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Next on booktv, jesmyn ward discusses her memorialrys about growing up poor in mississippi and the deaths of five men from her hometown that she was close to, including her younger brother. She talks about the circumstances of their deaths and the role that race, poverty, and lack of opportunity played their early demise. This is about 15 minutes. [applause] its good to be here. I as i talk to more people about the memoir, i always say, inevitably, talk to someone about it and i say its the hard...

A massive protest are backing the streets of thailands Anti Government demonstrators all important needed. Like minister said a lot. And three bcm. During the elections. The stories of war. On friday. This effort when third here in korea life from full time teaching them sean went into so much for joining us. We begin with the National Rail strike entered its third week on this monday with operations running at seventy to eighty percent normal. This tehran rail operator has announced plans to hi...

Does not work. And finally i would say that the regional organization, the au, it is better and they still havent quite developed that capability. And we either need to recognize that or understand that youre going to have to have the u. N. In a far more capable way, whether this means a standing capability, it have to be done. Finally, the one good piece of news is twofold. And i think that the atrocities prevention board that the administration has started has actually resulted in a far more e...

Security issues . What are the things that we have to be concerned with as a nation and what is the armys role in those National Security issues . So i hope we will have a good discussion on that today. We face many challenges today, whether it be budgets and balancing our budget, reducing that debt and what is the right level of funding for our military . We face social problems which was mentioned, such as assault and harassment. We are working on the issues of suicide, the issues of taking ca...

Bank of south sudan, picking up the pieces economically when this is all done will be much, much harder if we pull that support out now. So i do think that its important and imperative that Development Assistance continue. That the modalities be examined. That the strategies be updated as the situation changes. But that we keep the commitment to the people of south sudan and not harm them further. And one last point. The building leverage is critical. Thats what weve got to be looking for all th...

Poverty in china, in indonesia, in india, yes is the answer to that. I remember doing a piece with my colleague linda lim from the university of michigan on wages in Southeast Asia and socalled race to the bottom hypophysis. Empirically we are in exactly 180 degrees different world. It is not race to the bottom in wages at all in china, very similar, phenomenon. I think it is a fair question, i dont want to overstate the point. I dont believe that economic integration is a panacea and it doesnt ...

Congressional, but generally, you know, voters dont have a ton of familiarity with the people on that ballot. So i think for the voters it was actually a pretty typical election. There and you remind me what the other questions were . So the others were would you expect a similar effect in a higher visibility race, and would you expect the parties really to start weighing in this more often in primaries, primaries and higher level races such as for congress . So they, these endorsements were for...

Improvement in 2013 in relations between china and south korea, i think really has taken a lot of broader risk out of the north korea crisis. The north korea crisis would clearly be a big challenge for south korea, but i think the fear always was that the Korean Peninsula could really be a focal point for a broader International Crisis. And i think thats really gone way, way down. Jack wilson. Hi, jack goldstone, George Mason University and brookings. Want to pick on something that david said. 2...

Not a surprise to those of us who have been following him for many years. It was the opening of the debate and Governor Scott not coming out he did came out and the debate went on and they talked a lot about standard issue like jobs and education that we fact checked but it started with that pretty funny exchange. Are going to look at some of the big whoppers of the 2014 campaign. That floor to debate and many others, more than 100 we have covered, are available on our website at www. Cspan. Org...

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