as is with adam jones and blair. >> rob: you had paul blair and i had eric davis.ric would be in full dead stride on a ball going away from him and tapping his leg. as soon as i saw the glove tap the leg, i knew he had the catch. >> bob: did anybody play more shallow than paul blair? >> jim p.: blair played really shallow. he'd play where he, the one thing about paul blair, i'm sure eric davis, he had such great body control. so if you play shallow, you better be able to go back and not jump into the wall. paul just had, he was a very good basketball player, great leaping ability, shot too much when he played in the off- season, but he could go over the fence and never hit the fence because he had great vertical leap. >> rob: actually eric davis made one of the greatest world series catches that gets overlooked and he pierced his kidney. lacerated his kidney on the catch because he was 6'3", 185 pounds, about 4% body fat, his elbow went up underneath his abdomen and into his kidney area, it was still a game saving catch. we went on to sweep the a's. and he was play

tony blair is, you know, even in tempered. but nelson mandela, you know, can get very healthy and very stubborn. he's a great listener, but once he decides on what ought to happen, incredibly stubborn. they are all different but they all have qualities that have emerged ahead of everybody else who was there at the time. tony blair, there were lots of other people, and certainly gordon brown. other people who might have been leaders at that time, but there's special intensities and purpose. >> host: you know, there's also this, which that's not learnable. that's god-given. this is another thing that i think is learnable, but not to the extent they do it well is god-given. that's key mitigate. you may give them the words but they make the delivery. we just saw, james and i thought prime minister blair and i sat at this event, how people at the bush 43 white house and prime minister is going to speak, we would all shut down and watch them. he was so eloquent. and he was so found the right words, the right sentences, the right par

after returning from the navy in 2002, admiral blair l.t. national security studies at the national bureau of asian research and the general of the army omar n. bradley strategic leadership at dickinson college and of the army war college. he was also the president of the institute for defense analysis, a federally funded development corporation focused on national security and serve as deputy executive director of the project and national security reform. i can't say anything more admiral blair, you have done it all. we became the third director of national intelligence on january 29, 2009. directors blair has been gracious enough to share his priorities for the intelligence community and if we are lucky we will give insights from his recent trip which included stops in afghanistan pakistan and singapore. i hope you'll join me tonight in welcoming the director national intelligence, director dennis blair. [applause] >> thank you ellen. eight is good to be here this evening. their way to many friends in the audience for me to tell my usual s

tony blair never gets angry. you know, even, even tempered. but nelson mandela can get very huffy and stubborn at points. he is a great listener, but once he decides what ought to happen, incredibly stubborn. now they are all different but they are clearly have qualities that haven't been merged ahead of everybody else who was there at that time. with tony blair there were other people because gordon brown, other people who might have been leaders at the time, but there is a special intensity and purpose. >> host: you know, i think there is also this, which is that is and learn level, that is god-given. this is another thing i think is lower level but not to the extent that they do as well as god-given and that's communicate. you might give them the words but they make the delivery. we just saw tony james and some where we saw prime minister blair, and i said at this event help people at the bush 43 white house, whenever a prime minister is going to speak we would all shut down and watch him. he was so many flaws and eloquent, and he was so fo

blair has been described as a true leader, madam speaker. both for the american troops who serve with him, as well as the first brigade of the afghan national army's 203rd corps who he was in charge of mentoring. i want to quote a couple of lines that were written about sergeant blair in the military publication, "stars and stripes." and i quote. blair was their leader. he was tough. unrelenting. he cursed

the party put him in after tony blair left. host: when tony blair was running for a final term with labor support, the two of them would appear in infomercials. people knew that he would take over. guest: of course. guest: for many years he had been weaving to come up stage. guest: they cannot wait to stand for election. he has been pushing and pushing. he also had some problems with expenses around the house. one of the braham expenses was firm in relief and pass control, which i thought was interesting in politics. host: our guests are with us for the full hour. you can give us a phone call or send us an e-mail journal@c- span.org, or use twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. both of our guests made the transition from campaigning to reporting periods j- christopher bua, now a political analysts. tony blankley, working for ronald reagan, former editorial page editor, now working for "the washington times." st. louis, missouri. good morning. caller: hello. about the iran situation, i hope that what they're wanting to do, the people t

