You arrived. I think you were age 29. Oh, my god. You were 29 and two days early from being eligible as United States senator. And through all those years weve worked together, weve been dear friends. Weve been a part of the Progressive Network of america. And when you were elected Vice President , we talked about my experience with the office and youve taken the vice presidency a big step forward. Partly because of [ applause ] aided by your experience in the senate as sometimes chairman of the Judiciary Committee he and the Foreign Relations committee. You knew your stuff. They knew and liked you, and ive enjoyed watching how this all worked out for the betterment of the obama administration. You know all these things. Joe, i love you, and were so glad its mutual. Thank you. Were going to have a great conversation about the vice presidency. It has a long history in this country, as you know. It hasnt always been what it is today. Unfortunately, it was a constitutional after thought.
Syria. What does this mean for the future of the war torn nation. Were looking ahead this morning on sunday morning futures. The second gop debate now just a few days away. The big republican field proving to be even more contentious since the heated first debate you saw right here on the Fox News Channel. Will the, quote, antiestablishment candidates stand out and what issues will draw the most attention . Joining me to talk about it and look ahead is haley barber, former mississippi governor and chairman of the Republican National committee. Sir, it is wonderful to have you on the program. Welcome, governor. Thank you, maria. Thanks for having me. Lets ses tassess the field the gop and the democratic side. First from the gop what are you expecting out of the debate . I think youll see donald trump continue to be donald trump for better or for worse. I think you will see i hope you will see more focus on the problems of the country, the failures of the Obama Administration, which is w
Former intelligence officials from the clinton, bush and obama demonstrations spoke monday about the Government Security clearance process and recommendations for moving the system. From the Wilson Center, this is an hour and a half. Good morning welcome bright and early on monday to the Wilson Center. I and jane harman, president ceo recovering politician for many many years, too many for some of my detractors. I spent time in the house of representatives working on security and intelligence issues and numbers of people sitting here are my friends on a bipartisan basis. Im very excited that we are doing something truly useful this morning, which is to host a Panel Discussion on security clearance, and nextgen overhaul. If you dont understand what nextgen means you probably should leave the room. Todays problems are digital. Too many of our policies and politicians are analyzed. Anyone who has held a secret or top secret clearance knows what i mean. Parts of our system fit the 19th cen
Representatives working on security and intelligence issues and numbers of people sitting here are my friends on a bipartisan basis. Im very excited that we are doing something truly useful this morning, which is to host a Panel Discussion on security clearance, and nextgen overhaul. If you dont understand what nextgen means you probably should leave the room. Todays problems are digital. Too many of our policies and politicians are analyzed. Anyone who has held a secret or top secret clearance knows what i mean. Parts of our system fit the 19th century like the paper timecards we are stuck with it. Not kidding. Bottom line if we want a workforce with secure and talented our approach to security clearances needs an overhaul asap. The way we do business right now and at least three serious problems. First, we are not getting the right people in the door. More than ever we need individuals with Language Skills and cultural staff working in National Security but its too hard for a native
It is worth reading. I hope people will buy it because i wanted to read it and they pitched me an opportunity to do this, cspan has on several different occasions, because i served with you guys, i wanted to do this one. This is a new exercise. Im exercise. Im in this chair are not those chairs. Thank you all very much for giving the listener and the viewer a little bit of insight. Thank you. Thank you. That was afterwards, book tvs Signature Program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed. Watch past afterward Program Online on book tv. Org. Good evening everybody, welcome to politics and prose and thank you so much for coming out for tonights event. Before we get going, id like to talk about some housekeeping items. Im sure youve heard this before. First of all if you could turn off or silence your cell phones, it would be greatly appreciated. For the q a, please step up to the microphone so we can all hear and partake in thehehone conversation. We are being f