the topic is the future of peace corps. it's ever present in my mind, obviously, as the 20th director and as a return peace corps volunteer who served back in the agency's early years. i vividly remember standing in a classroom, my third day in country in front of 40, 13-year-old boys, as a volunteer in tunisia. i was 22 years old, nervous beyond belief, had no idea what my first words would be. i remember looking at them all thinking and going oh, my heavens. there's a door. i could walk out that door and be done. i knew my parents wouldn't be very happy if i showed up back home a couple months later nor would my husband who was happy having his first day as a peace corps volunteer. so i stepped forward, held my breath, and introduced myself in english. then i asked the students to introduce themselves. that day's lesson launched my two year volunteer service. two years that shaped my life and my career more than i could have dreamed or hoped for. at that time, however, i was most worried about my students' exams. i immerse

the peace corps staff in country say, wow. this looks like it's just meeting all the values of peace corps, it gets posted on our website, and people make contributions. 100% of those dollars go straight to the project. we raise upward of a million to a million and a half a year to these very small projects all over the world. it is a very exciting way for elements of the private sector, for local businesses, rotary also funds through that mechanism, but the funding for a volunteer that ranges into the few hundred to just a few thousand for all the obvious reasons, that we're about the people to people, we're about the behavior that goes on. mr. schneider: one of the thoughts that i had was that that kind of closed project on, if you are to get a significant donation where the decision-making is with the peace corps and the volunteers and them mission and the country directors, would that be something that would be welcome? ms. olsen: it is complicated. [laughter] normally when there is resources that are being donated -- let m

>> why did i join the peace corps. it was 1964 at the university of utah and i was at a sorority dinner and a peace corps volunteer stood up, probably one of the first, and spoke for ten minutes about his peace corps experience and he sat down and i put my fork down and i went oh, i think i want to do that. there was no grand scheme. it was oh, i think i want to do that. a year and a half later, i was a peace corps volunteer. there were so many memorable experiences as a volunteer, i'm sure any of you who were a volunteer, you are going wait a minute, it was this or this or this or this. but very memorable for me was a family that i ate with every day and we became, i was part of the household. at a point about three months in, they decided they wanted to give me a very special tunisian dish. they were excited, they had worked a whole week on getting ready for it and so the friday when i came, they had dressed up, i had dressed up. i just knew this was going to be a wonderful time because i love tunisian food. with grea

eastern on c-span and listen with the free c-span radio app. next, peace corpsunteer organization's mission and operations. she spoke of the center for strategic and international studies to draw attention to the peace corps's relevancy of the work of volunteers serving abroad and a host country. >> good afternoon. welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. hosting an to us important dialogue today on the future of the united states peace corps. as many of you know, hundreds of thousands of americans have served as peace corps volunteers over the last six decades. they cha l

and welcome to us hosting an futurent dialogue on the of the united states peace corps. hundreds of thousands of americans have served as peace corps volunteers over the last six decades. they change lives. friendshipsifelong and i would argue most

next, the peace corps director on the volunteer organization's mission and operations. she spoke at the center for strategic and international studies to draw attention to the peace corps' relevancy and the work of the volunteers serving abroad in a host country. >> good afternoon. welcome to the center for strategic and international studies, and welcome to us hosting an important dialogue

vietnam war, and later, the ambassador to supreme court e justice, connor stewart, founder of the peace corps, future president gerald ford, at harvard, the son of ambassador joseph kennedy, joseph kennedy junior the head of the chapter there. john kennedy send $100 donation telling the american first committee that what you are doing was so vital. in addition american newspapers were by and large opposed to intervention. the hearst newspaper chain in particular but also the chicago tribune which was a massive loudspeaker in the upper midwest. the new york daily news, deeply opposed to fdr and intervention, when averiation hero charles lindbergh became america first's chief spokesman, the organization's membership boomed to 800,000 members, the largest antiwar organization in american history. with lindbergh speaking american first rallies drew tens of thousands. they often had what we are recently seeing, a trump quality to them. they were raucous, a heavily anti-immigrant flavor to them. there was a lot of people who had highly reactionary and in many ways bigoted outlooks including pro-naz

