Work his previous works of in the year in year zero a history of 1945. Most of which he wrote while he was a fellow 2012 to the envy of his fellow fellows, he displays a betrayal of the world emerging from the devastation and unspeakable horrors of world war ii in europe and asia. Skeptical about the idea that we can learn much from history, he whatd to know, he writes, those who lived through the war and its end went through, in the long dark shadow of what came before. The wall street journal called year zero remarkable in its combination of magnificence and modesty. The Financial Times described it as elegant, humane and luminous. Amos martin amis has published 25 books, including many collections of stories in novels. Stories and novels. One of the greatest british writers since 1945. 1945 seems to be a theme here. We are extremely fortunate to be able to listen in on a conversation between these two extraordinarily gifted writers, who are also friends. Talk for about 45 minutes th
Washington ideas forum. Its 20 minutes. I want to thank you for being here with us today. Its wonderful to get a report about a battle that we all have a stake in. I want to start with you dr. Dalton. I keep hearing that this quest against cancer is no longer a matter of curing it but turning it into a chronic illness. Is that right . Not entirely. We would all hope that we could cure the disease. I think the issue will be not so much if you will cure but intercept. Understand who is at risk of developing cancer and then if you can detect it earlier, the earlier you detect cancer the higher chance of cure. Call it cancer interception. There will be those that we can cure by totally eradicating the disease depending on when its diagnosed the earlier the better versus when we hope once the disease has progressed to a certain degree control it. And make it a chronic disease. So im answering your questions by saying yes to both possibilities. Does that sound right . Were not going to be ab
Washington ideas forum. Its 20 minutes. I want to thank you for being here with us today. Its wonderful to get a report about a battle that we all have a stake in. I want to start with you dr. Dalton. I keep hearing that this quest against cancer is no longer a matter of curing it but turning it into a chronic illness. Is that right . Not entirely. We would all hope that we could cure the disease. I think the issue will be not so much if you will cure but intercept. Understand who is at risk of developing cancer and then if you can detect it earlier, the earlier you detect cancer the higher chance of cure. Call it cancer interception. There will be those that we can cure by totally eradicating the disease depending on when its diagnosed the earlier the better versus when we hope once the disease has progressed to a certain degree control it. And make it a chronic disease. So im answering your questions by saying yes to both possibilities. Does that sound right . Were not going to be ab
Officials at tsa, and employees are scared to report problems, fearing retaliation. One employee says he was instructed by management to racially profile somali americans. A report from the Inspector Generals Office concluded they have a serious staffing problem, losing more than 100 airport screeners every week. This is 2 25. Committee on oversight and government reform comes to order. Without objection, the chair has authorize zed to declare a recess at anytime. We have an important hearing today examining the Management Practices and misconduct at the Transportation Security Administration, the tsa. As we enter the summer travel, Many Americans are headed to the airport. We get a lot of people coming in from overseas who want to travel domestically, but have a lot of americans taking their families or going on business, the whole array, everything you can think about. The numbers are pretty amazing, how many people travel on a daily basis. But often when they get there, theyre findi
What the hell . So its not a strong field. And who knows if they can beat you in 2012 . But i tell you who could definitely beat you, mr. President. 2008 barack obama. You would have loved him. So charismatic. So charming. Was he a little too idealistic . Maybe. But you would have loved him. I still think we all remember that inauguration day. The first lady was there. And may i say for as beautiful as you look that day you look even more beautiful tonight. [ applause ] now, you on the other hand, mr. President , have aged a little. What happened to you . When you were sworn in you looked like the guy from the old spice commercials. Now you look like Louis Gossett sr. I never said this to anyone before, but maybe you should start smoking again. Is this the change you were talking about . Mr. President , look at your hair. If your hair gets any whiter, the tea party is going to endorse it. They say diplomacy is a matter of carrots and sticks. And since mrs. Obama got to the white house,