. >> a professor of finance and economics at stanford university. and author of the banker's new clothes, what's wrong with banking and what to do about it. she argues week regulation and ineffective enforcement has allowed the financial industry to put the entire economy at risk. booktv spoke with her earlier this year. >> "the bankers' new clothes" is a new book by stanford professor anat admati. professor, what's this cartoon on the front of the book? >> well, it shows a few naked bankers just wearing ties and this mother and son staring at them. it represents some of the content of the book, unfortunately. >> you open the book with the emperors new clothes store, why? >> it has a certain -- when people say something with a straight face and address nicely and they appear like they know what they're talking about, people think they might be missing something or they might not understand or its just not good business to say something. it's just more convenient not to challenge what they say. but we try to actually do the opposite and expose argume

in the stanford university archives.looking at the documentation related to the building and design of the lou henry hoover house. it's important because it shows how important lou henry was in designing the house. so here's some of the earliest drawings we have from the design of the house. we have some details about the cabinets that they were going be installing. a little foot stool here. design details sketched by lou henry herself. a lot of her influence comes from her travels from the southwest united states. pueblo architecture. also from the travels in north africa when she travels with herbert hoover. so she there's definitely an influence of native cultures, nonamerican cultures, but native american cultures in influencing the architecture of the house. you can see here was an initial design for arches above the doorway and then that was changed. but there are definitely a lot of arches in the house as well. we have here floor plans of the house. to show details of the rooms. the living room there, the terrace.

obviously, she studied geology at stanford university. even as late as her 60s, we have material from her going on camping trips at the age of 63. at 67, she rode horseback into her campsites and slept on the ground while her other friends slept in tents on pallets. >> from a public policy perspective, she spent years encouraging other young women to incorporate the outdoors and physical activity into their lives. it was not just for her. she saw a benefit for women at a time when women were not doing this. >> it was a time when women were being more physically active, and she took the next step. there were areas where she got involved in that. the first was the girl scouts. that was an opportunity for her to promote more outdoor activity. camping, hiking, learning how to build a campfire, enjoying the outdoors. the other part of what she was involved in was the national amateur athletics foundation. she made sure that sports and physical activity for women were appropriate for women and not just something for men that women did. >> we ho

katherine stoner political scientist and senior fell on democracy, development and rule of law at stanford university, and back in the studio, william miller, u.s. ambassador to ukraine from 1993 to 1998. let's go back to the 90's, mr. ambassador, it looked like for a while the ukraine had managed the trick of making the transition from a post self yet soviet state that could stand on its own. they worked out deals with the arsenal, soviet navy, territorial pursuits, the ukraine for some time looked like it was ready to become an independent country. >> it was first in line, but unfortunately the politicians in charge tried to play both sides against each other. east and west. and they lost their way. but more significantly the leadership of ukraine initially was soviet. soviet in background and soviet in mentality, and soviet in behavior. and it's only now that we're beginning to see the generation that it was born after independence. it was not brought up in soviet ways, and is definitely on track to become a democratic nation. >> katherine stoner, are we watching ukraine art the precipice trying t

that you pointed out, the foreign service actually has an admissions rate the equivalent of stanford university. you have as high a likelihood of getting admitted into stanford as you have of becoming a member of the u.s. foreign service. we ought to be able to pick anyone we want. and the people we pick are very good, but the institution doesn't make them any better over time. and that's something we should fix. >> host: where do you quote secretary rice, former secretary rice as saying state has pentagon envy? >> guest: yeah. what she meant by that is that, um, there's a defensiveness to the culture of the u.s. state department that my favorite example of it is secretary clinton's quadrennial diplomacy and development review. this is a great thing she did. it was the first time a secretary of state had done it. she did a once-every-four-years look at the institution to set priorities. and it was a good first start, but it's got a long ways to go before it's an effective management review. and one way you can tell that is that secretary clinton opened it by saying, you know, we set out to figu

