so burke was allowed to be burke. and one of the key things that we seek to teach is to be respectful of the intellect of those who are junior to you because they may indeed have an insight or a reframing that you don't have. and so every good leader would seek death. but we seek to reframe and to teach the ability to be comfortable in the environment. >> senator, you have been watching this balance for a long time. talked with a little bit as you have watched over the years of whether you think the modern military of the balance right on its willingness to challenge the civilian authority or to challenge even within the military their own superiors. do you have a sense of how that balance is? >> let's go back 41 years when i was privileged to be in the pentagon in the navy secretary. we used to get in the rooms with the cheese and larry would always start and we would listen to one another. i want to know your opinion. that was the same thing i was interested in. i stay with a deep sense of humility to be secretary o

burke was allowed to beat burke. the key things that we teach is to be respectful of the intellect that are junior to you because they may indeed have an inside or a reframing that you do not have. every good leader would seek that. we seek to teach the ability to be comfortable in a different environment. >> to have been watching this balance for a long time. talk to us as you have watched over the years what you think of the modern military as balance and the challenges within. >> let's go back 41 years when i was at the pentagon. we used to go in to the room with the chiefsçç and isç sad sq%ei+ to one another. :d?0bqg1&'Ñer. ì(lc ciaj atta boy. as long as i have known you, you have only made one mistake. you went to west point when you should have gone to annapolis. i had gone to the sixth fleet in the mediterranean. i had met burke. he had a protocol. when you'd joined the navy secretary, he would send little notes. i would like to meet you. you could go see him at his home and his lovely wife. that is where

burke, you have done such good work in this area.we look to rhode island as a potential national model here, what further feedback would you give us on what elements of the lindsay ann burke program has been received, have been most effective, what are the lessons learned from what you have done that you think congress should focus on? >> i think the lessons learned have been the need for funding. the implementation of bill lot -- the law is working in rhode island because the association's stepped up to the plate and said we would be willing to provide free training for school staff. there was no funding attached to the bill when it was passed in rhode island. however, the drawback in other states is that many states have been tensions but they're very concerned, especially in these hard economic times, about the cost of training school personnel. i have gotten calls even this week from the state of ohio, from the mexico asking how we implemented lindsey calls law and what was the cost involved. for it to be successful in the amount

anne burke is our next witness. i think you wanted to say something about miss burke. of course having been married to a registered nurse for 47 years, i'm glad to have you here although i'm sorry for the reason you are here. >> thank you, mr. chairman . i just want to welcome miss burke here. rhode island is a small state. i don't think there was a person in the state who was not aware of the tragedy that befell her family and the terrible way in which her life changed when lindsay was murdered by an ex-boyfriend at the age of 23. we have also been very inspired by the way that anne as a teacher and a nurse has taken what for many would be a disabling calamity in their life and turned it for as much good as one could possibly imagine that could be achieved out of such tragedy. she has fought for along with her husband chris, obtained passage of the lindsay anne burke act which requires programs in high school to support awareness of teen dating violence and support in the schools for those programs. she started the lindsay anne burke memorial fund to provide support f

he can push it in the open court, very good knocking off screens, burke has a lot of things, knacks,ises, but one of baltimores finest. he will be ready for the game today. >> lead of the acc with those points and always an igniter of green berg's offence. the rivalry speaks for itself. who will lead the common wealth tonight virginia tech, virginia, with that back to the studios. comcast sportsnet. >> thanks a lot. mba will announce the all-star reserves later tonight. but we are hoping to see jameson lacing up in in dallas valentines day? you are disappointed he is not going to the all-star game. he has been linked to several trade rumors. while he will not ask management to be shipped out, he was asked today at practice if he feels he has earned the right to seek a title elsewhere. >> have i earned the right to seek a championship period, but chris, when i signed that contracts. it was for four years. i got two more years left of this, and you know, it is my job. it is my duty you know. so i don't know, people ask me all the time, you know, they need -- i mean, i respect these guy

