of indian nations address. topics included the economic status of american indians and tribal relations with the federal government. congressman tom cole of oklahoma, a member of the nation respond to the speech the we also hear remarks from the senate indian affairs committee chairman and vice chairman. this is 1:20. >> good morning, my name is jacqueline peta, and i would look to welcome you here to our state of indian nation ease vent. ncai is the largest, the oldest, and organization in washington, d.c. representing the tribal governments across the country. i would look to welcome our distinguished guests to washington, d.c. we have many folks listening to us across the country. to watch the state of 2012 state -- state of indian nations address. across the country we have students, tribal citizens, and leaders, and have gathered in the schools, and sent tircenter watch together. among many events across the country we are pleased mr. star's history class in santa fe, new mexico is joining us. we have univ

nation's capitol. the process as directed by congress has worked very well. we expect the eisenhower memorial will ultimately be a source of pride for our entire nation. mr. chairman, this concludes my statements. i would be pleased to respond to any questions you or other members of the subcommittee may have. >> thank you, i appreciate it. mr. whitesell -- you just spoke. thank you. mr. geren from the gs afrnlts. >> good morning, chairman bishop, ranking member gal va and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discussed the proposed dwight d. eisenhower memorial. gsa is honored to play a role many helping create a memorial to president dwight d. eisenhower. his long a rear of noble service is and should be a source of inspiration to the american people. the commission was tasked with creating an appropriate permanent memorial to perpetuate his memory and contributions to the united states. human resource support, financial and accounting services, lega

this goes back to national preparedness. there are scenarios that are so big for any jurisdiction to be prepared for it is impossible, how do you leverage those capabilities across, not just within a state but across state lines and in some cases nationally. so the work there that we work with cal-u is looking at that type of catastrophic planning. focus on how do we get to folks? life safety, looking at shelter needs and the fact that we're going to probably have to use a lot of capability outside the immediate area and then look at what it would take to stabilize to even set the stage for getting people back in and repopulating. it's a very complex event. this is part of why we went to the frame works to really build that type of capability. this is not about responding our day to day emergency. it is literally about those type of catastrophic events that can happen from earthquakes, hurricanes, or terrorist attacks. >> thank you. >> mr. carter. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. fugate, i have a letter here i ask to be made

so these are moving and they are again building upon the national response framework, the national disaster recovery framework and then building three additional frame works to support the overall national preparedness plan. >> how do you see this -- this system informing your budget decisions and resource allocations? >> well, it probably best to give an example. we tried talking about generalities. you end up saying we're going to do this, this and this. let's take urban search and rescue. we know that in the types of mess we face with the building collapses, bomb blasts, tornadoes and other things that response is key. how long does it take to get a team there? just having a team responding doesn't change an outcome. we start with what is the outcome we're trying to change. injured people do not have time. so we start with this idea that -- and across the nation, looking at where communities are, concentrations of populations. we look at the urban areas. that's where everybody is at. and we also look at travel times. do we have enough teams? where are they at? should we make a priority i

to nation relationship. in 1970 president nixon sent a historic message to congress on tribal self-determination. that message launched the self-determination era, the very framework that allowed tribes to prove our capacity as governments. all presidents should do the same. second, we call on the president to fully implement the united nations declaration on the rights of indigenous people. we specifically call for a review of all existing federal law to ensure they are in alignment with the declaration. third, we call for an annual nation-to-nation summit, an on ongoing high-level meeting to institutionalize the current tribal nation summit. a meaningful relationship that must be upheld by all future presidents. we also call on the president to convene regular meetings on specific issues between cabinet secretaries. fourth, elevate native people in the federal government. it's pastime for qualified people to be seated on the bench. the appointment of an adviser on native american affairs has advanced polly