. >> reporter: snyder, researcher at stanford university says the north korean move defies logic and may be intended for the government of south korea. north korea has been trying to encourage its growing travel industry but the state department continues to issue warnings to americans about traveling in north korea. >> north korea has detained at least six americans since 2009 for a lot of reasons including trespassing and spreading christianity. >>> at least eight people are confirmed dead after a police helicopter crashed in to a crowded scotland pub. as danielle nottingham reports, the death toll could rise. >> reporter: what began as a friday night at the local pub ended in tragedy as a police helicopter fell out of the sky. >> i heard a very loud explosion. i had no idea a helicopter was involved. the explosion stopped me in my tracks. >> reporter: witnesses reported hearing engine trouble right before it crashed through the roof of the pub. over 100 people were inside the packed bar listening to a local band perform. at least five died on the ground. >> three of the eight fata

record-setting cold in the south bay over stanford university the campus saw temperatures dipping to a low of 28. mike nicco has the other low spots. >> the temperatures, we set a record believe you see an at terrific. -- asterisk. 27 in livermore, san francisco set a record, all these set record cold temperatures or tied. the cold system to the north live doppler 7 hd is picking up snow and the green is rain. this is heading our way in the evening and overnight. we talk about the big forecast and i will show you and give you a timeframe when the 2" to 6" of snow will fall and quarter to half inch of rain. >> in contra costa county, students and staff in lafayette are going back inside after a gas leak forced everyone into the cold and evacuated. sky 7 shows the pg&e truck on the scene. right now another service crew is on way to turn off the gas and fix the problem. pg&e says it is a small leak. >> this morning the world is mourning the loss of a visionary leader. south african president nelson mandela passed away yesterday at 95. the fight against racial and political segregation m

. >>> at stanford university, greg credit dearpipeline went to japan to test structures. >> how doeshe rocking framework? >> it rocks. by rocking slightly, it can absorb some of the have force he without damage. >> rocking are like the sear link beams in the bridge. can you see the high strength post tension steel cables. the frames get rid of the energy by rock and deforming. civil engineer david marr owns a company, that build the orinda, california if city hall. you can see how the rocking frames are built into the are foundation. >> these cables are the spring and at the base are the steel angle is that shosh the energy. they work together creating the dynamic system of the building. >> how safe is this building? >> meant to be 25, this 30% stronger than an ordinary building. >> safer than your own house? >> yes, absolutely. >> so the future looks bright and safe in earthquake country. if they can build a safe bridge in the middle of two faults, the safe. >> do you see a day when all new buildings and structures would implement some of this new technology? >> we hope. you would t

. >> reporter: daniel snider of stanford university says the north korean move defies logic. north korea has been trying to encourage the growing travel entry industry, but the u.s. state department issues warnings to americans about traveling there. in palo alto, don knapp, kpix5. >> north korea has detained at least six americans since 2009. >>> at least eight people are confirmed dead tonight after a police helicopter slammed into a crowded pub in glasgow, scotland. more than 100 people were in the pub listening to a band at the time. witnesses reported seeing the chopper drop like a rock out of the sky. and a huge plume of dust rise after it hit the pub. >> i heard an explosion. i had no idea a helicopter was involved. the explosion stopped me in my tracks. >> three of the dead were on board the helicopter and it could be days before the wreckage is removed. >>> and four people died when a commuter plane crashed in western alaska. among the dead, a baby boy. the plane went down in friezing rain last night. a survivor walked a mile for help after trying to revive the baby.

he is a professor of economics at stanford university. and david wessel is an economics editor at the "wall street journal" and the author of "in fed we trust." welcome to you all three. david wessel to you first, what would you add to the explanation of what the fed did today exactly? >> well, i think the fed is beginning the end of what has been an extraordinary period of monetary policy when ben bernanke became chairman, they had a portfolio of $800 billion. today it's $4 trillion,s that-- 4 trillion, that is just unprecedented but he made clear they dr. going to keep interests rate very low for a long time. and that seems to be what the market is focused on. because the stock market was just jumping for joy at this announcement, not fearing that the dreaded tapering. >> woodruff: and david, why did they do it now? >> well, mr. bernanke said that they did it now because the economy had reached the point where they thought it was time to start turning the dials. the labor market had improved substantially. he insisted it had nothing to

park merced and he is also responsible for the landscape design in the goalen gate park and stanford university and cal berkeley just to name a few places and well reknown architect. i mentioned the fact that there were 2,000 trees at one time. as a matter of fact it is one of the reasons or one of the main reasons we are trying to protect these trees and that they are habitats to while life in our community. we have 50 different species of birds that fly through the community and park merced is considered a major union site by the arbon saturday for bird watching and so that is something that needs to be considered, and when, you will listen to this appeal tonight. and it is also habitat to a number of other species of animals and wild life. and we have raccoons that make these trees the habitat. and we are seeing squirrels, skunks, and occasional cat that might use a tree as a habitat. and so, that is something that we don't believe the bureau of urban forestry took into consideration when they came up with their evaluation of these trees and approved the permits for removal. one other thing

