i had been at e peace corps. even lyndon johnson who had been in many of those meetings with president kennedy, m?what did he know about t and suddenly decisions were being made about issues for which there was very little time to collect the evidence. you know lyndon johnson kept saying to me, in all those years, man is no better, a man's judgement is no better than his information." b and i realieved that, and that has guided me in my journalism career the last 44 years. my opinion isn't worth a pig's ass unless i can back if youit up with evidence.g so, - you said in a couple of places, in some of the books that you have written more than a dozen books. and the thousands of hours of television that you produced. i found three references to the word atonement. where you talkedtobout a personal need to. when you said to william sloane coffin in one of the very last conversations you had with reverend coffin. you were saying you were glad that you had grown old enough to begin to account for in essence the sins o

from hubert humphrey in tinnesota he had been advo a youth corps a peace corps, kennedy of course picked it up but so did we. and after the election i realized as kennedy announced that hpewas going to start the corps, that's what i wanted to do so i began to rest myself free of thesand t vice president's office. and i was one of the founding organizers of the peace corps, becato its first deputy dir and i had the three best years of my life. you know it was a new effort to send young people who were not in military uniform out to help shape the identity of america in the world and to give them a sense of the world .that they would bring ba and i can't tell you every time i come to minnesota, every time i go to the it hubert humphrey ine, i gave the keynote speech at the humphrey institute when they opened it. people come up to me, my age and younger, and they sayor"we were in the peace, "it was a defining moment of my life." it was mine, i couldn't have been happier. and one day in early october of '63 i got a call from kenny o'donnell who was then john kennedy's most powerful assistant

i mean in the campaign of '60, organizing the peace corps, those were administrative and manarial jobs. and i had never even been in the white house and i was atanding at the back of lane, saying, "how can i be helpful?" and when he went aack into the bedroom force one security had cloutd all the portholes,e had opened the one in that inner office, inner bedroom, inner sanctum and he was looking out. ly quietly, very caand i said, "mr. president what are you thinking?" ai and he "are the missiles flying?" here we're in the midst of a cold war, the cuban missile crisis was not long behind us, and i realized then that he had things on his mind he had never had on his mind before. and i just started filling in with the small details. calling the speaker of the house, just functional things, s and i od at that, and one reason he came to trust me was because i had that sense of doing the details and not being conspicuous about it. gr but there were nt and noble, or fearful thoughts in mind on that plane coming back. >> hi, everybody my name is don shelby. i'm the person who's sitting next t

we know the circle of poison really started for me years before when i was in the peace corps in afghanistan and my wife and i were in this little remote northern town called has absolutely nothing to do there and. we were bored and one day we'd. picked up some food from the american embassy when we were in kabul and she was reading the ingredients on the kool-aid packet that she'd gotten which shows there was a lot of greed in telecom and she said holy cow recycle mates in the us i said wait they're banned about the us government how could a banned substance end up in a poor country like afghanistan and so that started the investigation where i started to realize that systematically anything that was banned or heavily regulated or restricted to iran registered in the us was being allowed by the us government and in fact encouraged to be sent overseas almost as compensation for the companies for losing the us market. pesticides are pushed on grounds that it's a very modern way to do. i remember. is a goal reading a book that india is on to develop because it doesn't use pesticides and we've

i have here today the director of the peace corps. they have returned peace corps volunteers that may be looking for employment. they may well be positioned. i point to those by way of example. that i do think it would be very important to identify groups that may be ready, willing, and able to assist with the enumeration and then figure out how quickly they can be brought on board. >> you're going to have to pull out all the stops and use your imagination. i think it's a good idea. there have been a number of issues raised. i don't want to associate myself with senator lane for the use of the iris and the use of electronic filing. making sure that forms identical and then a voluntary system. there are many things you can do. i have raise the issue of the overall cost per household. we have raise the citizenship question, is a new we would,, if confirmed, let me repeat what i said in the opening. 18 months before this begins, there are so many challenges that you need to overcome. we just talked about the hiring. just want you to focu