she spent time with the peace corp. worked with the department of education. really, i appreciate her government experience background that she is going to be able to apply to this position. do you want to say a couple of words? >> sorry. i didn't hear you. i will keep it brief. i am honoured to be here and be part of the office of small business. and to really help small business associates. thank you. >> thank you. welcome. >> so moving on to the report, we highlighted some of the information regarding the accessible business entrance program. i do want to say i am appreciative of the department and the inspection and overseeing the program. they have been a tremendous partner. and really collaborative and working through some of the issues to help us figure out how best to solve some of the small business issues. i do extend my appreciation there. with the small business program, we will meet with the mayor's budget office to review the preservation grants. taking a look at the budget that we presented to you at the last meeting, and the retail vacancys, th

there was at one point early in the history the peace corps. where one of the peace corps.olunteers had a beard and they made him shave it because it looked too much like fidel castro. there's this weird thing that happens when we become very attuned in a way to the fashions that seemed to speak volumes and say things about who we were identifying with and who we don't. they were terrible times and for the young men who served, some of them endured incredible circumstances, terrible, terrible events. >> we'll go to georgia next in gainsville, florida. go ahead, please. >> caller: yes, good morning. i guess i wish everyone a happy mother's day also. i just want to ask dr. kramer, i'm a two tour vietnam vet, 71 years old, i grew up in gainesville, florida, and we lost 41 young soldiers in the vietnam war. but my question as i've come back and read a lot about the vietnam war era is, i took a trip back to vietnam in 1998 and i was just -- we flew into hanoi and i was going over there mainly just to revisit some of the areas i had served, but what struck me was the way the viet

at 1:00 p.m., jodi olson talks about the future of the peace corps. batesp.m., the senate the nomination of the treasury secretary with a procedural vote at 5:30 p.m. on c-span3, live at 2:00 p.m., at house hearing on international child abduction and proposed legislation to combat it. at 5:00 p.m., live coverage of a discussion on the health impact of loneliness among the elderly. here's a look at tonight's c-span schedule. editornext with longtime and founder of public affairs working with about president trump, clinton, obama, and other politicians. after that, in time with theresa may from the house of commons. with theresaime may from the house of commons. and then cory booker speaking with democrats. the lawmaker has been ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," longtime editor and founder of publicaffairs books peter osnos. he talks about working with bill clinton, donald trump, and other political figures. brian: peter osnos, you have been in the publishing world for a long time. which national figure you today book with was the most interesting? peter

. >> this afternoon, a discussion with the director of the peace corps, jody olsen. she talks about her time on the job and the future of the program. we will have live coverage from the center for strategic and international studies at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. you can also watch online at cspan.org or listen on our free radio app. >> this week on the communicators, christina chapla chaplain, whose government accountability office report says the pentagon's weapons system cybersecurity is vulnerable. >> right now, they don't even test systems for the kinds of threats that you might see from russia and china and north korea. they're not allowed to, in terms of testing. they don't want to potentially disrupt the system. >> watch the communicators, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> variety and rolling stone magazines co-hosted a summit on the u.s. criminal justice system. we will hear from the governors of louisiana, oklahoma, and connecticut about reforms in their states. >> another round of applause for derek and the naacp. [ applause ] >> so i'm joine

. >> tomorrow, a discussion with a discussion -- with the director of the peace corps who took over thatosition earlier this year. she will talk about her time on the job in the future of the agency. live coverage from the center for strategic and international studies begins at 1:00 eastern on c-span two. week on the communicators, christina chaplin whose government accountability office report says that the pentagon's weapons system cyber security is vulnerable. they are not allowed to test systems for the types of threats you might see from russia, china, and north korea. th system. onwatch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> former cia directors leon panetta and michael morell and former national security advisor h.r. mcmaster discuss how the u.s. can maintain its military power in the world and how to deal with global hotspots. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. [applause] bill: great to be here. we have a terrific panel. no pressure. to engage youhope over the next hour and 10 minutes. say hello to the former secretary of defense,

the military has become a family business and we need to move away from that. >> you are right. >> peace corpsbe different. 1% where we are building the next 1% of our own children. we have to move away from that being the case in order for more folks to be willing and able to serve. >> let's lean and about what it takes for recruitment right now and morale. point,coming out of west what did you notice that we needed to do to make sure others were is hungry for the mission as you? an institutions that in grains from an early on stage. when you come through the door and you get the haircut, you will live a regimented life. you all start at the same level playing field. emphasis and the emphasis on academics, the physical, your military life, i think produces what we need in terms of foundation of what good leadership is. what i really pulled out from at the end of the day is being a good person. when you are put through your military tasks, leading soldiers in combat or trying to get your app -- your academic work done and you need some help, people will be smarter than you and people will be l

