carl was speaking about filtering.for instance, this year, veterans will not be getting a cost-of-living increase because someone determined there was no inflation in this time of recession. the consumer price index -- some on down individual -- some on known individual -- decided we did not deserve a cost of living increase. people are really going to suffer because everything is going up and their income is going to stay the same. i think that defined us, how we treat one another. these people who are unknown that hold a position of service are ill-serving the community. host: we are going to leave it there. talk about what he had to say, in terms about defining economic events of the past decade. guest: the house and bauble was this predictable thing, and people did predict it, they wrote books about it, and we did not listen. the banks went belly up, the recession was made much worse because small businesses could not get the money they needed. big business laying people off. we have 10 percent unemployment. the wh

carl was speaking about filtering.for instance, this year, veterans will not be getting a cost-of-living increase because someone determined there was no inflation in this time of recession. the consumer price index -- some on down individual -- some on known individual -- decided we did not deserve a cost of living increase. people are really going to suffer because everything is going up and their income is going to stay the same. i think that defined us, how we treat one another. these people who are unknown that hold a position of service are ill-serving the community. host: we are going to leave it there. talk about what he had to say, in terms about defining economic events of the past decade. guest: the house and bauble was this predictable thing, and people did predict it, they wrote books about it, and we did not listen. the banks went belly up, the recession was made much worse because small businesses could not get the money they needed. big business laying people off. we have 10 percent unemployment. the wh

>> i'm carl gibson's significant other. it is so nice to see you. well, exactly. it is more of car crashes. a few white-knuckle moments. it is always fun. you know about that. >> yeah, you know, i do with i'm told. carl is very much, well, we have done a few things together. i'm forget to write people. she is amazing. >> very special. she had this morning. given who you live with. welcoming he is my doctor, too, too, you know. congratulations on your book. i'm going to get you to sign. [inaudible conversations] >> it is -- i have done the most writing. >> isn't that part of the program. you just turning them. >> i was always apprehensive. that was a publisher. >> right. >> i know what a book writer does and a reporter and all that. what is he doing next. >> too much. one of these days i would love ticket your ideas on how this whole business has changed so much in the last 5-10 5-10 year. would not believe it. >> it has changed for the best. the good is that you can get print. so the digital book companies. that, in essence, will with newspapers certainly so much.

he just passed carl hayden's records for house and senate service.yden, if he surpasses him by 11 days on november 18. >> his birthday is two. he has been sick recently. do you know what the current health condition is? >> he is doing fine right now. he does have an infection to get straightened out, but he has been giving speeches about afghanistan, cautioning the president about making it clear exactly what was there, and he has recently chair of common security -- homeland security. his overall attendance record for over 50 years is 97.9%. >> nine terms. >> nobody has ever been elected to the senate nine terms. those are six-year terms. he is on his ninth term. >> it will seem obvious what your answer is, but is it a good idea for someone to still serve like this? >> a lot of members have served a great long time. members that i came across in my years as the historian, i like the senior members best, the ones that have been there for 30 or 40 years. they have an understanding of the institution. they were steeped in the institution's sister -- hi

. >> senators richa lugar and carl levin u want to see bipartisanship onhe hill? barrett is, a leading republican and democr both with the -- there is, a leading republican and mocrat both with concerns abt the policy. >> president oba has flowed richard nixon's great dictum, that a leader s to be challenging his ba at any moment to really be a leader. he was certain challenging his base. his candacy was launche on his anti-war position in 2002 against thiraq war, a position which i think has been vindicated and valated by the arguments made to vance that war -- weapons of mass destruction, wave of democracy sweeping across the islamic world, and no connection to 9/. that is where his base and enthiasm came from, and right now, disilsionment, and certainly at the best, lack of enthiasm. >>hold that thought. leme play the nger version of the sound bite we pyed at the beginning of the brocast. >> i definitely did notxpect it from him as our new president. thats something i wouldave expected from bush. it has tak me byurprise and i don't agree th >> it. >> we allnow

carl cannon is a senior correspondent senior politicsdaily.com. previously the bureau chief for "readers digest." he co-authored "reagan's disciple." back to the phones. . individuated himself, came up with his ideas and his thoughts. and is believed by basically putting out ideas that were somewhat politically incorrect, having to defend his ideas in the public domain. he does not think president obama has actually done that. he believes that he was elected primarily to s wage way deals, and that we may have a problem moving forward because of this. he concludes with -- he concludes with -- he is a president that comes to us out of our national insecurities. thoughts? caller: i cannot say with certainty who said it, but i am going to be guessing john or robert kennedy. i mean, i do not think that barack obama was elected because of national white guilt. i think he and his campaign did a pretty good job of notç makig him the black presidential candidate, the presidential candidate who was black. i think that was not a defining characteristic, and

