the air force program is a 12 month training program that dr. scalia hopes it will continue in the afghanistan. >>> engineer head of the south poll research station has been cleared to leave john hopkins hospital. renee-nicole douceur tells the associated press that she is leaving hopkins hospital today. the 58-year-old is now heading back to new hampshire but plans to be back at hopkins sometimes next month for a checkup. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> jaime, nice little small boat. little guys, take three of your best friends out on the weekend. gorgeous weather out there. sun still reflecting off the water. we still haven't fallen back that hour. which is coming up quickly. it might be this coming weekend or the following. it's not far off. we'll check that for you. 56 out the airport now, southeast winds at 6. sunshine, plenty of that today. it was gorgeous, blue skies. annapolis today, insect finding our camera lens is a great place to be. watch this fantastic suns

that are not listed here yet the would be a major acquisition programs, but because they were new they are not included yet. the air force replacement program is not in there. the air force next-gen bomber is not in there. the navy replacement for their nuclear ballistic missile submarines is not in there yet. so there's a number of programs in the vehicle, another one not in there yet. but as the d.o.t. starts to look at bringing up money in the budget and as congress looks to free get money in the budget i think they are likely to target a number of these major acquisition programs. so what is the potential impact on the acquisition funding? if it's going to be hit the hardest over the next few years i did some calculations here. i ran for different scenarios. for their preference of the top in the purple line this is the planned increase acquisition funding that was in last year's's budget submission and conagra's you can see they planned to substantially increase acquisition funding enough white balls and beyond. of course that has been overcome by events. the next line, these are the initial cuts. this is what is im

the air force version is the furthest alon in the test program. will be the least expensive and the most efficient to operate of the three versions. host: i assume the air force stays committed to that request? guest: absolutely. host: what do you think will happen? who will not get their aircraft? guest: h service and the department of defense will have to decide -- each service and the department of defense will have to decide. within these current cuts called for services believe they can afford some number of airplanes. the number will depend on how much the cost and of being of the program. host: it may be that each branch gets its aircraft but the get less of what they requested? guest: that may be. host: when will that decision be made to? guest: those decisions will be made based on the performance of the program and the cuts that we deal with and the budget topline. host: are we talking about this year or next year? guest: probably not this year. there is a lot of turbulence this year because we are still marking up the 2012 budget and we

program. >>> three air force officials have been reprimanded after the loss and mishandling of the remains of. service members killed in afghanistan. the u.s. office of special counsel found evidence of gross mismanagement at the mortuary. >>> hundreds of fans have staged a rally outside the home of penn state football coach, joe paterno in the wake of a widening sex abuse scandal involving his former assistant coach. "the new york times" cites unnamed sources saying the school is planning for his departure. >>> and russia's space agency says a probe intended to collect soil samples from one of mars' moons has gone offcourse. the spacecraft took off this morning. scientists will try to fire its engines for a course correction. >>> and now here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,170 after adding 101 points yesterday. the s&p rose 14 points and the nasdaq climbed 32. taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo the nikkei gained 99 points and in hong kong, the hang seng jumped 335. >>> after a choppy day of trade tuesday, hopeful news about debt-rid

program. >>> air force one landed in australia today. that's where the president announced an expansion of american military prisons in that country -- presence in that country. 2500 u.s. service members will support australian troops in the region. this marks mr. obama's first visit to australia as the commander-in-chief. the president is meeting with the prime minister and members of parliament at this hour. >>> and bullets fly outside the white house. the secret service says it found one bullet that hit an exterior window but was stopped by ballistic glass and another bullet was also found outside the white house yesterday. the shots may have come from a shooting in the washington, d.c. area on friday. police now looking for a man believed to have been involved in that shooting. >>> and we're learning government officials urged solyndra to keep quiet about planned layoffs until after last year's elections. newly released e-mails from october of last year show the energy department pressured the fremont solar company to delay announcin

