As always, you can reach out to less with social media. The addresses their for twitter cspanwj, then facebook. Com span, or email us a cspan. Org. More off the lead in Washington Post on the line to tell us more about the story is sarah cliff. Welcome to the program. Guest thank you for having me. Host why this optout . Guest the optout has been an area that has challenged the ministration for all but a week for over a year, trying to find a balance between Reproductive Health and also guaranteeing religious liberty. As to the wine now part they have promised since about a year ago, last february, they promised religious organizations and would come up with regulations that would find a middle ground. Reason were seeing it now is because i wanted to give companies a heads up about what the compromise would look like. Host what has been the response from supporters of the president . Guest supporters of the president are happy with it. It seems to guarantee widespread access to Birth C
The ability to resuscitator rehabilitate i always give the president the benefit of the doubt. The president deserves his team. General David Petraeus is a good choice. Got remember something about the army or the service. The Foreign Service like many of you, the war is not general David Petraeuss war, it is the president s war and the military, all the people who work in the government follow the policy of the elected civilian government. They can give their opinions and they need to end military leaders would have more forcefully given their opinions over the last five years, might be a lot better. I have not made any secret that i am very disappointed in some of these people. I have said publicly some of these guys in my opinion wouldnt be corporals in miami and some are four star generals. Nevertheless i am not the president. On the face of that they deserve their commanders. General David Petraeus is qualified. We will take yours and be real quick. I hope this is not too philosop
For tonight. Visit cspan. Org for more on this weekends television schedule. International financial diplomat William Rhodes talks about the current economic and financial challenges facing the economies of europe, japan, china, and south korea. Next on book tv. This is a little over an hour. [applause] okay. First of all, it is great to be back. We enjoyed our relationship that way. Tokyo has been the headquarters of our asiapacific operations for 25 years now. We enjoy a terrific relationship and a lot of different ways. One of my colleagues who is with me, Doug Peterson who just joined us from the city, and he is setting up. We welcome you, doug. Dougie is all over the world. As such, he has lived quite a bit of time in japan himself. Its great to be with you tonight as well, doug. Lets see. In terms of this whole notion of the book, by the way, a very modest title, banker to the world. When i heard of this, and i am a very close, personal friend of bills, like everyone in this room
I first came to washington, d. C. In 2000 as a Congressional Correspondent for the associated press. After spending several years in colombia South Carolina and albany new york. Now, i am originally from mississippi, the son of two Public School teachers come in and being from mississippi, the one thing my parents made sure that i knew was my history. It was almost a state requirement in mississippi to know where you came from. So, when i left mississippi to go to South Carolina, i had this desire to history and i studied the history of South Carolina. I didnt the same thing when i went to upstate new york. I got involved in learning the africanamerican history of upstate new york which, by the way, is very vibrant. A lot of the underground railroads ended in upstate new york city have a very vibrant Africanamerican Community and history up there. But when i left albany new york to come to washington, d. C. , and i knew i was hitting the mother lode. Washington, d. C. On a new had to h
Bring about peace and dangerous place Like Northern ireland. The reason the price is given because youre not going to go and fascinate somebody who just won the nobel peace prize. Its bringing world attention. The most significant Pulitzer Prize is the one for Public Service been given to newspapers daringly covering something the community didnt want them to cover. The journalists are ostracized, the local towns often pull out their advertisements and the newspapers right about some lame it could be a scandal, but the community doesnt want to hear about it. When i got the Pulitzer Prize, its a recognition, National Recognition and in a sense provides the same umbrella of protection to people who are daring. Postservice and extraordinarily significant person who still to this day affects our lives. Jessica child may recognize they have a mannerism from their father or mother or habits, he said he say andesite another. He recognized the series. With the culture need to understand how th