to one point after his daughter's death and it didn't take restive rescinded reconcile with the john adams and hancock. mercy's one exception because john never reconcile with her because mercy wrote a history of the american revolution that had bad things to say about john. when they attended a reconciliation and mercy asks john to send him all of these mean letters, his original copies of these mean letters because she as a historian you if there's no documents there's no history and she wanted to destroy them and john wood in to that so they never catch up and abigail and mercy did. since we are talking about mercy i will tell you one other important thing about mercy. mercy was the occasion of the only town that i found that abigail deliberately appeared in print. there had been a guy named chesterfield who had written letters to his son, his bastard son on proper decorum and was a model supposedly of great writing, and also of a gentleman behavior mercy wrote this letter to her own son see how horrible lord chesterfield was, he said the bad things about women. one of the things he sai

they couldn't imagine how john adams -- john adams is not a full-fledged federal list. he is close its jefferson. he can't understand how a bank can lend out money printing pepper -- paper. we promise to pay -- washington bank was created in 1801 and still exist. we promise to pay the bearer on demand gold and silver. they can issue this paper on the understanding that most people won't come in -- hard to carry gold and silver, easy to carry the paper. the banks -- no one understood this. jefferson never understood it. hamilton understood it. these banks made the economy work but they abuse the privilege. talk about reserves in leveraging. as the best example is here in rhode island. a book just recently out on this, this bank had $600,000 of notes, $86 to backup -- that is negligent. it fails. this is the first bank in american history to go bankrupt. setting a precedent for our own times. any other questions? i can't see everyone. do you have one? >> hope this doesn't sound too corny but of all the people you deal with in this particular book, which one would you most

a playboy while he was ambassador to france that washington never had to cope with and that is john adams, another founding father. >> host: who was extremely nasty about it. >> guest: and was convinced that he was kissing and having affairs with women in paris and adams wrote these violent leaders backed to the congress saying his house is a sink of dissipation and so forth and so forth and franklin tried to call everybody down and said look, i understand i like to kiss ladies but french ladies like to be kissed. it's that simple and he tried to assure everybody nothing too much was going on. but no one believed him. and to this day he is a very bad reputation about what happened in france. >> host: she was the amiable sage and i have to quote this from the book because it is so funny. he greeted each one of them, the french went these were the french women surrounding him when he was in france with a kind of an amiable coquettish ms. as tom puts at. occasionally one madam or mademoiselle asked if he cared for her more than the other pursuers with a smile frankland would reply in his len

being a playboy while he was ambassador to france that washington never had a culprit and the was john adams and other founding father. horst cui was extremely nasty about it. >> guest: he was convinced franklin was kissing and having affairs with all of the women in paris and adams wrote violent letters back to the continental congress sinking his houses are a sick of dissipation and so forth and so forth and franklin tried to calm everybody down and say i and understood, i like to kiss ladies and the french ladies liked to be kissed. it's that simple and teacher to assure everybody nothing too much was going on but to the state he is a very bad reputation about what happened in france. >> host: he was the amiable sage and i have to quote this from the book because it is so funny he greeted each one of them, the french women, the french women surrounding him when he was in france securing aid with a kind of amiable coquettish mess as tom puts it that they loved. occasionally one man or mademoiselle asked if he cared for her more than the other pursuers and with a smile franklin what reply i

playboy a while he was ambassador to france that washington never had to cope with which it is john adams and other founding father he was convinced franklin was kissing and having affairs with some of the women in paris and adams wrote these violent letters back to the continental congress saying his house was dissipation and franklin tried to calm everybody down saying i like to kiss ladies in the french ladies like to be kissed not too much was going on but nobody believed him so to this day he has a bad reputation about what happened in france it. >> i have to quote this from the book because it is so funny. he greeted each one of them, the french women surrounding him when he was in fayette -- france with aid with an amicable attitude that they love. occasionally, one that the more mademoiselle would ask if he cared for her more than the others. with a smile, he would reply in french, yes coming when you are closest to me because of the power of the attraction. which immediately reminded me of the very same song in the 1938 or 47 production of phineas rainbows that says my heart is b