still, if today's in for aany indication, we're in for a big year. >> mark: carl sees a lot of teamsonference and he and others have talked about rule changes and passionate not only about basketball but this conference. >> mike: speaking of conferences congratulations to the ladies of north carolina they won their 20 20th soccer title beating st stanford, congratulation, north carolina. we'll be back. at chestnut field. we'll be back with more right after this. boston lager continues to be a very special beer. six weeks after jim started the business it took the best beer in america award. nobody had tried an american beer that had that kind of flavor. twenty years off, jim is still obsessed with boston lager. sam adams lager continues to win medals all over the world. that's pretty cool. so here's a great holiday meal deal. right now get two medium one topping pizzas and five breadsticks for just $14.99. that's enough to feed the whole family. carryout and we'll throw in a free two liter pepsi. happy holideal from pizza hut. >>> the game was tied five time, we had three lead change

>>ll right, christopher boucek and glenn carle, thank u very much. >> woodruff: now, e next chapter in our series about reforming the publ school system iwashington, d.c. the newshour'special corrpondent for education, jo merrow, has been reporting on this story for e past three year tonight, we goack to the beginning of a n school year-- the fallf 2008-- when chancell michelle rhee pushed a propal that attracted national attenon, on the questi of teacher pay and perfmance. >> the hardest job i er had d the hardest job in my mind that existis being a teacher in thelassroom every single day. >> in gust, three days before sool is opened in washington, d.c.chancellor michelle li dressed th city's 4,000 teaers and principa. >> we are going to chae thface of public education in this country. >> reporter: ihad been only 14 months since t rookieuperintendent acpted the job of turning around o of the worst blic school districts in the cotry. >> good moing. >>eporter: and in her whirlwind rst year she closed3 schools, replaced 58 princals and assistant principals, firenearly 17% ofer central of

carl is next in dallas. what was your favorite nonfiction book of 2009? >> caller: one of your callers has already mentioned one that i could not agree more that everyone needs to read. it takes a village. it is just a phenom all insider account. when i really enjoyed that you featured in april is called re-carving rushmore by ivan eland. >> host: what is it about? >> caller: any book is objective but it is an evaluation of all of our american presidents based on principles of peace, prosperity, and liberty. and it's a different perspective on our presidents. we tend to rank our presidents the highest two of been involved in wars or great conflicts or typically have imposed intervention in this economic policies. this looks at all the presidents through the lens of peace, prosperity, and liberty altogether. is a unique look at john timers, number one. i will send at the tail end. >> host: viewers will find that. thanks for that tip, carl. both of those offers have been on afterwards. if you go to our website about tv.org you can find a section right there

it is coming for sure. >> all right, christopher boucek and glenn carle, thank you very much. >> woodruff: now, the next chapter in our series about reforming the public school system in washington, d.c. the newshour's special correspondent for education, john merrow, has been reporting on this story for the past three years. tonight, we go back to the beginning of a new school year-- the fall of 2008-- when chancellor michelle rhee pushed a proposal that attracted national attention, on the question of teacher pay and performance. >> the hardest job i ever had and the hardest job in my mind that exists is being a teacher in the classroom every single day. >> in august, three days before school is opened in washington, d.c., chancellor michelle li addressed the city's 4,000 teachers and principals. >> we are going to change the face of public education in this country. >> reporter: it had been only 14 months since the rookie superintendent accepted the job of turning around one of the worst public school districts in the country. >> good morning. >> reporter: and in her whirlwind first ye

. >> carl davenport. >> your point of view is shared by a vocal but small minority in congress. and an even smaller minority on the world stage. so my question to you is, we've not heard very much from house republicans on the issue of climate change since the house passed its climate change bill in the summer over the past week or so you and other republican leaders in the house have really been bringing this issue back up and you've made it clear that you want to travel to copenhagen and to send a message to the world that this is your point of view. my question is, who do you expect to influence and how do you expect that to change the debate especially here in washington since a climate bill has already passed the house that sort of moved on and done? the arena in washington at this point is really the senate and the those on the issue don't seem to be questioning the science. they're concerned about how a climate change or carbon reduction policy might affect their home state industries but there doesn't seem to be a question about the science in terms of who is going to in

carl is up next in dallas. caller: one of your callers mentioned "it takes a village."t is wonderful. insider's account of wall street. one i enjoyed that featured in april is called "recarburize the russian war." an objective, an evaluation of all of our american presidents based on principles of peace, prosperity, and liberty. it is a different perspective on our presidents. we tended to rancor president's highest who have been involved in war or a great conflicts or imposed interventionist economic policies. this looks enroll the president through the lens and it is a unique look. john tyler is number one. wilson at the tail and. host: thank you for that to a. viewers will find those authors have been on exports. if you go to the website, you confront a section for all those programs. jeff boehner republican line. caller: "the meltdown this one is by dr. thomas woods jr. he is a senior fellow, austrian economics. for those who do not know, he follows the same line of thought as a doctor thank you for taking my call. -- as dr. paul. they saw the great depression befor

