it is the united nations, the united nations should be up to the mission they were entrusted with ind really ensure ever security, our collective security. and i would refer to the current soldiers, fighters and civilians populations. courage is something in the war and necessary in war, but courage and peace is just as crucial. of those that landed here 70 years ago, what really motivated them but also they were motivated in the idea that they had in common their own share regardless of the nationality. when they stepped foot on these beaches, they had a dream in their midst. in 1944 it seemed out of reach. but it sheds light on the consciousness. what was the dream about? it was about the promise of the tierney and the war but it was also the dream of a society that would be more fraternal. the particular ambition was to years before the heads of the war which decided the operation. [inaudible] it was the point to free europe and reached the peace and defeat the charter that called the determination to achieve the collaboration with all nations in order to guarantee the economic pr

the act created the national register of historic places, the list of national historic landmarks, and the state historic preservation offices." those are huge accomplishments. it goes on to say -- "the act was signed into law on october 15, 1966 and is the most far-reaching preservation legislation ever enacted in the united states." the act makes an interesting exercise in reading after a gap of almost half a century. many of its provisions are farsighted and remain the central to this day -- remain essential to this day, but there are things we can still do to move beyond its impressive vision. turning to the act, i would like to read you some bits of it, and coming from my background as a bureaucrat in the department of interior, i have an enormous respect for what it actually says in the law or what congress actually said in their enabling legislation. we often forget some of the adjectives or take a new view that isn't exactly what they intended. enacted by the house and senate of the united states of america and congress assembled, congress finds and declares that the spirit and

honored to have with us deputy superintendent of operations for the national mall and national parks.>> thank you. good morning. on behalf of the national park service, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the world war ii memorial on the 70th anniversary of d-day. i would like to offer a special welcome to our distinguished guests, members of the diplomatic community, members of the armed forces, and most of all, our veterans, along with family and friends. i would like to thank the friends of the national world war ii memorial, our partner in sponsoring this event. it is our pleasure and an honor to work with you, and ensure that the sacrifices and accomplishments of the millions of americans who fought that war will never be forgotten. today, we pause to remember the day that the allied armies joined in battle on the beaches of normandy to reclaim liberty in europe, but most importantly, to remember the man who were there. they were there to free a continent and to stop one of the greatest forces of evil the world has ever known. more than 9000 of them did not make it home. what man

on national interest. security and resilience of the u.s. homeland, our economic prosperity, the living and advancement of our values here and abroad and a strong and secure international order. each of these interests is reflected in the activities and mugss of homeland security and each of the mission responsibilities of homeland security ultimately works to advance each of those interests. and that leads to the set of homeland security mission which is, again, were first established in the first quadrennial review and carry over into this review. preventing terrorism and enhancing security is the cornerstone of homeland security. securing and managing our borders, administering our immigration laws, safeguarding and securing cyberspace and ensuring national preparedness and resilience swems maturing and strengthening the broader homeland security enterprise. these are enduring missions of homeland security. but this review recognizes that there needs to be a deeper look at strategic prior prior toizatio

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellitecorp. 2014] >> i would like to introduce the panel. i will introduce everyone and then begin left, you're right, and go down the line. the first person to be introduced is worth the senior counsel for the center of democracy and technology, mr. geiger, deputy director for the freedom, security, surveillance project at the center for technology.d mr. geithner has written extensively on the subject of collectionrm, bulk and surveillance in general. second, mr. garfield, president and ceo of the information technology industry council , an advocacy and policy organization that represents a number of tech companies, including google, facebook, yahoo!, microsoft, and many others. mr. garfield has previously appeared he for the house judiciary committee to discuss pfizer reforms. the final witness is michael woods, assistant general counsel for verizon. safetys the public policy team. before joining verizon, he was chief of the national security at the fbi. he published a number of peer-revi

national interests. this was done in coordination and it was the judgment of the secretary of defense in coordination with the entire national security team that there was sufficient mitigation in place and assurances in place to allow the exchange. >> one more quick question [inaudible] to enact some of these rules, any concern here at the white house that it places implementation beyond and into the hands of a subsequent president who could not be friendly to this? >> we are focused on doing what we can to ensure that we significantly pollute -- significantly reduce carbon pollution because of the negative effect it has on our children and the health of our environment. this is the right thing to do. i know you have heard from the epa administrator and will hear from the president on a conference call he is doing later today. i heard from him over the weekend in his weekly address on this issue. face that as the years become more will and more a consensus view in the united states, he even here in wash

