[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening. Thank you for coming. Im liz huettel, Deputy Director of event at politics prose book store. We are were in at the throes of another dynamic season of events. Please check out our webs for more information weapon also host event at our book store and we offer wide range of cultural tripsliterary classes and book clubs, please stop by and visit us. But tonight we have the honor of welcoming leon panetta. Mr. Panetta has a long and storied career as a public servant. In 1976, he was elected u. S. Congress, where he represented californias 16th 16th Congressional District for 16 years. He acted as president clintons director or the United States office of management and budget and then as his chief of staff from 1994 to 1997. He founded the leann and Sylvia Panetta institute for Public Policy, and in 2009, he became the director of the Central Intelligence agency. From 2011 to 2013 he was the 23rd United States secretary of
Beating fannie and freddie can be reconstructed and how in one . And you think its ironic that some of the institutions he had been treating favorably are now suing you. I do think it is ironic. You know, this is a recipe that most people view as way too generous and unjust and unfair and yet the government is being sued for making too much money for the taxpayer on the largest and most riskiest things that we did in these cases the institutions and i think that they will be reformed . Yes, at some point, i do. And i think that it will take a while because you cant really do anything now and its a very risky reform because as he written about alec it was part f the coalition of wellintentioned housing advocates and banks. A pretty powerful coalition a little bit of Left Progressive market and we called it the housing Industrial Complex and they had a strong grip on the local system. So i always felt the least when i was there that its not good to rush this because if you tried to rush
Whether that is going to exist within the confines that president castro has outlined, i really donts know. Sreenivasan plus, a couple of bestselling authors share their favorite reads of 2014. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broa
Within the confines that president castro has outlined, i really donts know. Sreenivasan plus, a couple of bestselling authors share their favorite reads of 2014. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions
Within the confines that president castro has outlined, i really donts know. Sreenivasan plus, a couple of bestselling authors share their favorite reads of 2014. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions