A discussion of military and civilian National Service programs, from the Brookings Institution, this is just over an hour. 30 seconds. 30 seconds was particularly effective. It is my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. I will begin by introducing myself briefly. I am bill gault, senior fellow in the government studies program at brookings, delighted to be a small cog in the Service Share alliance. And two people in particular, mel sawhill conceding the stand working tirelessly for six months and also john allen, for letting his vast appearance and events moral authority to our enterprise this morning and i think it is a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Let me introduce the question this way. If National Service is the answer, what is the question . And we have heard and i think will hear three very different kinds of answers to that question. It is useful to keep them secret. The first test to do with service as an avenu
Thanks to all of you. Will be reconvening soon. applause invigorated people. 30 seconds. 30 seconds was particularly effective. Ill have to remember that. Well, its my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. Let me just begin by introducing myself briefly. Im bill galston, a senior fellow in the Governance Studies Program here at brookings. Delighted to be a small cog in the brookings Service Year Alliance machine that has produced this meeting. I want to thank two people in particular. Bell sawhill for conceiving of this day and working tirelessly over a period of at least six months to bring it about. And also our president john allen for lending his vast experience and immense moral authority to our enterprise this morning. And i think its a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Let me introduce the question this way. If National Service is the answer, whats the question . And we have heard and i think will hear three very diff
scheduling hearing on the matter for thursday. this, of course, is all coming as the office of national security announced their own review of the documents to determine potential refuse for national security. talking all of this over, and possible developments i wanna bring in washington post josh joce. josh, let s talk about to the latest developments right in tandem with one another that may very well be related at the end of the day. first you have this intelligence assessment which will be ongoing, ranks? the damage possibly done by the documents that were being held in mar-a-lago. you combine that with this possible appointment of this third party, essentially, to look over these documents. if in fact that happens this coming thursday as the judge that, she has the intent to do so. how could one hold up the other if it happens? the former president has repeatedly asked for someone to look through the documents. it has been a couple weeks since he made that request. it
I think eric did a great with job of talking about some of the problems that we see, that economic inequality seems to breed political inequality. We also have Health Inequalities which is, you know, tightly related to income. And i think what we should be focusing on is the welfare of our nation. And, i mean, that does include focusing on the welfare of those at the bottom of the income distribution, but we shouldnt lose sight that there are people in the middle who really, you know, have seen their incomes stagnate over the last 20 or 30 years. The body language suggests that robert would like to [laughter] i mean, obviously, i worked in the poverty programs for 18 years, and im really focused on the bottom. I will offer this, though, there are some solutions on the income inequality issue. And one of them is and im a believer in the transparency with regard to the ratios between ceos and the workers. That rule has been passed. Sec is trying to enforce it. Thatll with be a good thing
Thanks for the lookahead. Tomorrow, the u. S. National intelligence chair will talk about changing National Security needs. The event is hosted by the Atlantic Council and live coverage begins at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Next, a forum examines how to get citizens more involved in their communities. After that, discussion concerning crimereducing programs that offer alternative incarceration. Then, q a. Civic business and education leaders talk about activism and corporate responsibility. During the event, retired general Stanley Mcchrystal is recognized for his service and just how to get involved in the community. It is about two hours and 40 minutes. And now, ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the national anthem. By the say, can you see, dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous night watched ramparts we were so gallantly streaming red glare, the bombs bursting in air night and through t