marcus luttrell as a native of consul texas. he joined the navy in 1999, and after becoming a navy seal in 2002, he served in many dangerous special operations assignments around the world. after serving the two tours and iraq, he was deployed to afghanistan in the spring of 2005. for his actions during operation red wings, petty officer first class luttrell was awarded the navy plans for combat terrorism in 2006 by president george w. bush. after recovering from his wounds, he served as the second tour in iraq and received his discharge from the navy in june of 2007 and a very popular speaker you can see that by the great turnout tonight in 2010 to honor his comrades from operation red wing he established a lone survivor foundation dedicated to honoring and remembering american warriors by providing unique education rehabilitation recovery and will miss opportunities to the u.s. armed forces service members and their families. please join me in welcoming marcus luttrell to the navy memorial. [applause] please, sit down. all rig

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also this weekend, marcus luttrell details operation red wing from "service: a navy s.e.a.l. at war." three days of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> now a discussion on race and law enforcement. panelists included the camden, new jersey, chief of police as well as law professors from american university and yale university. topics included the trayvon martin shooting and proposed legislation by congress prohibiting racial profiling. from the center on the administration of criminal law at nyu law school, this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> you're welcome. >> if you can take your seats, i want to welcome you to the center on administration of criminal laws fourth annual conference. a new frontier in race and criminal justice. for those of you who are v veterans of these conferences, you know what important issues they tackle and what great panelists they get and, actually, very recent isly nyu press published the proceedings of the first conference. i was published last year on prosecutors in the boardroom using criminal law to regulate corporate conduct. and i know from m

also this weekend, marcus luttrell details operation red wing. sunday night at 10:00 eastern. three days of book tv this weekend on cspan 2. >>> coming up, first, a senate relations hearing on ivory poaching in iowa, then a look at issues in the 2012 campaign and david cameron on the g8 and nato summits. starting this weekend, cspan's "washington journal" begins its spotlight on colinists. sunday, colbert king of "the washington post." monday, matt lewis of the daily

also this weekend, marcus luttrell with operation red wing, from service, a navy sale at war. three days of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >>> the consumer federation of america hosted its annual food policy conference in washington, d.c. earlier this month. the agriculture undersecretary for food and nutrition and the cdc director for obesity discussed recent legislation to combat rising obesity in america. and improve nutrition standards for schools. the forum focused on the healthy hunger free kids act, which increases the focus on nutrition in school lunches. this portion is just over an hour. >> good morning. thank you, again, for being here at the food policy conference. we're moving on to our last session. we have a terrific panel lined up to talk to you about some really key issues on the nutrition obesity front and administrative efforts on that and kind of give us an update of where things are and where we're headed. to begin the panel, i'd like to introduce sally squires. she is vice president at pow tate and she's going to be moderating this panel and introducing

also this weekend marcus luttrell details operation redwing from "service: a navy seal at war." sunday night at 10 eastern. three days of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> from busboys and poets in washington, d.c., lisa delpit contends that recent public education reform efforts from no child left behind to the proliferation of charter schools have failed to assist african-american students and address an achievement gap. it's about 50 minutes. >> i guess this is, may not be on. is it on? can you hear me? okay, i can't hear it. i just wanted to thank all of you for coming out. it's an honor for me to be here. i don't know that i've ever done an occasion like this, and i do believe i probably write better than i speak, so i will just talk for a few minutes. there's so much in the book that it's, i certainly can't talk a lot, too much about it, but i will start with a story about a young man i met yesterday who's 11 years old, and he's avery, a young african-american man. he gave me -- his mother showed him the book and some other books i had written, and he looked at the title,

also this weekend marcus luttrell details operation red wing from "service: a navy seal at war," sunday night at 10 eastern. three days of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >>> i want people to get from the book a better understanding of who she was, what she was like during that four-year period. because there have been a lot of books written, and most of it has been written by people who have talked to friends of friends of friends. they really don't have the information themselves. i happened to be there, i knew her. >> from late 1960 through 1964, former secret service agent clint hill served on the protective detail to first lady jacqueline kennedy. >> there isn't any gossip in there, no salacious information. it's just what happened, what she was like, things that she liked to do, how humorous she was at times, how athletic and how intelligent she was. and how kind of rambunctious she was. she tried to put me to the test many, many times, and i did my best to meet that. >> more with clint hill sunday night at 8 on c-span's "q&a." >>> the state department today released the 2011 coun

