my daughter took a spot from a white kid at princeton, he has a right to be upset. good luck, baby. >> jon: so you think voting monowillitically has hurt the black community's voting power? >> of course, jon. this is the last time. it's time that the black community's political structure reflect the i have terse -- the diversity. if you're a black conservative gun-shy about joining the tea party, start the sweet tea party. i don't care. >> jon: and liberal blacks could have like movin'-on-up-dot-org. >> uh-uh. [laughter] >> jon: so you think the black community should vote their individual self-interest, even if that meanings voting republican? >> sure, jon. there's a lot of republicans i can see supporting. who is that brother who delivers the pizza? >> jon: that's herman cain. he's not a delivery guy. he's the former c.e.o. of godfather's pizza. >> does he still have access to pizzas? >> jon: i don't know. >> i could support him. maybe they can throw in a two liter... >> jon: are you placing an order, larry in >> yeah, damn right, jon. you wt something? >> jon: no

across that the year was by ability i'm joined by andrew moravcsik in princeton he's professor of politics and director of european union program at princeton university in washington we go to sherry's are raymond she's a professor of international business finance and international affairs at the george washington university and in madrid we cross to philip boggles he is an associate professor at king juan carlos university is also author of the tragedy of the euro ok folks this is crossfire that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's look at a short report on the plight of the euro. the trials and tribulations of a currency or the euro and those discontents no matter how you cut it or count there are no easy solutions when it comes to resolving the euro crisis the financial costs are higher long term and the political costs are probably even higher ever since greece exposed the weakness of the entire euro project politicians and central bankers have been at loggerheads the single currency was always going to depend on member states exercising

he retired to princeton, and it's a bit of a mystery, actually. he complained of gastrointestinal problems, and there was actually some suspicion that he may have had an intestinal tumor although since the oral cancer -- why do you make me keep saying that? -- metastasize. the intestinal tumor would not have been related to the oral cancer. but it's a little bit of a mystery. he was 71 when he died in 1908, and the official cause of death, i think, was listed as cardiac arrest, but that doesn't really explain, you know, the precipitating causes to that. yeah. grover retired to princeton. it was interesting, he, he'd never gone to college, and he went to princeton and sort of became the mascot there. and after a football victory all students would march to grover's house and give a cheer, and he really enjoyed his final time in princeton. we have somebody who's going to bring a microphone for you, just a second. >> yeah. the other half of your title is the panic of 1893, and other than the fact you mentioned there was a railroad bubble that burst, y

he retired to princeton. it was interesting. and then became the mascot there. the students would march to his house and give a cheery and he enjoyed his final time there. >> he the other half of the title is pandemic of 1893 other than there was a real road bubble burst you didn't say anything about that? >> it is covered in the book. there were two major causes of the panic in 1893 which was overbuilding of the railroad and the uncertainty in the currency situation in. it would be hard to overstate how contentious and detrimental this was the debate over gold over silver. that is what really precipitated the panic. people didn't know what would happen with the currency. would there be inflation lowered deflationary if they stopped making silver dollars? you could have the money famine and that is one of the reasons that this over rights wanted to increase overproduction and toasts over became a form of currency during the periods of great deflationary and money would be almost impossible to find. there were other causes when the real growth went down they took

at princeton. he is very well suited to oversee and demand the highest standards in the critically important analysis done by so many who worked at the cia. after all he has done, general petraeus certainly would have been well justified at this point in his career to seek a quiet personal retirement. but fortunately for the rest of us, service to because larger than himself is a general david petraeus' creed and personal destiny. the skillful men and women of the central intelligence agency will be in very good hands when he is given the opportunity to be their leader. and all americans who will be fortunate indeed and savor when general petraeus is at the helm there and that is why i feel so personally honored to present to this committee general david petraeus. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. we very much appreciate your being here and welcome you to stay if you would like or i know you have other things as well. so it's very much your choice but thank you very much. general petraeus, we are d