if you look at each of these leaders of the action with tony blair, or nelson mandela, what the fight was about as what i work on. that is my polling. >> host: has anything that you, anything that has surprised to analogous into ehud barak moving people to jerusalem, wants a name that was discovered to a poll we had nuclear in there and no nuclear power this is pre-9/11 and everyone anticipated or expected it would have the negative that it has since three mile island" end quote. it was completely fine with it the more dillard about it, it is clean, safe, it is bigger part of the comprehensive energy plan although the democrats have a different emphasis they want to see nuclear as part of a comprehensive energy plan that is the only time i can think of two when it is important it is an important example of a change. we watch this with the environment, energy global warming, we are all out there with these issues. it is a good example because people began certainly with high gas prices at commodity prices were high, a food prices, gas prices were the symbol. there was anger coming out

in addition to his great service to our nation and his community john blair was also a dedicated fa -- dedicated family man looking forward to spending quality time with his grandson when he returned home. what an amazing example of courage, selflessness and a love of country that sergeant blare provided, not only for his young grandson, but madam speaker for all of us. my prayers go out to his family, my deepest gratitude goes out to first sergeant blare for his selfless sack -- blair for his selfless sacrifice for our nation. i ask all members, join me in honoring the distinguished memory of first sergeant john blair and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair recognizes mr. souder the chair recognizes mr. souder indiana for five minutes. mr. souder: thank you, madam speaker. i come tonight a little stunned. quite frankly, i didn't think the energy bill, the cap and trade bill would actually reach a point where it would come in front of the house, for that matter, the senate. when we're in the unemployment state we are in america, it seems

and so the fact of the matter is bill clinton there were areas he did not poll and same with tony blairnd barak in israel. i think it respects more and this is where you're getting at. i'm respective for bill clinton how engaged he was with people and how much energy he got from people, how much he wanted to not just bring them with them he convinced them, you know, how some cases how to educate and move them to where he is. you don't just reflect and i -- you look back and you look at abraham lincoln and look at the republican side and franklin roosevelt on the democratic side. these are two leaders who are probably the leaders in terms of the wars that faced the country and also big social transformations, you know, both the freedom of slaves and the new deal. these are presidents who did big bold things but they tried to take people with them. they were very much in touch. they were very attentive to it. you began to see polling taking place but very interested where the public was. abraham lincoln took what he called, you know, opinion baths. he asked people to come to his people to

now we marks from national intelligence director dennis blair. he talks about his priorities for the intelligence community as well as his recent trip to asia. the intelligence and national security alliance hosted this event. >> hello. i want to welcome all of you for what i am sure will be an interesting discussion. tonight's event is part of an ongoing series of events that will -- that is bringing together leaders that will lay the foundation for the national security and intelligence community and for our future. we have brought together an exciting group of leaders working on some of the nation's most challenging issues which includes cyber security, counterintelligence, and other challenges to national security. we are hosting the director of national intelligence, dennis blair, and given the opportunity to hear the direction to ensure the effectiveness of our nation's intelligence community. you spent 34 years in the united states navy. his last job in the military was a commander in chief, the highest ranking officer in the asia-pacific

to " tony blair, a fair is a lot that is done, a lot more to do. we have of ideas tow wave of put forward, and a new generation of democrats -- the democrats to bloom. like rachel store to you will hear from an -- who you will hear from in a few minutes. the moment we stopped counting ourselves to take on tough issues -- the moment we stop challenging ourselves to take on tough issues, we miss the chance to prove to the american people that we will not stop fighting for real change. tonight is a chance to remember how we got here, and to pay tribute to the great insurgency al from started to modernize progressive government, made the world safe, and help find the road to victory out of the agony of defeat. this morning, a journalist wrote a loving tribute entitled "al from wom." -- won. democrs won, and the country one. -- won. the progress we have one has been its own best reward. like any great trouble, al has been blessed with many co- conspirators, from will marshall was president -- who was present at the creation -- [applause] to jennifer cal