tomorrow, a discussion with the director of the peace corps, jodi olson, who took over that position ier this year. she will talk about her time on the job and the future of the agency. live coverage from the center for strategic and international studies begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this week, on the communicators, christina chaplin, whose government accountability office report says that the pentagon's weapon systems cyber security is vulnerable. >> right now they don't even test systems for the kind of threat yemassee might see from russia and china and north korea. they are not allowed to terms of testing. that all want to potentially disrupt the system. >> watch the communicators, monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. next, the founder of public affairs books. after that, british prime minister theresa may takes questions from the house of commons. then, senator cory booker of new jersey speaks at an event for new hampshire democrats. ♪ >> this week, longtime editor and founder of public affairs books peter on his nose talks about working with donald trump,

at 1:00 p.m., the peace corps director talks about the future of the agency.nd at 4:00 p.m., the senate debates the nomination of the deputy treasury secretary with the procedural vote at 5:30 p.m. and on c-span3 at 2:00 p.m., a house hearing on international child abduction and proposed legislation to compact it. then at 5:00 p.m., live coverage of a discussion of the health impact of loneliness among the

bruggeman: to be different, my parents were in the peace corps. also grew up in a family that was committed to service. they were both english teachers. i lived in a strong ex-pat community. coming home during the persian gulf war, it was front of mind for me that service was something i was interested in. i went to the naval academy from there. my military time in the marine corps was largely almost entirely positive. also, it was filled with micro-aggression along the way that were very challenging as a woman. it came to define my experience overall and truly who i've become to be and what i am passionate about now and how i give back. as a combat engineer, my field was as an mls and women were barred from one third from the mls. there were only two thirds of the marine corps i was allowed to go to. in an effort to ensure that my marines were trained in all three of those so they could go on, i had to make sure they had all the competencies. that required me being very forward leaning in terms of seeking out training from them and partnering unit

all the work with the peace corps. have got to see the facebook page. >> her facebook page. >> my facebook page? >> i have been training for kilimanjaro for months. >> is that right? >> well, zoe. what do you think? >> i think i've seen enough. thank you for coming in, maya. >> yeah. okay, thank you. >> seth: please welcome to the show vanessa hudgens, everyone! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: welcome. >> hey, thank you so much. >> seth: i'm very happy to have you here. this must have been something to get to work with jennifer lopez. >> yeah, it was crazy. >> seth: yeah. >> it was really cool. >> seth: milo was here yesterday, one of your other co-stars. >> okay. >> seth: and we were talking about it. and was she someone that you were a fan of when you were young? >> yeah. i mean, i remember watching "wedding planner" on repeat -- >> seth: yeah. >> like, just over and over and over again. you know as kids do. >> seth: uh-huh. >> uh-huh. >> seth: yes, absolutely. and kids, of course, nothing they're drawn to more tha

when i was younger, i wanted to join the peace corps and they were like, no, girl, you're not a nurse, you have no real skills for what we need, and i remember thinking, oh, yeah, so i have my skills now. >> thank you so much, karla. >> thank you. >>> and with that we button up tonight's program. thank you for watching, "amanpour and company" on pbs and join us again next time. uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour and company." bea pollman is synonymous with style, a boutique cruise line, she brought a similar style to the rivers. with a destination inspired design for each ship. bookings available through your travel adviser. additional support has been provided by roslyn p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edward wachenheim iii, seen melvin, judy and josh weston. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank >>> this is "nightly business report" with bill griffeth and sue herera. >> where's santa? that's what investors are asking as stocks are routed once again. is there any hope the jolly old fella makes a stop on wall street to end the year?

tended to blacks and white patients in the rural south when it was highly unpopular and entered the peace corps and as a great defender of her son a new york reporter quizzed her on the central thesis of the campaign and she said certainly you know, that your son must have lied and she said you are right he told white lies all the time. the reporter said what do you mean by a white lie she said remember how we want to have you here? that was a white lie so i saw rosalynn carter going from a shy campaigner that could barely speak on the stump to an accomplished first lady and the powerful chairman of the committee son of the governor of louisiana and later chief of staff, uncle earl called all the parish leaders just before the tough reelection and said boys get the vote out for me and he promised lavishly buildings and bridges and new roads and when he wanted they all came lining up ready to be paid but there wasn't enough money in the treasury to even begin to pay them so he saw uncle earl what must i tell the parish leaders? he said russell tell them your uncle earl lied and russell was a tra