also this weekend, marcus luttrell. three days of "book tv" this weekend on c-span 2. >> congressman west spoke about the value of education and patriotism in his address. in his 20 minute address. >> thank you for your kind words of introduction. to my dear friends, members of the faculty and staff, the board of trustees and representatives, a cannot thank you enough for inviting me to join new on your most important day. it is a privilege to be here because the north would is a school is and -- guess what a few in washington understand. that is of the private sector, which is the engine of the american economy, is only a free market system, like the one northwood prepares, has the ability to advance the cause of humanity. those of us who spend too much time in washington have a tendency to forget that at the end of the day, all governments can do is transfer wealth from one person to another. it reminds me of a simple joke. the tourist notices two government workers doing something strange in front of a monument. one

. >> host: what about marcus luttrell's book? >> guest: i did read that. arcus is a good friend of mine, and i definitely wanted to support him, so bought the book. i definitely read it and, you know, it's a tough one to read, but i appreciate his story. and, again, in that book he's not saying, hey, look at me, he's trying to highlight the friends that he lost and show the true heroes that they were. >> host: next call for chris kyle, "american sniper," comes from julio in chicago. good morning -- or good afternoon. >> caller: good morning. um, mr. kyle, i saw you on your previous publicity tour on "the o'reilly factor", and you had mentioned you had punched governor jesse ventura. now, i saw an interview where governor ventura said that incident did not take place at the bar in california. now, it's obvious someone is lying. it's either you or governor ventura, so was it -- what was going on here? did this incident happen? if not, why would you call out a navy seal, someone who is well respected and a big public figure like governor ventura? >> guest: my

. >> host: what about marcus luttrell's book? >> guest: i did read that. arcus is a good friend of mine, and i definitely wanted to support him, so bought the book. i definitely read it and, you know, it's a tough one to read, but i appreciate his story. and, again, in that book he's not saying, hey, look at me, he's trying to highlight the friends that he lost and show the true heroes that they were. >> host: next call for chris kyle, "american sniper," comes from julio in chicago. good morning -- or good afternoon. >> caller: good morning. um, mr. kyle, i saw you on your previous publicity tour on "the o'reilly factor", and you had mentioned you had punched governor jesse ventura. now, i saw an interview where governor ventura said that incident did not take place at the bar in california. now, it's obvious someone is lying. it's either you or governor ventura, so was it -- what was going on here? did this incident happen? if not, why would you call out a navy seal, someone who is well respected and a big public figure like governor ventura? >> guest: my

please join me in westbounding -- in welcoming marcus lou trel to luttrell to the navy memorial. [applause] >> please, sit down. all right. thank you all for coming out. for my first signing of service, i was pretty good entry. were there any questions? i don't know where you go from there. i guess we can take a little time and talk about the book service, kind wrf it came from, the idea behind it and where we're going with it and take some questions, is that cool? it's kind of a small crowd, if there's something burning in the back of your heads you'll get it out. like the gentleman said, finished up afghanistan was in the hospital for awhile having surgeries kind of putting humpty back together again. they didn't kill me but they wanged me up. it took me awhile to redeploy. it was the biggest thing weighing on my mind. i was still an active duty fraudmen. they go to war. that's the way it is. the fact that i had to come off the line was bothering me. it's one of those thicks, if there are any country boys in here. you get your butt kicked. you get patched up and go back in for

also this weekend marcus luttrell details operation red wing from "service: a navy seal at war." sunday night at 10 eastern. three days of booktv, this weekend on c-span2. >>> the senate veterans affairs committee addressed the backlog of military disability claims during a hearing wednesday. a government accountability office report says some service members are waiting a year or more to receive decisions and benefits. defense and veterans department officials tell the committee that the current system is better, but say there's room for improvement. senator patty murray chairs the committee, senator richard burr serves as the ranking member. it's about an hour and a half. >> good morning and welcome to today's hearing to examine the ongoing efforts of the department of defense and the department of veterans affairs to provide a truly seamless transition for our service members and our veterans. almost a year ago today this committee held a hearing on va and dod efforts to improve transition. we explored a number of issues including the integrated disability evaluation system. a

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