handicaps of those who have had less opportunity for success than others, but this should not be based on ethnic criteria. this should be done based on social principles, but it needs to be d

they call ed and ethnic group or religious sect. for some reason, they were not like by the u.s. administration. they staged a sit-in in a house. they could not push them out of the house. they put the house on fire. 80 people, men, women, and children got burned alive in that house. do you realize what human rights is? i believe the officials of america and some european countries should feel a little embarrassed, and they should not open their mouths and say anything they want to say. the islamic republic is defending humanity. we support the oppressed people of palestine, iraq, afghanistan, anywhere that people are being oppressed, we support them. this is a sign that we are raising the flag of human rights, that believing in islam, this lack of depending humans, is raised in this country. we do not need any advice on human rights. that is what i wanted to say about the election. and finally, i want to address the 12th imam. we tell him that we are doing what we have to do, what we are obliged to do. we have said what we have had to say. i have my own life. i have a handicappe

it increased severe cultural and religious oppression of ethnic minorities such as the uighurs. it increased persecution of chinese christians and increased suppression of dissidents and journalists. earlier today i had the pleasure of meeting, again, my -- someone i worked with 10 years ago. he is about 60 now has been called the father of chinese democracy. he spent 18 years in prison. he spent 18 years in prison for bringing democracy to his country he was jailed because his government accused him of conspiring against it by writing about knock siment since his release from prison the second time, he was exiled to canada. he has been a force for exactic change for his nation founding the chinese democracy coalition. he has been nominated for the nobel peace prize seven different times. he lives in washington, the capital of our democracy, but he continues to fight for democracy in his home country. the chinese people, like americans, trying to live meaningful, peaceful lives an create a better world for their children. unfortunately they're held hostage by a brutal, one party

everyone willing to work hard, play by the rules and give back to their communities regardless of their ethnicity, gender or socio-economic background and it is further proof of the deep roots the hispanic community has in this country. let's be clear. we get to be proud of this nominee because she is exceptionally qualified. we get to be proud because of her vast knowledge of the law. her practical experience fighting crime and her proovepb record of dedication -- proven record of dedication to equal justice under the law. those are the reasons we're proud and those are the reasons she should be confirmed without delay. it should move just as promptly as the nomination of john roberts and that's exactly what we're going to do. just a little while ago at a press conference we heard from prominent legal and law enforcement organizations who explain how the people who have actually seen her work know her best. as a fair and highly qualified judge. it came from across our country from florida, texas, nebraska, to my home state of new jersey. they shed light on how important her work has been in the

one of the things you will see with the ethnically korean population in that part of china is that neither china nor north korea seems to want to protect the population. north korea is tier 3 and has been for quite some time. one thing we have seen in necessary for korea to do is to actually screen returnees for trafficking. a lot of people who are caught in china and in labour situations or in prostitution, first of all, the chinese are not screening them. when they deport them back to north korea, we're hearing from non-governmental organizations that those victims are being punished for having left the country in the first place, rather than actually been given the kind of services and a kind of rehabilitation that a trafficking victim should get under international law. >> thank you all. >> coming up on c-span, a senate confirmation hearing on nominees to the federal communications commission. then, a house committee hears from people who had their health coverage canceled by their insurance companies. later, senate judiciary committee chairman patrick leahy discusses the sonia sotomay

i am not sure that in reaching the work force with minorities and members of other ethnic groups, which is something that i support, is something that would address this gap. i am a physician and educator. i do think that it is important to appreciate that medical schools are moving towards a cultural competence specialist in their group. the work of the dr and minal work -- and my work have found gaps in clinical knowledge among some doctors and other features taking them away from that environment. we have to appreciate that every layer of the man that we put on them to enrich their ability in one area necessarily takes away from some other area. we have to be very careful that we do not take away the doctor's ability to read and e k g in an instant in order to teach him to talk to a patient that is dealing with a myocardial infarction. >> i have one question for the doctor. you mentioned that geographical disparities. do you have any research that tells us what the disparities are between the rural versus suburban verses urban residents? >> that work speaks more towards the of enormo

