Education Secretary Nomination Hearing

Jan 13, 2009

U.S. Senate | Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Senate Committee Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Arne Duncan testified about his nomination as secretary of the Department of Education. In his testimony he said the Obama administration intended to expand early childhood programs, encourage charter schools, improve teacher training and recruitment, reduce the high school dropout rate and increase college access. Senator Durkin introduced the .. Read More
Arne Duncan testified about his nomination as secretary of the Department of Education. In his testimony he said the Obama administration intended to expand early childhood programs, encourage charter schools, improve teacher training and recruitment, reduce the high school dropout rate and increase college access. Senator Durkin introduced the nominee.

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00:00:05 Unidentified Speaker BARACK OBAMA HAS NAMED ARNE DUNCAN TO THE POST OF EDUCATION SECRETARY. TODAY HE TESTIFIED AT A SENATE...
00:00:17 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator OBAMA TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. SINCE 2001, MR. DUNCAN HAS BEEN...
00:04:17 Enzi, Michael B.U.S. Senator THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. CONFIRMING THE PRESIDENT'S NOMINEEICIZE...
00:08:58 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU, SENATOR ENZI, AND NOW WE WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE OUR DISTINGUISHED ASSISTANT MAJORITY...
00:09:14 Durbin, Richard "Dick" J.U.S. Senator I WANT TO THANK SENATOR HARKIN, ENZI, SMARTH HATCH, AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE HELP COMMITTEE. IT...
00:11:32 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer NOT ENOUGH.
00:11:33 Durbin, Richard "Dick" J.U.S. Senator IT'S HIS WORK IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT REALLY STANDS OUT. I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF KNOWING...
00:14:58 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:14:59 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator SENATOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO AS THE ASSISTANT LEADER....
00:15:24 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer SURE. I WILL BE PROUD TO DO THAT. BEHIND ME IS MY WIFE KAREN MY CHILDREN CLAIRE AND RYAN IF YOU COULD...
00:15:38 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator STAND UP. [APPLAUSE]
00:15:48 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator HANDSOME SON AND SINCE I RAISED TWO DAUGHTERS I AM PARTIAL TO DAUGHTERS OBVIOUSLY. [LAUGHTER] AND...
00:16:02 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THEY WILL BE BUSY WRITING DRAWING THROUGHOUT THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
00:16:05 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator MR. DUNCAN YOUR STATEMENT WILL BE IN THE RECORD IN ITS ENTIRETY YOU CAN PROCEED AS YOU WISH.
00:16:10 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THANK YOU SO MUCH I WANT TO THANK SENATOR KENNEDY IN HIS ABSENCE AND WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION YESTERDAY....
00:29:21 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY INSPIRING AND ELEGANT STATEMENT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING...
00:29:56 Enzi, Michael B.U.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR THIS EXTREME COURTESY AND I THANK MR. DUNCAN FOR HIS COURTEOUS LESS AND...
00:30:37 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer ABSOLUTELY.
00:30:38 Enzi, Michael B.U.S. Senator THANK YOU. FINALLY, IF CONFIRMED TO YOU AGREE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY SHOULD...
00:30:45 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer YES. [LAUGHTER]
00:30:47 Enzi, Michael B.U.S. Senator THANK YOU. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I WOULD ASK ABOUT THE FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN AND ABOUT...
00:31:46 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU, SENATOR ENZI. EXCUSE ME. MR. DUNCAN, BACK IN THE 1980'S, THEN PRESIDENT REAGAN HAD ASKED...
00:34:34 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I JUST ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS. I THINK THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT WE CAN DO THAN TO GET OUR CHILDREN...
00:35:49 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. WE HAVE JUST GOT TO SOMEHOW BREAK THIS THING DOWN AND GET THESE TWO TOGETHER...
00:36:13 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer AS YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT SETTING UP THIS EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMISSION WHICH I THINK IS...
00:36:29 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. DUNCAN, NOW YIELD TO SENATOR ALEXANDER.
00:36:35 Alexander, LamarU.S. Senator THANKS, MR. CHAIRMAN, THANKS VERY MUCH. THIS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES FOR ME, MR. DUNCAN. 18 YEARS AGO...
