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tied into all these other things and is not totally divorced. >> bill frenzel, if you don't want bob greenstein to have the last word, you better speak up now. >> well, bob's words have been pretty good today, well above average. [laughter] >> well, join me in thanking members of the panel, and i'm sure everyone in the office will send a nice note to senator murray. whatever or else might be said about this debate, we're having a lot of fun. thank you. knox no,. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the senate is in a recess now to allow members to attend their weekly party lunches. they're back at #u 15 eastern. at 3 they'll take a procedural vote on the motion to proceed to the campaign finance bill. republicans defeated a cloture vote yesterday, but democrats kept the senate in session late into the night to force a second vote on the legislation today. live coverage of the senate when members return here on c-span2. >>> and elsewhere on capitol hill this week, federal reserve chair ben bernanke is delivering his semiannual monetary policy report to congress. this morning he

bob greenstein, he masquerades as the director but he is the whole shot and he has written frequently and perceptively on this issue. it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. and alice rivlin, she has generated her own plan. and has a lot to say about a budget deal. this is a remarkable statement. several months ago, xavier came here for a friday lunch. we had a lively discussion because he proposed the democrats should do exactly what senator murray just proposed. i think more people were incredulous and now we have a from a person who is on the head of the senate campaign committee. now we have it as a serious proposal. the first question to the panel, would this work? would it work? what were the result be if we actually went off the cliff? what would be the consequence for the economy and the budget debate? bill. >> well, i think part of her speech that impressed me was the ending where she said she was optimistic and hope for a deal. the qualifier throughout the discussion was it had to be a balanced deal. as i interpreted her definition was half taxes and half spending

bob greenstein, he masquerades as the director but he is the whole shot and he has written frequentlys issue. it will be interesting to hear what he has to say. and alice rivlin, she has generated her own plan. and has a lot to say about a budget deal. this is a remarkable statement. several months ago, xavier came here for a friday lunch. we had a lively discussion because he proposed the democrats should do exactly what senator murray just proposed. i think more people were incredulous and now we have a from a person who is on the head of the senate campaign committee. now we have it as a serious proposal. the first question to the panel, would this work? would it work? what were the result be if we actually went off the cliff? what would be the consequence for the economy and the budget debate? bill. >> well, i think part of her speech that impressed me was the ending where she said she was optimistic and hope for a deal. the kuala fire throughout the discussion was it had to be a balanced deal. as i interpreted her definition was half taxes and half spending. my guess is that will

. >> if you do not want bob greenstein to have the last word, you had better speak out now. >> join me in thanking members of the panel. we will send a note to senator murray. we are having a lot of fun. thank you. [captioning performed by national ctioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke presents his monetary policy report to congress. he is before the senate banking committee at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. also, on c-span3, the senate energy committee looks at the grid's vulnerability to cyber attack. the director of the middle east center at the university of oklahoma says the u.s. should not get involved in syria. speaking at the wilson center, he outlined his concerns and also described the factions that oppose syrian president assad. this is one hour. >> iun the middle east program for the center. it is the great pleasure to welcome all of you and our speaker from the university of oklahoma. he is at the center for middle east studies and with a daily newsletter and syria. i have known the profess

. >> if you do not want bob greenstein to have the last word, you had better speak out now. >> join me in thanking members of the panel. we will send a note to senator murray. we are having a lot of fun. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> some things have happened in the last two decades that are changing the nature of large corporations. that is that the cycle time, the time if they have to stay at the top of the pact has been compressed by globalization, technology shifts, regulatory shift, and large corporations have to deal with known products, known customers, and disruption. disruption is when they have a great business, and some crazy comes along and says we are going to take of this company. the best example of this are two of the smartest companies has anyone -- cos. has anyone ever had a blackberry or a nokia fund? i was at finland when somebody was at the board meeting when the iphone came out. the fatal quotation was "why should we care about this? >> stanford professor steve blank o