I want to say hello to those who are watching this through the lifestream and through cspan2. This is a great day to have a great conversation about Higher Education and particularly the role of historically black universities and colleges. In 1997 i worked with an educational project. A number of you know the dr. Is that public hbc you. Some of you know his private hbc. He spent time in washington, d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps. Number of you know him through his work as a pastor. In 1997 we had an opportunity to sit in the lovely room. With a donor who owns a very large and very Famous Family foundation. The head of that walked into the room. And she said, can ask a questi question . Is there a need for blackblack colleges today and doctor proctor leaned back in his seat and he said maam, if you make can i restructure the question. The question is not, whether there is a need for hbcus today, the question is, where would america be today without them. And so she nod
I want to say hello to those who are watching this through the lifestream and through cspan2. This is a great day to have a great conversation about Higher Education and particularly the role of historically black universities and colleges. In 1997 i worked with an educational project. A number of you know the dr. Is that public hbc you. Some of you know his private hbc. He spent time in washington, d. C. As a kennedy appointee to the peace corps. Number of you know him through his work as a pastor. In 1997 we had an opportunity to sit in the lovely room. With a donor who owns a very large and very Famous Family foundation. The head of that walked into the room. And she said, can ask a questi question . Is there a need for blackblack colleges today and doctor proctor leaned back in his seat and he said maam, if you make can i restructure the question. The question is not, whether there is a need for hbcus today, the question is, where would america be today without them. And so she nod
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Manipulation, there is some propaganda, there is a lot of repression, but it is also a genuine perception that putin has made the country more stable. Glor we continue with steven cook of the council of Foreign Relations and talk about the recent saudi arabianled block aid of qatar and what it means for the middle east and the u. S. The qatarys are going to be isolated from the region. There is too much mistrust now among the leaders of these countries for them to repair the relationship in a way where there is constructive cooperation, common interests that the saudis and the emiratis will be willing to work with the qatarys, the egyptian, and vice versaa. Glor conclude with personal technology comist Walt Mossberg. He talked to charlie about hits recent retirement and career in journalism. I feel very comfortable wit. I really think of it and ease planned when i announced it as a reinvention. Thats not a rhetorical dodge. Every so often, you have to reinvent yourself and, so, when i
Thefirst episode deals with popularity of president clinton. Here is a look. The idea the state is more important than the people is not new. For us, it is a collective concept. We consider ourselves to be part of the whole. To be russian means to share the same cultural and historic identity. , he inspired the kremlins ideology. He says the elected identity comes from patriotism, projection of power, and respect for rule. Putin katzen to all three connecting russian taps into all three. It is not something additional or artificial. Breath, our organic way of life. Today, the kremlin uses the patriots and convince the population only a powerful state can protect them from enemies. Enemy number one, the u. S. They accuse the u. S. Of humiliating russia are expanding nato to russian borders and supporting revolutions in former soviet states and satellites. He advocates by fighting back against the west with asymmetric war. Dissidenty supporting movements. Much more. Exactly. We are suppo