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a judge appointed a neurologist from stanford university to examine the 13-year-old. she has been on life support since she was declared brain dead december 12. she had a heart attack after severe bleeding following a routine tonsillectomy in oakland. how sad. doctors declared her brain dead but her family believes she is still indeed alive. >>> well, only right here on wusa9. it has happened again. a man is fighting on ticket in d.c. for tags he turned into the maryland motor vehicle administration years ago. >> andrea mccarren tells us about a virginia man's struggle to clear his name and credit report. >> when i was in the military, yowere given a code. if you were captured by the enemy, you giveinnothg t bu your name, rank and serial number and nothing else. and that's the way i felt about this. >> reporter: army very ran keith roberts lives in rural, west virginia. >> i've never been to d.c. >> reporter: but that didn't keep mpd from slapping roberts with a $200 speed camera violation. he says the agency refused to provide the photo. >> there's only two kind of p

stanford university has no official mascot, but does use a tree for school spirit. the mascot of the university of california is a banana slug. michigan state university is popular for its sparty. alan: it's gotta be all of the above. obviously i'm not a stanford grad but i did go to michigan state. scott: i'm gonna say true false---true. angie: it was all of the above. great job guys. first business continues right after this. now on to chart talk with trader dan deming of stutland equities. are there any indications in this market that it's time to go big with people's stock portfolios? should they be buying a lot of stocks here? >>from a technical standpoint, if you look at the s&p 500 the answer would be no given the fact that yesterday we saw the s&p actually break down from basically last month of this sideways to upward trend. and actually broke down---17.75 was the closing low and that's the closing low basically going back to the beginning of november. now at least short term there is a downtrend in the marketplace. >>what is the smart money doing? what are

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a stone's throw from stanford university's main campus, chris field's jasper ridge global change experiments one of the longest-running and most comprehensive of these stues. global change imposes a wide range of stresses on the future. that actually looks just about right. everything we know at this point indicates that those stresses are likely to be of major importance. they are likely to fundamentally alter the range of opportunities that our children and their children encounter. we started the jasper ridge global change periment to project these grasslands into the future. we would hope that, as you walk into the plots, you basically are seeing visions of california for 2075. narrator: in the future, one of the most prominent of global change conditions will be increased greenhouse gas levels. over the last 50 years, carbon dioxide concentrations have increased every year. if this trend continues, carbon dioxide levels may reach twice what they are today by the year 2100. field: we know that plants grow by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. they use the energy from sunlight

we concluded the block of programming on the federal budget with stanford university sanjay basu with the body of the economic the politics of life and death. >> it's often been either you will spend and maintain your safety net or you will recover faster. either you will go into inflation and bad things will happen or you need to cut down for the future and this is showing somewhat of the dichotomy. why was that? the answer was really written in the 1950s and only recently reiterated which is that when countries are in these sorts of liquidity is that means businesses can't get the loans and they need to maintain their stafstuff and continue their business. the government needs to do the opposite. you don't want to be in debt as a household or in individual and a crew interest owing people more and more. but the government needs to do precisely the opposite to go with the economy out of its current -. also quite evident as the safety net of those that spend less proportion of their income and as i was show you a lot of safety nets preserve the cycle to pay off the long-term debt. the

a judge ordered an independent medical evaluation to start immediately by stanford university neurologyist. to determine if her brain shows any activity. children hospital maintains jah sichlt brain dead. >> we're very complication that's dead to the death of jahi. we feel sympathy for the family as they work through this tragic time. >> but attorneys for the family want a third opinion by an ohio neurologyist, a critic of removing patients from life support.. >> i feel like my daughter on death row. >> her mother says she is struggling to stay strong. >> this hard for me now. especially around now, i should be spending time getting ready to get her gifts together, wrapping them, hiding them from her. >> both sides will be back in court christmas eve when results from the examination could be presented to the judge. >> now to holiday hack tack on target stores. stolen information is starting to turn up on the black market. abc7 news is live at city tarring yitd in san francisco. this worst possible timing for target. >> this is target says it's doubling staff because of the high volume of