they begin a global dialogue with british prime minister tony blair and a host of other leaders. the third wave movement leads to an explosion of center-left governments throughout the developed world. the new democratic movement continues to emerge in the new century developing a deeper vault of new ideas and talent, a new generation of leaders climbs the mantle of reform proving that ideas matter more than ever. >> d.n.c. leaders then all make their mark in the national spotlight. the new d.l.c. chairman harold ford jr. continues to speak out as one of the foremost. rahm emanuel leads democrats back that a majority after penning with bruce reed "the plan" in 2006. and continuing the tradition of helping leaders emerge into stars the d.l.c. found a new fellows program with an eye for the future. the quarter century after the d.l.c. took up the challenge of bring being back the forgotten middle class barack obama's and joe biden's victory proves that the party has been reborn. the new administration and congress have a chance to build a broad lasting majority for change and refor

he operated the way jason blair did. he got newspapers from cities in which the plays had already been we are formed and on -- performed and on the basis of those reviews, he wrote three reviews of his oh but he didn't intend to be dishonest because thinks plan was to go out to this other assignment as early as he could, finish it, come back, see as much of the three plays as he could, and then rewrite the reviews to make them por personal, more honest. it wasn't a perfect plan, but it was his plan and it was the best thing he could think of at the time. but by the time drieser got done with his other assignment, it was too late to go to the theaters. he had pissed his dead lines and the reviews as he originally written them were large raised, were sent to the press room and sent to the press room and published by the st. louis globe democrat. according to his reviews, drieser liked all three of the plays. one of them at the grand theater starred an actor about whom drieser said, a large and enthusiastic audience had rec

blair was able to persuade this parliament to vote in favor of the war on facts which he knew would not stand up to proper examination. >> i disagree, but the point is to look at all these issues and that is what will happen. it will look at whether there were failures in the reconstruction as well as before that and it will report on these issues. what happened after the fall of baghdad will be as much a subject of the report as what happened before. i hope he will agree that all these issues, will all looked at by this inquiry and looked carefully indeed. >> in the history of this conflict, to political matters cry out for explanation more than any other. the first is why this house was never informed of the contents of the downing street minute which revealed knowledge six months before the conflict that the bush administration had decided on the inevitability of war, whenever the concessions were made. the second requires explanation is why the attorney general's opinion on the legality of the war was never shown to the cabinet before the decision to go to war was made. neither of t

on the technical issues, we received a briefing yesterday from bruce blair, of the coordinators' of thero enterprise, and he made be interesting point that there really isn't the case in the history since the development of nuclear weapons in the 1940s, where people were actually taken by surprise by the development of a country of its own nuclear weapon. in other words, there are a variety of activities associated with developing and deploying nuclear weapons and in every case, whether it was after the united states, the soviet union, china, follow on nuclear states, governments and intelligence systems were able to provide clear indications that those developments were under way. there is always uncertainty about specific things like whether someone is going to test or not or when they are going to weapon nuys, build nuclear weapons. it is hard to hide that you are developing nuclear capability. >> i am a staff writer of a japanese newspaper. thank you for giving us this opportunity. i have one question. you mentioned that your approach is realistic and practical. is it possible to ex

blair, and nelson mandela. interviews by mary matalin. a. . >> on wednesday on the rotunda unveiling the statue of ronald reagan featured by the state of california. what is your reaction as an artist to have a statue on display in the us capitol? >> i have been trying to come up with words and i haven't. the moment it hit me was last thursday night when we installed it. the crane was lifting the box that contained the statue through the columns of the capitol. it was incredible. i found myself shaking my head. >> you looked at it for how long? >> well, it had some scheduling uniqueness. we worked very fast. we had to slow down and work very fast. this statue took about a year and then in storage waiting for scheduling. >> how different does it look as opposed to your studio? >> when i am close to it or had been touching it, he was clay. so he looked very different. now he is the dark classic bronze. in terms of setting the capitol is a lot better than my studio. there is one view that caught my breath from the doorway. if you stand past

later, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton, tony blair, and nelson mandela. he is interviewed by mary matalin. and live on sunday, bill ayers. his latest book is "race course." for a complete schedule, go online to booktv.org. >> now a house hearing on state secrets. the chairman is co-author of legislation to make it harder for the state secrets privilege. this is about 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege. the chart recognizes himself. the legislation that i have introduced with other members of the committee would codify a uniform standards with dealing with claims of the state secrets privilege in civil litigation. the last congress at an oversight hearing. our experience has demonstrated destructive impact that secrecy can have on our nation. for the rule of law to have meaning, liberties and rights must be enforceable in the courts. separations of powers concerns are highest with regard to executive branch contact. -- conduct. claims of secrecy have been used to conceal matters from cong

dispatches from the war room, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton, tony blair, and nelson mandela. then, another look at all of today's coverage from the chicago tribune. and alive, tomorrow, and that with bill eyres. the university of illinois professor and former underground member. he will take your calls. for all of this weekend's programs at times, go to book tv dog or. >> today marks the sixty fifth anniversary of d-day. president obama was in normandy, france to attend the ceremony. joining him was french president nicholas sarkozy. this is just over an hour. >> president obama, your royal highness, prime minister rao, prime minister harbor, presidents are cozy, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. -- president sarkozy. it is our privilege to welcome all the illustrious visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and family members in attendance to honor us all with their presence. [applause] today we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the d-day landings that took place in the early morning hours of

tonight, dennis blair will discuss his recent trip. we will have live coverage of his speeches at 8:30 p.m., also on c-span 2. >> authors and journalists who cover the white house on the constitutional roles of the president and congress, including the relationship between the branches of government. this is hosted by washington & lee university. it runs about one hour and 45 minutes. >> i hope you are enjoying your meal. i think it is time to start the program. i will do that with great pleasure by introducing professor connally. he has been with us since 1986. he has a ph.d. in american government from the university of virginia. he has a master's degree in philosophy from boston college. before beginning his academic career, he worked for the connecticut general assembly and as a legislative assistant on capitol hill. in 1991 and 1992, he was a guest scholar at the brookings institution. he has published numerous scholarly articles. he has also been a political commentator for news outlets like "washington post,""new york times,"and

and later we will see dennis blair of national intelligence director, at 8:45 p.m. on c-span 2. now a conversation about federal assistance for the u.s. auto industry, from today's washington journal, this runs 35 minutes. >> currently we have the president and c.e.o. of the auto industry manufacturers, we have the story about chrysler sale has one last hurdle. what can you tell us about what these dealers have tried to do, appealed to the supreme court? >> the pension funds in indiana have gone to the supreme court. that's out of the bankruptcy decision. there was a hearing last week in the senate that dealt with impending closure of the dealer network. there are two separate issues there. and i assume you are talking about the senate approach? >> yeah. >> well, the hearing there, obviously dealers are very vital and important part of the industry and part of the family. and it's really difficult seeing some of these choices that particularly chrysler and g.m. are having to make with their restructuring through the bankruptcy process. but at the end the day, both companies will

later, dennis blair. on tomorrows "washington journal," we will talk about health care with phil gingrey. then, prof. of the lebanese parliamentary elections. the american enterprise institute on north korea. "washington journal" begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern. later, an oversight hearing on the troubled asset relief program. we will show a portion of this live, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern until the house gavels in at 10:30. now, a journalist and author david simon, a former reporter talks about the challenges facing journalism in an age of media consolidation and declining newspaper circulation. he is known for his work writing and producing tv traumas, such as hbo's "the wire." from the national press club, this is about 55 minutes. >> good afternoon, and welcome to the national press club for our speaker luncheon today. we are the world's legist -- leading professional organization to journalism. we provide informative programming and journalism education, fostering a free press around the globe. for