the nations involved contribute as heavily as they can. no less valuable are the morale and friendly relations being generated by servicemen of all participating countries, in joint training programs and demonstrating their respective skills to each other. they cross the language barrier to comradeship. this banding together for nations with a common purpose has produced strength, not only in the military and economic field but in the moral spiritual values as well. at a meeting of the nato atlantic congress in 1989, a statement was adopted which called to the moral unity binding the member nations. this document, recognizes respect for human dignity as the inalienable basis offivization, on the fundamental rights of machine specifically named, respect for the sanctity of human life. the right to freedom of speech, of conscience and religion. of opinion and belief. the right of every man to work and to receive his just reward. the right of the family to stability. and the right of parents over their children and their education. in all the

nation is honest, truthful and virtuous. with our ceremony today we continue our work to restore honesty, truth and virtue to our capitol and to our history. we reaffirm the promise that no american will be left out of america's story. we pledge to keep working so that all who visit the u.s. capitol recognize the contributions of those who came before, built this capitol, and received the honor that is due them. thank you. >> let me also begin by thanking the slave labor task force. without it, we wouldn't have had this marker at all. known the full story of our capitol. and as congressman lewis rightly put it on another occasion, the history of the capitol, like the history of our nation, should be complete. so we thank the task force for its work, for its recommendations, which have brought us here today. in remembering the slaves who labored to build this great temple of freedom, we, of course, give them in death some measure of the dignity they were deprived of in life. but we're also doing something else. we're remindin

they address the nation at a national memorial at japan's national cathedral in tokyo.morial is still ongoing as we speak. we expect to hear from some victims as well. they will be speaking at this national service, and importantly we did hear from the emperor, who is 79 years of age who has only really made an address twice on television, this being the second time that we've seen. the first time in the days after the earthquake. there are other memorials, too, taking place across japan. there have been two moments of silence so far in many villages and towns. the first when the earthquake hit at 2:46 and then between 30 and 40 minutes later when the tsunami came. in many parts japan has struggled to inspire what -- i'm sorry. many places have inspired an unlikely group rather to take action. they're the young adults from the big cities who decided they cannot sit by and watch small towns in their country disappear forever. cnn's kyung lah has their story. >> reporter: day break at the dock, cultivating oysters and nurturing scallops as families have done for generatio

in 1940, to highlight this nations emerging global responsibilities and his own task, nation building. as he told his editors a few years later, i have the faithful belief that the america that we work for will win in this time and age if we do our part. in a sense, everything does depend on you. if we persevere our life timeless see not the peace, but certainly the truce of god. one by american fortitude, energy, generosity and ideals. as loos surveyed the world of postworld war ii america, he placed his greatest hope on the evidentiary renewal of american family life. his vision of a family centered in faith-centered nation received dramatic visual confirmation and in 1947 a promotional campaign for "life" called "the new america." "life" photographers using special pan graphic cameras welded 14,000 new photos into 27 sequences using five synchronized projectors, a new fade in and fade out technique and a 40-foot high screen and featuring a fresh, stirring musical score, "the new america" was shown to 175,000 carefully selected national leaders in 60 cities. the presentation's centr

they seem somewhat tepid in comparison to the new nationalism. he called for the extension of the payroll tax in the short run and more generally for a fair tax code and these are important measures to be sure, but he did not offer a strategic vision of bold progressive initiatives for a new political order as t.r. did, nor did he explain how the land mark health care and financial reform legislation enacted in 2010, really important pieces of legislation, were the building blocks of a new foundation. the new foundation was a term tried out early in the obama presidency, but he did not revisit it, strangely, in his speech. it is odd one of my sober colleagues said astonishing. but perhaps telling that the president did not even mention health care reform in kansas. it's particularly odd and astonishing because this is the signature achievement of his first term. this is the holy grail or it had been the holy grail of progressive democracy since t.r.'s bull moose campaign. true to his ruthless pragmatism as one journalist put it, obama's address s

but, just as surely as we are a nation at war, we are also a nation of laws and of values. even when under attack, our actions must always be grounded on the bedrock of the constitution and must always be consistent with statutes, court precedent, the rule of law, and our founding ideals. not only is this the right thing to do, history has shown that it is also the most effective approach that we can take in combatting those who seek to now, this is just not my view. my judgment is shared by senior national security officials across the government. as the president reminded us in 2009 at the national archives where our founding documents are housed, and i quote again, we uphold our most cherished values not only because doing so is right but because it strengthens our country and keeps us safe. time and again our values -- our values -- have been our best national security access, unquote. our history proves this. we do not have to choose between security and liberty. and we will not. today i want to tell you about the collaboration across the government that defines