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> president obama is in poland at the start of a three country european trip. he announced this morning that the u.s. is getting ready to increase its military presence in europe at a cost of up to a billion dollars. he says the u.s. plans to send and military equipment traditional american troops into the region. he made the comments during a joint appearance with the polish president. tomorrow, president obama goes to brussels. while in poland, president obama was also asked about the swap of five taliban members for u.s. bowe bergdahl. al usa today quotes president obama saying regardless of circumstances, we still get an american prisoner back. regarding allegations that he was a deserter, army secretary john mchugh said today the army will review this and a comprehensive accord and eight effort that will include speaking with sergeant bergdahl theetter learn from him circumstances of his disappearance in captivity. all other decisions will be made thereafte

of this nation. so, mr. president, of all the visits that the senator -- the former senator from kentucky, joe lieberman and lindsey graham and i made every fourth of july, two or three times a year traveling the country and having been in the company of not just great leaders like general petraeus and ambassador crocker, but the young men, the privates, corporals, especially the sergeants. these brave, brave men and women who were serving, who were willing to sacrifice on behalf of somebody else's freedom, and they pleefd they won. the surge succeeded. any military expert will tell you the surge succeeded. but it was won at great sacrifice. among the cities, the black flags of al qaeda fly over the city of fallujah today. 96 brave soldiers and marines were killed, 600 wounded. what do we tell their families? what do we tell their families? what do we tell their mothers? so it's not too late. america is still the most powerful nation on earth. we still have the finest and strongest military ever. we

but the only way a nation can remain a nation very long and be effective without giving way to complete corruption or chaos is if the rule of law is observed impartially across the board. and you can't have a law-abiding effective nation where there are immigration laws that say, here's the process you must go through in order to get into our country and over a million people a year go through that legal process and more millions are standing in line to go through that process and all they see and hear is that america is no longer a nation of laws, america now just lets anybody come in who comes. and we ignore the law, we become as a temporary third world nation saying, we're going to ignore the laws that have helped make us the reatest nation in the world. i still haven't heard from this ministration any explanation s to why they might think that unaccompanied minors, under 1, are flocking to our -- under 18, are flocking to our border like never before. as i've explained, mr. speaker, spreads n the word through central america, south america that if you just come to america we're not

solidarity is needed in a particular way for the ukrainian nation, the nation that is facing the threat of aggression and immense challenges with modernization. there is no freedom without solidarity with ukraine. for that reason, i am extending my warmest thanks to the leaders .f the free world presence as ar source of joy, your presence here in front of a castle raised from rubble substantiates the continues toreedom move our hearts and minds. it associates the convictions that the defense of freedom remains the source of our solidarity. thank you. >> the president of the united states, barack obama. warsaw., polish]g mr. president, mr. prime minister, madam mayor, heads of state and government past and present, including the man who jumped that shipyard wall to lead a strike that became a movement, the prisoner turned president who transformed this nation, thank you, like walesa alesa, for your outstanding leadership. distinguished guests, people of poland. thank you for your extraordinary welcome and for the privilege of joining you here today. i bring with me the greetings and frie

there were already national from 1935,and national historic landmarks. the first "register" was the shopping list of all of those. actionis thing went into . looking at our preservation picture from a state and local perspective, as well as the national perspective, we began adding to our national register sites of local and state significance. that was the most enormous step forward. you didn't have to be in mount vernon to be protected. you could be a simple site in a simple community that meant something to the people of that community, and it would be legitimately accepted on the national register of historic places. i had a personal connection with the implementation of the act. at that time -- this is so bureaucratic -- i was chief of protective services division of the office of archaeology and historic preservation of the national park service of the department of interior. there is going to be a pop quiz at the end of this. shortly after the new active the secretary of the interior's and any phone rang, inpatient staffer in the ,ecretary's offic