he will also discuss the air force program and its role in afghanistan. live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> i want you all to know, those of you who were disappointed, that i am doing the right setting. >> i believe that 1984 finds the united states in is the strongest position in years to establish a working relationship with the soviet union. >> your source for online public affairs. there is a new way to access our programming. download mp3 audio. take c-span with you on your iphone or any portable device. listen what you want, where you want. >> day forum on the future of the era spring led by former secretary of state madeleine albright. it includes panelists from libya and bahrain. the moderator is the president and ceo walter isaacson. >> good evening, and welcome to the ronald reagan building international trade center. my name is john drew. i am president and ceo of this facility, on behalf of the general services administration. i would like to take this opportunity to welcome today's esteemed speakers, secretary all right, mr. isa

program. then a look across the country with hans von spakovsky and jon greenbaum. our series on the military continues with major general james holmes looking at plans by the air force to cut jobs. we will also discuss the air force drone program and its role in afghanistan. w.j." lied every morning on c- span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. -- "washington journal" live every morning on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. >> he lost the 1954 presidential election to lyndon johnson, but -- the 1964 presidential election to lyndon johnson and. from the goldwater institute in phoenix, live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> states, of forum on these so- called arab spring led by madeleine albright. this form from the national democratic institute is led by the institute's president and ceo, walter isaacson. >> good evening, and welcome to the ronald reagan building international trade center. my name is john drew. i am president and ceo of this facility, on behalf of the general services administration. i would like to take this opportunity to welcome today's esteemed speakers, secretary all ri

program and first, i want to thank you for coming. >> reporter: kate bowen is a vet who worked as an air force nurse for six years. today, she will enrolling in the million veteran program, designed to set up a medical database to help scientists better understand how our genes influence disorders and diseases. >> the information from these studies may be acceptable to everybody and may be useful to everybody, whether it is studying alzheimer's disease or military connotations such as ptsd, able to use that for all americans to improve care. >> reporter: that information will come from studying the dna from a million participants, which is why here at vet traps affairs, palo alto health care system, kate is providing a blood sample. she is not alone. so far, more than 500 bay area veterans have given their blood to provide a dna sample for the program. kate says she felt compelled to share her genetic footprint. >> i am a female veteran and important to include the female veteran in this important research. also, i'm a nurse around i'm an air force nurse and i am avery excited to be part of anything to help health

air force academy has apologized for promoting a program that sends gifts to poor children around the world. operation christmas child is sponsored by an organization run by evangelist freezing rain graham. they've been accused of religious intolerance because graham is a christian minister. the group says an email sent to all 4400 cadets asking for donations violated the constitution. the academy called the mass email inappropriate and said any further messages regarding the toy drive will go through its chaplain corps. >>> is starbucks giving a subtle nod to the occupy wall street movement? we'll report and let you decide. photos posted around the web show what is said to be a new holiday cup from the coffee giant that features a nutcracker whose face is the guy with the mask often worn by protesters. we reached out to starbucks for clarification, but never heard back. >>> finally fourth graders on a field trip to wisconsin's state capital got a full lesson in protesting. this video taken by the fox affiliate in madison shows the kids on a field trip being led into the rotunda where

we will continue military week, looking at the air force and the drone program. thursday, the coast guard official friday, the demographics of the armed forces. here is the u.s. house pro forma session. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., november 7, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable fred upton to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. alenkeran, office of the senate chaplain, here in washington. the chaplain: let us pray. lord god almighty, author of life and creator of the universe, we come today seeking your divine wisdom, peace and protection. in these complex times, please grant our leaders the knowledge and insights needed to solve the economic and international challenges facing our nation and world. anoint our leaders with your spirit and grant them your favor. as they labor f

generation of the deck so they have to have a specialized version and the air force version is the furthest along in the test program and will be the least expensive and most efficient to operate at the three versions. >> host: i assume the air force state to that request? >> absolutely. what you think is going to happen if that represents the skulls of the edges? who doesn't give their aircraft? >> guest: i think each service and the department of defense will have to decide and we have to decide based on strategy and what the country wants us to do so within these current cuts i think all three services believe they can afford some member of the airplane the number will depend how much the costs end up being a program and costs to operate. >> host: so it may be each branch gets its aircraft less of with the originally requested. >> guest: it may be. >> host: when will the decision be made? >> guest: they will have been based on the performance of the program and based on the cuts that we deal with the budget topline available for the services. we are talking about this year or next year? >> guest: probably not thi

