then, biden took on a thankless job of implementing it. he has gotten one $50 billion out the door quickly and with no waste. cabinet members tell me that his leadership is making this massive programmer. his task force on middle-class working families is making sure that average families are not forgotten when policy is made. so, what you think about vice- president joe biden's performance so far? you can send us tweets at cspanwj. cedar falls, go ahead. caller: yes, the constitution says the job is to be president when the president cannot be. so far, president obama has been able to be president every minute of his time. biden has been healthy, so he has done his job perfectly so far. i did have a comment about the previous thing. one of the comments that john lott kept saying is that there is competition right now and there really is not. most of the health care that is not government like medicare or medicaid or veterans' is through employers. the employers contract competitively with different companies to helfor health insue as long

the candidate himself, obama wanted biden from the get go. the press unfolded. he was frustrated with the shortness of the short list. and while biden was his pick, i think he wanted something more. and look at them today. biden generally is they think inside the white house that his heart is in the right place but his mouth often isn't. and that indiscipline which has come out post election has been a problem, has been a source of tension. when you have a very, very disciplined president. though during the campaign they thought he did a fabulous job of completing what he was setting out to do, which was reaching older white working folks in the rust belt states. host: good morning. caller: good morning. afe couple of questions for mr. wolf and then i will make a comment. i would like to ask him where he comes from. it appears he has an english accent. how long has he been in the country? where was he educated at? and is he a citizen? host: your question? caller: mr. obama comes out of the most corrupt political system in the united states, which is chicago, coo

senate committee on the judiciary for then senator joe biden. no francisco, civil and criminal involved the federal and state government including enforcement actions brought by government lawsuits and gets government in congressional investigations can he has recognized authority on constitutional and national security laws. in addition, mr. francisco advises individuals and companies subject to congressional investigations such as international coal group in connection with the 2006 sago mine accident. perhaps more important with respective of this panel he served as the associate counsel for president bush in 2001 until 2003, and in the deputy assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel from 2003 until 2005. spencer overton is the principal deputy assistant attorney general for the office of legal policy and the department of justice. he is really only from a position of a professor of law at george washington university law school where he specializes in the log democracy. mr. overton was a commissioner on the carter baker comm

he is executive she of staff to vice president joe biden. before joining vice-president gore's staff, ron was chief of staff to janet reno and assist -- associate counsel in charge of judicial selection. he has been a veteran of five presidential campaigns. he directed the fall debate preparations for president obama as well as john kerry in 2004. in 2000 and served as general counsel on the vice president recount committee in florida, a role made slightly more famous by kevin spacey. on capitol hill he stirred that reduce service that staff director for the senate democratic committee. enforcement actions brought by government lawsuits against governments and in congressional investigations. mr. francisco advises clients before the committee on foreign investment in the united states and is a recognized authority on constitutional and national security laws. in addition, mr. francisco advises individuals and companies subject to congressional investigation such as the international coal group in connection with the 2006 sago mine action. mo

biden, vice-president biden, handed information that nine scientists from around the world, the study of debris from the world trade center buildings of the attack on 9/11 and found that there was now-thermite in those buildings -- host: let us stick to the economic questions for jared bernstein. anything you want to respond to? guest: well, i guess there is one point and there i could pull out, which is, the president is traveling today. we started our discussion about this -- to do precisely about what he wanted to do, to talk to the american people. i would argue that the message we have gotten, loud and clear during the election, is that health care reform is extremely important to the public and the idea that we would not get it done, kicked down the road and not make the hard choices now, including $900 billion of savings over 10 years that we would not take the steps in order to reform health care and then bend the cost curve down the road to get the sustainable cost and mine, that is not acceptable to this president and would argue to the public. the more he goes out to talk t

