here's something that just might shock you according to a new report by tom loveless of the brookings institute our scores aren't falling the report in fact states that the united states has never led the world it was never number one it has never been close to number one on international math tests or on scientists science test for that matter it's more accurate to say that the united states has always trailed the world on math now nine hundred sixty four american thirteen year olds took the first international mass study and they ranked eleventh out of twelve but here's the best part our scores compared to what they have that over the past few decades are actually edging up so what does all this tell us or join me to discuss it is liz dwyer education editor at good list thanks so much for joining us. this is really it's quite a difference from what we've been hearing especially the panic call that came out last december so should we take this is good news. well you know it's very interesting that there was this whole entire panic created over these numbers really saw the headlines from its of

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from washington, bruce riedel of the brookings institution. he was with the c.i.a. for 29 years and was an egypt analyst when president anwar sadat was assassinated in 1981. i am pleased to have both of them on this program at this time. i begin in washington with bruce ridel. before we talk about the options for the united states and what it should say and should not say how do you see this circumstance today and where it might be going. if >> we're in uncharted waters. what happened in tunisia at the beginning of this month was an earthquake. you had an arab street overthrow a dictator. that's happened in muslim countries like iran and pakistan before. it never happened in the arab world before. it's been contagious. it's now gone to cairo, to egypt, to the center of the arab world and if it succeeds in egypt it could be contagious beyond egypt as well. the hopeful outcome is that cooler heads will prevail and with american help and cajoling we can get to a transition, get the crowds off the street, get the army off the street, get some kind of national unity gove

turn to a specialist on democratic reform in the middle east and director of research at the brookings institution's doha center. he joins us from cairo. does the military have a narrow window to follow through with the promises of reforms that hold elections before egyptians grow disenchanted again? >> yes. the military can't wait too long here. the expectations are really high and there's a danger that people will become disillusioned. we don't have a clear sense of what exactly the military wants. the military was long the backbone of the regime. so they would really have to transform into a pro-democracy force, and we don't really know much about them. so this is really an uncertain period. i think we're talking about six months where the military really has to deliver on its promises. >> and history tells us that the process of making democracy can be an ugly process. if this transition somehow turns to chaos or gets off track what kind of vacuum could be created and who might occupy it? >> that's a worry that i think a lot of egyptians h s have now, fear of chaos and instability. egypt doesn't

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institute of peace in the brookings is a and a host.[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> if we can please all be seated, we biked to begin. good afternoon. thank you all for joining us for today's discussion on the future of pakistan. they also want to welcome those who have joined us on our webcast at usip.org and those following this on television. this event is being cohosted by the brookings institution and the united states institute of peace. the extreme interest in the subject the timing and criticality of the discussion i hoing this out of the overwhelming response we got when we announced this event. i think it's unprecedented. on and i'm sure we are in for theor legislating and stimulating discussion is that genuine. pakistan of course in the stimug limelight has been for much of the last decade. in and the fact that pakistan's t stability is synonymous with that of south asia and perhaps synonymousbal security is almost clichÉd i now.l and i think there is no denyingd the fact that whichever denyg direction

political strategist robert kagan from the brookings institution. our own senior white house correspondent jake tapper. thank you for joining me. jake, i want to ask you first. as so many americans are trying to figure out what this all means, all the revolutions from tunisia to egypt and whatever may unfold here, how should americans make sense of this, jake? >> well, obviously there are different levels to look at. the american ideals of democracy that have eluded much of that part of the world. and there's american strategic interests. it's a double-edged sword. what's going on in the middle east, in north africa right now. there's obviously a great deal of oil and energy we get from that region. unrest will upset oil prices and cause americans pain at the pump. other national security, counterterrorism issues. we have a lot of cooperative relationships with a lot of dictators in that region. ultimately, i think that the way the american people have to look at this is in terms of the american eideals and how democracy needs to take hold. througho

it's hosted by the brookings institution.the second panel under way in just a moment is called highly skilled workers, technology and entrepreneurship. that should take us up to noon. we do expect this to get underway in just a moment. the senate will be in session this afternoon starting at two eastern. they will begin with morning business and will last about an hour and a 3-d will be more work on the faa authorization bill. senator reid hoping to finish work on this by february 14. the senate will continue an executive session to consider three judicial nominations. there will be votes on two of those and the votes will have it at 5:30 peaked. at 11:30 a.m. president obama will be speaking at the u.s. chamber of commerce talking about u.s. competitiveness and job creation. live coverage again on c-span followed by your phone calls. also at 1:00 the white house press briefing with spokesperson robert gibbs. right now on c-span3 national security in the future of the u.s.-japan alliance. that started at 9:30 a.m. they're loo

we're joined on our "roundtable" by george will, arianna huffington, robert kagan, of the brookings instituterst, the fierce criticisms of president obama by the republicans on how this was handled. fair play? >> not fair. these conservatives have a bifurcated vine. they say, at home, rightly, the government exaggerates the competence. then overseas, they fault the government for not fine-tuning an extraordinarily fluid event. the administration is not ahead of events because no one knows where the events are heading. we are right now in the second inning of a nine-inning game. on the government side, we have bonapartism would the bonaparte. on the protesters side, you have no leaders, no lech walesa. we have unled spontaneousness about this. there's a continuing danger. 1952, nasser comes to power. 1954, millions of egyptians go into the streets. he says, not to worry, we're going have elections. protesters are squashed. >> no one of those great leaders from the eastern european revolutions. what do you think is the next move? >> i think the opposition is talking. i think they're coming up w

he's at the brookings institute. he was in the oval office with obama last week.ow what i did. i am so sorry. >> jimmy: what could be bad about this. >> i don't know but i feel like he's such -- everyone -- he was in the clinton administration. i mean shall i shouldn't have said his name maybe because -- >> jimmy: if you said i'd like to thank my father-in-law who walks around in his underpants it would have been bad. >> i want people in washington to take him seriously. oh, so you're with -- the father, the in-law of the bimbo ago strekt. >> jimmy: you already have a problem in washington because you're playing the good wife who is the wife of the guy -- the politician who had a sex scandal, political scandal and i'm sure they don't love that. >> well, shockingly enough like i get the skinny from my father-in-law. they all watch it sandy berger watches it. i mean they all watch the show but i think it's that kind of thing where the people that my father-in-law knows who watches the show aren't the people who have ever been in the news. >> jimmy: who is the husban

speaking at a forum hosted by the brookings institution he talks about the future of fanny and freddie the next five to seven years and reducing the government's role in the housing market in the future. the administration proposes a 10% down payment on home purchases among other proposals. this is about 30 minutes. >> tim geithner has been one of the key players with ben bernanke, larry summers and henry paulson in stemming the tide of the financial crisis and turning the economy around. he also has been the architect of the financial reform proposals that became the dodd-frank bill and one of the pieces not included was what to do about the g.s.e.'s. today treasury has released a white paper crying their plans on that issue and we are just very delighted that you chose to come here to brookings to talk about it. let me ask you first of all if you would give us a sort of brief description of what the plan is and how it is going to be implemented. >> thank you, martin. nice to be here. you have good timing for the conference and i'm good you have g me a chance -- given me a chance to c

he gave a panel at the brookings institute recently. i have the privilege of talking to him regularly and hearing what he is working on. he is very much still part of the world of economics. alan, welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much, martin. you did not say that i have been around here for 40 years and one of the early members of the brookings panel on economic activity. >> i apologize for nothing. [laughter] >> if you go into one session today, with what the sessions were 40 years ago, you know how little we have learned. [laughter] >> you have not been coming often enough. that is part of the problem. >> all the rest of the seminar is devoted to the structure of mortgage finance. i thought it might be useful to spend a few minutes on what mortgage finance is ultimately all about. home building. the last 20 years have exhibited the longest uninterrupted rise in single- family housing starts and by far the sharpest collapse in the post-war years. starts in recent months have languished at little more than 400,000 annual rate, les

russell wheeler is our guest, a visiting fellow at the brookings institution. let's go to lisa, a democrat in new york. you with us? pope, it would help -- oh, it would help if i push a button. go ahead. caller: think the government has to protect all american citizens, independence, and civil rights a lot better than they have. host: what are you referring to? caller: the law is not set up to protect people's rights the way that they need to be. host: do you have a specific example? caller: yeah, the government is in my head with a machine. host: ok, we will leave it there. tell us about how the nomin ating process works. guest: i like, the members of the president's -- technically, the members of the president's party said suggestions to the white house, the white house takes it under investigation. the nomination is submitted to the judiciary committee, which undertakes its on examination. the judiciary committee may or may not hold hearings. if it holds hearings, it may or may not report the nominee out to the full senate. the senate may or may not vote. wh

and the fear of repressive governments all over the region according to martin indyk of the brookings institutionike yemen, jordan, algeria, there you have leaders who do not have the legitimacy that grows out of a free and fair election. and who have systematically in one way or another failed to meet the needs of their people. so that's the combination that has to be very worrying to them. >> reporter: not only to them but also to the leaders of western governments especially the united states allied with israel. hosni mubarak's police state was on the u.s. side too, keeping peace with israel for 30 years. but free and fair elections in egypt could change the whole equation says john alterman of the center for strategic and international studies. >> i think it is likely that a more democratic middle east will be a middle east where morris lambic voices are heard in politics. islamic voices in politics talk about be more hostile toward israel and cooperate less with the united states. >> reporter: i sat down with the deputy director of the muslim brotherhood which for the moment anyway says it d

the brookings institution is hosting this event. watch live coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> tomorrow president obama delivers remarks on the u.s. economy and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. watch live coverage from the u.s. chamber of commerce here on c-span a at 11:30 a.m. eastern. >> the new class of freshmen senators have been giving their first speeches on the floor. follow their speeches online with the congressional chronicle, read transcripts of every session and find a full video archive for every member. congressional chronicle at c-span.org/congress. >> former presidenter british foreign secretary jack straw recently testified before the british iraq inquiry for the third time. he testified about including reservations about the axis of evil -- tony blare on the legality of invading iraq. this portion is about four hours. everyone.rning, i'm sorry we started a few >> good morning, everybody. we're now ready to start the hearing. we shall be hearing this morning from the right h

speaking at a forum at the brookings institution, he talks about the future of fannie and freddie over the next five years to seven years and reducing the government's role in the housing market in the future. the administration also proposes requiring a 20% down payment among other proposals. this is about 30 minutes. >> tim has been one of the key players with ben bernanke and larry summers and henry paulson in stemming the tide of this financial crisis and starting to turn the economy around. he also has been the architect of financial reform proposals that became the dodd-frank bill, and one of the piece is not included in this bill is what to do about the gses. today the treasury has released a white paper describing their plans on that issue, and we are very delighted that you chose to come here to brookings to talk about it. let me ask you first of all if you would give us a sort of a brief description of what the plant is and how it is going to be implemented. >> thank you, martin. it is great to be a brookings. i am glad you give me a chance to come in at the beginning of the

right now, a discussion on immigration policy as to by the brookings institution. it started about an hour ago and continues live on our companion network, c-span2. >> tonight, karen evans and timothy car on the ability of the u.s. to shut down the internet and deborah wheeler on the impact in the middle east. feddis tonight on c-span2. >> every weekend, experience american history on c-span3. it is 48 hours of american events in first-person story. history bookshelf features the best known history writers of the bus -- past decade. and it traveled to important battlefields. every weekend visit college classrooms across the nation as professors delavan and to america's past during lectures and history. of joy and curators, collectors and historians -- and join curators, collectors and historians. american history tv on c-span3 all weekend, every weekend. pixar schedule on line and how -- and signed up to have them e- mail to you using the c-span alert. now from -- former vice president dick cheney, the keynote speaker at a banquet saturday celebrating the 100th bir