program. washington, your way. "washington journal" continues. host: we're back live. this is military week. we begin our series on monday. tuesday, we look at the role and mission of the air force and its strong program. yesterday, we were live from arlington cemetery. tomorrow, our america by the numbers segment will focus on the demographics of who serves in the hour nation's armed armeds -- in our nation's forces. today, a look at the coast guard with rear admiral karl scholz -- karl schultz. how many members are in the coast guard? what is your annual budget? guest: we have about 42,000 active members, a reserve force of about 8000, 7000 civilian employees, then a unique voluntary force of about 30,000- plus books -- folks. auxiliary folks to a wide range of defense -- do a wide range of events. they help us out with our waterways maintenance. they can do a ton of different things. our challenge is to keep them gainfully employed. they bring a tremendous amount of unique talents. we have some of them in our small-boat stations did they bring a lot of continuity, expertise, and passion -- stations. they bring a lot of continuity, expertise, and passion. host: what is your gu

tuesday, we look at the role and mission of the air force and its strong program. yesterday, we were live from arlington cemetery. tomorrow, our america by the numbers segment will focus on the demographics of who serves in the hour nation's armed armeds -- in our nation's forces. today, a look at the coast guard with rear admiral karl scholz -- karl schultz. how many members are in the coast guard? what is your annual budget? guest: we have about 42,000 active members, a reserve force of about 8000, 7000 civilian employees, then a unique voluntary force of about 30,000- plus books -- folks. auxiliary folks to a wide range of defense -- do a wide range of events. they help us out with our waterways maintenance. they can do a ton of different things. our challenge is to keep them gainfully employed. they bring a tremendous amount of unique talents. we have some of them in our small-boat stations did they bring a lot of continuity, expertise, and passion -- stations. they bring a lot of continuity, expertise, and passion. host: what is your budget? guest: the total a

the air force version is the furthest alon in the test program. will be the least expensive and the most efficient to operate of the three versions. host: i assume the air force stays committed to that request? guest: absolutely. host: what do you think will happen? who will not get their aircraft? guest: h service and the department of defense will have to decide -- each service and the department of defense will have to decide. within these current cuts called for services believe they can afford some number of airplanes. the number will depend on how much the cost and of being of the program. host: it may be that each branch gets its aircraft but the get less of what they requested? guest: that may be. host: when will that decision be made to? guest: those decisions will be made based on the performance of the program and the cuts that we deal with and the budget topline. host: are we talking about this year or next year? guest: probably not this year. there is a lot of turbulence this year because we are still marking up the 2012 budget and we

wonder what kind of program do you have that actually address family planning and reproductive health. thank you. >> thank you. yes. [inaudible] >> i'm the director of the air force international health specialist program. and as you know, when we work with partner nation militaries we have partnered with usaid in the past in areas like pandemic influenza preparedness and hiv prevention. and you mentioned health systems in your presentation. and our experience in working with other nations, in their health systems there's really no barriers between the military health system and the civilian health sector. and as it we go forth in terms of partners, i wonder what you see would be sort of the military medical role in assisting usaid? >> thank you. >> hi, my name is paul leemer. i was a career foreign service officer with usaid for many, many years, a health officer. and i'm now working with a group based in the u.k. called hlsp which has done a lot of work with health systems. i just have a question. i'm very supportive of your comments about kind of going back again for a focus on maternal and child health. i will point out, though, in the mid-'80s, a.i.d. focuse

moving on to space programs, the bill would provide the air force the authority to purchase in a block buy, using a fixed price contract, the next two advanced extremely high frequency satellites, an important part of the nuclear command and control system. this will result in a 20% savings. we have authorized the president's level of funding for the nuclear modernization program at the d.o.e.'s national security administration, but we're fully aware that the budget control act that was passed last summer has reduced the levels that can be appropriated by some $400 million. i would note that even with this reduction, it is still a 5% increase over last year's level. i will be working with my colleagues to carefully evaluate the president's request for fiscal year 2013, in light of the commitments both the congress and the administration made under the new start treaty for modern nuclearization. this congress made commitments for modernization and moving forward. we must honor those commitments. most importantly, we need to continue to ensure that our stockpile is safe, reliable and wor

