we have rescued nia malika from the vortex. welcome you back, my friend. you have made it back. real quibble, the idea of a xhebsment speech being political, tell us a little bit about that. they rarely are. certainly if you are talking specifically about michelle obama, sther, but irthink when you have figures like bloomberg, for instance, even giuliani, when he spoke, they do become political. let s remember, college campuses have historically been hotbeds of political activity, right? that continues to this day. i think when you have these high profile speakers, college students sort of piggy ban on that to make a larger political point. i think with the michelle obama thing, it s a little different because they are concerned more about space. what i do think you might have people viewing it as political,
to get clarification. he didn t randomly walk out with a gun. there was a purpose. he was giving it to tom, a well respected conservative senator among the conservative activists here. he s retiring early before the end of his term at the end of this year for lots of reasons. one of the reasons is that he has had cancer he s been battling with. this was a way to honor him in a way to do so by a specific organization, nra which makes sense to hand him a gun. we had to get clarification why that happened. how long is this going on for? cpac is going on for three days. this is just beginning this morning. we ve had a couple of several high profile speakers. ted cruz, paul ryan. well received by the very large
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for you. you re unemployed four years out of college, and i have a plan. barnard college has had some pretty high profile speakers the previous two years. last year, you had cheryl samberg, right? yes. and the year before that, hillary clinton. so if you want to look cool i got it. deborah, it s you, the cool girl in school. quickly, though, i m interested about i went to an all girls high school. and almost went to an all girls college. what how has it changed over the years? and what do you make to the contention that some might feel it s outdated? i didn t go to an all women s high school or college or graduate school. i spent my entire career in very male institutions. my last job was at harvard business school for 20 years. that would be that, yeah. so that s different. so when i went to women s college just four years ago, i to some extent asked the same question. and i ve just been bowled over
to get her free contraception from the school? that s right. and the university in defending her against, you know, some very strong comments from rush limbaugh has done nothing really to criticize her position and her approach. has been very weak in supporting the bishops on these issues and they were very disappointed with georgetown university over the last few decades, this is an institution that has not been very strong in its catholic identity and just another example of that. here s the statement from georgetown with regard to asking secretary sebelius to be a speaker. as an academic institution, georgetown regularly hosts a number of high profile speakers. she was chosen by our students to bring her message of congratulations as they begin their careers in public service and public policy. this is an opportunity to honor the accomplishments of our students and faculty. your response? well, it s also obviously an opportunity to honor kathleen