the brookings institution and george mason university co hosted the event.d 20 minutes. >> okay. good morning everybody. thank you for coming. david asked me to do this in ao slightly different order than is listed in the program. we are going to do it as on the front side of the program, soit let's begin with bob hamilton. the first speaker but we have some logistical challenges here get that first one loaded andat i'd think we will be ready to go. go. >> the ceasefire. very good. >> good morning. my presentation is focused on doctoral degree attainment by four students that used u.s. universities in the same engineering field. this can be considered as a form of highly skilled decoration for the purposes of education. the findings presented here are from a paper co-authored by myself and my two colleagues from george mason university, connie mcnealy and wayne perry. angst of the national science foundation for their report. on a personal note, i first became interested in immigration and education in 1989. i just got out of the marine corps and i traveled

and a discussion of several judicial vacancies with the brookings institution's russell wheeler. "washington journal" every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span bringing public affairs to you. it is washington norway. -- your way. >> jacob lew testified about the budgets 2012 budget request submitted to congress on monday. it tells $3.7 trillion, and the administration says that it would reduce the deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years. this budget committee hearing is all little less than three hours. -- a little less than three hours. >> this one will be different because the fiscal situation is so much work. you have come under a dark and fiscal outlook. we are aware of the challenges you face in putting this budget together and we thank you for your hard work and coming here today. having said all that, the budget of the united states is more than about of arithmetic. it is a statement of national priorities. it is a gauge of our national health. because we face a crippling burden of debt, this budget in particular presented the president with a unique opportunity t

he speaks at the brookings institution and it took questions on the housing market. this is just under an hour. >> it is with great pleasure that i introduce alan greenspan. as you know, allen became chairman of the board of governors on the federal reserve in 1987. and a stable growth during that period. he is now at greenspan and associates. he is extremely active in economics and research. he gave a paper at the brookings panel. recently i had the power -- the privilege of talking to him. he is very much still a part of the world of economics. alan, welcome. [applause] >> thank you very much. you did not say that i have been around here for 40 years at the brookings panel of economic activity. >> i apologize. >> i see. [laughter] >> if you go into one session today versus 40 years ago, you are -- >> you have not been coming off and off. >> the rest of the seminar is devoted to the structural mortgage finance. i thought it might be useful to finance is ultimately all about, home building. the last 20 years have exhibited the longest, uninterrupted rise in single-fa

before he was in the white house, and he has taken leave from the brookings institution to take the original position the hat and was just given the title of principal deputy director of the economic council, he is the most senior economist in the whole unit in addition to being a very thoughtful political interpreter. he was a senior fellow in economic studies at brookings and began his career during the clinton administration as staff economist for the council of economic adviser and a assistant to the president. he was a senior adviser to the chief economist and senior vice president of the world bank. he worked as a visiting scholar at nyu, yale, columbia and a senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities at brookings. he has conducted research in a wide range of areas, including fiscal policy, tax policy, social security and monetary policy. he is published in a number of scholarly journals and popular publications. he edited to economic policy books. he earned his ph.d. in economics and a master's in government from harvard university and a master's from the london scho

from the brookings admit -- brookings institution, and this is a little bit more than an hour. >> welcome to another session of "meet the press" at brookings with david gregory. we bring this to you together with the center. the director was with us this morning on the panel as well. he is a expert on the u.s. national security and military affairs. he has been the director of persian gulf affairs for the national security council. he is the author of "path out of the desert: the grand strategy for america in the middle east." we are very glad to welcome to "meet the press" at brookings, the associate dean at the school for our services at georgetown university. she was for a decade the executive director of freedom house. he is a professor of political science and international studies at mcdaniel college. he is an expert on the politics of north africa. he has just completed a policy analysis tape which you can find on our website. the perils of complete liberalization, about the challenges of politics in north africa. on the big screen or the small screen we see someone who will join t