program targeting helpless women, men, even children. thousands of sterilizations, many of them forced, and if you can believe it, the program lasted well into the 1970s. a new report airingpeople effected. i'm joined now by nbc news dr. nancy snyderman. wow. what is program even exist? >> the program started out of pure economics to get the people off welfare and it was legal in 32 states. tonight we're highlighting one woman's story in north carolina. our quest to, frankly, set the wrongs of the past right. the serene charm of winfall, north carolina. buried in the stillness of this place it seems time has forgotten a secret shame. >> it was sort of a hush-hush type of thing and records and files were all hidden away. >> reporter: until this past summer when the ugly truth about what happened here and in towns all across north carolina could be hidden no more. >> my heart bleeds every single day. i'm crushed. they cut me open like i was a hog. >> reporter: elaine's story began in winfall, among the cotton fields that rose up to meet the tiny two-bedroom house she shared with her grandmother, affectionately known as ms. peaches. >> she just paid special attention to me.

officials insisted that the air strike lasted for almost two hours and continued even after pakistani commanders have pleaded with coalition forces to stop. around seven thousand program dulcie prisoners are being held behind bars by former libyan rebels possible into a new u.n. report which says the detainees do not have access to legal systems there's no police and courts not functioning most of the prisoners are accused of working for gadhafi is regime and some may have been tortured this is the first u.n. assessment of libya since the end of its eight month civil war. a massive protests in kuwait first the prime minister to resign and on with his government to step down after opposition party members of cues to bing and peace will support them in power until a new cabinet is formed the prime minister has been in office for five years and seven governments during that time. with less than a week left before russians elect a new parliament and he wondered which direction the country will take next so in search of an answer grieves his bike and took to the streets of moscow. you know wonderful. let us see how this fund them bicycle works yeah i know it's right so. no

program in the bay area. >> tony says education was not his first career choice. before landing a job as a kindergarten teacher he spent 20 years in the air force. but when he and his wife started a family, he wanted nothing more to be at home with his children. >> i saw the effect of me being gone on them. i thought, well, why should they have to deal with this. >> his wife had also been in the air force but retired to becomel a special education teacher. his life changed when he visited her classroom. >> my heart went out to the kids and the needs they had, to the academic needs. >> with a degree in he, he spent two years working on his kre ken shls at night while on active duty. he knew he wanted to be involved in special ed kids and last december was hired to teach at an lvyd in fairfield. before entering that classroom he took this advice from his wife wendy. >> kids learn different ways. if you can find your whatever that is that makes them want to be there, that is the key. >> what did you learn? >> nemo. >> very good job. good for nemo. >> what he learned in the military has served him well, here in the classroom where all his students

to that and want to ask you for your support that the program managers will continue to operate the way they currently do. >> that is the air force position, sir, and i certainly support that. i hope we will accept gentle push back here. by the way, the fact that there was interaction at the staff levels >> -- was >> there was not interaction at the principal level. i take note of that, sir. reporting lines of authority - the question is where it s is the seam between retain meant an acquisition? we would have an acquisition element that each of the depots that would be aligned with the broader acquisition teams but would represent their interests at the sustainment locations in the depots. that seems to be logical to me. they would be geographically separated units. any change is concerning about what it might portend ultimately. we did not convince you or the other members of the caucus on this issue. the secretary made a commitment and we certainly would stand by the secretaries commitment. all i would say is please allow us to come back to you to make the case as articulate as we can about why we think we should organize this

program. many sites are deep underground. if president obama were to order a strike, the air force has a new weapon. these 30,000 pound bombs. carried by b-2 or b-52 bombers with more than 5,000 pounds of explosives, kit penetrate 200 feet underground before detonating. >> it gives us a far greater capability to reach and destroy an enemy's weapons of mass destruction. >> reporter: the pentagon doesn't want to say publicly it's all about iran. >> the system is not aimed at any one country. >> reporter: while the administration plays the not so subtle message, republican candidates have been talking tough as well. some wonder if they're going too far. >> maximum covert operations to block and disrupt the iranian program including taking out their scientists, including breaking up their systems. >> and working a covert basis to encourage the dissidents. >> i hope we've been doing everything we can covertly. >> reporter: retired army intelligence generals james mark says it's a bad idea to talk openly about secret actions. >> we don't have to talk about that, nor should anyone who wants to go into publ