the perfect specimen has the circumference of a baseball cap with full blair's. it is as dense as a gingersnap cookie with the color and texture of old cardboard that has been wet and dry out again. i am talking about buffalo dung, what is left of vegetation after passing through the digestive circuitry of north america's largest native land mammal also known as the american bison. they burn with orange colored flame surrounding a whole black center, offering good heat, not many sparks and blue smoke that smells like nothing you expect it to. i did my face in the smoke and pick of the odors of cinnamon and cloves, pumpkin and sometimes the smell of walking into a battered after someone smoked a joint. if i were to leave my buffalo chip right now it would take me half an hour to stop my way through what separates me from the river, a fast flowing towards of glacial runoff that trails 14,000 foot peaks in south-central alaska. if i toss a stick in, it would drift through 3 miles of canyon before dumping into the gray squirrel of a much larger copper river. it would

>> with respect to those talks, today the secretary meets with the president of south korea in the blair palace later this afternoon. if things get dramatic and they keep separate from these nuclear missiles. you're trying to the un to institute sanctions, vessels, airlines, what have you, now it appears over the last two months that both the chinese and the russians are going back and what they have said. would you put north korea under total lock down? back with the cubans five years ago, we call that a quarantine. that is not what necessarily what many people would call a blockade. are other countries willing to go much further? >> we want to work with what we have, the resolution that we have which is targeted. we do not want to have any kind of resolution that would harm, necessarily, the north korean people. that is what we're focused on right now. it has only been a couple of days since we have this resolution and we need to work out the details of implementation, but we're going to work with what we have. >> the kim family, are they not operating a "thugocracy" >> that is a new o

he begins a global dialogue with british prime minister tony blair and a host of other leaders. the third wave movement. the new democratic movement and continues to emerge in the new century, developing a deeper vaults of new ideas and talent. a new generation of leaders claims the mantle of reform, proving that ideas matter more than ever hillary rodham clinton -- more than ever. hillary rodham clinton, gen and appalling tunnel, bill richardson, bill ritter, can salazar, mark warner, and dlc leaders all make their mark on the national spotlight. the new dlc chairman harold ford, jr. continues to speak out as one of the nation's up and coming senators. rahm emanuel leads democrats back into the majority on capitol hill after penning with bruce reed a plan in 2006. in continuing with the tradition of helping young leaders emerge and the stars, the dlc founds a new program with an eye towards the future. 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

booktv, after words and dispatches from the war room, stanley greenberg on advising bill clinton, tony blair and nelson mandela. >> sunday on washington journal author richard wolf and his new book renegade, the making of a president. it is a biography of barack obama based on interviews conducted during the 2008 campaign. it begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and we will show it to you again at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on booktv. >> booksellers convention at the center in new york city, he was stacy lewis the director from city lights booksellers san francisco. would you have coming out this fall? >> will come of this fall we have a couple books coming out from angela davis. we have a collection of essays. it is our first book that has been published in about four years that covers the emcee is particularly interested in, racism, sexism, the prison industrial complex and particularly interesting but we are publishing with angela is a new edition of the narrative of the life of frederick douglass and american slave which contains douglas's narrative as well as essays by davis that wer

. >> tonight, dennis blair will discuss his recent trip to pakistan, afghanistan, and singapore. that begins at about 8:30 p.m., also on c-span 2. the former cia director michael hayden gave a speech at the institute of world politics. it is a graduate school focusing on international affairs. he talks about the importance of a foreign policy vocation. >> it was less difficult putting on my battle uniform than this. you are very kind. everything you said about janine was true. i know you are an honest man. i know you are in washington. clearly, your remarks about me were not rendered under oath. graduates, family, and friends of graduates, it is an honor for me to be here among you. not just to be here to recognize your achievements, but it is an honor that you have asked me to be included in such company, to be included in your company. let me tell you why i think that. by going through this program, by earning an accepting this decree, you have made a decision. did you have opted to enter a vocation. -- you have opted to enter a vacation. it is not a job or a task. it is a voca

we have more live events later with national intelligence director dennis blair.is speaking to the national security alliance. you can see that live at 8:30 p.m. eastern after the communicators on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations? >> i don't really know. >> public television. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> contributions from donors. >> 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> last thursday the national governor's association announced their findings that states are facing the steepest budget cuts in at least 30 years. spending is projected to fall for the second year in a row. more on the state of the state. this is about 40 minutes. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the fiscal survey conference call. at this time of participants are and listen only mode. later we will conduct a question and answer session. i will now turn the call over to mr. stockman edison. you may begin. >> thank you.

