but he graduated from harvard college summa cum laude in 1985. he was a marshall scholar at oxford university, where he got a master's degree in 1977. he graduated cum laude from the harvard law school in 1980, where he was developments editor of the "harvard law review." he then clerked for judge richard wilkey in the court of appeals for the district of columbia, then for supreme court justice harry blackmun. then he served -- and he worked as a lawyer in the distinguished washington firm covington and burling. and then as attorney advisor in the department of justice's office of legal counsel. he then served in the clinton administration as assistant secretary of state, was unanimously confirmed by the senate, served there from 1998-2001, when he returned to the yale law school, becoming its dean some five years ago. he comes from a very distinguished family. his father was the first korean lawyer to study in the united states. he attended harvard law in 1949. he was then counsel for -- father, that is, for the first korean democratic governme

she graduated from princeton summa cum laude and f.b.i. bet at that kappa and was one of two people to wint highest award that prifnston gives to undergraduates. she went on to yale law school which launched a three decades'-long career in the law. so when commentators have questioned whether she was smart enough, i'm lirks you can't make this up. you can't make up f.b.i. bet at that cap pavment you can't make up that you have these high awards and that you're summa cum laude and phi bet at that kappa. these are facts that should go into evidence. since graduating, the judge has a varied and interesting legal career. she's worked as a private -- in the private sector as a litigator. she's been a district court and an appellate court judge and she's taught law school classes. but the one experience of hers that particularly resonates for me is that immediately graduating from law school, she spent five years as a prosecutor at the manhattan district attorney's office, which was one of the busiest and most well-thought-of prosecutors' office

judge sotomayor graduated from princeton in summa cum laude me and private capital and was one of two people sue in the highest award that princeton guess to undergraduates was, she went on to yale law school which launched a three decades-long career in the law. with so when commentators have questioned whether she was smart enough i said you can't make up why did a capra, you can't make up did you have these high awards and you are summa cum laude, phi beta kappa, these are facts. that should go into evidence. since graduating the judge has a very interesting legal career, she has worked as a private sector is a litigator, she has been a district court and appellate court judge then she has taught law school class's but the one experience with numbers that particularly resonates remaining is that immediately graduating from law school she spent five years as a prosecutor at the manhattan district attorney's office which was one of the busiest and well thought prosecutors' offices in our country. at the time it paid about half as much as a job in the private sector but she wanted the

her academic standing at princeton was summa cum laude, a graduate of the yale law school, where she was a member of the board of editors. then in her practice, she was an assistant district attorney in manhattan, a position which gives very extensive experience in many important facets of the law, something i know from my own experience years ago as an assistant district attorney. then she was in private practice on -- with a very prestigious new york law firm. then served on the united states district court. and more recently on the court of appeals for the second circuit. the hearings will give judge sotomayor an opportunity to respond to a number of issues which have been raised about her background. i think that chairman leahy was correct in moving the hearing date so that the confirmation process could be concluded in time for judge sotomayor, if confirmed, to sit with the court during september when the court will decide what cases it will hear. a great deal of the important work of the supreme court of the united states is decided on what cases they decide not to hear. and pe

she graduated summa cum laude. she began her career as a prosecutor in new york city, the district attorney of manhattan was a wonderful [unintelligible] i remember when bill clinton nominated her, the republicans controlled the senate, and they put a hold on the nomination. they place an anonymous call on her -- hold on her, but would not come forward. in june 1998, they were trying to hold her up, because they thought they would nominate her for the supreme court. the republican controlled senate finally released her nomination. she was confirmed overwhelmingly. they thought it was so important to hold her up in a disgraceful amount of time. when the rugged marshall was nominated, he was facing stiff opposition and it did not make any difference that he was first in his class, where he was part of the legal defense fund. he had all kinds of hostile questions, he was appointed solicitor general. he was the winner of 29 out of 32 cases before the supreme court. other lawyers thought that they may have one case, he

she graduated from princeton semanko mulally -- summa cum laude and hi nbbetta kappa. some question if she is smart enough. you cannot make up that you have these high awards. it is a fact that she is a phi betta kappa. she has a very interesting legal career. she has worked in the private sector as a civil litigator. she has been an appellate court judge. the one experience of hers that resonates for me is that immediately graduating from law school, she spent five years as a prosecutor during one of the most busiest offices in our country. at the time, it paid about half as much as the job in the private sector. she wanted a challenge. she took the job as a prosecutor. before i entered the senate, i was a prosecutor. it was in minnesota. i was very interested in this experience that we have in common. one of the things i learned and i know she understands is that as a prosecutor, the law is not some dusty but in your basement. you have seen the damage that crime has done to the community and the havoc it can wreak. yet interacted with the people going to prison. you

