. >> this week, tom korologos, former u.s. ambassador to belgium and former deputy assistant to presidents nixon and ford discusses his role in assisting nominees for approval by the u.s. senate. >> tom korologos, former ambassador to belgium, what is the first thing you tell someone who needs to be confirmed by the senate that they are going to face as they go to the nomination process? >> the first thing i say to them is what is in your background that you have done that you don't want anybody to know but you better count on it coming out in the hearing? i'mgive me an answer -- not telling you to tell me the answer, but you need to get an answer. i said that the one guy and he said how do they know that? " how often does it happen that someone says they have a problem? >> quite a bit. but problems are relative. the reason you asked the question is i say to him, if you tell me what it is, i might be able to help you. if you don't tell me, your on your own. that scared the devil out of them and they come forward with financial

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at 11:00, another chance to see "q&a" with tom korologos. now, a conversation with two outgoing members of hobo's cabinet. 's cabinet.t obama role inrtment's renewable energy issues and his four years in the senate, as well as his role as colorado attorney general during the columbine shootings and his future plans are discussed. the senate votes this week of finanf sally jewell's nomination to head the interior department, ken salazar is expected to step down by the end of the week. this is just over 30 minutes. >> ken salazar is the outgoing interior secretary. was this a job you initially wanted? >> i didn't look for it. i didn't seek it. but at the end of the day when the president and i sat down and talked we laid out agenda that we wanted to get done. that mission has been accomplished and it's been a joyful and wonderful ride and now i'm looking forward to the next chapter in my life. >> we are in one of the largest offices for cabinet secretary in the government. what is the job of the interior secretary? >> the secretary interior is

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net yellen, then interiors with secretary of the interior secretary ofnd tom is week on q & a korologos, former u.s. mbassador to belgium and secretary assistant to president's nixon and ford. >> tom korologos, former ambassador to belgium. what's the first thing you tell someone what needs to be confirmed by the senate they are going to face as they go through the nomination process. >> the first thing i say is what is there in your background that you've done that you don't want everybody to know, you better bet it coming out in the hearing. get an answer. you don't have to tell me but get an answer. it will be your nightmare question. i said that and he said how do they know that and he withdrew his name. >> how often is it they say somebody has got a problem? >> it's relative. it's not big, little or small which the reason you ask the question. i say to him if you tell me what it is, i might be able to help you but if you don't tell me you might be on your own which and that skears the hell out of them and they come forward with some disclosure thing or college thing or smoked pot a

. >> more with former deputy assistant to presidents nixon and ford, tom korologos, sunday night at 8 on c-span's "q&a." >> well, u.s. employers added just 88,000 jobs last month, that's the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat of after a period of strong hiring. the slowdown is a reminder that the job market's path back to health may be uneven. the labor department reporting the unemployment rate dipped to 7.6% from 7.7%, that is the lowest in four years. the late fell only because more people stopped looking for work. >> we planned to go live to the national history center this morning for an event on u.s. immigration policies there i the years. they're having some technical issues, so we'll record it, and we hope to have it later today on the c-span networks and on c-span.org also. later this morning we will continue with our live coverage of the society of american business editors and writers' conference focusing on issues facing the business community. live coverage of that gets underway at 9:45 eastern here on c-span2. well, federal reserve vice chair janet yellin said yes

. >> more with tom korologos sunday night at 8:00. >> they had a very political marriage, much like john and abigail. she would lobby in the halls of congress. she was always very careful to say, my husband believes this and my has-been advocates that. advocates that. but she herself was doing the pitch. one of her husband's opponents said he hoped that if james were ever elected president, she would take up housekeeping like a normal woman. she said, if james and i are ever elected, i will neither keep house nor make butter. >> monday night, one of the most politically active and influential first ladies, sarah polk. we will also look at martin taylor and abigail fillmore. we will take your comments by phone, facebook and twitter. the needs andn on challenges facing veterans returning from war with linda schwartz. she is the first woman and nurse in her position. this lecture from duke university in early february lasts just over an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the 50th presentation of the duke university school of nursing event. in 1968, it became officially known as the harriet

. >> more with former deputy assistant to presidents nixon and ford, tom korologos sunday night at eight on c-span's "q q&a." >> we talk about the priorities for congress earlier this week in an event held by the national women's democratic club. representative mcgovern who cochairs the house hunger caucus talked about efforts to reduce hunger and poverty and gun control legislation. this just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you, thank you very much for inviting me here. this is a very special place to me for a whole bunch of reasons because it was at the women's national democratic club, my wife, lisa, and i had our wedding reception back in 1989. i have not been back sense, but we got off to a rocky start. we got married at sacred heart church on 15th and park road, northwest here in dc, and arrived at the church, there was another ceremony going on. we had to wait in the back of the church until that ceremony finished. we were late getting here, and i remember coming into this -- it was a beautiful november crisp evening, and i came into the -- we were all so rushed, the photograph

. >> tom korologos, sunday at 8:00 a."q & richard prince says the associated press's style change for illegal immigrant was historic. umbiaoke at the colu journalism review on ratiacial issues. this is 90 minutes. >> i am thrilled about this and was thrilled about doing a racege in a new format on and class and for this columbia journalism review, we did an online forum using a tool called branch. cindy said, we won't go through a lot of introductions and -- i want to go down the line. recently with the career lifetime achievement award, he writes rinchard prince's journalism, part of the maynard journalism institute. the chief operating officer of the diversity institute and the director of the first amendment center. jeff yang is the author of best selling books and also writes the dow jones with a t column for the wall street journal. and cepeda is a long-time film- maker whose new book -- she is taking a picture of you. you have to read the new book. it takes a fascinating look at latino-american identity through every

korologos h tom sunday night at 8:00. >> now energy policy and hydraulic fracturing.racknation" aims to address what they say is the process of fracking for natural gas and addresses and firemen to concerns. we will also hear from the former interior secretary gale norton. for the annual rockies retreat, this is one hour. [applause] good afternooneveryone. it is terri fi>> good afternoon, everyone. it is terrific to see so many of my friends at the leadership program of the rockies. it is wonderful to see people from all over colorado coming together for some great policy insights. hour today, for the next we are going to be talking about energy, and specifically about hydraulic fracking. asking you to think back a few years. think back to 2002, 2005, 2007. think about what our energy picture looks like at that time. when i was secretary of the interior, the emphasis on energy beca painfully clear after the september 11 attacks. for many years, our country had talked about energy independence of how much we wanted to see that. but we suddenly realized just how vulnera