and i'm pleased to do so with ambassador carl ikenberry, an old friend.let me begin by saluting the bravery of the men and women of the international security force in afghanistan. they're anchored by over 68,000 courageous americans, our close partners in the nato alliance, and a 43 nation coalition. we honor the sacrifices of the fallen, the veterans, and their families. we also recognize the toll paid every day by our counter parts in the afghanistan security forces and afghan civilians who ultimately suffer the most from this insurgency. it is for them and for all of us that we seek a stable afghanistan, a defunct al qaeda, and a secure future in that vital region of the world. i first deployed to afghanistan in 2002 and have commanded forces there every year since. despite that experience, there is much in afghanistan that i have yet to fully understand. for all of us, afghanistan is a challenge that's best aproufed with a balance of determination and humility. while u.s. forces have been at war in afghanistan for eight years, the afghans have been a

carl hicks was up here with us last week, making his continual road appearances in the league. he does a great job getting out, seeing games. >> tim: should i take that personally that he chose to come on a weekend when i wasn't here? >> mike: i would. >> tim: 31-24, under a minute to play. boston college needed to have a last three minutes. and so far they've done that. richmond's in the game and he really wants it. martell, tough shot. well-defended. out of bounds. they're going to rule it rhode island basketball as trapani was unable to corral is. ulmer decided to knock it off. and they'll have to play some more defense here for 33 seconds. 0.9 seconds differential between shot clock and game clock. rhode island, 1 for their last 7 from the floor. you're right, they've left some point out here in the last three minutes of this first half. marquis jones finds martell. yes, and a foul. sanders picks it up. jimmy baron, and the bench of rhode island, explodes on that. that was a well-conceived play. >> mike: a little screen roll. martell does a nice job of diving down into the

ambassador to afghanistan, carl eikenberry.erage begin beginning at 10:00 eastern and on c-span radio and at c-span.org. this afternoon, a senate homeland subcommittee looks at how government ensures diplomatic security. the state department spends nearly $2 billion a year on a security force of more than 30,000 agents an law enforcement professionals. that hearing is live at 2:30 eastern on c-span 3 and at c-span.org. tomorrow live coverage of the nobel peace prize ceremony from oslo, norway, president obama the recipient this year, beginning at 7 a.m. eastern, live coverage on c-span 2 and also on-line at c-span.org. this week, continuing coverage on the healthcare debate, commercial free. now the latest update from the reporters an editors of the congressional roll call greep. c-span has partnered with cq hol call for coverage of the healthcare debate throughout the month. "washington journal" continues. host: congressman spencer baucus joins us now, republican from alabama and ranking member on the financial services commit

. >> reporter: the tribute to mel brooks kicked off by carl reiner who called his colleague. >> a geniusin and brilliantly unsensorrable tongue. >> a great drummer, but comedy paid more. so here i am. >> reporter: the trip down memory lane featured scenes from memorable works like "the producers." ♪ [ music ] the obamas presided over the gala for the first time, showing enthusiasm from the upper balcony. when the honors started in 1978 they would barely fill the house and the tickets were free. today it is one of the hottest tickets in town. especially with a-listers like aretha franklin. >> a voice that was a gift from god ♪ [ music ] >> today is an affirmation for all that i was striving for. & born in the usa ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> the grand finale was devoted to the boss ♪ [ music ] >> it is fantastic. i will never forget it. >> reporter: springsteen never dreamed he'd come this far. >> i wanted to play rhythm, initially in a local bands and hoped that may work out for me, but, you know, you don't quite figure out, going to end up in this spot, you know. >> reporter: from the kennedy cente

ambassador to a afghanistan, carl eikenberry will testify on afghanistan strategy today.lso live on c-span 3, their testimony before the senate armed services committee at 1:30 p.m., eastern. both hearings are also on line at c-span.org. later in the week, they will take questions from the members of the house and senate foreign relations committee. >> greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health, according to police said jackson, the head of the environmental protection agency. that clears the way for the epa to regulate certain emissions even if congress doesn't act. this is about half an hour. . >> we have spent decades studying greenhouse gas solution and climate change. scientists in the united states and around the world have tracked in the last century and in particular the last three decades alarming increases in the amount of greenhouse gases in our skies. that increase is deteriorating the natural balance in our atmosphere and changing our climate. there have and will continue to be debates about how quickly climate change will happen if we fail to ac

i'd like to quote from abc news by jonathan carl and def inn -- devin pryor, this is the season of pork i quote -- "before returning to their -- excuse me. "just weeks before returning to their districts for christmas, congress is poised to give the gift of pork, roughly $4 billion of it. more than 5,000 earmarks were included in the $447 billion omnibus bill, funding pet projects of key members of congress from both parties in all regions of the country. senate will vote on the bill this weekend. independent analysis of the bill reveal a whopping 12% increase in government spending for 2010 while the inflation rate in the country remains near zer zero." a 12% increase in spending when people are out of jobs, out of their homes. they cannot afford to -- the -- basically what they need to sustain their lives and we have increased spending by 12% and 4,500 earmarks. $4 million -- said brian -- quote the spending spree is continuing even as the deficit escalates to $2 trillion. the earmarks are all explicitly listed in the bill, right next to the members of congress to inserted them. $800,

