brad sherman will take your calls about u.s. strategy in afghanistan and pakistan in the aftermath of the killing of some of bin laden. we will focus on the future of guantanamo bay with a new york times' national security correspondent. "washington journal" is next. host: debate continues in the halls of congress and the papers this morning about a strategy in afghanistan and pakistan in the wake of the death of osama bin laden. congress is also moving on to domestic issues with the debates over spending and deficit, and "the washington post" reports that the gang of six senators are working on a bipartisan compromise, that the group will not reveal a deal this week but have not given up hope. white house spokesman jay carney said that a question the doese house is weighing h is the release of osama bin laden's photographs hurt or harm our interests. "usa today's" headline on this -- some are concerned that the images are too gruesome to share. "know when he was saying it is clamoring to see them, and those who are not st. will

host: first phone call for brad sherman from north carolina. go ahead. we are listening. you have to turn the television down. caller: as i understand it, we were paying pakistan $12 billion a year to help us fight. people get blowed up every day. you would think they would want to protect their own country. why should we have to pay them to help us fight this? guest: the amount of aid is closer to $4.3 billion. less than half of that is economic aid, the other is security aid. if pakistan was doing the right things, the fact that they were doing them for themselves, as well as us, which fully justified the aid, motivated its own desire. the current president is the widower of benazir bhutto, killed by terrorists. so you are right, they should be doing all of the anti-terrorism work for their own reasons, but helping them with this money makes sense. there are elements in the government that are very cooperative. there are elements that want to build a moderate anti-terrorist pakistan. those elements deserve our aid. but you cannot just throw money at the pakistani govern

democratic congressman brad sherman of california said the whole ordeal is shredding the u.s.stitution. this past friday was the 60th day since the president told congress that this country was joining allied forces in attacks against moammar gadhafi in libya. told congress as opposed to asking for their approval. the 60-day mark is significant because under the war powers resolution, congressional authorization is required in significant military activity by that date, or the operation has to be stopped. well, neither has happened. instead, as the deadline approached, the president sent a letter to congressional leaders asking for a resolution of support. the president didn't mention the war powers act, or ask explicitly for authorization in his letter. he just asked for support. he may get the resolution from the senate. john kerry and john mccain have introduced a bipartisan resolution that expresses congress's support for u.s. military involvement in libya. but senate majority leader harry reid said a vote on that won't happen before the long memorial day weekend recess. a

brad sherman, the ranking member of the terrorism subcommittee will take your phone calls about strategy in afghanistan and pakistan in the aftermath of the killing of osama bin laden. and then we will focus on the future of guantanamo bay with scott chain. "washington journal" live on c- span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. a couple of live events to tell you about tomorrow on our companion network, c-span3. janet napolitano note testifies before the senate homeland security committee on the threat of terrorism and border security at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 12:30 p.m. eastern, mitch daniels is at the american enterprise institute to talk about public education. >> every weekend, experience american history on c-span3. it is 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. here first-person accounts. the country's best known history writers of the past decade. travel to important battlefields to learn about key figures and events that shaped in error during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. those that college classrooms across the nation as american professors tell them to