when we as a nation ignore the law, when we as a nation encourage other nations to ignore our law, when our justice department refuses to enforce the law fairly and justly across the board, you lose the country. -- the country that was, has been, and hopefully for a while longer will be the greatest country in the history of the world. we have an obligation. a moral obligation to future generations. not to leave this country the way we're about to. but people have got to wake up on both sides of the aisle. you can't keep announcing that we are going to ignore the law if you can just get here before we pass the law. we're looking the other way, come on, ignore our law along with the justice department, ignore our law along with the homeland security department, ignore our law along with the white house, come on, we'll ignore our law together. it truly is a prescription for the end of the nation. we can't let that happen. people have got to wake up. for those in the administration that just can't imagine why ere's a dramatic increase in minors coming to our border, start reading some of t

it got to be dealing with foreign nations in order to deal with foreign nations. international relations is not in and of itself just as plowing fields is not an end in itself but rather in and to the crops that one wishes to produce. the purpose of international relations is so we may leave here at home life that we wish to lead. the purpose of securing peace abroad is to secure peace among ourselves at home and it just so happens that secure peace to earn peace among foreign nations really does tend to bring about the loss of peace among ourselves. in history's more poignant teachings from the peloponnesian war is that athens destroyed their own domestic peace by failing to fight one another with the purpose of somehow bringing that fight to an end. nature tells us that the purpose of movement is to come to some sort of -- the national purpose of any activity is the product of activity so the natural purpose of international affairs would be of the most part of international affairs which a course in war is securing rest and peace. i book begins with a clarifica

of affairs, our nation's interests, national security concerns or lack thereof. i would just provide one example. if this amendment were to pass, options for any actions in syria relative to the department of defense could rovide -- the department could provide relative to the removal of chemicals and materials of mass destruction would be inhibited because these moneys are provided through the cooperative threat reduction account which works to ensure the destruction of syria's chemical weapons stockpile and by necessity we end up having to work with that government to this very good work. so for that reason, the practical nature of this begs it and i am opposed to the gentleman's amendment and would yield time to the chairman of the subcommittee. mr. frelinghuysen: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to make it clear, we're not giving any funds, assistance to the government of iran and syria. when and if the chemical weapons leave syria, there may be a third party that we're assisting in terms of getting those chemical weapons out of the region, which i

nation in the world. it is a matter of using resources in the right way. give everyone a health savings account the day they are born and keep it until they day. you have control. you sprain your ankle need an x-ray? hsa. physical for work? hsa. birth control? hsa. and the cost of your bridge insurance plummets. you make it cumulative. if you don't use it, you don't loose it. since you have it from the time of birth and it is accumulating each year and the vast majority of the people are not using s subamounts. you allow people to shift money within the health savings care within the family. the father is $500 short and the mother can give $500 from hers. every family becomes it's own insurance company with no middle man. incredible amount of flexibility. very few things not handle that way. americanlegacypack -- go to that website. you can read it about. the current law is unsustainable. it will not work. what will eventually happen after it collapses is people say let's have a single payer system and we

on nation incident. now the government needs to deal with a bigger mess. of the case is to prevail, the government has to figure out its role proactively and how it exercises that so the private sector does not need to. what we have been asking too often is who is in charge of cyberspace. i don't think it works that way. >> is the government doing enough? >> i think it is doing what it can given the understanding at this point. there are many challenges in the space. i don't think we have a strong enough understanding of how it works. there's not a well-defined set of normative behaviors. we could say you can't steal intellectual property. they could say if it is on the internet, i thought you wanted me to have it. that is somewhat disingenuous. we need to be clear on what the are of what we find acceptable and unacceptable. we need to be clear of the consequences and the roles assigned to individuals, businesses, sectors, and the government. we have not done that yet. we think of this as a domain unto i