00:37:00 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AWE. [LAUGHTER]
00:37:02 Alexander, LamarU.S. Senator BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE BEFORE...
00:37:47 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.
00:37:48 Alexander, LamarU.S. Senator WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE BY THE TIME WE GET THERE BUT I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED BY WHICH TO ACCOMPLISHED. I...
00:39:28 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME WITH YOU, SENATOR. I LEARNED...
00:42:40 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU SENATOR ALEXANDER AND I SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND ANOTHER ONE...
00:42:52 Mikulski, Barbara A.U.S. Senator THANK YOU, SENATOR HARKIN. THANK YOU MR. DUNCAN GOOD MORNING TO YOUR FAMILY OF JOHN ROGERS AS WELL....
00:44:27 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer WE HAVE GOT A CAT.
00:44:29 Mikulski, Barbara A.U.S. Senator I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO FLATTER YOU BUT IF MORE WALL STREET GUYS HAD SPENT TIME ON MAIN STREET THE...
00:47:21 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer SOME OF THE BIGGEST REASONS FOR OUR SUCCESS IN CHICAGO, IT'S NOT ANYTHING I'VE DONE. IT'S BEEN THE...
00:48:19 Mikulski, Barbara A.U.S. Senator HOW WILL YOU RETAIN THEM? WE OBSERVE IN MARYLAND AS MANY OF OUR MOST TALENTED CAN LEAVE AFTER TWO...
00:48:27 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer YES, YOU NEED GREAT MENTORING PROGRAMS. YOU NEED GREAT SUPPORT. AND WHEN YOU FIND, UNFORTUNATELY YOU...
00:50:15 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer WE HAVE TO BE FOCUSED BUT WE CAN'T BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE AND GET TO TRY TO BE WORLD CLASS AND...
00:50:26 Mikulski, Barbara A.U.S. Senator GUO OBAMA.
00:50:27 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WOULD BE SENATOR OF ROBERTSON BUT SENATOR MURRAY HAS TO LEAVE AND SENATOR...
00:50:39 Murray, PattyU.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN AND I HAVE TO GO REPLACE ANOTHER CHAIRMAN WHO IS DOING AN OVERSIGHT HEARING...
00:50:58 Murray, PattyU.S. Senator I AM WELL AWARE. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IT IS A TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY...
00:52:39 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I THINK SO MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN A DISCONNECT BETWEEN EDUCATORS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND I THINK...
00:53:46 Murray, PattyU.S. Senator I APPRECIATE THAT AND THE MANTRA OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IT'S BEEN NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. I WOULD LIKE...
00:54:52 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer AZAMIYAH. WANT TO COMMEND THIS GROUP IN CONGRESS AND SECRETARY SPELLINGS TO WORKING TO SHORE UP THOSE...
00:55:54 Murray, PattyU.S. Senator THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD AN EYE TO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS THE HEAD...
00:56:07 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator CENTER ROBERTS.
00:56:14 Roberts, PatU.S. Senator THANK YOU SENATOR MURRAY. AALA INSIDE COMMENT THERE MR. DUNCAN. I DON'T RIDE WITH THE EXPERT HAD EDUCATION...
00:57:27 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer YES SIR.
00:57:29 Roberts, PatU.S. Senator SCIENCE AND MATH COMPETENCY IS INCREASINGLY ESSENTIAL TO THIS COUNTRY. WE OF THE SCIENCE AND MATH...
00:57:54 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer YES SIR.
00:57:56 Roberts, PatU.S. Senator HERE IS THE ONE, IF THERE ANY CAMERAS THEY WILL START CLICKING. THEY WON'T CLICK GET ME BUT THEY WILL...
00:59:49 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I CAN SAVE LIVES ON THE OTHER ENDS OF THE UNFUNDED MANDATES.
00:59:56 Roberts, PatU.S. Senator THAT IS SURRENDER. [LAUGHTER] THAT IS WHAT THE FRENCH DO. WE DON'T DO THAT. GIVE IT A CHOP, LIKE THAT....
