organization and why it is important in the 21st century. tony blair receives the liberty award metal. he is introduced by former president bill clinton at this event that took place earlier this fall at the national constitution center in philadelphia. it is a little more than an hour. [applause] it is these core values of a free society that we celebrate with the liberty medal presentation. values exemplified in the work of this year s honoree, tony blair as he helps to build pathways to freedom in a troubled world. caxias channeled the power of our shared democratic principles and has turbocharged it with a personal commitment and determination to that defines everything he has ever done as a world leader and a private citizen. in places where others had given up hope, of tony blair has created a hope for better future. his work gives new meaning and alive to the timeless values of our common legal heritage. he has brought peace to troubled regions by extending the rea
development and training are critically important. but i think that one of the greatest values the peace corps can bring i will never forget being in morocco and having someone said, you do not look like an american. he said, your skin is dark and your hair is dark. it is a different shade these days, but it was all dark bk then. he said, you do not look like an american. it gave me a platform to talk about the diversity of america. i think this is a critical component going forward and will be important in the future of the peace corps to have a depiction of the face of america in ws we have not seen in the past, for the benefit of the united states of america. i want to invite members of the audience to go to the microphones and ask questions of the panel. one of the great traditions of is john f. kennedy jr. forum that all speakers agree to take questions from the audience. the audience in turn agrees to ask questions. i will remind you of the rule for asking que
a discussion. here are the phone numbers. if you are a democrat, join us. rep conditions, join us, and independents, join us. good morning once again, this is the kind of discussion i can promise you would only happen on c-span. 34 years ago we used to call us the place where the constitution came to live every day, because it gave you a running example of the three branches of government and the live coverage of the congress, executive branch and what we told you about the supreme court so we couldn t let constitution day go by without a discussion. seems like we re hearing more and more about it these days, and on the front page of the washington times in a story about constitution day, david eisner who runs the national constitution center in philadelphia explains why. here is the story. he writes the tea party has got people thinking more seriously about what s in the constitution and what s not. that s the quote from the political analyst with american enterprise insti
brigade, it s still the case that most of the analytical expertise is associated with a division and brigade level. and in this fight, which is so local, and so information-intensive, and with soldiers who are used to having information, you re used to acting on information. the army now has these company command posts, and boy, it s not your company command post of 20 years ago. they re all at laptops, they re expecting that kind of information, they know how to be effective with that kind of information, and they need intelligence analysts who can tell them about this town, who can tell them about good guys as well as bad guys, because that s important, not only the threat, it s do you know your situation well enough to do the counterinsurgency mission and it s still the case that i know this is noted frequently, we re fighting against it every day, that it s important to get those people down, out to the outposts an down to the echelons where analysis can really be usefu