How to pronounce “NEIL” in English

CATHY O'NEIL: I mean, it's really a vague question, so it's hard for me to answer.

CATHY O'NEIL: Say more.

CATHY O'NEIL: Yeah.

CATHY O'NEIL: I think that's one very important point.

CATHY O'NEIL: Yeah, great point.

CATHY O'NEIL: The teachers are just terrible.

CATHY O'NEIL: And by the way, I still don't think recidivism risk being high shouldn't necessarily mean you go to jail longer.

CATHY O'NEIL: I suggest we follow the Constitution, which privileges justice over anything like that.

CATHY O'NEIL: As a culture, we decide what is against the law.

CATHY O'NEIL: OK, so there's two strategies I suggest.

CAMILLE O'NEILL: Welcome to Talks at Google.

CAMILLE O'NEILL: Well, thank you for joining us, Jordan.

CAMILLE O'NEILL: Well, thank you for joining us.

CAMILLE O'NEILL: Awesome. I love that view, and I myself see myself at that intersection of as it is my background is, so I love the passion behind that.

KATE O'NEILL: Thanks very much.

KATE O'NEILL: 42, of course.

KATE O'NEILL: But that's the important point, is that even though Douglas Adams didn't mean it that way and it is just a coincidence,

Robert O'Neill of the University of Louisiana in 2002 sent out 500 copies of this questionnaire that

ROB O'NEILL: Thank you.

ROB O'NEILL: Thanks. Thank you very much.

ROB O'NEILL: Absolutely. The book, it's not just a story about the bin Laden raid, right?

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. The book itself is-- I was part of the mission to go after Osama bin Laden, but it came after a long career and a lot of stuff we did.

ROB O'NEILL: Yep. So any TV show or book I've read, it's just a hugely demanding kind of a way to weed out some of the candidates early

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. BUD/S is the course that every Navy SEAL needs to go through, and it stands for Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL

ROB O'NEILL: I got there pre 9/11, so my first four deployments were actually to a lot of Europe, a lot of Africa,

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. It was, too.

ROB O'NEILL: Mm hmm.

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. What developed the most-- experience doesn't necessarily come from a classroom.

ROB O'NEILL: Yes. The bin Laden raid, from what I read in the book, it seemed like every contingency plan and every detail was planned out.

ROB O'NEILL: Yes. How do you balance planning a mission out with that much detail and not micromanaging your people?

ROB O'NEILL: The first part is, with the planning, the realization that the only time the plan exists is while you're planning.

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah, it was.

ROB O'NEILL: It was.

ROB O'NEILL: This team that I was on, we were fortunate, right place at the right time.

ROB O'NEILL: That was like a 180 out from how we felt going in because you've got to figure, everyone from the government

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. That was really cool.

ROB O'NEILL: Yes. One of the projects that I have, I started a foundation to help special operators transition from the military to the private sector.

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. That was part of the reason I initially came out with this story.

ROB O'NEILL: I think people are.

ROB O'NEILL: Yes. There are a couple of funny stories in the book.

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. A lot of special operators do have a good sense of humor because sometimes the training and the missions

ROB O'NEILL: Oh. Sorry for ruining the book.

ROB O'NEILL: Yes. Again, I'm a big believer that failure is a learning tool.

ROB O'NEILL: Don't ring the doorbells.

ROB O'NEILL: Yes. As as someone who was there in person, what was your favorite book or movie of those events?

ROB O'NEILL: Both "Lone Survivor," my favorite book and movie.

ROB O'NEILL: Yeah. Google-- Google?

Hilaree O'Neill was with us on the trip on that, and then getting up into the Western Cwm-- this is some of the terrain that's moving into it.

Tip O'Neill was then the speaker.