and john adams did this throughout his life. he would have these frenzy activities in which you would achieve wonderful things by persuading people to vote for independence in 1776. but then, the letdown would be horrible. and then he would start to feel sorry for himself and when he was depressed to be envious of washington, franklin, and all these other problems would swell up. and so he was very fortunate that he found a woman who could calm him down and get him out of these depressions. and her name, as you know, was abigail adams. >> host: an amazing woman. she herself was heartbroken as he would go off and spend months, even years away from her. >> guest: he spent almost ten years in europe, staggering. and this is where you say the serious side. i showed up for a while we would say the marriage was about to collapse. >> host: in the late 1770's, yes. >> guest: abaco raised three children, three children and she was incredibly lonely. and there he was over in europe and wind and dined by the crown heads and so forth. she w

your independence and your trust i will hope for a time the seat once filled by patriots from john quincy adamskennedy and his brother ted. and as i proudly -- let me say proudly take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my very, very best for massachusetts and america every time the role is called. [cheers and applause] i go to washington as the representative of no faction, for no special interests, answering only to my conscience and to you, the people. [applause] however, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate: but i know who i am and who i serve. i'm scott brown. i'm from wrentham. and i drive a truck! [cheers and applause] let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support. i'm nobody's senator. i am nobody's senator except yours. thank you! [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> ♪ i got a feeling that tonight's going to be a good night tonight's going to be a good, good night a feeling that tonight's going to be a good nigh

and the wheel started with george washington, the first president, and then john adams and all the way around until it came to ronald reagan right next to george washington. and he and i talked about the drama that he experienced on the wheel right next to president washington. on that particular week, we had the confirmation hearings of judge bork for the supreme court of the united states, and september 17 when i traveled to philadelphia with the president, it was a thursday and i missed my opportunity to question judge bork. and i got that opportunity on saturday morning, and i was the only one there and had -- at least there were only a few people there and had an opportunity to question judge bork for an hour and a half. and ultimately, played a key role in the rejection of the nomination of judge bork who believed in original intent and had a very, very different view of the constitution. did not believe in due process of law. that was not part of the constitution, and he disagreed with the incorporation of the ten amendments through the due process clause to apply to the states.

when lincoln was a young man the president of the united states was john quincy adams. when john quincy adams was a boy in massachusetts he heard the gunfire at the battle of bunker hill. perhaps one of the greatest figures of that battle, another great and forgotten figure of the american founding is a man named joseph warren. in the context of the american founding you might recall the suffolk resolve. he is also the man who sent a horseman named paul revere on a very famous ride. he was very dedicated to the revolutionary cause. and when the british had been chased from concord back to boston, and the americans took position on bunker hill, a very weak position, though he was a leader in the colonial movement and had been appointed a general, adjunct general he went instead volunteered to fight defending that position. the british, of course, where wanting to have nothing with these rabble who thought they could fight off the greatest military power in the world. so attacked head-on through frontal assaults. the first time they did so they failed. you might remember a

first draft, of course, that jefferson did and of course the first person he showed it to was then john adams. they politically were at odds but they were friends at that time, very close friends, even though they argued over political issues. and then adams was just taken aback with how fantastic the document was. he may or may not have made some minor changes. and then second to see it was benjamin franklin and benjamin franklin made more changes, the editor and publisher that he was, and then that was brought to the body and they debated and they came up with this -- the final declaration. and after they had come together they signed it. the last part of john adams' letter to his wife, abigail, was this, his words, i'm apt to believe that it, the signing of the declaration, would be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. we call it july fourth, independence day. it ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverans by solemn acts of devotion to god almighty. john adams wrote, it ought to be sol omized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, of

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. this weekend on "after words," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. part of this weekend's booktv on c-span2.it peniel joseph and kevin merida continues. >> host: welcome back to booktv's "after words." we're talking with professor peniel joseph, tough university history professor. and has >>> welcome to washington post live weekend. ahead. we'll look back at the raider's tough loss to the colts. where they are going next. and a look at the local teams. and cathy griffin gives us a take on tiger woods. you don't want to miss that. >>> there was an exit out of the playoffs. we weighed in on what the ravens need to do to make it back to the big game in the top headline. >>> the win in new orleans, a lot of optimism then they went to played out the way i expected. they were not blown out. and could not produce the better team won. how do