the candidate himself, obama wanted biden from the get go. the process unfolded and came out the end but as i explained in the book he was frustrated with the short list and while biden was his pick i think he wanted something more. and look at them today. biden, you know, generally they think inside the white house he has his heart in the right place but is now often is it and that, in this plan, which has come out post election has been a problem, has been a source of tension. when you have a disciplined president also during the campaign they thought he did a fabulous job completing what he was setting out to do which was of reaching older white working folks in the states and he did a fabulous job. >> host: herber is on the phone on the republican line. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i have a couple of questions for mr. wolffe and then make a comment. i'd like to ask where does mr. wolffe come from. he appears to have an english accent, how long has he been in the country, where was he educated and how long has he been a united st

there are no undisclosed locations in vice-president biden's office.he has all his meetings in public. all the meetings are on the record. minstar all this close and posted on the white house blog. we make an effort to have a standard of transparency in the office that hopefully sets the right agenda and tone. the other is accountability. we are working very hard to make sure the vice-president and president's staff will pull together as part of an integrated whole and server, agenda. -- serve a common agenda. while we talk about relations with congress, and the vice president gives a lot of time on spending -- spends a lot of time and giving the history. it is an exciting time to be in washington and in the executive branch, but is also an exciting time on capitol hill. we should not lose sight of that, either. this president has a aggressive domestic agenda. he has to deal with many topics at the same time. he is addressing those issues by working closely and energetically with congress. is that relationship and the progress we are seeing on capitol

but this year president obama, vice president clinton and -- or vice president biden, excuse me, and secretary of state clinton have gone silent on the bill. when asked about it recently the vice president's communications director said, quote, no comment on this from here. the legislation goes exactly in the wrong direction. so much so that even president obama, vice president biden and secretary of state clinton are running away from it. so should we. he yield back the balance of my time. >> i thank the gentleman. i now recognize the distinguished chairman of the full committee for an opening statement. >> ranking member emeritus -- i mean, chairman emeritus. the president is running away from a lot of things so this is just one more of them. that doesn't mean that the consideration is not extremely important. we've been here before, ladies and gentlemen. i'm for state secrets. there are some secrets that we've got to keep away from citizens and congress people and everybody else, bloggers, but, wait a minute, which ones? well, that's what we're here to try to sort out. we didn't s

so much so that even president obama, vice president biden and secretary of state clinton are running away from it. so should we and i yield back the balance of my time. >> i thank the gentleman and i now recognize the distinguished chairman of the full committee for an opening statement. >> thank you chairman, thank you ranking member in marriages, i mean chairman emeritus. the president is running away from a lot of things, so this is just one more of them. that doesn't mean that the consideration is not extremely important. we have been here before ladies and gentlemen. i am for state secrets. there are some secrets that we have got to keep away from citizens and congress people, and everybody else, bloggers. but, wait a minute, which once? well, that is what we are here to try to sort out. we didn't say abolish state secrets. and, of the state secrets have been used so much to keep things secret that should not have been kept secret. that is the problem. and by the way, let's take a look at the great state bens of the president on this subject. he said we have got to reign in stat

they get that, joe biden is here and joe i want to talk to you. you had a terrific relationship but he fell on hard times and you talk about him as the most important guiding role. >> mr. president, i think this is great what you are doing, this is a big deal. the president said that fathers make mistakes and i made my share. my father said there is a mistake that a father shouldn't make, to communicate to their child that there is total unconditional love. and it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor or smart or handsome or not. it doesn't matter. kids need love. and as a single parent, mr. president, i did that having two sons as evan knows and my mom has an expression, and she said, i can hear her when i was a kid, saying it to her peers. she said, be careful how you treat your children, you may need them some day. and i want to tell you, the president knows my sons and daughter, it doesn't change, the happiest thing in the world is being a father. this day my 40-year-old son is attorney in state of delaware and my 29-year-old son and my daugh

