. >> the outpouring of love, gratitude and fond memories to which we have all bourn witness, is a testament to the way this man touched so many lives. >> the unique thing about teddy was it was never about him. it was always about you. >> reporter: prom the other side of the aisle, the first president bush and former first lady nancy regan said their praise. mrs. . regan said her husband and kennedy could always find common ground and they had great respect for one another. the flag at the u.s. capitol was lowered to half staff in honor of the country's third longest serving senator who put his stamp on causes he held dear, health care, education and civil rights. con coul lens -- condolence calls are flooding into his washington office. >> reporter: two vans left the compound before dawn this morning. there is no word yet on funeral arrangements. kennedy represented the people of massachusetts for 40 years. >> i feel that a great dynasty has basically come to an end, and that he was really a great man. >> for me, this is a season of hope. >> reporter: one year ago at the democratic nationa

. >> reporter: the increase for fighting in afghanistan is bourne out too by the number of deaths. in 2006, there were 39. there were 42 in 2007. 51 in 2008. so far this year, they've already been 66. the last six weeks have been particularly brutal with more than half of this year's deaths. 13 already dead this month included five over the weekend. 22 were killed in july. the glimmer of hope, the british commander in afghanistan saying that in parts of helmand province, control could be handed over to afghan forces immediately. perhaps then the rates of british deaths and injuries could fall from its current peak. >> that was andrew thomas of itn. >>> one other related item we wanted to call your attention to tonight all this week we are partnering with the website newstrust.net to find quality reporting about afghanistan. help us pick the best news coverage about this important story by going to worldfocus.org and then clicking on the newshunt button. >> the commanding general of american forces in iraq, ray ordieno, says that al qaeda is exploiting ethnic tensions in the north o

the suspects were brought to this magistrate's court in mel bourne, where one of them was charged with terrorism-related offense. telephone recordings involving four men in somalia, surveillance footage with one of the suspects. police also planned at least one of the suspects has front-line fighting experience in somalia with al-shabab. nick brown, bbc news, sydney. >> also this hour, there are plenty of money to questions but now iran has confirmed that three americans have gone across the border from iraq and have been arrested for illegal entry. the iranian state media is claiming that it is being used for propaganda purposes. one of the journalists is a free-lance journalist. they were supposed to be hiking along the mountainous frontier when they apparently lost their way. caroline, what is the amazing about all this? >> we have a deputy governor of the kurdistan region as saying that three people, definitely americans, were detained four days ago. we do not know whether they are tourists are not -- "we do not know whether they are terrorisourists or not we have arrested them." i

. >> reporter: the increase for fighng in afghanist is bourne out too by t number of deaths. in 200 there were39. there were 42 in 2007. 51n 2008. soar this year, they've already been 66. the st sixks wee haveeen particularly brutal with more than h wofan this year's at.hs. 13 already dd this month included five over the weekend. 22 were kled july. the glimmer of hope, t brish coander in afghanistan saying that in parts of helmand province, control cou be handed over to afghanforces mediately. perhs then the rates of british deat and injuries could fall fromts current peak >> tt was andrew thomas of itn. >>> one otr related item we wanted to call your attentioto tonight all thiseek we are partnering with the webse newsust.net to find quality reporting abouafghanistan. help us pick the best ws coverage aut this important story by going to worldfoc.org and then clicking on the newshunt button. >> the commandg general of american forces inraq, ray ordieno, says that al qaa is exoiting ethnic tensions in the north ofhat country, and he proposing that some of the 132,000 americanr

