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Affirmative Action Debate: April 16, 2009
On April 16, 2009, the Miller Center hosted the third debate in Season Two of the National Discussion and Debate Series. The event, held at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, examined the following resolution: Affirmative Action should focus on class and wealth rather than race and ethnicity. Dalton Conley, Chair of NYUs Sociology Department, and John McWhorter, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, argued for the resolution. Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP, and Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University, argued against. Ray Suarez, senior correspondent of PBSs The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, moderated the debate.
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Health Care Debate: April 9, 2008
On April 9, the fourth debate in the Miller Center of Public Affairs' National Discussion and Debate Series took place in Boston's historic Faneuil Hall. Participants had one hour to debate the proposed resolution: "Americans have a fundamental right to health care, and it is the obligation of government to secure that right."
JudyAnn Bigby, MD, Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Regina Herzlinger, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, spoke in favor of the resolution. Dick Armey, Chairman of FreedomWorks and former House Majority Leader, and Richard Epstein, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, argued against. Susan Dentzer, health correspondent for PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, moderated the debate.
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Privacy Debate: November 13, 2007
On November 13, the second debate in the Miller Center of Public Affairs' National Discussion and Debate Series took place at the American Red Cross National Headquarters in Washington, DC. Participants had one hour to debate the proposed resolution: "In the war against terrorism, and with advances in technology, Americans need to lower their expectations of privacy." Ray Suarez, senior correspondent of PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, served as moderator. Arguing for the debate resolution were Douglas W. Kmiec, professor of constitutional law at Pepperdine Law School, and K.A. Taipale, executive director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy. Arguing against were Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and John, Lord Alderdice, terrorism expert and former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Below are a series of video clips from the debate. To see the debate in its entirety, please visit www.millercenter.org/debates.
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Iran Debate: March 25, 2009
On March 25, the Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted the National Debate on Iran at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium. The debate was the second installment of Season Two: "Priorities for a New President."
Four debaters, two on each side, had one hour to debate the following resolution: America cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran and must go to any lengths to prevent it. Arguing in favor of the resolution was Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Joshua Muravchik, Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins Universitys School of Advanced International Studies. Opposing the resolution was Ambassador Martin S. Indyk, Director of the Brookings Institutions Saban Center for Middle East Policy, and Karim Sadjadpour, associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Margaret Warner, Senior Correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, moderated the debate. Please visit www.millercenter.org/debates for full debate video and background materials.
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Energy Debate: May 14, 2009
On May 14, 2009, the fourth and final debate in Season Two of the National Discussion and Debate Series was held at the University of Virginia's Newcomb Hall. The debate examined the following resolution: The United States must end its dependency on carbon-based fuels. John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress, and James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence, argued in favor of the resolution. Governor Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and EPA Administrator, and Karen Harbert, President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy, argued against. Jim Angle, chief Washington correspondent for Fox News Channel, moderated the debate.
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About Miller Center Debates
On Feb. 21, UVA's Miller Center of Public Affairs, in partnership with MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, launched "Priorities for a New President," the second season of its National Discussion and Debate Series. The conversation, focused on balancing the nation's infrastructure policy with energy, environmental and economic priorities, took place at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Panelists included Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell; California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger; JayEtta Hecker, senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center; and Douglas Foy, former Massachusetts secretary of commonwealth development. The conversation was moderated by Robert MacNeil. It is currently archived at www.millercenter.org/debates.
The next debate, on U.S. foreign policy in Iran, will take place on March 25, 2009 in Washington, DC.
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