in nigeria, greg burke, fox news. >> julie: thank you. stepping up security on the ground to avoid disaster in the air. one major u.s. airport planning to instinstall full boy scanners to disrupt items hidden by terrorists. newark international airport getting the high-tech machines to keep the passengers bent on destruction from ever boarding the plane. chris t we have more. >> the revealing body scanners are the hot topic at liberty. travelers may have to walk through them to catch a flight out of the airport. >> it would make me uncomfortable but it's worth it honestly. >> most travelers we spoke with are willing to put modesty aside for safety sake. >> i have no problem with that. it's for your own safety. whatever makes it safe to fly. >> newark liberty international airport is expected to receive full body scanners sometime this year. many say the high-tech machines could have prevented umar farouk abdulmutallab from boarding the plane he tried to blow up in detroit. the x-ray machine show what is underneath your clothing but some l

so those of you who have been in the field, who have seen comparable -- there's nothing comparable burks situations where we all had to quickly move into action, know how difficult this has been and i appreciate the recognition for the team down on the ground. [applause] >> madam secretary, i've admired you for a long time and one of your former con constituents. >> thank you. >> i'm a college professor and here on a sabbatical year. and when i arrived here only a few months ago i was pleased to discover i was going to be in the bureau for democracy of human rights and labor and since then i've been learning a directly about central and south asia and working to promote human rights on that and -- i'm starting to learn how challenging it is to balance human rights concerns against security concerns, concerns about afghanistan and the other crises in the world, and yet i'm very concerned about human rights. i'm demrithed that we have this you are be. it's an important bureau but i sometimes worry that given the pressures of everything else despite our wonderful secretary as a principal of

burk. william cohen was secretary of defense in the clinton administration.e's chairman and ceo of the cohen group. it works with security and defense firms and many work with the homeland security and tsa. jack rice, former cia officer and now a journalist and syndicated radio host. we start with secretary cohen. how do you rate the president's handling of all this. >> there were obvious mistakes that were made. he should be up-front about it. say my administration made some mistakes, and i accept full responsibility for that. to go in and look and examine and see where the failures were. i would go back to what howard baker said during the watergate days, in which he said, ask the question, what did we know and when did we know it? a reframing of that, what did we need to know, and what did we do about it or fail to do about it? those are the questions that are really important. not whether wi rate him a success or failure. if he fails, we all fail, and the terrorists do succeed in getting through. we want to focus our attention on how to make the system be

that's the idea behind "taste of copia", a program led by a dream team of experts such as wine guru burkef jacqueline buchanan, and gardener colby eierman. -taste of copia lunch is just one of our favorite most popular programs. -there's a tremendous amount of education that goes along with the actual enjoyable lunch. >>today's three-course menu: crayfish remoulade, pulled pork with southern greens and coconut cake for dessert. each item is typically paired with a wine, but there are exceptions, which leads us to our first lesson. -this is actually a non-grape substance, we call it beer. [laughter] it's quite a popular beverage in some parts of the world, actually. there are no seconds, i'm afraid, on the beverages. but i hope you enjoyed that. >>jacqueline is next to share her culinary wisdom with us. a word of warning: -this is a little tool called cook help. >>she's a bit fond of gadgets. -the curls of carrot that were on your salad were made with this little gadget. my kids used to think this was the coolest thing on the planet. it's kind of fun to learn about these things. >>but as c

burke, 29. 42 -- that cannot be right. wrong number. upper 40's, lots of sunshine. it should be a gorgeous afternoon. >> thank you. >>> our top stories, the doubly hurt quadeadly earthquake in ha. >> the bodies lining the streets number in the tens of thousands. the red cross is desperate for donations. relief groups cannot treat the injured because their run out of medical supplies. pamela brown is live outside the red cross headquarters. >> good morning. volunteers are at the red cross headquarters and getting ready to be deployed in the next couple of hours. they will meet with other volunteers stationed there and will decide what resources need to be brought in. these efforts are invaluable. e death toll in haiti is a rapidly on the rise. images of death and despair are all around. >> people are walking in front of me. that was a lady screaming. >> we have somebody here. >> there are thousands of people believed to be trapped. a staggering number of people have lost their lives. >> we should have more done, up 100,000 people. >> people are camped out on streets

