we will also talk with bruce fleming from the naval academy who has written a piece in" christian science monitor." we'll talk with cat kyley of the national journal. that is our lineup for the fourth of july on "washington journal" enjoy the rest of your weekend and we will see you tomorrow. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this morning, "newsmakers" senator rand paul. he talks about the debate over raising the debt ceiling. after that, senate armed services committee would senior military commander later. , the president's top home security adviser tom brennan unveiling a new counterterrorism strategy and afghanistan. >> shogash had decided several days before mckinley arrive that he was going to kill him. he had gone out and bought a pistol and the fall of mckinley's whereabouts in the newspapers which were reported in great detail. he began tracking him throughout the fair. >> on december 6, 1901, two fatal shots were fired at president mckinley. tonight, scott miller looks at the president and his as

host: bruce fleming is a professor at the u.s. military academy.e wrote this piece: "does the u.s. military have a clear purpose?" thanks for joining us. next, the 2012 battleground states, a conversation with kathy kiely. we will be right back. >> and a discussion of whether the united will remain divided? and the dalai lama talks about religion, violence, and the death penalty. later, nixon white house insiders discuss his presidency's foreign-policy. today, july 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. for the complete schedule of programs and times, go to c- span.org. c-span has launched a new, easy to navigate web site or politics and the 2012 presidential race, with the latest c-span events from the campaign trail, by a practical information on the candidates, twitter feeds and facebook updates from candidates and political reporters,, and links to c-span media partners in the early and primary caucus states. >> we see this as the notion of shared responsibility among a host of factors. we have the industry and microsoft and we have a pa

bruce fleming talks about his article, "does the military have a clear purpose."rounds for 2012 and strategies for gop candidates and president obama. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m., eastern, on c-span. next, our campaign 2012 coverage continues with michelle bac hmann's presidential candidacy announcement. >> minnesota republican rep michelle bachmann formally announced her candidacy for president in waterloo, iowa. she predicted that obama would be a one-term president. >> good morning. good morning. is this is so great to be here in iowa this morning, and even better to be here in waterloo where i was born. [applause] i think it is entirely fitting that we are here today act the site that was once the waterloo women's club, so thank you for being here. my name is michele bachmann. i stand here in the midst of many friends and many family members to announce formally my candidacy for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] i do so, because i am is so profoundly grateful for the blessings that i have received, bothrom god and from this grea

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after that, i discussion with bruce fleming of the christian science monitor on his latest article about the military having a clear purpose and later a discussion and campaign 2012 and the early primary states with the national journal. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. on tuesday, the senate armed services committee heard from the commander of the league war in afghanistan. lt. john allen confirmed the president's plan to withdraw troops by next september was not one of the options presented by the current commander, general david petraeus. he was joined as confirmation hearing by vice admiral william mcgraven, a member of the seal team that killed osama bin laden. and general james thurmond. this is about two hours, 25 minutes. >> good morning everybody. mccreary here to consider the three military nominations for command of some of the most >> witnesses this morning on what is truly a joint panel are general james thurmond, u.s. army nominated to be commander united nations command combined forces command that u.s. forces correa, vice admiral william mccraven as navy