- >> i passio

whenever set up we are going to have in the european parliament, the european commission -- the first irdor them would have to be to get the economy around europe to work much better. -- the first priority for them would have to be to get the economy around europe to work better. >> you don't think the extremist don'ttist votes, you think that is going to have a ?irect influence on policy why do you downplay the ability of these groups to influence policy? >> first of all, we are talking about a very diverse group of politicians and political parties. secondly, they have gained seats , but takenpe together they are still far too small to have any influence on the shape of policies coming out from ruffles, but more importantly, i don't think they are going to brussels in order to influence policy. they are going there to about what they want to do in their home countries. i don't think they are going to come there to be part of the machine the european parliament really is. i think the main conclusion going out is that we are to find the centerleft and the center-right having to cooperate

back in fraction of a second, people get used to that and say well, it didn't turn around overnight , irde portion that we did held hearings every 30 days. i held all states and federal agencies accountable. we can account for 1,300,000 jobs. we should've had twice as much. eight percent of the stimulus has accounted for half of all the jobs created. we should've had three times as much funding in highways and bridges in wastewater treatment plant at airports and runways and taxiways and transit buses. we would've had 3 million people working. it is going to take that turnaround of job creation. it is going to bring down the annual deficit in long-term debt of the federal government. restore thelp to public trust in the congress. >> last question. if you could put a single word to your motion as you leave this place, what would that would be? >> nostalgia. >> now i need to know why. love what i have ,orked for and accomplished seeing people go back to work in my district. when in cairo or mining processing plant was shut down because lack of market and engage the steel mill in china to co

ird today that i did this area pretty well. at-large he learned several things today i didn't know. i mean, there is ways we can simplify this. particularly around what needs to be reported and how you define it. we need to be less reticent about the best practices model is being to schools. i know the task force has done some of that toolkits for universities to help them figure out the right way. were we to a fat, the more consistency we look at from campus to campus, which means all of it becomes more reliable because we can compare apples to apples because we have no ability to really know which campuses are doing well because they aren't even doing it the same way. i get the point you're making. in the campus to require school to publish their evidentiary standard, but we still don't have an evidentiary standard in law. >> one is provided in the guidance that the dear colleague letter. the process does address sexual assault. i do think it should exist in statute. i think it needs to be solidified. we have the idea that the ads falsely report. campuses are not dealing with crim

i feel like ird know her. >> will take a group of vermonters. it's been consuming in terms of time. >> you are from chicago, right quick >> yeah. i did my show their couple times. >> it's gone from the finch now. but some of the southside have more classical education from the university of chicago. >> thank you again. >> thanks for the coffee. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> how are you? your elevation to the sql this is being done? >> that it be great. i was here a few years ago. >> at such a coincidence. >> can i ask you a favor? >> that's okay. you've got plenty to talk about. you are timely, my friend. >> you want to talk about ukraine? >> i would like to talk about ukraine. >> semi-direct background, i was serving for the u.s. consul general in u.s.-russia and came back to the states with my wife and went to work as -- >> we are back broadcasting live from the colby military writer symposium. and you take a moment or time to remind you that one of our fabulous sponsors paper that reference i