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He knew each and every member. He knew what they needed. He knew what they didnt want anybody to know. The part that i find just wonder russ is how in a day could he do what he did and how did he come to know so much about each and every member . You nailed it. He had this encyclopedic knowledge of not only the legislative process, but of the people around it. Hue better humphrey described lbj as a psychiatrist. He could read you. He knew it moerveated you. He knew what might motivate bob was di...

College is supposed to help people achieve their dreams. But more and more, paying for college actually pushes those dreams further out of reach. That is up a trail of everything that is a trail a betrayal of Everything College is supposed to represent. It is about whether or not america creates the greatest workforce and the world in this century just like we did in the last century. The rest of the world, make no mistake about it is working as hard as they can to outdo us. China is on a path t...

Animus problems they face in our country. And so, at the end of this book, the main thing i encourage readers to do was become a cultural broker, get involved in your community, work at a literacy center, work through your church. If you see refugee walking down the street carrying a very heavy couch on his back, stop and talk to the person an offer to help them move that couch in a different way. If you see someone confused in a Grocery Store about how to check out, help them understand how to ...

And suddenly its on everyones radar and its a very complicated issue to explain to people. But it is remarkable. Have you been involved in that we met. I started it. That includes Global Corporate actions and consumer labor, all of this going to secret tribunals which are not part of our court system. And they block the most awesome power combination that you can have. That includes the Corporate Law firms and the people in congress and the president of the United States jobs, industries, center...

Thank you again. On the next washington journal, margot sangerkatz joins us, looking at Health Care Insurance and costs. Then Sharon Epperson on the 80th anniversary of Social Security and what the future holds for the program. Later, a conversation on the u. S. Foster care system, with the director of policy reform and advocacy. Well also take your phone calls, Facebook Comments and tweets. Washington journal, live each morning at 7 00 eastern on cspan. With the senate in its august break, well...

It just fell together as i went along. I think one thing that struck me very dramatically was my decision to leave vietnam and to see how seductive war is. And i knew i didnt want to be someone who went from one war to the next and be kind of a war groupie, because i couldnt make a life. I wrote once that i wanted roots that went down to the source of water. And at the time, when i was in vietnam, i wasnt sure what that would have meant, and i was too young to be thinking about that, but when i ...

Almost every single one of them saluted back. It was an incredibly moving experience, and you always have to wonder when youre talking about faces and people that you remember how it impacted the lives of those young men. I guess, among many other things, ive always wondered were they able to rebuild their lives and to have good families and decent jobs and to really have a decent life. I want to interrupt then and tell an anecdote. Im going to take one second here. I was inside the pentagon wor...

Covering battlefields, to bringing the stories of american troops fighting in faraway places into our living rooms, into the front page of our newspapers. If nothing else, that era was such a turn in journalism that i probably dont have to explain to anybody in this room. And i thought that if were not all totally familiar with these womens backgrounds, we would just start by going down the line and have all of you briefly tell us how you came to be in vietnam. Its a far away place a long time a...

Im very proud of the post9 11 g. I. Bill. I wrote this bill. I actually wrote it before i went into the senate. I introduced it before i went into office. And we developed a leadership prototype in terms of the senate as far as how you can work across the aisle to solve the problem. This was not an easy list. Lift. The Bush Administration oppose this g. I. Bill. They thought it was going to cause people to leave the american military. The exact opposite occurred. And in 16 months, working with d...

Television mini series and best watch in the countrys history at the time. And he came back to tennessee in the early 80s, about the time i was governor. We were very good friends the last 12 years of his life. And ill never forget a threeweek cargo freighter trip i took with him in 1987. I was writing a book. He invited me to go with him. He always rode on cargo freighters because he was in the coast guard. He learned to ride there so he could isolate himself that way and ride. But he was a won...