pride our desire to leave a better planet for our nation to work and nations who to our kids be replaced by the singular goal of maximizing profits for today's c.e.o.'s the really sad part of this is we had to jump on germany more than thirty years ago and president jimmy carter put solar panels on the white house and introduced a comprehensive energy plan to get america off its addiction to foreign oil and on to renewable energies here's what he told the nation in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight. he's in the midst of the movie it is you who directed a shrinking resources. and i can live we can control the patients to the good in control of we've always been proud of our leadership in the world and now we have achieved it again and give the world a positive example who always been proud of the vision of the people who go we want to give our children graduate with a world richer in possibilities and we have good osu. who they are the ones who was so moved if we were. in that same speech president carter said that he was passing legislation and he did. that would make sure that ame

in a national crisis. it is not there. neverwas. thank you. but we put exclamation point by dropping a section tha kill switch. just wasn't worth it because of. there lshat touches on the balae between, intellectual eeer spee public opinion over the proposed stop online privacy act and andy members of congress with -- with scars or at least of -- post dr stress syndrome. since that happened. he ultimate verification of my assertion that there is nothing here anywhere like what another, but with gratitude one of our witnesses, mr. stewart baker was a leading opponent of sopa of our bill. after the cyber security act of 2012 becomes law, thern user wi using the internet just as they do today. but hopefully, as a result the law, and outreach pursuant to it they will be far better equipped to protect their own privacy andsiber attack. bottom line have worked very hard to come so far in a very to face a real and present danger to our country. that we simply cannot allow this moment to slip away from us. i feel very strongly that we need to act now.

the plan feed intelligent investments and national assets. we like aspects of the preparedness grant program with the presence's 2013 budget but suggest it be project based. applications should be evaluated by a multijurisdictional committee prior to review by the state administrative agency, local governments should be encouraged to band together and apply directly. this opportunity for combinations of local governments to participate specifically addresses the question. due to the size and inherent threat, tier one cities should continue to be directly funded by allowing other combinations of local governments to apply directly, those remaining in the jurisdictions can continue participating in process and receive funding without that annual fear of falling off the list. overall, this process is about building and sustaining capability as cross the country, encouraging innovation, self organization and regionalization where local decision makers wish to do so. empowering local governments to decide which projects they want to fund, providin

photograph ran in the national inquirer and has tasparked national outrage.the photograph of. >> my staff, my secretary drivers never were exposed to any areas that she was in. it's the owner of the funeral home and two pastors say they know who took the photographs but will not identify the person. they say that is up to the houston family. one of the pastors calls the incident a shameful betrayal. >> d.c. councilman marion barry is at the center of another political battle. is an effort to prevent the former mayor from being a delegate for the democratic national convention in charlotte this summer. supporters say that his time on the national stage is over and that his recent tax troubles and behavior are reasons for voters to keep him and own. >> marion barry is a ball and chain that connects us to a period of our past that is really something we need to move away from. >> i'm not going to discuss that. >> he believes he will be elected saturday at the northwest campus. >> now to the white house president obama today will travel to walter reed national mi

national security. underpinning all of that is the fact that despite all of the frustrations that we have, we have the best system of government on earth. one that i have said gives all of us the responsibility to govern this nation. that responsibility is a heavy one because, despite what i have just said we have achieved, challenges that still confront us are numerous and complex. there are no simple answers here. there are no simple solutions. we are still a nation at war. in afghanistan. we still face the threat of terrorism. we have confronted it in pakistan. terrorism is still there, still in somalia, still in yemen, still in north africa. they continue to plan attacks on this country. we deal with the dangerous proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. we have to confront behavior of -- the behavior of iran and north korea. they continue to strident -- to threaten global stability. there is a continuing turmoil and unrest in the middle east. rising powers in asia test international relationsh

