the british were stealing american sailors or impressing them, stopping american ships and forcing american sailors off the ships and making them serve in the british navy. thousands of americans were impressed, and the idea was the american flag doesn't afford any protection. the american flag is not being respected. american citizenship means nothing to the british navy. no american sailor is safe. we tried negotiate. we tried embargoes or economic sanctions as we call them today. none of that worked, so we said we're declaring war. also the british were dictating who we could trade with and who we could not trade with and urging the native americans to shoot settlers. these were the pro-reason reasons. the anti-war reasons were that we were trading with the french who were the enemies of the british. we wouldn't stop doing, it even when the british told us not to do it anymore. that's why they were stealing our ships. there were a lot of british sailors who were jumping jump away from the royal navy trying to get into that american melting pot and then shipping back out on american ships

first, if you're one of the more than 2 a million americans who -- 250 million americans who have already health insurance, you will keep your health insurance. this law will only make it more secure and more affordable. insurance companies can no longer impose lifetime limits on the amount of care you receive. they can no longer discriminate against children with preexisting conditions. they can no longer drop your coverage if you get sick. they can no longer jack up your premiums without reason. . they are required to provide free preventive care like check ups and mammograms. a provision that's already helped 54 million americans with private insurance. and by this august nearly 13 million of you will receive a rebate from your insurance company because it spent too much on things like administrative costs and ceo bonuses and not enough on your health care. there's more because of the affordable care act young adults under the age of 26 are able to stay on their parents' health care plans a provision that's helped six million young americans. because of the affordable care act seniors

it is a great day for americans. not for one party or the other or for an ideology but for the 34 million americans who will have access to affordable, available health care. it is a great win for our seniors who will no longer fall through the doughnut hole and for women who will not be discriminated against by insurance policies that historically charged them more for their premiums than their male colleagues and women will no longer be treated as a pre-existing condition thereby denying coverage for pregnancy, for c-sections and the very important preventive measures in the bill that will help prevent cancers and diseases. it is a great victory for our country, which is joining that family of economically advantaged countries that are providing health care to their people. all their people. and now it's time to go back to work creating jobs for healthy americans. >> i'm the congressman from new york. today the supreme court did not disgrace itself. in upholding the affordable care act, the supreme court has shown

. 100 million americans received free preventive care. 105 million americans no longer face time caps on benefits. more than 5 million seniors have saved more than $3.7 billion in prescription drug custs. nearly 17 million children can be denied coverage because of preexisting health conditions. today's decision keeps consumers rather than insurance companies in the driver's seat. today's decision protects more than $1 trillion in deficit reduction. today's decision allows us to continue our work replacing the current system with a true health care system. one focused on wellness and prevention and public health and keeping people out of the hospital in the first place. the supreme court has made it clear what we have known all along. those trying to block health care reform are standing on the wrong side of history. for those of us who believe that quality health care is a right and not a privilege, this is a great day. it is time for speaker baner and the republicans to put politics behind us and join with us in ensuring every american has access to quality affordable care and no pe

the picture of american workers, of american jobs. i suppose tomorrow we'll take up that motion to instruct and we'll see. if by the end of this week we're willing to compromise, are we willing to put americans back to work, two million americans? or are we going to hold fast to perhaps a funding scheme that's been proposed and can't even be agreed to by the members of the republican caucus? or an elimination of certain categories of funding like public transportation which couldn't even be agreed to by the republican caucus, let alone he democrats. it's time to look at the bigger picture. it's time to look at the construction worker in our community, the ones we represent, and say, i want you to go back owork. we'll fight this out another day. the most fundamental, most important issue confronting this american economy and each and every individual in america is where are the jobs? where is my job? how can i support my family? it's time to put the bickering aside. it's time to accept the fact that americans want to go to work and two

it makes him an honorary asian- american. he is the first asian-american president as well.ight's events would not be possible without our community partners. a group that helped make all this happened, i am going to read them all. the asian business alliance, asian law alliance, the asian pacific american leadership institute, chinese-american cultural association, chinese american political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commerce of northern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, national federation of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the pow

thank you former american council of germany. i wonder if you could address the question of why hitler declared war on the united states after pearl harbor. i think this ges into the question of the irrationality of hitler. just like his whole plan to conquer europe at some level was irrational rksz especially invading. he fails. his first plan was to invade with operation sea lion and take england. that fails. so he decides that the way to