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once shy husband james. this weekend on of a wards, the intimate lives of the founding fathers, thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. of afterwards, part of this weekend's book tv on c-span2. >> patrick keith talks about sister ping, who ran an illegal chinese immigration ring during the unanimous 80's and 1990's. -- 1980's and 19 9. before being cause, sister ping created a massiveultillion dollar network and took the f.b.i. 10 years to piece together. r the event. >> i'm glad to see there is a good

now because of your independence and trusts, i will hold the seat once filled by patriots from john quincy adamshn f. kennedy and his brother ted. [applause] as i probably take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my best for massachusetts and america every time the roll is called. [applause] i go to washington as the representative of no special interest, answering only to my conscience and to you, the people. however, i know i have a lot to learn, but i know who i am and who i served. i am scott brown. i drive a truck. [applause] let me just say in conclusion -- first, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support, but i am nobody's senator except yours. thank you. thank you very much. ♪ >> ♪ i got a feeling that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ ♪ i have a feeling that tonight is going to be in a good night, that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night, that tonight is going to be a good night, that tonight is going to read a good, did night -- good night ♪ ♪ that tonight is going to beat a good night ♪ ♪

of course, written by john quincy adams, but i think in terms of, it seems to have been a sort of approachat we have often taken. that said, i do think that hugo chavez is probably not and i may be wrong with this prediction, but i don't think he's going to be around all that much longer because he is bending himself -- spending himself into a predictable financial crisis. he is so much in favor of populist policies that address the needs of the port and that is certainly not a bad thing at all. but by making and in use of major lenders -- making enemies of major lenders and turning to governments like iran and north korea, he is dealing with problems of debt to an inflation and i think he is not bright enough frankly to get himself out of of the fix he has put himself then. but also i would have to say that there are a number of countries in latin america that do not share chavez be used, ideas for the united states with the rest of the world. certainly the government of peru, the government of mexico doesn't and while in brazil under this has to deal with venezuela because it is close by

in the house or the senate and so what jackson called the corrupt bargain was struck between john quincy adamshenry clay and it is thought henry clay also writing but didn't have enough votes for his electoral votes and his supporters to adams for exchange of becoming secretary of state. you can imagine jackson who is and tempestuous -- >> host: they don't have deals like that anymore in the senate, do they, john? you say he reinvigorated the presidency. what do you base that? >> guest: between the period of jefferson and jackson i think a very bad thing started. we are not seeing it again now but the congress creates a caucus of democratic leaders because the democratic party comes to be the only real party in the country. the essentially picked the president -- >> host: the congress nominates. >> guest: they pick the nominee for the democratic party. there's no serious opposition and that person becomes president so as you can imagine under that system the presidents become a week because the congress picks the president, they get to pick whether he's going to be renominated after four years

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government.ce shy husband. this weekend, the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. part of this weekend's "book tv " on c-span2. the state of the union address, wednesday night. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen live on your iphone with the c-span radio app. >> next, secretary of state clinton called on china to live web surfing restrictions. she also remarks on several other countries that have tightened internet rules, including egypt, iran, and saudia arabia. this comes after google reported several serious cyber attacks originating from china. this is just over an hour. >> i want to welcome you to an event that we will long remember. we're privileged to witness a major foreign-policy speech by the secretary of state. i encourage you to stay for a panel discussion led by the director of the secretaries policy planning staff. this is the perfect setting for a discussion a

john adams, thomas jefferson 1787-- [inaudible] so much down right ignescent-maggie ignorance.volutionary period very similar to what we have now. we did issue money back then. what happened to the continental currency crash? it crashed and that is what is going to happen now. >> guest: i agree with you were likely to have inflation again but i don't think we want to go back to the gold standard. i know that is going to irritate a lot of people who are friends with the gold standard including my old friend congressman paul, but the fact is the gold standard can only work if other countries join the gold standard. otherwise the united states on the gold standard would buffer every single currency shop in the world. i don't think we want to do that. second, for years when people talked about the gold standard i would say on the lecture platform we don't have the gold standard. it isn't because we don't know about the gold standard. it is because we do. what did that mean? it meant you had to be willing to accept a lot of unemployment in order to maintain the gold price. we are no