there is only one nation -- there is only one nation that can alter this dynamic and that is the united states of america. the president must state unequivocally that under no circumstances will assad be allowed to finish what he has started, and there is no future in which assad and his lieutenants will remain control of syria and that the united states is prepared to use the full weight of our air power to make it so. it is only when we have clearly and completely committed ourselves that we can expect other nations to do the same. only then will we see what is really possible in winning international support to stop the killing in syria. are there dangers and risks and uncertainties in this approach? absolutely. but there are no ideal options in syria. all of them contain significant risk. many people will be quick to raise concerns about the course of action i am proposing. many of these concerns have merit but none so much that they should keep us from acting. for example, we continue to hear it said that we should not assist the opposition in syria militarily because we don't know

this is a national emergency. this is a national tragedy.hat the emperor did make sure to say is that this was something that people needed to mark then try to move on. >> kyung, we need to listen to the ceremony now. so i'll ask you it to stand by, please. >> translator: we will sing the national anthem. please sing after the introduction. please stand up. ♪ of the sign indicating 1446, we're going to have a moment of silen silence. it will be a year at 12:14.46 since when the earthquake disaster happened. it robbed a lot of lives, and it impacted the lives of people in japan. it was unprecedented. to have a moment of silence, people from iwate pre effefectud chiba prefecture and many cities and towns in these prefectures and their towns are having the similar ceremonies. to share the mourning with these people at -- over 70 cities and towns we are broadcasting this ceremony. then for the victims of the earthquake and disaster to mourn we are going to have one more -- one more minute of silence. silence. >> translator: we will finish the si

there are many national agreements. we have a whole panel on national agreement.ecause there are no common global standards. for about the last 30 years there has been a variety of piecemeal attempts to establish some controls over this global trade. in particular, to close the dangers loopholes that allow arms to flow to human rights abusers, terrorists, perpetuate conflicts, and undermine developed with impunity. and so this idea of a global standard for a global treaty to govern the arms trade is actually now been put to the test for the first time. this july, states will meet in new york to initiate a legally- binding arms trade trading, with the intent of developing the highest possible, and international standards for the transfer of arms. i want to stress this is not just appearing out of nowhere. i want to get a little background because i found that as we get closer to july, people's interest in the arm trade treaty is increases, but the knowledge base is low. there is a lot of misinformation about the treaty and what it is not, so i want give a little bi

america was not only a younger nation but a poorer nation than it is now. most of our buildings though are antiques that we've moved here from the six new england states. we've opened to the public in 1946, been open ever since as a private not-for-profit educational corporation. we're trying to show people bits and pieces of every day life from the decade of the 1830s. >> watch american artifacts every sunday at 8:00 a.m., 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span3's american history tv. visit c-span.org/history. coming up, a program on african-american work and life in washington, d.c., especially in the area around the white house known as president's park. we'll hear from lonnie bunch, director of the new national museum of african-american history and culture. and from george mason, history professor spencer crew, who explores the lives of free blacks in the 18th and 19th centuries. katherine malone-france for the national trust for historic preservation ends this discussion with the slave quarters across the street from the white house. decatur

the work of the armed forces is important to the national security. as a comparison illustrates this is true of the speculation in the hemisphere. it contributed to transnational criminal organizations and cartels and continues to threaten the united states and road governance and security across the region. they exploit whale security forces and bribe corrupt officials and transit easily across undergoverned territory and pourous boards. they have grown in scale and sophistication and we have seen a diversification in what is trafficked which includes not just drugs, human being and bulk cash and military grade weapons. these groups maintain enormous cash reserves and in many cases are better equipped and more capable than the government forces who are trying to stop them. a particular concern is deteriorating situation in central america. as general frazier notes in his testimony and i quote, central america has become the key trans shipment zone for illicit trafficking in the hemisphere. approximately 90% of cocaine destined for the united states t