and us for peace corp some pay over the course of fifteen seconds to us from. a can do is to fix it in to its own concept. from a few. more features that come from. memphis who do. some of the house fishermen back a commuter train from. going to bunkers once more. choices from. patrick off moderately take football personally. hand into the feel that. somehow they finally had to go head to head again. for a special second division faceoff when how that sound from that. thirty minutes. the armed forces are under pressure they're battling recruiting problems outdated and broken down equipment and limited budgets. all the challenges a huge lesson there was not enough trains or enough enough transport helicopters or notion of tanks we have ten divisions that don't have tanks up. so don't sourcing and try to decision are the order of the day in all areas but not composed dangers . to everybody that i was on private sector businesses making money which is everything from reconnaissance drones to monitor so which users firms are going to treat the shores of skin france

language being used towards for example the caravan of migrants from central america i served in the peace corps in central america so i have an affinity for that part of the world and it's it's a very humble part of the world and the attacks against them which are using coded racial racial language that is very troubling and we're seeing now in georgia for example in the election that a dominant number of people kicks off the voter rolls or african-american in north dakota a number of native americans kicked off the voter rolls in very questionable maneuvers by republican leaders in those states so racial politics in america is coming to the fore right now as an electoral strategy and it's really diminishing our public space joel as always thank you so much for your intellect thank you larry my pleasure joel rubin and thank you viewers for joining me on this edition of politicking remember you can join the conversation on my facebook page or tweet me at kings things and don't forget to use the politicking hash tag and that's all for this edition of politicking. terrorists in russia and it's. in

so did charlton heston, glen campbell, peter faulk and charles bronson, a peace corps founder sergeant shriver. >> after my mother, she's one of the women i admi most. >> reporter: whose daughter maria joined with o'connor, calling for more alzheimer's research. >> every 65 seconds, a new brain develops also himer's in this country, and 2/3 of those brains belong to wonon. ne knows why that is. >> reporter: chief justice john roberts says although she's withdrawinfrom public life, she remains an inspiration to those who will follow the many paths that she blazed. lester? >> pete williams, thanks. >>> now to a college campus rocked by the murder of a track star. a student on the phone with her mother when something went wrong. an apparent case of deadly domestic violence. from nbc'se correspondent. >> reporter: tonight, the family of college track star 21-year-old lauren mcclusky is in spoke. a statement from her mother says she was talkg with her daughter on the phone when she heard lauren scream "no, no, no," and says that was the last i heard from her. io the communic major, a senior

we have the director of the peace corps and they ever turned peace corps volunteers that may be looking for employment. i point to those as an example. i do think it would be very important to identify groups that may be ready, willing and able to assist with enumeration and then figure out how quickly they can be brought on board. there have been a number of issues raised. witht to associate myself sen. lankford looking at the irs. there are many things you can do. i've raise the issue of the overall cost per household, we have raised the citizenship questions as i knew we would. repeat what, let me i said in the opening, 18 months before this begins there are so many challenges you need to overcome. you to focus on that issue. we take the senses, how do we get the highest response rate. how do we get the greatest deal of accuracy. really starting to turn your attention to these other issues, but we have to do it right a way. we don't want to wait until it is too late and we have all these problems. i hope you organize your managerial priorities. let's get the census taken, but as soon

you talk about visionaries never go out of style, the peace corps is just as relevant. next year we as a country will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of landing on the moon and today we think about big ideas -- 250th anniversary -- 50th anniversary. i think it's a way to think about it in a way that brings us together. he made his series of mistakes, but a key point like a centennial or next year's celebration of landing on the moon is. >> great example. >> thank you very much. anybody have a question to raise with the group? while we are waiting if anyone else has a question, i'm going to put these guys on the spot really quick. other than the presidents that you worked with or represent today, give me your two favorite presidents or first ladies or if you had dinner with them tonight, who would you have dinner with? >> well, i'm going to steal this from mark, i think everybody in the room would say abraham lincoln, i would absolutely love that opportunity and also i would love to talk to martha washington. i would like to know what it was like to be the first per

