new york university, a russian scholar, chrystia freeland of the "financial times", claire shipman of abc news and thomas pickering, the leading american diplomat and former u.s. ambassador to russia and undersecretary of state for political affairs. >> we expanded nato, we left the a.b.m. treaty, russia helped us win the ground war in afghanistan more than any other country in 2001 and 2002 and we gave them nothing, we just expanded nato and withdrew from the treaty and the political class looked at him and said "fool. weakling. we look like pushovers, we give; they take." that's why... that's the real issue of what happened and is happening in moscow. >> i think the big choice for russia still is the choice that it faced in '89, '91, '96, 2000, which is between democracy and pluralism and authoritarianism. and i absolutely do not see how appeasing, placating this sort of neo-imperialistic mood which

. >> charles armstrong is a professor of korean studieat new york's combia university. >>well, north korea at this time seems mere more determined an ever to pursue nucle ambitions seems to be what haens happening internally north korea the appearance of thellness of the great leade and the rise inhe hard-liners on the se. >> the tough talk beeen the two counies didn't end there. today north korereleased a statent attackinsecretary clinton as "funny" and criticizing r appearance, coaring her to a tiree on a shopping trip. north rea's personal attack on mrs.linton is seen by many as a response to this remark she made in india on monda >> we, what we've seen is this constant demd for attention. and maybe it's theother in me or the experiee that i've had witsmall children and unruly teenagers and peoplwho are demandinattention. don't give it to th. >> this week'scrimony has left some wondering if thtwo countriewill ever be able to resolve their difference diplomatically. >> ifhis connues, we could have a situatio escalatng out of cotrol, which wou be a real disasteror the

he is a professor of economics at new york university. welcome back. >> thank you. >> how bad is the situation would you describe in these townships in south africa? >> okay, so i think it's important first to say to your viewers that south africa is a very beautiful country. i mean, many of the cities, houses there, they look like california. the townships are where large numbers of blacks live. it's a carryover from the apartheid days when everybody was put apart, if you will. and, yes, very crowded, problems with housing. the administration since '94 has built about 3 million, you know, structures for the blacks there. but still there are about 1 million people living in shacks, living on top of each other. no water, no electricity. yes, so, there are sections of it which are very, very bad. >> how does that translate into a hatred against immigrants? >> yes, so i think there you should understand that the unemployment rate in south africa is very high, and so the foreigners are being blamed for taking the jobs unfairly so but that's a

new york university in new york city hosted this event, it is 50 minutes. >> thank-you and thank you for being here and i thank you so much my wonderful friend, dean barrington. thank you also to 19 and the college of arts and science for hosting this and thank you all for being here at this time. i'm sure there are many things you could be doing, students home work. [laughter] faculty grading and so i am honored that you chose to be here with us. i will bring up to people who will help me read it -- lee kirk who is also my aunt and an accomplished actress. please, parrot [applause] and joshua here is a junior year at the college of arts and science. [applause] so as the dean said, this was a labor of love and it is one that for five years i worked on, going through archives an anthology is an addict trying to find a letter some african-americans that could help sketch a portrait, an intimate portrait of the people from the dusty plantations to the white house with the election of a barack obama. in during this time i was surprised by the wall of existence i recounted by many who saw

and i am very thankful also to the the new york university press that has been actively involved in arranging this, and obviously also bringing the book into life and i want to thank everybody for coming. obviously many of you are friends and family, so it is a different kind of talking experience when i'm speaking to strangers. so i appreciate everybody's presence here. so, we remember with reference and love is my most recent book. like each that came before it, it represents a process of my identifying some problem in the past that intrigued me. some amount of time grappling with of how to conceptualize a question out this problem. there's the longer period of time spent in endless libraries and archives digging through mounds of material followed by months and months of writing and rewriting. each one of those books has a unique history in terms why i decided to write what i did and how i did each evolving into labor of love. each in fact was a chapter in my life. but we remember with reverence and love unlike those other books is a book that i actually should never have had to write. it