. >>> in the southeast australian city of mel bourn today, hdreds of police swept through 19 house, arresting four young men in what they say was a plot to blow up a large army base outside of sydney, the capital. the officials said the men were somal alian and lebthese descent. reporting from the "lateline" program of abc in australia. >> reporter: across melbourne police searched 19 different properties. australia head police, the victoria police, isoand other agents who were part of one of the biggest investigations in this country. >> well, potentially this would had been, if able to be carried out the most serious attack on australian soil. >> reporter: this mobile command center in melbourne's north was used to coordinate the efforts of more than 400 officers. since january, security agencies have been listening into phone calls and following people. there are no claims that any weapons have been seized, but police will allege they've prevented a major attack. >> police will allege that the men were planning to carry out a suicide terrorist took a defense establishment within australia

three priiples should be bourne in mind. unanticipated large changes can and will cause failures. our problem is to minimize the cost of failures to society. second, remember, that capitalism without failure is like religion without sin. it removes incentives for prudent behavior. third, those who rely on regulation to reduce risk should recall that this is the age of madoff. the fed, too, lacks a record of success in managing large risk to a financial system. the economy and the public. incentives for fraud, evasion and scircumvention. thank you. >> i thank the gentleman for his extension statement. [laughter] >> i'm going to recognize the members for questions and i'll just reserve my questions last because we have to be out at 5:00. there's another meeting. and i recognize the gentleman from texas, mr. paul. thank you, mr. chairman. and i welcome the paul and especially it's nice to say dr. medical zer here. -- meltzer here. i would like to start a question with mr. dr. meltzer and talk about the latin american crisis where the federaleserve went to the imf and instructed the i

. >> a neighbor and washingtonian, vince will bourne, a friend of 30 years, spoke of ted kennedy's acts of kindness. >> i know of families whose children had been in iraq, he would visit them and read leer ts tt >> there was a setet--ade stey stream of visitors signing the book of memories. >> this isomething that i think we need to see in politics more. i hope this does not die with ted kennedy. >> i'm looking at congressman bill dela haut of massachusetts right now, a friend of senator kennedy. he said, again, ted kennedy had thousands upon thousands of friends and people really never understood the many acts of kindness and compassion and help that came from d kennedy, not only the constituents, but people all over the u.s. there is a peak -- a reason that people are writing here, it is not just curiosity. i talked to a little girl who said that as far as she's concerned, ted kennedy was about helping people. she wants to help people. >> it was interesting watching that per session today. it was as symbolic in so many ways. the funeral proceedings that they had planned, all of this c

the food safety and enhancement act was in response to food bourn illnesses that gives new authority to the fda and sets higher standards on imported foodment on wednesday, the house attempted to pass the measure under a procedure called suspension calendar which limited debate t fell short. on thursday, lawmakers pass it had on a bipartisan vote. the measure now heads to the senate. >>> in the nation's top blueberry growing state nawrks plant disease could spell trouble for producers. it has been identified and efforts ever under way to stop the spread. michigan tops the nation b half the nation's commercial production. for the first times, two plant diseases, blueberry shock and scorch have been found in the state. they say the viral diseases can cause significant losses to blueberry producers but not a threat to people. >> it spreads slowly. it doesn't -- it does no harm to the fruit. it's a virus that people have concern with consuming the berry, they don't have to be concerned about that -- consumed about that. it will attack the bush. fortunately, they've identified it at the e

the outpouring of love, gratitude, and fond memories to which we've all bourn witness is a testamentto which this single figure in american history touched so much lives. his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives. and seniors who know new dignity and families that know new opportunity, in children who know education's promise, and in all who can pursue their dream in an america that is more equal and more just, including myself. the kennedy name is synonymous with the democratic party and, at tiles, ted was the target of partisan campaign attacks, but in the united states senate, i can think of no one who engendered greater respect or affection from members of both sides of the aisle. the seriousness and purpose was perpetually matched by humility, warmth, and good cheer. he passionately could battle others and do so purelessly on the senate floor for the causes that he held dear and, yet, still maintain warm friendships across party lines. and that is one reason he became not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the mo

also join bourne called and would like his plot lines back. first it's time for a couple holy mackerel stories. a couple days ago on this show we drew a parallel others have drawn as well between the corporate funded republican staffed pr operation riling up mobs to heckle and harass members of congress at town hall events at these recess rallies and the mother of all manufactured fake grass roots demonstrations of this young century, the infamous brooks brothers riot which managed to halt the miami-dade recount following the presidential election in 2000. now, i raise the spectre of the brooks brothers riot as a historical analogy as a reminder this type of tactic has been used before and to great effect. what i didn't realize at the time is that the brooks brothers rioters are more than just an analogy here. the brooks brothers rioters and the professionals orchestrating recess rallies now are connected. here's how. at the time many of the brooks brothers rioters were republican staffers working in the house and senate. some of them still ar