vice president biden says some people are getting scammed by the stimulus. oh, really?yer that's footing the bill for all this nonsense. ladies and gentlemen, this is the most expensive and the most dangerous credit card in the history of the world. it's a congressional voting card. and it's what democrats are using to bury the middle class and our children under a mountain of debt. and we need to take this card away from them. we need to elect a new republican majority to curb spending and to cut taxes. implement an all of the above energy plan. make high quality health care affordable, portable and simple. end bailouts once and for all. and start forcing the washington to respect the constitution again and over the next 17 months, i'm going to need your help to make nancy, make sure nancy pelosi doesn't spend one more day in the speaker's chair. your presence here tonight is fueling our fight for a new principled republican majority. and i can't thank you enough or tell you how proud i am to be on then journalp@ap@a@ ♪ \ >> thank you all for being here tonight. thank

these were the sorts of cases that senator biden was critical of prior to joining the executive branch. it is speculation. i have not asked anyone in the is a hit french what their thinking on this is the reasonable conclusion can be drawn by the facts. >> since you have been so expert with the president, can you explain the attorney-general's failure to provide a witness? >> note. >> does anyone else want to weigh in on this? >> i just want to say that i think i appreciate the fact that the attorney general is looking at the executive branch as refining their internal procedures on their assertion of the state privilege doctrine but to me, that really raises the profile and intensity of congress to act. to me, they are working on their branch of government but i am delighted congress is considering it at the same time, a more comprehensive reform. >> mr. frank, 2 people raise the question of and constitutionality more than anybody i can think of in this committee. what do you think about the unconstitutional charge on this measure, mr. wizner? >> i share the views expressed by judge w

on march 3rd, president obama and vice president biden joined secretary la hood at d.o.t. to announce that 26.6 billion was available to states for highway investment. and within hours of the president's announcement, we began to approve projects. as of yesterday, fhwa division offices have authorized more than 5,000 projects in all 50 states, d.c. and the territories for a total of $15.7 billion which represents 59% of total funds available. i'm proud to say this wouldn't have happened without the strong commitment of fhwa employees. they've worked hard for many months, even before the act was passed to ensure that we'd be ready to implement legislation swiftly and efficiently. in passing the recovery act, congress emphasized the need to rapidly infuse these funds requiring that 50% of the funds apportioned to a state must be obligated under a project agreement by june 29th. i'm pleased to say all states have met the deadline. we're hearing good news from states that projects are running ahead of schedule and under budget. by stretching recovery dollars states are able to

a couple of months -- a couple weeks ago vice president biden had a meeting with six governors.and it was a very interesting meeting. the governors were all pushing for their own projects, 100-mile projects. the midwest governors said they had a plan to link the midwestern cities at 100 to 110 miles an hour. senator mccain said there is a plan to link washington with 100 to 110-mile-an-hour train. governor patrick said, slow down. we can't make this effort building 100-mile-an-hour train systems. or else we are truly consigning ourselves to be a second-class nation when it comes to transporting our citizens. we have to look at the maglas. we have to look at the bullet trains. we have to look at improving the aseller. we can go from new york to washington in an hour and 30 minutes. we can go from new york to philadelphia in 33 minutes. we can consign the shuttle to the rusty. and by doing that we can improve east-west traffic all over the eastern seaboard. we shouldn't be flying people 500 miles or less. we should put them on high-speed trains. now reabthern asked a very importan

a couple months, a couple weeks ago, vice-president joe biden had a meeting with 6 governors and it was an interesting meeting. the governors were pushing for their own projects, the midwest governors said they had a plan to meet link the midwestern cities, 110 miles an hour. gov. cheney said there is a plan to link richmond and washington with 110 mile an hour trains. gov. nixon of missouri spoke up and governor patrick of massachusetts and myself said slowdown, we can't make this effort building 100 miles an hour train systems, or else we are truly consigning ourselves to be a second-class nation when it comes to transporting our citizens. we have to look at the maglevs and latrines, if we did the work we needed on amtrak we could go from new york to washington in an hour and 30 minutes, new york to philadelphia in 33 minutes, we could consign the shuttle to the rest heat and by doing that we could improve east/west air traffic along the eastern seaboard. we shouldn't fly people 500 miles or less, we should be putting them on high speed trains. ranking member thune asked a good questi