says of your independence and your trust, i will hope for a time once filled by future it from john quincy adamsy take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my very, very best for massachusetts and america, every time the role calls. [cheers and applause] i go to washington, i go to washington as the representative of no fashion or no special interest answering only to my conscious and to you the people. [applause] however, however i know, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate, but i know who i yam and i know who i serve. and scott brown -- and scott brown and i drive a truck. [cheers and applause] [chanting] and let me just say, let me just saying conclusion, let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued support, but i'm nobody's senator. i am nobody's senator accept yours. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ .. ♪ ♪ i gotta feeling ♪ that tonight's going to be a good night ♪ ♪ that tonight's gonne be a good night ♪ ♪ a feeling ♪ that tonight's gonne be a good night

john adams wrote to thomas jefferson and 1787 -- constitution of confederation, the want of honor formerchant so much as downright in rents of the nature of corn, credit, and circulation. the revolutionary period is similar to what we have now. we did issue paper money back then. the continental currencies -- fiat money system. what happened to the continental currency is it crashed and that is what is going to happen now. guest: i agree with you that we are likely going to have inflation again but i don't think we want to go back to the gold standard. i know that is going to irritate a lot of people, friends of the gold standard, including my old friend congressman paul, but the gold standard can only work if other countries join the gold standard, otherwise the united states on the gold standard would buffer every single currency shop in the world. i don't think we want to do that. second, four years when people talk about the gold standard i would say on election platform, we don't have the gold standard, it is not because we don't know about the gold standard but because we do. it

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolley madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. this weekend on "after words," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. we profile the women who played a central part in creating our country. part of this weekend's "book tv" on c-span2. >> wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and his plan to deal with issues such as unemployment, health care and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address, wednesday night. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the president's address live on your iphone with the c-span radio app. >> now, an update on earthquake relief efforts in haiti with the head of the u.s. southern command, general doug fraser. topics include efforts to manage the flow of airplanes into haiti's capital, port-au-prince. general fraser speaks with reporters for half an hour. >> it's the colonel here at the pent

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to rerp the ladies when creating a new government, dolly part of this nation's book tv on c-span 2. >> up next south carolina governor mark sanford delivers his state of the state address and braised lawmakers on work on the bills and also apologized on his extra marital affairs. from columbia, this is close to an hour. >> sergeant. >> the joint assembly will please come to order. let us stand and welcome our esteemed governor, governor marshall sanford. >> good to see you. how are you? how are you feeling? nice to see you. good to see you. how are you? >> we were worried you weren't coming. >> i wouldn't miss it. you all right? see you in charleston. doing all right. how are you? good to see you, sir. happy birthday, indeed. doing all right? nice to see you. how are you? good to see you, sir. doing all right? how are you? good to see you. yes, sir. >> how are you doing? >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> good luck to you sir. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> good to see you, sir. how are you? good to see you? >> how are you doing? h

abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies and creating a new government. dolly madison had become help her once-shy husband, james. the intimate lives of the founding fathers. a profile of the women who played a part in shaping our country. part of this weekend's booktv on c-span2. the northern virginia couple who are uninvited attendees at a white house party declined to answer questions about the party. they invoke their fifth amendment rights when asked about how they got in. here are a few members of the hearing all about and homeland security committee. -- followed by the homeland security committee. >> we would like to welcome both of you to this committee. i now ask that you summarize your joint statement in five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i do have an opening statement for you. to the honorable members of the committee, brought -- prior to being contacted, we ask that our eternities -- attorneys reached out and meet with various staff members and provide key information to assess the committee of relevant only security issues. we unde

abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolley madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. "the intimate lives of the founding fathers." the women who played a central part in the creating our country. the newly elected republican senator from massachusetts, scott brown, spoke with reporters in boston this morning for about 20 minutes. >> i am proud about the campaign we had. we work very hard and travel throughout the state talking with people and asking about the issues that concern them and we could not have done it without an extraordinary effort by everybody, from the top to the bottom, a true grass-roots effort, and for that i am very thankful. i look for to getting to work right away and trying to deal with all the very important challenges we have before us. as you know this morning, mike campaigns legal counsel delivered a request to the secretary of state for an official vote count, and with an -- within that the number of outstanding absentee ballots, and i am confident that the margin will be greater.

john adams wrote to thomas jefferson and 1787 -- constitution of confederation, the want of honor forerchant so much as downright in rents of the nature of corn, credit, and circulation. the revolutionary period is similar to what we have now. we did issue paper money back then. the continental currencies -- fiat money system. what happened to the continental currency is it crashed and that is what is going to happen now. guest: i agree with you that we are likely going to have inflation again but i don't think we want to go back to the gold standard. i know that is going to irritate a lot of people, friends of the gold standard, including my old friend congressman paul, but the gold standard can only work if other countries join the gold standard, otherwise the united states on the gold standard would buffer every single currency shop in the world. i don't think we want to do that. second, four years when people talk about the gold standard i would say on election platform, we don't have the gold standard, it is not because we don't know about the gold standard but because we do. it