history with specialization and african-american history, labor and women history, as ethnic history in general, but securely latino history and american music. >>host: how is the business model changed in the last couple years? >>guest: prices are going up and print runs are shorter because the market is soft. we sell fewer copies of books and it is difficult. >>host: joan catapano editor in chief of the university of illinois press. >>host: 2009 book expo america in new york city i am here with stacey lewis director of city lights books from san francisco. what is coming out this fall? >>guest: a couple of bucks coming ounce, we have a collection of essays and it is the first book published in about four years that covers things she is particularly interested and, racism, sexism, industrial complex, it is interesting publishing with angela, a new edition of a narrative of the life of frederick r. glass which contains his narrative as well as essays by davis that were part of a course that she taught at ucla and the 70 is. is it really brings to life at sa and we will also include a

different ethnic groups with different faiths, men, women. everyone participated in this great move. this election was a political earthquake for your enemies, if you will. for your friends this election was for your friends across the world it was a real celebration. it was historical celebration and victory for your friends across the world. thirty years after the victory of the islamic revolution, such a huge turnout of the people and showing their commitment to the islamic establishment and the late imam, this is a popular movement for paying, for renewing allegiance with the late imam and for the martyrs and for the islamic establishment it was a fresh breath, it was a new move, it was a great opportunity. this election showed off the religious democracy for the whole world, people to see. all those ill wishers of the islamic establishment saw for themselves what a religious democracy means. this is a third path in the face of dictatorial establishments and arrogant powers on one side and democracies devoid of spirituality and religion o

though somehow we ought to pull up the fences that we -- that in any way becoming a multi more multi ethnic society is a threat to america. it's a reality and it can be the strength of america as it's always been if we 'em place brace it but emphasis but emphasize that many efailure bus unum is still always the motto and always must be. >> i agree with everything that's been said about assimilation. i think it's really hard though to maintain an asim list agenda at the same time you have mass, uncontrolled immigration, you know, people from mexico and points south who are coming here, you know, for good reasons but also have very little in the way of education, very little in the way of skills, and tend to settle in areas with masses of people with exactly the same characteristics, which the fact is that just makes it very hard to assimilate them. now this is a delicate balancing act, because i think we need to try to restrict that immigration at the same time we don't alienate a hugely important and growing part of the electorate, and that's an extremely difficult balancingal act and one t

one of the concerns i had is there is a group, there is a push to eliminate collections of racial and ethnic datas in looking at health outcomes. i believe that will be extremely dangerous. in order to try to find out the specific reasons why we have these decisions, these wide variations. i am concerned about that. >> first, commissioner todd gaziano. >> my immediate family and their spouses have 8 physicians, i am the only non physician. i am concerned about the existence of the disparity, but i will be glad to yield to h h f its particular share in addressing some aspect of that. our special jurisdiction here is somewhat limited, and that is to focus in or try to focus in on the causes for which there is implicit or explicit racial discrimination. i will try to focus a few questions, by basic question, the last 3, who tried to get at that, and as i understand this is a terrible overgeneralization. you have testified, there are genetic differences depending on the disease, there are behavioral reasons, socio-economic reasons that have a big role to play before there's any interaction with

for higher income americans versus lower income americans and certainly the gap we see persisting in ethnic minorities and low income and the damage populations and that is the continued priority with the department. we have included over a billion dollars in hers the in the health resources and services administration to support a wide range of programs dealing with workforce issues. clearly a critical component of health reform is having enough providers to deliver that care to all americans, so the funding will enhance the number of nurses and doctors, the number of dentists and mental health professionals and particularly, also targets minority and low-income students to encourage more access to the medical pression and an increased emphasis that make sure seniors get the care and treatment that they need. finally, the budget will support our work at the department to protect public health and safety of our citizens, as the chairman has recognized. we are not only dealing with an on going presentation of the h1 and won the flu virus but also the ongoing preparedness and operations to re

