Content tagged with “Election 2012”
Best-selling author Evan Thomas explains the loneliness of command, President Eisenhower's golf game, and his book Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World at a recent Alma...
Tags: Election 2012, Gildenhorn Book Series, evan thomas Watch Wall Street Journal economics editor David Wessel discuss the federal budget and the US economy, along with his book Red Ink: Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget, in the...
Tags: Election 2012, economy, Federal Budget, Gildenhorn Book Series A major focus of the campaigns and last night's debate has been on strengthening the middle-class in America. One issue of equal importance, but that is often not given as much attention, is how to...
Tags: Election 2012, Ascend, two-generation strategy In last night's debate between President Obama and Governor Romney, both candidates agreed that community colleges working closely with businesses play a key role in creating jobs. Some questions...
Tags: Election 2012, Community College, Skills for America's Future Our third episode of The Aspen Institute Presents examines the state of American politics today and how issues are influencing policy. Institute program directors Mickey Edwards and Dan Glickman join...
Tags: Election 2012 Watch Tom Daschle, senior policy advisor, DLA Piper, discuss health care reform and the current state of politics at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival.
Tags: Election 2012, filibuster reform, Health Care Reform In June of this year 46.7 million Americans—about one in seven—received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—SNAP. SNAP is, of course, the name of the program still called “...
Tags: Election 2012, food stamps, Dan Glickman As candidates present their plans for job growth during this election, we look at a critical component of training the next generation labor force: community colleges. In the Aspen Workforce...
Tags: Election 2012, Community Colleges, Workforce Strategies Initiative, Workforce Development Can we become energy independent? Shell Oil Company President Marvin Odum says maybe.But he's "not sure if that's where we want to go." Where should US energy policy be heading? Watch this clip from...
Tags: Election 2012 At the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival, retired Army General Stanley McChrystal called for compulsory national service in the United States. Watch his full remarks on aspenideas.org.
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