it was incredibly successful in part because john martin brodeur some of smirnov's old tricks. he took one of the very first polaroid cameras and he went into the bars in l.a. and he took one picture of the bartender mccain the moscow mule and he gave it to the bartender. he took the second pitcher and he walked to the next bar and he said, your competition is making his brain drain, it is called on moscow mule, what are to making it? so pretty soon as the moscow mule became extremely popular drink in the united states and smirnov took off in the u.s.. i find it amazing smirnov was born in 1831, he died in 1898, and today smirnov is the best-selling beer in the world, the number one most valuable brand spirits brand in the world. zero in his ubiquitous as you might imagine, it is a james bond joyce of vodka and for god's sake and how much better it is a get than that? so the story is an amazing story, it has relevance to today. we know the product, there are things happening in russia that are reminiscent of some of the things happening in the book that i hope will rain, and th

it was incredibly successful in part because john martin borrowed some of smirnov ultrix. he took one of the very first polaroid cameras and he went into the bars in la and he took one picture of the bartender making the moscow mule and he gave it to the bartender. he took a second picture and he walked to the next bar and he said hey, your competition is making this great drink. is called the moscow mule. everyone is making it, why are you making it. 37 it became extra in a popular drink in the united states and smirnov took off in the united states. i find it amazing, smirnov was born in 1831. he died in 1898, and today the smirnov is the best selling spirit in the world, the number one brand, the most valuable spirits brand in the world. it ubiquitous as you might imagine. it james bond vodka of choice, for god's sake. how much better does it get than that. the story, it's kind of an amazing story because relevance today. we know the product. there's things happening in russia that are reminiscent of some of the things that happen in the book that i hope you will read.

of our beloved and faithful john bercow esquire in the room of our beloved and faithful michael john martin, as far, to be speaker of the lower house of our parliament. we are graciously pleased to approve this choice and to allow and concern the same and for as much as the causes and considerations we cannot conveniently at this time be prevalent in our royal person in our said parliament. we come a trusting in the fidelity and care of the most reverent father and my god and our faithful counselor, ryland douglas, are well beloved and faithful counselors, john strawn, chancellor of great britain. thomas galloway dunlop. tom lord macnally. frances gertrude claire. and other lords of our privy council, but the tenant of these we grant to them or any three or more of them for power in our name to declare and notify our royal approbation of the choice of the -- choice of john simon bercow to be the speaker of the lower house and to allow and confirm the fed john simon bercow to be speaker of the lower house and to do all things in our parliament that may be necessary for declaring our royal ap

beloved and faithful john simon bercow, esquire, in the room of our beloved and faithful michael john martin, esquire, to be speaker of the said lower house of our said parliament of which choice we are graciously pleased to approve and to allow and confirm the same and for as much as the caused and considerations we cannot conveniently at this time be present in our royal person in our said parliament, know ye that we, trusting in the fidelity and care of the most reverent father in god and our faithful counsel letter, archbishop of canterbury, primate of all england and metropolitan, our well-beloved and faithful counselors john whitaker straw, chancellor of great briton, thomas galloway dunlop, lord mcnally, janet -- barone necessary royal of blaisden, francis gertrude claire, baroness and other lord of our privy counsel cell by the tenor of these prebts to give and grant to them or any three or more of them full par in our name to declare and notify our royal approbation of the choice of the said john simon bercow to be speaker of the said lower house of our said parliament and to allow

of the things that happened on monday, the house of commons elected a new speaker, john bercow, he succeeds michael martin a veteran of the labour party, who became the first speaker forced from office in more than 300 years amid claim he is failed to curb the abuse of the reports of the house of commons expenses. mr. bercow vow trode form the expense system for members of the house of commons. irena is next from florida. caller: hello. i'm a medical professional and a breast cancer survivor and a grandmother of an autistic boy. i've seen problems from both sides in many ways. and the mammoth in the room that no one is talking about is something that president obama mentioned in his campaign. and that is, in medicare alone, for every $6 actually spent on health care, the insurance companies are getting $11. the mammoth in the room is the profits of the insurance companies. that's why our health care is costing 40% more per person in the united states as in the next most expensive country. host: in fact, we have a tweet from france that says, no one mentioned france in the health care debate, it's ranked

this house, as i can announced that the inquiry will be chaired by sir john and included maraniss, sir lawrence freedman and martin gilbert. all are will become privy councilors. mr. speaker, the committee will start work as soon as possible after the end of july and given the complexity of issues it will address i am advised it will take a year. as i have made clear, the primary objective of the committee will be to identify and not set out to apportion blame are considered issues of civil or criminal liability. finally mr. speaker i am sure the whole house will join with me in paying tribute to the courage and dedication of everyone of our armed forces and also our civilian personnel who have served our country with such distinction in iraq over six years and will continue to do so in afghanistan and on a peacekeeping missions around the world. mr. speaker at its peak a force of 46,000 servant course of duty in support of operations in iraq and in total as i have said 120,000 men and women serve over the time of the entire conflict. 179 britons died, 222 were seriously or very seriously injured and we remember t

