i think the obama administration was right. they have had greater success in getting a greater amount of sanctions. the point at which i find it to be less important is it's not bringing us closer to a resolution. i think the biggest mistake from the u.s. side was once the turks and brazilians managed to intervene and negotiate with iran and get them to put their signature on a deal, the obama administration was so deep into its -- >> what brazilian deal? >> i explain this in detail in the book. they negotiated with iranians and got them to agree to a deal that was following the same benchmarks as the deal the u.s. put on the table a couple of months earlier. at that point, the iranians did not come and give a yes to the proposal. a couple of months later, some things had changed. but the bottom line is that deal called the tehran declaration, followed a letter the president sent to the leaders of brazil and turkey only three weeks later. but by that time the obama administration was so deep into the sanctions drive, two days b

naomi kelly for city administrator. having the opportunity to work with her over this past year as the executive director at ycd, i have come to understand the issues very receptive. she is available, and she makes the time to sit down and have the conversations that need to be head so that we can move our community forward. i am proud of the fact that she is a woman in this is something that is groundbreaking for my city, and i really appreciate mayor lee for this appointment. i just wanted to express my support and just say that i hope that you move this confirmation forward. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. walton. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am businessman in the western addition, fillmore. i am also a member of the african american democratic club peter i am here to support the nomination of naomi kelly and also make sure that the african- american democratic club's endorsement is known. the mayor has selected a character with three qualities, in my opinion. i have known her for the last three admini

, the obama administration.ur policies, so will we. that was a critical opening, and i've been told by people within the iranian national security council that it was fully cleared, authorized, and thought through. it was a major strategic error that we did not pursue serious, sustained diplomacy with the islamic republic of iran. president obama has brought us closer to the brink of conflict with iran than even the bush administration did. >> we're going to come back. when we come back, i will let bret stephens respond, but we will also talk about how this is all going to end. and boston cream pie. did you say pie? pie. she said pie. pie. [ male announcer ] get back on track with low prices on everything you need. backed by our ad match guarantee. walmart. [ male announcer ] when diarrhea hits, kaopectate stops it fast. powerful liquid relief speeds to the source. fast. [ male announcer ] stop the uh-oh fast with kaopectate. >>> we are back talking about iran and the dangers and opportunities with vali nasr, br

first, i am very lucky in my position as acting city administrator and, hopefully, city administratorthat i have had the opportunity to work with nancy at 311. they have done a great job at 3112 connect diverse populations, a closing low went public -- including low-income populations, and for low english-speaking skills to be able to work with the full range of government. and i have worked with the office of civic engagement. there on the spot when there have been emergencies in different communities to provide translation to the chinese and to the spanish communities, and their office is working with the redistricting all the meetings and information there. i am also lucky to work in the emergency preparedness, and under the leadership of then-a city administrator ed lee, and i plan to continue that, the sf recovery system, making sure we are resilient. making sure that as -- in cases of emergency, we bond together in an emergency. be sustainable. there are so many different organizations. i can go on and on. it is mccourt to keep this government accessible to all communities. supe

a bomb was discovered on campus outside the administration building. arsonists set fire to the student union. this is the building of the building that night. snipers actively took shots as various protest factions threatened to strike to force the university to close after the kent state tragedy. the governor of kansas declared the university would remain open. parents and quite frankly many students panicked, and as one integral staffer recalled, the top administration seemed to freeze. into this void stepped the network of women that taylor and her staff had developed. a female graduate student suggested to taylor they initiate an information hotline for students, faculty and parents. taylor agreed to set up the 24-hour phone line in her office using her phone number so students and faculty could report incidents and also test and find out about the veracity of rumors. as a result, the staff could also find out about potential unrest and try to defuse it before it happened. for instance, when 300 students disintegrated on the military science buildi

