this is hosted by washington & lee university. it runs about one hour and 45 minutes. >> i hope you are enjoying your meal. i think it is time to start the program. i will do that with great pleasure by introducing professor connally. he has been with us since 1986. he has a ph.d. in american government from the university of virginia. he has a master's degree in philosophy from boston college. before beginning his academic career, he worked for the connecticut general assembly and as a legislative assistant on capitol hill. in 1991 and 1992, he was a guest scholar at the brookings institution. he has published numerous scholarly articles. he has also been a political commentator for news outlets like "washington post,""new york times,"and abc news. he authored a book about republicans as minorities in the house. he has been a faculty adviser to the presidential convention. he also founded the nels washington program in 1987. in 2007, he received the higher education outstanding faculty award. he will moderate our panel. he will i

lee. he is a distinguished professor at brown university. i got the pleasure of his hospitality many times down there in connecticut, a fine gentleman about a -- with a beautiful smile and a beautiful wife, ok, who spent 16 years in a chinese communist prison for no reason than speaking the truth. dr. shu win lee. >> translating for mr. shu win lee is his assistant. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> this year a fellow in new jersey wrote me an email asking me for my thoughts regarding the tiananmen massacre and the unknown rebels tankmen. the young men who bravely stood before the tanks in tiananmen in 1989. her email moved me tremendously. it has already been 20 years, and yet this young american girl was still concerned about the tiananmen square protests that happened 20 years ago in china, a land thousands of miles away from where she lives. unfortunately, i'm sad to say that due to the brutal suppression of information and sensorship by the chinese communist party, many of china, many

lee. professor connolly has been with us at w. nelson since 1986 and has a ph.d. in american government from university of virginia and master's degree in political philosophy. from boston college. before beginning his academic career prof connolly worked for the connecticut general assembly and as a legislative assistant on capitol little. 1991 at 92 he was a guest scholar at the brookings institution. he has published widely numerous scholarly articles and he's also been a political commentator for news outlets such as "washington post", "new york times," usa today, national journal, npr and abc news. he's co-author of the 1994 book, chris's permanent minority republicans in the u.s. house. since 1988, professor, we has been a faculty adviser to the presidential convention and he also founded the washington term program in 1987. in 2007 he received the virginia council of higher education outstanding faculty award. professor, we will moderate and introduced the panelists so please join me in welcoming professor bill connelly. [applause] >> thank you, blogging. thank you again to the reynolds foundati