. >> veteran officiating crew in the acc, carl hess and mike eaves.s controlled to boston college and biko paris will operate at the point. >> you know, this team, boston college, has developed a chemistry without sanders and now they have to reinvent themselves, work him back into the lineup and the rhythm of their offense. >> the good news is it still happens eay in the season. there's a rejection by martell. and on the wing, trapani can't get it to fall. loose ball last touched by sanders. it will be out to rhode island. >> right now the thing that sanders is going to have to battle is the mental part of getting past an injury and trusting that ankle. he's going to be thinking about it for a while, but eventually the game will be instinctive again for him. >> marques jones, junior, co-captain of this club, he can put the pedal to the metal. that's what they want from him, to push this tempo and get it the way they want. there's a steal. sanders comes out of there with it. >> bc is going to change defenses. they played zone that time. rhode island i

ambassador carl w.ikanberry and general stanley a. mcchrystal, the commander of all united states and international forces in afghanistan. the president and his team have made it very clear that our efforts to degrade the taliban and defeat al qaeda cannot stop at the durand line. indeed, nearly all of the jihadi groups operating in pakistan and afghanistan, al qaeda, the pakistani taliban, the afghan taliban, the akani network, l.e.t. and others have joined together in an extended terrorist network that shares the same goals, including destabilizing afghanistan and destroying the pakistani state. fortunately, there appears to be a growing recognition in pakistan that it is impossible to differentiate between different terrorist groups. and that the same people killing american, international and afghan troops are now arming suicide bombers in the streets and markets of pakistan and killing pakistani civilians. we sympathize with the plight of the pakistani people who have suffered great losses from the growing number of terrorist att

it is pretty easy for everyone else to get onto it, so personality, voice, you need analysis, being carl krugman, tends to be an important way you get your readers to identify, because they can get the basic facts from 1000 different places. >> you get more of a reaction. if you looked comments on blogs, not necessarily the blogs themselves, but the comments, a tremendous amount at this point -- it is a tremendous amount of decoration, posturing, and i know it from my own question and answer sites. i get few comments -- i am just trying to enter other people's questions. i have people helping me do it. i get linked in by a woman named nagin who goes under the student name jane, so a libertarian lager, -- blogger. some of them are intelligent. it was a different purpose than what i was trying to do on this website, and i think it just shows that of course it is easier to cop an attitude and get response to that attitude, and that tends to be self- fulfilling to the extent that you go to consumers highways. -- consumer's choice. >> i now work for rupert murdoch, and a lot of people think r

you have carl malone and mike sdaish scottie pippen and you have me that's eligible.opefully we all three get in. if i don't get in, i will be there to support scottie pippen. one of the greatest players on

and i'm pleased to do so with ambassador carl ikenberry, an old friend. let me begin by saluting the bravery of the men and women of the international security force in afghanistan. they're anchored by over 68,000 courageous americans, our close partners in the nato alliance, and a 43 nation coalition. we honor the sacrifices of the fallen, the veterans, and their families. we also recognize the toll paid every day by our counter parts in the afghanistan security forces and afghan civilians who ultimately suffer the most from this insurgency. it is for them and for all of us that we seek a stable afghanistan, a defunct al qaeda, and a secure future in that vital region of the world. i first deployed to afghanistan in 2002 and have commanded forces there every year since. despite that experience, there is much in afghanistan that i have yet to fully understand. for all of us, afghanistan is a challenge that's best aproufed with a balance of determination and humility. while u.s. forces have been at war in afghanistan for eight years, the afghans have been

