men when -- manuela is a sales assistant by trade, but she has been struggling to get by for years. >> at the beginning, i felt ashamed. now i'm used to it, and it's ok. >> around 13 million people in germany are considered poor or in danger of falling into poverty. poverty is increasingly affecting single-parent households. the head of the organization is angry that poverty played almost no role in the recent election campaign. he is demanding a national minimum wage. >> we believe it is wrong for people to be reliant on food handouts or social welfare to make ends meet. we are demanding a total rethink . >> although being poor in germany does not mean going hungry like in other countries, the charity warns of a poverty trap, a form of social exclusion that is hard to escape. >> it is often called the alternative nobel prize. we're talking about the right livelihood award. >> this year, it goes to foreman from the congo, the palestinian territories -- to four men. >> u.s. political scientist paul walker campaigns against the use of chemical weapons. this lawyer fights for human right

gw is very, very important i want to thank manuela and the board for organizing this evening.ince i have been teaching and national security and foreign- policy related to 9/11 for the last six years now, it is terribly important. terribly important to hear from somebody with experience and background and vision that former secretary chertoff has. i also want to thank dean brown for creating a dynamic teaching environment here at the elliott school. it has been a pleasure to teach here. because i worked for the homeland security senate committee and because i would have to with secretary chertoff would be coming for the committee to testify, one of my responsibilities as a staffer was to prepare very difficult questions for the secretary. i would work the night preparing pages and pages of questions. sure enough, senator lieberman would ask me, he would say, do i need to address him as mr. secretary or as judge? i would usually say to him that michael would work just fine. [laughter] i have the privilege of asking the first question. and i guess what i most appreciate about mi

gw is very, very important i want to thank manuela and the board for organizing this evening. since i have been teaching national security and foreign- policy related to 9/11 for the last six years now, it is terribly important. terribly important to hear from somebody with experience and background and vision that former secretary chertoff has. i also want to thank dean brown for creating a dynamic teaching environment here at the elliott school. it has been a pleasure to teach here.i look forward to continuing to do that. because i worked for the homeland security senate committee and because i would have to with secretary chertoff would be coming for the committee to testify, one of my responsibilities as a staffer was to prepare very difficult questions for the secretary.and a number of different -- difficult questions. i would work the night preparing pages and pages of questions. sure enough, senator lieberman would ask me, he would say, do i need to address him as mr. secretary or as judge? i would usually say to him that michael would work just fine. [laughter] i have

gw is very, very important i want to thank manuela and the board for organizing this evening. since i have been teaching national security and foreign- policy related to 9/11 for the last six years now, it is terribly important. terribly important to hear from somebody with experience and background and vision that former secretary chertoff has. i also want to thank dean brown for creating a dynamic teaching environment here at the elliott school. it has been a pleasure to teach here. i look forward to continuing to do that. because i worked for the homeland security senate committee and because i would have to with secretary chertoff would be coming for the committee to testify, one of my responsibilities as a staffer was to prepare very difficult questions for the secretary. and a number of difficult questions. i would work the night preparing pages and pages of questions. sure enough, senator lieberman would ask me, he would say, do i need to address him as mr. secretary or as judge? i would usually say to him that michael would work just fine. [laughter] as those of you kn

and manuela sÁenz was really the one who saved his life.ses him in her galoshes because his boots have been sent out to be cleaned. and he has to escape through the window in her galoshes to hide from the potential assassins. by the time he was galloping towards the scene that i just described, his name was already known around the world. in washington, john quincy adams and james monroe agonized over whether the fledgling republic over the united states and slave trains was willing to support a patriot army whose ranks were populated by liberated slaves. think about that. the largest gross national product in the united states at that time was slavery. cotton and tobacco and everything depended upon slavery. the thought that a liberator would take freed slaves and prosecute a war of independence was an announcement to those in washington. so he got no help from them. in london he got no help from the officials. the out of work veterans of the napoleonic war signed on. and it was an incredible scene that these men who dress up in london fin