and the president says, you've got to remember that the whole thing was bourne of the idea that the worldneeds to get rid of nuclear weapons. we've got to remember that we can'win a nuclear war and we can't fight one. the soviets don't want to win by war but by threat of war. they want to issue ultimatums to which we have to give in. if we could just talk about the basic steps we need to take to break the logjam and avoid the possibility of war. i mean, think about it. where would the survivors of the war live? major areas of the world would be uninhabitable. we need to keep it in mind that that's what we're about. we're about bringing together steps to bring us closer to the recognition that we need to do away with nuclear weapons. so that's what reagan was doing and maybe what some of our leaders day are trying to do as well. i think john will lead some questions. >> sure. we have a few minutes for some questions for anyone that has them. if you do have a question, if we could ask you to actually come forward here and stand at the microphone as all this is being broadcast by c-span and

you could argue that on many points his arrangements were wholly bourne out. the arab world didn't at least until 1973 stop t flow of oil, but moderate governments were overthrown in iraq, in libya, in egypt, in syria and so then and replaced by extremist governments. the soviet union did gain a grip on many regimes in the region. jews are accused of this dual loyalty on account of the existence of israel. was he mostly right? >> no. i mean, in fact, one other thing we should say -- one of the other arguments, which was a very strong one at the time was that they all said war is going to break out between the new state and the arabs and the new jewish state could not and would not win. they were convinced of that. there was no way the jews would win and defeat any arab armies. it would be a bloodbath a the middle east would erupt in fire. that was also part of their argument. in fact, that was a main part of the argument. they were totally wrong in that. they didn't think they could defend themselves and they didn't think they could win. you know, certainly, t

this on will use to where and i think it probably was the power of the gun to can buy supplies and bourn went into a painting on the wall and jimmy felt at that moment ousted his body they were both dead and what the king and was singing in spanish was this guy was a lizard is later, how did he shoot and miss and he told the guys around the room don't mess with him and they were allowed to leave but it was a close call and the only time jimmy ever resorted to violence so to speak to make his point. >> host: i'm a little curious, i assume it's fair since nothing happens in a vacuum to refer to the fact you are a regular columnist for a somewhat conservative newspaper. >> guest: editorial speaking. most of the washington times. i wonder how they felt about your presenting a marijuana smuggler and favorable terms. did you have to clear the manuscript with them or get heat from them because of this book? >> guest: not at all. i don't think anybody knew i was writing this book because i was riding inhe midst of a campaign and unprecedented at that. i wrote the book between 10 p.m. and midnigh

david bourne with the defense intelligence agency. i thank you for your presentation today, sir. my question is, looking at the province for a moment, since the sunni-led gathering took power earlier in the year, there's been some serious near-miss scraping with the k.r.g., particularly involving other forces. and sir, my question to you is, do you see a need, first of all, for a mediator between the k.r.g. and the a.h.g., and if so, who? who is a possible viable mediator between two sides? >> there's definitely a need for mediation. there has been mediation, and it has occurred at different levels. you have had sort of -- sort of the u.s. brigade headquarters in kirkuk, it's not just that right away, it's also in diala, but niniwa, because of the elections, it's become particularly acute. but it's no less serious along the other parts. so let's take it all together, because there have been mediations at the local levels. in kirkuk, there is u.s. brigade levels, because there have been joint coordination centers, j.c.c.'s, in verse parts of the governments that have liaisons from

food bourn illness outbreaks linked to fresh produce are among the major public health problems whencomes to food safety. and leafy green's and -- leafy greens and salads are among the top food target as long with beef, poultry and seafood that county outbreaks and illnesses. in addition, the average size of outbreaks linked to produce tends to be larger so they tend to affect more people. the importance of robust and reliable food safety practices on the farm cannot be understated. leafy greens, once contaminated, can support, grow and spread pathogens until they are consumed. chlorination and other controls can help to reduce contamination between different lots of salad, for example. but they don't make contaminated product. a plukt that comes in from the farm contaminated, truly safe to eat. in fact, scientists have shown how bacteria can inhabit the washing systems used for bag lettuce. and transfer bacteria from a contaminated lot, really on to a full day's. while fda has jurisdiction over on-farm food safety it really has not acted as an effective regulator. and they've been u