now you remember jason blair, the young man who worked for "the new york times" who covered stories without actually going to them. what he would do was get newspapers from the areas in which the stories of appear or sign on into the internet and get blogs and other accounts and from the store is that to work elsewhere of the event he was to cover, he toddles into their stores of his own meaning that although the editors of the new york times would have despised him, the accountants would have loved him. he was a cheap high gear. he never filed an expense account for air fare, train fare, hotel bills, meals. he could not. he never went anywhere. long before jason and player, started reporting on stores without benefit of actually witnessing them. one of the most esteemed figures in the history of american literature or rather english literature to the same thing and he did it much more often. in the early 1740's and the distinguished, the eminent, the absent dr. samuel johnson cover the debates of britain's parliament for a publication called, gentleman's magazine. the cover the debates for

later, on "afterwords," tony blair, nelson mandela, and others. he is interviewed by someone from the bush-cheney white house. and then, bill ayers, the university of illinois professor and former weather underground member. he talks against white supremacy, and he will take your calls as well as questions from the audience. for a complete schedule of this weekend's schedule, fox online to booktv.org -- go on line. >> how is c-span funded? >> i do not know. >> from public television? >> i do not know where the money comes from. >> contributions from donors? >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> earlier today, president obama had a meeting with german represented angela merkel. here is the schedule. he has stops in france tomorrow in paris and normandy, where he will celebrate the 65th anniversary of d-day. his speech in cairo, egypt, continues to generate attention. we will show it again on sunday here on c-span. now, craig newmark, creato

with respect to those talks, today the secretary made some with the president from south korea at the blair house later this afternoon. >> right. >> if things get dramatically worse, especially with the two journalists that you want to see separated from these nuclear tests and missile tests you are trying to and through the u.n. to institute sanctions. in other words, lookit vessels, airlines, what have you. now it appears over a time of two months now both the chinese and the russians are now backing what she said. but what you put the country, meaning north korea, under total lockdown? i guess with the cubans back 45 years ago or whenever, we called it then in 1961/628 quarantine. it's not necessarily what many people when say would be a blockade but are we and other countries willing to go much further? >> i mean, we want to work with what we have with the resolution that we have which is targeted the. we don't want to have any -- we didn't want to have any kind of resolution that would harm necessarily the korean people. that is what we're focused on right now, it's only been a couple

sailors from britain arrested -- blair wrote a letter in which he apologized and said our policies regarding iran, we will change those, this is a document at the ministry. it is there. and then we decided the issues, one of the best things the islam of republic has done is the attitude towards the sailors. for 27, 28 years, they call as aggressors and hostage leaders, this is what they told the world about us. in that incident we separated the people of england from the government. that was the best thing that could be done. .. there was a waive oman muslims and their were speeches and excitement, and they welcomes their favorite iranian nation. regarding the issue of the holocaust, it is so interesting. in saudi arabia, how is the relation with saudi arabia had during mr. mousavi's time? i don't want to mention what happened during, at this time and what happened at the airport. the only thing i want to say is our ties were severed. he performed in a way that ties were severed for coats zetia arabia got totally severed, and i am amazed. he is worried about saudi arabia. he was writing arti

and we have more live events for you later with the director of national intelligence dennis blair. that dni is speaking to the intelligence and national security alliance and you can see that live here starting at 8:45 eastern after the communicators on c-span2. how he sees and funded? private donations. >> i don't really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> federally. >> contributions from donors. >> how he c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government money. >> now a discussion on iran, its relations with the u.s. and its neighbors and the upcoming presidential election there. the rand rand corporation in washington, d.c., hosted this event last week. it's about an hour. >> okay. we are going to resume and we will start as people flow in. as is our panel before hearing from a doctor krasinski at our lunch. you probably will be grateful to know that we only have one more powerpoint. this is a grand conference so of course it is often pow

