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>> host: welcome to c-span2 after words. name is angl e irtohe cte our e.r.a. and russian at georgetown university and my guest is peter collier, and he is the author o "political woman. the big little life of jean kirkpak. . llieis pfi oger wttioap ofhe kennedys, the rockefellers, the ford, and the roosevelts, and we're very pleased to have him here today. jeanne kirkpatrick was pioneer in many ways. e was the first amerin woman e tehatmbassador to the ud cinank. she was a very important political player in both the democratic and then the republican party. she was also controversia...

and we are very pleased to have him here today. jeane kirkpatrick was a pioneer in many ways. she wa the first american man to be ambassador to th uned on j eor she was a very important political player and post the democratic and the republican party. she was also controversial, it political ideas were often criticized. she would see a nw conservative o wo in end rokwi ovheq b she said -- certainly was an outstanding political figu during the reagan era. so my first question really is, rentotusswritten biographies of gn widodde read this biography of jeane kirkpatrick and maybe if y...

>> good afternoon and welcome to the center for american progress. i am the president of the center. it is my distinct pleasure to welcome democratic whip steny hoyer here to the center. congressman hoyer has been a tremendous friend of the center over the last several years and we are honored to have him here talking about manufacturing and economic growth. since the founding we have been focused on how to ensure a strong and stable middle class because we understand that a strong and stable middle class is central to a strong economy. and it sounds like that is a basic fact, one t...

it does not matter what you look like. it does not matter where you come from. it does not matter what your last name is. you can raise -- live out the american dream. that is what binds us all together. [applause] the reason that i think so many of us came together in 2008 was because we saw the for a decade, that dream was slipping away. there were too many people who were working hard but not seen their incomes or wages go up. we had taken a surplus and turned it into a deficit. we were running to wars on a credit card. job growth was the most sluggish it has been in 50 years. the...

there you have that. you have the ball, absolutely. it is all yours. it is not against a lot to close the achievement gap. it is not against the lot to have annual assessment. if you did, for no child left behind, for the record. local control has often translated into establishment control, a union controlled. a lack of policy makers to understand what is going on. you got it. >> what i fundamentally believe is that we should be [inaudible] high bar, hold people accountable to results. give them to be creative, innovative, hit the high bar. we're all saying the same thing. i would l...