this was bourne out of what was done in other states and cities.e're most aggressive and that's what you want your chief of police to be. but we continue to look at other things done. and with the technology and the homicide closure wait and a lot are coming to chief lanyer to come and find out more practices as well. >>> and kids going back to school soon. and we saw you at alice beale school and look at what we're looking at. >> 264 hours until the first day of school. >> but you're not counting. >> right. now schools, savoy, we're going to do the ribbon cutting off of martin luther king avenue. and we had hd cook in ward one and one or two others that are slipping my mind, but the point is we are in the first year of allen lou's 5-year commitment to have all of the schools renovated or repaired, the beginning of the renovation and repair, modernization or rebuilding a new school. wilson high school is being redone and woodson high school. and then the chancellor has a great program in the schools. test score have gone up, we have the least amoun

. >> the outpouring of love, gratitude and fond memories to which we have all bourne witness is a testament to the way this single figure in american history touched so many lives. his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives. and seniors who know new dignity and families that know new opportunity, in if children who know education's promise, and in all who can pursue their dream in an america that is more equal and more just. including myself. . >> now, of course, what everybody is going to be watching from here on out is whether or not the long-standing goal, which kennedy called the cause of his life for universal health care reform is going to be achieved. and on this point, i agree with larry kudlow that his death is not likely to have a major impact on the debate, but i disagree with larry in this respect. i think the democrats are likely to get the votes to pass something approximating barack obama's health care objectives by the end of the year. so i think that health care effort is in better shape than some people now think in washington, gu

peter bourne, once he the head of the drug treatment plan for president carter? he came up and did yeoman service for us. do you know about this? because we don't, and we need to learn. but that campaign commitment he made in 1968 was a very important part. we were checking to see how are we doing not just in the district, but cities all over the country. >> there's an aspect of connections between campaigning and governing that hasn't come up that i'd be interested in hearing the domestic staff people's views of, and that's the idea of the permanent campaign which is the idea that campaigning doesn't stop when it ought to. but the attitude and the activities of the campaign kind of have too much influence on what goes on in government, and i'd be interested in what people think about, whether there was too much campaign anything their white houses, whether it was something that just has to be done, was it somehow beneficial? >> the romance never ends. >> yeah, exactly. i agree with that. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> permanent campaigning is, you know, obviously

after four years, we would've done hired peter bourne who is president of the drug treatment program. not care what party people came from. that campaign commitment that he made in 1968 was a very important part . we were checking to see how we are doing in cities all over the country. >> there is an aspect between connections of campaigning governing that have not come up. that is the idea of the permanent campaign, which is the idea that campaign does not stop when it ought to. the attitude in the activities of the campaign have too much influence on what goes on in government. it to be interesting what people think about whether there is too much campaigning in the white house. >> [inaudible] >> the person with the biggest microphone in the country need to take it in use it to advance legislative and other policy incentives. if that is a permanent campaign, we are all guilty. how the president uses his time is the most viable commodity to have. it is a permanent campaign. this warrant issues like the last one and the one before and the one before. it the next election is what is dr

matt kevin of the dodgers has 11 and michael bourn with 10. willie harris. right field.t is dropping and the nats have their first base hit since 21 batters ago! two of the three hits tonight are broken bats. >> rob: when you have great stuff like josh johnson, even lurking when you make great pitches, sometimes the hitters break their bats and get singles, get home runs sometimes, and he has given up a few home runs this year, not many. he averages about two a month. alberto gonzalez is next. >> rob: hitters will let you know who you -- what you're featuring on any given night. 21 straight, that let -- lets you know how good josh johnson has been. >> bob: no way for hermida to get there. >> rob: he has some new wood this at-bat after breaking his bat in the last at-bat and see how it works. >> bob: and that was not on the swing he broke it. and gonzales rips one up the middle. that's the best contact he has made in a while. two on and nobody out. >> rob: short and sweet. right to the point. he took the fastball right up the middle. not time for a big long swing. time to