. >> host: viewers by the we will find that -- thanks for the tip, carl. we will find the programs, both of those authors have been on after words. if you go to the website, booktv.org, you can find all of the previous after words programs. iowa, jeff on the republican line. what did you read in 2009 that you liked? >> caller: meltdown. there's a couple of books out there called meltdown but this one is by dr. thomas what's, jr. he said several best sellers. a senior fellow at the institute for those who don't know he followed the same line as dr. ron paul and these are the people who understood and new the mess we are in was coming before it actually hit. also he saw the great depression before it hit and dr. thomas lee is not a really good case, very well and the case how government created this mess including, and the federal reserve which allows all of this to occur. >> host: thanks for the input. princeton new jersey, richard on the democrats' line. you're favorite book to those in line, non-fiction. >> caller: thank you. thank you for c-span. richard

ambassador carl w.ikanberry and general stanley a. mcchrystal, the commander of all united states and international forces in afghanistan. the president and his team have made it very clear that our efforts to degrade the taliban and defeat al qaeda cannot stop at the durand line. indeed, nearly all of the jihadi groups operating in pakistan and afghanistan, al qaeda, the pakistani taliban, the afghan taliban, the akani network, l.e.t. and others have joined together in an extended terrorist network that shares the same goals, including destabilizing afghanistan and destroying the pakistani state. fortunately, there appears to be a growing recognition in pakistan that it is impossible to differentiate between different terrorist groups. and that the same people killing american, international and afghan troops are now arming suicide bombers in the streets and markets of pakistan and killing pakistani civilians. we sympathize with the plight of the pakistani people who have suffered great losses from the growing number of terrorist att

we will go to carl in new augusta, mississippi, on the republican line.street moneyman and some of the big people that supported him like google and berkshire hathaway and now they have more money than what they know what to do with? guest: [laughter] guest: i like when people talk about the edge -- as an educated man. this coming year in washington will be a big anti-wall street year. the next thing that has to be done is a serious financial regulations bill. the lobbyists on wall street are spending millions, hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying. we will see what that produces. if this congress which is still a comfortable majority for the democrats with a democratic president cannot produce a serious bill on financial regulation, frankly, i wonder if they deserve to return by the end of the year. guest: i agree with that one of%. all the derivatives and everything that has been going on that brought all this about, the horrible situation in the mortgage industry, it needs an oversight that has not been achieved. guest: people were really upset t

host: missouri, carl, and attended e watching all of this? -- carl, independent.ler: i am watching all of this pretty easy to what senator dick durbin on the floor, giving senator -- watching all this. you need to watch senator but on the floor, giving senators sanders the right to remove the amendment. the house is the only body of government that is a democracy. under a democracy, majority rules. the senate is the body of government that is not a democracy. is that the republic, not -- it is neither a republican, not a democracy, and in the united states government, we are supposed to operate under representative democracy, and they don't operate under representative democracy. i personally think that the senate is that snail-paced body that the country would be better off if we just eliminated. guest: i would have to respectfully disagree with that completely. i think the senate is still a wonderful institution and there are wonderful men and women who work there becaus. the house floor is controlled by the speaker, in this case nancy pelosi. she controlled the

after that, an update on politics in news with carl cannon and robert schlesinger. later, at the "washington impose" on climate change legislation in the new year. now the president ncsc -- c l of the chik-fil-a chain it talks about the business and we will hear from his father. they spoke at the national press club and last month. here is part of that event feta . >>. [applause] thank you. this is a treat to be here with the. to be quite honest, it is a treat to be here with my death. it is not often we are able to travel together. i send out a tweet that there will be to bottom of the men selling to get the national press club conference -- two baldheaded men is selling chicken at the national press club conference. [laughter] it really does get down to people. we think what it said the service. they say a handshake and the hose is affected by the handshake of the hose. we are reminded of that. are of british descent in incredible job of making our server is remarkable. i thought what i would do. is the fees some highlights for this year, some exciting things that

got an awful lot of nhl defensemen capable in the system and that's one of the reasons we september carln. and they played a great game tonight. i mean we didn't give them too much, we had a couple of turnovers, we had five turnovers at the blue line in the third period and one the rest of the way and i thought that was the difference in the game. >> a shout out to our colleague michael jenkins, he was born on this day way back in -- oh i won't say. >> 1802. >> what is he like 30. >> # 2. >> he is probably feeling pretty good right about now. >> and only just beginning. thanks for watching geico "sportsnite." for lisa hillary, i'm jill certain on, "redskins nation" is next. >> see you at 11:00. learn more at supportyourvet.org.

i'd like to quote from abc news by jonathan carl and def inn -- devin pryor, this is the season of pork, i quote -- "before returning to their -- excuse me. "just weeks before returning to their districts for christmas, congress is poised to give the gift of pork, roughly $4 billion of it. more than 5,000 earmarks were included in the $447 billion omnibus bill, funding pet projects of key members of congress from both parties in all regions of the country. senate will vote on the bill this weekend. independent analysis of the bill reveal a whopping 12% increase in government spending for 2010 while the inflation rate in the country remains near zer zero." a 12% increase in spending when people are out of jobs, out of their homes. they cannot afford to -- the -- basically what they need to sustain their lives and we have increased spending by 12% and 4,500 earmarks. $4 million -- said brian -- quote the spending spree is continuing even as the deficit escalates to $2 trillion. the earmarks are all explicitly listed in the bill, right next to the members of congress to inserted them. $800