we are 10,000 counting including the cato burke institute. active members. >> host: what sort of organizations or companies do they work for -- to the members work for? >> guest: about a thousand different countries like at&t and general a wreck and verizon, comcast, "the new york times" and many of the newspapers of the news agencies. post goes to when it comes to policy matters, mr. cohen, what are some of the major areas of concern that you concentrate on with cwa. >> host: the internet you trust. right now given what's going on, health care policy has become huge because no matter where our numbers work for great concern about what the future be put health care reform, the question is what does that mean? bargaining and organizing rights, a big problem in the united states. and great concern for members of their ability to have a voice on the job. those would probably be the three big ones. we're very involved boboli of flow. and lots of the work i members do is affected by what's going on around the world. project to build alliances that

one of the winning tickets was sold at a gas station in burke. six people won a $25,000 prize.d 300 won a $500 prize. if the prizes are not collect within six months the money will be put into virginia's literacy fund. in case you happen to have a ticket that you haven't checked, here are the winning numbers. >>> at the present time unveiled more details about suspected would be bomber. now the obama administration is looking to put new security measures in place. fox news sunday is all over the investigation. what he get a preview. plus, gwen is back with a account lieu at today's weather and a work week preview. fox 5 morning news will be right back. (announcer) the one you love could be carrying flu viruses. fact: your child could pick up the flu virus from surfaces. lysol disinfectant spray kills cold & flu viruses, including h1n1. lysol is the number one pediatrician recommended brand. lysol. disinfectant to protect. >>> we're learning more about the suspect in that christmas day terror plot. president obama says an al- qaida affiliate in yemen trained and armed the 23-yea

virginia lottery's virginia new year's millionaire raffle was sold at the center shell station in burke. the winner has not come forward yet. the two other lucky people bought their tickets in richmond and yorkton. darn. >> that would be a great way to start the new year. an extra 1 million bucks. >> you've got three kids, you must have a lot of money. >> in my dreams, right. >>> oh, cold outside today. bundle up the kidos if you're headed out for any activities today or bundle up yourself if you're going to be the one going outside, but it is going to be one of those very january-like days out there. a very strong west-northwesterly wind is going to keep the windchills down near 13 or 14 degrees, all afternoon today. basically, a repeat performance of yesterday, only we're starting out even colder. outside, the camera's shaking in the breeze out there this morning. lots of ice alongside the potomac river, 18 degrees, our current temperature, with a west wind, averaging 20 miles per hour, but gusting to near 40 miles per hour at times. the windchill at a balmy 2 above right now. last wi

greg burke filed this report from the suspect's home country of nigeria later today. >> this entire incidentast a spotlight on islam and nigeria, about 75 million muslims in the country. what is quite clear, the extremist version embraced by abdul mutallab is quite different from that of his family. while there are certain sections in the north of the country where the muslims can be extreme, friends of the family tell us they were practicing muslims, but quite moderate and at friday prayer none of the fiery preaching of anti-u.s. rhetoric, but preaching on the beauty of islam. most nigerian muslims may be poor, but not radical. >> nigeria will not be a haven for taliban, we're learning how to co-exist peacefully. >> finally, just to give you an idea how influential farouk's father is, the equivalent of the head of jp morgan going to the fbi and saying i've got a problem with my son. the only question why they did not treat a man of this stature more seriously. >> gregg: thanks. protesters in hong kong marching to the chinese government's compound demanding democracy. hong kong of course a f

we believed early on, bill burke, our founder and others that started the organization that it was meaningful and could be a transformal experience for college students to partake of these programs. >> how many students a year? >> 1,500 to 1,600 interns. >> who pays for them? >> students and/or their units or money that we raise and corporations and individuals. >> someone what wants to come, what kind of out of pocket suspense do they have? >> nor program, in the $1,200 range and that includes housing. >> where were you before you did this? >> i was working as a counselor in a junior high school in massachusetts -- mst and managing a restaurant on cape cod in the summer. >> what's the best thing a student can say after this? >> this changed my life. i'm going to volunteer more in my community or i'm going to change my major. >> somebody watching this in the next couple of minutes that want to get involved, where do they go? >> twc.edu is the website. we have a full-time staff of 75 here in washington and we'd love to help them. >> mike smith, i want to get back to the students now and open t