. >> national intelligence director dennis blair discusses the intelligence community and his trip to afghanistan, pakistan, and singapore. this is just under one hour. >> thank you ellen. eight is good to be here this evening. their way to many friends in the audience for me to tell my usual stories. you have either heard them before or know that they are wrong, so i will have to make it up here as i go along. but, it is a pleasure to be here with all of you who have been friends of longstanding and come together as a group to support u.s. intelligence. let me start by thanking for the truly and press the devitt alliance of movers and shakers in the intelligence and national security communities. there's certainly no form quite like it, government come industry, academia to share this commitment to meeting the challenges of our times. it was an honor for me to be seated with some of the founders of this organization at the table here earlier this evening. so i would like to talk about three subject tonight. first, i will update you on some of the areas of concern we are following clo

and dennis blair will talk about his recent trip to pakistan, afghanistan, and singapore. when he speaks in front of the intelligence and national security alliance, at 8:45 p.m. on c-span2. the house coming in in just a moment. its suspension bill scheduled, one dealing with science and technology, one dealing with education -- a couple, actually. one is on boy scouts of america day and a bill on celebrating asian-pacific american heritage, a bill on market oversight and a bill about the u.s. flag. also a bill on a wounded veteran job security. we take you now live to the floor of the u.s. house. it looks like they are just about to come in. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: lord god, you are eternal knowing all our days. teach us how to discover the best use of our time. being here in congress is a great opportunity to make a difference in the complexity of today's world, help members of the house of representatives to make the very best decisi

later on after words, stanley greenberg on advising tony blair and nelson mandela. he's interviewed by mary madeleine, former counselor in the bush/cheney white house. and live sunday in depth with bill ayers, university of illinois professor and former weather underground member. his latest is race course, against white supremacy, and he'll take your calls as well as questions from the audience. for a complete schedule of this weekend's programs and times, go online to booktv.org. >> now a hearing on the fiscal year 2010 budget for the military's special operations command. including navy sales and army rangers. this is about an hour. >> it's right at 1:00. we certainly expect other members to come terroristing in as we proceed -- drifting in as we proceed, but want to be respectful of the admiral's time and get started on time and welcome you, as always, before our subcommittee, admiral olson. certainly we appreciate the work you do for our country in leading the special operations command. i have an opening statement that i have written that i will submit for the

and general, retired from sitcom, and admiral dennis blair, and admiral clark, all retired -- retired top military officials. general michael ryan, general charles wall, both retired. but these are some of th the highest military officials in this country, all of whom believe this should be open. would they suggest that if somehow this would impede military training area? of course not. we have military training areas in the central gulf and western gulf. there's no issue there, there's no conflict there. so this legislation is landmark in many ways. for the first time in a long, long time, we're going to actually going to increase production in an area that's been off limits. i was one of four senators that opened up this little area -- four of us, senator domenici, myself, senator bingaman and senator tallent offered legislation to open lease 181 in the gulf and i believe that was about five years ago. that got open but was shrink substantially before being opened. this is the second approach to open that which should be open in the eastern gulf. i understand there are people upset

tell us that he will make sure that any of the taped conversation between the then ride minister tony blair and the president of the united states, if they are available, are made to this inquiry. woody also make sure that all of the recorded telephone calls between the prime minister and president bush, which i understand are recorded, are made available over that period of time? and can i ask them again, don't think about what he wants to hear from inquiry. can he consider what the british people want to hear? and what they don't want to hear is this inquiry is being held in secret. everyone can accept that part of the inquiry for security reasons was necessary have to cover that fact, but most of it. >> mr. speaker, he asked that the inquiry deal with issues surrounding the run up to the conflict. that is exactly what the inquiry is going to do. it's going to start in 2001. he wants to be sure that it will look at the issues surrounding the decision that was made to go into conflict. that is what the inquiry will do. it will look at all these issues. the disagreement between him and us i