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Of drugs for severe illnesses and as a result of this work that i was doing on drug pricing in the United States looking at these issues, i eventually began to get more aware of the International Discussions about the u. S. Could do and what was happening in the countries in 1994, i was invited to argentina and brazil by people that have picked up my name as someone working on these issues and i really became aware for the first time the extent to which the United States and the state department and through the trade office and the whole apparatus of the Foreign Policy was putting pressure on ...

Consumer, whats your view of the cable industry today . Guest so, you know, i was listening to pat, and he was talking about roots 40 years ago. And i was saying, golly, 40 years ago i was working at ncta, and so my relationship with the cable industry goes back a long, long time. And it was always a great privilege, i thoughting, to be associated with this industry at that particular point in historiment history. And, you know, Michael Powell was kind enough after i balm chairman to ask me to come and meet with the ncta board. And i sat down and i said, you know, folks, everything that i beli...

And. I think it Going Forward they will not be all under the fcc purview but the first is in that spectrum and freeing up more of our airwaves for licensed and unlicensed use to support the internet of things. The second is privacy which my colic has touched on. Then we also have to think about security, Cyber Security with all of that connectivity and finally making sure that we do not exhaust ip address. I think all of this things play into the internet of things and will be really important Going Forward. The fact of the matter is that you two agencies primarily in the space. With that bein...

I want to introduce to you the gentleman on my right, bob rosencrans, our first chairman, gave first seed money to get cspan started in 1977, believe it or not. In august 1977, bob rosencrans, president of ua columbia cable and Business Partner ken gunter, were the first Cable Operators to agree to support the idea for cspan. At that time only about 19 percent of American Homes were wired for cable. Mr. Rosencrans, who passed away this week, wrote a check for 25,000. With that seed money, cspan created the infrastructure to send out cable televisions first live views of the u. S. House of repr...

, Radio Free Europe broadcasting as well. Well learn how the Government Agencies broadcast americas message to the world. We want to introduce you to amanda bennett, who just today as started a new job. Ms. Bennett. What is the new job . I am director of voice of america. What does that mean . It means i get to work with a couple of thousands of the most talented and interesting journalists in the world which is really exciting. How did you get this job . They were looking for a new director and i have been in journalism my whole life. Ive been overseas. I have some international experience. I...