he is a vice president at the brookings institution and an adviser to george mitchell. another call from albuquerque. brandon, independent. go ahead. caller: thank you. mr. indyk, given that we are in albuquerque, new mexico, it's sometimes hard to feel what washington thinks about these things. early on, it got a lot of press, but how was washington reacting to the fact that there's still a virtual internet shut down in egypt? does that reflect on how we are looking at the president and the reactions that he has? guest: this is a fascinating question. from the beginning of this revolution the internet and particularly twitter and facebook has played a critical role. mubarak suppressed the moderate voices in egypt and prevented any kind of political organization from rising in the center. he allowed the muslim brotherhood to organize but kept them under control. as a result, while the muslim brotherhood had developed quite an effective organization through a social network of underground, providing education and health to poor people around the country, the moderate for

this event was hosted by the brookings institution. it was just over an hour. admit -- brookis instituon, and this is a little bit more than an>> f "meethe press" at brookings with david gregory. we bring this to you together with the center. the director was with us this morning on the panel as well. he is a expert on the u.s. national security and military affairs. he has been the director of persian gulf affairs for the national security council. is the author of "path out of the desert: the grand strategy for america in the middle east." we are very glad to welcome to "meet the press" at brookings, the associate dean at the school for our services at georgetown university. she was for a decade the executive director of freedom house. he is a professor of political science and international studies at mcdaniel college. he is an expert on the politics of north africa. he has just completed a policy analysis tape which you can find on our website. the perils of complete liberalization, about the challenges of polics in north africa. on the big screen or the sm

in an hour, the brookings institution hosted a discussion on the middle east moderated by david gregory. but after that, we will re-air the discussion at the front line club on how the unrest in tkeisha may affect the region. one "washington journal," the latest on unrest in egypt. we will speak with several senators, and take your questions about energy policy and the oil markets, and we will focus on unemployment and jobs with an economist stephen rose from georgetown university. that is live on c-span, every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. a couple of live events tomorrow. at a congressional oversight committee examines the effect that commercial real estate losses could have on banks stability. members will hear from representatives of the fdic and federal reserve, live on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern. tomorrow night, former alaska governor sarah palin speaks to a young america's foundation event in santa barbara, calif., marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of president ronald reagan. that is at 11:00 p.m. eastern. >> the whole environment of politics had come apart, become pollute

. >> timothy geithner will be at the brookings institution talking about the government- backed mortgage lenders. he can watch it beginning 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> that is not only one of the major challenges facing our country, but it is how we maintain a healthy lifestyle and to have the judgment and strength to say no. >> sunday night, we will discuss today's college student. his school is the site of the george w. bush presidential library. >> part of the patriot act are set to expire on figure 28. the house voted to proceed with the bill to extend key provisions of the act days after a similar measure was voted down. here is a debate prior to today's procedural vote. it is just over an hour. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one hour. mr. dreier: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'm happy to yield the customary 30 mines to my good friend, the gentleman from boulder, and pending which i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: i ask unanimous consent to revise and exte

today's event builds on this idea and it flows out of a recently concluded project by the brookings institution, dr. steven cohen, who is also my partner in crime in hosting this event today, led this project on the future of pakistan. and what came out of that was a collection of scholarly essays called the bellagio papers, and i believe you have a handout outside, a brief rundown on this project. the project really looked at this idea of where pakistan is headed and what kind of variables we need to worry about as we look into the future. the project involved conducting research and economic activities on pakistan, but once we had the findings from the project, steve and i got talking about the subject a bit more, and we thought that there was a need to initiate or systematic research-driven debate on the medium to long-term future of pakistan, and that's what has brought us here today. we're going to cover three aspects through the afternoon. the first panel is going to look at the variables and factors which will be key in determining what direction pakistan take. the second one, panelists

this was at an event at the brookings institution about how government played too much of a role in the housing market. >> the u.s. government provided too much support for housing, too strong incentives for investment housing. far.ok that too alongside a basic set of mistakes and the incentives we created, we allowed our financial system to take on too much leverage. we allowed a huge amount of basic mortgage business to shift where there's no regulation and oversight. we allowed the market to build up terrible incentives around underwriting securitization. those things -- they were avoidable mistakes. it is important to recognize that this was not just about what fannie and freddie ultimately did to bring the market downturn it was about a much more comprehensive side of failures and the basic oversights in the system. the government did too much. it did quite poorly in what it did. host: avoidable mistakes, he said. guest: if we had limited -- if we were clear about what was permissible from an underwriting perspective, for the industry as a whole, that is not to establish what they

