David saperstein is the state departments ambassador at large for International Religious freedom. He spoke at an event hosted by Georgetown Universitys religious freedom project here in weeksy where he highlighted the efforts of his department in providing aid and support to displaced communities escaping the threat of isis. Ladies and gentlemen, im honored to introduce to you the man who heads the american effort to advance International Religious freedom. Ambassador at large David Saperstein. Ambassador saperstein is the fourth person to hold this vitally important position which was created by the International Religious freedom act of 1998 or as we refer to it as the erfa. The erfa requires the government of the United States to advance religious freedom in its foreign policy. The ambassador and his office at the state department are the executive agents of that policy as we say stops with them. The ambassador for religious freedom is confirmed by the senate. He is the official ch
Ginger im looking to see if he is going to connect with voters. He is holding the rallies. He knows those people will be voting for him. What is his campaign doing to reach the undecided . What is he doing to reach the people who he could win over . That is the most important thing between now and the selection. Steve ginger gibson with reuters. And david drucker, Senior Correspondent for the Washington Examiner and host of the examining politics podcast. Available on websites. To both of you, thank you so much for being with us. Have a good weekend. Thank you, steve. App makes it radio easy to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. It is free to download from the Apple App Store or google play. Get uptotheminute Schedule Information for cspan radio and cspan television, plus podcast times for popular public affairs, book and history programs. Stay uptodate on all the election coverage. Cspans radio app means you always have cspan on the go. Coalitionts from a called this arm hate
Facebook. Com cspan. Well start that conversation in a minute. First, lets talk to the ecretary of state yesterday, who talked about the trade pack. Host it is true, so often past have been sold to the American People with rosy scenarios that did not pan out. Hollow omises now ring in many communities across michigan and our country that factories close and jobs disappear. Lobbied for anies trade deals so they could sell abroad. But then, they instead moved back into the United States. It is also true that china and countries have gamed the system for too long. Particularly during the bush administration, has been too lax. Investments at home that would make us more competitive have been completely blocked in congress. And American Workers and communities have paid the price. Is not to rant and rave or cut ourselves off from the world. Would end up killing even more jobs. Finally make to trade work for us, not against us. My message [applause] worker essage to every in michigan and acr
I will give you an example of a story from local tv. Now, let me preface this by saying, i loved the people i worked with. They were some of the smartest, funniest people i have ever known. Mr. Lamb where . Mr. Raphael first in lynchburg, virginia and then in memphis, tennessee. One day, and i was a newscast director and directed a number of things including studio wrestling. You could have me on a totally different show. I was in the control room about 4 00. We had a 5 00 newscast getting ready for the news and we have to do a news breakin. A small plane crashing in memphis. There is nobody famous in it, nobody terribly important, no big deal but the small plane crash. Nobody else was killed, maybe two people on the plane. But we had to break and with it and i think we broke into op rah. At six 130 we got called up to the general Managers Office and he says to us, that breaking news that we had today on the small plane crash, we had a viewer call us and say, i was watching your show,
Public school choice, to send their kids to a safe school. When you do make education the number one priority in our country antiqu and treat teachers like the professionals they are. Also this weekend at 8 00 eastern, cspan series the contenders, key figures who ran for the presidency and lost but changed political history. Tonight, the 1972 democratic nominee in former u. S. Senator from south dakota george mcgovern. We will come to admire this country not simply because we were born here, but because of the kind of great and good land that you and i want it to be and that together we have made it. That is my goal. That is my reason for seeking the presidency of the united states. Sunday, former texas businessman ross perot, who ran as an independent in both the 1992 and 1996 races. We must set the highest ethical and moral standards for the people who serve in our government. All that has got to be changed from rules of law in the next four years or we will stand at the gates and ke