this -- the president will moore, oklahoma on this sunday, may 26. it is also commencement season. today, we are going to share with you some of the remarks delivered to the class of 2013 and get your comments on the message to these graduates. as always, you can join in on the conversation -- you can also join us on twitter or facebook and send us an e- journal@c-span.org. let's show you some headlines, following, oklahoma, the devastating tornadoes outside of oklahoma city. this from "the oklahoman" and from "the norman transcript" -- the president traveling to the region later today. during commencement season, now defenser and secretary chuck hagel delivering the commencement address at the west point academy. he told the graduates that sexual assault would be "a profound betrayal" of their oath to the army. secretary hagel challenge the class of 2013 west point graduates to be a generation of leaders who stop internal issues like sexual assault, a holism, and suicide, which he said were debilitating and destructive to the strength of the army. at bard college, the commencement speech by former representative daddy giffords, joined by her husband, the headline from "the new york times" for the next half hour, we will share with you just some of the commencement speeches we have been covering for c-span television and c-span radio. any are available on our website at c-span.org. we will begin with the ceo of twitter, digg costello -- dick costolo. [video clip] >> when twitter cofounder jack dorsey talks about the origins of his thinking for the product, he talked about his fascination with maps. he talks about his ultimate fascination with dispatch as a morend maps efficient way to get taxis and ambulances to where they need to go. when he sent out his first tweet, just setting up my not plan fordid president obama to declare victory on that platform in the 2012 election. none of us at twitter thought during the earthquake and ensuing tsunami in fukushima, japan that our service would be a great alternative communication platform for mobile networks in japan were spotty in the aftermath. certainly, none of us even hoped, let alone considered, that our platform would be one of those used to organize protests across the middle east in tunisia and egypt during the arab spring. [applause] abouts the amazing thing what i have observed when i witnessed all of those things -- not only can you not plan the , yout you're going to have often won't recognize it even while you are having it. host: the ceo of twitter speaking to students at the university of michigan, one of a number of commencement speeches we have been covering over the last weeks. them thisen airing weekend on c-span television. we are also getting your comments on our facebook page, and a few of you have already spoke up -- again, you can join the conversation -- you can also send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. or twitter or facebook. a story from "the national lerner, nowut lois on leave from the irs. they point out that in the case of the irs scandal, the system aimed at keeping politics out of the civil service is helping the person who admitted to targeting tea party groups stay on the government payroll. in fact, there is this, according to the 2012 federal government report, few were there in 0.4% of civilian employees were fired. managers have little incentive to go through the time-consuming process of letting federal workers go. that story is available online from nationaljournal.com. another commencement speech from the fbi director robert mueller who told the students at william and mary about the role of government in their own service. [video clip] >> the lessons i learned as a marine have stayed with me for more than 40 years. value teamwork, sacrifice, discipline, life lessons i could not have learned quite in the same way elsewhere. when i do look back on my career, i think of having the opportunity to participate in major investigations, adjust pan am 103, work with homicide detectives shoulder the soldier -- shoulder in washington, and having gotten to work with one of the finest institutions in the world, the fbi. i will say that these opportunities would have been difficult to replicate in the private are, and thus for me, i can say it has been time well spent. since its earliest days, the college of william and mary has .mphasized service of her self your fellow alumni has -- have served as the nation's highest political officers, attorneys, judges, teachers, doctors, and civic and military leaders. the way in which you choose to serve does not really matter, only that you work to better your country and your community. each of you must determine in what way you can best serve others, a way that will leave you believing that your time is time well spent. the: the fbi director to students at william and mary college in virginia as he delivered the commencement address. our question to you is, as we look at the message of the class of 2013, what these graduates will inherit, what they will face as they move into the workforce, and other service. our phone lines -- elizabeth warren is the freshman senator from massachusetts, and she delivered the -- these remarks in massachusetts. [video clip] >> one day, i got a phone call. it was in mid-i.t. 90s. i have been teaching law for about 15 years. ae phone rings and it is former congressman was just been been appointed to head up a commission to rewrite the bankruptcy laws. he wanted to be able to get some help -- give some help to families in turbo financial trouble. he thought i could come to washington and help him. i thought he was crazy. i had a job. i was sure about what my job was. my job was to teach classes, to do research, to write for. -- write for a period. i did not know anything about washington politics, and frankly, i do not want to. then he said -- he offered me a deal. he said, if i could come up with ideas with -- that would help families, he would turn the politics into law. he pushed, and i decided to try. for me, this first trip to d.c. ended up being about fighting for families who were getting squeezed out of the middle class and taking on an army of lobbyists who were working for big banks. for me, it was about the optimism that if we work hard and work together, we can make a difference that really matters. as it turned out, i had the honor of fighting along senator kennedy and many others in congress who were trying to protect families that were hanging onto their -- by their fingernails. host: the comments of senator elizabeth warren in massachusetts. from our twitter