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Im david stern and the executive director of equal justice work. Are you excited . [cheers] you i saw you guys on the hall, and i know. But your phones down. Oh and make sure we are clear on that one. We are honored to have Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg here. Judge williams will introduce her over the next hour and you will have a fabulous person who will lead you through Justice Ginsburgs career. Judge and Claire Williams is also known about them also known as the mother of equal justice work. She joined the bench in 1991. Can you believe it . She is so incredible looking. [laughter] but in 1991 judge williams awarded leftover fronts from a net i, which gave us the seed funding to create our postgraduate fellowship program. So, judge williams, thank you. We are forever indebted to you. Judge williams served on the u. S. District court for the Northern District of illinois. She is the first and only judge of color on the u. S. Court of appeals for the second circuit. Judge williams also
Senator mccain, when you look ofk, what are the legacies vietnam. Senator mccain before we get into a conflict, we have to get a strategy to win. The gulf of as tonkin resolution and there was confrontation between american ships and the enemies troops the vietnamese troops. Lack ofs a complete focus and strategy to bring it to a close. One of the things that overrode Lyndon Johnsons thinking was china. We did not want to have a conflagration that would lead to a real conflict. They cautioned our actions so that it was a very gradual then, not onlyh did not harm the enemy, but it strengthened their resolve. That led to all sorts of implications. Demonstrations right here on the mall. There was one million people. It really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. Demonstrations, chicago, all of us can look back and see on cspan. It was a small swiss time and t it was a told tulmultuous time. Incometed the lowest level of america and the highest doctor to say they had a bone
You to this extraordinary audience. These are the next generation of Public Interest lawyers. I have come from all over the country to interview for Public Interest jobs, and to hear the two of you speak. We are thrilled to have you here. I will turn it over to judge williams. [applause] judge williams good afternoon. Good afternoon. Judge williams i know we can do better than that. This is justice rbg. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Judge williams you can imagine how excited we were that Justice Ginsburg said yes. With publics been interest enterprises. Lifeevoted so much of her to making things better in the world using her legal career. She said yes to this conference and career fair, life yes to having this conversation, and she is a rockstar as you know. To understand how it is you became such a force, we begin at the beginning. You grew up in brooklyn. Wonderful parents. Your mom did complete high school, your dad didnt. Your roots are in russia and austria. Your mother give you
Reviews Tim Washington post and many more. He is cofounded the National Writers series which is a book festival as well as a writing workshop. We are excited to be hosting and it is my honor to introduce doug stan. [applause] thank you everyone. We have some special guests and friends who have come to visit. This book has just come out and its been a labor of love beginning in 2005 trying to get to the special forces camp and there was a gentle man an and a helicopter seemed to be older than everyone else walking around. We began to talk and turned to the first conversation about the uss. I saw that as a survival story trying to make grea right deciss about the hardest moment. Both soldiers and in harms way and books about the war but they are about people to overcome something extraordinary. And in the case of this new book to go back, this gentleman asked did you write in harms way. Since 2005 im kind of concerned about being in afghanistan in broad daylight but the command Sergeant