he come up with the term? where does that come from? >> as far as anyone can tell and dented by a statistician who worked at princeton for many years. he was a roommate and was a wonderful guy. there was a lot of discussion not yet invented mythical quality it is a sore four by gary digits and of course, it is a nice little word. vino what it is. true or false or yes or no. that olivetti which lies at the heart of so much of the computer era is due to shia and who wrote to a master's thesis when he was barely 20 years old and which he was getting a degree in electrical engineering. it connected the analysis of electrical circuits with the symbolic lowered -- logic from the 19th century and these are two ideas to any normal person seems so distant. electrical circuits most tour electrical engineers were doing things to do with hardware. and resistance. and shannon was thinking in the abstract way where the circuit could be on our off and made a connection that could be the same as true or false and have a logic or its or them. to know anything about computers the equivalence between the circuitry and logic this is where it is invented

he has a ph.d. and a master's from princeton, which believe will serve him well. following the abu ghraib scandal and interrogation policy, general petraeus wrote an open letter to all soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen under his command in iraq. "our values and the law of governing warfare teachers to respect human dignity, maintain narrett integrity, and do what is right. adherence to our values distinguishes us from our enemy." i fully agree. is enormously important to have a director of the cia who is guided by these values and has a sense of right and wrong and not only what may or may not be possible. let me just say one more thing. the senate confirmed director panetta to be secretary of defense by a vote of 100-0 on tuesday. even if and when confirmed, general petraeus will not resign his commission and come to the cia until he is able to transition the mission in afghanistan to general allan. for much of the summer, the cia will under a door -- under an acting directorship. i want to state for the record that the cia and the government

at princeton, she was just graduating when he, still here, refused to renounce violence in exchange for his freedom. and it was only a few months after a christmas trip to hawaii, with the new man in her life, that mandela, fully victorious, finally walked free. >> taking his first steps into a new south africa. >> reporter: mandela's peace prize was perhaps a great deal more earned than mrs. obama's husband's. but both of these men had much to overcome. a link between them that neither has ever discussed in public. though perhaps mandela referred to it when he wrote the new u.s. president in 2008, "your victory has demonstrated no person should not dare to dream." and if mandela helped him dream, perhaps that's what obama meant in a recording celebrating mandela when he turned 90 two years ago. >> in part of because what you mean to the world and in part because of what you mean to me. >> reporter: to him and to his wife and to their kids who get to come back home with one spectacular new picture for the family photo album. john donvan, abc news, washington. >>> and still ahead on "wor

he come up with the word that? where did that come from? >> guest: as far as everyone can tell it was invented by a statistician named john touky who worked at princeton for many years. i interviewed him because he was a roommate of richard feynman. he was a wonderful guy and there was a lot of discussion at the time about this not yet invented a mythical quantity. it's short for by mary digit, and of course it's a nice little word that refers to something -- we know what it is, it is on or off, true or false. that connection already which lies at the heart is also due to shannon who wrote a master's thesis when he was barely 20-years-old in which he was getting a degree in electrical engineering and he wrote a thesis connecting the analysis of the electrical circuits with the symbolic logic from the 19th century. these were to ideas that seemed to any normal person the stove for one another in having different claims of the existence. electrical circuits, most people are electrical engineers are doing things to do with hardware and resistance, and claude shannon was thinking of them in a completely abstract way where a circuit could be on or off and

columnist for "the washington post" and james shinn former secretary of defense for asia he now teaches at princetonhere is thatonversation. give me some sense and i will begin with you joe because you're writing on this for "time" magazine of how the president arrived at the decision and the numbers and why. >> well, he did it a lot more efficiently than he did last time. >> charlie: gate -- by the way. >> in the end i think this was a victory for t vice president, for joe biden. and at the seat for those who wanted to do, continue to do extensive counterinsurgency operations, that is massive operations to protect the people like general petraeus who is leaving this july. in fact, a senior administration official said to me that as this battle moves from the south up to the southeast, in the more mountainous areas. petraeus' goal was to move it to the southeast and try and clear that area way he had kandahar. i was told by administration officials that will not be a counter insurgency, a full fledged counterinsurgency campaign. what they will try to do with reduced trps is to do counterterrorism, g

he taked it to mt. vernon and takes it to george washington. and washington was not a college guy. now, webster was a yale man. madison was a princeton man, john adams, harvard. washington wasn't a conditional guy. very impressed by webster. he said that's a very interesting idea. and he is a great delegator, so he says, i'll give it to mr. maddison as soon as possible. he gives it to madson, and webster's pamphlet is instrumental in the drafting of the constitution. and in 1787, webster is at the constitutional convention -- these are moments involving into mover and shaker moments. in 1787, at the constitutional convention. as soon as washington arrives, the first thing he does is knock on webster's door. he is washington's policy -- he is not a delegate, he is there as a journalist, and the convention men realize his talents, and right after the convention they ask him to draft a pamphlet in support of the constitution. he does that, and historians have compared that pamphlet to the federalist papers papers any have been more influential because webster's pamphlet was circulated throughout the entire country and was published righ

