Robert rubin, henry paulson, and tim geithner took part in this to global conference in beverly hills, moderated by Facebook Operations officer sheryl sandberg, who worked in the Clinton Administration era treasury department. This is an hour. Lets start our Luncheon Panel on the Global Economy. And we are delighted and honored to have a truly exceptional moderator for this Wonderful Group of former u. S. Treasury secretaries. Sheryl sandberg, the chief operating officer of facebook, founder of leanin. Org, a Global Community empowering women to achieve their ambitions, the author of the bestseller lean in women, work, and the will to lead. She was president of Global Online sales and operations at google. We are delighted to have her, to have our panelists and you are in for a very enjoyable hour. So here they are. All yours. Sandberg thank you. Thank you. [applause] i am delighted to be here. Great to have a chance to moderate this panel of three such extraordinary man. And there are
Once again we are live object this friday from the Atlantic Council here in washington. As a discussion on leadership changes in saudi arabia is about to get under way. Among the speakers will be former officials with the pentagon, state department, and energy department. Should start in just a moment. Here live on cspan. I think we ought to start, folks. If i can have your attention. I think well begin. There will be a few more drifting in im sure as we are talking. Good morning everybody. And welcome to the Atlantic Council. We are pleased to have you here this morning to discuss this very timely and important issue in the world of energy, geopolitics. And i think the importance of this issue is emphasized by the large crowd that we have this morning and i think its also a credit to the incredible panel that we have. Todays event will focus on the recent leadership changes in saudi arabia and what these changes mean for Global Energy markets, as well as regional stability and securit
A long time you took a test and you are tracked into that. You dont want a system where your future is determined for you buy a test. We want one where you have an interest or ability to do something, that takes you away from a traditional college, you should be able to do that. We see that within school choice. There are scarred Charter Schools where he can learn everything right down to underwater welding, which i dont have any experience with, but i understand it is pretty lucrative. You can get lots of valuable skills. Skills that cannot be easily outsourced. There is Something Else important which is that we have a lot of money going into Higher Education. By all indications, it is not translating into more learning. There is inflation the arms race and amenities and buildings. I think it is hard to make the argument we need more money. Maybe we needed better targeted. We need to allow people to choose what they think is best for them even before college. I agree with all of that.
George w. Bush at Southern Methodist university. Commencement addresses begin at noon eastern here on cspan. George bush when i mention the speech through some of my pals they were surprised i was going to give it. I have not given a commencement speech since leaving office. My decision is quite practical. I got a phone call from my landlord. [laughter] gerald turner. Rather than reasoning raising the rent or holding the security deposit, i was surprised to hear him ask if i believe in free speech. [laughter] i said, yes. He said, perfect, this is your chance to get one. I am truly honored to be here. You can see all of george w. Bush plus commencement speech bushs commencement speech tomorrow noon. Sunday night at midnight some provisions of the patriot act require. Mitch mcconnell wants to extend all of the act, but ran call rand paul opposes. To try to come up with a legislative compromise, Mitch Mcconnell has called senate back in one day early on sunday at 4 00 p. M. When the sena
Bill aimed at encouraging the development of energyefficient technologies for use in both commercial and residential buildings. Senate majority leader harry reid expressed dismay that efforts had failed to yield an overall agreement on amendments to move the bill forward, but he says hes hopeful members can regroup this week to advance the measure. Today theyll also debate and vote on two judicial nominations to the u. S. Court of federal claims. Over in the house, theres a brief pro forma session at 2 eastern, no legislative business expected. A comprehensive Forest Management bill that would direct the Agricultural Department to establish Timber Harvesting zones, also to resize and renew nutrition assistance programs that were not included in the farm bill. Follow the house live on cspan and the senate on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies in 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host well, it was in 2010 that the federal Communications