carl is up next in dallas. caller: one of your callers mentioned "it takes a village."t is wonderful. insider's account of wall street. one i enjoyed that featured in april is called "recarburize the russian war." an objective, an evaluation of all of our american presidents based on principles of peace, prosperity, and liberty. it is a different perspective on our presidents. we tended to rancor president's highest who have been involved in war or a great conflicts or imposed interventionist economic policies. this looks enroll the president through the lens and it is a unique look. john tyler is number one. wilson at the tail and. host: thank you for that to a. viewers will find those authors have been on exports. if you go to the website, you confront a section for all those programs. jeff boehner republican line. caller: "the meltdown this one is by dr. thomas woods jr. he is a senior fellow, austrian economics. for those who do not know, he follows the same line of thought as a doctor thank you for taking my call. -- as dr. paul. they saw the great depression befor

i want to acknowledge carl ikenberry who is here, our ambassador designate to afghanistan and to my national security team, thanks for their outstanding work. today i'm announcing a comprehensive new strategy for afghanistan and pakistan. this marks the con clufingse a careful policy review led by bruce that i ordered as soon as i took office. my administration has heard from our military commanders and diplomats. we consulted with partners and nato allies and with other donors and international organizations. we also worked closely with members of congress here at home. now i'd like to speak clearly and candidly to the american people. the situation is increasingly perilous. it's been more than seven years since the taliban was removed from power, yet war rages on and insurge -- insurgents control parts of afghanistan and pakistan. attacks against our troops, our allies and the government have risen steadily. 2008 was the deadliest year of the war for the united states. many people in the united states and many in partner countries have a simple question. what is our purpose in afghanistan?

host: carl from chicago. caller: yes, good morning. i want to say this about ben nelson.t want to vote for them, and believed that reid swallowed it to have a chance to pass this. and the second point, i am a democrat, life long from illinois, and i will be contacting dick derby, it's time that the democrats reorganize çand have some part discipline. the chairmans are responsible for the parties and what they are bringing forward. and also if you are inna cause na -- caucus and i understand that position, but a member shouldn't in an isolated incident put themsz -- themselves in a position to stop what we are doing as a party. if you choose not to want that, don't block things for a vote. i will contact him, we have to exercise the discipline with these people. guest: well, your caller from chicago bring up an interesting point. there is a significant debate of how to deal with this situation when you have 60 people and one person can stop it. in addition to nelson, earlier in this process we saw senator lieberman, an independent of the democratic caucus, and he had issu

>> [inaudible] >> carl osgood. >> erica [inaudible] >> with the saudi press agency. >> library of congress. >> from iran embass [unintellig] >> can we go across the back? >> [inaudible] with the order of st. john. >> [inaudible] >> david mack, elease institute. >> joint staff. >> [unintelligible] >> charles bruce, washington d.c. >> [unintelligible] >> patrick mancino. >> it gives me great pleasure to introduce a founding president and ceo of the national council and u.s.-arab relations. a man who has devoted his life to this region, to promoting understanding between the united states and the arab world and to has a particular home intellectually and spiritually in the gulf and arabian peninsula. he is the only westerner who has actually been present at the creation and attended each of the ministerials of the council and he is back from kuwait where he attended that meeting last week. it is my great pleasure to introduce dr. anthony. >> thank you. thank you, russell smith, thank you for allowing your facilities to be used for the occasion. thank you to the guests and the participants. th

i'd like to quote from abc news by jonathan carl and def inn -- devin pryor, this is the season of pork i quote -- "before returning to their -- excuse me. "just weeks before returning to their districts for christmas, congress is poised to give the gift of pork, roughly $4 billion of it. more than 5,000 earmarks were included in the $447 billion omnibus bill, funding pet projects of key members of congress from both parties in all regions of the country. senate will vote on the bill this weekend. independent analysis of the bill reveal a whopping 12% increase in government spending for 2010 while the inflation rate in the country remains near zer zero 12% spending when they are out of their homes and cannot afford to sustain their lives. we have increased spending by 12% @ 405,000 earmarks. that is up $4 million. this congress has not shown they are serious about the budget deficit. "the spending sprees continue as the deficit relays to $2 trillion, quell their marks are listed in the bill. eight and a thousand dollars for new york's lincoln center. senator harkin [unintelligible] they