president and vice president and just days before the inauguration, president obama and vice president biden revive a tradition i had not experienced in my 15 years. they visited the court for a lively conversation that all present enjoyed appreciated. on may 1, justice souter formally advised the president that he would leave the court when we adjourned for the summer. each of us released a statement that day expressing our admiration and affection for a colleague with treasure. mine redad, justice david souter is the very best. he works so hard and getting it right. he is a genuinely caring man and a model of stability. never have i heard him utter a harsh or unkind word. i counted my great good fortune to have known him as a working colleague and dear friend. as much as i will miss his company, i was cheered by the president's nomination of sony and -- of sauna so the more you sonya sotomayor. i am so glad that i am no longer grown to be the lone woman on the court. i look forward to a new colleague that is well equipped to handle the challenges that our work reserves. -- our work present

but first, vice-president joe biden earlier today said the economy showing signs of improvement, despite the nation's highest unemployment rate in 25 years. president obama will announce spending boosts over the summer. >> this morning we received another reminder of the challenges facing families for up the nation. payroll contraction last month, 345,000 jobs, employment rate rose to ninth with 4%, the highest rate in 25 years. -- the rate is 9.4%. we are trying to make it through the deepest recession in the decade and are hurt badly by it. there is also some signs of hope today in the report, and a few signs that our action is to get the economy back on track. analysts had expected that we would lose more than 500,000 jobs in may. instead, we lost three entered 45,000 jobs -- a 345,000 jobs. that is the lowest number of job losses since last september, and the fourth month in a row that we are shedding jobs. i don't expect that to satisfy anyone. it does not satisfy me or the president or our economic visit -- advisers. especially it is the case of our nation's factories. we lost more

i stand with president obama and vice president biden in support of the iranian people, their right to express themselves, their right to have peaceful demonstrations, and i stand in support of this resolution. . i hope that the ayatollahs understand that these demonstrations are about the future of iran and the right of their people to have a voice in their government. young and old, liberal, conservative, all ages, all economic groups are part of these demonstrations. as president obama has said, the entire world is watching and the world is inspired. we applaud your efforts to move we applaud your efforts to move your country >> the gentle lady from florida. >> i would like to reserve our time. >> the lady reserves. the gentleman from california. >> mr. speaker, on unpleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois -- i am pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois. >> mr. speaker, i rise in response to be non-violent movement for social change in iran. the middle east is in need of a non-violent movement for social change, not only in iran, but also in the

. >> when they were in the senate, both senator biden and senator obama were both critics of the state secrets privilege. since assuming office, the administration has used the privilege in at least three cases that we are aware. all three of those cases were very controversial in vocations of privilege. the cases that have resulted in much of the -- in this congress, as well as in the public theater. essentially, it is speculation. i have not asked anyone in the executive branch what their thinking on this is, but a reasonable conclusion can be drawn by what has exit occurred. >> can you explain the attorney general's failure to provide a witness? >> no. >> anyone else want to weigh in on this? >> i will to say, i appreciate the fact that the attorney general is looking within the executive branch as to refining their internal procedures of the assertion of the state privileges doctrine. to me, that raises the profile, especially in congress come to act. whether here or not, they are working on their branch of government. i am glad that congress is considering it at the sun time, more

and just days before the inauguration president obama and vice-president biden revived a tradition i had not experienced in my then over 15 years as an associate justice. they visited the court for a lively conversation that all present enjoyed and appreciated. second, on may 1st, justice sutor formally advised the president that he would leave the court when we adjourned for the summer. each of us released a statement that day expressing our admiration and affection for a colleague we treasure. mine read, "among jurists with whom i have served, justice david h. suit or is the very best -- sutor is the very best. his level of preparation for the cases we consider is aston -- astonishing. he works so hard at getting it right. he is a genuinely caring man and a model of civility. never have i heard him utter a harsh or unkind word. i count is my great good fortune to have known him as a working colleague and dear friend. much as i will miss david sutor's company i was cheered by the next headline, the president's nomination of second circuit judge sonia sotomayor as the next associate