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> on the next "washington journal," military and diplomatic options for responding to violence in iraq with republican congressman scott perry. times" senior correspondent on this week's federal reserve meeting. journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. like the idea behind 250 in 250 is instead of trying to tell era by era, we would miss vitally important things. instead of trying to do that and failing, we decided would've we just gave snapshots of st. louis history that would give people a glimpse of all of the diverse things that would happen here and they could use their imagination to fill in the rest? 50 people, places, moments, images, objects and tried to choose the most diverse selection they possibly could. we're standing in the 50 objects section of the exhibit right now and this is what most people would call the real history. this is where the object is right in front of you. brewing is such a huge part of st. louis history. it's an amazing story with lot

is the first time i've heard that that is the national interest against the national interest of the united states. for me to attempt to draw such a line that i guess the state department had better file of reef explaining why or why you want to push this case. is that what you're telling me that if i read the opinion that i think they lar requires me to write that i incurred the national security? >> i think there's a real risk in getting involved defining a line between warlike and peaceful purposes. >> and the convention when the convention is purposefully drafted broadly and there are additional risks in terms of the very act of bringing this process of line drawing to bear. case-by-case ad hoc judgments about what constitutes the violation doesn't it is going to undermine the ability of our negotiators and to make treaties in the future. >> but you did not give a line to the chief justices questioned where there was a treaty that intruded on the federal structure. the treaty where the president is required to set aside any state law that in his view contravenes the national inte

a measure of national security. today, as we'll hear, our military leaders have a similar request for congress and it's the same request we will hear from pediatricians and school leaders and parents. they ask that we protect and strengthen school nutrition programs so we can strengthen our nation's military preparedness and improve the long-term health of the next generation of americans. this request has even more urgency today than it had 70 years ago. that's because roughly 27% of americans between the ages of 17 and 24 are too overweight to serve in the military. and the proportion of new recruits who failed physical exams during the past 13 years rose by nearly 70%. childhood obesity and weight-related diseases weaken our nation's financial security, as well. it's estimated that the nation spends about $14 billion a year to treat obesity and preventible weight-related diseases in children alone, not counting adults. yet for 14 cents, we can give a child an apple in school. $14 billion a year or 14 cents. that

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satelliteorp. 2014] >> what happens in 1864, a major thing that happens is a grant becomes overall commanding general. lincoln finds the individual who agrees with him that war is not to be thought traditionally. that is, mass troops -- your troops against factions of the enemy. what needs to happen is that the union troops come a which are many more of them than the to beerates, need attacking at every point at the same time. grant agrees with that. he makes sherman take his place as a matter of the western army. the idea is they come together in may and begin moving simultaneously. , with grant's perception of were changing and becoming more like lincoln's, sherman implementing total war and bymarch to the sea 1865, the march to the carolinas, what happens is the war changes. the war begins to move were clearly in the direction of the union. >> every weekend, we are marking the 150th anniversary of the civil war with our series about the people and events that shaped the era. saturdays and 6:

and where the nation is about to be destructed because the nation has been hit by the fire of the rift and the threat of the enemies, and that moment us moment the egyptian army have listened to the egyptian people, and listened to the aspirations and the pains and the leader of the army, the commander of the army and his staff - officers and soldiers - were all one. together with the people. both army and the people were there at that moment to get rid of all tyranny regimes. this is exactly what is meant on 30 june. today and - we are receiving the chief of justice ali mansour, chairman of the supreme constitutional court to his chair and seat in the judge's panel where he's spent most of his years. adly mansour is quite respected and appreciated by the egyptian. adly mansour, who is quite respected in the full meaning of the word. this fair judge, adly mansour, that we in the supreme constitutional court missed for around a year. we miss you adly mansour, and we miss your participation here, and you were gich their mission, their historic mission. it's historic mission at a very dif

it has a large national or base. they have the natural gas stockpiles. >> in the 90's we have such a sanction about the west. if you pretend you are helping us, we will pretend we're doing reforms. you pretend you're showing shinning us and we will pretend that we are free. it is a very narrow circle of people. they're taking this about certain personalities. meaningful.at least there to the middle of management. putin wanted to retire everybody. to bee asking for them members of russian parliament. assumptions are not productive. what is happening is that people are stealing from the russian federal budget. .nd then moving these s butthe european also in the u.s.. this would be very helpful. maybe not exceptionally against russia. corruption is here for all of them. it is all with the emerging markets. it is in africa, asia, russia. >> i agree. markets, itging does not perceive them as part of this as in russia. you are trying to help us creates the democracy in the country. it would be appreciated. that is not doin