[applause] [applause] [silence] [inaudible conversations] >> more now from a brookings institution discussion of immigration policies for highly-skilled workers. this panel focuses on the u.s. visa system and why some highly educated foreign workers don't use their science and math degrees in their work. this is a little less than an hour and a half. >> very good, i'm the editor of "science and technology" at the national institute for science and technology. i will be the moderator. i will be introducing the speakers. this time the panel is going to be sitting down below so that -- they will all come up here at end of the presentations. we're going to start out with john batalova who is an analyst with the american politics institute. rather than wasting times on backgrounds and so on, we're just going to jump right in. so. >> good morning, everyone. i'm jeanne batalova i'm from the policy institute research organization that deals and studies in depth various aspects of migration and immigrant integration in the united states and other countries. it's a really great pleasure to be here and

at least that is what we of the brookings institution like to think. he has given us the very idea of pakistan in one of his break through books and he of course is the principal sponsor of the adagio papers which brings you altogether. i am going to ask shuja nawaz to speak first and then steve and i will speak for a few minutes. we will wrap up promptly at 12:00 so that we can get on to the road before the ice starts. >> thank you to stephen cohen and moeed yusuf for inviting me to be part of the bellagio conference and to speak today. i should also mention, for a more recent understanding of the relationship we should also read bruce's latest book deadly embra embrace, which connect all the dots for you. that is something that shouldn't be left off of the table. obviously at the end of such a rich afternoon's discussion there is not an awful lot that one could add in terms of the issues. i was given the task of a bunch of questions like how does pakistan course correct and what will pakistan have to do internally and what should the u.s. and interna

institute of peace is not just the brookings institute or the heritage foundation, it's more of a do tank than think tank. it engages specifically in projects. projects. the second that

he is a vice president at the brookings institution and an adviser to george mitchell. another call from albuquerque. brandon, independent. go ahead. caller: thank you. mr. indyk, given that we are in albuquerque, new mexico, it's sometimes hard to feel what washington thinks about these things. early on, it got a lot of press, but how was washington reacting to the fact that there's still a virtual internet shut down in egypt? does that reflect on how we are looking at the president and the reactions that he has? guest: this is a fascinating question. from the beginning of this revolution the internet and particularly twitter and facebook has played a critical role. mubarak suppressed the moderate voices in egypt and prevented any kind of political organization from rising in the center. he allowed the muslim brotherhood to organize but kept them under control. as a result, while the muslim brotherhood had developed quite an effective organization through a social network of underground, providing education and health to poor people around the country, the moderate for

johnson school of affairs when the vice president director of the foreign-policy studies at the brookings instituteecember 96 to august 2000, mr. steinberg served at deputy national security adviser to president bill clinton. mr. steinberg also was held numerous other posts on the state department and capitol hill. deputy secretary, thank you for attending out kindly remind you to keep your oral testimony to know more than five minutes. and without action committee or written statement will be inserted into the record. while gone. >> thank you, madam chairman. let me congratulate you on the tablet here and express how much we look forward to working with you and ranking member per minute all the members of the committee and express appreciation for holding this timely hearing. last month ago how come the secretary clint challenge the leaders of the middle east to give greater voice to their people in the region confronts the combination of demographic and logical changes, rapid unemployment into many cases cases the universal rate. she won the status quo. in recent weeks the dynamic has given rise

