. >> when mentorship is done correctly, it is a transference of values and a world view. because being good is right, it's a way of thinking, it's a way of scaling your values, way of seeing yourself and it sets up the relationship of responsibility. what these folks do is to transfer responsibility for the next group and consequently that gets transferred and that's how you break historical patterns. it's through subsequent generations. it's not just one group, it's the experience that gets translated for many groups. >> beverly, i know you have seen throughout the young women or throughout the years with the young women you work with, the idea that they do take this from the time you meet them to when they're done with your programming, go on through life. i'm 50 years old almost, a year shy of it, and my mentor, i still call to this day and i'm a grown man, and say should i do this, what do you think? >> right. >> it does stay with you. >> yeah. >> the girls we mentor in our program are between the ages of 12 and 17 and i think that's a vulnerable age for them. i think

when the fairy godmother started passing out mentorship or good mentors, he was abundantly blessed. judson meijer, emil jones, i could go on and on. >> larry tribe, martha, knute minow, is a large list. >> how did this happen? did they choose him or in some ways did he find his own mentors? >> well, i do know there are certain young people >> i remember kent boo wrote a piece about al gore a long time ago and she wrote that al gore is an older person's idea of a younger person. [laughter] and barack obama was more mature than the other students at harvard law. she was more pleased. he wasn't sort of a feverish and his ambition. he was the most overused word in the world about obama, he was cooler about it and he's also smart and laurence tribe was attracted to him and made him a research assistant. before that, when he was a -- and i think this may be the most important mentor of all and some of that spent unbelievable amounts of time with him when he was a community organizer he was hired by a guy named jerry tallman who is working with all of these catholic parishes and other chur

price mentioned about his mentorship, and i read about his commitment of being a role model and the positive impact he wants to have on young men, not only with duke university but the other young men who watches how duke plays and carries themselves. but finally, i'd like to commend congressman david price, not only for sponsoring this resolution but for his success, something many of us in congress could figure out how to do, how he can represent both the duke blue devils and the university of north carolina tar heels, who won the championship last year, as he mentioned. any college basketball fan knows that the duke-u.n.c. rivalry, is only second to the ucla-u.s.c. rivalry. and i say it's tough living in my household having those battles. it takes exceptional skill and diplomacy to successfully represent both ends of tobacco road, skills that my colleague from north carolina possesses in abundance. i urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating congressman price and in terms of the resolution next year, i'm willing to wager a bet. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro te

when the fairy godmother started passing out mentorship or good mentors she was abundantly blessed.judson miner, emil jones, i could go on and on. >> larry tribe, martha minow, newton minow. it is a very long list. >> how does this happen? did they choose him or in some ways did he find his own mentors? >> there are certain young people. i remember kate boo wrote a piece about elbe or a long time ago, and she wrote that eldora is the older person's idea of a younger person. [laughter] and barack obama was more much more than the other students at harvard law. he was more pleased. he wasn't sort of feverish and his ambition. he was the most overused word in the world about obama come he was cooler about it. and he is also smart and laurence tribe was attracted to him and made him a research assistant. before that, when he was a -- and this may be the most important mentor of all and certainly somebody who's been unbelievable amounts of time with him when he was a community organizer he was hired by a guy named cherry kelman from new york who converted to catholicism who is working wi

we have experienced that gap in terms of having good senior mentorship over these people that are at entry-level individuals. that's our challenge that is to get the training and experience with these folks so we can grow this capability back. >> thank you, sir. general phillips, to talk you for a minute. in your statement you law the benefits of decentralized contract administration, contract management. the decisions are best made at the field level as you put it in your statement, is that right? >> yes, sir. >> i would argue that, like your thoughts on this, there is a distinct wind to be gone between contract management and contract oversight. would you agree with that? >> yes, sir. >> and would you say that you value the notion of centralized oversight of contracts, there is some value in d.o.d. as a whole, the army as a whole as the executive agent for d.o.d. and having some oversight with regard to at least major contracts in the war they are? >> sir, yes, sir. and i would answer that, with my expense with the defense contract management agency, both in iraq and over my many y