currently serving as director for the office of strategic information research and planning at the peace corps. he's in over 40 year career and policy research including the director of two two statistical agencies two statistical agencies, direct transportation statistics and the bureau of justice statistics. i hope i don't say that too often. mr. dillingham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. before you begin i'd like to introduce my wife kimberly, daughter abigail, in very much appreciate them being here today. mr. chairman, ranking member and committee members, when they join me at my confirmation hearing to be the director of the bureau of justice statistics in the senate judiciary committee chaired by the honorable joe biden as he lifted his gavel to close the hearing, my infant daughter began to cry. senator biden smile and remarked that the record show that abigail has the last word. while quite memorable, she's an adult now and i am not expecting her to repeat that performance. let me begin by acknowledging the importance of public service to my family and me. my wife and her mother were pub

you think about world peace, the peace corps is just as relevant today. talking about commemorations, next year, we as a country will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of randing on the moon. and today we think about big ideas, when we think about a big idea, whether it's in your company or organization, you call ate moon shot. it literally was the first moon shot. i think the way to think about it in a way that brings us together. not that he did everything right, but looking at those key points, just as a commemoration like a centennial or next year's celebration of landing on the moon is. thanks again for all of your leadership. >> great example. >> anybody else have a question to raise with the group? well, whilewe we're waiting, if anybody else doesn't have a question, i'll put these guys on the spot really quickly. other than the presidents you've worked or represent today, give me your two first presidents and first ladies, or if you would lake to have dinner with them tonight, who would you like to have dinner with? >> well, i'm going to steal t

diplomats, negotiators from people who made an effort, even people have gone overseas like with the peace corpsrmons. >> greg: that is not a military veteran. >> juan: they didn't say military. they said veterans. people who have given of themselves. >> greg: so i am a tv veteran. >> judge jeanine: when you think about it, they gave of themselves. they did a job and got paid for it. when you put your life on the line, carry a weapon, that's a veteran. >> juan: our soldiers get paid for it. >> judge jeanine: the risk to them, the classic risk-reward. chances are someone is out there looking to kill you. >> juan: i think -- >> jesse: when you put a bullet in bin laden's head, you are a peace activist because bin laden can't go to war. >> greg: i think the big problem these days is nobody wants to share the risk. when there is a dumb idea, there is a minority of activists that are so loud that they will boycott you. they will come after you and hound you. people go, that's a good idea. >> dana: as you were saying that, all of us for so long, when we hear these kinds of things, oh, that's stupid. t

teach for america is a good example, or the peace corps, but it's not widespread, and it's not mandatedkids should do that. final question. you don't exactly write about modern presidents, but this is a unique presidency. and i wonder, doris, will your ninth book be about president trump? >> you know, i need letters and diaries. i like to go back to the 19th century because you look over the hand of somebody writing a letter and you can have a document. and today, what are we going to have? maybe we'll have e-mails. maybe we'll have twitter. we'll know a lot more about a current president, how they looked and walked than i knew about abraham lincoln but i feel like i can emotionally get at them through the old fashioned letters and diaries. unless they start keeping diaries and writing tons of letters, i'll leave it to the future historians. >> it's a pleasure. congratulations on the book. it's a great read. >> thank you so much. >> jim. >> i have already ordered that one. it is indeed going to be a great read. >> other news we have been following, the death toll from hurricane michael

because of his experiences, he has been deputy director of a peace corps. when i interviewed for the job to be in charge of the history teaching at 13 black colleges in the south and experimental program part of president johnson's programs, we finished interview, i said dr. proctor do you have any questions for me? i don't come from protestant background and i'm baptized catholic and i'm excite. dr. proctor said, after your concentrate in rome, i understand it's okay for you to work with us. as far as your skin goes, i don't care what color it is, as long as it's thick. [applause] during greensboro, dr. proctor behind the scenes worked to support the students but he refused to take a public position as president of the university on the side of the southern christian leadership conference organized sit-ins. his advice to me when i accepted and offered to come back to san francisco, my hometown at san francisco state in the fall of 1968, dr. proctor and i had a little talk and we knew from media about the disruptions and dr. proctor said, you're going to ha