as an active member of the national guard, i see first hand the importance of the national guard supporting our armed forces to protect our country. as guard members return from overseas, many of them stand ready and willing for their next mission. as many of my colleagues have pointed out today, the national guard can play a pivotal role in securing america's borders. we've seen successful guard missions in the past with operations jump start, phoenix, and nimbus. last year i called on the department to use the national guard to help secure the border. in may 2013, i offered an amendment in this committee to the border security results act, which would ensure that dhs considers lessons learned from past national guard missions on the border. both the current and previous administrations have used the national guard on more of a short-term ad hoc basis rather than on any long-term, strategic plan. secretary johnson, wouldn't it be beneficial for the department to partner with the national guard and develop a long-term strategy for the guard to assist along the borders? and wouldn't it be th

movement of black nationalism, there are several variants of black nationalism today, clipping groups like the nation of islam, the black hebrew sect and the new black panther party. at times the black nationalist movement has been repressed as witnessed by the fbi's operations back in the 1960s and early 70s. cointelpro was a secret program that focused to disrupt and neutralize various dissident groups in america. but it's worth mentioninmentionin g that on occasion representatives of the black nationalist movement have garnered significant grassroots support as evidenced by minister louis far comes million man march in washington, d.c. back in 1995. geron maloy ex-im one of the most radical manifestations of contemporary black nationalism. that is to say the new black panther party for self-defense. this group was founded in 1990. the new black panther party holds racist conspiratorial and anti-semitic beliefs. on occasion members of the group has supported radical islamist causes as well. for instance, members of the group protested at the danish embassembassy back in 2006 durie c

it has 155 national forests, 20 national grasslands and seven national monday yumts, totaling 193 million acres that's larger than the area of chile, and the united states forest service employees some 35,000 people and finally comes the bureau of land management. it has 254 million acres and according to the cia's world fact book that puts it in position of 31 compared to the other nations on earth. it would come in just after egypt and it has some 10,000 employees. it's larger than france, spain, germany, italy, zblend england, austria, the belgium combined. to do so the four major land holding agencies have employees that are greater than the military forces of australia. the federal estate is too large and it's time we began exploring how at least a substantial portion of these lands can be returned to the states. our first speaker today chairs a subcommittee which seems based on the number would seem a formidable task. rob bishop is currently serving his sixth term of the utah's house of representatives. he serves on the armed services committee, natural resources committee and is ch

i was looking at the national climate assessment summary. of the climate change is exacerbating major factors of lead a wild fire, heat, drop, and dead trees that i'll wait other factors in determining the burned area in the western u.s. from 1960 to 2003, including the exacerbation of bark beetle of bricks which normally die and cold weather. more wildfires as change continues. and then i saw that there's a 2011 report that estimates that if you increase the temperature of 2 degrees fahrenheit, which is approximately 1 degree celsius, you quadruple the amount of acreage burned. as you look at the forest issues, if i understand your testimony correctly you are seeing both the impact of human management as a factor but also the overlay of these kinds of factors. >> exactly. and as i mentioned, but if you look to the south of los, they had six sites that were several% snowpack. >> the dark conditions. >> and the beetle killed, we have never seen -- >> well, it gets in the pine naturally. it has never been the size that it yesterday. that is be

thought their nation as a nation among nations, each of which had escaped in a destiny worth pursuing. du bois sometimes put this in the metaphor of a choir. the course of humanity only works if everybody sings the line. somebody has to do thing the tenor line. and if we don't contribute our part, we can't make the great harmony that is the human harmony. so far from thinking about that were our nation as necessarily over again, it is distinct. a special. but it may even be from my point of view better. but it's not necessarily opposed to other nations. you need other nations to make history work. history requires all of them. now boddicker makes the point that this form of cosmopolitan naturalism essential. he is against it. he thinks that this is a problem because this part of the 20th century, which is not so keen on the cosmopolitan side of things. 20 century german nationalism for which cosmopolitanism could be an insult. but you have to understand the philosophical, social, intellectual context is one in which she couldn't be in so. it was the natural way of thinking. but it was