to add to the further leverage of line of questioning and your response of ethnic divisions from mujahideen etc, where would you put the u.s. foundage broadcast into iran from the clinton administration to allegedly drive a wedge between the government and the populace on one hand and the los angeles based broadcast as well? could this in any way be a game breaker, game changer if the iranians said we want both of those stopped as well because we don't do that to you and we are trying to to discuss and of diplomatic debates on equal footing. >> you know i am not acquainted dodged the question by pleading ignorance, but i have to plead and gardens. i really don't know the outfits do. i don't know what our official broadcasts say whether they are news or politically oriented analyses or recommendations and i have no idea what the people in l.a. are doing. there is one simple point however, we cannot do anything that restricts our freedom of expression. and i am not quite sure whether that freedom of expression can be limited when american citizens decide to address the issues in the country o

practices of anti-discrimination measures and development of ideas on how to bilaterally promote racial and ethnic equality. with this amendment we request that the secretary clinton report on plans and efforts to address the plight of afro latinos and indigenous peoples in the western hemisphere and we also request a report on the status of the u.s.-brazil joint action plan so that we can gain a greater understanding of how to increase our collaboration on similar initiatives and i retain the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? >> claiming time in opposition, madam chair. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. . it reck nyes the commitment of our government to promote quality and opportunity. it underscores promotion of human rights in order to maintain peace, democracy and prosperity in the region. the united states' commitment to freedom and equality is long-standing. this joint action plan between our two countries helps to further these values throughout the hemisphere. mr. meeks' amendment requires the secretary of state to report on the p

authorities held political prisoners and intensified a crackdown against women's rights reformers, an ethnic minority rights activist, a student activist, and religious minorities. it is a pattern for decades. so we must look beyond the past week which was only the most recent demonstration of the regime's brutality and of authoritarianism. the iranian regime is not just a threat to its own people. we cannot afford to lose sight of the threat that it presents to our own national security interests, and indeed, to global peace and security. iran draws even closer to crossing that nuclear point of no return. admiral mike mullen, the chairman of our joint chiefs of staff has stated that iran has likely enriched enough uranium to make an atomic bomb. international inspectors also report that iran has enough low enriched uranium to achieve nuclear weapons break out possibilities and that issues about possible military dimensions to iran's nuclear program remain unresolved. yet iran is allowed to continue its nuclear pursued virtually unchallenged. additionally, iran continues to develop chemical

race and judges this way, i do not think it is even true that her decisions had been affected by her ethnicity. she is in essence a conventional liberal, and if she were a conventional white male liberal, she would be making the same decisions on affirmative action, for example, ended is a mistake strategically for republicans to look at the first latino judge who is nominated, and end of making it a debate about race. guesti think that for senate republicans who are the key decision makers, that has always been the focus. as they become more the center stage of conservative concern about sotomayor, that is going to happen. host: our first caller is from saginaw, michigan. and it is calling on the democrats' line. good morning. thanks. you are on the air. caller: good morning. i retired from general motors. right now they're taking a lot of stuff away from us. how is this going to help us, this open enrollment or whatever, with health care? guest: i take it that he was wondering how the health care policies i was talking about are going to help. well, i think that the key question actually is

history with specialization in african-american history, labor history, women's history, ethnic history in general particularly latino history and american music. >> how is the business model for the university press changed in the last couple of years? >> our print runs are shorter and prices are going out as a result because the market is soft. we are selling fewer copies of books and it's difficult. >> jovana is editor-in-chief of university of illinois press. >> book tv is asking what are you reading? >> david keen founder and president of the american conservative union. what are you reading? >> when i am not reading about fly fishing which is what i spend a lot of my time doing i am reading a lot of political books and novels. the most impressive book that i have read in the recent days is amity shlaes's book the forgotten man which is to read interpretation of the depression years and roosevelt administration and i'm also going back and reading things i read a long time ago but haven't recently like the road to serfdom by frederick hayek and as your viewers know in his book the c

