it's not the public affairs officers. we facilitate and we are a conduit to linking the media to our troops because ultimately, the troops are the one that are going to tell the story and let their actions speak for themselves in a lot of cases. i agree that it's a good idea to look at the curriculum, at the defense information school, and i will tell you as a brigade public affairs officer, and a brigade is about 4,000 soldier formation, we did a lot of training. media awareness training for them. workshops and things i was involved with, not only for the leaders, but for the soldiers as well. a lot of time embedded reporters, they are not just going to be around and exposed to the leaders in a unit, but they will be with the soldiers, the troopers, the rank and file, and infantry men as part of the squad. those guys don't need to be forgetten. we owe it as leaders to involve them as well. the general comment made about staying in your lane is critical. that's something that we reinforce time and time again. sometimes fa

that being an army public affairs affords me the opportunity to kind of have the best of both worlds. through my interactions over the last five or so years, and there were so many professor journalists have been a real pleasure to see you the work and that of the general said, >> conduit communication. i believe that soldiers have a very compelling story to tell, soldiers, marines, airmen, but they have a very compelling story to tell. in our country wants to hear those stories. at the same time, my job is not to leave the pom-poms and try to facilitate only positive coverage. i have a duty to the american people to tell it like it is. and i think you'll see, as she is speaking clearly from the army public affairs standpoint, we didn't maybe always do that and we're getting better. still a work in progress is like everything. we always strive for improvement. i think we've made some good observations on our sister services have operated in the more agile, more tech savvy career field. and we're really attracting some really impressive men and women to the field. and it's been a reall

eastern. >> you're watching public affairs programming on c-span2. next the communicators. . . >> our guests are two former advisers to the house energy and commerce committee. >> host: well, with control of congress up for grabs in tuesday's election, "the communicators" is looking at potential leadership changes in congress when it comes to telecommunications policy as well as legislative of proposals that the democrats and the republicans may take up in the 112th congress when it comes to telecommunications. joining us are two former capitol hill staffers who have both worked on telecommunications policy. howard waltzman worked with the republicans, and he's a former chief telecommunications counsel for the energy and commerce committee. gregg rothschild served in the same position for the democrats, he also worked on the senate side on telecommunications policy. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. >> guest: thank you for having us. >> host: both of our guests currently are lawyers who practice telecommunications law. joining us, also, tony ro

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. >> every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of history, biography and public affairs. here's a portion of one of our programs. >> why when we hear the president and others talking about the fact that we must make government efficient for the people did our founding fathers actually design the government to be inefficient? ask yourself that question. because this is a model for inefficiency. but it was done deliberately. why? this -- because in order to have basic liberties you have to have the government with very little power. the more efficient the government is, the more liberties the individual has to give up to give to them. they cannot do their job efficiently unless they have the power to tell you what to do. very interesting, isn't it? and yet our society today generally believes that we have to have an efficient government because we've been told time after time after time we must make the government efficient. but that is the road to loss of freedom. >> to watch this program in its entirety, go to booktv of.org. simply type the title or the author's name at t

and the public affairs council is the leading international association for public affairs professionals founded in 1954. it's nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization that provides training and development to the profession of public affairs. prior to joining the council, doug was vice president of the mutation for the american gas association, which is as you all know major trade association in town. and he has authored many articles for trade and professional magazines around the world. so i think we're looking, we're looking at a very interesting day today, and taking it off with a terrific panel. so please, join me with a round of applause to welcome the new panel and kick off the event. [applause] >> and david, you will moderate the panel. >> thank you. it's great to be here. i'm going to let each of our panelists here make opening statements. we're going to start with carroll because it's always good to go into the numbers first, i think, and with the title of our panel, tranny, what's the mandate, which there is only some sort of, it's not a mandate, some message the voter. but i g

from maine jennifer rook public affairs host for that state's public broadcasting network. reporting in wisconsin craig gilbert of the milwaukee journal sentinel who joins me here in washington. i'll start with you and also with the reporter from maine because those are the two states that went completely from democratic to republican in that election. what happened. >> democrats held all the political cards in wisconsin. they came out having lost most of them. i think we saw the same wave in wisconsin we saw in other place. it was compounded by the facts that democrats held political power across the board. they were more exposeded than democrats were in some other states. you had a democratic office leaving office with very low approval ratings. they've been in power at the state level and in washington. spending is an issue that resonates in wisconsin. >> ifill: jennifer rooks we think of maine as being the home of the two moderate republican senators. indeed the entire state has gone red and more conservative than even those two senators. >> that's true. most of the can