. >> and ken lieberthal who's with the brookings institution is the head of the china senate.oing to start by listening to john who will set up our first question which will be about china. >> i think two of the trends we're likely to see in the years to come will be first and foremost greater of sports -- exports. you see a currency against which our people are better able to compete. and you will see more of demand for our products, which will be i think hope to small and medium-size enterprise. but today aren't just thinking about where china is going to have that might factor into the business plan. i think this will be a significant transformation in our export sector in the years ahead. second, will be chinese investments when you're in the united states. we've seen that wave after wave as we go back to european countries investing here in the united states one urges ago, 200 years ago. and more recently japan, 20 to 25 years ago. and i think the next wave will be chinese investment. they have invested just under $3 billion, probably $2.7 billion to date, mostly smaller

. >> the brookings institution hosted discussion titled immigration policy, highly skilled workers and u.s. competitiveness and innovation. is a look at immigration policies toward the highly skilled and the changes needed to capture the benefits of a high skilled immigrant workforce. live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span to. -- on c-span2." >> the whole environment of politics had come faapart. >> tonight, hubert h. humphrey, the art of the possible. >> everyone is remembers humphrey as someone who is leading johnson's boats all the time and had no blood of his own. >> "q&a", tonight at 8:00 on c- span. >> friday at the white house, president obama and canadian prime minister stephen harper met to discuss a number of issues, including energy, border security, and trade between their countries. after the meeting, the two leaders spoke with reporters. this is about 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by the prime minister of canada. >> good afternoon, everyone. please be seated. i am very pleased to be welcoming my great fri

school of public affairs and the vice president directer of the foreign policy studies at the brookings instituteto august 2000, mr. steinberg served as deputy national security adviser to president bill clinton. mr. steinberg also has held numerous other posts in the state department and on capitol hill. deputy secretary steinberg, thank you for attending, and i would kindly remind you to keep your oral testimony to no more than be five minutes. and without objection, your written statement will be inserted into the record. welcome. >> thank you, madam chairman. and let me begin on behalf of secretary clinton to congratulate you on taking the gavel here and to express how much we look forward to working with you and ranking member berman and all the members of the committee and to express appreciation for holding this timely hearing. last month in doha secretary clinton challenged the leaders of the middle east to give greater voice to their people as the region confronts a potent combination of technological changes, rampant unemployment and in too many cases the denial of universal rights of f

this was at an event at the brookings institution about how government played too much of a role in the housing market. >> the u.s. government provided too much support for housing, too strong incentives for investment housing. far.ok that too alongside a basic set of mistakes and the incentives we created, we allowed our financial system to take on too much leverage. we allowed a huge amount of basic mortgage business to shift where there's no regulation and oversight. we allowed the market to build up terrible incentives around underwriting securitization. those things -- they were avoidable mistakes. it is important to recognize that this was not just about what fannie and freddie ultimately did to bring the market downturn it was about a much more comprehensive side of failures and the basic oversights in the system. the government did too much. it did quite poorly in what it did. host: avoidable mistakes, he said. guest: if we had limited -- if we were clear about what was permissible from an underwriting perspective, for the industry as a whole, that is not to establish what they

speaking of the brookings institution, he talked about the future of the home mortgage companies and reducing the government's role in the mortgage market. they are talking about enforcing a mandatory 10% down payment on houses. this is about 30 minutes. >> i would like to welcome everyone to bring things. i would like to welcome treasury secretary tim geithner. he needs no introduction, as you know. he has been one of the key players with ben bernanke, larry summers, henry paulson in stemming the tide of this financial crisis and starting to turn the economy around. he also has been the architect of financial reform proposals that became the dodd-franc note -- dodd-frank. one thing that was not included is what to do about the gse's. they have produced a white paper on which to do with that issue. we are delighted you chose to come here to brookings to talk about it. let me ask you first of all of you could give us a brief description on with the plan is and how it will be implemented. >> thank you, martin. good to be a brookings. you have good timing for your conversation today and