it's a national disgrace. it's a national challenge. it will take national effort to move us in the right direction. i think the challenge for this particular organization is to educate the rest of america about the challenges that we face and i'm proud what they have done throughout its existence. it has a long and honorable history of doing just that but the scope of the challenge is just amazing. i had the honor of traveling with my good friend rubideaux and congressman simpson, congressman mccullough, and we all went first to chickasaw country where we have been fortunate. we've had challenges like other people have is had challenges. this is not our historic homeland. my forbearers didn't come there by choice, but they've used the tools and the opportunities they've had and had their set of hardships but they've overcome them. we have thriving tribal economies, governments doing well. then we went to see some of our friends on the great reservations in north dakota and south dakota who are also resilient, innovative, able, but thei

distinguishes this administration's national security efforts. i also want to discuss some of the legal principles that guide and strengthen this work as well as the special role of the department of justice protecting the american people and upholding the constitution. now, before today's level of interagency cooperation was not common place. the government lacked the infrastructure as well as the imperative to share national security information quickly and effectively. domestic law enforcement and foreign intelligence operated in largely independent spheres, but those who attacked us on september 11th chose military and civilian target s and it became immediately clear that no single agency could address these threats because no single agency has all of the necessary tools. to counter this enemy aggressively and intelligently, the government had to draw on all of its resources and to radically update its ase result agencies are better postured to work together to address a range of emerging national rilawyers, analysts at the department of jus

we are a nation at war. and, in this war, we face a nimble and determined enemy that cannot be underestimated. like president obama, and my fellow members of his national security team, i begin each day with a briefing on the latest and most urgent threats made against us in the preceding 24 hours. and, like scores of attorneys and agents at the justice department, i go to sleep each night thinking of how best to keep our people safe. i know that, more than a decade after the september 11th attacks, and despite our recent national security successes, including the operation that brought to justice osama bin laden last year, there are people currently plotting to murder americans, who reside in distant countries as well as within our own borders. disrupting and preventing these plots, and using every available and appropriate tool to keep the american people safe, has been, and will remain, this administration's top priority. but just as surely as we are a nation at war, we also are a nation of laws and value

blessed are the nations whose got is the lord. most americans believe in the right of liberty and they are given only by god. have lived in -- we live in the country that has seen more than 50 million abortions. how will you lead our nation back to god? >> it is an important question. first of all, you have to have a president who believes that that is part of their responsibility, something which obama does not. you'd have to have a president who is prepared to pray. i have had a project at one point to have fdr's de date career, because when we landed in normandy, he went on national radio and 46 and a half minutes he prayed. -- and for 6.5 minutes he prayed. the country participated with the commander in chief. it is a powerful prayer. part of it is too recent for the country around this spirit part of it is to bring judges back into enforcing the constitution, not rewriting it. part of what makes my campaign different is we go to a 54-page document on the founding fathers in the judiciary that outlines step-by-step how to brin

picture i'm sam sax cillian for tom hartman coming up in this half hour america is one of only twenty nations that still use the death penalty and are right up the list with axis of evil power outages iran and iraq isn't it time we did away with this cruel and unusual punishment also occupiers and tea partiers have somehow found common ground on a radical new law in georgia so what else could these most unlikely of allies agree on and in tonight's daily take by republicans in congress really pushing for war in iran. ok i'm going to name five countries you tell me which one seems out of place ready china iran saudi arabia iraq and the united states so which one is not like all the others. actually they all belong together they are the top five nations in the world at executing their own citizens and this international is out this week with a new report on the death penalty showing that only twenty out of the one hundred ninety eight nations worldwide carried out executions last year and as i just mentioned the united states is one of those nations are also the only western democracy to still u