judicial philosophy and suggesting that some people, some judges, because of their race, because of their ethnicity, because of their sex actually make better decisions about on legal disputes then that's something senators will certainly want to hear more about, this senator included. judge sotomayor made more remarks that received more scrutiny than they have received so far. for example, a speech in 2004 judge sotomayor embraced the remarks of judith resnick and marta minnow who each proposed theories about judging that her far different than the way that i think most americans think about these issues. most americans think that the people elect their representatives, members of the house and senate, to write the laws and that judges, rather than rewriting those laws, should interrupt those laws in a fair and commonsense way, without imposing their own views on what the law should be. most americans think that when judges impose their own views on a case, when they substitute their own political preferences for those of the people and their elected representatives, then they undermine democratic

host: you can tell somebody's ethnicity by listening to them over the phone? caller: a lots of time you can. you can tell i'm black and a lot of whites you can tell they're white. not everybody but about 70% you can. host: on the front page of the "new york times", the article, house unvails health bill, mine new key points. the proposal would establish a new public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. this week on our program, "newsmakers," representative pete stark of california is one of the authors of the health care draft that the democrats announced yesterday. and he talks about whether new taxes are needed to pay for the health plan. >> i would say there's no consensus. nobody likes to raise taxes. so that i would be misleading you if i said there's going to be a vat or -- there will be i'm quite sure at least i would favor this an increase for people making more than $250,000 a year. i would suggest that's the president's suggestion. we're going to adopt that, i'm pretty sure. >> an income tax increase? >> i think so. >> but other than

it contains provisions to contain ethnic disparities and treatment. the draft that is a broken medicare physician payment system and prevents cuts that are scheduled under current law from going into effect. the draft takes the steps necessary to fix the shortage of primary-care practitioners and addresses and other providers. finally, at the drafting chores that people have a choice. a choice of doctors, benefit packages, and a choice among insurance plans. this approach builds on what works and fixes what is broken and make sure that people have choices that are pragmatic. it will produce the results of the nation's health care system so desperately need. it will lower costs, broader coverage, and better quality. today we will continue on a journey that began over 100 years ago to provide health insurance for all americans. some of our greatest presidents of the 20th century, teddy roosevelt, franklin roosevelt, and harry truman, or advocate for health insurance for all americans. president clinton fought hard for the administration proposal. those

he is a university of colorado professional of ethnic studies, did a lot of work on native american issues and after 9/11 he wrote a blog post equating the inhabitants of the world trade center with little eichmans, the people who work in the machine that helps eichman during nazi germany was -- the bureaucrats who helped the oppressive machine go down so he was questioning the innocence, their innocence. and of course when this actually was written on the blog, nothing much happened. rather unnoticed but later on it turned up when he was supposed to go speak in a certain school and they found this post and they, you know, people went -- got very, very upset about this post. one thing led to another and then a lot of groups, acta, and david horowitz, a movement toward what they call academic freedom went into overdrive and started to sort of -- there was a press campaign against ward churchill. ultimately the oouvrt of colorado launches an investigation, not into his speech, because there is free speech, this is a first amendment, but into his academic history and past. unfortunately, or f

were, his race for the house of representatives in 2000 because he was bad at that kind of machine and ethnic politics that really characterizes chicago. he lost to bobby rush. it was a disaster rust race for him personally and politically. when he ran for senate later even his own friends last. you lost the race for the house, how can you be serious? of course he proved everyone wrong there. >> we are showing the photograph. we have a tweet, how was the cover photo chosen? >> i chose it. after a back and forth about five different covers. we wanted a couple of things. for start, everyone is familiar with him and his smiley face and i didn't think it was appropriate to have a smiley barack obama even though it's popular and would have fit better. i wanted a picture that showed him at work. so i love the fact that his sleeves were rolled up. this was taken by the best photograph i have ever worked with, works at newsweek. i think charles is probably somewhere around knee height so it's taken from below and it's a small press conference on a hot day. at that moment, then candidate obama was say

