Will continue to do that, and to make sure that in the second incident that were using their input. Well, i think its absolutely crucial. Mr. Chairman, i would like to really thank you also for having the ig at the table, when i chaired the committee, it was my habit or really my administrative procedure that all of my subcommittees either had an ig come in what was the hotspots for agencies or at least submit written testimony, the fact that youre utilizing that is really crucial. Well have a lot to talk about this afternoon. Thank you so much for your service. We so value the work of our Inspector Generals theyve been enormously helpful to me, both as chair and now vice chair of the committee to really get value for our dollar. To identify management hotspots, and we really want to thank you for the identification not only of the problem but the recommendation for solutions. So thank you very much and all the igs. Youre very welcome, senator. Thank you, senator. Senator langford. Tha
Very resilient country, and i think a much stronger country than any other major economy. And if you look at the challenges we face the country they are pretty stark challenges in the politics are terrible but i think that he would rather have our challenges than the challenges of really developed economy in any major emerging economies around the world. Sheryl sandberg also talked with former treasury secretary paulson after the militant Institute Conference you can see the entire event at eight eight eastern overrun cspan. On cspan three next, former capitol hill staffers that worked on intelligence oversight for lawmakers look at expiring provisions of the patriot act. The u. S. Senate meet sunday to debate those provisions read from the center for justice in washington d. C. This is an outward and a half. We have two incredible panelists. I know that we covered a lot of the congressional oversight issue with the Vice President. So on this one we are going to try to go a little bit
Franklin roosevelt appoints him in the summer of 1941 aswhat eventually becomes the office of strategic services. Kind of a strange choice because donovan was a staunch republican, had run for governor of new york on an antiroosevelt, antinew deal platform. But he was also a man of irrepressible spirit, boundless optimism, full of ideas and, in a sense, hehe reflected the qualities of Franklin Roosevelt so he was named the head of our first spy service. Cspan as you know, they called him wild bill donovan. Tell us a wild story. Guest well, oneone of theone of the conclusions i reached about donovan was that he was a magnificent magnet for attracting talent. His oss attracted College President s, semanticists, philosophers, writers, journalists, photographers, actors, cameramen. Arthur goldberg had been an oss veteran, subsequently goes on the supreme court. Historian Arthur Schlesinger jr. Was with the oss. The french chef julia child was with the oss. But what kind of strstruck me abo
it up in front of my face. then on i realized that he knew certainly as much as i knew when i was a kid. you know? you remember how you had to really tell who was lying and who wasn t? that sort of thing. so because they had this kind of really sharp intelligence, i think parents can make enormous differences in what their how their children behave and learn in school. the photographs, huge boxes of them were sent to me some i knew that i wanted in the book, others were sent to me, and i just picked them out. and i picked them out suddenly when i knew probably what this guy was thinking, drinking out of that fountain or what that pair of women were thinking when they were sitting at this soda fountain. you know, a little string over here, and you can t go here, you can t go there. so when that appealed to me, when the photograph appealed to me, then i was able to do it. and some the house itself, the editors themselves wanted me to comment on, some that i may not have chose