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for president obama particularly as he leads this nation, that you might grant him wisdom and your sovereign hand might be directing the decisions he makes. we think of tragedies that have happened recently, attacks, and life of many citizens, we pray you would protect a life i pray that those of us who know you would live godley lives. i pray we would do that for your glory. we pray now that you would bless this discussion tonight that we might learn something that would make us more effective citizens. we ask this in christ s name, amen. before i introduce this evening s panelist, i want to take a few minutes and set the context and purpose for tonight s discussion it s my opinion that believers or evangelicals should engage in political activity on the basis of their faith commitments. i hold this opinion for a couple reasons opinion scripture assumes that a follower of christ will seek opportunities for influence. god instructs his people who are in exile to seek th ....
we think of tragedies that have happened recently, attacks, and life of many citizens, we pray you would protect a life i pray that those of us who know you would live godly lives. i pray we would do that for your glory. we pray now that you would bless this discussion tonight that we might learn something that would make us more effective citizens. we ask this in christ s name, amen. before i introduce this evening s panelist, i want to take a few minutes and set the context and purpose for tonight s discussion it s my opinion that believers or evangelicals should engage in political activity on the basis of their faith commitments. i hold this opinion for a couple reasons opinion scripture assumes that a follower of christ will seek opportunities for influence. it s just one example, god instructs his people who are in exile to seek the peace or welfare of the city where i ve caused you to be carried away as captives. and pray unto the lord for it. the peace or welfar ....
beverly: so, we will go ahead and get started since the moment has arrived. others may trickle in from lunch, but thank you and welcome here to this panel on the church committee at 40. my name is beverly gage. i am a history professor at yale. and i will be up here mostly timekeeping and asking some questions. before i introduce the panelists, i just wanted to say a few words about the genesis of this panel, the idea behind it and some of the issues i hope we are going to be able to address. so this year, 2015, marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most important congressional committees certainly of the 1970 s. and i think arguably of the latter half of the 20th century and that was the church committee. the church committee which was chaired by senator frank church began its work in the spring of 1975. and for the 16 months between the spring of 1975 and when they delivered 14 volumes of reports in 1976, the church committee held hearings, performed investigations ....
why we had to reform and make the agencies more responsive was in order to deal with the threat set that were apparent to the security of the our nation, and i would say that there was a general agreement to that. i remember i was on the floor when john stood up and moved the creation of what is now known as the church committee on the grounds that this could not continue. i m convinced that mike saw right away that this had to be dealt with. i think what we did could be explained because it helped prevent some of the abuses in the past, and some of the mistakes of the past cost us dearly, but also because we have this straighten this out and only an outside committee within the control of the senate could do it. why did you want to be on it? wow. well, you know, i had followed this stuff as a senator, i had been attorney general in my state, dealt with these issues, and i sense that something was really wrong without being in on the inside when i heard i said, when ....
american history tv, with programs that tell our nation s story. the civil war anniversary visiting battle fields and key events. american artifacts, during historic sites to see what they reveal about our past. bookshelf, the presidency looking at policies and legacies of our nation s commanders in chief. lectures with top college professors delving into the past. and real america government and educational films from the 1930s through the 1970s. cspan3 created by the cable tv industry and provided by your local provider. former president george w. bush addressed the graduating class at southern methodist university. 2015 is the university s anniversary. it opened 100 years ago. [ applause ] thank you all. thank you. [ applause ] thank you very much. president turner, thanks. members of board of trustees provost, faculty staff, distinguished guests, parents, most importantly the class of 2015. i thank you for your warm welcome. i appreciate the invitation to be wit ....