lands and one of the defining characteristics of arab history is they have frequently been an occupied ethnic groups. he decided that that was the key, rather than start with mohammad, which is where other histories have started, this was the defining moment. what he would argue is arabs value history in a way that those of us in the west don't think about, their history is much deeper and richer, there was also for most of their history, they were a dominant power and one of the things going on in the middle east right now is arabs are seen as, that the west looks down on them, and that is something that is very inconsistent with their history. it is important to understand arab history if you want to unravel what is happening in arab lands today. >> would you bring him to the united states to talk about this? >> we will bring him to do -- history is a little tough to get media because it is about what is in the news. even though i try to make the argument about why it is relevant, there will be a little bit of a battle. books about the economic situation, easier to 4, we thought this was an

but if it suggests a judicial philosophy that says because of sex or race or et ethnicity thaa judge is better qualified or more likely to reach better legal decisions, i simply do not understand that contention, and i would like the opportunity to ask her about it. one of her fellow judges contrasted their views by saying judges must transcend their personal sympathies and prejudices and aspire to have a greater degree of fairness and integrity based on the law. i think that is exactly right. so we need to know whether judge sotomayor embraces this notion of color blind justice that most americans expect from the highest court in the land. and i hope she'll be given an opportunity, indeed, she will be given an opportunity to clarify her comments and let us know whether she intends to be a supreme court justice for all of us or just for some of us. madam president, i yield the floor and -- mr. burris: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. burris: i'd like to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. burris: thank y

congress or in the senate or in state legislatures that can only be held by people of a certain race or ethnicity. secondly, some countries use proportional representational systems, most countries do, which don't directly ensure -- but because much smaller groups can effectively get seats in a proportional representation system, those systems are often felt to at least ensure more adequate representation of different interests, even if there are various costs to proportional representation, but that's another solution in some places. a third solution is federalism, which in areas where vulnerable groups are concentrated geographically can be a way of ensuring some sort of minority representation and self-protection in the political process. ok. the voting rights act doesn't do any of this and what makes it particularly ambitious and interesting i think, is that it was designed if a system of first past the foe territorial districts to be dynamic and responsive over time to the actual dynamics of race and political representation. in the sense that the act was based on the notion that only where

that evil act was the work of a killer who had made his hatred of other religious and ethnic groups well known. and it was a reminder that intolerance, ignorance and anti-semitism have not yet been defeated in our world. this tragedy reminds us of the need for sound understanding of one of the darkest episodes in the history of the world. far too many misrepresent the significance of the holocaust, especially in regards to the state of israel and her people. and far too many deny it happened altogether, out of bigotry, hatred and spite. in the face of so much misunderstanding, i'm compelled to speak up about the roll of the holocaust in israel's history, in israel's challenge in kpraoefpbting antisemitic murder continuing to happen. the holocaust was a reminder that the jewish population in compile was in constant jeopardy. it was a definitive argument that anti-semitism could appear anywhere and its hor radars galvanized international support for -- horrors galvanized international support for the state of israel. while the shoa has a central role in israel's identity it is not the reas

include strong recruitment, training, hiring and retention of health professionals from all racial and ethnic backgrounds across all health and health care related divisions including research and health care executives. creating and expanding a diverse it all began in 1997. in his 13th season, joen mauer opposite field. mauer power. 13th home run of the season that. ties a career high. check this out, first and thirdc one out. fly ball to right. looks like a sacrifice fly hit by mauer, but milton bradley.so. >> one out. >> there's only one out. >> whoa. you know, just... it was aand situation where it was a kind-hearted situation. >> he was trying to helpt knowh somebody out. >> it turned out to be a disaster. lou, he's so confused. and this is boo.score an >> you're paraphrasing. >> dad, why are you booing? >> he threw the ball in the stands, sparky. >> sparky, that's pretty cool. >> i'm very tight with cub nation. >> who are you, kreskin? >> twins win 7-4, mauer's 13th, kubel's tenth. randy wells, shortest start and most earned runls allowed in his career, four earned run, 3.2 innings pitc