polish americans are split. to is going to get this independence, is it going to be the czar, the kaiser, it is like a tossup, and different factions , as in poland, as in the homeland, there are factions, and each crew has this -- is looking across the ocean and really thinking about its national ambitious. jews. bizarre of russia is one of the principal allies. you have england with its constitutional monarchy, you know, the bull work of liberalism and the world. you have france and its republic , and in some sense it's revolutionary tradition of liberty, equality, and fraternity, and then you have tsarist russia, which is the most backward, corrupt monarchies in europe. and also, of course, but chilly anti-semitic. a large reason why so many jews come over here from russia and russian poland, ukraine, lithuania and so on, parts of the czarist russian empire is because of those anti-semitic policies, because of the bronze and because of the oppressive draft, military draft in czarist russia. so running the pro

you talked about the impressment of american sailors from american ships. what was happening in britain at the time of the population? it was emigrating to the united states? what was popular about the united states. they were always concerned about overpopulation. this is an island nation and it's got a pretty bounded land christmas they were worried of having too many people and that's part of what starts the colonial project in the first place. in the era of 1812 there's a very famous population theorist by the name of thomas malfis and they thought overpopulation was facing england and the war in general and that overpopulation was the cause of human suffering and the cause of starvation and the cause of want. he not only thought britain needed to be careful about overpopulation, but thomas thought the united states' growing population which was such a source of pride was a huge problem because he understood in very direct terms that the growing european-descended population of the united states was encroaching on the land claims of indians and he criti

it's just under 30 minutes. >> american history tv is at the annual meeting of the organization of american historians in milwaukee. and we are joined by professor allante lore from the university of california-davis and nicole eustace who teaches history at the new york university. thank you for being with us. you're here at the conference, the annual meeting, to talk about the war of 1812 and here with us to talk about the war of 1812. let's start, professor eustace, with a look at the country in 1812. what was the population size? >> the u.s. in 1812 was as they would have said at the time a young and rapidly expanding population. the population in 1812 was about 7.2 million people, and it had nearly doubled in the 20 years since the first census in 1790. a little bit less than doubled. so it's a rapidly growing population, and it's a population that is really focused on that as a source of national strength and personal pride. people are focused on having children, raising families, and needing land to farm to support those families. so that was kind of the overall situation in terms of

we ought to be voting as americans. americans committed to justice and fair process. i regret that i do not believe this committee has followed that. i believe that the political motivations mind this resolution are clear and pose a clear and present danger to this nation. may i have 30 additional seconds? mr. mcgovern: i yield the gentleman 30 seconds. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. when we vote on this referral, vote as americans, not as a partisan issue. you may have the attorney general in the future. it's not the question of the party of the attorney general. it is the question of whether or not this congress is going to provide for equal treatment of all attorneys general. and all cabinet officers. let us vote for this motion to refer and give the committee the opportunity it should take. let us vote down this motion. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. mr. hoyer: let us vote down the motions for contempt. mr. speaker, i now yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california

festival, and the asian american museum. there is a common theme this year around education, honoring students, teachers, and educators. this coming monday, we have partnered with the school district. our employees will be visiting title one schools drop the sunset and richmond neighborhoods donating over 5000 books from local as and authors. each student will receive books. we have a special surprise. one of the authors will join us in doing reading from her newest book. target interesting part of the committee and it is ingrained in our culture. i would be remiss not to mention that we do look forward to seeing all of the at the grand opening of city target this october. thank you very much. here is to ap heritage month. >> thank you to target. this year, we also have two major sponsors that have stepped up to the plate and increased their sponsorship. in times like this, it is very hard. unlike true knowledge them for being with us today. -- i would like to acknowledge them for being with us today. they have joined us in

or able to say we have our first appointed chinese-american mayor, our first ever chinese- american president of the board of supervisors, and our first ever pilipino president board of education. in our second year, we are really here. we need to reflect upon what leadership means for the city as asian-americans take up those positions. the education team this year. the theme this year is education. at the school district, asian american students are almost 50% of our education system. we have a lot of asian americans coming up through the pipeline waiting to take new positions of leadership. i am really excited that 40 years after we fought for ethnic studies, in 2009, sfusd joined in and we now have ethnic studies in public schools. students need to know how integrated the history is in building the city. there's a lot to celebrate and reflect upon. it causes us to think about the future of the community. we are such an integrated and central part of the city. it is an honor to be here today. i will bring up supervisor carmen chiu. [applause] >> thank you. i am pleased to be here with my c

