This is a special report. Critics of americas policy in vietnam have been recently described by president nixon as a vocal minority of the nations population. Mr. Nixon said in his november 3rd address, those supporting him compromise the silent majority. We want to look into that term the silent majority, a label that has brought world attention to those americans who are not so demonstrative. Today im watching a demonstration against americas policy in vietnam. These demonstrators were given permission by the government to carry their protest right through the heart of the city, within sight of the white house. Climaxing the threeday demonstration is a rally at the washington monument. Many of the people merely observing the demonstration from the sidelines are probably members of that silent majority referred to by their president. Demonstrations here still attract audiences, even though protests, pickets and placards have been and will continue to be a common sight in washington. A
Commissioner bridges and commissioner servais is not in attendance today. We do have a quorum right. Thank you. Can i ask you, madam secretary, to turn your volume up a little . Can you do that . Its sort of. Is that better . Better better. Item number two, communications. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment periods. There will be an opportunity for general Public Comment at this meeting after closed session and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. Each item each comment is limited to two minutes. Public comment will be taken both in person and remotely by calling for each item, the board will take Public Comment first. People attending the meeting in person and then from people attending the meeting remotely. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available by phone by calling. 56550001. Access. Code 26605203021. Then pound, then pound again when connected you will hear the meet
Before meeting of august 17, 2023. At this time. Hey, just give me one second here. Get me organized. Im doing my survey. All right. Okay welcome, everyone. Thank you for all the participation on the board level and im madam secretary. Do you want to call the roll, please . Thank you, commissioner. Commissioner connor. Present mr. Thomas. Present. Present. Helfen. Present mr. Driscoll. Here mr. Gandhi. Present commissioner bridges and commissioner servais is not in attendance today. We do have a quorum right. Thank you. Can i ask you, madam secretary, to turn your volume up a little . Can you do that . Its sort of. Is that better . Better better. Item number two, communications. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment periods. There will be an opportunity for general Public Comment at this meeting after closed session and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. Each item each comment is limited to two minutes. Public c
Im a senior fellow here at aei. And i have a feeling that many of you are already fans of. Rob henderson and and i know the trajectory of his life. But if you going to go through the broad outlines and then he and my colleague Naomi Schaefer riley whos a Child Welfare expert here aei will fill in fill in the wisdom of that outline, although wisdom that you extracted a very, very challenging upbringing. Sohrab, his mother struggle with addiction and he was and she was deported back to south korea when he was three years old and he never saw her again. He spent the next four years in ten different foster homes in angeles. And at age seven, he was adopted and settled into a lower, lower class home in red bluff, california, which seems stable. And he had a for the first time but that stability was shattered two years later when those parents divorced and after that a series of poor performance in school a lot of vandalization with friends who were unfortunately often in the same position h
Im a senior fellow here at aei. And i have a feeling that many of you are already fans of. Rob henderson and and i know the trajectory of his life. But if you going to go through the broad outlines and then he and my colleague Naomi Schaefer riley whos a Child Welfare expert here aei will fill in fill in the wisdom of that outline, although wisdom that you extracted a very, very challenging upbringing. Sohrab, his mother struggle with addiction and he was and she was deported back to south korea when he was three years old and he never saw her again. He spent the next four years in ten different foster homes in angeles. And at age seven, he was adopted and settled into a lower, lower class home in red bluff, california, which seems stable. And he had a for the first time but that stability was shattered two years later when those parents divorced and after that a series of poor performance in school a lot of vandalization with friends who were unfortunately often in the same position h