joe biden has some thoughts. here is a look. >> the bill the president -- when it comes, the president will look at it, he will make a judgment. the reason we need health care is just not moral, it is a fiscal responsibility. health care goes up 50% a year -- in the last six years. that breaks the budget. that keeps us bankrupt a long time. he wants a public plan in there. host: do you support a tax on employee health benefits? one writer says i would like to see a 2% -- 3% tax. joining us this morning is bob cusack the manager of the hill newspaper. they might put a filibuster on the paper. at the end of the week, when the announcement was made at a hearing. guest: mitch mcconnell noted that he previously has been against filibustering of judges. he said when they went after former nominee, that means he will change his position as to whether republicans can. they also said president obama is resistance -- resistant to justice alito and roberts. . the republicans are split over how to deal with this. democrats h

sets the stage for one of the most significant new initiatives of president obama, vice president biden, and secretary lloyd. that is high-speed rail in america. -- secretary la hood. that is high-speed rail in america. the recovery act appropriated $9.3 billion over and above f r ra's intended in 2009. we take pride that we have met or exceeded every one of the milestones set for us in the recovery act. the first significant recovery act milestone was the obligation of $1.3 billion in capital funds to amtrak within 30 days of enactment. that milestone was met on march 17. over and above the obligation of those funds, amtrak has approved specific projects totaling $1.1 billion. the bulk of the funding awaiting final approval involves security investments in the department of homeland security is assisting. we anticipate the remaining projects covering the entire $1.3 billion will be approved within the next three weeks. amtrak is now turning approved projects into orders for materials and supplies and working on rebuilding its railroads. the amtrak president is a witness today. i will l

a quarter-century later, barack obama and joe biden's historic victory in 2008 proves that the party is ready. the new administration and congress have the chance to build a long lasting change and reform, and the opportunity to carry out a new democratic agenda. education reform, national service, health reform, energy, fiscal responsibility, and long- term growth. on the democratic leadership council, the organization that al built from the ground up is taking on a new challenge. under bruce's leadership, house legacy lives on. the power of a good idea can still inspire our party and to transform our nation. >> 25 years ago, he had the courage to see it was time for a different kind of democrat. today, our party is stronger, and our country is better off. he was right. ideas are worth fighting for. that is as true now as it was when the democrat met a hope. >> looking back at his two terms in office, it would be hard to think of a single american citizen who was a private citizen that has had a more positive impact on the progress of american life in the last 25 years than al from.

one caller, then calling joe biden of a cheapskate with charitable contributions. i want to point felt that obama is also guilty of being too. he gave $800,000 taxable income, less than 1% of that. i will connect the dots. they all accused republicans of being greedy and not caring for people. it was dick cheney who gave 40% of his income for charitable contributions. . . pis also guilty ofbeing too. he gave $800,000 taxable income, less than 1% of that. i will connect the dots. they all accused republicans of being greedy and not caring for people. it was dick cheney who gave 40% of his income for charitable contributions. . . p driven by a religious coo-coos, in my opinion. and the problem is that you're used as a distraction by arabs to keep the minds of the peoples busy so they don't look at their own problems. but my question on israeli settlements is when he pulled these guys back, because i'm not for it. host: the president talked about a freeze on jewish settlements when he made his speech. is there any chance of this happenin