and asian american.thers that are here, when i am telling my 12-year-old daughter about asian heritage, it is about our history, pride, accomplishments, and the struggles. they are firm in the pacific highlanders. in detroit michigan, 92, how i became involved with social movements in the chinese community with the chinese progressive association celebrating the fortieth anniversary this year. it made me want to become more involved in the community, and i am so appreciated that this is a ceremony that brings together the diverse organizations and individuals. and the pride i feel not only of accomplishments, but the organizations out there everyday make this a better place for san francisco. thank you for your work and i am proud to be here with you. >> hello, friends and family. he was talking about the pan asian family. he spoke about not being a san franciscan, but serving san francisco. i was born and raised here. and extremely proud of that i went to school with some of your children or grandchildr

interested in american history? watch american history television on c-span 3 every weekend. forty-eight hours of people and events that document people and events. visit c-span.org for more information. next, from book tv's recent visit to wichita, kansas, we hear from robert weems. his book, "business in black and white", takes a look at what initiatives were promoted by american presence to promote african-american business development. >> part of that was motivated by the war on poverty. part of it was the means to help lemonade african-american poverty. another impulse was the urban rebellions of the mid- late 1960s. the likelihood of people destroying property in those neighborhoods would decrease. all that being said, in doing some preliminary reading, i came across a fleeting reference of a 1949 book on black business to a division of negro affairs. the vision, in fact, was in the coolidge administration. this grew out of the commerce department when uber -- herbert hoover. there was a entrepreneur who had a meeting with huger. they had a meeting together. motivation

>> he's misleading the american people.lying to the american people, because that's not what it does. he knows that the congressional budget office says that this saves over $1 trillion in reducing health care costs over the coming years. it's the beginning of the reduction of health care costs.ç we see small businesses expanding their businesses, providing health care to their employees because they get some assistance through the job credits, and remember this, something else goes along with this health care coverage that can never be taken away, economic security. you know how many millions of americans in this recession lost their health care because they lost their job, not because they weren't good workers, it's because of the scandals on wall street they lost their jobs, then they lost their health care, and then they ended up in bankruptcy court. that doesn't happen to people in the future, and for people who want to start a business but worry about leaving the company they are with because their wife and spouse --

we needed consumer protections that made american products safe and american markets sound. in the last century, this consens consensus, this shared vision led to the strongest economic growth and the largest middle class that the world has ever known. it led to a shared prosperity. it is this vision that has guided all of my economic policies during my first term as president, whether in the design of a health care law that relies on private insurance or an approach to wall street reform that encourages financial innovation but guards against reckless risk taking. it's this vision that democrats and republicans used to share that mr. romney and the current republican congress have rejected in favor 0 a no holds barred government is the enemy, market is everything, approach. and it is this shared vision that i intend to carry forward in this century as president because it is a vision that has worked for the american middle class and everybody striving to get into the middle class. let's me be more specific. think about it. in an age where we know good jobs depend on high sk

what does it mean to be an american. how does one become an american in this complicated, convergence of peoples from all over the world that made this nation, calmed it into being. >> back to your writing about abraham lincoln a little more. expand, if you will, some of the things that you see that influenced him as a political leader and ultimately as a president? >> sure. well, there's a really interesting story about lincoln. i find it fascinating. and in the early 1850s, he wrote a speech and it's generally calmed the speech on discoveries and inventions, and almost no one knows this but lincoln is the only president to have registered a patent. this is a patent for inflatable cells that would lift a ski boat over schohoals in a river and t is a guy who knows how to move boats in rivers and the physical labor that requires, but hits speech and recoveriesened inventions is fascinating in a nubble of ways. basically an account of technological innovations over time that begins with genesis and goes forward into the pr

american panel.panel. bristo [ male announcer ] knowing your customers is important to any successful business. which is why at wells fargo, we work with you to get to know the unique aspects of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you that have helped millions of business owners save time, reduce expenses, and maxize cash flow. as the number o small business lender f nine years running... we're with you when you need us. so you can be there for your customers. wells fargo. together we'll go far. [ crunches ] mmm. [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ crunches ] [ explosion ] [ male announcer ] pringles... bursting with more flavor. buy 4 cans of pringles, and get your speaker... ♪ [ cheering ] ... to turn up the flavor! [ crunch! ] and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care, with vesicare. once-daily