. >> welcome to us hosting an important dialogue today on the future of the united states peace corps. as many of you know in this room, hundreds of thousands of americans have served as peace corps volunteers over the last six decades. they've changed lives, built lifelong friendships and i would argue mosim

the other thing that really sets us apart. i started peaceful fruits after two years in the amazon rainforest as a peace corps volunteer. and empower them to protect their rainforest, to protect their way of life from the threat of extinction. and now people are responding to our snacks and to that story 'cause you've seen it happen with organic produce -- fair-trade coffee, now ethical chocolate. i'm ready to do the same thing for fruit snacks. who's ready to take a bite? -let's go. -let's try it. -yeah, let's try it. -bring on the "osutite." -what is "osutite"? -[ laughs ] -there you go, sir. which one is the acai-a? so acai is how you pronounce it, just to be... -exactly, robert. -ah-sigh-ee. and both of these -- we have two flavors -- the acai pineapple and the acai apple. both of which are there for you guys to enjoy. -where do you manufacture this? -this is good. i prefer "best ever," but i'll take "good," you know? [ chuckles ] so the way that we produce it -- we work with folks with disabilities in an industrial kitchen there in akron. they're able to follow exactly what i need because they're so carefully manage

we've also passed the cruise vessel safety and security act, the peace corps volunteer protection act, the safer act act, the safer act and victims of child abuse re-authorization act. one piece of legislation, all this was bipartisan, mr. speaker. all of it was bipartisan. i ask of the speaker how much ime i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 43 minutes remaining. mr. poe: thank you, mr. speaker. are in the midst of a situation where in the united states and throughout the world, slavery has crept back into our environment. nto our community. it's the slave trade of women and children for sexual assault. people don't want to talk about it but it's taking place. unfortunately, my hometown of houston used to be one of the hubs here in the united states. what i'm talking about is the buying and selling of people, primarily women and children, on the marketplace of sex slavery. and so we worked on that a lot of members of congress, on both sides of the aisle. worked on this very issue. to try to get a grip on what's making place in our country. and we had in our -- in

she volunteered for the peace corps and taught english around the world.lized many immigrants in her city wanted to learn english, too, but couldn't because the classes were expensive, many worked full-time and chance forpassion and child care costs were at a burden. so florence tore down all those walls and started the esl in home program of northern nevada. her classes are free, and often taught in people's homes. she has helped 5,000 men and women learn english and more than 345 become citizens who are able to say these words with pride, love and humility. i am an american. ♪ ♪ >> the citizenship ceremony is very emotional. >> my mom works so hard to keep our smiles every day. >> you hear how hard they worked before they could sit in that courtroom. >> he dream about this moment since he was a kid, so he just kee keeps. >> my mother and father came with what was on their back. i saw how they struggled not speaking the language. theirlfal was to become an american. we meet the needs of the student. if they are working two or three jobs, they have to stud

. >> this afternoon, a discussion with the director of the peace corps, jody olsen. she talks about her time on the job and the future of the program. we will have live coverage from the center for strategic and international studies at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. you can also watch online at cspan.org or listen on our free radio app. >> this week on the communicators, christina chapla chaplain, whose government accountability office report says the pentagon's weapons system cybersecurity is vulnerable. >> right now, they don't even test systems for the kinds of threats that you might see from russia and china and north korea. they're not allowed to, in terms of testing. they don't want to potentially disrupt the system. >> watch the communicators, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2.