. >>> we are at frost burke state univ. speaking with thomas lewis, author of "brace for impact" surviving a crash of the industrial age by sustainable living. to start off with what do you see as the major threats to the current we of living? >> that's the content of most of the pockets along list. what i did was organize it into the threats that i.c.e. gathered against our systems that sustain us. like both the food to regrow and animals we raise and what kind of water, supplied water and treatment of waste water and energy, legal and electricity. and each of those categories is a system that has been increasingly industrialized and is increasingly in peril of failing. morrill strassel all of those systems and usually people don't look at them all at one time we give people specializing in electricity one of the things of vital to cities it takes three times as much water to get to the electricity to your home that you use and it does the water that you use so the electricity has an impact on water. so i tried to gather i

lincoln's hero burke, yuval holds together respect for tradition and the spirit of reform by a love of country had a profound appreciation of the decent life that makes possible for so many. teachers often flatter their students by telling them that they have learned more from then than they have in-- but in the present case is the absolute truth. is latika anticipation that i look forward to his lecture for covering the case for capitalism, which promises to instruct the home team of economists on how best to understand and defend the economic system under which we live and for the most part flourish. please join me in giving a warm welcome to yuval levin. [applause] >> well, thank you very very much. i can tell you how much that means to me and how much i appreciate it. i thank all of you for being here and many thanks to a e5 for the invitation to speak tonight. it is really a great-- thank you. i've done that many times in the course of the last few years. it is really for me a great and a coupling honor to be asked to deliver a-- and while i certainly know that i don't belong in t

[laughter] >> actually, just to kick us off here and a lighter note, steve burke who turned 50 to you before, said you've really got to manage that would otherwise you will wake up and have crazy midlife crises, and think of some goal. so i have never thought about a triathlon. i was lying in bed serving that, too, with my bed. and said hey, there's a triathlon in bali. and maybe we should go to that great four seasons and dolly and you end up running on the beach, and would not sound great? she looked at me and said if we are going to go to bali, let's go to bali. we've never been but let's not do it and watch you run a triathlon. that's the exact day of my birthday, on a sunday, june 28, there was a triathlon also ran in bali in the schuylkill river in philadelphia. that sounds like you. so having to live near photo to all my life, and for any of you who have taken the train or lived in philly, the thought of swimming in the schuylkill is so disgusting. [laughter] smack that's the point of the movie. that's what i chose to do for my midlife crisis that it was a beautiful, beautiful

sheila you have already met, sheila burke. carlos gutierrez, former secretary of commerce, and before that, former c.e.o. of the kellogg company, and now a scholar at the university of miami institute for cuban and cuban-american studies. bill hoagland, another person, i can't think of budgets without thinking of bill. bill is now vice president for public policy at cigarette that -- cigna. he is a long-time staff director at the senate budget committee. he even worked for me at the congressional budget office early in his career. frank keating, president and c.e.o. of the american council of life sure remembers and former government of the state of oklahoma. joe, another person i've known for a very long time in the budget wars, who is senior v.p. and director of research for the committee of economic development. he has been at the office of management and budget and was a former chief economist of the house budget committee. and my friend and colleague, former mayor anthony williams, who led this city to a balanced budget,

like his hero burke.uval holds together respect for tradition and spirit of reform, colored by a love of country and a profound appreciation of the december life that make decent life makes possible for so many. teachers flatter their students telling them they have learned more from them than they have imported but in the present case the it is absolute truth. it is with eager anticipation i look forward to his lecture, recovering the case for capitalism, which promises to instruct the home team of economists on how best to understand and defend the economic system under which we live, and for the most part, flourish. please join me in giving a warm welcome to yuval levin. [applause] >> well, thank you very, very much, leon. i can't tell you how much that means to me and how much i appreciate it. thank all of you for being here, and many thanks to aei for the invitation to speak tonight. it's really a great and, -- there you go. done that many times in the course of the last few years. it's really for me