they could identify themselves in hyphenated terms as irish-american, polish-american and italian-american. and what i want to do today is get at the roots of that identity, the roots of the development of that conception of what the united states is. we're to do it by going through three different sections, three different sets of developments. the first is going to be the world of party politics like the image we just looked at from the period from about 1840 to the end of the 19th century. it's a period when there is very stiff competition between the two major parties for votes and that includes votes for immigrants. it's a period when efforts to naturalize and bring immigrants into american life are particularly intense, and it's a period when identities, particularly we'll look at the case of irish-american, identities take shape in a particular way. then we'll look at a little bit about how immigrant politics or ethnic politics changes as you get into the early 20th century. during that era you see a slower pace of naturalization. you get fewer and fewer immigrants who are coming in

you couldn't be polish and american, italian and american, half it might be. you could only be 100% american. there's this very intense pressure that is put on immigrants, not just after the u.s. enters the war, but even in 1914, '15, '16, as the idea of the participation in the war grows. >> i was just reminded that the native americans were considered to be american -- >> that's right, yeah. >> -- would be able to join troops? >> yeah. it was a very strict definition, and the same thing happens with immigrants. again, to counter this argument, they organize italian brigades. they organize at home relief organizations. they have liberty loan drives where they're raising money to fight the war, to support the war. italian leaders organizing an italian liberty loan drive where they can deliver one big check from the italian community that is a financial demonstration of their commitment as americans. and other ethnic groups do that, as well. this is this battle, this tug-of-war over can you be italian and american or are all hyphens gone? can you not have all t

we needed americans who are healthy and can buy health insurance. the more of us who have health insurance, the cheaper it is for all americans. thank you so much. >> thank you, everybody. this has been a progressive caucus. >> more years! >> four more years! >> everyone, let's take your leader! >> and to recap, we have been looking at and listening to reaction to the u.s. supreme court's decision today on the affordable care act. the supreme court upheld most of president obama's health care overhaul. the vote was 5-4 with chief justice john g. roberts joining for more liberal members. he wrote the affordable care acts requirement. that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax. because the constitution perms such a tax, it is not our roll to permit it or pass upon the wisdom. that chief justice john roberts and the decision handed town today. the court did limit a major piece of the that expanded medicaid. to tell us what it means, we spoke earlier today with neal. he ar

americans, of course, responded in very typically american ways to that entre into something many people in the rest of the world had already experienced. we began with a kind of nationalist fervor that was justified as reasonable patriotism. i like to point out that we clearly must have been having post traumatic stress disorder because for about a year after september 11th there were african-american men walking around the city of new york with nypd hats on. that can only be explained as a ptsd response. i know, we'll just let you sit with that for a minute. but the other thing that happens in that moment, i don't want to miss this, is that a new version of what america typically needs emerged, and that is a racial enemy. americans in part identify who we are and who deserves what through our notions of whiteness and of the racial enemies that are the non-whites, and in this moment the new racial enemy became not so much reagan's welfare queen, who was imaginary, but instead this imagined other that is somehow muslim or arab or sheik or something else. we became willing to stomach a ki

and indefinitely detained with no access to counsel which is very un-american that's not the american way it's not how we do things here and i want to protect our constitution so hopefully we win the case and that won't happen. speaking of the un-american is the word you just use that critics say that this law is also unconstitutional what rights do you say it puts in jeopardy. farce and fifth amendment definitely our freedom of expression and speech and due process in my i get i'm not attorney but to me that's a statute roll back a hundred years supreme and a car today we had due process for quite a long time to put forth a statute that says we can accuse you provide no evidence and then indefinitely detain you with no access to counsel i just it's on top removal i can't i can't imagine with the congress an executive or thinking that i want to bring attention now to something that happened just yesterday this happened in colorado police reportedly responded to a bank robbery by arresting dozens of people and reports suggest that the cops trapped as many as forty cars and handcuffed a

i'm asking the people of american to join me.you don't want the course president obama has put us on, a course that the founders envisioned, join me, help us defeat obama care that makes government too big, too intrusive and killing jobs across this great country. thank you so much. >>> former governor mitt romney, republican nominee for the the presidency speaking on capitol hill. a little bit earlier this morning after the supreme court's ruling. let's have a quick look at some of the provisions of the president's health care law and what happened to them today at the supreme court. most importantly the supreme court upheld what is called the individual mandate. that's the part of the law that says virtually all americans must pay a penalty on their income taxes if they don't buy health insurance. also standing today, the provision that insurance companies must cover pre-existing conditions. that was validated. also validated today, no lifetime limits on coverages. children may stay on their parents' insurance until the age of

