and so together with the institute for veterans and military families at syracuse university a fine university and a vital program. the bush institute completed one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted of post-9/11 veterans. this spring we're going to publish the complete results so others can use this information to inform and to enhance their work on behalf of veterans but here's a sneak preview. of the 2.5 million post-9/11 veterans, more than two million served in afghanistan or iraq. the average veteran spent one out of every three years overseas. 17% of the vets are women. 82% of the post-9/11 veterans said they would recommend military service to someone considering signing up. and when asked if they were were proud of their service, 94% said yes. here's one of the more troubling statistics. 84% of the veterans say that the american public has little awareness of the challenges facing them and tear families. turns out most americans agree. 71% of the americans say they do not understand the problems facing our veterans. you might call this a civilian-military divide. one les

with thegether institute for veterans and military families in syracuse university, a fine universityand a vital program, the bush institute has completed one of the most comparable studies ever conducted of post-9/11 veterans. this spring we are going to publish the complete results, so others can use this information to inform and to enhance their work on behalf of veterans. here is a sneak review. post-9/11 million veterans, more than one million served in afghanistan or iraq. they spent three years overseers. -- overseas. 82% said that they would recommend service to someone considering signing up. when i asked if they were proud of their service, 94% said yes. here is one of the more troubling statistics. 84% of the veterans say that that the american public is little awareness of the challenges facing them and their families. entering that the most americans great, 71% said that they do not understand the problems facing our veterans. you might call this a civilian, military divide. the divide is exacerbated by public perceptions that the veteran is either a hero, or to be pitie

. >> i went to syracuse university. it was a party school.ents need to start at a young age teaching their children what's going on. >> i did it all the time. i know this is politically incorrect, but boys are different than girls. the behavior and risks are different. we don't get pregnant. >> sean, sean. i'm a father. >> that is true. the end result withere is -- oftentimes the responsibility falls heaviest on women. it's about female empowerment. they don't feel like they're being degraded. they feel liberated when they do this. >> what about what gavin and billy cunningham are saying, that boys can go? >> hi, i'm chloe. if you're telling me that -- girls like me, human trash, that go down to panama city, if you want to go down there with just guys, you think guys will only hang out with their boys on spring break? they want girls there too. at the end of the day, it has to do with choice and the values you're given and the ghb that's put in unknowing girl's drinks. i don't think a girl is going to date rape me. a guy is going to date rape

the bush center, our part is this, we're teaming up with syracuse university to do an exhaustive study about vets' expectations and public's expectations of vets. we have found, like you mention, there's a language barrier, for example. and one of our missions is to help those who employ -- or intend to employ vets better understand the character that brings and to help vets understand how best to convince an employer that they're worthy of employment. >> when you see these men and women with injuries, i know as commander in chief, i read decision points, you're confident in the decisions you made. as a human being, what do you feel when you see these individuals? you sent them off to battle. >> yes, i did. >> in the same why eisenhower or others who sent people off to battle must feel something emotionally. do you feel responsible for them? do you feel indebted to them? do you feel guilty, protective? >> i feel honored to have served with them. i feel that they're the best america produces because they volunteered in the face of danger. i, of course, feel very sympathetic for them. on

and so together with the institute for veterans and military families at syracuse university, a fine university and a vital program, the bush institute has completed one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted. this spring we'll publish the complete results so others can use this information to inform and enhance their work on behalf of veterans. here's a sneak preview, of the 2.9 million post-9/11 veterans, more than two million served in afghanistan or iraq. the averbing veteran spent one out of every three years overseas. 17% of vets are women. when asked if they were proud of their service, 9 % of vets said yes. here's one of the more troubling statistics. 84% of veterans say the american public has little awareness of the challenges facing them and their families. turns out most americans agree. 74% of americans say they don't understand the problems facing our veterans. you might call this a civilian military divide -- a civilian-military divide. one lesson from the research is the divide is exacerbated by public perceptions that the veteran is either a hero or to be p

professor robert thompson of syracuse university says there is a cycle, and it now runs faster than ever. >> we start with public outrage. there is the official response by the people who can actually do something about it. >> hi. i'm back. >> paula deen is now in act five, where she's attempting to come back, her tour. and some people, of course, never achieve that part of the cycle. >> reporter: deen was reportedly worth $10 million when the scandal broke. donald sterling is a billionaire, but he may end up being worth more money as a result of his racist words. >> the big punishment for sterling might be you've got to sell the team, and that might mean that your big punishment is you make a sale that's going to make you hundreds of millions of dollars. >> reporter: cliven bundy, a nevada cattleman, became a media star overnight when he accused the federal government of stepping on his rights. >> and i've often wondered, are they better off as slaves picking cotton? >> reporter: those words ended his brief run in the political limelight. >> the core issue of racism or homophobia or out