princeton for many years. actually interviewed him once. he was a wonderful guy. there was a lot of discussion at the time about not yet invented mythical quantity. short for binary digit and is a nice little word that refers to something. well, we know what it is. on or off, yes or no, sure false. that connection already which lies at the heart of so much of the computer area is also due to shannon wrote a master's thesis when he was barely 20 years old in which he was getting a degree in electrical engineering. and he wrote a thesis connecting the analysis of electrical circuits with george pools symbolic logic. i think that is hard to ideas that just seemed to a normal person so distant from one another, and having distant planes to five different planes of existence. most people were doing things to do with hardware. and resistance. and he was thinking of them in a completely abstract way where a circuit could be on or off. he made this connection that on or off could be this same as true or false. then you could link circuits together and have a logic, if the

he takes it to george washington. and washington was not a college guy. now, webster was a yale man. madison was a princeton man. john adams was a harvard man. washington wasn't a college guy. he's very impressed by webster. he said that's a very interesting idea. and he's a great delegator and so he says i'll give it to mr. madison as soon as possible. he gives it to madison and webster's pamphlet becomes instrumental in the drafting of the constitution. and then in 1787, webster's at the constitutional convention, again these are the from us gump moments are evolving to move and shaker movements. in 1787 he's at the constitutional convention. as soon as washington arrives, the first thing he does is knock on webster's door. he's washington's policy wonk. he's not a delegate. he's there as a journalist and then the so-called convention man realizes talents and right after the convention they ask him to draft a pamphlet in support of the constitution. he does that and historians have compared that pamphlet to the federalist papers and actually may well have been more influential because webster's pamphlet was cir

at princeton, she was just graduating when he, still here, refused to renounce violence in exchange for freedom. it was only a few months after a christmas trip to hawaii with the new man in her life that mandela, fully victorious, finally walked free. >> taking his first steps into a new south africa. >> reporter: mandela's peace prize was perhaps a great deal more earned than was mrs. obama's husband's. but both of these men, with africa in their heritage, had much to overcome. a link between them that neither has ever discussed in public. though perhaps mandela referred to it when he wrote the new u.s. president in 2008, your victory has demonstrated no person should not dare to dream. and if mandela had helped him dream, perhaps that's what obama meant in a recording celebrating mandela when he turned 90 two years ago. >> in part because of what you mean to the world, in part because of what you mean to me. >> reporter: to him, to his wife, and to their kids who get to come back home with one spectacular new picture for the family photo album. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> t

understanding other various publications, he also frequently on "e21" he has quantum chemistry from california berkeley and bachelor s from princeton. dr. reischauer is the second, he's a former director of the congressional budget office. before that, fellow of economist studies at the brookings institute in 1995. dr. reischauer serves on the board of several. he was a member of the medicare payment and advisory commission from 2000 to 2009, and vice chair from 2001 to 2008. so he's very knowledgeable on medicare and payment issues. hehold the bachelor of science from harvard and phd from columbia. chuck and bob will address social security and bob tackle medicare. after the presentations i'll provides comments and start discussion. we will then open the floor from questions from the audience. chuck and bob with two of the most respected political servants or political servants in d.c. and public servants i had the pleasure of working with in my time in d.c. before chuck presents, please join me in welcoming both chuck and bob today. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much for that warm and generous introduction. i want to be

princeton campus. so the guy writing the campaign said, we have these big endorsements from hudson ken. he was the machine, basically, endorsing jerry brown. they said, can anyone write a press release? i did, and i handed it in. i remember the guy with a big cigar saying, who wrote this? who wrote this? i thought, i've only been here an hour and i'm already in trouble. he said, "kid, you are our press secretary." i had to turn to someone i had been talking to and say, what exactly is a press secretary? that literally was my start on presidential campaign politics. i was in right off the street. that is the kind of opportunity available to the young person who is interested, motivated enough to jump in, be a volunteer, take a chance. if you can communicate any of that opportunity, that would be a really, really great thing. >> what would help your students join the presidential debates in learning about politics in the presidency, please? >> one of the jobs of administrators is to capture the imagination of the students. bringing in speakers helps to keep them engaged. we have to balance t