the national security advisor said that we would not.finally, i want to say something to the anonymous sources and the president's administration. show yourself. speak in your own name. have the courage of your convictions. , standdon't, shut up back and think these men for their service. >> the chairman recognizes the gentleman from florida for one minute. other sidering the saying, do not politicize this am a that them blame bush. the president politicized this when he had a white house rose garden ceremony for mr. bergdahl 's parent. ask if any ofo the people who served honorably and were killed in action were given the courtesy of a rose garden ceremony at the white house. the answer to that is probably no. either what the president did benefited the security of the united states or it did not. i believe it did not. this is something that the american people disagree with. many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are looking to run interference for the administration i blaming previous presidents. that does not cut it on

national security. and i just want to observe at the outset, that i think this committee has consistently paid attention to this problem over for more than two decades. you've provided extraordinary leadership to our nation and i think the american people are very well served by the leadership that this committee has provided under a number of chairman over the last 20 plus years. i'm glad to see that you're continuing to pay attention to the problem as demonstrated by today's hearing. i have submitted a prepared statement and so perhaps i'll just summarize the key points that i make. the first point i make in my prepared statement is that iran is not like other countries that say they want to develop civil nuclear energy. they have a track record of deception, of covert procurement and of the totality of the evidence strongly suggests that iran is interested in developing a nuclear weapon. they can't be treated like a normal country. that's why the question of clarification of any agreement reached wit

it has 155 national forests, 20 national grass lands and seven national monuments totaling 193 million acres. that's larger than the area of chile. the united states forest service employs some 35,000 people. finally comes the bureau of land management. the bureau of land management has 254 million acres, and according to the cia's world fact book that puts it in position 31 compared to the 352 other nations on earth. it would come in just after egypt and has some 10,000 employees. all together we're talking over 260 million acres, which, one last comparison, is larger than france, spain, germany, poland, austria, the netherlands and belgium combined and the four major agencies have employees that are greater than the military forces of australia. the federal estate is too large, and it's time we began exploring how at least a substantial portion of these lands can be returned to the states. our first speaker today chairs the subcommittee on those lands which, based on the number, would seem a formidable task. rob bishop serves on the house rules committee, armed services committee, na

for these nations, the most promising weapon and arsenals is cyber. for them, they see it as the arrow in their quiver which can strike at america's achilles' heel. i do believe in the possibility of a cyber 9/11. i also believe in threats and cyber threats that are deeply tied to the geopolitical world in which we live. and a see that in russia modernized russia that swept across the crimean peninsula with the military tactical radios, new uniforms, a conspicuous lack of drunkenness. they executed strategic surprise and the integrated tactical cyber operations with every .lement of their advance we can also see that on the strategic stage where if russia takes a page from the iranian's books and as they continue to carve out a sphere of dominance and what they term the new around, if our sanctions ever rise to match our rhetoric, they will hit back at us and they will hit back with cyber capabilities through the same type of hybrid adversaries on the military side, we see it with the green men operating in ukraine. just like iran has hezbollah. those

thank you for your service to our nation. your leadership has helped to change the united states and get all of america to live up to its promises. thank you for all you have done. this whole theme is very exciting. civil war to civil rights. i served on the georgia civil war planning commission and was the chief advisor to the chairman. one of the things i said when we started the commission was planning five or six years ago is we have an opportunity to do something we cannot do 50 years ago in georgia. we have an opportunity to speak and talk honestly about the civil war and its causes and outcomes. we also have an opportunity in the process of doing that to reach some kind of not only understanding but reconciliation in the process of doing that. one of the most important healing methods is just to be honest about things and look at evidence and talk about in a way that includes every body. just the fact that 50 years ago during the civil war centennial, you and i could not have been on the stage together talking about it