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overall happiness is happiness at work and a two thousand and twelve study by researchers at stanford university found that being happy is nearly impossible if someone's on employed and money aside unemployment increases the rates of divorce and suicide in fact being unemployed is so important to americans that according to the university of chicago's general social survey three quarters of americans wouldn't quit their jobs even if they set out a sudden financial windfall of course to be happy at work means you have a job and right now ten point nine million americans don't have a job. f.d.r. once said that happiness lies not in the mere position of money it lies in the joy of achievement in the thrill of creative effort the joy of achievement has been wiped out by thirty two years of reaganomics decades of insane trade policies that has shipped millions of good paying american jobs overseas crippling austerity measures and a general unwillingness by the government to be considered the employer of last resort according to the economic policy institute when nafta was signed into law by bill clin

a judge ordered an independent medical evaluation to start immediately by stanford university neurologyist. to determine if her brain shows any activity. children hospital maintains jah sichlt brain dead. >> we're very sorry about complication that's dead to the death of jahi. we feel sympathy for the family as they work through this tragic time. >> but attorneys for the family want a third opinion by an ohio neurologyist, a critic of removing patients from life support.. >> i feel like my daughter on death row. >> her mother says she is struggling to stay strong. >> this hard for me now. especially around now, i should be spending time getting ready to get her gifts together, wrapping them, hiding them from her. >> both sides will be back in court christmas eve when results from the examination could be presented to the judge. >> now to holiday hack tack on target stores. stolen information is starting to turn up on the black market. abc7 news is live at city tarring yitd in san francisco. this worst possible timing for target. >> this is target says it's doubling staff because of the hig

anat admati a professor of finance and economics at the graduate school of business here at stanford university and the co-author of this new book, "the bankers' new clothes" what's wrong with banking and what to do about it. you are watching book tv on c-span2. >> i think radio is the longest in the best form of the media that's left. what we are doing now with our ng

now it's a list that's easy to get your name on but almost impossible to get your name off of stanford university ph d. student ruhani. eager to hear what was boarding a flight home to malaysia from the san francisco international airport in two thousand and five when authorities arrested her they told her that she was on the terror watch list now eventually mrs abraham was allowed to travel again but her student visa was revoked and she was not allowed back in the us now lee evidence that levied against her is unclear. at this point and the government argues that revealing that information would jeopardize national security even team is not alone by the end of last year the u.s. database of potential to international terrorists the terrorist identities department environment or tide had eight hundred seventy five thousand names on it that's up from seven hundred forty thousand names from just the year before now because the list includes multiple aliases there are fewer individuals than there are actual names but nevertheless a huge number of people are obviously affected by this list and the ti

over eight years now less than even the teacher name on it almost impossible to get off of stanford university phd student raw honey over at me not him if he was boarding a flight home to malaysia from the san francisco international airport in two thousand five when authorities arrested her they told her she was on the terror watch list. when angelina says even he was allowed to travel again understood ninety was for the first in the cell was revoked. i knew what's the evidence loving answer is unclear at this point and the government argues that revealing the information that put her on that list would jeopardize national security. and if indeed he was not alone in the end of last year the us database of potential international terrorists known as the identities and dana martin biron in short i had eight hundred seventy five thousand names on it. that's up from seven hundred forty thousand names and just the year before that. becoming list includes multiple alias is there are fewer individuals and there are actual names on that lance but nevertheless a huge number of people are affected spen

this study was done at stanford university students on eight to 12-year-old girls, looking at how touse social networking. and what he found if the people who did the most amount of social networking and the most amount of multitasking, were together you've got your phone i've got my phone number so that together but not really tended to have the lowest self-esteem, tended to have the lowest self-confidence. and only -- this is an interesting piece he added to this study. if you are at eight to 12-year-old girl who would look in the eyes of people you're talking wet with preteens and teenagers. that would compensate for the social networking a day. he didn't end up having most self-esteem and self-worth. what you know is technology can attract people who may already not have the greatest self-esteem, already be lonely. it's nothing different. it didn't take knowledge he has a way of distracting. but probably with the same consequences. >> host: were basically the first generation raised entirely with computers and cell phones. are you finding it different in competency in your studen