he wrote, spoke and broadcast throughout the last ten years of his life. einstein and several famous american physicists gathered in princetony to launch an appeal for $a million to educate americans on implications of nuclear fission. portrait of albert einstein, 1879 to 1955. 76 years of age. that's a lot in those photographs that we can cue off and discuss, but before we do that, did einstein make any commercial endorsements to allow his likeness to be used for marketing purposesthat you are aware of? alice? by the way, alice, i should point out that you've done the quotable einstein? you also have a volume here of albert einstein's letters to and from children. tell us about@that a little bit. >> well, it's a coection of letters that children had written to einstein. there are@about 50 or 60 letters on all kinds of topics. they also included the answers to some of the letters. he wasn't able to swer all of the letters. some of them are fairly trivial and requi"e no answer, but he did his best. >> you also produced the einstein almanac which goes year by year right up to 1955, is that correct? >> yes. >> and you also poin

he also taught economics at princeton, yale, and columbia university. dr.aylor has received the bradley prize for his intellectual achievements and the alexander hamilton award for his overall leadership in international finance at the u.s. treasury. dr. taylor is a renowned expert on monetary policy and the creator of the taylor rule for determining what the target rate of federal funds should be for price stability. he served ads the undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs during the first term of president george w. bush. previously he served as a member of the president's council of economic advisors during the george h.w. bush administration. he's also served on congressional budget offices, economic advisory panel. dr. taylor has a long list of publications to his name and a recent book entitled "getting off track: how government actions and interventions cause prolonged and worsened the financial crisis." he's a frequent contributor to the editorial page at the "wall street journal" and other widely read publications on the state of

princeton university. professor haykel, after all these deals and these forces besieging him. he is still there. why?s he do it? >> i mean he has always ruled in this chaotic way, dividing up different forces in yemen, playing off outside powers against each other and also threatening yemen and promising that he's the only person who can keep it together and therefore getting money from either the saudis or the americans in order to stay in power. he's always ruled in this way. he wants to stay in power clearly and thinks that he can either outwitt or out, you know, live out the patience of most of his opponents. >> warner: do you see him that way, ambassador bodine? do you think he never did intend to live up to any of these deals? >> i'm beginning to think that he probably did not intend to live up to them. i think particularly when we got to the g.c.c. brokered agreement, that one had the largest backing including us and all of the g.c.c. members. it's the one that he most clearly said he would sign. he has outwitted all of his opponents over the last 30 years but i think now he is starting to mak

he was my professor 30 years ago, back my fenreshman year at princeton. your wisdom was evident even back then. >> thank you very much. >> this is mortifying, factually. the question i have for you, will this fundamentally change the internal dynamics within syria? >> i don't think so, eliot. i think this regime is a very strange beast. the it's a very strange regime. it rests on a minority community, they're a mountain people, they've come down to the city thairvgs joined the army, they are the intelligence bearers of the regime. and they are committed to him. they will not be defections. there will not be a crack in the regime as there was in libya. this is a strange regime. it's a regime at war with the population. and 10% to 11% of the population have managed to capture state power, they will fight to keep this regime. >> had managed to fool the west, apparently, into we believe that somehow he was a voice of reform. does this rip that mask off and finally make it clear he is no such thing? >> absolutely. but, remember, this story has a trail. the tra

he invited walter camp of yale to the white house and also the coaches from harvard and princeton, the three bigger college football programs at the time. a lot changed since then, obviously, but those were the three biggest programs at the timement invites him over if a football summit. football is on trial he said in their private meeting. because i believe in the game, i want to do all i can to save it uncernlging them to have brutality. they promised they would. walter camp didn't see anything wrong with the way football was played and practically invented the game. he tweaked the rules and thought things were right by 1925, and he was happy how football was. another man named bill reed took roosevelt more seriously. as a harvard man, reed understood the threat to football differently. he knew that elliot still wanted to eliminate the game and was in weeks of meeting roosevelt feared elliot was on the verge of success at harvard. this almost certainly would have encouraged the department to drop the sport, and this would have encouraged other colleges to do the same. they were all

