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Dont like to talk about. So lying is okay in politics . Whats behind winning the presidency . When it comes to winning the presidency, id like to think the choices about whose ideas are better. But when you talk to people behind the scenes, they talk about moments. There are series of moments and thats what matters. Remember the scream . Howard dean led john kerry in early polls and then after a t loss he tried to rally troops. W in california and texas and new york. The room was noisy and peopl...

Right now im going to yield the floor, as they say in the senate, to our distinguished guest speakers, bob kerrey and jack danforth, who together spent more than 30 years i guess in the United States senate and served as governor, for bob kerrey, and attorney general, for dan for jack danforth. I will yield the floor force much time as you may consume. Great. Well first off its great to be with jack again. And let me try to be relatively brief, ive been out of the senate for 13 years, but the fi...

Guest well, im waiting for the popes position to open up. [laughter] i enjoy being back home in carmel valley, as i said, i have a walnut ranch out there and its nice to be home working with a different set of nuts. Im enjoying that. Host almost all of your Life Experiences and your positions are enviable but you have done one thing im not sure everyone here would be jealous of. You have been roommates with senator schumer. Guest yeah, we were all kind of bachelors back here and our wives were b...

Llima posting you in our building but please, yes six sits down. We are doing renovations. We hope that in a couple of years when you come back you will be able to drink the water and not worry about your health. The building is undergoing renovations but its great to welcome you here and far end mostly far. I know you are a little sleepy. We are so blessed to have your presence with us today. Thank you. In the spirit and strength the strength of the Obama Administration to the country the oppor...

You know, china has demonstrated some advanced capabilities on cyber. They havent conducted anything that might resemble warfare, per se, but they have stolen military secrets from the United States. That starts to see an area thats moving closer to offense than mere security and espionage. Russia has devil straighted a real cyber offense capability if you look at the war in georgia. There was a demonstrated capability to go on that kind of offense. And another looking to do a good job of that, ...

Then, you were required to eat at least one meal at the law school, so there was a group of us who met in the mornings. Mostly kids who lived in the dorm. We needed breakfast and i thought that was one of the delightful times. I also had some study groups that were just delightful. The rule was if you did not contribute, you were booted out i found those interesting, but i must admit i did not get as much out of the law school as i should have and thats simply because of my which i encouraged st...

Good afternoon and welcome once again to alumni weekend. Each year, the Yale Law School Association Provides an award to an outstanding graduate. It is our way of recognizing extraordinary alumni that have made contributions to the legal profession. We are a tiny school but we have exercised an outsized influence on the development of american law and public life. Our award of merit has gone two president s like gerald ford and bill clinton. It has gone to senators like Jack Danforth, arlen spec...

Have exercised an outsized influence undeveloped of american law and public life. Award of merit has gone to ford and s like gerald bill clinton. It has gone to cabinet carla hills, e hillary clinton, robert rubin. And rnors and mayors outstanding state judges. We continue that e adition by honoring thre who, without any question, have contributed immensely to the substance of american law. We honor three justices of the United States Supreme Court. Each of these justices is quintessentially an ...

And i loved that. And other institutions they will remain nameless are sort of picked by reason of how smart the professors think they are or the ir picked for programs based on that. When i was here, law journal, you wrote on. You could volunteer for almost any organization and get in. I hope that is still the case. But my point basically is i now echo sam. I told the students be happy here. I did not finish my advice by saying, be happy by doing what makes you happy. Be passionate about what y...

People who care deeply red we deeply. E we need more bipartisanship. I am a conservative and he is a moderate, let me put it that way. But we like each other. And we still like each other. I think you will need to find a little bit more. But these are difficult times. And i think the American People are unhappy and the media is not particularly helping not is so, but everything fast, so hot, so instant. Sometimes you have to reflect and think and now it is just, to immediate too immediate. Our t...