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last year he gave the convocation address at syracuse university. his message was both simple and powerful-- try to be kind to others. three months later, the "new york times" posted a transcript of the speech online. within days, it had been shared more than one million times. speech is now the book "congratulations, by the way: some thoughts of kindness." i am pleased to have george saunders back at this table. welcome. what am i having in here that's different from reading the speech or hearing the speech? >> originally, i had written a 20-minute speech thinking that was the length, and about two days before i was going to give it i called and they said, no, eight minutes. i just put in some of the cuts of course basically. it's very stlar to the speech itself. the speech, it was kind of surprising. i didn't expect it to really go beyond that day. and so when it did i kind of felt like maybe i did something write without knowing what it was so i won't mess with it too much. >> rose: what do you think that was? >> the eight-minute late meant you h

professor robert thompson of syracuse university says there's a cycle and it now runs faster than ever. >> we start with public outrage. there's the official response by the people who can actually do something about it. >> hi. i'm back. >> paula deen is now in act 5 where she's attempting to come back and some people, of course, never achieve that part of the cycle. >> reporter: deen was reportedly worth $10 million when the scandal broke. donald sterling is a billionaire but he may end up being worth more money as a result of his racist words. >> the big punishment for sterling might be, you've got to sell the team. and that might mean that your big punishment is, you make a sale that's going to make you hundreds of millions of dollars. >> cliven bundy accused the government of stepping on his rights. >> and i've often wondered are they better off as slaves picking cotton? >> those words ended his brief run in the political limelight. >> the core issue of racism or homophobia must be dealt with in a much more frontal way. as opposed to just punishing people who get caught on tape. >>

when we look at syracuse university to partner with military federal research and to from purdue universe he and we went to move quantitatively that a few higher a fact, this your return. so they look similar to world war ii and we know for every 1 dollar that is invested in a sub five, $7 was returned. so that was the conversation we want to bring to business to reshape how vets are viewed. >> anecdotally i can tell you with a higher success rate with veterans and not veterans in our development program. so we can talk about it ater. but we have some data. >> cannot fully want to get out. the mac the data of unemployment is higher. general chiarelli, can you address that? feedback i think dod is doing its best because the cost of money with people, the free service in unemployed and they have to pick up the unemployment benefits for one year. that is in a hundred million others though i had and i think it's come down a little bit. but they are working very, very hard on the train should assist in planning, when i was half to prepare better. i'm pleased when i hear it the type database is

so he went to syracuse university. entrepreneurship, boot camp for veterans with disabilities. it's a program that helped the colonel and helped a lot of others. using the skills he learned along with his accounting degree, john founded patriot contractors in waxahachie, texas. it's one of the fastest growing private companies in america. john is not only providing for his family, but some of his employees are fellow vets. where are you, john? are you here? john, thank you, welcome. glad you're here. [applause] his is an important story of how a university committed to veterans can facilitate a meaningful and productive transition to civilian life. but his story also highlights another challenge facing veterans today. when he returned from iraq he was diagnosed with the condition known as ptsd. posttraumatic stress disorder. a problem with post-traumatic stress is not the condition itself, the problem is the stigma surrounding the condition. partly because it is mislabeled as a disorder, and partly because many people are not aware of treatment options. some veterans suffering

. >> that was part of award winning writer george saunders' inspirational speech to syracuse university'sy with graduation season, we're living in it once again, how has your life changed since you give that speech? the fact that a million feel have seen that speech was amaze persian gulf. >> i was touring for this big "10th of december" when that book came out and suddenly there was a third more people at the ra readings. >> so how do i -- i hear it. i do want to be more kind. is there a little trigger, a little thing, like today x. >> luckily it was an eight-minute speech so i could step around it. it's kind of like instituting the idea that the other person is just as real as you are, even though they might be in opposition to you or making your life difficult, they're just every bit as real as you are. it's a fairly complicated thing when you get into it. >> in new york sometimes you'll see people asking for money, people really down on their luck. and i just always give them -- of course i want to and i say, wow, a lot of people say, hey, that person could be working or it's a scam.

it's on this is going to syracuse university our district system is absolutely broken shouldn't we move to a proportional system where every american is equally represented in their ideas if for example three percent of the country is green party shouldn't we have three percent green party representation in congress thanks. yes we should. what what keegan is talking about is he describing it's god's call proportional representation what most americans don't know is that this is how most democracies in the world work. our democracy is one of the oldest democracies continuously functioning democracies and in the world you know as it's over two hundred years old and when madison in medicine is the father of the constitution kind of led the constitutional convention he spent five years studying the constitutions of other countries going all the way back to ancient greece and rome. before the constitutional convention seventy one when he was organizing this one they put together the you know our our constitution they hadn't thought about proportional representation it was an idea that wasn't