, the obama administration.ge your policies, so will we. that was a critical opening, and i've been told by people within the iranian national security council that it was fully cleared, authorized, and thought through. it was a major strategic error that we did not pursue serious, sustained diplomacy with the islamic republic of iran. president obama has brought us closer to the brink of conflict with iran than even the bush administration did. >> we're going to come back. when we come back, i will let bret respond and we'll talk about the next step. white meat chicken. the way i always made it for you. one more thing.... those pj's you like, i bought you five new pairs. love you. did you see the hockey game last night? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. try bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. when i'm out with my kids, m

but he wasn't in his own administration. and so to be successful, in the long run, we're asking presidents to be very unsuccessful in the short run. to ignore polls in the short run can cost you your office. harry truman did not seek re-election. harry truman's approval ratings were way too low to have a reasonable chance at re-election in 1952. he ignored polls. so he was... >> guest: we talked about an uneasy balance. >> guest: that's right. >> guest: that presidents have to sort of walk a tightrope between ignoring popularity too far and following it too closely. i think one thing you asked before and what we were trying to do in the book, it's also important to bring out. we want to bring the public into this game, if we can call it that, and i'm not sure it's a good word for it. the presidents are playing the poll game; the polling organizations and the media are certainly playing a poll game the political scientists are playing a poll game. but it's all in terms of public opinion. so we do want to try to lay out very c

officer is being charged with leaking secrets to the press this is now the sixth time the obama administration is attempting to use the espionage act to marcy wheeler will help us uncover the inconsistency s. and the dangers for whistleblowers and then last night the candidates spoke on immigration mitt romney suggested that self deportation should be the easiest fix so what exactly is self deportation. going to give us the details we're going to all that morphy tonight including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. our so last night we were forced to sit through yet another republican debate this one was hosted by n.b.c. and moderated by brian williams who did an embarrassingly poor job of it and it one point i'm pretty sure that william just stepped out to have a smoke or something because he let mitt romney newt gingrich just ask each other questions and go back and forth for about ten minutes now there was one of the value to this exchange however romney really went after gingrich and expose what is a systemic problem the revolving door of

and it appears, we talked about appearance being reality, that the administrators, the safety administrators didn't have the knowledge of this battery and the danger that this leaking fluid out of it could cause. and did cause this fire. so i believe i'm out of time and i yield back my time. >> actually i would like to respond to that. i'll be very brief. am i satisfied for the fact that what we, as an agency or with the manufactures do with the time and terms of post crash protocols for lithium batteries? no, that's why we addressed it. there was no reason to think that there was an issue with the protocols because of the processes we went through and are learning over the years with these systems. in battery intrusion, we've always known is a situation that we want to avoid. and in this particular situation an anomalous way, the battery was intruded upon and we discovered a list of events that we know we need to address lithium ion batteries post-crash, which is what we did with the national fire protection association and the department of energy. so madam chairwoman, advice chairwoman, w

>>> next on this week in defense news, what the obama administration's new defense strategy will mean press release the pentagon, >>> welcome to this week in defense news. why is iran picking a fight with the united states and can it stop american warships from passing through the straight. a top analyst explains and a look at u.s. arms export and export reforms after a flurry of foreign sales ended september 2011. but first president obama made a rare visit, that will shape some $490 billion in spending cuts over the coming decades, cuts to be detailed next month when the administration's 2013 budget request goes to congress. the new strategy scraps the long standing policy that the u.s. military be able to fight two major wars at once and it would shift to asia as ground forces are cut in favor of air and naval power. is this the right strategy, will it yield on a tighter budget, and what will it mean for pentagon and the industry that supply it. joining us now are david bertow and lauren lexington. welcome back to the show. >> welcome and then i want your take on this. >> the strat

to administration. because while we don't speak dutch, we are confusing enough to people in terms of these switches, and this is the united states, and there should be some consistency to what we are doing, and one administration should try to pick up what the other administration has left. four years -- or eight years is actually a very short time and you can't afford to just drop issues, and the middle east, i think, is one of the biggest ones, so i agree with president clinton. >> you have the last question. >> my name is yosha eger from germany. talked after the last meetings between bush and chancellor schroeder, but what do you think about the future of the relationship between the united states and germany after the trouble of the last years? >> you don't want to know why we don't speak german. ok. i think that -- you know, what is very interesting to me, as i said, i was from czechoslovakia, not inclined to be someone that was very pro german, but i had learned in my time both as a grown-up and

