is that the military did something that they're not supposed to do either instead of sending public affairs officials who deal with the media all the time they send a couple of people who are involved in psychological operations who also want to know how the media works so then how do we know that the military isn't embedding these people in these large media organizations to spierer to have some kind of an employee well you know you target spying the media organization because what we do is out there you know everything that c.n.n. covered was was out there and you knew would c.n.n. was doing what about to influence the operations or to influence the story isn't objectivity compromised when you're working side by side with people that have conflicting agendas well nothing more than that it is when you're covering the pentagon then you're dealing with these people all the time one of the people named in the story the guy who was the intern at the chicago tribune is a public affairs officer who i've known for years a guy named ted a colonel rico player a marine very sharp marine i've been to

comedian the public affairs officer you don't talk about that at this point i'm not off the record or. ok thank you for calling. is not the story about baucus. we would contact him again. even if he's a just a small pawn in a much bigger game. the security of the world requires disarming saddam hussein. saddam hussein and his sons must leave iraq within forty eight hours. passed charge of iraqi citizens. this is a bad brings a further assurance at the torture chambers and the secret police are gone forever . but when these pictures from saddam's ghraib prison came out. it's clear they had a scandal on their hands some say these methods originated in guantanamo we just haven't seen the pictures rumors have also begun to circulate new rumors of interrogators using sex and hip hop music to get people to crack. use the sexual act. to gain against the first the enemy personnel by people you know it happens in school. if you. see. the. world that was on that again that sean a lot of other things but then they sent in a girl who. will continue and she came up to me and started to talk. and s

. >> commissioners, director of policy and public affairs from the department. i'm going to take you through our outreach policy by division. the idea here is to introduce what we're currently doing and get some feedback from you and from the public so that we can continue to refine this process and ultimately come back to you in september with an actual outreach policy to adopt. this is our first stop in what will be a long and son road show, including visits to parks trust, prozac, and other of our partners. as we move through this. quickly, the different types of things that we do that require public outrage generally fall into four categories. our planning a capital of which, of which were permits and special events, out reach a long rfp's, rfq's and leases. most of which is discussed through our budget process, but there are other times we do talk about budget policy with the public. our current tools, if you will, that are available for out of reach. our partner organizations, there e-mail list, our own e- mail list, supervisors, and their office of neighbo

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prior to heading up this agency commissioner loyd served as executive vice president for public affairs at colombia university and was in the administration for ten years and commissioner for sanitation under mayor, jenkins and was ma developer at port an authority and commissioner for traffic and parking for the city of boston. emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the

our director of cultural affairs and there is a significant public art component of this. luis cancell is here. some of the funding was made possible through the county transportation authority and i want to thank jose luis most co-very much and their directaz. >> a few different organizations, spur, the bicycle coalition and people for public spaces come together and formed the great streets project. and they did what the mayor did and imported talent from chicago and led that. i want to bring up the leader of the great streets program now. >> thank you. what a beautiful day. the great streets projects facilitates this and we this is a great place. the street is a wonderful wide place to be. you want to bring your friends and family repeatedly. congratulations to the many agencies who have participated in making this possible. many community members and businesses participated along the way and it couldn't have happened without everyone rolling up their she was and coming together to make this possible. congratulations to everyone. i also want to point out this is a harbi

affairs for cbs outdoor, a leading global media company and is responsible for government and public affairs from california to texas for that company. he is also a member of the california international relations foundation. he provides assistance to the california state senate in furthering economic, environment, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. president brooks also served as director of administrative services for the city of san francisco where he was responsible for policy and planning for 14 city departments, managing over 300 employees, and a budget of $100 million. please join me in welcoming president brooks. . >> thank you, susan leyall, and good morning, welcome here. before i start i want to thank our general manager leyall who has done an extraordinary job here at the san francisco puc and also i want to recognize two people that just walked in, our vice president commissioner ann (inaudible) and commissioner dennis nolan that just arrived. thank you very much. i want to echo what miss leyall said, welcome everyone to this historic summi

said the ortega family, and it turned out she was the public relations company on grounds for public affairs. i was interested in what she was telling me. the 30% 40% income was not going to go to the park. it was going to go to the concessionaire. and then, what was described, the park gets the buildings that are renovated. however, a 10-year contract, questions about the rent to be decided after everything is fine, negotiated after you have everything sealed, and there's an awful lot of finance questions beside the fact that i think is highly unfortunate that with lots of concessions coming in -- like, for example, at the botanical gardens and other places, which is fine, that we have to have this operated possibly at the expense of one of the quietest place is to just enjoy nature. where you can still go without showing your id >> thank you. >> commissioners, i feel as if i should be standing here saying my name is tevia from "fiddler on the roof." i take great exception to this article being attached to today's program. i think it is demeaning and deeply derisive of those of us who have

the best people to direct this question too would be the public affairs books -- folks. they're the ones handling the situation. i am not try to distance myself from their decision. we completely support their decision. but this was their decision. but remember what this process was all about. this is not a right, it is a privilege based upon a central trusting relationship between a unit commander, and if there is not that trust, the reporter has the potential to adversely impact operations, the well- being of the forces within that unit. so we in power unit commanders. when you say you want to embed somewhere, you make a request for a particular unit. that commander says i want cavan, or i don't want kevin. when he says he is going to abide by rules, he does, he is a positive influence and will not in any way undermine cohesion, morale, or distract from the operations we have to conduct. and with your blessing, the public affairs office will proceed with facilitating that embedding situation. that is where this begins. in this case, i think the public affairs group mad

activities they simply transferred all of these activities into a group called the american israel public affairs committee so it's extremely in lightning for americans to see how media influence functions by looking at internal documents from this investigation well it also makes you ask how much will americans really see if the u.s. media is tell effected by these lobbyists now well yeah that's exactly the case because once again you know we're we're replaying history now instead of trying to divert attention away from nuclear weapons in the middle east a magazine again the atlantic is on the forefront of an apac drive to get the united states to attack iran nuclear facilities again now under the pretext of their nuclear weapons sites for the united states it's extremely important for people to see this media influence and the mechanics of it because over the passage of time this is only gotten worse what does this suggest about u.s. policy in the middle east is it being shaped around the interest of israel as you see it. well we've done a lot of work over the years obtaining documents about is