. >> reporter: new york university's noriel roubini worries government debt and higher energy prices will stifle a recovery, producing the dreaded double-dip recession. that makes him a "w". mark zandi of moody'seconomy.com is also a "u," but he doesn't see us entering the upward leg until 2011. if you find all this confusing, you are not alone. mcalinden says part of the problem is how you phrase the question. >> i think some of the debate that's out there about what letter is appropriate may circle around what we're talking about. i think industrial production is going to have a v-type bottom. i think corporate profits are going to turn around sharply and g.d.p. will pick up. jobs will lag-- they usually do in an economic recovery. if you measure by jobs, it will be a long drawn-out process. >> reporter: so, "l", "u", "w" or "v"-- sometimes, forecasting the economy is like playing scrabble. scott gurvey, "nightly business report," new york. how did that "r" get in here? >> paul: profit-takers took command on wall street at the outset in the wake of yesterday's big rally. the tech-l

. >> rose: w continue our analysis with stephen cohen of new york university, a russian scholar, chrystia freend of the "financialimes", cire shipman of abcews and thoma pickering, the leading american diplomatnd former u.s. ambassador to russiaand undersecretary of state for political affas. >> we expanded nat, we lef the a.b.m. treaty, russia helped us win the groundar in afghanistan morehan any other cotry in 2001 and 2002 andwe gave them nothing, we just expand nato and withdrew fr the trey and the political class looked at him and said "fool. weakling. we look like pushovers, we give; they take." that's why... that's the real issu of what happened and is happeng in moscow. >> i think the big choiceor russia still is the choice that it fed in '8, '91, '96 2000, whicis between democracy and pluralism and thoritarianism. and i absolutely do not see how appeasing, pcating this sort of neo-imperialistic mood whic putin has been ver cociously buildi up in any way plays to the positive side ofrussia. >> there's been a sreading for almost a decade of wh russia needed. there is a hug pchologi

shays holds a bachelor of arts as well as in nba and an mba from new york university. mr. cheever serves on the wartime contracting. he is a professor at the university of baltimore school of wall, where he specialized in government contracts and contract legislation. from 1993 to 1994, mr. tiefer served as acting general counsel are in the house of representatives house of representatives. from 1984 to 1995 he was a solicitor of the deputy general counsel in united states senate. mr. tiefer holds a bachelor of arts at columbia university and a jd from harvard law school. program as green as a member of the commission on wartime contracting was appointed by president george w. bush. he currently serves as the chairman of global marketing and developmental solutions. he has held a number of senior positions in the government including undersecretary of state management, assistant secretary of defense and executive secretary for the national security council. colonel green is retired from the united states army and proves he served on the commission as acting cochair. he hold

professor of economics a director of africa hous at new york university. welcome. >> thank you. >> you were in ghana when the president wasthere. >> that's right. >> what was themo? what was the aicipation like? well,verybody was excited that he was coming. there were these billboards with ghana's president next t obama all over the city a people re very, very cited. very, very prd of obama. everybody h this empathy wth the united states now because of obama. it was vy exciting. very exciting >> why ghana? why do you thinthat that countrwas elected? >> wel for a variety of reasons. the first of course that ghana just finied a razor-thin very close elections. i mean the winner won by y kn a percentage the vote. half of a percent or something. andt was a very goodelection. very, ry peaceful. and so it's somethi for all of africa, beuse africa typically, you only he the bad news, the war, the famine, et ceera. re is a democratic country, they've gone throu re-electionno crisis. the economy is also doi very, very well right now. and finally, i think there's an

we're joined by a public relations professor from new york university. the author of the book " the practice of public relations." he is our guest nixon -- he is doing things well and what he considered to be not so well. >> he needs to get that mojo back. the best pr is common sense. he has been terrific at it. what he should have done is he should have apologized when he had the chance. he said that the cambridge police was stupid. that they acted stupidly. that was a stupid thing to say. shepard: the strange thing to me about is, i do not know all the facts and then he said, they acted stupidly. >> the best thing he can do tonight is apologize. second, he has to cut back on his tv interviews. >> he is on more than bill o'reilly. >> he is on more than bill o'reilly. he has done for the interviews in four months in office it is way too many interviews. he is going to dissipate his credibility and diminish his standing. he has to be more selective. no. 3, when he comes out of the white house, he should say something new. the problem he has with health ca