the administration said congress didn't give it time to review the permit. response to the action congressman harry introduced legislation called the north american energy access act that gives approval authority of the pipeline to the federal energy regulatory commission. witnesses include representatives from the state department, nebraska and federal regulatory commission. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i would like to call this hearing to order this morning. the subject of this hearing is american jobs now. we are going

today we, again, welcome david strickland, the administrator of the national highway safety administration before our subcommittee. at two recent hearings, we heard testimony from department of transportation officials. first on regulations proposed by the department related to standards for vehicle fuel efficiency. and then on the number of hours truck drivers can work between mandatory rest periods. at those hearings, the majority criticized the department of transportation for considering stricter regulations claiming they were harmful to business and the economy. today by contrast, the question is whether the department of transportation was strict enough in the regulatory oversight of one product, the chevy volt electric vehicle by general motors. the title to have day's hearing is what did ntsa know about the volt vehicle fire and when did they know it? a very detailed, 135-page final report by the national highway traffic safety administration, ntsa, on its investigation into the volt battery fire incident which was made public on friday provides detailed answers to the question thi

the roosevelt administration. she will also have tutorials with an economist that you might have heard of whose name is john kenneth gal bright. sowe so eleanor argues repeatedly that we must tell the country why weir fighting the war because we will lose the war before we will win it, and the great lesson of world war i is that we won the war, but we lost the peace. so she embraces the four freedoms with a life and risking fervor. there are assassination attempts on eleanor roosevelt's life during the home front in the second world war. i do not make threats. i do not need hate mail and this is the time when she will be assembling the largest fbi file in american history, and a symbol of j. edgar hoover who hated her, who wanted to strip her of her citizenship who sent her to go live with her people in liberia. so, eleanor, in many ways, and eleanor speaks her mind in the way general marshall speaks her mind and also like general marshall. there are times when she will -- there's no other word for it, just shut u

the way or the other take more harker's positions in the current obama administration sure there's a general consensus there too so i don't think there's a lot of differences between the republican plan or i mean santorum comes from a completely different school than mitt romney and ron paul. they certainly do they're appealing though to some of the same voters and i think in a general election we of course would see the republican candidate move toward the center in order to get as much of the center and independent votes as possible but right now during the primaries they're pretty much going to be clustered around the same kind of positions and they're running against the obama administration and there isn't a lot of difference between them we've seen their positions we've heard their positions on countries like iran right now way which is the hot spot what role do you think they foreign policy play in their campaign right now to be honest foreign policy doesn't play much of a role in part because the obama administration has taken foreign policy off the table certainly national s

you know what the obama administration has already done a modest opening to burma a very very modest opening to north. gloria the president doesn't have a lot of political capital that he doesn't want to waste it initiatives that might appear from republican critics to be appeasement so appeasing china appeasing north korea peace in burma he doesn't want to get into a situation in which you there's eventually now especially in the lead up to the elections where you their congress or the republican candidates can say we told you we told you this guy likes to sit down with dictators we would have none of that if we were president does that mean that the u.s. is changing its strategy in that region in the i mean in the middle east and in strategy in general not just in middle east you know i think the obama administration is have a. pretty clear trajectory for the last three years it's tried to extricate the united states from the worst kind of legacies of the previous administration primarily in iraq but also looking ahead in afghanistan but at the same time dealing with what has been

the administration talked heavily this about vehicle. so these were included in getting to that standard? >> for ntsa's cafe regulations, i will is illegal for us to consider electric vehicles as part of our technology. so, therefore, if we look at the technology pipelines that are available to the manufacturers -- >> fair enough. certainly the epa is counting on this? >> there are several technology pipelines that are used to achieve the standards. >> isn't it true the administration is heavily touted vehicles like the volt as alternative fuel vehicles that could help meet or surpass the fuel efficiency targets? >> the obama administration believes in american innovation. and anything that helps support american manufacturing is something that is a keystone. >> fair to say this administration feels strongly about technology like this helping to get to the standards. helping with the future of the automobile industry. >> the obama administration feels that electric vehicle technology shows great promise. >> now when did you -- whether di

