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Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a democrat from north dakota. I want to begin with one of your campaign ads. You describe your mom as a janitor, your dad as someone who never finished high school and you are one of seven. What was that like . We did not think it was all that rare. Back then, a lot of people in the world war ii generation did not finish high school, who had to help out on the farm. An eighth grade education was considered the most you could ascribe to. For us, it was not odd. Our dad was always a Community Leader and so we never thought about education as being what you learned in school. Education was what you did and how you learned in real life. My dad was a Community Leader and my mom was the protector of the underadvantaged. The worst thing you could commit from my mother was to pick on another kid. When ....
I am going to have to call time. I just want to ask one single question, which is, one thing that happens after snowden for journalism. If you could wave a magic wand and make it happen, what would it be . , i will let you go first. An International Norm or agreement that safeguards internet freedom, number one. I would follow that thought, but an International Norm or convention that defines privacy rights and empowers people to control what they want to control. More Great Stories to cover. [laughter] i was really worried they were all going to say world peace. I do not want any journalists to prosecute. Journalists will not be prosecuted for doing their jobs. [applause] amnesty for snowden. And world peace. I am sorry i failed in my job as chair, but it was such a great discussion. I cannot can i think a lot ca ....
Three years of the war between the president s government and opposition forces. The mass exodus has caused tensions in neighboring jordan, turkey, and iraq. Millions more are displaced within syria. The two sides are unable to make progress towards peace during a recent conference in geneva. Thank you very much for joining us for todays discussion. My name is megan bradley, im a fellow here with the Foreign Policy program at brookings. In particular, i work with the brookings l. S. C. Project or internal displacement which works to promote the hueman rights and wellbeing of refugees and internally displaced persons around the world. In particular we work to support the mandate of the u. N. Special repertoire on human rights of internally displaced persons. The codirector of the project had hoped to be here today to moderate todays discussion, but unfortunately due to a family emergency was unable to be with us. Its a real pleasur ....