our guest this week, fcc commissioner mignon clyburn. she is going on two years of service now on the fcc commission. she is a democrat. howard buskirk is the associate managing editor of -- daily. >> guest: commissioner you came to the fcc from somewhat of an atypical background in that you were a state commissioner. can you talk to us a little bit about making that transition from going from working for the state to working at the federal level? how difficult of a transaction transaction -- transition has that been? >> guest: i will affirm it is not an easy is coming from a relatively small blue state in the southeast to the big city of washington, to the capital city, dealing with major significant organizations and persons that you read and hear about so from that perspective, it has been somewhat of a challenge. at what i think it has given me and a very solid foundation to know and to affirm what the people on the ground think. i spent 11 years on my state commission. i spoke with consumers. i took part in evidentiary hearings. i w

commissioner mignon clyburn. howard buskirk is the associate managing editor of "communications daily." , he is our guest reporter. >> commissioner, you came to the f.c.c. from a somewhat atypical background in that you were a state commissioner. can you talk to us a little bit with that transition from working from the state to the federal level, how difficult of a transition has it been? >> i will confirm it hasn't been the easiest coming from a relatively rural state in the south coming to the capital city dealing with major significant organizations and persons that you read and hear about. from that perspective, it's been somewhat of a challenge, but what i think it's given me, a very solid foundation to know and to affirm what people on the ground think. i spent 11 years on my state commission. i spoke with consumers. i took part in evidentiary hearings. i would hear them on the stand. i read testimonies and filings from companies. that gives you a very unique perspective that you cannot, especially after 1

. >> host: mignon clyburn, fcc commissioner. as always, thanks for being on "the communicators." howard buskirk, "communications daily," thank you as well. >> guest: my pleasure. >> you've been watching "the communicators," c-span's weekly look at the issues and people affecting telecommunications policy. if you missed any of this program with fcc commissioner mignon clyburn, you can see "the communicators" again tonight and each monday night at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> ahead on c-span2, a look at u.s. strategy in afghanistan, libya and the middle east with author and political commentator ann coulter and americans for tax reform president grover norquist. then members of the commission on wartime contracting in iraq and afghanistan hear from government officials on eliminating obstacles to changing contracting procedures. >> all week you can see -- all this week you can see booktv program anything prime time featuring replays from our "after words" series as well as selections from recent history, biography and political programs. it begins tonight at 8:30 eastern as a

. >> host: mignon clyburn fcc commissioner, thanks as always for being on "the communicators" and howard buskirk thank you for being on "the communicators." >> guest: my pleasure. .. dhaka as he died last year in september but we are joined by his son who will probably need no introduction of anybody watching this. watching this. he grew up in new york. let's see if i know your resume, use to be my boss, harvard university, worked for william bennett in the education department and now it's a fine magazine where i used were called the weekly standard. >> guest: very well done. >> host: i thought we would start by talking about your dad's life because i think neoconservatism and a lot of american conservatism flows out his life and the first thing i want to ask you about is his upbringing, the social class he was raised in a and, but i guess your grandfather did and because i think that those routes and formed a lot of his writing later on. >> guest: i feel he says in this book he didn't realize he was poor in his neighborhood in brooklyn. the poor working class, his father, my grandfathe

. >> tonight on "the communicators," fcc commissioner mignon clyburn on the wireless industry and theommission's role in the proposed purchase of t-mobile by at&t. >> we're a little bit different from the department of justice which concentrates on the antitrust and sherman act type of oversight. we are responsible, we have a public interest standard which includes looking at competition, you know, how the market looks, how the existing players in the market will be affected, how consumers will be affected. >> "the communicators" tonight on c-span2. >> join us later today when booktv will have an exclusive webcast. author francis fukuyama will discuss his new book from the politics and is prose bookstore here in washington. that gets under way at 7 p.m. eastern, and you can see it streaming live at booktv.org. >> all this month we've been featuring the top winners of c-span's student cam video documentary competition. now, meet the top two winners and see their videos tuesday and wednesday mornings. watch their documentaries at 6:50 eastern and meet the winners live during c-span's "w