let me lay out the ideas that i think should be more central an administration strategy. i will finish with the role of the reserve components, especially in planning for future possible ground wars. as many of you know, the administration has proposed we no longer need to be ready for two simultaneously ground wars. that would be a change that has not previously been seen in 60 years of american defense policy. ever since peraea we have been planning for the least two at a time. -- ever since korea, we have been planning for at least two at a time. since the cold war ended, we typically focus on north korea and iraq. north korea remains a problem and a rock is still a problem in other ways, but i would submit things have changed enough in iraq and a broader middle east that the administration is correct to change our constructs from two simultaneously ground wars, plus the ability to wrap up quickly if need be. i am not sure they've gone far enough to change to construct as a result. i want to talk about the navy to begin. you can consider this equal opportunity or equal

i looked at the administration.of the people who participated in the mortgage meltdown in his administration or had them before. larry summers. tim geithner. jack lew, the omb director, who was cratety group. these people -- i gould -- citigroup. i could go on and on. are they going to investigate these guys? i'm just wondering. >> dana: why now? >> andrea: yeah, why now? >> dana: the lack of discussion about healthcare. this was a major accomplishment that he apparently throughout his life and through history, legacy will be on the healthcare bill. he gave it 44 words last night in the healthcare bill. interestingly to me, mitch daniels didn't bring it up in the republican response either which was surprising. why do the republicans still believe that healthcare is the issue they can win on. >> eric: right. >> dana: i just think why isn't anybody talking about it? it was the most important issue of 2009 and 2010 when president obama got the bill passed with the democratic congress. the tea party wins in 2010 becaus

we also have the city administrator to address any questions that come up specifically to their areas. >> think you to the chair and to supervisor kim for your comments and work on this issue. i thought that i would just briefly walk through what the board of supervisors did, the resolutions before you today, and then as supervisors chu mentioned, we have a number of staff from city agencies are available to answer your questions. >> we have been joined by supervisor cohen. i know that you are a sponsor of this legislation. would you like to offer any comments? >> thank you very much. my comments are pretty humbling just to say think you to all the people that have been involved in this process from start to finish. thank you for hearing this item so quickly. iso want to thank the staff persons that have worked tirelessly on this particular item. i look forward to hearing from each one of you. this outlines the materials before us which demonstrates that there is a number of actions that the city must take in order to protect the housing and public assets and to ensure that the city c

the veterans health administration, veterans benefit administration, service organizations that are in your community like the american legion, veterans of foreign wars, blue star mother, marine corps league. vet center. state department of veteran affairs that participate in these. department of labor. disabled veterans outreach, local veterans employment reps the state county bar associations that also participate. and when i was in oklahoma, a member of senator jim inhofe advisory council. the department of defense congressional office would come to help out with the dd-14s, medical records. and other agencies. my point is each city that you live in, that you govern, has a v.a. hospital. you're within reach of a v.a. regional office. you're not necessarily creating a new, another bureaucracy with the veterans treatment corps. you're simply allocating all the resources that are there anyways. thousands that work. perfect example. when i coordinated in tulsa a gentleman two tour iraq combat veteran there for the surge. post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, on the sec

whereas the administration i served for example didn't make any effort at all that it's well let's have sanctions and how you're no fan let's take a look at what the candidates said about cuba last night. this president has taken a very dangerous course with regards to cuba saying we're going to relax relations we're going to open up travel to cuba this is the wrong time for that with this kind of her up iraq's going out of the policy united states should be aggressively to overthrow the regime and to do everything we can to support those cubans who want freedom you know obama is very infatuated with an arab spring he doesn't seem to get a look ninety miles south of the united states to have a cuban spring should make it very clear that if you want the mountains of aid if you want normal relationships if you want to improve your economy if you want to have that opportunity for freedom that the united states stands ready now to embrace you now that you've got rid of these tyrants who have who controlled you for these fifty plus years that's why the sanctions have to stay in place because

