i am marvin kalb. our guest is lara logan. to state that she has enjoyed a meteoric career is to state the obvious. after working for a few newspapers in south africa, she joined reuters before freelancing for fox and cnn. in 2002, after reporting for cbs radio news, she joined the network itself, cbs news, and her career has skyrocketed. first reporting on the war in iraq for the cbs evening news and 60 minutes ii. \ four years later, she was chief foreign correspondent for cbs and a regular contributor to 60 minutes. during the egyptian revolution in 2011, she was brutally assaulted and beaten while covering the story. but she bounced back and won many prizes and the admiration and respect of her colleagues. lara logan, welcome. it is a pleasure to have you here. tell us about the beginning of the lara logan story, journalism, your parents. >> the first thing i was filled with even before i understood was a sense of the injustice of apartheid. that was probably in still than me. -- instilled in me. >> apartheid was the offic

. ♪ >> from the national press club washington, d.c., this is the kalb report with marvin kalb. pplause] >> hello. and welcome to the national press club and to another edition of the kalb report. i'm marvin kalb, and our guest tonight is lara logan, who is cbs news chief foreign affairs correspondent and a "request 60 minutes" correspondent as well. to state mere hi that lara logan has enjoyed a meteoric career is to understate the obvious. after working for a few newspapers in south africa where she was worn, she joined reuters television, then britain's i-tv before freelancing for fox and cnn. then in 2002 after reporting for cbs radio news, she joined the network itself, cbs news, and her career since then has skyrocketed. first, reporting on the war in iraq for the cbs evening news and "60 minutes ii," and then in 2006, only four years later, chef named foreign correspondent for cbs and a regular contributor to "60 minutes." during the egyptian revolution in early 2001, she was brutally assaulted and beaten while covering this tumultuous story, but she bounced right back and

i'm marvin kalb. as others use to say, goodnight and good good luck. [applause] thank you, martin. -- marvin. >> we do have two microphones, one pair and one pair. and you can get to the microphone and ask a question. i'm going to insist by the way that it is a question and not a speech. i would probably cut you off if it is a speech, or if i sense it is that we. why don't we start right here. identify yourself spent my name is jeff jacobson from the george washington university. i go to school of media and public affairs. you offered some pointed criticisms of our role in iraq and afghanistan. i'm just curious how you feel about our involvement in libya? >> well, libya is interesting because let's face it, the only reason we went after gadhafi is because everybody hates him and we knew we could get away with it politically. it doesn't mean what gadhafi was doing wasn't wrong. the real question from is want of a doing a series of? because we have a different relationship with syria. and serious kind -- so of course there was a degree of hypocrisy in li

i am mark n -- i am marvin kalb. as that fellow used to say, good night, and good luck. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we do have to do will microphones. when there, and won their -- two microphones. one there, and one there. you can get to the microphone and asked a question. i am going to insist that it is a question and not a speech, and i will probably cut you off if it is a speech. why don't we start right here. >> my name is jeff jacobsen. i'm from the george washington university. you offered some pointed criticisms of our role in iraq and afghanistan. i am curious about how you feel about our involvement in libya? >> libya is interesting. the only reason we went after gaddafi is because everyone hates him and we now we could get away with it: -- away with it. the real question is what are we doing about syria? we have a different relationship with syria. syria is kind of a little brother to egypt in terms of our friends on the war of -- on its hair. of course there was

she'll sit down for an interview with marvin kalb, and that event gets under way live at 8 p.m. eastern from the national press club also on our companion network, c-span. >> almost every other developed country in the world you pay taxes on the money you make in the each country you make it. the united states taxes your global income, so essentially, you're being taxed twice for the same income. it makes the u.s. companies very anti-competitive and literally forces them to leave their money overseas. >> tonight on "the communicators," consumer electronics association head gary shapiro on recommendations from its members to the deficit reduction committee. >> the thought is here when we need some economic stimulus, we could have this money come back here, pump back into the economy at a lower tax rate -- say 5 or 10% -- and even tie it to jobs or capital investment. and that makes sense. >> "the communicators," tonight at 8 eastern on c-span2. >> we now return to the hearing by the house financial services subcommittee on capital markets on proposed changes to the secondary hous

. >> from the national press club in washington, d.c.,, this is "the kalb report" with marvin kalb. [applause] >> hello and welcome to the national press club and to another edition of the "kalb report" and our guest is lara logan, cbs news chief foreign affairs correspondent and "60 minutes" correspondent as well. after working for a few newspapers in south africa, where she was born, she joined reuters television and britain tv before freelancing for fox and cnn. and then in 2002, after reporting for cbs radio news, she joined the network itself, cbs news, and her career since then has skyrocketed. first reporting on the war in iraq for the "cbs evening news" and "60 minutes ii"." and four years later, she was named chief foreign correspondent for kbs cbs and regular contributor to "60 minutes." she was brutally assaulted and beaten, but bounced right back and along the way winning many prizes and the admiration and respect of her colleagues. lara logan, welcome to "the kalb report." tell us about the beginning of lara logan, south africa, journalism, your parents, how did it all f