In 1956, the Arctic, Desert, Tropic Information Center (ADTIC) of Air University conducted a survival test as part of a program to assess air force survival equipment. A crew from the air force was sent to the harsh conditions of the Panama jungle to simulate an emergency survival situation. Although the field test was scheduled to last two weeks, the group stayed in the jungle for only six days.

Hoover senior fellows Eric Hanushek and Paul Peterson discuss a new, pathbreaking study of college attendance of disadvantaged students who had received educational vouchers. African Americans are more likely to attend college after having received vouchers to attend private schools..

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The Hoover Institution hosted its annual Spring Retreat beginning on Sunday, April 21, 2013, with before-dinner remarks by Kevin Warsh, a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His speech, titled “The Economy over the Horizon: Unknown Knowns,” emphasized the importance of the state of the economy, which currently has a 2 percent growth rate, and understanding the concept of “unknown knowns,” a reference to former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld.

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Former Hoover visiting fellow Gabriela Tarazona-Sevillano, formerly a criminal affairs prosecuting attorney in Peru, has taught for many years in the United States. The author of Sendero Luminoso and the Threat of Narcoterrorism, she presented her current research on the accountability of former heads of state for counterterrorism actions, including the case of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori of Peru, to students and scholars at the Stanford Law School.