she is a visiting scholar at the columbia university institute, a research scholar at the new york university school of law and a fellow at john hopkins of the finance international studies and the jesus college at cambridge university. she has a ph.d. in criminology from the hebrew university's school of law. the second speaker is andrew mccarthy the chair from the center of a lot and counter-terrorism. a former federal prosecutor and a contributor at "national review" online and as assistant united states attorney for the southern district of new york to lead the prosecution against the jihad organization in which one doesn't islamic militants were convicted of conducting a war of urban terrorism against the it is states that included the 1993 world trade center bombing and a plot to bomb new york city landmarks. mr. mccarthy has made major contributions to the prosecution's glove the bombers in tanzania and the millennium plot attacks against the lax airport. falling september 11th he supervise u.s. attorney antiterrorism command post with preventive efforts with federal and state law-enfo

he is an assistant professor at new york university tisch school of the arts for more information visit wafaa bilal.com. >> i am with the founder of pm press. craig, what is founder? >> it is good to see was always it is a small group of publishers that do different types of media dvd is cds audio lectures including music and fiction and nonfiction books. all of this has ideas behind it dat is our political in this sense we want to have an open dialogue about natalee current events but how history has been interpreted who makes history and who defines what is important for people to know and how it can improve our people to make the right decisions. >> this is your first year you have a lot of books already planned within your launch do you want to talk about the series that you started? >> we have, what is new with the empress is to be doing fiction. again because it is important to have ideas behind what we do fiction is a place where stories can often be told and interpreted in different ways we started the outspoken author series that combines short fiction from "popular science" fi

to think seriously about writing until there was a conference about alger hiss in history at new york university. in the spring of 2007. i had just finished "to the age of american unreason." i went to this conference. what it was is there was some new research this time suggesting that alger hiss was not a soviet spy, but it was somebody else. i want to go into the details. nobody but academics are interested in that. but, who will was there was his stepson timothy hobson, who was in his 90's at the time. one of the things he spoke. he said that he was prevented from testifying on his stepfather is behalf in the trial by alger hiss, because timothy hobbs and was gay and did receive a kind of a discharge from the army, so he would not have wanted to testify and have what would happen to his wife. second, he said that he absolutely knew that alger hiss never knew whitaker chambers, because the, always eight or nine at the time, never sought chambers come to his parents' house. the entire room erupted in applause because this was a left-wing intellectuals conference. the whole room erupted in appl

>> i went to new york university. >> okay.you are. you are. >> i'm just going to stretch out. i'm fine. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm sorry. well, that's what that couch is for. >> no, mike, i didn't think you'd want to answer the question because i know you dropped out of college, so i just didn't -- [ audience ohs ] it's not a mean thing. i'm just saying. >> jimmy: people do it. >> yeah.Ñi >> no, go ahead. >> but you stretch out. >> jimmy: look. oh, no, no, no. [ laughter ] no stretching out. can't stretch out there. >> that's immature. >> jimmy: yeah it is. yeah, thank you. so, you go to college. you get out of college. you do "the state," which is now on dvd. >> well, when -- yeah. well, when we were in college we actually -- [ applause ] >> what. what are you pointing at me for? >> maybe i thought maybe you want to maybe say a few things? >> "the state" was our tv show on mtv. >> jimmy: yeah, and before that -- i think we have -- [ laughter ] thank you. that's good. that's good. you helped. >> you're being such a jerk. >> wh

host: our guest is stephen cohen, russian studies professor at new york university. e has written several books. before we get to calls, as we look at the front of " the new york times" you see a photo of president obama meeting with the president of russia. we know the president met with the prime minister of russia today, vladimir putin look at the relationship from each end, beginning with the u.s. and russia. what does each side want from a relationship at this point? guest: it is very clear what moscow wants, and once it so badly that without it there is not going to be a good relationship with russia appeared moscow wants the end of -- the issue with russia. moscow wants the end of nato expansion and it wanted no membership for ukraine and georgia. that is the single most important thing. i think somewhat misunderstood is the second thing. they don't want that missile defense system. the plan was to put it in poland and the czech republic. but i think that is secondary. the reason they are so upset about the missile defense system is they see if linked to the ex