he invited walter camp of yale to the white house and also the coaches from havard and princeton. these were the three biggest college football programs at the time. a lot has changed since then obviously that those are the three biggest programs of the times. invites them to the white house for football summit. football is on trial said roosevelt in their private meeting. because i believe in again, i want to do all i can to save it. he encouraged the coaches to eliminate mortality and they promised they would. whether they really meant it is another matter. walter camp didn't see anything wrong with the way football was played. he practically invented the game in over the years he tweaked the rules and he thought he'd gotten things just about right by 1905. he was very happy with the way football was. havard coach however was a young man named bill reid. he took roosevelt more seriously. as a havard man reed understood the threat to football differently. he knew that elliott still wanted to eliminate the game and within weeks of meeting roosevelt came to fear eliot was on the ve

princeton bound. i didn't want to leave my friends. seth knew my burden. seth knew -- >> you visited him. >> he visited me and said, i need to talk you on a walk. i said, just sitdown. he said, need to talk you on a wake. he walked me around the street in santa monica, and she said, i have seen your future. it's this thing called the internet. it works the way your brain works. and at that point i had been diagnosed with adult add, and i had tried ritalin for about a month and i hated it. i felt hideous about it. i was trying to figure out how i could conform the workplace, where people have to work in can cubicles, and i knew i couldn't do that. i'd rather drive around l.a. listening to talk radio or music -- >> oh, but you left that and started this -- >> he toll me, i've seen the internet, i've seep -- seen the future, and i think there's something almost to eerie about that. he's right. the internet does work the way me brain works. >> you can watch this and other programs online at book tv.org. >> what are you reading this summer? >> a book called "the good society." a small book, tremendo

he also taught economics at princeton, yale and columbia university. dr. tayler received a bradley prize for his intellectual achievement and the alexander hamilton award for his overall leadership in the international finance at the u.s. treasury. dr. taylor is a renowned expert on monetary policy and the trader of the taylor rule for determining what the target rate for the federal funds should be priced devotee for the treasury international waters and first term president george liu boesh. previously served as a member of the president's council of economic of pfizer's during five ford and george h. w. bush administration and the economic advisor in hammill. dr. taylor has a long list of academic publications to his name and a recent book entitled getting off track government actions and interventions cause prolonged and worsen the financial crisis. he's a frequent contributor to the editorial pages to "the wall street journal" and other widely read publications on the state of the economy. he earned his ph.d. at stanford university. welcome, dr. taylo

he also taught economics at princeton, yale and columbia university. dr. taylor received the brusquely prize for his achievements and the alexander hamilton award for his leadership in the international finance of the treasury. dr. taylor is an expert on monetary policy and the creator of the taylor rule for determining what the target rates in the federal funds should be for the price stability. he served as the undersecretary of treasury for international affairs during the first term as president george bush through previously served as a member of the president's council of economic of pfizer's in the george h. w. bush administration. he also served on the congressional budget office's economic advisory panel. dr. taylor is a long list of academic publications to his work entitled getting off track, how government actions and interventions cause prolonged and worsen the financial crisis. he's a frequent contributor to the editorial pages of "the wall street journal" and other publications on the state of the economy. he earned his ph.d. in economics at

he also has taught economics at princeton, yale and columbia universities. dr. tailor has received a prize for his intellectual achievements and the alexander hamilton aword for his overall leadership in the finance. he served as the undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs during the first term of president george w. bush, previously he served as a member of the president's council of economic advisors during the foreand george h.w. bush administrations. dr. taylor has a long list of academic publications to his name and a recent book. he is a frequent contributor to the editorial page at "the wall street journal" and other widely read publications on the state of the economy. he earns his ph.d. in economics at stanford university. welcome, dr. taylor. simon johnson is a professor of entrepreneurship at the sloan school of management at the massachusetts institute of technology. is he senior fellow at the peterson institute for economics and a member of the congressional budget office's economic advisory panel. dr. johnson previously held the pos

princeton bound. i knew i was not going to be going to an elite academy. seth knew my burden. seth made that -- >> host: but you would visit him. >> guest: he visited me and he said i need to take you on a walk. just sit down. he took me on a walk around the street in santa monica and he said, and this is when i was utterly wayward. he said i have seen your future. it is this thing called the internet. it works the way your brain works and at that point i had been diagnosed with adult add and i had tried ritalin for about a month and i hated it. i felt hideous about it. .. >> coming up next, booktv spent the day at the literary festival in illinois. watch our coverage from the university center. >> welcome to the 27 annual chicago tribune. before we begin today's program, please turn off your cell phone and all other electronic devices. photography is not permitted. today's program is grued cast live on c-span2's booktv. we ask you use the microphone if you have a question so that the home viewing audience can hear your question. if you want to watch the program again, note the program is reaired tonight beginning at 11 p.m. central time. p