air flow program. >> i channeled air flow into each of these forms that makes it move ever so slightly. and it is beating like a heart. if-0 when as of the forces of nature moving around us every second. >> shadow patterns reflect the shapes of the hanging sculptures. the new terminal also features a children's play areas. both of the market the exploratory n.y. -- exploratorium. the offer travelers of all ages a playful oasis. using high quality plywood, they created henches shaped like a bird wings that double as musical instruments. serving as a backdrop is a mural featuring images of local birds and san francisco's famous skyline. >> in the line between that is so natural, you can see birds and be in complete wilderness. i really like that about this. you could maybe get a little snapshot of what they are expecting. >> it is an interactive, keck sculpture that is interacted with by the visitor. >> they are a lot about and they fall down the belt. it moves the belt up, and if you turn that faster, the butterflies fall in the move of words. >> the art reflect the commission's commitment to acquiring the best work from the bay area and beyond.

air force one, getting into a limousine. we showed you his departure an hour ago from andrews air force base. he's set to start a -- he's said to tour classrooms. he wants the struggling head- start program to compete for funding instead of automatically receiving it as a way to boost quality in centers. he will be traveling with suburban pennsylvania to meet with students and teachers and he wants the white house to try to improve education. these are live pictures of the president as he pulls away from the tarmac in philadelphia. a small gathering there. >>> 8:04. one hour ago, the polls opened for 2011. bay area voters are dedied -- are deciding dozens of political contests. but the race for san francisco mayor is getting the most attention and allie rasmus has learned of an early-morning surprise and joins us live to tell us about it. good morning, allie. >> reporter: yes. good morning. we just came from inside san francisco city hall and we have video to show you that just came in. this is inside the elections office at san francisco city hall where election workers are coordinating with election officials at the more than 400 polling places across san francisco this morning to make

air force one on the ground. he's in france for the g-20 summit. we're back in a minute. @ @ >>> gonna need some help getting rid of that halloween candy that your kids brought home. it's a program put on by dentists. you can head from 4:00 to 7:00 this evening. the contact information you see on the screen. they are gonna exchange candy for cash coupons, toothbrushes and they will have other prizes. it will be filling care packages stationed overseas. >>> time for a check of the forecast. you know,dy some research on your -- i did some research on your tie, justin. mine is angel. yours is titled rays. >> rays. >> not ray lewis, just ray. >> there's a bunch of them swimming up toward me on attack mode yes. good morning to you. we have ourselves a look at the doppler. multiple sweeps across the chesapeake. we're quiet this morning. you may notice some clouds trying to creep in here. ack loot -- look at the anomaly. look at the difference between 32 in towson. most of us are around 40. while we're looking at that we should be climbing today. we'll see a push of warmer air. in fact, get our way up to 60 by lunchtime. 62 our guaranteed high. we have cooler weather on the way for the

long-range air force bombers are not going to be built. the list goes on. they are cutting programs backup capacity of american defend itself. we have been talking about israel and iran. about israel and iran. what we're talking right here is a failure on the part of the president to lead with strength. that is why we have discussions if israel or iran is going to become nuclear. the president said we will be friendly to our foes and disrespectful to our friends. the right course is to stand up to iran with sanctions and indict the press -- put in place the sanctions to stop their economy. it is going to make gasoline more expensive. no price is worth and ronnie nuclear weapons. we need to show we care about is your. we will stick with them. my first trip will be to israel to show the world we care about the country. >> we're going to stay on this subject. >> hello. and the director of the institute for economic policy studies at the heritage foundation. the next president will make some the tough choices in order to solve the spending crisis. would you be willing to say that our na

the air force airplane first when our weight models started predicting the potential of a problem on the marine corps solo jet which is much more sensitive to weight. at that point in time the programtopped and we were given some direction to change the order and go attack the marine corps, the most challenging of the three designs first, and we did that. that was about another 18 months of engineering that we hadn't planned in the original schedule. and most of the follow-on since then has been related to that and in 2010 we also extended a flight test program, added quite a bit of additional testing in, mostly driven by the fact that the flight sciences testing on the snowmobile jet was lacking behind at the time. since it's caught up, we've made up for that behind- schedule situation and as i said, we're running ahead of schedule right now. >> we have 30 seconds left. i wanted to ask you about whether you guys are really selling this aircraft the wrong way. it's seen as an airplane, but if you talk to anybody who's involved in it, they talk about the intelligence, surveillance and reconnisance capabilities, the fact that there are various types of aircraft you're not going to ne