01:00:08 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I HAVE LIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNFUNDED MANDATES TO THE TUNE OF $850 MILLION SO I HAVE LIVED...
01:00:34 Roberts, PatU.S. Senator MADE A COMMITMENT TO COME OUT TO KANSAS CITY OR THE REAL CHANCES, AND READ TO KIDS WHICH I DO A LOT....
01:00:58 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer STICK TO THE SWEET SPOT.
01:01:01 Roberts, PatU.S. Senator THAT IS A GREAT COMMENT. TOM, WRITE THAT DOWN FOR ME. ALRIGHT, ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS LEFT AFTER TWO...
01:02:09 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator MR. DUNCAN YOU HAVE JUST OBSERVED WHAT I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THAT SENATOR ROBERTS IS A RARITY HERE...
01:02:25 Reed, John "Jack" F.U.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. CHAIRMAN AND WELCOME MR. DUNCAN I THINK THE PRESIDENT MAY BE VERY WISE CHOICE...
01:03:34 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer AGAIN WE NEED TO WORK WITH HIGHER EDUCATION TO REALLY MAKE SURE AS TO SAID THAT TEACHERS ARE BEING...
01:04:33 Reed, John "Jack" F.U.S. Senator AGAIN I HOPE HE CAN HARNESS THOSE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE TO TITLE TO LEGISLATION AND REALLY...
01:05:22 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THE DAY WE STOP LEARNING AND GROWING IS THE DAY WE START TO LETTER STEVENS DOWNS WHETHER IT IS A TO...
01:06:09 Reed, John "Jack" F.U.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME QUICKLY SWITCH GEARS AND THE REMAINING MINUTE OR SO. AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION...
01:06:59 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I APPRECIATE YOUR TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND AGAIN WE HAVE TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE ACCESS...
01:07:31 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOODLATTE.
01:07:35 Coburn, Tom A. M.D.U.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. WELCOME. PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN ASKED IS...
01:07:46 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN TOGETHER. [LAUGHTER]
01:07:49 Coburn, Tom A. M.D.U.S. Senator HE KNOWS HOW THEY ANSWER QUESTIONS ALREADY DOESN'T HE? A COUPLE OF THINGS, JUSTICE PACIFIC. ONE OF...
01:09:23 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer AT THINK OUR RESOURCES ARE DESPERATELY SCARCE AND I THINK AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO FUND MORE EDUCATION...
01:09:46 Coburn, Tom A. M.D.U.S. Senator YOU DO PLAN ON DOING IT LINE BY LINE REVIEW WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT?
01:09:51 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I WILL NEEDY TEAM TO HELP ME DO THAT AGAIN MY FOCUS IS TAKING HER SCARCE RESOURCES AND PUTTING THEM...
01:10:01 Coburn, Tom A. M.D.U.S. Senator I'M TRYING TO THE ONE RECORD SAYING YOU ARE GOING TO RID PERFORM THE REVIEW AS TO PROMISE THAT WE...
01:10:10 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I NEED TO, I HAVE TO PERFORM A REVIEW TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WORKING IN WHAT IS NOT.
01:10:15 Coburn, Tom A. M.D.U.S. Senator THE ONLY QUESTION I MUST SAY I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH MY CONVERSATION IN THE RESEARCH THAT...
01:11:05 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer ABSOLUTELY AND THAT IS AGAIN SIMPLY HOW ARE YOU UPTON BUSINESS BACK IN CHICAGO BIKILA EVERY CONTRACT...
01:11:18 Coburn, Tom A. M.D.U.S. Senator THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
01:11:29 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU AND SENATOR,
01:11:30 Isakson, JohnnyU.S. Senator THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN EDUCATION MY ENTIRE PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER AND NEVER...
01:12:41 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer LET ME TAKE BOTH AS THEIR RELATED. I HAVE BEEN A BIG FAN OF ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION OF THE PAST FIVE...
01:13:28 Isakson, JohnnyU.S. Senator YOU WILL BE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE AND I IMAGINE THE WILL TO BACK AS MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND MEMBERS...
01:14:29 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer SENATOR HARKIN AND I HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AND I REALLY TENDS TO AGREE WITH YOU THAT...