>> it is a national network. having this network where alabama can pick up the phone and talk to north carolina, it is also the notion of the -- before the fusion centers were in place, there was no mechanism to communicate critical national security information down to the state and local decisionmakers. it did not exist. that mechanism is now in place. it put that local and state labor on the informational and makes it relative to them. the other is the pushing of information back up to the national intelligence community. that partnership allows that information to get to the national intelligence community to be able to prevent acts of terrorism. this committee mentioned a report a number of years ago with the research triangle institute. basically, the report stated that in 80% of the cases of any terrorist threats since 9/11, either actual or thwarted, the initial piece of information that came from that was either derived from the public and or state and local law enforcement officials. if you look at wher

is this a national investment strategy?y question is, if we do not trust state and local governments and ports entrances and citizen court and everything else to work together, in a disaster, that failure will be exploited by a terrorist. if giving the funding and individually is what has to happen because we cannot work together, then i am concerned that by -- if we do work in a more leveraged fashion by bringing people together to work these together, are we really building national prepared this or have we merely funded a grant program? >> people do not trust each other. but and a disaster, if we are all getting the grant separately and we are all running our program separately, yet we are all dependent upon each other to be successful, can we try that to a grand process to make people work is a team? and make those prioritization? i have been on the other side and i know the powerful arguments. i know people are looking to protect their interests and i am not saying that there may not be a better way, but i am very conc

you guys answered this nation's call during its hour of need. and in the years that followed, as americans went to war, some of you answered that call as well. today's 9/11 generation of veterans has already earned a special place in our history. our veterans and all the brave men and women who serve our country are the reason why america's military is the greatest in the history of the world. in the face of great odds and grave danger, they get the job done. they work as a team. they personify the very best that america has to offer. and that's true on the battle front, but we're here today because it's also true on the home front. after a decade of war, our nation needs to do some building right here in the united states of america. now this morning, we received more good news about our economy. in january, american businesses added another 257,000 jobs. the unemployment rate came down caork. all together, we added 3.7 million new jobs over last 23 months. now, these numbers will go up and down in the coming months. there are still far too man

the national park service executed a memorandum of agreement under the national historic preservation act regarding treatment of historic properties affected by memorial with the eisenhower commission, the national capital, planning commission, general services administration, the d.c. state historic preservation office and advisory commission on historic preservation. on march 6 of 2012 the national park service issued finding of no significant impact which is a determination that the memorial completed as -- of the current schematic design will have -- will not have a significant impact on the environment. t the national park service and the eisenhower memorial commission would seek preliminary design approval. on march 14th the eisenhower memorial commission asked this be deferred in response to recent concerns about the design. the national park service is honored to play a role in establishment of commemorative works in our nation's capital. the process as directed by congress has worked very well and we expect that the eisenhower memorial will ultimately be a source of pride for

ciani and lisa graddy of the national museum of american history discuss the ways in which the national women's party utilized these largely silent forms of rhetoric to support the women's right to vote. miss graddy will continue the conversation and examine the banners carried in the suffrage parades and during nwp's pickets in front. white house. she will share her thoughts on tactics employed by the nwp during the campaign and the escalation of the messaging when the united states entered world war i. professor ciani specializes in the history of women and gender across the americas with a focus on social justice issues. as affiliated faculty in women and gender studies, she helps to mentor flame, feminist led activist moments to empower. ciani's publications focus on how the changing culture of work direct survival strategies especially in regard to child care. education. and labor. she's interested in women's activities in these areas during the 19th and 20th century. her current research project is a study of cultural interactions in the 20th century on american indian reservation

the entire nation was stunned.ow could a father two with a steady income was one of also work reached the point where he did not know how he would pay for the upkeep and education of his 8-year-old daughter and 16- year-old son. the media explore the question in depth. today, the money is still tight, but one major concern has been lifted. >> before, i had to go to a special school for the disabled, but i was not able to learn anything there, and i did not like it. our teacher did not push us. >> it was not the teachers fall. it is the school system. luckily, now you can attend a good school that meets your needs. >> she has asper syndrome, a form of art is a war sufferers often possess above-average intelligence. his father knew that and was frustrated because the system was failing his son. after the balcony jump, a wealthy romanian family got in touch. they own this furniture business, one of the biggest in romania. they offered to pay for psychological treatment and ensure that he could attend a normal school.