stopped the navy cruiser system, said long range air force bombs are aren't going to be built, cut our troops by 50,000, the list goes on. they're cutting programshat cut the capacity of america to defend itself. >> cutting the capacity of america to defend itself, that is true? he's got all of his numbers right. all of those cuts are correct, ones he named. however, this is a context that may be missing. last year the u.s. spent $700 billion on defense, more than the next 17 nations combined, that's why there is a debate about this, because some people say, look, we can cut defense and still have a lot of defense out there. so the bottom line is, he is correct, what he has said is true, but it is incomplete. let's turn from that to something that was said about newt gingrich which was also very interesting in all of this. he talked about the idea of putting pressure on iran over developing a nuclear programming by going after their oil, economic attack in effect. and he said this about u.s. oil production -- >> all sources, energy program in the united states, designed once again to create a surplus of energy here so we can say to the europeans

housing consling and other programs and create programs used by 1.4 million consumers across the nation. our agency serves military personnel at the air force base. the airman family readiness center invites us to provide financial education programs. they refer individuals to us struggling with housing issues or if they have financial issues for our debt program and they come in for debt education. the military has housing issues they don't. when they have orders, they have to move. siesmians have choices to move or not move and when to move. the military cannot. if they take their family with them, it creates financial stress. if they leave their families home, it creates financial stress. it's a difficult time. agencies such as ours providing counseling can help military members and families while they serve our country in these difficult times. we helped one 21-year-old discharged for medical disability. he was told to short sale his house. he couldn't find a realtor to list the house. they told him the lenders are not accepting short sales because it's too much work. get the lender to agree first. he came in, talked to our counselor wh

program will be slowed within ten years. we would have the smallest ground force, the smallest number of ships since 1915 and the smallest air force in history. it would cut off a swift decline as the world's leading military power. we will have more on the appearance on capitol hill during my next update, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news it >>> new concerns about concerned foods they just went for several products which will be used for a typical thanks giving dinner. some include campbells cream of mushroom soup and ocean spray cranberry are you sauce. some of the products test dollars had enough -- tested had enough b.p.a. in it and it causes cancer and other health problems. the cancer fund conducted this new study. >>> we are now finding out voters ignored the rank choice selecting system and selected only one candidate. also there was a big turnout with asian voters overall voter turnout is expected to be low. typically that number is supposed to be 50% in a mayoral election. >>> is anybody interested in hearing potential sides of the debate, they will have bullet trains that would take part in a public hearing and d

force presentation in the region and we have work to develop a network of air and missile defenses, shared early warning, and proved maritime security, expanded programs to build partner capacity and increased efforts to harden and protect our partners' critical infrastructure. these efforts have reassured our partners in the region. i have been deeply involved in this and has been critically important in terms of reassurance. the steps demonstrate to tehran that any attempt to dominate the region will be futile and they showed the united states is prepared for any contingency. i would add their new missile defense program with our allies is more effectively geared to protecting our nato allies in the growing iranian missile threat that we face over the next decade and has the advantages. that is the topic of another seminar or session here. it is precisely geared to the threat. we are successful in implementing it in europe. lisbon-nato summit, all european countries signed on. turkey most recently agreed to host a radar and it can be done in a timely way. the fifth and final element is that even as we keep the door open for diplomacy, president obam

he left andrews on air force one just moments ago, and in just a few minutes he will speak at a head start center near philadelphia. the president wants struggling head start programs to compete for federal funding instead of automatically receiving it. the obama administration created a competition grant that will be awarded early next month. >>> ba"back to work" hits shelv today. the book talks about the economic slump. mr. clinton faced tough questions on the "today" show, including whether his wife would have done a better job if she would have won the presidency. >> i don't think about it. >> you don't? >> no. >> why? >> because i deal with the world as it is. i think we have a congress that doesn't want to do anything with him, and until the american people send a signal that they want -- the tea party republicans a signal, they want cooperation, you are going to have trouble. >> the former president says he spends about an hour and a half every day studying the economy. >>> we have been talking about how beautiful it is out there. tom, you say changes are coming. it's getting colder, isn't it? >> a rare day in november when we talk about maybe 70 degrees per