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once shy husband, james. this weekend on "afterwords ," the leading ladies of our country. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest now is pierre vimont, the french ambassador. what should americans and americans know -- and others know about your country's response to haiti? guest: we have now more than 500 people, rescue workers, other offices there underground working with the haitian authorities. we have three airplanes that are doing rotating flights from the martinique up to haiti, bringing food, water, etc., bringing back people that want to be evacuated. we have more planes coming from france. so far we have not been able to rescue more than 20 people. unfortunately, the french citizens, we have lost 12 people and do not know about 14 others. and we have put more than $50 million of help. this is the french proportion, of course, but we have been doing as much as we could. host: much has been made of france's reaction to the america

. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once-shy husband, james. this weekend on "afterwards," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. afterwards, part of this weekend's book tv on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. ho o executive director of the gallup center for muslim studies, dahlia mogahed. she's here to talk about a poll look agent muslims and islams. why is that? guest: i think that this is an important topic for several reasons, one of which is the president has made it a priority to reach out to communities around the world. so at the gallup center for muslim studies, we actually focused on this topic, and we felt it was important a year into office to look at how americans perceive muslims and islam. host: and so, when you talk to those who you polled, what kind of questions do you ask them, and what was the end result of what you found out? guest: we asked the american public, a rep

your independence, and your trust, i will hold for a time the seat once filled by patriots from john quincy adams to john f. kennedy and his brother ted. as i proudly take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my best for massachusetts and america every time the roll is called. i go to washington as the representative of no faction or interest, answering only to my conscience and to the people. i've got a lot to learn in the senate, but i know who i am and i know who i serve. i'm scott brown, i'm from wrentham, i drive a truck, and i am nobody's senator but yours. let me to say in conclusion, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's heart. thank you for your continued support, but i am nobody senator except yours. [applause] thank you prada thank you very much. ♪ i've got a feeling that tonight is going to be a good night at tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good night ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good night that tonight is going to be a good, good night i feel it ♪ that tonight is going to be a good night

jefferson's writings which i consider to be prophetic particularly the post correspondents with john adamsi recommend to you to go back and look and the precepts that actually let us believe that is a key element of our creed, the first model, divine providence as much of our intentions. i know that on c-span the other day a brief broadcast of the lincoln celebration that speaker pelosi said resilience on the line providence, she is ratted and didn't understand that america is supposed to rely on divine providence. interesting in that light. -- against the tories as the great divide between the people in the elite, the king and pope, and that these great . >> host: we got the point, thank you. >> guest: i remain committed believe in american exceptionalism and that's not to deny that we have our flaws and lapses. i just think that there are two kinds of people in this world, people who believe that america is a good and great country and people who doubt. i do agree with the callers recommendation to read history and one of the books that i just and reading over the holidays is a book by j

lummis: john adams died 50 years to the day that the declaration of independence was signed. and as he died, he said jefferson lives. and ironically thomas jefferson died that very same day, 50 years to the day that the declaration of independence was signed. these are people whose founding principles and founding beliefs carried them until the day they died. although during the years they were political rivals, they respected and admired each other so much that they wanted to nurture it and guide it and see that it survived. and i believe today, in fact tonight, we are seeing that same nurturing and guidance and seeing the founding principles verified in massachusetts. so it is indeed an exciting day for our country. among the things that you mentioned that the people of massachusetts chose to be concerned about in casting their ballots today is the deficit. and i would like to take a minute to show you a chart that explains how this deficit has grown over the last year and that the debt that our majority party here in congress today says they inheritted actually has grown t

i advised john adams to lead these going forward.i said this week, i will do everything in my power to make sure that our hard working men and women in law enforcement and homeland securities have the tools and resources they need to keep america safe. this includes that these communities and people in them are held accountable at every level. and as president that's what i will do. meanwhile the investigation on the christmas day suspect continue, we know that he travelled to yemen and that he joined as a member of al-qaeda and they trained him and equipped him with those explosives and trained him to head to america. this is not the first time that this group has targeted us, they have targeted hotels and embassies, including ours in 2008, killing one american. as president i have made it a partnership to strengthen the yemen government and work with them to strike al-qaeda terrorists. and even before christmas day we had seen results, and all those involved in the attempted act on christmas, must know that you will be held to acco