. >> every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of public affairs and history.ne of our programs. >> thomas, what do you think about hip hop now? >> sunk to new lows. the inspiration for this book -- >> sunk to low news he said. whoa. >> i do. i started writing this book, and while i wrote in 2007. i believe that the dominant artist of the time, not the sole artist, but the artists that were really driving the media coverage of the genera and settling the tone were soulja boy, if you compare that to the early '90s, it's such a decline in artistic quality, let alone even in the message. >> so you are cool with biggie? >> i'm not cool. i think he had a lot more complexity. i'm interested in watching a guy like brake. -- drake. i don't think one artist guides an entire culture. >> you say it sunk to new lows. explain to me why i feel that way. these are street poets, okay? why do you feel they have sunk to new lows if they are expressing their reality? >> it's debatable if they are expresser their reality. a lot of them are propagating some of the worst stereotypes

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

we also want to thank the director and her great team here in the public affairs building for handling the logistics for the evening. sarah olson and my colleagues, as well as our terrific student in turns and our volunteers. thanks also and most of all two are terrific audience for joining us here tonight thank you very much. we hope you consider coming back on thursday evening when the graduate with school of political management will post by a rigid will host a post- election forum. it will be moderated by an nbc news correspondent. join us on the second floor for a reception and a continuation of the discussion with the folks on stage. to everyone watching and listening to this program, please exercise your right and responsibility as americans tomorrow and a vote. thank you and good night. [applause] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [inaudible] >> the c-span networks, provide coverage of p

china's public affairs official knows why these fans are so happy to support their gear. >> there's a big show of pride for the giants it's taken this long to get here and i think he wants everyone to remember that we got here finally. if it takes if it means people wearing the gear for the next year that's great. >> born and raised in san francisco were true giants fans and were still celebrating will be celebrating always. until we win next year in the year after that. >> it will never go out of style it's a long time waiting more really excited and i want to surprise my husband with a nice gift. hopefully this is a road it. >> as he went through downtown san francisco we can see the city is still in an orange black afterglow. in san francisco dave kron 4 news. >> are extended forecast of cooler weather expected for the rest the week into the weekend with a back in the forecast as we can. we'll talk about a coming up in just a bet. beatles song i tunes. you can buy 13 of the dance studio albums along with box sets, single tracks individual songs will cost about a $29 each the option

he was the recipient of the frank premack public affairs journalism award presented by the minnesota journalism center for his coverage. for more information visit jayweiner.com. >> up next bill smoot talks about "conversations with great teachers," a collection of interviews that he conducted with exceptional teachers to find out what makes them so effective. mr. smoot spoke at books, inc. in berkeley, california. >> thank you for coming. and i would like to thank books, inc. for having me, independent bookstores are a very important part of every community. so come back often. i want to start back just saying a word about how i wrote this book. its origins go far back into the '70s when i was a graduate student in chicago, and i discovered the works of stud struggle. how many of you have ever read of studs turkel books? great depression of the was this wonderful old radio journalist who started doing looks with interviews and people. the one that i read first i think was the vision street and soon after that, his book working interviews with people about their jobs. at some point o

affairs for cbs outdoor, a leading global media company and is responsible for government and public affairslifornia 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 summit here i

we talked to craig coleman, the director of public affairs and listen to how rare he said the decisions have become on capitol hill. >> what really happen side the house ethics committee traditionally never carries through on these investigations. and usually just, it would bury the investigations and come out with no statement at any point. and this ethics committee found itself not able to bury it. >> and there is a lot to be decided. the question what, penalty is it facing now after being found guilty of the 11 charges? >>> there are a couple of things that could happen. one thing, and he would have to stand in front of the house and be publicly scolded for the behavior and the house could pass a statement among the members deploring his actions and there is a dennual of preve limbs. tonight, there are calls around this city for charles wrangle to resign in the office after 40 years and melanie stone who leads the group committees for ethics and responsibility in washington tonight is calling for wrappingel to step aside and that is important to watch and they head towards the new mi

carlos hardy, director of public affairs, baltimore substance abuse systems, incorporated, baltimore,yland. john, what role does language play in forming public opinion on addiction and mental health issues? i think language plays a critical role in the way that, after all, it's the, it conveys the meaning of, of what we're trying to express. and so i think it plays a very important role and we should think carefully about the terms that we use because of that. so, why does some language impede the understanding, lureen, of, of our field and the way we refer to people? well i think particularly now that we have this new recovery framework, people are holding on to the old language. and the new language really holds the fullness of the framework, it really shows the validity of the framework, it shows the reality of recovery. and so the fact people are holding on to that old language, is really impeding us from moving forward into this new framework. and daphne what type, what are we talking about in terms of the old language, the new language and, and the transition that we're trying

i am the public affairs director for kaiser permanente and we do master planning for health care. we participated in the city's community needs assessment for many years along with the other hospitals. and the san francisco promotes the healthy san francisco programs very successfully and many community initiatives. how far, they are opposed to -- however, kaiser is opposed to the legislation as currently written because it will limit access to health care and causing the delay of construction and ultimately restricting the growth of health care facilities in san francisco. san francisco is already one of the most costly cities in which to build a hospital and a rare project that would not be subject to this ordinance that could push health care service and the associated quality of life and benefits across the city line. the proposed legislation would seriously limit the entire medical community's ability to be nimble and continue providing services to these residents, including those already involved in healthy san francisco. the legislation consistent to determination involving

