Watch the full version of Margaret Brennan’s interview with former Vice President Mike Pence that aired on July 2, 2023. Source
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07/02: Face The Nation
This week on “Face the Nation,” former Vice President Mike Pence talks to Margaret Brennan about the calls to state governors after the 2020 election; plus Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on what to expect with travel on this holiday weekend. Source
The conservative Supreme Court’s unprecedented week
The Supreme Court has issued its ruling on the future of affirmative action, followed by Friday rulings that block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, and allow a Colorado website designer to refuse service to same-sex couples, based on her religious convictions. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa looks at the decisions, and their fallout. Source
Former AG Eric Holder says “affirmative action is to take into account one of many things”
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision that struck down affirmative action, Eric Holder, who served as Attorney General under former President Obama, tells “Face the Nation” that “the notion of affirmative action is to take into account one of many things, when you look at qualified students applying to college.” Source
UC president Michael Drake use of affirmative action in their system “has been removed”
Michael Drake, the president of the University of California system, notes to “Face the Nation” that “affirmative action was one tool we used in the past that was removed” to create opportunities for a diverse student body. Source
Lindsay Gorman says context is “really important” in differentiating AI-generated images
Lindsay Gorman, a technology expert at the German Marshall Fund, discusses on “Face the Nation” how to differentiate AI-generated images online from real ones. “Context is a really important piece of this,” she noted. Source
Pence says Trump administration would have kept U.S troops in Afghanistan
The Trump administration made an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops by May 2021. Source
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says changes needed to manage airspace “more efficiently”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tells “Face the Nation” that the U.S. has the “most complex national airspace in the world,” but acknowledges “there are things we can do to manage it more efficiently.” Source
Pence says “I don’t remember any pressure” from Trump on state governors after 2020 election
Former Vice President Mike Pence tells “Face the Nation” that although he called Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey after the 2020 election, he did so to “check in, with not only Gov. Ducey, but other governors and states that were going through the legal process of reviewing their election results.” Source
Open: This is “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 2, 2023
This week on “Face the Nation,” former Vice President Mike Pence talks to Margaret Brennan about the calls to state governors after the 2020 election; plus Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on what to expect with travel on this holiday weekend. Source