Chair Martin Dempsey whether i have a concern or whether it is true, the government of iran is responsible for their behavior so we are concerned about their behavior. There is about six things that concern me about irans behavior. One of which is the nuclear issue. Im certainly supportive of the effort to try to resolve that the politically. We will have other issues with iran. Resolve that diplomatically. On occasion, there are efforts to threaten freedom and navigation. We have to work these. The government of iran has to if they are going to act responsibly and engage the world as they claim they wish to do, they have to control the irg see land forces irgc land forces. Going back to the syria training program, when exactly did it start . Can you tell us more about who the trainees are . Are they from the fsa . The second question is regarding Drone Operations. There have been some measures in congress to speed up this transfer of Drone Operations to the military. Can you give us a
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
Of paper and carry it from florida to california to get a letter from california to florida. Why can they figure out a way to get these contraceptives to women that does not involve nuns . They put a man on the moon but they are forcingothersto four orcing others. We are dealing there other people at stake. There are employees who will go without coverage if the nuns will not fill out the form or if anyone or if the university of notre dame will not fill out the form. The government can pay for anything but the would not say for instance that i have an objection to paying within the same as men. We would never say the government has money to make up the salary different so no big deal. They would say we are going to enforce the laws. We would not say i have a religious objection to paying minimum wage. No big deal. The government can make of the salary difference. We would reject that form of claim let alone saying i refuse to fill out a form. The question about the Conscientious Objec
A long time you took a test and you are tracked into that. You dont want a system where your future is determined for you buy a test. We want one where you have an interest or ability to do something, that takes you away from a traditional college, you should be able to do that. We see that within school choice. There are scarred Charter Schools where he can learn everything right down to underwater welding, which i dont have any experience with, but i understand it is pretty lucrative. You can get lots of valuable skills. Skills that cannot be easily outsourced. There is Something Else important which is that we have a lot of money going into Higher Education. By all indications, it is not translating into more learning. There is inflation the arms race and amenities and buildings. I think it is hard to make the argument we need more money. Maybe we needed better targeted. We need to allow people to choose what they think is best for them even before college. I agree with all of that.
All right, lets get started. Let me remind you to turn off the sound on your cell phones. This is our number 3263, denial in the face of fact. I asked for a science panel, i got an antiscience panel. [laughter] tom so im tom blumen thatll. Im the former chair of molecular and Development Biology here in boulder. I am the director of the institute for Downs Syndrome at the medical school. Let me briefly introduce the subject. I want you to imagine a world where they were accepted. Where nobody was deliberately underseeking to undermine these facts just because they stood to gain financially or because they seem at odds with their religious beliefs. Huge numbers of americans simply dont believe facts, people believing in the truth matter as lot not because it affects the truth but because whether or not we act based on truth or fiction matter as lot. This isnt a scientific issue. Its a political one. Todays panelists will address the thorny question of how to get people to believe facts