michael bourn of the phillies 46.   . >> bob: that was a head-long dive. >> rob: most basetealers like to get off so they have to dive back. that means they are getting a decent lead. >> bob: morgan likes to run when guzman is batting left- handed. it's one more thing close the right arm of the catcher. torrealba, by the way, this year, 3 for 25 against opposing base runners.   he is holding. guzman takes a high strike. ryan zimmerman on base once tonight.   that's a swing and a foul a the count 0-2.   jayson werth has homered ag tonight, 28 on the year for him, and the phillies lead arizona 6-3 in the fifth inning.   marlins got a fifth inning ru at houston, leading by one in the third. behind 12-2 josh johnson.   here in washington, 2-0 rockies, bottom of six, lead- off man aboard. guzman much better when pitchers are going off the stretch.   ho ho ho. >> rob: h

and that 1% are soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guard men have bourne the overwhelming burden of our security. in fact, perhaps never in american history have so few protected so many. so the responsibility for our security must not be theirs alone. that is why i've made it a priority to enlist all elements of our national power in defense of our national security. our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral example because one of the best ways to lead our troops wisely is to prevent the conflicts that cost american blood and treasure tomorrow. as president, my greatest responsibility is the security and safety of the american people. as i've said before, that is the first thing i think about when i wake up in the morning. it's the last thing that i think about when i go to sleep at night. and i will not hesitate to use force to protect the american people or our vital interest. [applause] >> but as we protect america, our men and women in uniform must always be treated as what they are. america's most precious resource. as commander in chief, i have a sole

peter bourne, who was part of president carter pause drug treatment program. he came up and did yeoman service for us. do you know about this, because we need to learn? the campaign in 1968 was a very important part in rejecting to see how we were doing not just in the district. >> there's an aspect about campaigning and governing has not come up that i would be interested in hearing about. that is the idea of the permanent campaign. this is the idea that campaigning doesn't stop when it ought to, but the attitude and activities of the campaign have to much influence over what goes on in government. i would be interested in what other people think about whether there was too much campaigning in the white house's or whether it's something that just has to be done. >> the romance never ends. [laughter] >> permanent campaign is a pejorative, but the truth of the matter is the person with the biggest microphone in the country needs to take it and advance legislative and other policy agenda. if that is a permanent campaign, we are all guilty as sin. how the preside

bourn death is too many from violence, and we will continue to work with law enforcement agencies andn able to reduce the violence because we've been able to turn off to a large degree the proxy war and some of that happened when the government of sudan bloodied the nose of gen. so that resulted in a decreased activity. >> it was my perception as i met with and listened to the various representatives and factions over time and looked at the situation on the ground that some of the group's are withdrawn from a major kind of activity that over the last year or more there have been a significant reduction. i think of leaders i met with were saying to me there were maybe a total of some 500 folks over the course of an entire year that lost their lives and many of them were criminal activities as you described. so, where does that put us in the context of ed debate people have about the event of 2004, 2005 and the genocide colin powell and myself and others have referred to the atrocities that took place and the status we find today? is there a distinction? is it is a distinction without a

of risk, that in the event, our medicare eligible population increased, the cost of that would be bourn by the vermont t taxpayer. the reason that we did that, it was a democratic legislature and a republican governor, is that we got some flexibility on our medicare program. >> on medicaid. >> on page 4, line 7, does this talk about medicaid or medicare? page 4, line 7. >> is that yours? >> maybe you don't have the same amendment that we have. >> i do. >> page 4, line 7, section 1186. >> we have in vermont, a price -- we have -- >> what i'm looking at, mr. welch, negotiating of lower covered part d drug prices on the part of medicare beneficiaries. is that in your amendment? >> yes, it is. >> does that do what the title says? >> that actually might inaccurately state medicaid than medicare. >> counsel, does that section directly amend on medicare part d? >> turn on your mike. >> it amends part d of the medicare program. >> the answer is, yes. the description of the amendment and the amendment don't seem to me to be the same thing. i oppose the amendment. or do you want to withdraw the a

