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Is it curriculums and money? >> the curriculum obviously has a value. these students, they're mostly in public schools throughout kansas and missouri. often economically disadvantaged schools. the schools need to give the koch program a wide berth of control in my of the schools over selecting the teachers. the youth entrepreneurs program designed the curriculum, which was surprising, remarkable, really, to us. youth entrepreneurs, their employees come to the classrooms. they observe the teachers. they really want teachers who buy in, they told us, into their program and into their messaging. ...

Coming from. have democrats or liberals on the other side been quick enough to respond to these kinds of infiltrations? because you do have the koch brothers rapidly expanding their influence. what has been the response? has it been adequate? >> i think the response has been very reactionary on the part of democrats and progressives in terms of responding to these types of programs. ironically, if the koch brothers were actually teaching entrepreneurship, i'm an entrepreneur. if that program was actually about that, it could benefit many disadvantaged communities, in particular the african-ame...

Ultimate goal in trying to teach high school kids that message? >> what we found was a deep and detailed plan detailing exactly -- detailing a multiyear strategy to reach high school students and to indoctrinate them with ideological -- with libertarian ideology before they reach college, where they could potentially be exposed to harmful liberal thought. so this plan took place in 2009 and 2010. there was a small group blessed by charles koch, but they worked on developing what they said was going to be a program that was going to create a generation of liberty minded students. >> and is this...

David and charles koch have a well-established reputation as conservative money men when it comes to politics. perhaps less well phone are their attempts to use their money to mold the minds of young americans. that's the crux of a new report in "the huffington post," which examines one such program called the young entrepreneurs program. the report says the program is funded primarily by charles koch, the older of the two brothers. in the previous school year, it introduced about a thousand teens in kansas and missouri to the basics of business. charles koch's basics of business. lessons and ...

Issues. so, i think it's a great organization. and they have really pushed forth to, you know, get more service members through these programs. right now there is an intrepid spirit which is a satellite program at camp lejeune. they are currently building two additional centers in fort campbell and fort bragg, north carolina. so it's certainly transformed your life and also the lives of everybody in your family and your friends, too. >> absolutely. >> we can't forget all of the families that make the sacrifices as well. cynthia, where do you think that things need to go from here as far as the...