and one of the defining characteristics of arab history is that they have frequently been an occupied ethnic group. so he decided that was the key, it rather than start with mohamed were other histories have started, this was the defining moment. what he would argue his that arabs value history in ways that those of us in the west we don't think about it. first of all their history is much deeper and richer. for most of their history they were a dominant power, and i think one of the things that's going on in the middle east now is arabs are seen that the west sort of looks down on them. that's something that's very inconsistent with their history. so it's very important to understand arab history if you want to unravel what's happening in the arab landed a. >> and this author lives in oxford england. would you bring him your. >> we will bring them here. it's funny because history is a little tough to get media because the media sort of obsessed with what's in the news, and even though i try to make the argument you why this is relevant to the news that will be a bit of a battle when we trie

over 1000 people, about eight different ethnic groups, and they asked them about so many questions about how they determine which practitioner they want to go to, and race came in a tight last with something else. people should certainly have the option to choose their physician based on race, but the participants in this survey, and come as a said, it was over 1000, that is the least relevant. the doctor spending time with them was the most, said that is the most important. access, again, as a said, is huge, but determinants often have to do with engagement. will patients engage in the self care that you mentioned. that is so important because so many of chronic illnesses, which contribute tremendously to the health care burden, so i, personally, for this kind of problem, as for my kinds of patients, actually, i am a great fan of local public health clinics. this is very much on the ground. we are talking 5 ft above, not the 1,000 foot in view. we are open nights for the working poor, a location that is convenient, keep people out of the emergency room, staffed with local residents. thi

that god will forgive you know matter who you are from whatever religious background, from whatever ethnic background, this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the last days he says, in the whole world as a testimony to all the nation's, and then the end shall come. this is what is happening. look at the difference between new testament eschatology and sharia islamic eschatology. ahmadinejad and the islamic leaders of iran say the way to hasten, to speed up the coming of the messiah is to kill tens of millions of people. jesus tells us that if you want the messiah to come you need to tell the good news of his death and resurrection, of this salvation to all nations not just democratic nations, not just capitalist nations, to dangerous nations, to didley nations, to reach out to every person in every country that they might hear the truth and receive christ and try to save them by the millions in the power of the holy spirit and then jesus said he will come. and this is what is happening. [applause] as you go through the new book, i tell stories of people who have come to faith in jes

it europe have gone through decades of ethnic and religious strife yet everybody pay for his soul. kosciuszko was born in feudalistic year of at a time the polish life of the ne commonwealth banned from the black sea to the baltic. kosciuszko's family had a modest estate and under feudalism if you own the land he owned the people on the land. so his family owned 31 peasant families told the fields that belong to his family. feudalism, the families that owned slaves, these slaves worked from day on till night. but poland had a form of democracy were the kings were elected and their king at the time of the kosciuszko's birth was elected thanks to the help of his lover, catherine the great of russia. russia started having more and more impact in polish society at this time so a lot of polls were trying to find a way to help drive out the russians. one of them was prince adam who we see here. he caught the -- kosciuszko call the attention of the prince at the time starting in light school to create a class of soldiers the would help drive out the russians and kosciuszko caught his atte

whether it be religious, racial, ethnic or sexual orientation. would the administration support a move to bring hate crimes up very quickly here and help us try to get that through? >> absolutely, senator. this is a priority for us. i testified on behalf of this hate crimes bill 10 years ago when i was the deputy attorney general so i don't think this is something that we're doing in great haste. i mean, this is something we've been talking about for a decade and given the recent events that we've seen in the nation, i think the need for this legislation is all that much more apparent. >> second, as you know my staff has been working with yours and the white house to -- on a reporter shield bill. senator specter and i when we were on opposite sides of the aisle had a bipartisan bill. now it is, i guess -- it's still a bipartisan bill. there are other members of the other side who support it although they're welcome to come over like senator specter and make it a partisan bill. [laughter] >> but in any case, we are talking about it. two questions,