lincoln's hero burke, yuval holds together respect for tradition and the spirit of reform by a love of country had a profound appreciation of the decent life that makes possible for so many. teachers often flatter their students by telling them that they have learned more from then than they have in-- but in the present case is the absolute truth. is latika anticipation that i look forward to his lecture for covering the case for capitalism, which promises to instruct the home team of economists on how best to understand and defend the economic system under which we live and for the most part flourish. please join me in giving a warm welcome to yuval levin. [applause] >> well, thank you very very much. i can tell you how much that means to me and how much i appreciate it. i thank all of you for being here and many thanks to a e5 for the invitation to speak tonight. it is really a great-- thank you. i've done that many times in the course of the last few years. it is really for me a great and a coupling honor to be asked to deliver a-- and while i certainly know that i don't belong in t

tickets in the virginia lottery virginia new year's raffle was sold at the center shell station in burke, virginia. the winner has not come forward yet. the others won in richmond and yorktown. >>> "the today show" show starts at 8:00 right after this show. lester holt joins us from new york. lester, happy new year. >> happy new year. good so see you. let me tell you what's coming up on "the today show." a lot of breaking news to get to this morning. police have arrest ad man suspected of killing four family members including a 6-year-old girl on thanksgiving day. this morning an exclusive live interview with the girl's parents. >>> also more aftermath following that failed attempt to blow up usa airliner christmas day. u.s. closed its embassy in yemen after threats by al qaeda. president obama will talk with his top security team this week. >>> and curing foods to cure a common cold to a migraine and battling cabin fever. those stories and more when we see you a bit later on today. eun, back to you. >>> have a great day. >> all right. >>> a relaxing new year's day turned terrifying for

sheila burke. carlos gutierrez. as a former secretary -- former secretary of commerce and former before that c.e.o. of the kellogg company and now a scholar at the university of miami institute for cuban -- and cuban american studies. bill hoglin, another person that i can't think of budgets without thinking of bill. bill is now vice president for public policy at cigna. he is a longtime staff director at the senate budget committee. he even worked for me at the congressional budget office early in his career. frank keating, president and c.e.o. of the american council of life insurers and former governor of the state of oklahoma. joe minnerick, a long time person i've known during the budget wars part of the committee of economic development, has been at the office of management and budget and was a former chief economist of the house budget committee. and my friend and colleague, former mayor, anthony williams, who led this city to a balanced budget, who is now the executive director of government practice at the

i believe a lot in what edmund burke said.ents, to take their views very seriously. how do you know that is the case? because one thing our femme -- founding fathers did was to reject the british parliamentary system and say in the constitution very specifically that a member of the house horseman or senate -- house or senate had to beat from the state he/she represented -- to be from the state he or she represented. the idea was that they send someone to be their voice at the table in making the laws and decisions, so number one, you have got to listen to the people. you do not start with this. you start with giving important, heavy weight to their views. the second consideration -- i know this is really strange -- is that you actually read the proposed legislation. you evaluate the proposed legislation. you talk to people. you try to figure out the impact. you give the arguments pro and con and make an independent valuation, regardless of what party proposed it, and decide whether this is a good thing or bad, and the third a

greg burke, fox news. >> shannon: delta airlines chief is speaking out. he's not happy that the passengers and crew aboard flight 253 were put at risk. in a recorded message to employees, delta ceo richard anderson said having this occur again is disappointing to all of us. you can be certain we will be make our points very clearly in washington. and anderson add that had the crew will get commendations next week. if the airline wants to change the security restrictions does it have the power to do that. let's ask the head of airlines for 1992 to 2004, welcome, sir. >> afternoon shannon. >> you can hear the frustration in the message that came out from the head of delta. what can you do as an airline independently of the government. is there something you can do? >> all security procedures and policies are coordinated and under the direction of the tsa. the airlines are not intelligence agencies, they can't arbitrarily enact their own policies and procedures. >> what kinds of things would be more helpful to the airlines as far as something that the govern

