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Africas priority but also see how the rest of the globe. 2015, whatever it is, it has to be. Were lucky, as an envoy of the president , to be part of that process, to be part of the process of the u. N. Development, u. N. For 2015 visions, Highlevel Panel that had 24 members from a different part of the world and also cochair by indonesia and britain. Just the same we handed over to secretarygeneral report, the eu met and decided, well, its the time to create this group. Its about creating a gro...

To. One is theres a changing social compact between companies and the work force and companies are increasingly looking for individuals who have some important technical skill which is why Stem Education is so important. We were fortunate to see an 8. 6 increase in our enrollment of students in engineering programs and i think students are realizing that skrg these skills is important because its what employers are looking for. Were talking with james linder, the interim president of the univers...

Theyre selling google glass eyewear designed by a famous designer. Glassames will cost the 1800. More than a standard pair of googles hightech glasses. The roar of the harleydavidson engine will be more like a home. First electric harleydavidson. The company will be taking a few dozens of these other two are to a tour of the u. S. The harley will create something new. To our lead story, oracle strikes a deal to buy micros systems. The Software Giant under pressure to produce sales growth. They p...

Next a conversation with Purdue University president and former indiana governor mitch daniels. Thats followed by a debate on geneticallymodified foods and a look at how bees are being used today by the military. Next a conversation with Purdue University president mitch daniels. The fomer indiana governor and budget director spoke with viewers as part of our special series on universities in the big ten conference. This is about 45 minutes. Sgl this week we continue our series with University P...

Sgl this week we continue our series with University President s in conjunction with the cspan buss Big Ten College tour. This morning the cspan bus is on the campus of Purdue University and West Lafayette, louisiana. Now joining us from purdues campus is its president mitch daniels, the former governor of indiana. Thanks for being with us this morning. Welcome to purdue. Thank you so much. Sorry i cant be there in person. Want to start out rather broadly and just ask you to name, what do you th...

Thank you so much for your efforts. Theres significant city wide efforts going on. One of the cities leading the way is the city of chicago. We are proud to be joined by chicago commissioner of Public Health. Thank you very much. Would you standup . [ applause ] one of our great partners at the federal level, assistant secretary of defense dr. Jonathan woodson. Dr. Woodson is leading an effort across the military to stop smoking and tobacco use. We can all agree that deserves some applause. Than...

Affordable care act . Should it be repealed, and if so, would you propose something place . If you believe it should be kept in force, do you think there should be some adjustments in program . Senator jenkins, youre first. Well, my day job is in the health care industry. Im passionate about care. Up every day, working to try to bring accessible, virginiae care to west yans. Thats what i do for a living and its a passion of mine. The wrong recipe. Our Health Care System is broken. A true Health ...

That you tried to teach your chosen people in the time of samuel, the prophet, that to be the most favored nation in your eyes, that nation must be unlike other nations. Lord, i pray for ministers of all faiths, that they may be protected from the penalties of assigned to law breakers who find it their duty to follow their conscience, save those who think it their duty to destroy america. Put in our hearts a desire to build a nation unafraid to follow your commands. Amen. The speaker the chair h...

Mindful of opportunities to help, to share, to protect, to welcome and to proclaim what is just and what is good. We ask your blessing on this house, this government, and all those who serve the common good. By your holy spirit, grant that they might have the courage to do just that. And may all that we do or say give honor and glory to you, almighty father, now and forever, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval ...

Students trying to get into college. Analysts presented studies affecting black and hispanic students including access to Student Loans and the overall effectiveness of college ratings. This is two hours, 35 minutes. The paper i am going to talk about this morning is called the color of student debt is coauthored with robert and jason. This is about student debt. Remember that more than one out of two of them have taken out a loan in order to do so. That is a significant change in the history of...