doctors at children's hospital in oakland and an independent neurologist from stanford university, haveoncludes the 13-year-old girl is brain dead. >>> a big year for senate republicans. they need to regain six seats to gain control. there is a stampede to win those seats. so much so there are 24 candidates vying for some spots in some states. a struggle that could backfire in september. >> there are seven republicansb and for the direction in 2014 and beyond. >> leadership, instead of drinksman ship. business sense, not political calculati calculation. >> but bloody primaries can bang up the eventual nominee and make it harder for republicans to preserve the seats they have and win the additional six seats needed for the majority. in georgia, one republican is retiring. and there are eight republican contenders. >> this is going to be a long, hard-fought campaign. keep your eye on this fact. spending is a big symptom, the big government is the disease. >> that includes congressional governments that call themself tea partiers and they call incumbents the problem. >> we start by getting

he's tapped the chief child neurologist at stanford university, jehai mcmath went into cardiac arrest the hospital says her condition is irreversible. the child's family is asking for support. >> please don't give up on my baby. she will wake up. i don't have a doubt. she will wake up. the doctors don't know. they don't know. god got the final say though. >> hundreds gathered in oakland to support the mcmath family. >>> a spokesman for the syrian government says it will not attend until the government stops using barrel bombs, used on the citizens of aleppo, our report we should warn you has images that viewers might find disturbing. >> children running for their lives. a sign that something terrible has just happened. inside, men tried desperately to free students pinned under the collapsed roof of a school. it's not clear whether all these children survived, but at least one did. these are the latest pictures from aleppo, a city that already had large parts of it flat end after two -- flattened after two and a half years of conflict. but the aerial bombardment of recent days shatter

monday for oakland judge ordered an independent medical evaluation to start immediately by stanford university neurologist dr. paul graham fisher to determine if her brain shows any activity. children hospital maintenance she is brain dead. >> we are very sorry about the complications which led to the death of her. we feel great deal of sympathy for the family as they work through this tragic time. >>reporter: but attorneys for the family want a third opinio opinion. l neurologist dr. paul burn. critic ofe moving patients from life support and public opponent of dr. jack use of assisted suicide. >> so like i said i feel like my daughter is on death row. >>reporter: the mother says she is struggling to stay strong. >> this is really hard for me writ now. especially right around now i should be spending time getting ready to get her gifts together wrapping them and hiding them from her. >>reporter: both side in the difficult legal matter will be back in court christmas eve when some results from today independent medical examination could be presented to the judge. in oakland, abc 7 news. >> in

in 1996 to 2003 he taught at stanford university where he received early tenure in 2001. before teaching at stanford he earned his ph.d in history at princeton university, and was a junior fell in the harvard society of fellows. he also holds two degrees in philosophy, both earned at the catholic university in belgium. he has delivered lectures and many of the most prestigious universities in the united states as well as in england, scotland, ireland, norway, belgium, the netherlands, italy, israel and taiwan. he is also a standout teacher having received to teaching awards at stanford and three at notre dame. "the unintended reformation is brad's most recent book. and it is a tour de force of historical interpretation and sympathies. it is also a very controversial book. a book making very strong claims, however ironic. it is a very big book, though there are those who believe it ought to have been still longer in order to carry its argument. the book is in a certain sense history turned upside down. that is to say, most of us carried around in our heads something of his

in 1996 to 2003 he taught at stanford university where he received early tenure in 2000 won't. before teaching at stanford he earned his ph.d. in history at princeton university and was a junior fellow in the harvard society. he also holds two degrees in philosophy both earned at the catholic university in belgium. he has delivered lectures of many the most prestigious universities in the united states as well as in england scotland ireland norway l. jim the netherlands italy israel and taiwan. he is also a standout teacher having received to teaching awards at stanford and three at notre dame. the end intended -- the "the uninteded reformation" is brad's most recent book. a very controversial book epochmaking strong claims however ironical. it is a very big book. though there are those that believe that it ought to have been still longer in order to carry its argument. the book is in a certain sense history turned upside down. that is to say most of us carry around in our heads something of historical cartoon inherited her hats from edward gibbons among others in which the mid