i believe a lot in what edmon burke said.it's not your job to just be a rubber stamp for your constituents. but you are obligated to listen to your constituents, to take their views very, very seriously. how do you know that's the case? because one of the things that our founding fathers did was to reject the british parliamentary system, and say in the constitution and very specifically, that a member of the house or the senate had to be from the state that he or she represented. the idea was that they sent somebody to be their voice at the table. in making the laws, making the decisions. so number one, you've got to listen to the people. you don't start with dismissing their views. you start with getting important, heavy weights to their views. the second consideration, and i know this is really strange, is that you add to read the proposed legislationñr. you evaluate the proposed legislation. you talk to people. you try to figure out the impact. you get the arguments, pro and con, and you make it independent evaluation reg

sheila burke will say a few words on their behalf. was chief of staff for senator dole for number of years. she was a senior policy adviser for baker and donaldson. but we think most important -- she is on the board of the bipartisan policy center and will be participating in this project. thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. on behalf of the bpc board of directors and particularly senators dole and baker, two of the founding fathers of the organization, i want to welcome you to the launch of the task force. over the course of my kabir, i had the great privilege of working on federal budget -- course of my career, i have the great privilege of working on the federal budget with senators dole and baker and senator pete. there were a variety of issues we worked on year after year, but we knew full well that this was in good hands with senator pete and alice leading in the efforts. i recall only too well -- there was a great effort on the part of senator pete diminish sheets to deal wthis issue -- pete domenici to deal wi

burke is pointing out -- host: which is what dirk is falling out on twitter.ou can send us a twitter or an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. "i am not optimistic about 2010 until obama realizes that we need less government, not more, we will continue to drive the dead." from "the washington post" the article points out that wielding a large majorities, they relied on their expert vote-counting skills to send obama 13 major bills and read over alterations health care system. then the bullet train screeched to a halt. scott brown's victory in massachusetts cause the democrats their filibuster-proof senate majority. obama's biggest priorities, for use in climate change -- reducing climate change, overhauling health care, expanding college aid, are now in limbo. our question this morning, optimistic or pessimistic about the year ahead? roger is our next caller. caller: i am very optimistic. host: turn the volume down on your television, we will hear you much better. caller: ok. host: still with us? caller: i feel optimistic. i feel that obama just got in with one year

on the campaign trail, i met small business leaders from alexandria atoms burke. businesses are responsible for 75% of new jobs created in the state. one after another, they told me tales of too much paperwork, too much brock receipt and slow turnaround stifling their efforts. that is unacceptable. impediments to job creation and economic development is the impediment to the future of the virginia. they must be removed. together, we will make this the easy state to open and maintain a small business. [applause] >> there are several ways to do this. we should allow currently licensed businesses to operate any new business venture under the license they already have approved while waiting for a new license to be processed. i will direct the department of occupational regulation and other licensing agencies to ensure that new businesses to get licenses and approvals complete in 48 hours or less to get them started. [applause] >> we will also work to greatly enhance the effectiveness of our one-stop business start-ups centers and our state. if you served our nation in

at the tail end of the burks at the middle of the recession, i'm surprised 17% had a favorable view.k afghans the same question, 40% are able to view the future. that's what was a surprising answer given the fact we know the bad things and the most corrupt country and the drug problem and rising insurgency. the reason afghans had that answer is because this all looked better than what they lived through. can you think of a country in history, that lived through the soviet occupation and a com misgovernment and then the tall pan. this is a pretty bad combination. each one of these would be devastating to countries. even though we know what the problems have existed in afghanistan still what is going on today is certainly much better than the past. and 4.5 million ref gees returned. this was an important number. 14 refugees left as a result of the occupation and civil war. almost none returned. just maybe several hundred thousand if you're generous. refugees don't return to places they don't think have a future. and afghans think afghanistan doesn't have a future. many in squools, incl

