it included opening remarks and a conversation with former undersecretary of defense michele flournoy. engagement in world affairs and efforts to make the military more inclusive the women. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> today is the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attack. which thrust the u.s. into a global war on terror. this month is also the 20th anniversary of the united nations conference on women in china, were hillary clinton -- one day the u.s. secretary of the state -- she asserted that women's rights are human rights. and human rights are women's rights. and girls and women all over the globe know that now. in a way that perhaps we did not know back in 1995. this month is also the 15th anniversary of you in security council resolution 1325. which obligated nations, and not just ask pretty please, but obligated nations to include women in all peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction. so the last decade and a half or so has been a time of great change. are these anniversaries related? i think they are. i don't think it was a coincidence that young men from nation

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has several efforts on women peace and security that we will be talking about in a moment with michele flournoy. but there are problems still. even under secretary of state hillary clinton, the four years she served in that position, some within the administration actually characterize attention to gender as a pet rock that was weighing down our set. -- weighing down our rucksack, and had to be left by the wayside. there were more important things to do. so people genuflect to the idea that women were important. i can only imagine that secretary of state hillary clinton was a forceful personality and making sure the people agreed him at least on the surface, the gender was important. but many of them may not have taken it as seriously as she did. and dropped it as soon as the going got tough. in our book, and we even have wonderful comments by our own dean, there was a lack of will at the top. these issues were too easily put aside when the going got tough. the second thing that i believe has undermined the notion that women matter in foreign policy is the fact that we have no hard targets yet

tonight, former defense secretary michele flournoy speaks to a conference on women and foreign policy. she's because about the growing number of women holding positions at the pentagon. tour in thest pentagon in the 1990's, in the clinton administration, i decided -- it is kind of a lonely thing being a woman leader at that time -- i said, let's have a lunch for all of the senior women leaders in the pentagon. he said at one table, we are like eight or 10. weeks afterwards, there were conspiracy theories that when i got together and had lunch, what were they plodding, what was going on? least when i was in the pentagon in 2012, i would say, if you invite all of the executive women, you would overflow the dining room. the work, but at the very highest level, i was so often the only womean in the room for many meetings. i think it is improving inter-agenc, but women ar still the minority. progress, better than it was, but more progress needs to be made. >> more o from that atference coming up tonight 9:30 eastern on c-span. princeton university and the brookings institution released its

on it has several efforts these insecurity that we will be talking about in a moment with michele flournoy. but there are problems still. even under secretary of state hillary clinton, the four years she served in that position, some within the administration actually characterize attention to gender as a pet rock that was weighing down our set. it had to be left by the wayside. there were more important things to do. genuflect to the idea that women were important. i can only imagine that secretary of state henry clinton was a forceful personality and making sure the people agreed him at least on the surface, the gender was important. but many of them may not have taken it as seriously as she did. and dropped it as soon as the going got tough. haver book, and we even ,onderful comments our own dean there was a lack of will at the top. these issues were too easily put aside when the going got tough. believend thing that i has undermined the notion that women matter in foreign policy is the fact that we have no hard targets yet for a lot of these issues related to women. so for example, i t

former defense undersecretary michele flournoy says more women are working at the pentagon.she spoke at a conference hosted school at texas a&m university. here is a preview. my first tour in the pentagon was back in the 90's. it was kind of a lonely thing, being a woman leader at that time, and so i said let's have a lunch for all of the women leaders in the pentagon. we would sit at one table, and afterwards there were conspiracy theories that the women got together and at a lunch. what were they plotting? what is going on? inn i was in the pentagon 2012, i would say that if you invited all the women leaders in the pentagon, you would overflow the second dining room. that is good. , i at the very highest level was still often the only woman in the room for many, many meetings. i think it is improving in our agencies, but still women are definitely the minorities. progress since the 1990's. definitely better now than it was. more progress to be made. >> all of our coverage of the conference on women in foreign policy hosted by the bush school tonight and 9:30 p.m. eastern o

tonight, former defense undersecretary michele flournoy speaks at a conference for women and foreign policy. she talks about the growing number of women holding positions at the pentagon. my first tour in the pentagon back in the 1990's in the clinton administration, i was womanf lonely being a leader at that time, so i said let's have a lunch for all of the senior women leaders in the pentagon. table.at one it was either eight or 10. for weeks afterwards, there was a conspiracy very that the women got together and had lunch. what were they plotting, what was going on? i was in least when the pentagon in 2012, i would say if you invited all the women leaders in the pentagon, you would overflow the executive dining room. , it isthe highest levels -- i was often the only woman in .he room, for many meetings i think it is improving at the agency but still, women are still definitely the minority. progress since the 1990's. definitely better now than it was. but more progress to be made. >> more from that conference on women and foreign policy posted by the bush school of texas a&m unive

. >>> on c-span, former undersecretary of defense michele flournoy on women and foreign policy.here's a preview. >> my first tour in the pentagon back in the '90s in the clinton administration i was kind of a lonely thing being a woman leader at that time so i said let's have a lunch for all of the women -- senior women leaders in the pentagon and we fit at one table of either eight or 10 and for weeks afterwards there was conspiracy theories that the women got together and had lunch, what were they plotting? what was going on? . now at least when i was in the pentagon in 2012 i would say if you invited all the women leaders in the pentagon you'd overflow the executive dining room. so that's good. >> that's great. but at the very highest levels it's still -- i was still often the only woman in the room for many, many meetings. i think it's improving interagency but still women are definitely the minority and so i think progress since the 1990s, better now than it was but more progress to be made. >>> and you can see all of this event tonight. it starts at 9:30 eastern on our com

and on c-span former undersecretary of defense michele flournoy is at a conference of foreign policyted by the bush school at texas a&m university. here's a preview -- >> you know, when i first -- my first tour in the pentagon back in the '90s in the clinton administration,murgx i decided i was kind of a lonely thing being, you know, a woman leader at that time, so i said let's have a lunch for all of the women -- seniorwomen leaders in the point gone and we fit at one table. it was either eight or ten. and for weeks afterwards there was, like, the conspiracy theories the women got together and had lunch. what were they plotting. what was going on. now, you know, at least, you know, when i was in the pentagon in 2012 i would say if you invited all the women leaders in the pentagon, you'd actually overflow the executive dining room, so that's good. >> that's great. >> but at the very highest levels it's still -- i was still often the only woman in the room for many, many meetings. i think it's improving in our agency, but still women are definitely the minority. and so i think, you kn