. >> rose: we continue our conversati about russia with stephen cohen of new york university, chrystia freeland of the inancial times" fro washington, aire shipman of abc news a thomas pickering, former u. ambassador to russ. i am pleased to havell of the here i begin withambassador pickerg in washington. what mig... what will accomplished in moscow? >> i think wt we will see here are prably theirst steps in what we all hope wille a comi togetherrather than a drifng apart, which w characteristic of probablyhe last cade or so in u.s./russianelations, centerpieced around theuclear agreement that they all hope to haveone by the end of the ar. buwith a nber of the oer things that have been added to it, including i would add perhaps reminisnt of mytime inoscow a management rangement for t u.s./russian regulationships that brgs gether the two predents in charge of an arrangement where thsecretary of state and the minister oforeign affairs of russia wl actuall perhaps some do somef the whiplashing. but much like the cheer know mere din arrangement which was characteristicf the yeltsin clinton

think seriously about writing it until there was a conference about alger hiss in history at new york university in the spring of 2007, actually. and i had just finished "the age of american unreason," so i was at loose ends that year before it came out. i went to this conference, and what it was, there was some new research, this time suggesting that hiss really wasn't a soviet spy, it was somebody else. i won't go into all the details. nobody but academics is interested in that. but who was there was hiss' stepson, timothy hobson, who was in his 90's at the time. one of the things, he spoke and two of the thing he is said was, one, that he was prevented from testifying on his stepfather's behalf at trial by alger hiss because timothy hobson was gay, he had received a kind of discharge from the army and so on. it would have -- he wouldn't have wanted him to testify and have what would happen to his life. then secondly, he said that he knew, he absolutely knew, that hiss never knew whitaker chambers, because he, who was 8 or 9 at the time, never saw chambers come to his parents' house. the whole

>> guest: published by new york university press. >> absolutely from freedomfest 2009 in las vegas a debate on the federal reserve. participating in the debate are economist warren coats, wall street journal columnist john fund, economics editor gene epstein, and miltown author thomas would. is an hour. >> i am joe bradley, for those of you who just joined us, we have a number of exciting panel is scheduled, you have already heard one. in a previous life i recently retired from publishing an investors' hot line in in that role and had the opportunity to interview many of the top three market analysts, financial experts, economists that you are hearing at this conference. i want to congratulate marked for pulling together this freedom fest. it certainly is of the world's largest gathering of people that are really interested in the retain data seven traded. and a sand bar around 1500 people here now and when ron paul script to get to it this afternoon is going to swell between two to 3,000. [applause] i want investors hotline a question for the economic truths that brought our capital

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new york serving as chief of the organized crime unit. that the united states attorney and associates, united states attorney. he graduated from rutgers law school and has a degree in criminal law in new york university school. i look forward to your testimony. >> thank you very much, senator, good afternoon. it is a great privilege to be before the committee, a committee where i have appeared over 100 times and it is always a pleasure to be here. many friends on the committee who i have seen over the last few days, you have a prepared statement from me. i generally don't read my opening statements which has got me in trouble over the years i thought it might be good to talk and tell you why i am here. i had the privilege to work with great judges and appear before great judges. let me just mention a couple. i served on a district court with constance baker motley who, before, she was a judge, had those qualities of fairness and open-minded this and commitment to the rule of law that i think we wish to see in our judges. the last case i tried as a judge was in the district of minnesota. it was a case which, by the way, senator sessions and i worked on together, he was attorney general of alabama, gre

new york. >> the university of maryland medical center would play an integral role in developing a vaccine. the search is on for people to take part in human trials. you can find out more about that by clicking on to "medical alert" at wbaltv.com. >> possible exposure to a deadly brain disorder through surgical instruments. investigators say people who had surgeries done there could have bb been expose today a disease. one person died this week of c.j.d. they say instruments used on that patient were also used on dozens of other patients. >> even if one was exposed, that does not guarantee that one would develop the disease. >> at least 53 patients have been notified, and the instruments were taken out of service. hospital officials say the instruments were sterilized, but experts say that may not have been enough to destroy contamination. >> first a look at how events are playing out around town this weekend. to help avoid dental problems i give patients act restoring mouthwash. act kills germs, restores minerals strengthens enamel. act restoring-- for strong teeth act now. a dull metal cl

