Chasing the Flame

Feb 21, 2008

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Samantha Power talked about her book Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World. In the book she talks about the life and work of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello, who was killed in Iraq in August 2003. Professor Power was interviewed on stage by Azar Nafisi. After .. Read More
Samantha Power talked about her book Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World. In the book she talks about the life and work of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello, who was killed in Iraq in August 2003. Professor Power was interviewed on stage by Azar Nafisi. After their interview Ms. Power responded to audience members' questions.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:18:17 Unidentified Speaker WHILE. I THINK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT IN COMMON, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE...
00:29:28 Unidentified Speaker . [LAUGHTER]
00:29:30 Unidentified Speaker SPEECH LESS.
00:29:36 Unidentified Speaker BECAUSE I COME BACK RESPONDING EXACTLY HOW YOU BEGIN TO RESPOND TO ME BY TALKING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS...
00:35:20 Unidentified Speaker THAT YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS SHIFT UP AS THEY SAY. I AM SORRY. THAT IS A REFUGEE AND SERGIO IS IN THE...
00:39:03 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS MOVEMENT AGAINST OUR MOVEMENT ABOUT PULLING OUT OF IRAQ AND THE MOVEMENT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING...
00:39:17 Unidentified Speaker AND IT SAYS THAT PEOPLE DO EMPHASIZE WITH GENOCIDE PROVIDE DO KNOW WE HAVE TO OPEN UP TO YOU GUYS...
00:41:57 Unidentified Speaker A GREAT QUESTION AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL ANSWER. BUT I THINK SERGIO IS A GOOD...
00:48:18 Unidentified Speaker BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE ESPECIALLY WITH LYBRAND, THE DEBATE IS IF WE HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH...
00:49:19 Unidentified Speaker IS THERE A MICROPHONE? WHAT WE COULD DO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WORKS, WE COULD CARRY ON A THREE-WAY CONVERSATION...
00:49:49 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND THAT CHRISTOPHER HITCHES SAID IN YOUR BOOK YOU THINK PAUL WOLFOWITZ AND COULD YOU TELL...
00:54:36 Unidentified Speaker IT IS THE MINDSET.
00:54:40 Unidentified Speaker YOU ALSO HAVE TWO BE FOR OUR KEY PEOPLE. IF YOU ARE ANTI-WAR JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE AND HE MR. BUSH,...
00:55:41 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS WILL STROM A FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR WHO WANT TO ASK ABOUT HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION AND THE...
01:08:59 Unidentified Speaker I HATE TO ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION AFTER SPEAKING SO LONG BUT MY A NAME IS JORDON AND I AM A STUDENT...
01:09:27 Unidentified Speaker EIGHT YES. INDEED CAN.
01:09:31 Unidentified Speaker KENWOOD YOU RESPOND AND WHY DO YOU SEE THE CONFLICT AS CENTRAL TO FIXING THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MIDDLE...
01:09:42 Unidentified Speaker I AM HAVING A BAD FEW WEEKS WITH FED DATES AND THE REVISIONS JUST AS OBAMA IS HAVING A HARD TIME AND...
01:12:32 Unidentified Speaker .
01:12:40 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO FEED YOUR EGO ONE MINUTE. WHEN I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND WENT TO THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY...
01:13:55 Unidentified Speaker THE NIGHT IS YOUNG.
01:13:57 Unidentified Speaker YOU SAID YOU ARE A CONSEQUENTIAL IS. I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE. I WENT TO DROP A LINE BETWEEN...
01:15:00 Unidentified Speaker I WILL BE ANOTHER BUILDING IF I AM IN A BUILDING IT WOULD BE IN IT OUT HOUSE SOMEWHERE. I WILL INDULGENT....
01:15:16 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER TO THE QUESTION? DO WE PULL OUT ON DAY ONE? DO WE STAY 53100 YEARS? AND AT WHAT...
01:15:46 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING. AS A UNITED NATIONS STAFF MEMBER AND A PERSONAL FRIEND TO SERVE WITH SERGIO IN THE ...
01:16:57 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING. I'VE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE AS YOU TOW THE LINE BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND...
01:17:16 Unidentified Speaker I WILL DO THE THREE. FIRST OF ALL, THE FIRST QUESTION INITIALLY SANK THAT THIS WAS A SO THAT EVEN...
01:27:04 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE WITH YOU. THE LADY FROM THE UNITED NATIONS WHEN YOU MENTIONED SERGIO, ONE REASON YOU TALK ...
01:31:43 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE A QUESTION PROPOSE A MATTER YOU CAN COMMENT ON THIS BUT I AM WONDERING, WHAT IS WITH THE FRENCH?...
01:32:01 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE SHOULD PONDER ON THAT.
01:32:05 Unidentified Speaker EVEN THE FRENCH.
01:32:07 Unidentified Speaker THE WHOLE IS TO CREATE QUESTIONS TO ONE.
01:32:16 Unidentified Speaker WITH A I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A FOOTNOTE TO MY ACCOUNT HOW NOBODY WANTS TO EXERCISE THE RESPONSIBILITY...
01:35:02 Unidentified Speaker YOU EXPECT SO MUCH OF THE FRENCH. THEY GAVE US A JOHNNY GUITAR AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DO THE IMPRINTED...
01:35:23 Unidentified Speaker ONE OTHER VERY QUICK QUESTION SAMANTHA OF WHICH IS THAT YOU ALLUDED TO IN MY INTRODUCTION WHAT HAPPENS...
01:35:50 Unidentified Speaker YES. I GIVE YOU THE SUGGESTIONS OF THE IDEAS OF PLURALISM IN BASES SERGIO IN THIS BOOK AND IN MY...
01:37:57 Unidentified Speaker AZAR NAFISI AND SAMATHA POWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] (music)(music)
01:38:12 Unidentified Speaker SAMATHA POWER IS A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT. SHE IS...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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