01:15:20 Isakson, JohnnyU.S. Senator I THINK I HAVE GOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION THAT BEGS AN ANSWER. ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR ISSUES...
01:16:02 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer WHAT I REALLY TO RESPECT ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PAST IS WE HAVE TO DISAGGREGATE DATA. WE...
01:17:28 Isakson, JohnnyU.S. Senator MY TIME IS UP AND I WILL COMMENT THE BIGGEST CHALLENGER TEACHERS FACE IN AMERICA IS DISCIPLINE, THE...
01:17:42 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THEY ARE ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR TODAY.
01:17:47 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU SENATOR ISAKSON. SENATOR STANDARDS.
01:17:50 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH SENATOR HARKIN AND MR. DUNCAN THANKS A MUCH FOR COMING IN. THANKS FOR THE WORK...
01:19:24 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer AS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT HAS TALKED ABOUT REPEATEDLY HE AS A HUGE PASSIONATE COMMITMENT AROUND THIS....
01:20:00 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD, DO YOU AGREE THAT OUR CURRENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SYSTEM IS TOTALLY...
01:20:10 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer HAS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT A SAID REPEATEDLY HE WANTS TO INCREASE NOT JUST THE QUALITY BUT ACCESS. WILL...
01:20:34 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator WOULD YOU AGREE THAT OUR GOAL SHOULD BE THAT EVERY PARENT IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND ACCESS...
01:20:44 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I THINK WE OF TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS. THE MORE WE GIVE TO OUR CHILDREN...
01:20:51 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator IN TERMS OF PREVENTION IN PROTECTING PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING AND SAVING MONEY, AND THE SENATOR HARKIN...
01:21:18 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THIS IS A LARGER POINT THAT I TOUCHED ON EARLIER, THE MORE OUR SCHOOLS BECOME COMMUNITY CENTERS THE...
01:21:45 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND WE HAVE NOT RECOGNIZE THAT.
01:21:48 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THE MORE WE ARE CREATIVE AND THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE OPENING NOT SIX HOURS BUT 12 HOURS...
01:22:08 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA HAS BEEN VERY STRONG ON THIS ISSUE AND THAT IS THE CONCEPT OF EXPANDED EDUCATION,...
01:22:28 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer IT HAS BEEN A HUGE FIGHT AND PASSION OF MINE IN CHICAGO THAT MANY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES I HAD GOING...
01:23:13 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator MR. DUNCAN I CERTAINLY STRONGLY SUPPORT YOUR NOMINATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND...
01:23:34 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:23:35 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:23:37 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator SENATOR BYRD.
01:23:39 Burr, RichardU.S. Senator THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. ARNE, WELCOME. MY APOLOGIES FOR MY TARDINESS. I WAS DOWN STAIRS WITH THE ...
01:24:10 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF MY STATE.
01:24:15 Burr, RichardU.S. Senator THE FIRST QUESTION AND MUST IMPORTANT DID YOU WATCH THE WAKE CAROLINA GAME ON SUNDAY NIGHT?
01:24:20 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I DIDN'T BUT I SAW THE RESULTS.
01:24:22 Burr, RichardU.S. Senator FOR A GUY THAT TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN HAVING CLOSE GAMES AGAINST DUKE I THINK IT WOULD STIMULATE YOU...
01:26:09 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS IN THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE. I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS THE UNITED STATES...
01:28:30 Burr, RichardU.S. Senator YOU MENTIONED COLLEGE GRADUATION AND THE SUCCESS FROM THAT 95. EVERY YEAR MORE THAN A MILLION FULL-TIME,...
01:29:37 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THAT IS A QUESTION THAT I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO. I WILL SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. I THINK AGAIN WE...
01:30:26 Burr, RichardU.S. Senator I HOPE THAT THOSE SHOCKED BY THE 70% RATE THAT THEY ARE EVEN MORE SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT APPARENTLY...
01:31:45 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I THINK THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING GREAT TALENT INTO THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT THE MOST IS A HUGE...
01:33:01 Burr, RichardU.S. Senator LET ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY LET ME THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR...
