I would hope we have another round we can get into sort of what has worked because i am troubled sometimes by some of the conversation were having when they return to a given country what do we do . It almost sounds like deprogramming from a cult and i dont think thats going to work given the numbers. And so i would be interested in hearing from both of our witnesses about are there examples of things that have worked in a preventing people from going and unfortunately if we fail on that, helping to reintegrate them in a genuine successful way when and if they come back. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I know my time super. Chair recognizes is gentleman from california, colonel cook. Thank you, mr. Chair. Ambassador, i wanted to ask you about the role of hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in terms of perhaps facilitating the information on people recruitment and some of the smuggling activities, if you had any insight at all from a diplomatic standpoint. Specifically i do not, sir, no. No perso
Guest its great to be here. Host its not just the story of a life its the story of modern american history. Did you set out to tell the story in that context or did that develop as you found out more about the background insertion themes . Guest i covered it for quite a while when i was in chicago working for the Washington Post and recognized that Michelle Obama led a remarkable life and the trajectory is fascinating and i felt that it was worth telling a story where she is at the center of her own narrative. When i am barred from the project, i wanted to figure out where she was coming from. What were the origins and that meant getting into her Family History ended to chicago history and the history that she has lived. Host chicago into being a major player almost a character in her story. Host going back there and looking at her father what was it about her parents in particular that gave her the outlook . Guest many people would say that she would say im asking myself am i making a
Others like myself, it takes time to work through the process of vetting and interviewing to get to a permanent position. We are far along in the process i can say, from my perspective and we will see what happens in the near future. Host t. J. Kennedy is the acting director of firstnet. Thank you. And you are watching booktv on cspan2 television for serious readers. This memorial day evening here is our prime time lineup. We are featuring books on the first ladys beginning with a look at Michelle Obama. This is a new book out by peter slevin. After that a book featured by cspan based on the Television Series on the first ladies we did last year. And finally kissing cousins, a look at Elenore Roosevelt and relationship. And now on booktvs afterwards peter slevin discusses the life of First Lady Michelle Obama from her childhood to the whitehouse. He is interviewed by Cassandra Clayton at the university of marylands Philip Merrill college of journalism. Host peter slevin thank you for j
Icon, a National Hero of unimaginable proportion and a legend whose name will live in history long after all here today have. Forgotten. Fate looked down kindly on us when she chose neil to be the first to venture to another world. To have the opportunity to look back from space at the beauty of our own. It could have been another. Ow it wasnt. It wasnt for a reason. No one, no one, but no one could have accepted the responsibility of his remarkable accomplishment with more dignity and more grace than Neil Armstrong. He embodied all that is good and all that is great about america. More from the Memorial Service for Neil Armstrong thanksgiving day on cspan at 10 oom eastern and just before 11 30, a behind the scenes look at life as a teenager in the white house with susan ford baal and Lyndon Johnson rob, and after one, how Scientists Use game skills and theories to solve world problems. A conversation with president obamas biographers after his reelection. Hear from journalists ron su
Increasingly this complex, global, integrated that oldfield or marketplace. Such is the nature of war and risk we have to understand better. Secondly, cyberspace. My good friend, general mike hayden has talked about the coming pearl harbor in cyberspace and i agree with him. Its going to happen and we are willfully bug prepared. The third area i was stressed is the growing demographic shift worldwide. For the first time as of last year more people live in cities and that trend is accelerating. If you like in societies like africa, what does that mean in terms of demographics or resources . These changes will accelerate and we need to be better prepared for the acrosstheboard. Those are three large general chunks we should focus on. Was focused a little tighter for a minute. You have been quoted as saying that there are very likely as many or more spies working against u. S. Interests inside the u. S. During the cold war, which was a head snapping quote when i read it. Who are these peo