. >> reporter: laura carstensen is director of the stanford university center on longevity, an expert and author on the aging brain. >> when marketers tell you that you can increase your i.q. by 20 points or that you can with 15 minutes a day of training, improve your cognitive control and executive functioning, and that this will make you smarter in every day life. those kinds of claims are just clearly unsupportable by scientific evidence. >> reporter: she says brain games have potential, but more research is needed to understand if, and how, the brain benefits from training. at the university of california san francisco, adam gazzaley is one of many neuroscientists working to answer those questions. >> i think very frequently there's a mismatch between being based on science and being validated by the scientific method. i think that's what the real goal is that they're more than based on science, they're validated by scientific methodology. >> reporter: so gazzaley and his research team set out to design a game that started with the science. they chose a brain function known to dec

stanford university scientists have found a possible link between men with high testosterone levels andhose men benefit less from the flu vaccine than women or men with low testosterone. that may be because testosterone has antiinflammatory properties that are believed to dampen the body's immune response. a joan known to influence mother baby bonding may also play a role in your ability to remember faces. researchers found the oxytocin receptor gene influences facial recognition. about a third of the population has only the genetic variant with a negative impact on that ability which may explain why some people have trouble remembering faces. the study could lead to new ways of treating people with psychiatric december orders, those are some of -- disorders, those are some of the day's top health stories, marly hall for cbs news. >>> coming up, making christmas extra green. the tree that is sure to turn some heads down in south america. >> placetsing a bold new -- plus setting a bold new standard for the holiday. what one man managed to do with more than 70,000 lights. ♪ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

bush's economic advisor, now professor at stanford university. welcome back.dp report today surprisingly strong, up 3.6% at an annual rate for the third quarter. however, there is always a however on this, much of it was unexpected boost to inventories, non-farm inventories, up almost $60 billion. people say that's not sustainable and therefore, the 3.6% is not sustainable. where do you come out on that? >> i think that's actually not right. i think the 3.6% may not be sustainable but it has very little to do with inventories. in fact, what you find is if you look at changes in inventories in one quarter, they tend to predict in a positive direction, not a negative direction what's going to happen in the next quarter. in other words, you have a good quarter for inventories, you're more likely to have a good quarter next quarter, not a bad quarter. the reason for that is that the inventories are essentially forecasting where the economy's going in the future. if the economy is heating up, manufacturers need to produce goods so that they have them on board when

it's a list that is easy to use your name on but almost impossible to get your name off of stanford university ph d. student were he not even to him was boarding a flight home to malaysia from san francisco's international airport in two thousand and five when authorities arrested her they told her that she was on the terror watch list now eventually mrs eager again was allowed to travel again but her student visa was revoked and she was not allowed back in the us the evidence levied against her is on clear at this point and the government argues that revealing that information would jeopardize national security and misses it but he was not alone. by the end of last year the u.s. database of potential international terrorists known as the terrorist identities data mark environment or time had had eight hundred seventy five thousand names on it that's up from seven hundred forty thousand names from just the year before now because the list includes of multiple aliases there are fewer individuals and there are actual names but nevertheless a huge number of people have been affected and the tide

the chief of neurology at stanford university brought in by the judge to give him an entirely differentpinion. the judge is expected to rule for the family's request by a controversial expert from the university of toledo who has said in the past that he doesn't believe brain death means true death. the hospital wants to take her off life support. the family, however, refuses to accept the diagnosis. they went to court friday to stop the hospital. the mother told the judge she believes her daughter wants to live. >> i feel my daughter is on death row because i don't know when you are going to pull the plug. i'm praying on it, give her more time and hopefully everything will work out in her favor. i know my daughter wants to live. she enjoyed life. >> reporter: she underwent a tonsillectomy on november 9 but began bleeding shortly thereafter. physicians put her on a ventilator and declared her brain dead. >> i can't talk about the problems at this time. all we can say is it's the result of our complex surgery. the family he no doctor can end life without -- the judge prohibited the hospi

to note and mind that i said note, not gloat, that both nominees attended my alma mater of stanford university. as an undergraduate in ms. krass's case, and for a master's in ph.d in ambassador smith's case. i note that this isn't the only way to be confirmed through the intelligence community, but it might be the best way. i'd also like to remind members, please, do not discuss classified topics or to ask questions that require a classified answer. mr. vice chairman, would you like to make your opening statement, and then i think senator bennett is here, and we will go to senator bennett. >> thank you, madam chair, and i didn't go to stanford, but i hope i can read all of my statement here. well, thanks, madam chair, and i join you in congratulating ms. krass and ambassador smith on being nominated by the president for these respected positions, and i also want to express our thanks to their predecessors, steven preston and philip goldburg, for their service. last week the committee approved this report on the september 12 benghazi terrorist attacks. this report includes findings and recommen