i can announce the committee of inquiry will be chaired by sir john -- and include baroness -- sir laurence freedman and sir martin goldberg. all will be privy councilors. the committee will start work as soon as possible at the end of july. given the complexity of issues it will address, i am advised it will take a year. as a made clear -- as they made clear, the primary objective of the committee will be to identify lessons learned. the committee will not set out to apportion blame or consider issues of civil or criminal liability. finally, mr. speaker, i am sure the full house will join with me paying tribute to the coverage and dedication of every one of our armed forces and also our civilian personnel who have served our country to visit with such distinction in iraq over six years and will continue to do so in afghanistan among peacekeeping missions around the world. mr. speaker, at its peak, the force of 36,000 served tours of duty. in total, as i have said, 120,000 men and women served over the period of the entire conflict. 107 in nine britons died, to hunt and 22 were seriously or very seriously injured.

john bercow. he is 46 years old and succeeds michael martin, the first speaker to be forced from office in more than0 years. that cut -- about amid claims that he had curved to -- that he had failed to curb the abuse of the expense system. irina is next from jacksonville, florida. caller: hello, thank you for c- span. host: certainly. caller: i am a medical professional and also in breast cancer survivor and the mother of an autistic boy. i have seen problems from both sides in many ways. and the mammoth in the room that no one t

they were sergeant nathan alagana, john rose, molly huckabee-hardy, staff sergeant kenneth hobson ii, arlene kirk, dr. luis martin, michelle o'connor, master sergeant sherry lynn olds. h.r. 2410 remembers their sacrifice and provides restitution to the loved ones they left behind. mr. speaker, this provision is the very least a grateful nation can do. i urge an aye vote on h.r. 2410 and i want to thank chairman berman, ranking member ros-lehtinen. thank you. the chair: the gentlewoman continues to reserve? ms. ros-lehtinen: yes. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield a minute to a member of the appropriations committee, mr. schiff, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. schiff: i request unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i'd like to commend the foreign affairs committee for all their hard work on the foreign affairs authorization act and thank mr. berman and his staff for working to include the daniel parole act to this legislation. it brings much-needed atonings a critical human rights issue this calls upon the secretary of stat

martin luther king jr. used to often quote a rabbi, two jews and a black, killed for registering people to vote in mississippi. stephen tyrone johns lost his life defending visitors at a holocaust museum at the handses of a why the supremacist. as i believe president lincoln would paraphrase, their sacrifice is far above our own ability to add or detract. i would hope in this moment that we would recognize that the ties for human decency and dignity that bind us, that the blood that unites us is stronger than the hatred and acts of violence that divide us. it is my sincere hope, mr. speaker, that we might find some shining moment in recognizing that we have more in common and working together than we do fighting and being apart. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i yield one minute to the gentlelady from california, mrs. jane harmontana. the speaker pro tempore: recognized for one minute. ms. harman: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank the gentleman for speaking -- yielding. less than a mile from this chamber a hate crime occurred yesterday. it occurred in a place of remembrance, a sanction wear

john washington--george washington on leadership. he does the recipient of the national command these metal in 2008. for more information, visit the office website at richardbrookhiser.com. >> sunday on book tv, former reagan advisers martin and emily anderson on why reagan believed destroying nuclear weapons would bring an end to the soviet union. and then nicholas talks about 2 years in pakistan. he sits down with ralph peters and for the holliday, 3 days of book tv, including historian and author john furling live sunday from george washington's mount vernon estate on in debt. the entire schedule is on line with great new features including streaming videos and easy to search archives. booktv.org. >> what are you reading? >> what are you reading this summer? >> frost/nixon by david frost. what i am reading this summer is mainly on holidays, i go from relaxing reading in terms of this and that sort of thing. i used to be robert low blow, i like holiday reading. the most serious reading i am doing, william safire's book of the great political speeches of all time. that is what i am reading for deal. >> how do you select the books you read? >> in the seconds i have, i race to the area. hopefully come out with the one i am

john ferling lied sunday from george washington mount vernon estate on in depth. the entire schedule is on line with great new features including streaming video and easy to search the archives. booktv.org. >> martin enn ilyse anderson used formerly classified documents to contend that ronald reagan believed the destruction of nuclear weapons was tantamount in achieving his goal to bring an end to the soviet union. the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california hosted this event. it is 25 minutes. >> hello. i was just thinking it has now been about 34 years since we first met ronald reagan, and we always liked it when we first met him and we still like him. and, as is and said we worked with him for quite a long time. in 1988 i wrote one book explaining what reagan was like and i thought i really knew about him. but when people left come a lot ofeople talk to me about he was kind of silly and did not know what he was doing. all kinds of things. they call them names. the thing that i could not understand is telling god's name did he get all of that work done? how was he able to do it? and, that idea held up with a lot of people. for example, who was actually doing his work? he was