right now, they'll tell chair and ceo tim armstrong and ceo tim armstrong on how media our positions are producing more online content. history marks are part of the society of american business editors and writers spring conference in washington, happened last week. >> [inaudible conversations] >> all right. good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the 50th anniversary conference. i flew in this morning from chicago, and it feels just as cold as what i left. i'm very privileged to introduce our keynote speaker. this is going to be kind of like a give-and-take question and answer session more than a formal speech. and we really appreciate him doing that, because i think it allows us to get a more questions and talk a little bit more about his business. i'm greg mcewan, president of cebu 2000. i'm an editor with reuters. i think that the first thing i would say about tim armstrong, ceo of aol is that he must've been overcome with a bit of instead in 2009 when he took this job. he took -- he had a brilliant career prior to that at google. and juxtaposing that a little bit, but just to

we heard tim armstrong, he is one of today's keynote speakers.t 4:00 there will be a discussion on the social impact of media coverage. and then the featured speaker of the conference. they are expected to resume in just a moment. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. >> again the next panel on the ociety of writers and editor's conference will start in just a couple of minutes. tonight at 8:00 eastern it's a look at healthcare to veterans and the cost to taxpayers. the need of vets and the treatments available with connecticut's veterans affairs commissioner ner. then at 9:00 eastern we'll be live with the military times writer. we'll take your phone calls and facebook comments and tweets. the conversation has already gotten under way on facebook. the question is are you a veteran, what's opinion your experience with healthcare access and quality. we'd like to find out what your thoughts are at facebook .com/c-span. >> waiting, waiting for remarksm , happening here in washington today. >> we are going to get started two minutes. while we are

some of the speakers at the event include aol ceo tim armstrong, federal reserve vice chairman janetyellin, and former reagan white house budget director david stockman. that gets under way over on c-span at 12:30 p.m. eastern. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i'm fred kempe, president and ceo of the atlantic council. welcome to this important event. north korea, not withstanding, preventing iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state remains the most significant to be as -- of president barack obama second term. knowing the stakes and the perils of this some time ago, actually now more than two years ago, the atlantic council launched and iran task force, and then we recently expanded it in an effort to move america and its allies from the stance of something that has been overwhelmingly tactic to something a little more strategic. taking a look at the broader context of the region, taking a look at iran's domestic politics, taking a look at a lot of factors sometimes get lost in the heat of the argument over iran we've been trying to provide more like. -- more like. i want

coverage of the society of american business editors and writers conference, including comments from tim armstrong, ceo available and panel discussions of social media and journalism and the prospects for reforming the tax code. >> next, leaders of the navy, marine corps, and co-star of how budget cuts will affect maritime security. they host this hour and 20 minute discussion. [inaudible conversations] >> well, good morning, everyone. welcome to this year's service chief panel. first, i would like to say how pleased and honored i am to be able to moderate this panel this morning. and usually not know for my moderation. [laughter] this is a great opportunity. the older you get the more new experiences you have. i always was told, the first day i was sworn in as secretary of the navy, never go to a ribbon cutting unless you are cutting the ribbon. today i broke that rule. i was never the less -- it was nevertheless a pleasure, a special pleasure because the navy league has its, as teddy roosevelt called, never been more important to the country and to world security and it yesterday. as they great

of a.o.l., tim armstrong.t's live all afternoon on c-span and c-span.org. >> people always like to ask me, how did you -- how did you come across this story? people always ask writers about that. what you find in news stories while you are supposed to be working on something else, which can be a little frustrating at times, and that's exactly what happened to me. i was doing a little internet look h one day and just at this photo. it was on a department of energy website. and they had put up a little newsletter for one of the department of energy facilities, and this newsletter was saying, this month in oak ridge history, something along those lines. this one i just loved because there seemed to be a beautiful vanishing point at the end of the room and i looked at these machines with these dials and knobs and i was just so sucked into it. i also -- the women just looked so lovely and they got the nice posture and the little 1940's hairdos and i read the caption and it said, "these young women, many of them hig

speakers include aol ceo tim armstrong, federal reserve vice chairman, janet yellen, and former reagan white house budget director staved stockman. it -- david stockman. 12:30 eastern. and tonight on c-span we're opening our phone lines to get your thoughts as we discuss health care for u.s. military veterans. the treatments available and the costs involved. beginning at 8, former air force flight nurse linda schwartz will talk about the challenges facing veterans returning from war. here's a quick look. >> my concern as a commissioner is that i have veterans who have come home, we have worked the system to try to get them the disability compensation and care that they need, and somebody has come along and told them all they have of to -- they have too is sign this paper, stop your va benefits and you, too, get another tour to iraq and afghanistan. and so the idea that the troops are not keeping up the needs of the troops that they're recycling because they are not meeting their recruiting quotas, this is something that will be coming home to roost, and we have no idea what the far--re