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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion 20141116

Wonderful panel that we have. Im just going to be making a personal introduction and very shortly turning it over to my colleague. Tom mann who is a senior fellow in governance studies and then of course needs no introduction to all of you but of course Julia Gillard australias first Prime Minister and e. J. Dionne. First female Prime Minister. [laughter] thank you. She really looks great, doesnt she . The first female Prime Minister. [laughter] and then the e. J. Dionne. The laughter covered up your intrae. J. Senior fellow for government studies. We are going to and note lots of people in the audience but just two people. Welcome to ambassador kim beazley who is also the former leader of the labour party and tonya who is currently the deputy of the leader
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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion 20150118

It was important to hamilton, for example. Jefferson very adamantly disagreed with burkes reading of france. He was a friend of paines, a close friend during the revolutionary years. He thought that paines great pamphlet, common sense, was extreme lu important and ought to be extremely important and helped it get distributed. He helped him get a job as the secretary to the committee on Foreign Relations of the continental congress. And he was a kind of patron of Thomas Paines in some ways. When paine came back to america after france jefferson was president. He was wary of being associateed with paines views on religion so didnt hang out with him very much. But he helped him get established, helped him get a job, and the two knew each other very well. They were friends. Sue finish. Well, the most superb. Well, the most important rule of a bill of rights book fair is that it ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Washington This Week 20130715

In a labor government that has represented the very best of labor tradition. I personally have always been driven by a deep sense of social justice, and as a Labor Party Member it is my belief we live in a community, not in a corporation. There is a role for government to create wealth working with the private sector, and to spread opportunity around our community and make sure that everyone in every postcode gets a fair go. In my maiden speech to parliament back in 1993, i should say first speech to parliament in 1993, i made the point then that levels of unemployment which were then around 11 were absolutely unacceptable. The social and economic destruction that comes from prolonged and high unemployment, the destruction of communities, something the labor party was formed to fight against. That is why all these years later i am so proud of the record of this labor government in dealing with the challenges the
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