like professor annette gordon reed, have turned the debate into an obsessive agenda on the color of sally's skin and slave status. gordon reed's assessment, it must be taken on face value because white historians had previously ignored it are not facts, but racial canards and misinterpretations of the evidence itself. moreover, that is an intellectually dishonest argument. to paraphrase one historian, quote, i'm afraid that professor gordon reed, despite her admiral under an admirable qualities, is the worst thing to happen to thomas jefferson since james callender. this latest have taken diversity and created a hostile environment in the academic world in which scholars feel pressured to accept the hemmings myth as historical truth. ladies and gentlemen of this jury, justice is supposed to be colorblind, and neither race nor gender nor bias have any place in a court of law. nor in the court of public opinion. the only question before this jury is what is the most credible and reasonable and believable evidence, not jefferson's view on race or slavery, but whether it is proved beyond and to

now, annette credits dr. sanchez for saving her husband, ed's life and for acting as a catalyst that keeps him thriving even in his golden years. she said, we've seen an abundance of doctors from the cancer doctors to the dermatologist, gastro enterologist, the blood doctor, the heart specialist. ed has gone through it all. and they've all been coordinated by his primary care doctor. i've been to other doctors outside of well med and you don't get the feeling that they are communicating like this. well, many texas seniors currentlien joy these extra benefits under medicare advantage like another benefit -- like the silver sneakers program, the nation's leading exercise program for older americans. this past year one of the silver sneakers members personally visited my toffs deliver testimonials from other silver sneakers members. one said "at my age, i need a program to strengthen me all over but primarily to help me keep my balance and coordination. i need these skills to keep me from falling and breaking my

annette gordon reid. excellent writer. >> host: she won the booker prize >> caller: pulitzer and national book award. and that's just so well-written and and so well documented and it just brings a whole new point of view to the complexity of race relations and in our country. and then just devouring it. it's wonderful. >> host: thanks for the call. carl is next in dallas. what was your favorite nonfiction book of 2009? >> caller: one of your callers has already mentioned one that i could not agree more that everyone needs to read. it takes a village. it is just a phenom all insider account. when i really enjoyed that you featured in april is called re-carving rushmore by ivan eland. >> host: what is it about? >> caller: any book is objective but it is an evaluation of all of our american presidents based on principles of peace, prosperity, and liberty. and it's a different perspective on our presidents. we tend to rank our presidents the highest two of been involved in wars or great conflicts or typicall

. >> caller: -- i couldn't afford a hardback, the hemingses at monticello by annette gordon-reed. excellent writer. >> host: she won the booker prize or the pulitzer -- >> caller: pulitzer and national book award. it is so well-written and documented and brings a whole new point of view to the complexity of race relations in our country, and i'm just devouring it. it is wonderful. >> host: thanks for the call. carless next up in dallas. what was your favorite nonfiction book of 2,009? >> caller: when of the callers mentioned 1i cannot agree more everyone needs to read, neil me, it takes a pillage. it's an inside account of wall street and what's going on. but what i really enjoy that he featured in april is called free carving flourished more come negative from the independent institute. >> host: what is it about? >> caller: it is objective, any book is objective. its evaluation of american presidents based on principles of peace, prosperity and liberty and it is just a different perspective on the president. we tend to drink our presidents the hobbyist who have been involved in t

served -- john is survived by his wife, donna sheer, his son, david sheer of washington, his daughter, annette of california, and two grandchildren. madam speaker, even as john sheer was a tender man with impeccable manners, he was a bold and fearless activist for justice in health care. he advocated among a single payer system among his peer group. he was a prince of a man who is lived and respected by many and will be genuinely missed. john, i thank you for your friendship, your counsel and for making my family feel like they were part of yours. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from kansas, mr. moran, is recognized for five minutes. mr. moran: madam speaker, thank you. over the past several years, i've worked hard to remind my colleagues in congress of a real threat of a nuclear iran. the obama administration has been engaged in discussions with iran during the last several months. as many of us expected, the president's open hand to tehran was met with a clenched fist. despite international efforts to negotiate with iran, iranian leaders conti

is annette? to have have seniors' benefit cutbacks minnesota 284. missouri 200. 104,000 a bad. state of new york 853,000. ohio 499,000. pennsylvania and baby are maybe not because they may have got the deal 865,000. tennessee 2,223,000 according to members. washington state 225,000. wisconsin to the 43,000. i will ask unanimous consent for the enrollment of medicare advantage as of august 2009 into the record. >> the point* of all of this? the point* of this is that the senator from florida, member of the finance committee felt so strongly that advantage was a risky decided to carve out and get a majority on a party-line vote from the finance committee to carve out a special status for a group of seniors under medicare advantage in his state. this amendment simply says that everyone the senator from oklahoma -- oklahoma just made reference to the has that same protection for of that is all this amendment is about too. >> if you will yield for a question, if this amendment does not pass which protects all medicare advantage beneficiaries come all 11,532,000 in my state, and as a

the estimated $42 billion in losses is annette figure that accounts for some profits to offset the losses and treasury officials about chrysler and others and the american international group. but the latest bail out accounting could have political and legislative ramification. irvine, kentucky now. harvey. independent caller. your thoughts this morning? caller: yeah. several years before the crash actually occurred, i did several spreadsheets and that sort of thing anticipating the economic down attor turn because of the . consumer spending goes down. i read a lot of things for the house senate and financial services et cetera. exan a profit margins million, if you loan someone $100 at ten percent but then the mortgage value goes down and you want to get rid of that. why not sell it to par to the government that's willing to pay except like three or 4%? so they can pay you full value back. recapitalize use so you can lope the money out and get the economy spurred. it's not a bad thing and we just have to realize now that the government is holding a whole lot of valuable mortgages. it's j

it is the custom of the subcommittee to swear in all witnesses appear before sophie doma annette would like to ask you to stand. do you all swear that the testimony you will give before this subcommittee will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you. let the record reflect the witnesses have all entered in the affirmative. we will be using it timing system today. we would ask that your oral testimony be more-- no more than five minutes and we will put your entire testimony as part of the record, and once again i want to thank all of your for your service to our country. none of you are in these jobs because you are making the big bucks in your office the working in the jobs you are working because you care about your country and want to contribute so let's start with that and i will begin with mr. campbell. >> thank you chairman mccaskill, senator bennett. i appreciate the opportunity to explain from a budget perspective the actions to improve the oversight of reconstruction projects in afghanistan. my remarks in particular will focus on the com

let me just close, madam president, by sharing a story from annette from lake or on, michigan. she says, after a successful 21-year journalism career, i was laid off in may when my newspaper closed. i'll turn 60 in october and am a 12-year survivor of breast cancer. my husband, who is 62, is on my health insurance. thankfully the federal government is helping us pay for our cobra. which would be more than $800 a month otherwise. we're not pleading poverty, but it's easy to see the dilemma of many americans in our shoes. risk going without health insurance, you risk bankruptcy if somebody getds sick. pay the current price, and you watch your life savings which were supposed to support new your old age dwindle down. she says, "don't listen to those screaming to maintain the status quo t doesn't work for too many americans." we have story after story after story where people are facing an early retirement, not by choice, dipping into retirement savings to try to keep their health care going. young people, old people who need us to act now, madam president, and i'm you urging colle