i think the americans who were the most savy, americans that really moved about and there were many of them, they could see to what extent that support was growing, yes, among a large part of the population and they were alarmed by it and for the most part. and they were again, getting back the to one of the best journalists in that time. in 1932, in i think it was right before the end of the year, so it was only a couple of months before hitler takes power. you asked about tisen, he was at a lunch for a group of bankers in berlin and he realized during the lunch that they were all jewish. and during lunch, he also realized, and this scene is in hitlerland, that several of these bankers had given money to the nazi party. and he asked them why would you do that? and one of the bankers said, well tisen and others tell us go ahead, give them a little money, all of it is rhetoric to motivate the base, and it will go away and buy into it a little bit and things will be okay. and mauer's view was he was telling them get out of germany and get out fast. so some people understood it. in terms

you are talking thousands of dollars for american families.is a serious, serious blow i think to people who are looking for a better economy. but even more than that, americans who want to deal with the most personal decision ever healthcare now the future holds if obamacare holds a healthcare future of government intrusion, washington-based care, not patient-centered care the way most americans want. >> it's amazing how strong the dissent was today. the tax argument makes no sense. there's a mountain of evidence against the tax argument. more on the feeble tax argument. the court cannot rewrite obamacare to make the tax argument work. what do you make ever the chief justice here? and i don't like to go after the court, they all have their reasons, but certainly the big surprise of the day was the chief justice, john roberts, siding with the liberal members of the court. but he didn't use their language because their argument was, and the president went out there and said, quote, it's absolutely not a tax. what do you make of him actually, you

it's part of an american tradition. the tradition of american philanthropy is still strong. remember that a century ago in that progressive era, a masters of great fortune like andrew carnegie and rockefeller gave enormous sums to charity and changed america life through building our system of libraries. rockefeller created our medical research institutions and the meadow owe rigorous medical schools we have today and the teaching hospitals. that was the creation of john d. rockefeller. a contribution to american life that was above that of many government policies and government programs. so the federal government does not have the power -- does not have a monopoly in many areas. we've still got philanthropy. bill gates is trying to be a smart philanthropist. he's done some dumb things and taken metrics and trying to do better. so we do have a vital philanthropic thing. two important respects, i think we still remain an exceptional nation in the way that tocqueville was the first to recognize. one is that we're still by and large a religious people and a people who are resp

future as it has been repeatedly in the american past. and the past of other nations as well. so there are many, many current policy questions which if we approach them historically we'll understand them differently and i would say better. >> when people ask you why should i study history, why should i major in history, what's the answer you give them? why study history? >> because i don't think that you can really understand the present unless you understand the past. and that ranges from the personal level. no one would say my personal -- i don't know what my story was, i don't know my family's history. and if that applies to the individual i think it applies to the society in which one lives. plus it's really interesting. there are great skills one learns in terms of reading, writing, analysis, and so forth that help one in the world. not only as a citizen but also in getting employment. >> and i'd just quickly say i think it's endlessly fascinating and the world becomes a much, much more interesting place when you look at it historica

jobs and american workers. heat. down the official ante up location. called touch from the. one show on t.v. lights on the go. video on demand all keys money old girls. and streets in the palm of your. question on the dot com. to emulate. the air. but. it. was. wealthy british science i'm. not on the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds of reports . and the best of the rest of the news president obama is drinking the tallis friedman one world so-called free trade kool-aid currently the president is working on a new trans-pacific partnership trade pact to open up trading markets with eight pacific nations but today the critical fifty two page document outlining new provisions in the trade deal was leaked and uncovered by public citizen revealing the president stands behind giving foreign transnational corporations unprecedented power to abuse american workers to pollute our environmen

we, the people, had come to include all americans. this program is one of a series featuring james madison's montpellier. you can view all american history tv programs online at cspan.org/history. spend the weekend in wichita, kansas, where book tv and american history tv. saturday at noon eastern. literary life with book tv on cspan 2. american presidents and black entrepreneurs from business in black and white, and, the founding of beach craft in the barn stormer and the lady. brow watermark west's rare books. and sunday, at 5:00 p.m. on american history tv, experience, the old cowtown museum. early days of flight at kansas aviation museum and two participants from the chance civil rights movement, sat down for service at the drugstore. once a month, exploring the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from wichita, kansas, on cspan 2 and 3. >>> american artifacts visits museums. join us for a visit to milwaukee. johan pabst was born in germany. seeking a better life his family moved to the united states in