institute for peace because its nt worthy of a direct earmark, we'll peel the legislation that created it. there wasn't anything that created brookings or heritage, these were private organizations. u.s. institute of peace was created by both houses and wasn't dropped in but a piece of legislation that created that institute and what the appropriators do each year is decide which appropriation should come. they have already taken a whack out of the institute of peace because -- in some cases they took a bigger whack out of programs i wish they hadn't done, but cut this. but come back with legislation to repeal the authorizing legislation and then there will be nothing to earmark for, nothing to fund. the fact is, yeah, it's a nice building and right next door to a pretty drab building, the state department, but the state department may not like the building they're in but would like to use the u.s. institute of peace for a whole variety of activities that they think they are able to get value added from and they choose to direct and work with and contract with and partner with the u.s. institute of peace on a whole variety of project

congress passed the measure carter wanted an even brooks went along with the bill with one minor concession that the administration gave him. the institutional as asian of human rights also generated excitement among many americans who had been disillusioned by the cynical politics of richard nixon, henry kissinger and gerald ford. most important, the middle east. carter brokered a durable peace agreement between the egyptians and the israelis that has lasted over three decades that no other president has been able to replicate. when push came to shove carter could play politics quite well on foreign policy as with domestic policy. building support for the ratification of the panama canal treaty in 1978. carter obliged senators to panama so they could be lobbied by military leaders, local residents and business leaders on the importance of the treaty. he addressed audiences in key states and local communities to build pressure using state of the art town hall meeting technology and remote telephone connections and exploited divisions among conservatives on this issue. it is easy to forget that carter scored big victories in his first two yea

institute basically -- >> thank you. >> oh, am i out of time? >> thank you very much. >> i didn't realize there was a three-minute time. i apologize. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. commissioners, eric brooks representing san francisco green party and the local grass roots organization, our city. i kind of want to give a more wonky version of what you just heard laid out from another organizer, and i sent you all an e-mail. please do take a look at that. it is more detailed on what i'm about to say. and both the green party in our city, first of all, would take very strong issue with the direction that the sfpuc staff wants you to go. very strong objection to any profound amendments to the 2007 ordinance. besides perhaps the -- what supervisor come pass raised last meeting of exploring at least the start-up and some of the procurement at the beginning being rolled out by the agency itself. but with that said, both local power and the contractors that know most about c.c.a. and a lot of us as advocates for years have been hammering on some key points for the r.f.p.'s that have gone out. those points have not been included in the r.f.p.'s and it is our opinion that the reason the r.f.p.'s ar

institute. he has been before this committee many times. we have the director of the urban parking's tax center. -- the urban brookings tax center. we also have a professor of economics from rutgers university, and the president and ceo of the lindsay group. we thank all of you for agreeing to give us some of your time. we deeply appreciate it. but me begin by reviewing the state of our fiscal affairs. last week, the cbo released its annual outlook report. that report should serve as a wake-up call to everyone who is concerned about the nation's finances. wake-up call to everye who is concerned about the nation's the chart depicts their 10-year baseline projections, with additional policies added in, which are likely to be adopted. we know they did not do a forecast of what might be adopted, they do a forecast based on current law. of what might be adopted. they do a forecast based on current law. then we try to add to that things that are most likely to be adopted to get the most realistic look at where we're headed. that shows that due to passage of the tax exception package, cbo is now expecting to see deficits of more than a

institute. gene has been before this committee many times. somebody that enjoys credibility on both sides of the aisle. dr. donald marron. director of urban brookings tax policy center. someone very familiar to the committee as well. we very much respect higgs advice. dr. roseanne aushculer. testified before the president of's fiscal commission as didded dr. marron. dr. larry lindsey, president and ceo of the lindsey group. very well-known in economic circles as well. we thank all of you for agreeing to give us some of your time. we deeply appreciate it. let me just begin by reviewing the state of our fiscal affairs. last week the congressional budget office released its annual out look report. that report should serve as a wake-up call to everyone concerned about the nation's finances. the chart depicts cbo's new 10-year baseline projections with additional policies add the in. those policies most likely to be adopted. we all know cbo does not do a forecast what might not be adopted. they do a forecast based on current law then we try to add to that things that are most likely to be adopted to get the most realistic look where we're headed. that s