the next call is from mel bourne, fla., on the independent line. go ahead.r: i am just trying to say something to the homosexual community and to the american people. basically, i know how i feel and i have a feeling this is the way many americans feel. i am not particularly caring one way or the other what the homosexual community does. where it bothers me is when it is crammed down my throat and with this marriage routine, as far as the civil union is concerned, i think they could probably have the same rights as everyone else. that does not bother me. what bothers me is the cramming it down our throats, the same- sex marriage. this is not just an agenda by the homosexual community. this is an agenda to tear down the american way of life and reduce it to something that they can start over and have what i consider to be a more marxist approach to the world order. i think this is not what the american people want. it is the same thing with the republicans and democrats. as long as people keep thinking the republicans and democrats instead of an independent a

put tax cuts in people's pockets, extended health care and unemployment insurance to those who have bournour auto industry is showing signs of stabilizing, our housing and credit markets have been saved from collapse. of course, as i've said before, we are a long way away from completely healthy financial systems and a full economic recovery. and i will not let up until those americans were looking for jobs can find them until qualified businesses, large and small who need capital to grow can find loans at a rate they can afford and until all responsible mortgage holders can stay in their homes. and that's why we need ben bernanke to continue the work he's doing. and that's why i've said that we cannot go back to an economy based on overleveraged banks, inflated profits, and maxed out credit cards. for even as we've taken steps to rescue our financial system and our economy, we must now work to rebuild a new foundation for growth and prosperity. we have to build an economy that works for every american and one that leads the world in innovation, in investments, and in experts. exports. pa

in the military and prÍncipe to be on the water in the coast guard like work and our new slogan is bournthat want to do something else with their lives and sitting at a desk acted and their and all the sudden ar in the coast guard uniform. >> to watch and see how we do. >> linus tammie and i work with a defense, the agency and we are going to work this issue now and a social dia and learn more about it and one of the things we are finding is finding the personnel to do that specifically to keep track of facebook, twitter, a of these things that need immediate response and going through excuse the expression but there is a lot of the only way i can ink about it is cracked in the internet that is it relevant or smart, you don't know who put it on there or whether it has anything to do with real life and you wonder how many people it takes to keep track of all this stuff and keep updating it like if we are going to have our updated have a blog we need to have said answers and answers coming up we need these answers we can put in acid i his name that kind of thing so it's like how many peopl

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and that's actually bourne out in the work on shared decision-making, not in the pallative-care arena but in the elective care. but in the decision, not always they will choose the less costly and less aggressive and frankly less risky course of action. t everyone and that's why these are individualized decisions. but i think there's pretty good evidence that patients know how to use information and they want more information. so in conclusion, a summary of what at least the tricommittee bill has which is the one that i think has gotten the most attention. it provides medicare coverage for voluntary advanced care planning consultations, at least every five yes. and the every five-year provision is just so that the door can get paid for having this conversation with you, which right now is not the case. we've heard about this unfortunate fee for service volume-driven healthcare system we have. well, the volume of conversations with the patients does not get theoctor more money. that's the one thing that doesn't. so all this provision does is say that medicare every five years would pay

of risk, that in the event, our medicare eligible population increased, the cost of that would be bournthe vermont t taxpayer. the reason that we did that, it was a democratic legislature and a republican governor, is that we got some flexibility on our medicare program. >> on medicaid. >> on page 4, line 7, does this talk about medicaid or medicare? page 4, line 7. >> is that yours? >> maybe you don't have the same amendment that we have. >> i do. >> page 4, line 7, section 1186. >> we have in vermont, a price -- we have -- >> what i'm looking at, mr. welch, negotiating of lower covered part d drug prices on the part of medicare beneficiaries. is that in your amendment? >> yes, it is. >> does that do what the title says? >> that actually might inaccurately state medicaid than medicare. >> counsel, does that section directly amend on medicare part d? >> turn on your mike. >> it amends part d of the medicare program. >> the answer is, yes. the description of the amendment and the amendment don't seem to me to be the same thing. i oppose the amendment. or do you want to withdraw the amend