security efforts of this administration now you guys know how i feel about this that was a sad and scary day for what we know as the constitution and the rule of law in this country and yet with the exception of perhaps scott pelley nobody else in the mainstream media really seems to care all that much so just take a listen to what the secretary of defense said when he was questioned about the legality of such a move despite the fact that this person may be a citizen he is first and foremost deters to threaten sort of people and for that reason we can establish a legal basis on which we ought to go after that individual just as we go after bin laden just as we go after other terrorists why because their goal is to kill our people. our and so did you hear what panetta said there despite the fact that a lot he was a u.s. citizen he was first and foremost a terrorist and that's ok to essentially consider him a citizen earth's community that to essentially not consider him a citizen anymore because his goal is to kill our people now there are a number of issues with that statement that shoul

services under the city administrator. talks about the requirements for payment and performance, authorizes the oversight board, rescinds the redevelopment as ignition for treasure island, and makes findings under ceqa. it is laying out the framework under which we can address how it is we are going to be structuring 3 development activities going forward. i think that conversa a

purchaser at the office of contracts and administration. i am here to present a petition on the three contract amendments associated with the technology store. the technology store was a competitively bid process, through an rfp. we were awarded a number of contracts. these three contracts are before you for an increase in the contract limits, as well as read out to you. i am happy to answer any questions you might have. supervisor chu: why don't you go through each of the items for the benefit of the public to explain what each contract and are, extensions are, and whether we are entering into the third, fourth amendment respectively. explain how many more amendments we have, more ability we have to exercise that extension, and when we have to go back out to bid again. >> there were seven contracts awarded, four under category one, for services and related products. three, four products only. the contracts were awarded in a group, effective january 1, 2009, for a period of two years. they would have ended december 31, 2011, just a week ago

you figure people in the obama administration would stop the bush administration doing something likes they do it in the public best interest but it's baloney. they do it for themselves. if you look at the san assange f the world he now has a talk show on russia today. that's what they want. he wants notoriety. he wants a book deal. i could never be an agent. i talk to much, especially when i drink. i would be the worst spy. >> bob: is that the guy that leaked the classified documents? >> dana: yes. >> bob: i went on your show and said black operation, take the guy out. i got more heat from that around the world. >> eric: take out bradley manning who leaked it to him. >> bob: whoever i was after. >> andrea: there is a difference between reporter leaking it and someone like julian assange, not an american citizen. the debate pops up often. reporters publishing information they hear. do they want to sell papers? we have to jealousy guard state secrets. they are under attack. >> dana: if you have the -- so the "new york times" repor reporter, one of the places of publications that got th

services under the city administrator. talks about the requirements for payment and performance, authorizes the oversight board, rescinds the redevelopment as ignition for treasure island, and makes findings under ceqa. it is laying out the framework under which we can address how it is we are going to be structuring 3 development activities going forward. i think that conversation about what we're going to be doing with affordable housing, work force training, and the existing projects, those are things that are still being worked out by the city and we have time to weigh in on that a part of the budget analyst recommendation is to have the board direct the budget analyst, perhaps to do additional analysis on other aspects, and it is my intention, with the support of colleagues here, to bring a number of a follow-up hearings on the redevelopment agency in to get updates on what is happening, and at that juncture, to ask the budget alice to provide additional information to help make the decision. we are going to ultimatel

. >> paul kirby, have we heard any word on the administration on their view of the piracy legislation? >> i don't cover it kind of day today. this is and we did officially. the legislation -- the administration will often weigh in and it gets to the floor and the senate to omb and say this is what we do recommend a veto or not to veto. >> i think that right now there has been some hope among the online community in particular they've asked president obama to veto the bill. they've submitted one of those on line petitions which well, the white house will respond to the required number of signatures. however the white house has been very aggressive in terms of online copyright enforcement. it would be seen more likely at this point at the white house would not veto the legislation. of course that is speculative and they haven't yet given their official position. >> juliana gruenwald? >> we need a bill to get to the floor now. there's been a closure of the votes on the senate bill protect ip and that will likely pass. that's what supporters say senator leahy, the chairman of the senate j

