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of duty since world war ii, essentially, since the school opened. so we put more names on the memorial last year than we have put on since 1945. and all told since 9/11, it's 120. now, 120, you know, that number might feel low compared to the thousands that we have lost overall, and in a decade of war or and as jake mentioned, you know, what do the numbers really matter? those are 120 friends, brothers, sisters, fathers, sons, and we're such a small community, that those are 120 people fairly important to me. so that's the grief you try to process and the fear, and your own fear of d...

washington, d.c., a discussion on the future of journalism and digital media. npr host robert see gal moderates a discussion with panelists from reuters, voice of america, google, and the academic world. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jim duff here at the museum and it's my distinct pleasure to welcome you all here. it's an hon fornor for us to host such a wonderful event, the 50th anniversary celebration that you're all participating in at the columbia journalism review. and it just gives us all the more credibility in what we're doing here to host wonder...

which was something of a mirage in recent years but let's build something really worthwhile. and, yes, it will take time but it will be built to last rather than as the last recovery was, built on sand. it is difficult. and politics is not easy, obviously. when you are working in coalition, when you are dealing with difficult economic circumstances. but the most important thing is to do the right thing and to do the right thing by the people of this country who want government to think about the long term and not about tomorrow's headlines. >> just to underline that point, the latest...

is the most important thing the government is doing. of course it isn't. but parl simt quite capable of doing more than one thing at a time. do i think it would be a good idea if actually parliament delivered a house of lords that had people who were elected by you, the members of public in the house of lords to pass the laws that we all have to live by? sure i do. and every single party, major party, went into the last election saying that they wanted to reform the house of lords. so i think it's a perfectly sensible reform for parliament to consider. as i say, what matters, the thi...