and we are taking a number of steps to improve quality and reduce ethnic and racial disparities. under this proposal, at least 95% of americans will be covered, which helps us perceive them both the cost and the quality front. fifth, we are improving medicare. people who have medicare will have that available to them and they will even have it better medicare system. we are going to take substantial steps to phase out the dawn of holt, the so-called dawn of hold that people face when they are pharmaceutical costs are too great. we are going to address one of the major concerns of physicians around this country and that is that we are going to permanently reformed the unfair physician payment cuts under current law. we are going to fix the sustainable growth rate or the str. six, we are making major investments in the workforce, making sure physicians and nurses and other health providers are available to meet patients' needs. there's an even stronger network of community health centers that will be available as well. and finally, we are going to enhance prevention and wellness pr

we have a fragile ethnic balance of power and a government that is barely able to police the balance of power and keep things in hand. if you remember it was external interference from another power so we need to worry about the role of external power interfering in iraq. the final thing i want to talk about briefly is a coup. the best that i ever worked with who i went out with many times on the ground said to me some hussein was a bad man but he understood iraq. you guys are good. [laughter] and i was like okay. i get it. and i said, you know, what does iraq need and he said we need a good saddam hussein. and this is a very common attitude because people said the politicians are not space and they don't represent the people, they represent the parties and because of the system they have no constituency other than their own party. they sit there in the green zone and trade sources are the nationwide institution that looks after the people, cares for the people. that was their attitude. this is extremely common. this isn't an iraqi phenomenon, this conflict phenomenon. it just happen

land and one of the defining characteristics of the history is they frequently had been an occupied ethnic group, and so he decided that that was the key -- rather than start with mahomet, which is where other histories have started that this was the defining moment. and what he would argue is that arabs value history in ways that those of us in the west don't think about. first of all, their history is deep and richer. for most of their history they were a dominant power and i think one of the things that's going on in the middle east is arabs are seen as that the west sort of looks down on them and that's something that is inconsistent with their history. so it's very important to understand arab history if you want to try to understand what is happening. >> would you bring him to the united states to talk about his work? >> we will bring him -- it's funny because history is a little tough to get media because the media is sort of obsessed with this in the news and even the white trash to make the argument what is relevant that will be a little bit of a battle and we try to pitch books a

the race for the house of representatives in 2000 because he was a bad at that kind of machine and ethnic politics that characterize as chicago. it was a disastrous race personally and politically and frankly when he ran for the senate four years later even his own friends laughed and said you just lost the race for the house badly. how can you be serious. >> host: we are showing the cover of the book and we have the tweet from a viewer that says how was the cover photo chosin? >> guest: i chose it after back and forth about five different covers. we wanted a couple of things. for a start, everybody is familiar with him and his smiling face. i didn't think it was appropriate to have smiling barack obama even though it was proper and would have sold better. i wanted a picture that showed him as at work as president. i like the fact the sleeves are rolled up. this is taken by a fabulous photographer, the best i've ever worked with at newsweek and it was taken in florida. it was a press conference. i think charles is probably somewhere a round knee-height taken on an excruciatingly hot today

and in the end, as justice o'connor has said, it became simply a measure to insist on racially and ethnicically proportionate representation and the whole definition of racial polarization, getting away from racism, is part of that picture. >> the last question here. >> i think much of what i have to say here is -- [inaudible] i think the question is the criteria for preclearance. which is essentially to say, there's a pragmatic question here. you just stated it. the preclearance forces people not to want to get into litigation over their changes and therefore, they do things in compliance. if you don't have that preclearance in south carolina, georgia, other than athens and atlanta, most of alabama, mississippi, and northern louisiana, above new orleans, you know, will there be the back sliding, you know, without that coercion? that doesn't make majority-minority districts, you know, the only real potential remedy, but to does make -- does provide some course for us. the only other thing i wanted to say is i deeply agree with richard on the whole question that we need a national law on registr

