head of the united russia executive committee. there were a bit of censorship has international audience i'd like to ask you if you make any adjustments to russia's foreign policy when they interview your rivals the leaders of other political parties we all said that it has to change. to digic priority a's mutually beneficial partnership no matter how trivial this may sound to some. we have common interests and should be guided exclusively by that but there is no doubts we may have in business projects. of ation. and social reforms. are open for that. as i think that's through such joint projects. diplomacy and. relations will develop successfully. but what about change is there anything that needs to be changed. no major changes necessary we're always open and predictable. leaders regularly present our position openly and clearly. goals and objectives. so i think it is important for us to seek practical application of this big time diplomacy. there were a bit of we all know that as soon as mr putin announced mr middlebury of as th

the course of the campaign spotlight gave you an opportunity to hear from all the parties and today the law but not least i would have thought of your head of the executive committee of the united russia the ruling party the favorite the campaign. as solid as the kremlin itself the united russia party enjoys the leadership of prime minister vladimir putin and the support of president dmitry medvedev the last parliamentary election brought the body sixty percent of the seats in the state duma its closest rival the coleman this but it won six times less votes the coming problem in true action is to show whether united russia can keep its two thirds majority in the duma the unit to block transformed into the united russia party in the country's political arena in one thousand nine hundred nine the same year vladimir putin became prime minister the party has always been supportive of food in sports. so woods popularity has grown proportionally to the politicians approval ratings stability has been the key word in the party is election campaigns and it has been embraced by menu portions we read from years of to equal an economic turbulence two thousand and seven saw the peak of the

the united states supreme court. in the legislative field, he was a general counsel of the senate judiciary committee, and as a executive branch member he served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel at the united states department of justice. and his issues there where he worked primarily involving foreign affairs, national security and separation of powers, but particularly where he was a very key member of the office of legal counsel in dealing with the issues relating to national security and particularly the attack on 9/11. professor yoo has been a visiting professor at several law schools and has received numerous fellowships and awards and honors during his career. he is a visiting scholar at the american enterprise institute and has received the paul bader award for excellence in legal scholarship in teaching from the federalist society for law and public policy. he's also testified before the judiciary committees of both the senate and the house and has advised the state of california on constitutional issues. he's the author of three books; "the powers of wars and peace," "war b

of congress who ended up appointing all the members of the committee share part of the responsibility. they failed to pick the right kind of people. the president is the chief executive officer of the uniteddent is the only person that had a so-called bully pulpit pack and go directly to the american people and make the case. he has yet to do that with regard to the fact that our financial condition is deteriorating rapidly. if we do not start making tough choices, we could find the position of the united states declining. the domestic tranquillity and r streets being a real problem. it is not -- in our streets being a real problem. it is how we're going to prepare for the better tomorrow. only the president can do that. there is a leadership problem from -- there is a leadership failure from both parties. that is the biggest deficit we have in this country right now, the leadership deficits. host: my earlier question about your decision not to run for the senate in your home state of connecticut. guest: that is part of the problem. we need more people who want to go into office for temporary public service. in order to get things done rather than a career. we have too many people today,

of the united states. to defend it my pledgeis to well and faithfully execute my duties. and that does not include living up toa pledge to a lobbyist for a deficit reduction committee that is now hung up becau we won't do the bush tax cuts permanently, even though we cod have accelerated tax reform by next year. i just want to say this, i say to jon kyl, i say to my republican colleagues, we're here all day. we are ready to do $1.2 trillion. not less than it. th's what we were told to do. that's the law. wee ready to do it. if they will give up their insistence of the bush taxuts, we can get th done. >> quick political question. you have a wte house now that is train on a former massachusetts politician in mitt romney saying that he has no core, preparing to go after him as rahm emanuel did in iowa last night on flip-flopping. a lot of people saying this is basically the same election playbook that then-president bush used against you successfully. is it going to work this time? >> well, i dot know, david. i've been so focused on this deficit reduction, i honestly have not been following the ins an outs all of that. you know, let them choose their nominee and we'll see whe

the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, the judiciary committee: scott wesley skavdahl of wyoming to be united states district judge. richard g. andrews of delaware to be united states district judge. the presiding officer: two minutes equally divided. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: madam president, i want to ask for your wholehearted support for judge skavdahl of wyoming. he was nominated by our democratic governor. he was appointed by the president and he has the wholehearted support of our delegation. we have spoken for him in committee and are doing that again on the floor, and we have a full statement that we submitted. so i would -- i would thank you for your vote on this. he came up through the courts in wyoming and now will be a federal judge, with your help. thank you. the presiding officer: who yieldyields? who yields back time? time is yielded back. under the previous order, the andrews nomination is confirmed. the question is on the skavdahl nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the