senator -- republican senator carl curtis decided socialism. it moves the country in a direction which is not good for anyone. and years later, we know newt gingrich when he was speaker of the house said he wanted to see medicare wither on the vine, his words. and in 1995 while seeking the republican nomination for president, senator bob dole, he said quote, i would say are in 1965 fighting the fight, voting against medicare because we knew it wouldn't work in 1965. so when you hear our republican friends say my goodness, they're making a lot of savings in medicare, this is bad for the seniors. please, please, which party has good for protect dean our seniors? it's not a matter of being bipartisan. it's just a fact. so the echoes of the past fill this chamber, but i'm convinced now in 2009 that hope and reason and determination and good policy will triumph over fear and obstruction and the status quo. let's look at the immediate and near-term changes for the better that people are going to have because our colleagues say we are raising revenues

ambassador to afghanistan, carla eikenberry testified -- carl eikenberry testified before the house today about the transition strategy announced by the president last week. live coverage of both of those hearings, first up on c-span3 and the senate armed services committee have wondered p.m. also on c-span3 and fazul available online at c-span.org -- and also available online at c-span.org. in the meantime, a senator talks about the debate in health care in the house. continues. host: let us begin with some of the lead story is about the health care debate and what is happening behind the scenes. the headline in "usa today." it says the 10 democratic senators, liberals and moderate democrats are working behind the scenes to instead of creating what has been known as a far as the public option rather have expand medicare to allow 55 and older to join that as a so- called public option. what is your reaction? guest: you know, the problem with that -- but i have not seen any details. the problem with that is medicare by everybody's agreement, everybody's analysis is due to be insolvent by 2

host: carl, democrats line, lebanon, oregon.ller: i would like to us can -- to ask him what we're going to do about this but that we got, and if he is talking about keeping labor down, and i can we not come to a happy medium -- why can't we come to a happy medium where we have a fair wage? a worker has got to be able to live. guest: he is absolutely right. we have to have a fair wage, but as i explained, the wage is not fair and is going down because the money is being depreciated. his question about the debt, that is important. what are we going to do? we are not one to pay it off, we know that. when a country gets so deeply in debt that it cannot in -- cannot get paid, they liquidate it by default. when you have $10,000 in the treasury bill you are always going to get your money, but the government and the federal reserve -- of money supply last year, so if you have a treasury bill -- doubled the money supply last year, so if you average rodrigo -- have a treasury bill, you may not get as much back. the dollar is worth less ri

host: carl, democrats line, lebanon, oregon. caller: i would like to us can -- to ask him what we're going to do about this but that we got, and if he is talking about keeping labor down, and i can we not come to a happy medium -- why can't we come to a happy medium where we have a fair wage? a worker has got to be able to live. guest: he is absolutely right. we have to have a fair wage, but as i explained, the wage is not fair and is going down because the money is being depreciated. his question about the debt, that is important. what are we going to do? we are not one to pay it off, we know that. when a country gets so deeply in debt that it cannot in -- cannot get paid, they liquidate it by default. when you have $10,000 in the treasury bill you are always going to get your money, but the government and the federal reserve -- of money supply last year, so if you have a treasury bill -- doubled the money supply last year, so if you average rodrigo -- have a treasury bill, you may not get as much back. the dollar is worth less

host: carl, democrats line, lebanon, oregon. caller: i would like to us can -- to ask him what we're going to do about this but that we got, and if he is talking about keeping labor down, and i can we not come to a happy medium -- why can't we come to a happy medium where we have a fair wage? a worker has got to be able to live. guest: he is absolutely right. we have to have a fair wage, but as i explained, the wage is not fair and is going down because the money is being depreciated. his question about the debt, that is important. what are we going to do? we are not one to pay it off, we know that. when a country gets so deeply in debt that it cannot in -- cannot get paid, they liquidate it by default. when you have $10,000 in the treasury bill you are always going to get your money, but the government and the federal reserve -- of money supply last year, so if you have a treasury bill -- doubled the money supply last year, so if you average rodrigo -- have a treasury bill, you may not get as much back. the dollar is worth less

senator, republican senator carl curtis said it is socialism. here is later when newt gingrich when he was speaker of the house said he wanted to see medicare wither on the vine. his words. in 1995 while seeking a republican nomination for president senator bob dole, he said quote i was there in 1965, fighting the fight, voting against medicare because we knew it wouldn't work in 1965 so when you hear republican friends say oh my goodness. they are making a lot of savings in medicare. this is bad for the seniors. please, please, which party has stood for protecting our seniors? it is not a matter of being-- it is just the fact. so the echoes of the past filled this chamber but i convinced now and 2009, that hope in reason and determination and good policy will triumph over fear and obstruction and the status quo. let's look at the immediate and near-term changes for the better that people are going to have because we are raising revenues but there's no benefits right away. let's talk about what the benefits are. and i don't have time to go into