deterioration of their own economic situations and other factors that are important such as tribal or ethnic conflict and violence nearby. the intelligence community analysis and modeling shows that really the duration of the recession is the key factor in the strength of its effect. while the current recession is the worst since the 1930's so far does not have the political impact of the great depression which had the longer time run, however another year or two might bring a different and worse story. so, this area of the economic, the effects of the economic recession is one that we are watching in a new way. if there is a geographic region of the world that we are looking at most closely it is the area from turki down to the eastern border of pakistan. that seems to be were the most american and western security concerns like. as this administration has undertaken its initial round of policy refuse the interconnected issues of iraq and afghanistan and pakistan, israel, palestine at commanded most of the attention. transnational isu's extremism, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and t

but just in terms of the overall change of the administration, and what we are doing with regard to ethnics and what we are doing with regard to sending a message to the american people. you know, i think we are in the right place and we are moving in the right direction. >> we are basically about out of time, and i'm going to go down the line, maybe starting with you, spencer. i would say that there is, as i am looking at all these questions, there is a significant amount of skepticism about military tribunal in the crowd, and a lot of questions about that. there's a couple of questions about whether the administration is being too and it's a portrait there's a lot of skepticism about the continuation of the policy on state secrets, and there's some more questions about that. these are some of the things we talked about. here is my favorite question that was brought. so i offer you a little bit of time just to close up, get some final thoughts, and maybe reflect on this, which is my favorite question of the date which is what does the obama presidency mean to you. [laughter] >> so if you c

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lands and one of the final characteristics of the arab history they've frequently been an occupied ethnic group. and so he decided that that was the key -- that that -- rather than start with, say, mohammed which is where other histories have started, that this was the defining moment. arabs value history in ways that those of us in the west we don't think of it. first of all, their history is much deeper and richer. there was -- for most of their history they were a dominant power and i think one of the things that's going on in the middle east now is that arabs are seen as -- that the west sort of looks down on them and that's something that's very inconsistent in their history it's important to understand arab history if you're trying to unravel what's happening in today. >> would you bring him to the united states to talk about his book? >> yeah, we will bring him to do -- it's funny 'cause history is a little tough to get media because the media is sort of obsessed with what's in the news and even though i just tried to make the argument to you about why that is relevant to you, that

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and high density areas with ethnic enclaves. ok. these are legitimate places where we would have difficulty with the census. i recognize that and i agree with that. but then they had criteria for not partnering with a group. one is if they didn't meet the criteria above that i mentioned. the second one is if they are hate groups. now, i'd like to see that list of hate groups that's filed under the united states census bureau. it seems like the department of homeland security had identified conservatives as hate groups. it seems like the f.b.i. had resources to send investigators out to mill through the crowds on tax freedom -- on tea bag day, april 15, tax day. the f.b.i. was looking at the people that came to the courthouse square to voice their objection to the oppressive taxes that have been imposed upon this country and the irresponsible spending, and they're identified as hate groups. conservative group, hate groups, i don't know of a liberal group that would be on that, but i hope we are able to make that request and get a lis

that people oppose hate crime legislation aimed to protect any group, whether it be religious, racial, ethnic, or sexual orientation. would the administration support a move to bring hate crimes up very quickly here and help us try to get that through you. >> i testified on behalf of these hate crimes legislation, so i don't think this is something we're doing in great haste. this is something we've been thinking about for a decade, and given the recent events we have seen in that this station, i think the need for that legislation is all that much more apparent. >> second, my staff has been working with yours and the white house on a reporter shield bill. senator spectre and -- specter and i when we were on ops sides, it is still a bipartisan bill. there are members on the other side who support it, although they are welcome to come over like senator specter did and make it a partisan bill. in any case we are talking about it, can the department of justice support a well balanced shield bill, and can you commit to working with senator specter, myself, and senator leahy to get such a bill to