tomorrow, a discussion on conflict prevention with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. coverage begins at 4:30 eastern on c-span3, online and on our free radio app. on constitution day, c-span visited the constitution central in philadelphia, where we asked people what it means to be american. >> when you feel like you are at home and you feel comfortable to live here. >> for me, it meant i was blessed to have been born in a countries,e of the with the most freedom for people. for all people to pursue happiness and life and joy with their families and a living. >> to pursue your dreams and opportunities and friendships. giving along -- getting along with everybody, with family. your is doing responsibility, as a daughter of service members and a servicemember myself, a former servicemember, i felt it was my responsibility under the constitution to go ahead and do my duty and serve my country. >> i feel lucky to have the freedom to pursue your happiness and really, this is the land of opportunity for me. to be able to be whatever i want to be. in the country i come from

we want to see more cooperative regional security organizations like these emerge around the world. as part of our new africa strategy, the united states will also reevaluate its support for u.n. peacekeeping missions. we will only back operations we seem to streamline, reconfigure or terminate missions unable to meet their own mandate or facilitate lasting peace. our objective is to resolve conflicts, not freeze them in perpetuity. and we will not provide legitimacy to missions that give large payouts to countries sending poorly equipped soldiers who provide insufficient protection to vulnerable populations on the ground. the sexual exploitation and abuse by u.n. peacekeepers of the very populations they were sent to protect has been and remains completely unacceptable. continued malfeasance without consequences damages the integrity of the entire u.n. peacekeeping system. we are truly committed to protecting innocent life in conflict zones and we must insist on accountable, robust and effective peacekeeping operations. in april the united states did just that regarding the decades