. >> walter kern princeton class at 1983 would like to see changes to the higher education system. >> i think princeton's philosophy selection should be on the web. i think these wonderfully, concentrated islands of talent and wealth and erudition should be opened up to the larger society, not kept separate, which they still are and i can't understand why. >> walter kern, lost in a meritocracy, the under education of an overachiever on q&a sunday night at eight on c-span. >> now a house hearing on regulating the insurance industry. specifically in the financial sector. we will hear about efforts to revise those regulations. this is about three hours. >> this hearing of the subcommittee will come to order. pursuant to agreement with the ranking member opening statements today will be limited to 10 minutes for each side. without objection all members opening statements will be made part of the record. >> we need to continue our discussion of insurance regulation, which the capital markets subcommittee has debated in great depth for several years on the eve of the administration's unveil

our guest is walter kern on his new book on q &a." he tells the story of his years at princeton university. this sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. now a former cia intelligence officer on u.s. relations with iraq and a decade leading up to the war. you will hear from charles duelfer. this was hosted by the world affairs council of northern california. >> from 1993 to 2000, he served as deputy chairman of the united nations weapons inspection team in iraq. by virtue of this position, he was the only senior american to have regular contact with top members of saddam hussein's regime. you may remember that at this time the u.s. embassy in baghdad was closed. trade with iraq was forbidden under terms of the un sanctions. charles duelfer and his arms inspectors were among the few people entering iraq from the west. in 2004, president bush and george tenet entrusted him to lead the investigation of the regime and its wmd effort to find the truth behind the administration's assumptions in declaring war. the iraq survey group directed by

. >> walter kern, the underhe education of an overachiever on q&a sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. you can listen on xm radio or download the c-span podcast. how is c-span funded? >> the u.s. government. >> i don't know. i think some of the is government raised. >> probably the public. >> i want to say from me. my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a publics service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. "washington journal" continues. host: the boston globe has the marines push into the afghan region and from your newspaper this morning, you're calling sarah carter writing from washington, two months before afghan civilians head to the polls u.s. military reinforcements have mounted an offensive against a growing taliban insurgency that is threatening to destablize the upcoming presidential elections. at this point, 4,000 u.s. marines debarked from helicopters in this searing hot insurgent-controlled territory. it will not be easy." can you elaborate? >> yes, the offensive underway ri

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. >> walter kern, the other education of an overachiever on q&a, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. yuca nolle solis non-xm satellite radio oradell inlayed this c-span podcast. speak journalist and author nicholas basbanes has written seven books about book culture, book people and book places. his first work, a gentle madness, bubba's in 1995, has said 20 printings. his most recent books are every book, it's reader and a world of letters, yale university press, 1908 to 2008. booktv visited the north grafton massachusetts home of mr. brass bane's khator his best collection of books and to learn about his writing habits. he is currently writing a book on the history of paper. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> good, come on in. welcome to the abyss. >> thanks for allowing us into your home. >> thank you for having the courage and fortitude to come and take a look at some of our books here. >> so, i understand you have books and almost every room in the house. >> no, we have books and every room of the house. we are surrounded by books. we are engulfed by them and surrounded by them and