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you define your conservatism so high on your reading list that i guess it's summer in their, edmund burkerussell kirk, reactionary legislators. it was her brand of conservatism? and have you take this conservative view -- how would it shape of america's economic policy going forward in the word addresses and the losses of our economy that have come from the pursuit of postindustrial war service economy which actually goes back two practically the '60s? and certainly in the '70s. and this is, indeed, a problem, it's been committed by crazy things in financial services which was driven by the economy moving over there but if you look at a map you'll see luxembourg and the united states are geographically different. luxembourg is a successful post industrial economy, it doesn't >> host: what is your question? >> caller: third question, take carjack an amendment with universal right to work long and enforcement against management or yancey and how will that apply? >> host: thank you. michelle malkin. >> guest: let me tackle what i can. the -- i think the easiest way to define me would be some

with other attention he has said doctoral dissertation on the thought of edmund burke and tom is paid which shows the differences between them faithful to their time and thought and weighs settle the debate the fundamental differences between the borough and conservative thought today. find of the common september 2009 saw the first issue of national affairs. which represents for those of us who were nurtured by him, nothing less than the rebirth of the public-interest risen like a phoenix from the ashes. happily our late dear friend live to see the rebirth and perhaps wrote his last letter a note of congratulations and encouragement to yuval levin. is a man of clear thought, a good sense and shrewd judgment with lacking all petty this am blessed with a quick 10 and a generous spirit and a prestigious capacity for good works. like his hero, but yuval hopes to have a respect for tradition and reform with their love of country and a founder appreciation of life that is made possible for so many. teachers often flatter their students by telling them they have learned more from them than

i believe a lot in what edmund burke said, it is not your job to be a rubberstamp for your constituents but you're obligated to listen to your constituents, to take their views very, very, seriously. how do you know that's the case? because one of the things that our founding fathers did was to reject the british parliamentary system, and say, in the constitution very specifically, that a member of the house or the senate had to be from the state that he or she represented. the ideal was, that they sent somebody to be their voice at the table, in making the laws, making the decisions. so number one, you got to listen to the people. you don't start with dismissing their views. you start with giving important, heavyweight to their views. the second consideration, i know this is really strange, is that you actually read the proposed legislation. you evaluate the proposed legislation. you talk to people. you try to figure out the impact. you get the arguments pro and con, and you make an independent evaluation, regardless of what party proposed it, and decide whether this is a good thing or

and we also have peter burke, who i think is well known to many of you as a national security analyst and an expert on terror and al qaeda. he has many other positions as well, for example, at new york university center for law and security. and has worked for other media outlets as well cnn, discovery channel, and national geographic -- and also has been an adjunct professor at the kennedy school at harvard in the last year. his books are well known. one of them is called "holy war inc.: inside the secret world of bin laden." it has been translated into 80 languages. and the other one is "the osama bin laden i know," which came out in 2006. and our third speaker is frank anderson, my colleague and the president of the middle east policy council, who has spent 27 years in the united states government working on middle east issues, and many of those years in the middle east. he retired in 1995 as the chief of the near east and south asia division of the central intelligence agency. and since that time he has been providing consulting services to corporations on middle eastern issues. a

not only are those allegations categorically false burkes they highlight -- they highlight the unwillingness of opponents to this measure to engage in the real policy discussion that we should be having. the question that so many of the individuals and the groups opposed to my efforts have failed entirely to answer is if they honestly think that the e.p.a. regulations under the clean air act would be good or bad for america. now, i hope, mr. president, that the debate over this resolution will stay rooted in the substance. there's plenty of substance for us to debate. there is a legitimate and a substantive debate to be had about whether or not the e.p.a. should be allowed to issue these regulations before congress has had an opportunity to fully debate the issue of climate change. in my mind, the answer is no. congress must be given the time that it needs to develop a responsible policy that protects both the environment and the economy. we are not incapable or even unwilling to legislate on this topic. so far this congress has merely failed to develop a balanced measure that draws enough s

neither liberal nor libertarian conservative, conservative and you don't want me to store on edmund burke because i don't stop but conservative and a sense that seeks just that kind of balance that has a vision of the liberal society as an achievement rather than as a beginning, rather than a set of principles that than have to be applied before malae and arithmetic onto social life. so, the view of things like present here is as much criticism of libertarians as liberals. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> thought you might. [laughter] >> of course. [laughter] the classical liberal as i understand is that an aesthetic ideas. it was institutional idea and the progress of success was less than when back capitalism that in pre-empting its ability of the market to move into new areas and values emerge, environmental areas, but also preventing the educational systems and others, driving them into the political regime and forcing this on to this confrontational area where the rights approach leave me alone became antivalued in a sense, i think it's not quite fair to blame the libertarians. [laughter