in his book "the intimate lives of the founding fathers", from the partnership of john and abigail adams reminded her husband to remember the ladies and the creation of a new government to the prominent role that dolly madison placed encouraging her once shy husband james and the turbulent marriages of ben franklin and alexander hamilton. his book with barbara mitnick, professor at drew university and editor at new jersey and the american revolution. [applause] >> host: first of all, i want to say when a delighted is to be here this evening with thomas fleming who to

, ted kennedy and his brother john, to henry cabot lodge, charge sumner, daniel webster, and john quincy adams. those are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. where it gathered at the boston campus of the university of massachusetts, on whose land the kennedy institute will eventually be built. in an order determined by lottery, let me introduce the three candidates that are with us. scott brown, the republican candidate, is in his third term in the state senate welcoming -- representing the north folk district. martha coakley, the democratic candidate, was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator, is an independent candidate who was a member of the national libertarian party pretty worse in information technology. in preparing questions, i consulted with members of the media and other peoples whose judgment i trust. the questions themselves are known only to me. to the audience, once again, hold your applause until the end. we will

, ted kennedy and his brother john, to henry cabot lodge, charge sumner, daniel webster, and john quincy adams. those are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. where it gathered at the boston campus of the university of massachusetts, on whose land the kennedy institute will eventually be built. in an order determined by lottery, let me introduce the three candidates that are with us. scott brown, the republican candidate, is in his third term in the state senate welcoming -- representing the north folk district. martha coakley, the democratic candidate, was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator, is an independent candidate who was a member of the national libertarian party pretty worse in information technology. in preparing questions, i consulted with members of the media and other peoples whose judgment i trust. the questions themselves are known only to me. to the audience, once again, hold your applause until the end. we will

past ted kennedy and his brother john to henry cabot lodge, charles sumner, daniel webster and john quincy adamsthose are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. we are gathered this boston campus of harvard university. and then ordered determined by lottery, let me introduce the three candidates with us. scott brown, republican candidate is in his third term in the state senate representing the middlesex and north old districts. he previously served three terms in the house. martha coakley, the democratic candidate is the attorney general of massachusetts. she was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator, is an independent candidate who is a member of the national libertarian party. preparing questions, i consulted members of the media and other peoples whose judgment i trust. the questions themselves are known only to me. to the audience, please hold your applause until the end. we will begin with a series of questions leaving time in

ted kennedy and his brother, john, to henry cabot lodge, charles sumner, daniel webster and john quincy adams. those are some shoes to fill. this debate is sponsored by the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. we are gathered at the boston campus of the university of massachusetts, on whose land the kennedy institute will eventually be built. and in order determined by lottery, let me introduce the three candidates here with us. scott brown, the republican candidate is in his third term in the state senate, representing the norfolk bristol and middlesex district. he previously served three terms in the house. martha coakley, the democratic candidate is the attorney general of massachusetts. she was elected in 2006 after serving eight years as district attorney of middlesex county. joseph kennedy, no relation to the late senator is an independent candidate who's a member of the national libertarian unit party. he works in information technology and. in preparing questions, i have consulted with members of the media and other people whose judgment i trust. the questions the

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john warner here at csis for being here. evan thomas is a fabulous author and has captured the spirit of these times and probably the most gripping of ways. we've asked them to take the leader. adam, can i turn it over to you? >> event. david, wonderful speech. shouts the question, when do leaders, simply military leaders and the civilian control system disagree, dissent, challenge higher authority? i want to ask that of each of the group and let me first-ever to admiral mullen. would arleigh burke survive today? [laughter] >> i guess in the way david captures them so well he would figure out a way to do it. given those that he routinely challenged in the description i think of the word interesting and how you would draw individuals and even as they got not and even at that level and clearly want to hear from him again. i suspect he could. and that he would have figured out a way to adjust to the circumstances that exist today and very much so. >> can you address the larger question of when particularly of military officer in this control system, when and how and under what circumstances, what are the rules of the road unchallenging higher authority? >> well, actually i think not