defense of the nation comes under if the nation comes under attack. i'd line to go into a few, if i could, a little bit on what i see we need in cyberspace. the requirements to defend the nation from attack, because there's been a lot of discussion on this and i think it's important to put this up front. i think this is the heart of some of the discussion that's going on with the legislation today. first, we need to see the attack. what do i mean by that? that was a quote that we made up at the fordham university. if we can't see the attack, we can't stop it. what we're not talking about is putting nsa or the military into our networks to see the attack. what we're talking about that all of you have put on the table is, we have to have the ability to work with industry, our partners, so that when they are attacked or they see an attack, they can share that with us immediately. the information sharing and the liability that goes along would allow industry, armed with signatures that we can provide, signatures that they have i agree it takes all of us w

pride our desire to leave a better planet for our nation to arctic and nation city to our kids get replaced by the singular goal of maximizing profits for today's c e o's the really sad part of this is we had the jump on germany more than thirty years ago when president jimmy carter put solar panels on the white house and introduced a comprehensive energy plan to get america off its addiction to foreign oil and on to renewable energies here's what he told the nation in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight. we simply missed. the move. but i reckon it's reaping resources. and i think the we can control the future instead of good in the future because we've always been proud of our leadership in the world and there we go which is again to give the world a positive example who are we going to go get you that if you go we want to give our children grandchildren a world richer and possibilities than we have to do that. they are the ones who will suffer moved. in that same speech president carter said that he was passing legislation and he did it by the way that would make sure that america wou

nation with the support of our national government, in our nation's capital residents lack basic fundamental democratic right. our license plate accurately proclaim, taxation without representation which, of course, was the battle cry for our nation's declaration of independence. our mayor vincent gray has made this a major priority issue to raise the profile of this issue. and as you the attorney general rightfully noted in his testimony to congress, this is a matter of fundamental, equal and civil rights. i'm heartened to see that leaders across the partisan spectrum, like shurtaff, take a stand on this issue. and more recently, governor mcdonald from virginia came out publicly in support of budget autonomy for the district, recognizing that what happens here can have a ripple effect on a regional economy and the citizens of virginia and maryland who work and obtain services in d.c. i'm very grateful that gatherings like this can bring before a bipartisan group. this vital matter. as the chief law enforcement officers in your states committed to justice and democracy, i hope you will join

the time has come to devote ourselves to a dominant and constructive national purpose. centered on a new period of the state in which experts administered government can have the outcome, by becoming responsible for the subordination to that purpose, the american state will in effect be making itself responsible for a morally and desirable distribution of wealth. so, teddy roosevelt is looking for a new philosophy and he finds it. when out in the safaris of africa when reading it and gobbling it up. the material progress and prosperity of the nation so far as they lead the moral and material welfare of all good citizens. the initial draft was written by crowley himself, progress and welfare apply to the naturalization of politics. a break in the -- they now play an interventionist role with real democracy because if we do not have the right kind of law and the right kind of administration, the law cannot go forward. so in his own osowatomee speech, they are on the progressive mantle and not nowhere near as high minded as they are in the first place, but he does it nonet

welcome to the grad nation summit. there are attendees here from nearly all 50 states. and you've all come together. i would like to say a special word to our youth leaders who have joined us. you are the reason we are here. and you are a big part of the solution. we cannot do it without you. and before i go any further, i would like to thank the sponsors of this wonderful program, our state farm, which serves as the presenting sponsor of the grad nation campaign. our premier sponsors, at&t, target, and the bill and melinda gates foundation. our signature sponsors, apollo group, casey family programs, the corporation for public broadcasting, ford foundation, ford motor company, intel corporation, the lumina foundation, and the national cable and telecommunications association. and the pearson foundation. i would also like to thank nbc, our media partner. nbc continues to do a wonderful job with education nation, and we are so pleased to work closely with them as we make people aware of the education crisis in america,

national security interests. let's begin with one of the largest elements of our request, which is funds for international peacekeeping operations. the u.n. is president in some 14 countries and engaged in important life-saving missions to protect civilians in places like darfur and the democratic republic of congo to build -- help build the capacity of fragile states in which we have an interest in their success in place like south sudan and haiti and liberia. it is keeping the peace in fragile places from the golan to cote d'ivoire. these are places we have an interest in stability and security, in protection of civilians, in helping to foment and stabilize fragile democracy. if the united states were to try to support this on our own rather than at a relatively better deal, a burden sharing of 27%, the cost to us would be enormous. or were we to leave these situations to fester without the benefit of international peacekeeping presence, we would be suffering the longer-term consequences as these places unravel