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>> reporter: it's barely past sunrise and marines with the public affairs office are already pushing themselves to the limit. >> great. >> reporter: no pain, no gain isn't just a slogan, it's a way of life. >> back to you. you don't need a lot of equipment to stay in shape. everything you need is right here on your body. >> reporter: sergeant james breaks down some moves that just might jump-start your routine. >> the first is going to be mountain climbers. it's going to target your legs, your calves. it's going to make you feel really strong so you can run up hills like marines all day. >> reporter: you'll need to dig deep to get through these. but don't overdo it. >> don't do anything that would hurt or potentially injure you. know one knows you like you. >> reporter: no time for us. we're moving on to number two, the plank. >> that's target and start burning after a while. >> reporter: try to hold each position for at least 20 seconds. number 3, the medicine ball. >> that's going work your lats, your bisense, your try sense, even your forearms. >> reporter: actually, three exercis

the public affairs council is the leading international association for public and professionals. it is a non-partisan, non- political organization that provides training and development for public affairs. prior to joining the council, doug was vice president of communications for the american gas association, which is a major trade association in town. he has authored many articles for trade and professional magazines around the world. we are looking at a very interesting day to day. we are taking it off with a terrific panel. join me with a round of applause to look on the panel and kick off the event. [applause] david, you will moderate a panel. >> thank you. it is free to be here. i am going to let each of our panelists make opening statements. we are to start with carroll. with the title of our panel, there is always some kind of mandate for message that the voters send. the first question i want to throw your weight if you can work this into your remarks, is the basic question of who showed up to vote and why did they both with a did? >> who showed up to vote, according to

>> public affairs, history and biography saturday morning at 8 through monday at 8 a.m. eastern. >> coming up next on c-span2, "the communicators" talks with the ceo of qualcomm, a leading manufacturer of microchips for smartphones and other devices. are. >> this week on "the communicators," a discussion with paul jacobs, chief executive officer of qualcomm. >> host: paul jacobs, what does qualcomm do? >> guest: we make the chips and technology for cell phones, so many of the phones that you have of the third generation, if you've heard that terminology, that has qualcomm's technology inside it, and many, many of those also have a chip much like you might think of intel being inside a pc. >> host: so for blackberries, iphone, ipad users, what exactly does your chip do inside those phones? this. >> guest: it does a lot these days. it started out it was just the radio communications between the device you were carrying with you and the network. but now that the phone's got so much capability in it, we've added graphics and the microprocessor that does the comp pewations th

. >> every weekend, book tv brings you 48 hours of history, biography, and public affairs. here's a portion of one of our programs. >> i'm a child of civilization. i was born at a time when large numbers of african countries had just gotten their independence or were getting their independence or were independent for awhile, and that entailed in africa in the context i was born in and later i found out there were places in asia there were coos that took over in power very quickly, and people in -- i don't want to use the word class because we had in africa the level we could call ourselves class, but clans, groups of people were prosecuted or prosecuting others, and those of us felt prosecuted by those in power we left our origin and went elsewhere. that was easy to do, and that means i had lived or born into globalization without even realizing that that was in a globalizing world. when i hear people use the word multiculture, i think back of my schooling in nairobi where we all came from different cultures in search for better life and economic progress, but to move from

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. >> every weekend booktv brings you 48 hours of history, biography and public affairs. here's a portion of one of our programs. >> the reason i felt it important to do a book essay -- because that's what it is -- on the obama administration is because i think it's extremely important for progressive people not to create too many illusions about what's around because they don't help. and to see in quite as hard-headed way what this new administration is, what it represents in terms of foreign policy, imperialist continuity and what it represents at home. and it's important to do that to understand to what extent it's different and to what extent it is continuing the policies of the previous three administrations. not just bush and cheney, but clinton and bush sr.. and from that point of view the balance sheet i have prepared, the obama syndrome: war abroad and surrender at home, is not a very optimistic account or a pleasing account of this administration. now, it's not a pleasant task to write books like this. [laughter] because, you know, when you see what's going on a