program has operated for more than 10 years helping to invest in programs for more energy efficient lighting, for example, at an air force base in alaska, geothermal heating at fort knox army base in kentucky, wind turbines for an army base in arizona and solar power for the air force in colorado. historically according to the department of defense, every dollar used by the energy conservation investment program yields two dollars in savings. we invest in efficiency, in sustainable energy, for every dollar invested we save $2 and this makes it a very positive program for the d.o.d. some projects such as energy efficiency improvements at a navy base in california achieve greater than $15 in savings for every dollar invested. the department itself, the d.o.d. has stated that this program achieves and i quote, "long-term public benefits by investing in technologies that increase economic efficiency and health benefits, build new sources of renewable energy, enhance job retention, and improve the quality of life for our troops and their families." unfortunately, the authorization for this program in the current defense autho

several critical issues facing our air and ground forces including force structure, modernization of ground forces, tactical aviation and the f-35 joint strike fighter program. in the end i believe we khaoefd our goal of -- achieved our goal of executing the secretary of defense's vision and to address the scenarios we're most likely to face in the future. we're hedging against other risks and contingencies also. i'm also very proud that this bill includes an important provision based on legislation that i introduced with senator kelly ayotte last february which is no contracting with the enemy act. mr. president, i had an opportunity to go in a codel to pakistan, afghanistan and met with a lot of the leaders over there. then-general petraeus and others, and had an opportunity to go back as a soldier recently still serving. in speaking with general allen and a lot of the contracting generals, this by far is the most important piece of legislation we can file when it comes to dealing with funding. and after speaking with obviously general petraeus and general allen and all those generals in charge of contracting, i was shocked that we are unable to actually

also create national financial education programs to be used by 1.4 million consumers across the nation. our agency serves military personnel at ellsworth air force program. and on the rare occasion for someone to come in for prefiling counseling. yes the military do have housing issues that civilians don't. when they get orders they have to move. a civilian has choices. they can choose not to move and choose when they move and the military cannot. if they take their family with them and they leave the home and it doesn't sell it creates financial stress that they leave the home and it creates financial stress. it's a difficult time. agencies such as ours that provide housing counseling can help military members and their families as they work through these difficult times will they serve our country. we helped one, 21-year-old being discharged for medical disability. he was told to short sell his house. he couldn't find a realtor that the list is house. the realtors told him their lenders are not accepting short sales. you have to get the lender first. they came in and talk to our consumer credit counselor who is able to get the lender to agree

program. the travel said to be healthy. he looks hungry. >> a congressional visit from one heck of a survivor. gabriel giffords. dropping by the dining hall at the air forcena thanking men and women in uniform for their service. giffords was among 19 people shot. six people died that day. her husband, retired astronaut mark kelly helping her work the turkey station today. we are told base officials originally had asked for someone from giffords staff to show up but when she heard about the holiday dinner, she wanted to be there herself. and for our soldiers on duty overseas a special meal while they work. dominic di-natale is there. >> harris, today the attacks in basra were sharp reminders of how iraqis still not a stable or entirely secure country. however, things are nowhere near as bad as they were. there used to be 1500 attacks like this amongst the just now 100. that's still a very large figure. u.s. servicemen and women that we spoke today said they were glad to be leaving iraq while events like this were still taking place and this is what they told us thrgets is my first thanksgiving and hopefully my last. >> great significance as far as in the m

programming it to help you save energy every month. the heating and cooling system in this home is called a split forced air system.ns one part of the unit is inside, where you have your air handler. then you have the second part of it, which is your air conditioner condenser. now, if you have this type of system, which a lot of people do... it's the most common type of heating and cooling system out there. you're looking at a life expectancy between 12 and 15 years. so, if you're faced with replacing your unit, here's some very important stuff you need to know. first of all, you want to get the highest seer rating that you can afford. that's seasonal energy efficiency ratio, ranges from 13 to 23. the higher the number, the more efficient the system will be. also, the higher the number the more expensive it'll be. so, whatever the budget will allow, but the higher the number, the more money you'll save on your energy bill. but in order to make your system last as long as possible, make sure you have it serviced at least once a year by a professional heating and cooling contractor. and another thing you can do that