. >>> next on "this week in defense news," a glimpse at the obama administration's efforts to improve national cyber security, plans to cut >>> welcome to "this week in defense news," i'm vago muradian. two weeks after unveiling its new defense strategy, the obama administration announced plans to withdraw some 7000 troops from europe. what does that mean for nato and european defense? and we take a closer look at the capabilities iran is developing to keep u.s. forces out of the persian gulf. but, first, a new cyber security strategy is emerging in washington. the obama administration is wrestling with how far it should go in defining national standards, not just for federal agencies, but also for critical infrastructure that's privately owned like power plants, transportation, data and financial services. the process is being led by the national security agency and builds on a document drafted two years ago that defines 20 critical cyber controls. now the secret event is working on a plan to require private industry to better protect itself from cyber threats. joining us now to expl

the obama administration opposed palestinian initiatives in the u.s. going after statehood continued military support of israel doff basically when netanyahu refused to do anything on the settlements issue again there's been some aspirational language what the united states would like to happen in solving the arab israeli disputes but generally speaking there has been no transformation of the united states remains firm of israel the republican candidates are thinking well there are two constituencies we want to reach out to one are evangelicals evangelicals who have very strongly said that we stand with israel and the others jewish voters who if they can peel them away from obama would be a great crew in the two thousand and twelve election i mean could you elaborate a little bit more about that specially with the g.o.p. presidential candidates right now and it was specially after what you said that obama has done everything to what seems to be appeasing israel yeah the candidates the g.o.p. candidates are saying that he has not done enough that's righ

today we again welcome david strickland administrator of the national highway safety administration before our subcommittee. at two other recent hearings a subcommittee heard testimony from the department of transportation officials. first-time regulations proposed by the department related to standards for vehicle fuel efficiency and then truck drivers can work between mandatory rest periods. at those hearings the majority criticized the department of transportation for considering stricter regulations claiming they were harmful to business and the economy. today by contrast the question is whether the department of transportation was strict enough in his regulatory oversight of one product the chevy volt electric vehicle by general motors. the title of today's hearing is what did nhtsa know about the volt vehicle fire and when did they know it? a very detailed 135 page final report by the national highway traffic safety administration, nhtsa, on its investigation into the volt battery fire incident which is made public on friday provides detailed answers to the question this hearing seem

that this administration has decided should go forward. believe me, if general motors thought this was a good investment, they would have launched it many years ago and say we can make money with this. their real commit sment to the shareholders and stake holders in the company. right now the government has a big hand in that, do they not? so i think we can agree had a there is a mutual benefit here for not only -- not only the administration but general motors but on a very, very small scale. when you look at the numbers of cars we built every year and we sell every year, this is not going to have a dramatic impact on a carbon footprint or the sales of general motors products. and i go back to -- i sell a lot of chevy crews. you know why don't subsidize the tax dollars? why? the market loves it. they love it. it's affordable. it's economical. it's safe. it's everything that the american public wants. that's why we lead the industry. we've always been able to do that. i come down to these things, again, i don't question what's in your hear

quite frankly we are going to take the fight to the obama administration. i don't know why they are trying to use an election year, to me it's political suicide, but it's his choice. lay catholics that normally don't agree on issues, liberals and conservatives are coming together because the central issue is not contraception, it's not even abortion although that's what it's really about, it's about religious liberty. i'm getting calls from jews and pros ta and more moneys, and they say they stand with us, because we know they are going to be next. god bless marco rubio for coming forth with this bill he's a great man. megyn: some of it was written into the healthcare law saying you didn't have to do it under certain circumstances, that exempts churches and other things. but it's not broad enough to exempt organizations. if you're a catholic hospital the only way that you can now avoid having to pay for contraception for your employees is if you turn away anyone who is not catholic -- you have to start exclude all noncatholics and then maybe you'll fall wit