nicol mason studies race and jobs at new york university. >> when we look at those numbers, it translates directly into money to pay their mortgage. >> right. >> food, you know, their ability to get health care, provide child care. all these things are really -- these are the things that are behind the numbers. >> reporter: there's been a recession for these groups long before this recession? >> yes. >> reporter: how long? since the labor department started keeping those records in the 1970s. black unemployment topped 20% in the 1983 recession, and the only time the gap between races nef narrowed was during the huge jobs boom of the 1990s. and now, joblessness is rising again for everyone. william rogers was chief economist in the clinton labor department. >> there has been a chronic two to one difference between black and white unemployment for several decades. >> reporter: economists have long been troubled by the question, why? >> their rates are higher for a variety of reasons, from having lower levels of education, receiving less training, also facing difficult, more challenges in ge

barkow is a professor of law ed kunar-- new york university school of law and last but not least, thegentleman with the smiling face next to her is the minister chris stinebert. mr. stinebert is the president and ceo of american financial services association. we again want to thank you and welcome you to this committee hearing. it is in the practice of this committee that we swear in witnesses so will you please rise and raise your right hand. to you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all of the witnesses responded in the affirmative. now is my privilege to allow you and to recognize you for five minutes for an opening statement, so ms. hillenbrand we will start with you. turn your microphone on and put it close to you please. >> thank you chairman rash, ranking member radanovich and members of the committee. consumers union is the nonprofit "consumer reports" but the mission is to test and empower consumers and that is the role of which i appear before you today. my written testimony was joined by consumer organiz

new york city currently serving in his third term as mayor. he founded a new york city company that has employs more than 100 cities. mayor bloomberg is a graduate of johns hopkins university located in baltimore, maryland and harvard business school. we look forward to your testimony. >> mr. chairman, thank you, ranking member sessions, thank you very much, senator, senator, senator. senator sessions i must say as a former gun owner and a former member of the and are a and a staunch defender of the second amendment we probably don't disagree very much. in any case i want to thank everyone for the opportunity to testify before you today. i am mike limbrick and i'm here not only is the mayor of new york city, the city where judge sonia sotomayor has spent her entire career but also as someone who has appointed or reappointed more than 140 judges the new york city criminal and family courts so i do appreciate the job before you. about three months ago, when president obama invited governor schwarzenegger and rendell into the white house to discuss infrastructure policy i did find an opportunity to tell him what many of the best legal minds in new york were telling me, judge

host: stephen cohen is a russian studies professor at new york university and author of "soviet fates and lost alternatives: from stalinism to the new cold war." thanks a lot for your time this morning. guest: thank you. host: "washington journal," it 7:00 a.m.. for now we take you to a hearing on the clean energy economy. that is what they are talking out, what i'm calling this hearing. senator boxer is share and several cabinet secretaries. . >> we know that this premise is being borne out even in this recession. in california, which has been one of the hardest hit by the housing crisis, the financial crisis, by the state budget crisis, the area that is -- that has outperformed every other has been the creation of clean energy jobs and businesses. a recent report by the future of " trust found -- by a charitable trust found that clean energy businesses were launched in california from 1998 to 2007. during that period, clean energy investment treated more than 125,000 jobs in california. and generated jobs 15% faster than our economy and our state as a whole. our committee has held m

this is a clinical instructor of surgery at new york university. think you for being with us.e study. at 30 weeks our babies inside a set of memory how do we know that. >> a study in the netherlands showed that the 100 pregnant women, fetuses at 30 weeks could remember sound or simulation by vibration and sound and that just shows that the inroads of short-term and long-term emory are established in euro through and how do they know. >> they found the babies used an early form of memory called the tuition that when adults recall memories but it shows the brain and nervous system is intact in euro and developing every day. >> ainsley: the grapefruit diet we're familiar with what about the pill? >> this is interesting for applications for adults but basically an antioxidant found in grapefruit that gives it the bitter taste was found to prevent obesity in mice and help with insulin and kukes tolerance which means at some point this might be used in adults for diabetes management and preventing weight loss. as long as you use it with a balanced diet and exercise routinely. >> ain

and sitting next to him is rachel bartel, and this bartel is a professor of law and new york universitystudent of law here and last but not least, the gentleman with the smiling face next to her is mr. chris sievert. he is the president and ceo of american financial services association. we again want to thank you and welcome you to this committee hearing. it is the practice of this committee that we swear in witnesses. so will you please rise and raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i give. >> let the record reflect that all the witnesses responded in the affirmative. >> now it is my privilege to allow you and to recognize you five minutes for an opening statement. so, ms. hillebrand, we will start with you. >> thank you, chairman rauch, members of the committee. consumers union is a nonprofit, but our mission is to protect and empower consumers. that's the role in which i appear before you today. my written testament was joined by six national consumer organizations. consumer groups want and consumers in the u.s.