page, there is this from one of our viewers -- from our facebook page, there is this -- we are sharing with you some of the commencement addresses at the class of 2013, speeches we have carried in their entirety, posted on our website at c- span.org. the news this morning from politico, senator bob menendez telling in a weekend interview program that, we do not have 60 votes for the immigration reform bill. the story points out that senator menendez shed this week and that the gang of eight is not have the votes necessary to break a potential filibuster on the senate floor, at least right now. he went on to say that that means that in every state, you should be contacting your state senator that we want competence of immigration reform, that they are going to be judged on the political future based on this vote. that is from new jersey senator bob menendez. walter joins us from baltimore, good morning to you. the message to the class of 2013, what is it? caller: i would just like to share with the graduating class that yes, you have taken a giant step into america's future. now do not forget those that you have passed by on your way to classes, on your way to college as you were taking your spring breaks and everything. please do not forget those people that really need your dedicated service. america needs service. i did not say volunteer service, there are schools that need dedicated teachers, not teachers for profit, but teachers who have a sense of community, a sense of liberty and justice for all. reject the right wing and the left-wing. pursue justice. when you do that, you'll make a better america for all of us, including yourself. i know those student loans will hurt you a little bit at the beginning, but there are chances for you to eliminate some of those charges by participating andg not volunteering, social programs that actually our social programs, not those life -- right-wing or left-wing ideologies, but justice for all. thank you, and congratulations! host: thanks for the call. jan has this on our twitter page -- photograph front page of the "philadelphia inquirer" -- on tuesday, the president will travel to the jersey shore and tour the region being rebuilt following superstorm sandy last october. there is this story from weather.com. new jersey rolled out some of its big guns on friday to proclaim that the shore is back following hurricane sandy. governor chris christie and the cast of jersey shore to tell the audience that the state is ready for summer fun. fun,ct, they even hired the rock band. more from commencement speeches to the class of 2013. this from vice presidential republican nominee and congressman paul ryan who is the chair of the house budget committee as he addressed students at the benedictine college in kansas. [video clip] >> after i was elected to congress, i was young. i had to wrestle with many issues, both as a representative and as a catholic. , ii wrestled with my views kept noticing two themes in my beliefs. both of which come from catholic social teaching. .olidarity and subsidiary that sounds kind of intimidating, right? it is simple. solidarity is this belief that we are all in this together, so we must be good to one another. we must be generous with our love him and we must withhold it from no one. when we write the laws of our nation, we must never lose sight of our primary herpes of the common good. -- purpose of the common good. the belief that every part of the country asked to the whole. every part must be free to do its work on its own terms. yes, government must do some things, but it cannot do everything. it should not assume other people. it should not tell them how to do their work. the people closest to the problem with the most likely to solve it. do you know why? they know the community the best. we see this principle in the first amendment. host: congressman paul ryan, republican of wisconsin, and our question to you is, what should the message to the class of 2013 the students move on to the workforce or move on to college? there is a story on the front page of "the washington post" -- kevin joins us from massachusetts, on the republican line. caller: you had a clip of senator warren from massachusetts. , she isral ideology sincere about caring for families, but she's little bit at the critical -- hypocritical. on one side she's championing families families for lower-cost tuition for colleges, but when she was teaching -- i do not know if she is teaching anymore because she is a senator that when she was full-time at harvard, she was making $350,000 a year to teach one class a day. that is just incredible. .he is hypocritical she is getting the top salaries of these professors where they are driving the of education through the roof, and yet she is over there championing families for lower tuition costs. you cannot have it her way where she is getting top salaries good -- salaries. a little bit of hypocrisy. that is the liberal mess for you. host: this on our facebook page -- some other news on the sunday morning. we found this on the khou website that story available online at khou.com. next is virginia joining us from washington, pennsylvania, a democrat. the message to the class of 2013? caller: god bless you. i thank you for all of your wonderful work and all the wonderful commencement services we have heard. i have a granddaughter claire, on may 24, and as i tell her and everyone, we are the greatest country in the world. believe in yourself, help and what we have, we live in the greatest, wonderful country. i thank you, and god bless you. host: virginia, what did claire graduated in? .aller: she hasn't decided yet .he is pursuing and going on she is going to continue. host: virginia, thanks for the carpet here's a story from "the washington post" that is a piece by nick anderson. it is also available online at washingtonpost.com. alicia joins us from maryland on the independent line. caller: nice to see you again, steve. my love and blessings to all those who have served our country in the armed forces and all of those who are still serving. that i have been taught this from the time i was you do all these things well, you work hard am a you study, and you learn, and you work, and you serve others on your own time. do not lose faith, even those who step on you -- keep getting up and trying hard. thank you. host: a political note from the "christian science monitor" -- very early in the road to 2016. the story also points out that kentucky senator rand paul is certainly acting as if he is in the race. he was in new hampshire this past week. can follow our coverage online at