fortunately, we have strong partners in the white house in president obama, vice president biden, and with the help of secretary lahood. they know that to keep our commuters mobile, to keep our nation competitive and to get our economy back on track we cannot simply rely on cars and planes to get people from place to place. we need to balance -- we need a balanced transportation system and high-speed rail is part of that equation. that's why the recovery law we passed in february contains more than $8 billion for high speed and intercity passenger rail. this will not only improve rail service but create jobs. in this tough economy, these transportation investments are smart investments. they put people to work, reduce delays, and congestion, and cut carbon emissions and our dependence on foreign oil. president obama and his administration have presented a great vision for high speed rail network here in america and i'm committed to working with the president to turn that vision into reality and i look forward to hearing from our witnesses on how to make that happen and i turn first to

last congress legislation essentially the same as this one was co-sponsored in the senate by joe biden and hillary clinton, who are now the vice president and secretary of state. this year president obama, the vice president, and the secretary of state have gone silent on the bill. when asked about it, the vice president's communications director said no comment on this from here. the legislation goes exactly in the wrong direction. so much so that even president obama, the vice president, and the secretary of state are running away from it. so should we. i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. i recognize the chairman of the full committee. >> thank you. the president is running away from a lot of things, said this is just one more of them. -- so this is just one more of them. that does not mean that consideration is just as important. we have been here before, ladies and gentlemen. there are some secrets we have to keep away from citizens and congress people and everybody else, bloggers, but wait a minute. which ones? that is what we are here to try to sort it out. we did not say oba

despite every effort of the elite media to prop up joe biden and pretend he actually knows what he'sfelt looking at john mccain and sarah pail lynn this country would have been amazingly better off had they been in the white house. [cheers and applause] >> i also want to say that i think on behalf of both campaign committees that john voice has given you your battle cry for the next year and a half. and i say this having once with haley barber and bob doll crisscrossed the country when we've been out of power for 40 years and people thought we were absolutely out of our minds to suggest we could actually win a majority. i think the phrase "do not tell me it can't be done" is about as good a way to start thinking about 2010 and 2012 as you could imagine. [applause] >> and i think our goal should be to reach out to the american people in every possible way, to make sure that john baner becomes the speaker of the house in january of 2011, that mitch mcconnell becomes the senate majority leader, and that this is a one-term presidency in the jimmy carter tradition. [cheers and applause] >

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our unemployment rate is in an astro nom mick 9.4, and of course, they send out joe biden, one of theat double talkers of our time to tell us the unemployment rate is getting better. the government wants to run health care and tell people what doctors they can see. how much they can make, what cars to drive. and they're killing off the entrepreneurs who are the backbone of our economy. it's no wonder that the russian newspaper pravda, the former house organ for the soviet communist regime recently said the american deskenlt into markism is happening with breathtaking speed. we can blame nancy pelosi, harry reid, chris dodd, george soros, david axelrod and their ilk for the down fall of this the country. it saddens me greatly to think we were the great powerful good in the world. we as americans knew america to be strong. and we were the liberators of the entire world. we are becoming a weak nation. obama really thinks he is a soft-spoken julius caesar and thinks he's going to conquer the world with his soft spoken sweet talk and really thinks he's going to bring all the enemies of the

against women act which is one of the proudest achievementses my friend and predecessor vice president biden had in the senate. when asked why denise was sought to work in the polio project, one person said that she did a good job from keeping children being beat en, you know that she can eradicate polio. they have been working in close concert with the world health organization and unicef. in her first few years alone denise and her team helped to immunize over half a billion -- let me repeat, that half a billion children in 93 countries. from her office in atlanta denise oversee as staff of 40 professionals working overseas. her effective leadership is a key factor in the program's success. denise administers the purchase of 200 million doses of polio vaccine and routinely serves as a field consultant in polio hotspots around the world. she is in kenya taking the fight of polio to the frontlines. 20 years ago there were 350,000 cases of porch lio in 25 countries, today there are fewer than 2,000 cases. that is 350,000 cases down to 2,000 cases. because of the diligent work performed by den

