Recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the jotyndinit leaders d the noty whip limited to five minutes but in no eve shall debate continue beyond past 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman, mr. Fleischmann, for five minutes. Mr. Fleischmann mr. Speaker, chattanoa, tenssee the great state of tennessee and our nation lost a wonderful man last friday. Scotty probasco my dear friend, passed awa suddenly. All this week we have had memorials tributes, eulogies, all justly deserved for this great man. I was wondwhearg i was going to say today as i put togethe these notes but i wantll of america to know about this special man and my dear frnd. Scottie was born on november 26, 1928. He attended the bride school in chattanooga. He attended the Baylor School in chattanooga. Dartmouth college and thethe Wharton School at penn. He was a gifted man a very bright man. A great business man. But he was a giver. As i was thinking thiseek wh
Peace and forgiveness, especially those who imprisoned him. Thats major when we talk about prison being so essential to our faith and hes practicing it. I think thats very impactful not just for the Christian Church but the world. Mandela is the number one story of 2013. Make the assessment, it was mandela and then id say pope francis. Just chose him as the person of the year because hes in the center of all the major conversations of our time. Conversations about wealth, poverty, fairness, justice, transparency, technology, about globalization, the role of women, the nature of marriage, the temptations of power. Heres a man who comes along without weapons of mass destruction but has tremendous power. Every time he tweets, the world looks at it. He has that kind of influence. Whats your sense with him . Are you optimistic hes going to move positively in the issues . Im hopeful. I think some of the theology and the philosophy is going to be a challenge but it seems like hes the kind of
Next on booktv, and john yoo argues they have very little power when they do with each other but acts as an impediment to powerful countries trying to think that fight terrorism and stop the spread of weapons of mass distraction. This discussion is about an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] well, welcome, everybody. Thank you are braving the weather to make it to American Enterprise institute today. And gary schmitt, resident scholar and a direct descendent for strategic studies here. Todays event, which is cosponsored by a Panel Discussion on john yoos latest book, point of attack preventative war, International Law, and global welfare. Our format today is quite ample. John will start off with a review and thesis and then we will followup with our our panelists, comment then i might throw in a point or two as well and following that we will open it up to questions in a robust discussion. Before turning the microphone over to john, let me first briefly introduce her to panelis
Pacific school of religion in berkeley. I was there three years and became president of lancaster seminary and then was called back to pacific School Religion for three years as president. Then last year i became president of the Graduate Theological Union. Before we get into the gtu your experience as a parish minister first. You were saying something about they deal in housing for the homeless . Yes. In the San Fernando Valley there were a group of about 35 churches and synagogues and they became interested in the vulnerable population of single women with children who were homeless. So we ended up buying a motel and converting it to a shelter. From that we went on to develop in the project of this organization to build some additional shelters and also some lowincome housing or Affordable Housing so that some people could actually find a trajectory towards independence. So a lot of funds were raised as a result . We had to raise about 1 million a year in the beginning. Of course, ho
Welcome everybody. Thanks for braving the weather to make it to a American Enterprise institute today. My name is gary schmitt and im a resident scholar and i direct the Maryland Center for Security Studies here at aei. Todays event which is being cosponsored by the federal society as a Panel Discussion of john yoos latest book point of attack preventive war, International Law and global warfare. Our format today is going to be quite simple. John will start off with an overview of the books thesis and then we will follow up with our panelists comments and i might throw in a pointer point or two as well. Following that we will open up the floor to your questions and have a good robust discussion i am sure. Before turning the mic over to john however let me briefly introduce our two guests panelists. Michael levitin and harvey rishikof. As you can see from the biographical materials you have at hand both have had quite distinguished careers. Michael is currently professor of law at North