we have the first asian-american actress in hollywood. the first asian-american nba player. the first members of congress. these interns are the future of our community. they are the reason why we are here today. we're also here to celebrate and recognize one of the greatest members of our community. this year it is the first year we are giving the lifetime achievement award. the lifetime achievement award this year is going to secretary norman manetta. he is a trailblazer. a man who paved the way for many of us. he was the first asian-american mayor of a major city. he was elected to congress 10 times. he was the first person to serve two presidents in a cabinet. first as secretary of commerce to president clinton, secretary of transportation to president bush. it was on 9/11 that secretary mineta showed us what he was made of. he made the call to ground all of the planes. it was secretary mineta who instituted the policy is -- policies at tsa. it was secretary mineta who prevented the profiling of arab- americans and muslim americans in our country. tonight, we honor secre

and a new chapter in asian pacific american history when he was elected as the city's first asian-americanentlemen -- all right, join me in welcoming mayor edwin m. lee. [applause] you have your own crowded back there. the m. in your middle name stand s for ma. >> thank you all for coming. i'm glad to be here on the eighth time we've celebrated this, and want to give a thank- you for helping us put this on. thank you! and of course, i join here as part of an official city family. thank you for being here. he is joined by supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and eric mar. our elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murase. we're also thankful for the chief of police, thank you. i would like to also acknowledges someone that has been a very special friend of mine, someone that has given me a lot of support and advice over the years. and also someone who has not missed one of these asian pacific heritage month associations, mayor willie brown. >> this evening, we are celebrating our communities from all over the world. i am so lucky to

americans were promised it would create jobs. the cbo predicts it will lead to nearly a million fewer jobs. americans were promised they could keep their health plans if they liked it, yet millions have learned they can't. and the president of the united states himself promised up and down that this bill was not a tax. this is one of the democrats top selling points because they knew it would never have passed if they said it was a tax. the supreme court has spoken. this law is a tax. the bill was sold to the american people on a deception. but it's not just that the promises about this law weren't kept. it's that it made the problems it was meant to solve even worse. the supposed cure has proven to be worse than the disease. so the pundits will talk a lot today about what they think today's ruling means and what it doesn't mean, but i can assure you this. republicans won't let up whatsoever in our determination to repeal this terrible law and replace it with the kind of reforms that will truly address the problems it was meant t

so, i do not envision any scenario where the american people would support a military american boots on the ground in syria. but i do envision a situation where we could provide, along with our allies, air support for the preservation of a safe zone where the syrians could organize, could have line of communication, command and control, and all the things that are necessary to achieve a military victory on the ground. >> sorry, one last question, and if you would apologize to those in the audience, i'm going to ask it. i want to dig a little bit deeper into your very good answers about what we should do in syria to the day after, the day after military intervention, albeit not just the united states but a coalition, assad has left. you may face a syria where our word revenge is stronger than the "r" word reconciliation. and many people don't believe that the united states has a very good record on nation building on the day after. how do you see that scenario play out? >> i think it's going to be very dicey. i think it's going to be very difficult. i think the longer this conflict go

buy american. enhance the buy american provision.away with provisions that have created a 12-lane freeway for foreign products finding their way into america despite laws. there are millions of homes in america that are inefficient, leak energy an cost the homeowner or renter vast amounts of money. he said we could put people to work, putting in new windows, caulking, putting installation in the attics. we could put people to work and in the process reduce our consumption of energy and create jobs. he said there ought to be a permanent research and development tax credit so that our industries would stay ahead of the competition around the world, so that they would know, year after year after year, that the research and development tax credit would be there and the more that they invested in research, the more that they took that research and developed products, the more jobs would be created and they didn't have to worry that, well, maybe it won't be there next year, so this five-year research program, we won't do it. no, we want ce

and asian american.thers that are here, when i am teg

this is a very good thing for the american people. what you'reg about here is washingto happening out ther children, families with a child with a pre-existing medical condition, which means for a nated against in terms of insurance -- not yre. same thing, same thing when the bill is fully implemented. that's what's really important to people. technical terms, that's for us here. what means something to the american people is what it the does to them. yes? >> now, the republicans have said that this decision raises the stakes for the election. it brings an opportunity for them. do you think that there are dangers for the demts the president if the health care debate is reopened in this election? >> i think we all have to take a step back and say, why are we here? we here to do a job for the american people. we are here to act upon our beliefs. and a belief that we have many of us shared is that health care is a right, not a privilege in our country. we believe that a health care bill needed to be passed so that families would not be po