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [room noise] >> later, the white house held a state dinner in the honor of prime minister david cameron and guests included warren buffet and richard branson and andrew sullivan and actor george clooney. here are the traditional toast from the dinner offered by the president and prime minister. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. obama, accompanied by the prime minister of great britain and mrs. cameron. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [no audio] [no audio] >> good evening, everyone. please have a seat. welcome to the white house. i was just telling the prime minister that so far, the evening has been successful because i have not stepped on michelle's train. [laughter] my main goal this evening. michelle and i could not be more honored that you could join us as we host our great friends, the prime minister of the united kingdom, david cameron, and his remarkable wife, samantha. give them a round of applause. why not? [applause] as i said this

we are a nation at war. in this war, we face a nimble and determined enemy that cannot be underestimated. i begin each day with a briefing on the latest and most urgent threats made against us in the past 24 hours. i go to sleep each night thinking of how best to keep our people safe. i know that more than a decade after the september 11 attacks, there are people currently plotting to murder americans. they reside in distant countries as well as within our own borders, disrupting and preventing these plots and using every available and appropriate tool to keep the american people save has been and will remain this administration's top priority. just as surely as we are a nation at war, we are also a nation of laws and values. even when under attack, our actions must always be grounded on the bedrock of the constitution and must always be consider the statutes, court precedents, rule of law, and our founding ideas. not only is this the right thing to do, history has shown that it is also the most effective ap

it takes that national goal seriously, adopts a cohort approach. the class of 2020 is in fourth grade today. the plan targets the high school dropout factories where we're losing about half of the nation's students every year. and their feeder elementary and middle schools that brian gallagher will help us chart. it focuses on data driven, research. like all 50 governors in 2005 when they came together on that graduation rate compact, we worked with organizations to encourage such big institutional plays in alignment with these benchmarks of the civic marshal plan. high school, as we know, is insufficient. so we also highlight the goal of having the highest college attainment rates in the world. we have to double our rates from 3 in 10 who complete college to 6 in 10 by 2020. i wonder what a civic marshal plan of action for college attainment would look like in the country. so how are we doing? the nation's -- over the last decade the average freshman fwrajuation rate has risen from 72% to 75.5%. and with a half a percentage point increase since th

he said, our national debt is our biggest national security threat. from 2001 to 2010, the base pentagon budget, separate from the war effort, nearly doubled. in 2010, the united states spent more on defense than the next 17 countries combined. and more than half of the amount spent by those 17 countries was from seven nato countries and four other close allies, japan, south korea, australia and israel. last year admiral mullen argued that the flush defense budgets had allowed the pentagon to avoid making difficult choices. he said, and i quote, with the increasing defense budget which is almost double, it hasn't forced us to make the hard trades. it hasn't forced us to prioritize. it hasn't forced us to do the analysis. we can no longer afford to have taxpayer resources spent without doing the analysis, without insuring that every dollar is spent efficiently and infectively invested. as we figure out how to get our finances back on track even this committee where agreement is sometime difficult to come by, voted last year on amendment to emphasize th

what is new beyond putting it into a national security rubric? >> putting it into a national security rubric shouldn't be underestimated because it's very easy if it's just about my child. and my child can get a good education because i can either put that child in private school or i can move to a community where the schools are good. then i don't have to worry so much about that child in east oakland or in south central l.a. or in anacostia for that matter who won't get a good education. when you say this is a national security problem, then it is a common problem for all of us. >> brown: of course that wades into debates you've been having for a long time, right? i noted that one of the task force members, randy wine garthen head one of the largest teacher unions, she says on the one hand you say a major public crisis. then you're taking steps, in her view, that undermine the public school system. >> i don't think so. i think this is both the power of the report, in other words, you're used to seeing these reports that have 50 different recomm