a distinguished professor of history at city university of new york. professor abrahamian was born in iran and has written extensively about it. thank you for joining us again. >> thank you for having me. >> we just heard nat conservatives are now speaking out about the severe mistreatment of the political prisoners. why is all of this outrage coming from conservative politicians who we normally would think of supporting the regime? >> there's always been a strain between the conservatives. i would describe them pragmatic conservatives. and more of evangelical conservatives like ahmadinejad. there's been no love loss between them. and i think this present crisis is actually aggravated that difference. >> and is this outspokenness on their part likely to invigorate the opposition? >> it will but i think what more serious it will show to get in the parliament, a conservative lock to work with ahmadinejad is going to be difficult. because these conservatives, pragmatic conservatives, will not go along with ahmadinejad's decision, his choice of ministers.

barkow is a professor of law ed kunar-- new york university school of law and last but not least, the gentleman with the smiling face next to her is the minister chris stinebert. mr. stinebert is the president and ceo of american financial services association. we again want to thank you and welcome you to this committee hearing. it is in the practice of this committee that we swear in witnesses so will you please rise and raise your right hand. to you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all of the witnesses responded in the affirmative. now is my privilege to allow you and to recognize you for five minutes for an opening statement, so ms. hillenbrand we will start with you. turn your microphone on and put it close to you please. >> thank you chairman rash, ranking member radanovich and members of the committee. consumers union is the nonprofit "consumer reports" but the mission is to test and empower consumers and that is the role of which i appear before you today. my written testimony was joined by consumer organi

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prosts and that address b former president rasan ja w tournexiting wished professor at the university o new york. he was born in iran and written veral books about that country. welcome back. >> thank you. >> it's been seral weeks n of cours since we've had this election and the rotests. where do tngs stand in an right now? >> well, the resentment sll very much the but of course the cos of expressing it in the streets are heavy -- has oken bones. so i wld say the oppositons more tempted to gon other dictions. today o course some of it came out into thetreets but on the whole i would say the oppition to the elecons still remains there. of course it's notn a situation -- i's not an environme where a million people can come t to depstraight. >> why would the government allow mr. raphan jani to deliver the praye today when th must know that itwould draw the demonstrations? >> i think it's an attempt to tell the opposition that there is seone whin their lead that still saks for you. it's aay of channling the position into the replic. i don't thi it really wl suced because people ca see what it's doin

president rafsanjani we turn once again to ervand abrahamian, a distinguished professor at the university of new york. he was born in iran and written several books about that country. welcome back. >> thank you. >> it's been several weeks now of course since we've had this election and the protests. where do things stand in iran right now? >> well, the resentment is still very much there but of course the costs of expressing it in the streets are heavy -- has broken bones. so i would say the opposition is more tempted to go in other directions. today of course some of it came out into the streets but on the whole i would say the opposition to the elections still remains there. of course it's not in a situation -- it's not an environment where a million people can come out to demonstrate. >> why would the government allow mr. rafsanjani to deliver the prayers today when they must know that it would draw the demonstrations? >> i think it's an attempt to tell the opposition that there is someone within their lead that still speaks for you. it's a way of channelling the opposition into the republic. i d

and in october 2008, judge sotomayor participated in a round table discussion at new york university's law school on the dynamic relations between international and national tribunals. with hearings scheduled to begin in a couple of weeks, getting this information is critical to our understanding of her judicial philosophy. the most notable of the materials we do have is the 22-minute speech that judge sotomayor gave to the aclu of puerto rico on april 28, 2009 entitled how federal judges look to international and foreign law under article 6 of the u.s. constitution. from that speech, we begin to see how foreign law could shape judge sotomayor's jurisprudence in the future. her views were not casual observations but directed to the specific topic. in this speech, she says -- and i quote -- "international law and foreign law will be very important in the discussion of how we think about the unsettled issues in our legal system. it is my hope that judges everywhere will continue to do so because within the american legal system we're commanded to interpret our law the best way we can, an