and he has written a biography of dietrich bonhoeffer's letters and papers from prison. it's one of three books that's kicking off a series of such books from princeton university press. and to start our discussion, i want to read the press' description of what they're trying to do and then ask dr. marty to comment on it. they say that this new series recounting the complex and fascinating histories of important religious texts written for general readers by leading authors and experts is intended to trace how their reception, interpretation and influence have changed over time. often radically. as these stories remind us, all great religious books are living things whose careers in the world can take the most unexpected turns. now, dr. marty, you've also recently completed and published a biography of martin luther, a lutheran who somewhat predated dietrich bonhoeffer. [laughter] what's the difference between with writing a biography of a figure like luther and be -- and a book like bonhoeffer's? >> there are far more similarities than i thought i would find. when princeton university press described this series and asked me if i would be a kicker o

he, in fact, has earned -- and i don't think many people know this -- a master's of public administration and a ph.d. in international relations from princeton university's wilson -- woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs. he has served an assistant professor of international relations at the united states military academy at west point, from which he has graduated and as a fellow at georgetown university. so the culture and debate in the c.i.a.'s director of intelligence will not be new to general petraeus, and he understands the importance of presenting clear analytic views and analyses. while all members are familiar with general petraeus' recent positions, let me touch on some of his prior experience. prior to command in iraq, he served at fort leavenworth, kansas, during which time he oversaw the development of the army and marine corps' counterinsurgency manual. the importance of that manual is that it has stood the test of time since then. earlier in his career, he served in bosnia where he was the assistant chief of staff for operations of the nato stabilization force and the deputy commander of the united states c

he's a mathematician and he works for a non-profit society in philadelphia -- non-profit math society. c-span: you all live in philadelphia? >> guest: no, we live in princeton, halfway between new york and philadelphia. c-span: back to this. when you had this idea, what year was it, to write this book? >> guest: it was, like, 1998. c-span: and when you first called, did you call your agent? did you call the... >> guest: my agent called me. i have one of these really aggressive agents. c-span: who is it? >> guest: john brockland. c-span: and--and what'd he... >> guest: he called me and said, 'don't you think there's a book here in this flu stuff?,' which is what he typically does. and i said, 'well, i guess so. i think it might be kind of--it might be really interesting.' i didn't know the full story then, but i--i saw--i'd seen enough pieces of it just from doing reporting for the new york times, where i--that made me--that made me think that there was actually a real story to tell, a story that would--would have a beginning, a middle and an s--and i was hoping an end, so that you would be able to read it like you were reading, i was hoping, a novel and not

princeton. are there public trustee is robert reischauer, president of the urban institute and second in the public trustees. a former director of the congressional budget office or before that he spent at the brookings institution since 1995. dr. reischauer serves on the board several educational and nonprofit organizations. he was a member of the medicare from 2000 to two dozen nine and was vice chair from 2001 to 2008. he's very knowledgeable and medicare payment issues. dr. reischauer hocus-pocus science from harvard and phd in economics from columbia university. chuck and bob alicia provide a presentation. check woodrow social security and social security bubble tackle medicare or after the presentations, i'll provide comments and start a discussion. we'll then open the floor for questions from the audience. chuck and bob are two of the most respected political servants -- political servants in d.c. in public service upon the pleasure of working with the nighttime in d.c. before check presents, please join me in welcoming both chuck and bob here today. [applause] >> thank you very much for that warm and generous introduction. i want to begin by thanking the murky the cente

from princeton. he is a highly decorated member of the army. just such a fine man. he's walking away from that money because he wants, as he told me, he thinks he owes his country more public service. this is one of the finest people we have ever had as a public servant in our country. mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: i ask the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the fps committee be authorized to meet at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that is, june 30, and that that they be permitted to meet beyond the two-hour limit set forth in rule 26. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that the appointment at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until tomorrow, 9:30 a.m., thursday, june 30. following the prayer and pledge, th