and then graduated cum laude from baltimore county. it's that attitude and we can provide for our children and then our families can be health and supportive. >> thank you. next we are going to hear from juan carlos. come on up, juan. he's a great young father who is participant in a wonderful job program called, year up. and the president visited it today. juan, tell your story. >> i want to say thank you to president obama for this opportunity and fatherhood. i came from el salvador and i didn't speak english, and i enrolled in high school and graduated. and i would leave my house and come back in the middle of the night. i would do my homework on the train and bus. and i enrolled in this excellent program to give me the opportunity to achieve in america. and i have a beautiful daughter, she's driving my crazy, she's only 16 months. i don't know, after she was born, i totally changed. i became more mature. before she was born, everything was me and my fiance. and now when i go to the stores, i see clothes and books. and that's what i

she graduated summa cum laude. she went on and became -- she began her legal career as a prosecutor in new york city and the da of manhattan wrote a wonderful op-ed piece saying what a great prosecutor she was. i remember one president clinton had nominated her to the second circuit. the republican-controlled senate put a hold on her nomination. they tried to block her. i made more than a dozen speeches on the senate urging those who placed an anonymous hold to at least have the courage to come forward and say who you work. they did not. in june 1998 there was a column which said we all knew they were trying to hold her up because they were afraid president clinton might nominate her to the supreme court if there was a vacancy. when the supreme court term ended without a vacancy the senate finally released her nomination. she was confirmed overwhelmingly and not one word was spoken on the senate floor against her by those who felt it was so important to hold her up for a disgraceful. of time. this brings me -- for

she graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa. she run on and excelled at law school and became -- began her legal career as a prosecutor in new york city end of the da of manhattan, bob martin baller wrote a wonderful op-ed piece in the your time say what a wonderful prosecutor and she was. i remember when president clinton has nominated her to the second circuit to. republican controlled senate to put a hold on her nomination, they tried to block her and i made more than a dozen speeches on the senate urging those who placed anonymous call on her at least have the courage to come forward and say who you were -- they didn't. the end in june 1998 there was a call and on wall street journal that said we all know there were tried to hold her up because they were afraid that president clinton might nominate her to the supreme court if there is a vacancy. when the supreme court ended without a vacancy the republican controlled senate finally released her

economists laude this, they call it improvements in productivity. in fact, it is good to learn to do more with less. but for individuals, it is a horrible outcome. you don't benefit from the cup -- recovery in the way you hoped to or in the way you haven't passed. one of the challenges of the obama administration is where do the jobs come from to employ people again after this recession. an earlier caller talked about investment in green technologies or green jobs. i think it is a very important opportunity. we shouldn't be overly excited about this. it probably won't create that many jobs. but it will create some. certainly if we were more ambitious in our use renewable energy and conservation strategy, we could create significantly more jobs. the germans, for example, have been very vigorous and rick -- support of renewable energy and dramatically increased the number of jobs in renewable ended -- energy. but the real challenge, as the listener suggested, is what about employment. do we face a prospect that the europeans have had to live with and

journals calling for this because the editors are so furious about essentially what they see as being lauded to buy the drug companies. as the scandals continue i could see how there would be some industry acquiescence especially in the drug industry where you do want the best information and companies don't want to be essentially labeled as being bad actors. >> one more question back here and in the book come back to the front. >> i was just wondering if he could speak briefly about the media as a filter between the scientific amenity in the public and more specifically how we can promote better review, objective review of these studies? >> that is a great question in the media certainly is a filter. that is the most americans get their information coming directly from prints come t.d. or indirectly other people pick it up in print or tv and repeated to their friends. one thing that we have seen was true until recently is most journalists who looked at the rick-- especially controversy as a must be two sides to the stories so they would get, there was a new chemical identified to be hazardo

some very thoughtful comments with my friend from utica talking about funding for our troops and i laud him for referring to the fact that that is the priority of this measure. we then listened to on our side the distinguished new ranking member of the committee on armed services, my friend from california, mr. mckeon, talk about the priority of funding for our troops. and then we listened to speeches made by our colleagues, and there was barely a mention of the issue of troop funding. we issues heard our colleague talk about firefighters. hey, i'm from southern california where we have fires and we have horrible fires, loss of life and property is something that regularly takes place there. it's a very, very important issue. it's an issue that should be considered under the regular appropriations process under the leadership of my california colleague, mr. lewis and mr. obey, not in a troop funding bill. then we listened to our very good friend from detroit talk about the automobile industry. a serious challenge that we as a nation are trying to address. i personally believe that the n

her academic standing at princeton was summa cum laude, a graduate of the yale law school, where she was a member of the board of editors. then in her practice, she was an assistant

harvard college, oxford, harvard law school cum laude. has had pa distinguished career in the federal government, having serving as assistant secretary of a state from 1998 to 2001. he has done exemplary work at yale. his father was the first korean lawyer to study in the united states. yesterday i spoke at some length about dean koh and inserted his extraordinary resume in the record. it took some eight pages to list all of his honorary degrees, all of his publications, and all of his awards. when we search for the best and the brightest to come to washington, dean koh is a perfect match for that description. and if his nomination is to be rejected, it certainly will be a signal to people who have an interest in public service that they're better off not treading in these waters because the politics is so thick that even individuals of such extraordinary credentials can be rejected by the united states senate. i strongly urge my colleagues to support this nomination. i've been in this body a while. i've never spoken with such enthusiasm