c-span.org. next is nick joining us on the republican line from california. good morning. you're up early today. thank you for phoning in. , my name is nick, and i have just graduated high school. my grandmother just turned 100 years old. host: happy birthday to her. caller: she gave me good advice. she told me number one to stay strong and optimistic for the future. i am a gay male. i am really hopeful that the nation has changed their views and hatred and all of that. secondly, she said pay your taxes. always pay your taxes. thirdly, she said ok the law -- obey the law. next, she said save your money. those three points are very important i think to all of the graduates. i thank you for having me on. host: what are your plans? are you going to college, enter the workforce? ,aller: i'm working right now but i was in theater arts. i'm hoping to be a dancer. host: what is the secret for your grandmother to live to 100? caller: she is canadian, and she ate well, and had a really strong heart and soul. god bless her. i really love her. representative nancy pelosi is a native of baltimore, and she went back to her hometown to deliver a commencement speech to the students at baltimore university. we will hear from her in a moment. misha with you the front page of the "washington post" -- the white house decided there would be a key difference. the strikes would be carried out not by the u.s. military, -- not by the cia, -- the story outlines the cia possible in the drone program. there is nancy pelosi, the former speaker of the house, a baltimore native. her father was the former mayor of baltimore. [video clip] >> right now, the doors of opportunity are close to many in our society. we must restore confidence in our economy. this is one of our challenges, to restore confidence in our economy by creating good paying jobs for our workers i'm making it in america and reigniting the american dream. ,e must address this challenge and i think it is important for us to recognize the issue of income disparity. we must close this gaping hole who0 years ago, for those measure such things, the in the top 100 companies made about 40 times what the average worker made, about 40 times -- today, the average ceo in the same lineup of companies makes about 350 times the average worker. the comments of representative nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house of representatives as she returned to her hometown of baltimore addressing the class of 2013. you're asking what the message needs to be for the graduating classes as we share with you some commencement speeches we have covered at the c-span network. you can give us a call, and you can also join us on twitter or facebook or send us an e-mail a t journal@c-span.org. david dreier, republican of california, as a new assignment. he is to the brookings institution. he will be serving as a distinguished a look. that statement is from the president of brookings. for more than three decades, david dreier has been a leader in congress. we look forward to drawing on his expertise across a wide range of policy areas come and notably his understanding of international trade and strengthening democratic institutions at home and around the world. he was first elected back in 1980, a republican from california, former chair of the house rules committee. david dreier is now at brookings in washington. that he joins us from albuquerque, new mexico, a joins usand -- becky from albuquerque, new mexico, a democrat. caller: if i were to say anything, it would be, immerse yourself in books. read about the history of this country. read about how we were created. thatttention to the adage if you ignore history, you are doomed to repeated. perhaps engage yourself in some of the works of howard zinn. in particular, "a people's history of the united states," where history is told from the vantage point of the oppressed, rather than those who were the victors. you learn about history in an entirely different way. read about civil rights. read about malcolm x. read about martin luther king. see how we have achieved as much as we have achieved over the years and what we still need to do. , hang out in bookstores, pay attention, and learn from the past. host: thank you for the call. you can check out all of our book coverage on c-span 2 cost booktv programming every -- c- span 2's booktv programming. tomorrow, our coverage of all nonfiction books. this morning from "the washington post" -- a retired member of the military and a lengthy piece in the military. we will share with you what -- what she had to say. first, the president's comments at the naval academy during which he addressed the issue of sexual assault in the military. [video clip] >> i say all this because you are about to assume the burden of leadership. as officers, you will be trusted with the most awesome of responsibilities, the lives of the men and women under your command. when your service is complete, many of you will go on to help lead your communities. america's companies. you will lead this country. if we want to restore the trust that the american eagle deserve to have in their institutions, all of us have to do our part. those of us in leadership, myself included, have to constantly strive to remain worthy of the public trust. as you go forward in your careers, we need you to carry forth the values you've learned at this institution because our nation needs them now more than ever. host: the president friday at the u.s. naval academy, addressing the graduating class of 2013. in the "washington post" -- back to your calls, joe joins us in fargo, north dakota, on the independent line. your message to the class of 2013? caller: good morning. i think the class -- the message for the class of 2013 should be to uphold the constitution of the united states and protected to the fullest extent of the law, and the reason i say that is because the way you remove a politician from washington him up from the government -- washington, from the government is to impeach him. highption, bribery, crimes, we all know that is going on. treason and bribery, in my book him a are the same thing as lobbyists and special interest. it is time for america to get serious and stop being a bunch minds and paying for gasoline when everybody is broke and everybody is going broker and blaming themselves and working all day can and families are falling apart and everything else because the petroleum industry is stealing, robbing the people's money. host: think you for the call. paul has this point on our twitter page -- next is joe joining us from orlando, florida, your message to the cl