screen, i'm here because of an amazing woman who called the group called new politics trying to get service veterans, not just military veterans, peace corp., on the theory weknow what it means to serve the country so that's why i ran in the first place and i'm going to continue doing whatever i can to serve the country in the best way possible. that's what guides me, and that's what guides me in the leadership fight. it's what guides me in my healthcare work, and my work with the va, and it will guide me in whatever i decide to do next. >> host: there are 30 democrats thinking of running. how do you think that will work out for the party. >> i think it will be great and we'll have the debate we deserve to have. i think a lot of people in 2016 felt like with all due respect with secretary clinton she shouldn't have been coronated. the fact that bernie got up and introduced things like college loans as part of the debate that weren't part of the party's discussion until he turned up on the debate stage was a healthy thing for our country and party, and i think we'll see that times ten in this election, and it will be a great thing for our

the old. cold peace corps who. because i just saw or thought of. as she gets to put. in episode one of generation hate remy follies takes part in a race attack. for felice the activities of the last call me go beyond football hooliganism. but this. was. she who. it was struck with you. following me to rest pictures emerged of him with a city jail regular. on match days tell he so joins the last call me a pub close to the stadium. went to esau met movie at the citadel he said violence helps g.i. members to bond but. today he's suspicious of louis. he took it was the last what should i do which i was told it will be published later because i thought it was it would offer you but there you go what we're doing the job it was one of those who was the opposite of us i go up that very manages to reassure him and offers to join him on a night out that's about it whatever it is whether you like writing with a bit of that or the other lot it's the other with. the lost army has a reputation from firelands forty one members of the last commie were arrested when the fate of pulled

. >> before i went to college, i was in the british peace corps and i worked in east africa in nairobi. i was working in a home for destitute african boys wechlt threw a modest christmas party for some of the boys on christmas eve, african boys. they each got a little present, a little candy or something like that. one of the people in the room was a young caucasian boy. he was not an african. he was caucasian, the son of one of the staff members. seeing that he did not get a present, one of the african boys took his present and gave it to the young colonial kid and that was a remarkable thing on christmas. that, to me, always lived. i almost cried at the time. that was a very poignant thing for a young man to do. he had nothing but he gave away what he did have to someone who probably has a great deal. >> that's it. it's the giving of something without an expectation of getting something in return. >> yes, i think so. i'm going to pick up on your st. nicholas in a minute. that's what my book is about. i'll get to that. we had a practice for a lot of years here in washington. she retir

against something even more fundamental the oversea that south of the the united nations because even we want to have a peaceful corp then the absolute necessity that can this is nick of unknown is not to have the war as possibilities of politics in other means and every nation that is threatening our neighbor by war by use of violence by this act it's putting itself out of the international legal order so according to recent reports greece is also seeking to end the to meet your assistance class of de lisbon treaty to stress that its maritime borders are also those of the e.u. how willing do you think brussels will be to back you on that this is. an idea of president mark wrong that we are back in she's speaking about children at their open europeans are wearing the that has as other bases this article of the three d. i've been forced to do but i've got seven similar to the out of the five are made to who'd say it's practically that every european country would suck that out back . has the right to ask the assistance of its allies of its members of the european union we can see that us as a self evident. obligation

the s and thesing corp army veteran of world war ii. my passion for international affairs was sparked years ago when i was accepted into the us peace corps. i was under served morocco and continued my work in international affairs as a u.s. aid officer serving for the past 25 years in bangladesh, peru and iraq and most recently in the bureau for latin america and the caribbean. having served over half my career working on issues related to latin america and the caribbean, i honored to be am considered for this position in a region that is near and dear to my heart. if confirmed i will probably proudly promote u.s. values and represent the united states in guyana, a melting pot of ethnic and religious diversity. i pledge to work with guyana in areas of mutual interest as we pledge to support the government of guyana as it emerges as a petroleum producer. and i will work with the government and people to build upon gains in governance and the rule of law. a secure democratic and prosperous guyana will be a key ally for years to come in the region that we share. this is a particularly momentous thatfor guyana, a country the world bank curre

the encouragement of my mother evelyn of world war ii's cadet nursing corps and army veteran of world war ie. my passion for international affairs was sparked years ago when i was accepted into the u.s. peace corps. i was honored to serve in morocco and continued my work in international affairs as a usaid service officer and in bangladesh, peru, afnd iraq and the caribbean. having served over half my career working on issues in latin america and the caribbean i am particularly honored to be considered for this region that is near ask dear to my heart. if confirmed i would promote u.s. values and represent guyana, a melting pot of ethnic as we steeek to support guyana it emerges as a petroleum producer and reciprocal bilateral investment and work with the people to build upon gains and democratic governance and the rule of law and citizens security and a prosperous guyana would be a key ally for the united states for years to come in the region that we share. this is a particularly momentsous time for guyana, a time that the world bank currently identifies as middle income. however, the discovery of reserves of oil in recent years could alter the equation for this small nation. as such, it