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problems of the world, they are is an obliviousness that comes along with it. but you have thunder in this. >> thank you, and i did. it is one of the things i mustve learned from my father. one of his complaints was he worked hard to often. >> he seems to have a wonderful knack. wonderful and memorable statements that he made. you know, a we also learned, and this is david brower. maybe people that dont know who david brower is. maybe we ought to explain something about why we are doin...

>> president obamas counterterrorism adviser, john brennan, defended the use of joan attacks in yemen, saying that al qaeda affiliated militants in the country remain a threat to the united states. remarks at the council of foreign relations, mr. john brennan also did not rule out u.s. involvement in syria, and called on congress to pass a cybersecurity bill. mr. brennan was with the cia for 25 years. >> i am margaret warner and i think most of you are aware of the floor rules, please ...

with the reagan and ministration, george hw bush that might have traction after the iran-iraq war there was considerable amount of talks. it is there. i dont see that going away because we have different views of the future in the middle east. >>host: thank you for the conversation. best of luck with the book. [applause] thank you for coming. when we have been an event like this one year from now i think we will obese in a place you really like. [laughter] is a pretty good interim step...

>> phyllis work to raise through college on the night testing shift and received a masters degree from harvard. after 50 she went to law school to receive for degree s in st. louis andta founded poun eagle forum to encouragectiv. edassroots to be politically phl active and led the tenuree and battle to defeat the gratification of the erahe amendment.ower she has books on politics, national defense, the courts and even a phonics textbook for children. lae book she has about now sch is c...

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>> this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. there is nothing probably worse than adding to your own resume. but it is a very important addition to what we are saying. the most passionate, the most interesting learning times i had were in 1976 and 1988 during the carter campaign, where i was in the pit at cambridge survey research running all the analysis that john gorman, and the partner pack udell was on the plane and working with the speechwriters. and a lot of my job was ...

campaign. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> thank you. its not and probably worse than adding to your resume, but its a very important addition to what was said was that the most passionate, most interesting times i had for the 1976 and 1980 carter campaigns, where i was then the cambridge survey research, running all the analysis with john gorman of the partner patrick does on the plane and working with the speechwriters and a lot of my job was coordinated between sue eisenstad...

right is carol mackey, the editor-in-chief of the black expressions book club and the author of [inaudible] my goodness. to her right is the one and only zane. zane we know her work. i liked zanes work because i would have this book here and behind the book i would be reading zane. [laughter] she is what we call a brown dab author. we all know about zanes success. her work has been translated in many languages across the world, and for me that explains the recent growth in population a...

>> [inaudible conversations] - max rodriguez founder of the harlem book fair. this is our 14th year. thank you so much for joining us. our theme this year is enlightenment through literacy and with that simply means is that as we get access to information, we can use that information to increase, to enhance the quality of our lives. our family lives, our childrens lives and the lives of our communities. the life of america frankly because dont we contribute every day in the things that...

with a panel at the national press club in washington d.c. this is a little over an hour. >> everybody got quiet, so i guess we can begin. good afternoon. as dean of the university of alabama law school in pleased today to welcome all of you to the inaugural celebration and presentation of the harper lee prize for the go fiction. now, harper lee of monroeville alabama attended our law school in the 1940s and publish "to kill a mockingbird" in 1960. the book illuminated the responsibili...