. >> we think of ourses match.com meets the peace corps. >> reporter: dr laurie green ise the foof theen project. by day, she's a busy ob-gyn in san francisco, but every minute she can spare, she's involved in all things maven. green came up with the idea in 2012 when e was president of the harvard medical school alumni association. >> a group of medical school alumni presidents started recognizing that when the affordable care act was implemented, millions of people would suddenly have insurance coverage and very little access to the type of specialty care they would need to treat their illnesses. and at the same time, we recognized that so many of our colleagues were retiring. i heard repeatedly how doctors felt so wistful when they were leaving practice. then we had one other element that would never have existed 10 years ago; we had technology. pa reporter: after 30 years of treating cardiologtients in the bay area, dr. bob cooper recently trading his medical instruments for gardening toolsu he now cs with a free clinic in miami florida. >> can you rotate the e.k.g? so there's atri

but as a peace corps volunteer in the 1960s, i started working on climate change. i didn't realize it at the time because i was working on community forestry in nepal. and women -- i witnessed during my career women of nepal and the men joining together forming community organizations, excuse me, i -- forming community forestry groups. and during my career, i've watched the reforestation of the himalayas. they destroyed the forest hand ares in -- lands in the early days with malaria e eradication. but they went to work, and you can actually see on satellite imagery the reforestation of the himalayas. also worked in africa on the decertification of the kalahari and working with women in tanzania, kenya and beyond who planted millions of trees. only to see that the glaciers of nepal are still retreating, the snow caps of kilimanjaro and mount kenya are gone. so they've done their share, and it's been women doing a lot of it. and the nations, mall devils -- mall daves, are stepping forward, but it's very clear they're up against a tsunami going the other direction. so

peace corps. >>> it took pleasanton, california police four >>> it took pleasanten, california policeanquilizer darts before this mountain lion doezed off and could be safin an office park. the puma stayed thereninto the eeving. the big cat has now been removed by animal control officers. and authorities say a man apparently just swam away from sea plane crash near milwaukee. >> the aircraft went down in a lake and officials say the man told him he swam to safety and someone who saw him on the shore gave him a ride home. the faa is investigating this incident. >>> and turn thing to cruise ship shocker for a florida couple who say they found a camera in their cabin. >> here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: an invasion of privacy in paradise. a couple found a hidden camera on board their dream vacation. >> do you want to put gloves or something on so you can finger print it. >> reporter: enjoying a three-day trip set to sail from mobile, alabama to the caribbean. but on day two a shocking discovery. the couple says they found a hidden camera facing their bed. speaking aught to "inside

that region is the name of alton there are many international convention is just about this peace as well corp egypt and germany and the trade volume again is an indicator of the good cooperation between our two of the countries let me emphasize in this context we are very grateful to germany for supporting economic reforms there is a program which germany is offering to help our infrastructure and also to help the training and education that these are some of the poor areas by germany support will continue in egypt and the shop equally i am very pleased that german tourists. flocking back into egypt which again underlines the importance of our country for german tourists and let me just reiterate we really appreciate germany and the germans and would be very happy if the germans were to come back to egypt as a destination and that may once again underline the great little instant way ascribe to the friendship between our two countries and how important a continuation of discussions at all levels is in order to deepen and intensify our cooperation and this is a way in which both of us can cope

corps and air national guard aircraft. george patton once said the more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed and more. our most urgent responsibility is to ensure enough sweat is being shed to reduce this leading. with that i will go to our rinker member. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you to the witnesses for their testimony. the projection forces subcommittee meets again to consider a rush of tragic mishaps that have cost the lives of many servicemembers and in 2017 we held a series of hearings and briefings to consider the causes, consequences and paths forward, alongside our partners on the readiness subcommittee we conducted frequent oversight of this issue and also guided through a number of reforms on surface ship procedure which we believe will reduce the amount of risk for these kinds of events happening in the future. as the chairman said in the last year and a half, we have seen three fatal mishaps across the international guard marine corps reserve and navy air fleet. tragically these have taken the lives of 28 servicemembers, once again congress and the military services was come tog

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