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louisans, but i feel on a national level because st. louis is such a microcosm of the entire united states. no matter where you come from, something in st. louis' past is part of your city, too. we share a heritage with eastern cities, but we're the gateway to the west. we share the industrial history of chicago, but we share some of the troubles the south has had with race-related issues. there is a piece of every single story in the united states in st. louis. we're right in the middle of it all. so people coming here and realizing the ways these things are attached, not just to st. louis, but to their city, wherever that may be is really owerful. >> find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. now you can keep in touch with current events from the nation's capital using any phone anytime with c-span audio on radio now. call 202-626-8888 to hear congressional coverage, public affairs forums and "wall street jo

officials by the national security state. and so in addition to all the other things we talked about, if you can -- if you want to do something about these issues, support those people who are doing that thankless work. i guess i'll leave it there. >> thanks, conner. in the spirit of asking experts to articulate issues that are beyond the understanding and the knowledge of laymen and nonlaymen, i thought we might spend a little while talking about usa freedom act and what it does and doesn't do. rand paul, ron widen published an op-ed in the "new york times" criticizing the billing it's conform for its shortcomings. what are those shortcomings and how serious are they for people who care about these issues but also see the necessity of working with the congress we have rather than the one we might wish to have. >> i can rundown and you guys can explain what i just said. the bill purports to end bulk collection. the way they define bulk collection, anything without a discriminator, without a collection term. they now admit the

, freedom and a nation under god. the american founding was an assertion by colonials that they were entitled to the rights granted to to englishmen. it was an evolution rather than a revolution. and in the book, "big tent," speaker gingrich in his contribution reminds us of this. and these same pillars have brought new generations into the movement for decades. a movement has to have some pillars, we all agree on, or the whole tent falls down. when leaders in our movement fall away from core principles, which they sometimes do, we must step back, re-examine our course and select new leaders. but what is conservativism really? conservativism is a political -- conservativism as a political and social philosophy is ancient. the personal human impulse to defend and fight for one's most cherished convictions is natural and is timeless. conservativism as a guiding philosophy for social life, education, cultural institutions and government is natural and ancient. the word "conservativism" comes from the latin prefix con whi

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come to me and call i'm sophie shevardnadze a political earthquake has hit and for us is national front is its epicenter how much are they hoping to achieve with their sweeping victory in the elections we ask the leader of the bloc but that magnet then is my guest today. just contempt of the brussels bureaucracy has broken through as e.u. voters swept euro skeptic parties into the parliament but do they have what it takes to take on the system should be bracing for change or is this just a passing storm. but in a band leader of france's from now so not a welcome to the program it's great to have you here i'll manage that and know that some of the bend the last time i was spoke you predicted in that you election should become the number one party in france and here we are you're number one so was the very first thing going to did it fail. the first thing that i will do is constitute a group in the european parliament to be able to prevent any new advances towards european federalism which i consider to be profoundly antidemocratic i believe that it goes against the sovereignty of the peo

come to me and call on sophie shevardnadze a political earthquake has hit and france's national front is its epicenter how much are they hoping to achieve with their sweeping victory in the elections we ask the leader of the bloc that magnet then is my guest today. the buildup of discontent of the brussels bureaucracy has broken through as e.u. voters swept euro skeptic parties into the parliament but do they have what it takes to take on the system should your press be bracing for change for is this just a passing storm. but in a band leader of france's front that's not a welcome to the program it's great to have you here i am in a similar bend last time we spoke you predicted in the election should become the number one party in france and here we are your number one so what's the very first thing you're going to do. the first thing the tog will do is constitute a group in the european parliament to be able to prevent any new advances towards european federalism which i consider to be profoundly antidemocratic i believe that it goes against the sovereignty of the people and the econ

it's repatriated to their nation. if their nation - if the united states suspects or believes, has reason to believe the nation that received them, their home nation would commit mistreatment against the detainees. they have to find a third nation that would be willing to suspect the detainees. for years, under both administrations. in fact very senior levels at the state department, and other places there have been quiet diplomacy, in fact, to repatriate or release some of these folks to other countries. >> you make the important distinction between the kinds of prisoners there. what should happen to the different class, especially the ones clearly terrorists, the plottize mike khalid sheikh mohammed, who is there, tried by a military court. some reports show as many as 30% of the people released may have gone back to involvement in insurgencies and terrorists. >> right, well. there are some folks there that are prosecuted by the military process. that's a small number of the total. there are other folks where we don