01:33:40 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU CENTER BURR. JUST MAKING SOME NOTES HERE MR. DUNCAN ON TALKING ABOUT TEACH EQUALITY AND...
01:34:26 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I AM HAVING TO DO THAT AND I'M A HUGE FAN OF-- I THINK THERE IS A GENERATION OF WHAT I CALL EDUCATION...
01:36:03 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator ANOTHER PROGRAM, FOLLOW THE LEADER PROGRAM BUT I WILL TALK TO ABOUT THAT.
01:36:07 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE.
01:36:10 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator WE HAVE IT IN IOWA AND WE HAVE BEEN FINDING IT IN ALL THE TECATE-- IT HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS BUT...
01:36:33 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
01:36:35 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator MR. ROGERS WILL KEEP YOU ON TRACK, RIGHT? TO WHAT THE THINGS, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE TALKED IN THE...
01:37:24 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I ABSOLUTELY COMMIT TO DOING THAT AND PHILOSOPHICALLY I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE DIRECTION IN WHERE...
01:37:36 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator I HAVE TO OTHER AREAS. ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE RESULTS OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND THAT I HAVE SEEN IN...
01:41:09 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer MY WIFE WILL ABSOLUTELY KEEP ME ON THE STREET IN NEARBY IS A HUGE ISSUE. THERE AREN'T EASY ANSWERS...
01:42:48 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES TO SECRETARY SPELLINGS, BOTH IN THE OPEN MEETINGS AND MEETINGS IN MY OFFICE,...
01:43:29 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer AGAIN, THIS IS HUGELY IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY WHY INTO OUR FAMILY AND I FULLY INTEND TO LOOK TO THIS...
01:43:42 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:43:43 Murkowski, LisaU.S. Senator KEN MS. CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL...
01:45:35 Murkowski, LisaU.S. Senator SETH I AM GETTING A DIFFERENT PICTURE. WE LIKE TO SHOW YOU A DIFFERENT PICTURE IN ALASKA NOT ONLY OF...
01:48:51 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer IT'S A HUGE ISSUE, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A STAKE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT COULD BE REALLY, REALLY...
01:49:50 Murkowski, LisaU.S. Senator WELL I APPRECIATE THAT STATEMENT. I THINK WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOME DECISION IN THE SENIOR...
01:51:16 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS AND BY THE BIG FAN OF GEOFFREY CANADA RUNS THE HARLEM CHILDREN'S...
01:52:09 Murkowski, LisaU.S. Senator WELL, MR. DUNCAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, I CERTAINLY LIKE WHAT I HEAR AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD...
01:52:19 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WILL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY.
01:52:22 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator THE ONLY ADVICE I WOULD HAVE IS GO THERE IN THE SUMMERTIME. [LAUGHTER]
01:52:28 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THANK YOU.
01:52:30 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I WILL PLAY THAT WELL.
01:52:31 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator SENATOR SANDERS.
01:52:34 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator THANK YOU, SENATOR HARKIN. MR. DUNCAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN TO VERMONT AND WE DON'T HAVE POLAR BEARS....
01:54:45 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS A PASSIONATE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED ON THIS, HE HAS SET A GOAL...
01:55:45 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator THERE SHE IS. SHE'S STILL FACING THOSE OBLIGATIONS.
01:55:49 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO GET THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST COMING TO THESE FIELDS AND NEED TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE...
01:55:56 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR THE EXCELLENT ANSWER. BUT ON A VERY SPECIFIC ISSUE THERE IS THE WORK STUDY...
01:56:25 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THAT WAS A GREAT POINT AND AN AREA WHERE I NEED TO LEARN MORE AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD...
01:57:20 Sanders, BernardU.S. Senator THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. DUNCAN. AND AGAIN, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER EDUCATION AND...
01:57:32 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer I'M THRILLED OF THE POSSIBILITY AS WELL. THANK YOU.
01:57:36 Harkin, Thomas "Tom"U.S. Senator WELL, MR. DUNCAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING SO CANDID DELAYED AND AGAIN, MY THANKS FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS...
02:01:41 Duncan, ArneChief Executive Officer THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THIS IS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER FOR OUR...

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