vice president biden noted in march it will create new jobs now but is also an investment and long-term safety of economic viability at the allegheny county airport 2 million of stimulus money will be redo taxiway and three configured aircraft that we can build new maintenance facilities. construction is scheduled to begin the week of july 20 and we will be able to make space of maintenance hangar facilities we're not only having 40 construction jobs fell but setting the stage for future jobs in the aircraft maintenance field. the stimulus budget at the pittsburgh airport will readability eight runway 14921 of those used by commercial and military flights. it will rehabilitate the airport pavement of trading signage and lighting systems in pavement. it is started to expect in september and will create 207 jobs. we make clear with the recovery act funding that projects were shot already i am pleased to report many airports across the country have airports and have their shovels and the ground. at the international airport they have completed all but the electrical work creating 442 at sa

we learned that vice president joe biden called on other potential opponent, congresswoman caroline maloney. she has not yet announced whether or not she is running. for kristin gillibrand, it means one more sign of relief. it seems like all of her challengers, but for maloney, are sitting on the sidelines. when president obama chose congressmen john mchugh for army secretary, the cry went up that this was another chance to win a republican seat. it has been held by the republican mchugh since 1982. the problem here for democrats is that one of their strongest potential candidates is also somebody that the new york senate democrats want to keep. his name e won a special collecr the state senate. it is a very republican seat. the concern among democrats in that state is that if he leaves, he could lose the state senate seat in control of the senate is a tie. as "the new york times" reports, the state senate would have a leadership impasse. even more important for those people down the road, if democrats are not in control of the redistricting process, that could be bad news for the congressi

[applause] the president and vice president biden have revived the cops program. it is important. the president has advocated a sweeping national loan program to cut the cost of college. that, too was a dlc idea. we made that an option with contingent repayment for college students. when we get it, the students of america saved $9 billion repaying their college loans. $1,300 for every $10,000 they borrowed. the taxpayers -- it made it possible to repay them. barack obama is right about this. but the dlc first proposed it. i am pleased that a revitalized the community development financial institutions bill and found it, funding micro credit. again, it is something that we all ran on. i am pleased we have a secretary of education who believes in public school choice and charter schools. the dlc, i believe, was the first organization to talk about charter schools. i went all over america advocating at in '92, and finally, one guy knew pretty well set, bill, i do not know what the heck you're talking about. i said one, where is it? minnesota. how many states can set them up? as far a

to engage with i ran regardless of the outcome -- >> >> i did not separate >> that is what by spasm biden seemed to say yesterday. we have a real security concerns that are pressing and urgent, that that takes a back seat? >> no, i am not saying that at all. i sing we will call things like they are -- i am saying we will call things like they are when we see irregularities and problems with elections. but, we also as we're going forward, we have to look at our own national interests, too. nonproliferation is a very, very serious, very important priority. >> and to express concerns about this or do you condemn it? the condemned this in iran or are you expressing concern? >> we're consulting with our allies and we're doing basically what we would do in any of these kinds of situations. we consult with them and come up with a multilateral solution request so you are not condemning them? >> well, i have not used that word. we still need -- we need to see how things unfold. we need to have a deeper assessment of what is going on. >> to follow up on one obama said on friday, no matter who wins,

reversed this plan, this silly plan, in a bipartisan way, and i want to personally thank vice president biden, the man charged with overseeing all of the stimulus spending, for taking action to correct this abuse after i contacted him. and i really to want thank the vice president, because the white house moved and the vice president moved to an expeditious fashion that i, quite frankly, didn't expect that they could move that fast but they got the job done. the vice president will be in kansas today and i asked him to review this rather ridiculous example of wasteful spending occurring in cherokee county, kansas, just a short two-hour drive south on u.s. 69 highway from where the vice president will be. you see, a section of old highway 96 would have been resurfaced with stimulus funds. then portions of an e.p.a. superfund site would have been cleaned up with stimulus funds and the heavy equipment used for the cleanup would have damaged the newly resurfaced highway so they'd have to go back in and do the highway over again. this -- once cleanup was complete, additional stimulus funds would h