this is especially true of national historic sites. federal officials have long viewed commemoration as a kind of patriotic all to me, as a way of conjuring unity from divisiveness by appealing to shared perceptions of the past. good as a getss for civil war content. i'm kidding. presidentexample, lincoln's first inaugural address. the president suggested that if americans would pay heed to open court the mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hard stone across this land, those courts would once again swell the force of the union." sites around the united states, sentiments like president lincoln's, sentiments that have been an abiding faith of the nationalizing power of public memory are carved into stone. these monuments are supposed to serve the nation's interest by linking together its peoples and legitimating federal authority. out of common memories, the americans have and will continue to forge common identities. memories of sand creek, speakers at the opening ceremo

let's get other nations to join in this. let's get other nations to take the lead. we are always taking the lead. but yet, we're always having a debate every 12 months to raise the debt ceiling so we can borrow more money to spend. and it's also that money that we're borrowing to spend goes overseas. >> walter jones is our guest. robert in laurel, maryland, you're the first caller, independent line. robert, go ahead. >> caller: good morning. >> good morning. >> caller: i've done a lot of research on the afghanistan situation. to add to your point about the chaos, the money -- "the washington post" and "the new york times" have reported that our contractors from the united states have to bribe taliban. so we're bribing the taliban to let us build roads or schools or hospitals, and then they go in and destroy them. it's a lose/lose situation. same thing with iraq. it looks like the media and politicians are aiming at going back into iraq. it's a big mistake. >> robert, your point and your understanding is so correct. that is what -- i mean, john sopco, he has been on

yosemite national park, one of our nation's greatest treasures. yosemite receives over four million visitors annually. all who come to experience our breathtaking scenery and wonderment that the park provides for all americans. as a californian, and a long-time supporter since my early childhood, i understand the importance of safeguarding our precious national resources. yosemite is an integral part of our communities and our country and it's also a great source of plied for -- pride for all californians. therefore we must work together despite the challenges we face, to not only preserve yosemite national park for future generations to come, but for all of america's great natural resources. yosemite is just one of many of the crown jewels of america's national park system. it's beautiful and ma jess particular park -- its beautiful and majestic park is obviously something to behold and where visitors come every year from not only across america but throughout the world. for all americans we must remember that yosemite national park represents am

that is our main national holiday. that's what united the nation. and how it was presented to the nation by president putin is that in ukraine, those are western-sponsored professions at came to power, and he traded that with a flag of former ukrainian liberation army who were

it is not in the national security interest of our country. it's not worth the blood of the american soldiers. it's not worth the monetary cost to the american taxpayer. so, mr. president, rather than spending hundreds and billions of dollars on the war in track, about $1.5 trillion, rather than spending more money doing that, fighting george w. bush's war, how about we use that money to rebuild our nation's infrastructure -- roads, bridges, dams, water systems, sewer systems. we have a deficit in the infrastructure of trillions of dollars. how about doing a better job of educating our children? maybe we could raise the minimum wage or give the long-term unemployed unemployment compensation. or maybe we could help men and women draw the same amount of money for doing the same work. or maybe we could fully fund the veterans administration and ensure that our veterans -- more than a million have come back from iraq -- are getting the care they need and deserve. but instead of addressing these issues at home, they are stuck in the same game, and

the crisis in iraq leave the nation divided isis militants continue to gain ground while washington struggles for a way to end the crisis so is there a solution to the crisis and more on that ahead and the pentagon is researching the cause of global on rest and movement groups but critics fear this could help the military stifle and control protest movement more on that later in the show and it's day nine of the brazil world cup while fans and gather for today's games in the street protests turned violent over social issues and government spending and update on that later in the show. it's friday june twentieth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm manila chan you're watching r.t. america three hundred american special forces are prepping to head into iraq as president obama announced yesterday saying they'll be in the war torn nation solely for advising roles but while the president emphasized the forces will not be returning to combat loyal followers of anti-american shiite cleric will talk to al assad or warn that an attack on those american soldiers would be eminent secretary of state john