and that's actually bourne out in the work on shared decision-making, not in the pallative-care arena in the elective care. but in the decision, not always they will choose the less costly and less aggressive and frankly less risky course of action. not everyone and that's why these are individualized decisions. but i think there's pretty good evidence that patients know how to use information and they want more information. so in conclusion, a summary of what at least the tricommittee bill has which is the one that i think has gotten the most attention. it provides medicare coverage for voluntary advanced care planning consultations, at least every five years. and the every five-year provision is just so that the doctor can get paid for having this conversation with you, which right now is not the case. we've heard about this unfortunate fee for service volume-driven healthcare system we have. well, the volume of conversations with the patients does not get the doctor more money. that's the one thing that doesn't. so all this provision does is say that medicare every five years would

bourn death is too many from violence, and we will continue to work with law enforcement agencies and we have been able to reduce the violence because we've been able to turn off to a large degree the proxy war and some of that happened when the government of sudan bloodied the nose of gen. so that resulted in a decreased activity. >> it was my perception as i met with and listened to the various representatives and factions over time and looked at the situation on the ground that some of the group's are withdrawn from a major kind of activity that over the last year or more there have been a significant reduction. i think of leaders i met with were saying to me there were maybe a total of some 500 folks over the course of an entire year that lost their lives and many of them were criminal activities as you described. so, where does that put us in the context of ed debate people have about the event of 2004, 2005 and the genocide colin powell and myself and others have referred and the status that we find today? is there a distinction? is it a distinction without a difference? does it

and that's actually bourne out in the work on shared decision-making, not in the pallative-care arena in the elective care. but in the decision, not always they will choose the less costly and less aggressive and frankly less risky course of action. not everyone and that's why these are individualized decisions. but i think there's pretty good evidence that patients know how to use information and they want more information. so in conclusion, a summary of what at least the tricommittee bill has which is the one that i think has gotten the most attention. it provides medicare coverage for voluntary advanced care planning consultations, at least every five years. and the every five-year provision is just so that the doctor can get paid for having this conversation with you, which right now is not the case. we've heard about this unfortunate fee for service volume-driven healthcare system we have. well, the volume of conversations with the patients does not get the doctor more money. that's the one thing that doesn't. so all this provision does is say that medicare every five years would

and that's actually bourne out in the work on shared decision-making, not in the decision-making, nothe pallative-care arena but in the elective care. but in the decision, not always they will choose the less costly and less aggressive and frankly less risky course of action. not everyone and that's why these are individualized decisions. but i think there's pretty good evidence that patients know how to use information and they want more information. so in conclusion, a summary of what at least the tricommittee bill has which is the one that i think has gotten the most attention. it provides medicare coverage for voluntary advanced care planning consultations, at least every five years. and the every five-year provision is just so that the doctor can get paid for having this conversation with you, which right now is not the case. we've heard about this unfortunate fee for service volume-driven healthcare system we have. well, the volume of conversations with the patients does not get the doctor more money. that's the one thing that doesn't. so all this provision does is say that medi

food bourn illness outbreaks linked to fresh produce are among the major public health problems whenit comes to food safety. and leafy green's and -- leafy greens and salads are among the top food target as long with beef, poultry and seafood that county outbreaks and illnesses. in addition, the average size of outbreaks linked to produce tends to be larger so they tend to affect more people. the importance of robust and reliable food safety practices on the farm cannot be understated. leafy greens, once contaminated, can support, grow and spread pathogens until they are consumed. chlorination and other controls can help to reduce contamination between different lots of salad, for example. but they don't make contaminated product. a plukt that comes in from the farm contaminated, truly safe to eat. in fact, scientists have shown how bacteria can inhabit the washing systems used for bag lettuce. and transfer bacteria from a contaminated lot, really on to a full day's. while fda has jurisdiction over on-farm food safety it really has not acted as an effective regulator. and they've bee