So, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his beloved wife mrs. Coretta scott king. They were my friend. My brother. And my sister. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the United States senator from michigan, the honorable carl levin. [ applause ] thank you and good afternoon, everybody. The congressional gold medal resolution that we are implementing today commemorates the ability of an inspired couple, armed only with the righteousness of their cause to help liberate millions from oppressive racism. We also commemorate today the ability of elected officials. Led by president johnson. Armed only with the desire for justice to overcome the divisions of party in order to help overcome the divisions of race. In october 1960, Martin Luther king, jr. Wrote to his beloved coretta from a georgia prison 230 miles from atlanta, a prison to which he had been hauled i
Nell. Its a terrific book. Thank you. Its a terrific book on an important topic, and, you know, you dont think that realizing about congress is going to keep you up at night because you dont want to put the book down, but i really, i really found it when i said riveting, i really meant it. Thank you. It was a good read. Its absolutely fascinating. Okay. Your book emphasizes what you call the complex and contradictory cast of characters who pulled the bill toward or away from the president s desk. Thats what you said. Would you please say more about that . Yeah, sure. First of all, let me just say thank you very much to green light for having this. As jared mentioned, this is literally my neighborhood bookstore. I live down the street, and were here all the time. In fact, bring our kids to listen to the wonderful sounds of jared some sunday mornings. So its a real pleasure to be here to talk about this book. And, of course, thank you very much, nell. You know, you and i have worked toge
Good morning. Oh, i know you can do better than that. Lets start again. Good morning all right. Now i know it is a good morning. Thank you so much. He said retired . What is that . As my mother said, no, you breathe your last breath, then you retire. Our theme for the program is dare to act. The theme for today is dare to lead. But we have all of these dares and i just want to take a second to speak about them because i want you to own them, at least own one. So its dare to act for the conference, dare to lead for this morning, dare to impact, dare to include, dare to engage, dare to innovate. Now heres one i love dare to transform. Got it . Dare to transform. Dare to improve. Dare to empower. And then, my work dare to educate and dare to create. So how many of these dares have you had as a part of your life . Think about it. I can run through the list and think about the hundred years that ive been alive and ive been daring all my life. What about you . I certainly hope that you will
Fall under the agencys jurisdiction. So often times requesters are making rather broad requests. Agencies are then faced with trying to figure out what it is and what in the world is it that the person actually wants. One way to deal with this we have talked about this for ages. It was ultimately codified in the foia amendments in 1996 was for the agency to come back to the requester and say, i dont understand what your request is asking for or this is really too complex and its too time consuming and if you are willing to narrow the request and here are some suggestions, we can handle the request more expeditiously for you. Thats basically the tradeoff for the agency is that the request gets narrow and more manageable and the bone thats being thrown to the requester is that they will respond to it more expeditiously. That often times still is not it doesnt happen in practice. But thats kind of where the statute is supposed to be. I have a friend who is a litigator in the National Secu
Expert. Not a cuba i study the u. S. Cuba relationship. I want to focus on what intrigues me most about washingtons policy toward cuba. That is the mental software we use to undergird our policy. That is what the book is about. What it attempts to explain is what everyone agrees is a dysfunctional policy. Saysirst, as wolf blitzer on the situation room, we have some breaking news. I want to talk about what president obama did yesterday. He announced a relaxation of the u. S. Embargo of cuba. This began in october, 1960. It was instituted by president eisenhower just a few days before the election between Richard Nixon and john kennedy. Candidate nixon asked the president to do something to show some spine toward cuba and step thato was the was taken. [no audio] i think there is a little truth in advertising to begin. Not a cuba specialist. I studied the u. S. Chiba relationship. What i would like to spend about 30 minutes doing now is focusing upon what intrigues me most about washingt