We still have a long way to go. There is still racism in our country that needs to be addressed accurately and i think the Confederate Flag has been something thats a lingering element of this. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the latest deadline in the Iran Nuclear Talks approached today, amid signs of discord. Irans state tv said negotiations are deadlock
Year from 2003 to 2004. Host what month of 2003 . Guest i got there in may and i left in april. Host why do you refer to to the special ops guys as guest many of these guys are still serving and i dont want to give away their identities. Some i was able to on the conventional side. The folks on the unconventional side have been respectful to them and they have been respectful to me. The book really tells that relationship between the conventional and unconventional and how we operate together and it wasnt necessarily by design. Like i said it was by geography and we worked very well and closely together. Host congressman russell you recount in we got him your conversation with paul wolfowitz. What did you tell him . Guest well he came to look at some of the afghan training efforts. Secretary rumsfeld have asked that we train the iraqi army. I have had great experience in that area was training the Afghan National army and was on the initial mission of that in february 2002 very early o
Former executive director Leadership Council and civil rights. His rent dozens of National Campaigns with bipartisan majorities to strengthen and protect civil rights laws during the reagan and bush presidencies. His been very active since the in the front of my first 37 years. Leslie is working on a nonpartisan initiative, the democracy project which focus on Electoral Reform. She firmly worked as a white house staffer and at the manhattan institution. Peterson is the dean of fellow he was the 2014 republican candidate for california secretary of state. Had he run in another state, he may have succeeded. Trevor potter, former chairman on the election commission, former attorney for senator john mccain, and president george hw bush, i seem not at the same time. Is working in areas of Campaign Finance and elections, political communication government ethics. My co moderator is the Vice President for Student Group is a standalone Student Group were proud to be associated with them. He is
Leslie is working on a nonpartisan initiative, the democracy project which focus on Electoral Reform. She firmly worked as a white house staffer and at the manhattan institution. Peterson is the dean of fellow he was the 2014 republican candidate for california secretary of state. Had he run in another state, he may have succeeded. Trevor potter, former chairman on the election commission, former attorney for senator john mccain, and president george hw bush, i seem not at the same time. Is working in areas of Campaign Finance and elections, political communication government ethics. My co moderator is the Vice President for Student Group is a standalone Student Group were proud to be associated with them. He is a senior and hes going to kick it off with the first question which all of you can take a whack at. Thank you for being here. We appreciated a students hearing from you and hearing your opinions and thoughts on important issue im interested in the fact that we have tried to ref
Hearing the last three days. From all over the world we have human rights activists from 31 countries, from every region, that have come together to really consult together what do we do in these difficult times, how do we breathe and push . How do we push Forward Together . So its our honor and privilege to have with us tonight two of americas most admired leaders. [applause] for a conversation about how do we stand again for human rights in the world, how does america, as imperfect as it is when it comes to human rights, bring back human rights to the centerpiece of our lives . Id like to start with you, president carter, a question for you. If you could just summarize what you heard today, where are we and what do we need to do now . President carter well, i think the best comment i heard today that summarizes it is that we are struggling now to keep going what we achieved in the past. Weve sit back in human rights all over the world. One of the key reasons is that other countries t