It was published last year, she has published other books on the history of science. You might have noticed that a number of the panelist today dont have academic training in history, or have not been academic historians or their entire careers. Im quite certain that angela is the only one in our panel who has a phd in biochemistry. She actually worked as a scientist and a graduate student with radioisotopes of berkeley before she decided she wanted to be a historian. She is now a professor of history at princeton university. She is also the incumbent president s of the history of science societies. She has done pretty well for a biochemist. [laughter] creager. [applause] i would like to give my warm thanks to the key west harry s. Truman foundation, for bringing me here. I am enjoying the sunshine, and the sea, as well as these marvelous panels. Where thisn with morning sessions left off. The Nuclear Detonations at hiroshima and not a socket world war ii by demonstrating a devastating
Career outside the white house. Our phone lines are open for you. Republicans can call 202 7370002. Democrats can call 202 7370002. And independence can call 202 6280205. If you are outside the United States you can call 202 6280184. Asking if first ladys should walk outside the white house. This is what laura bush had to say. The first lady should not receive a salary. There are plenty of perks. That was really great. I miss the chef. I dont think so. I think the interesting question should be should they receive a salary, but should they be able to work for a salary at a job that they might have already had. That is what we will have to determine. Certainly a first gentleman mike continue to work at whatever he did if he was a law your or whatever. That is the question we should ask, should she have a career during those years that her husband as president . In addition to serving as first lady. Lady laurar first bush in an interview airing on cspan. 9 00 p. M. To air at tonight. You
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Can follow this event live on cspan 2. A discussion on the federal judges ruling that said the nsa collection on phone records violates the constitution. This is 45 minutes. Back with James Andrew Lewis of the center for strategic and International Studies. Here to talk about the judges decision on monday, a District Court judge questioning the legality of nsas phone data records. What did he say . Guest he said it was a tremendous intrusion into privacy. It was unconstitutional that the collection of the metadata, greatbills, by nsa, was a risk to the Fourth Amendment and lot legal and not legal. Host what program by the nsa was he referring to . Guest they have a program essentially the phone bill of american citizens. Call, howt who you long the call lasted, where the call might have been. Possiblehem identify targets for counterterrorism or counterespionage. He objected to the fact that nsa, a foreign intelligence body, is collecting intelligence on american citizens. Host how . Gu
You Transparency International has and been pleased to work with the bank. Andbank. In an i would love the panel to tell us something new that is going to be so startling that will make the headlines tomorrow. Maybe something you dont say in public. This is a relaxed conversation. To hear the conversations that go on a little bit like that James Wolfensohn shared at the beginning. Those moments, those thoughts are instructional and helpful. Mr. Volker . You want me to give a relaxed news headline . We talked about all the difficulties of dealing with corruption in countries. That is true in many countries. All of which are represented in the world bank board. It is a hard problem, dealing with corruption by all these other countries. It is a hard time changing the minds of the people in the world bank on the subject. Is tough and unpleasant it is a tough and unpleasant subject and makes it hard to get the money out there and get a project started. There was a lot of resistance to mr. W