international security assistant force in the united states force of afghanistan and the honorable carl ikenberry. we welcome you, we thank you for being with us as we have been long anticipating your testimony today. two months ago i wrote a lengthy letter to the president some six pages. that he listen to his commanders in the field. and let me begin by commending the president by demonstrating his commitment to achieving success in afghanistan by adding 30,000 american troops to the war. in that letter and in private considerations i urged the president to listen to our military leaders and give them what they needed, and he did just that. i've noted that the war in iraq caused the previous administration to lose focus on afghanistan shortly after deposing the taliban regime, enforcing al qaeda out of afghanistan the preoccupation with iraq caused the war in afghanistan to be underresourced with essentially no strategy. unsurprisingly, the taliban and their al qaeda allies were able to come back and once again threaten the stability of afghanistan and the region and ultimately our co

billion people you talk about -- the national army been present in much of the company, but senator carl levin a few days ago said the ratio is for nato for everyone national afghan army. i think the u.s. has said less than one-third of the net -- the national afghan army is less -- is able to fight on its own. given the u.s. has given such enormous amounts of money over the last few years and there is such little time before july, 2011, why haven't you done better and what prospect have got of success? better? but prospects you have for success? crust i am not sure about the $19 billion. i cannot tell you it is exactly $19 billion. that money has not been given to the defense of afghanistan. the money has been spent directly by our partners. the reason we are not fair, first, the approach was not proper. we wanted to have an army of at least 200,000. everyone said, this is too much. you cannot have this kind of army. how are you going to pay for it? so they put a ceiling on it. for a country bigger than iraq, and more complicated than iraq. in this condition, the 35,000 was extremely un

just to make my point, according to the oppenheimer analyst carl mcdonald, in a report issued less than a month ago, between 2006 and 2009 -- this is a report, now, from them, oppenheimer capital, we estimate, a quote, that medicare advantage accounted for 75% of the increase in gross profits among the larger plans in the industry. high lighted by an -- a gross profit increase of $1.9 billion in 2009 relative to commercial risk earnings with gains of $600 million. i know the chairman of the finance committee made that point, but it deserves to be made over again. 35% of the increase in gross profits came in the medicare advantage plan. these profits come out of the pocket of the american taxpayer, because of our subsidies, and, of ours, the medicare beneficiaries who are paying those extra dollars. -- every year without receiving any of the benefits at all. so the -- our bill will protect and strengthen medicare and extend the life of the trust fund, as you heard over and over again. but it deserves to be repeated. that's not a fact to dispute. that is a fact. we extend the life of the

i'm working with senator carl levin to try to address that problem. well, here's what we're saying. the way that the tax is designed in the bill, there's little to keep insurers from jacking up the premiums, which is exactly the opposite of what we want them to do. they're going to just pass this tax on. so what we want to do is to give insurers an incentive to keep premiums as low as possible. so under our amendment, if you're an insurer that is holding down the cost of your premiums, you don't pay as much a share of that tax. that makes sense. that helps us be fairer to the efficient insurer who is working hard to keep -- to keep premiums down. again, madam president, i'm very pleased to join with my two colleagues in presenting to the senate three amendments that will provide more choices, greater affordability, more options. these should be the goals of health care reform, and these amendments help to advance those goals. thank you, madam president. a senator: madam president, how much time do we have left? the presiding officer: three minutes 50 seconds. mr. wyden: madam presid

in 1965, when medicare passed -- that was health care for those 65 and up -- republican senator carl curtis said it's socialism. it moves the country in a direction which is not good for anyone. and years later we know newt gingrich, when he was speaker of the house, said he wanted to see medicare wither on the vine -- his words. and in 1995, while seeking the republican nomination for president, senator bob dole, he said -- quote -- "i was there in 1965 fighting the fight, voting against medicare because we knew it wouldn't work in 1965." so when you hear our republican friends say, oh, my goodness, they're making a lot of savings in medicare, this is bad for the seniors, please, please. which party has stood for protecting our seniors? it's not a matter of being partisan. it's just the fact. so the echoes of the past fill this chamber, but i'm convinced now in 2009 that hope and reason and determination and good policy will triumph over fear and obstruction and the status quo. let's look at the immediate and near-term changes for the better that people are going to have, because ou

to go out and find the facts, once they do, it is easy for everybody else to get onto it. , being carl krugman, tends to be an important way you get your readers to identify, because they can get the basic facts from 1000 different places. >> you get more of a reaction. if you looked comments on blogs, not necessarily the blogs themselves, but the comments, a tremendous amount at this point -- it is a tremendous amount of decoration, posturing, and i know it from my own question and answer sites. i get few comments -- i am just trying to enter other people's questions. i have people helping me do it. i get linked in by a woman named nagin who goes under the student name jane, so a libertarian lager, -- blogger. some of them are intelligent. it was a different purpose than what i was trying to do on this website, and i think it just shows that of course it is easier to cop an attitude and get response to that attitude, and that tends to be self- fulfilling to the extent that you go to consumers highways. -- consumer's choice. >> i now work for rupert murdoch, and a lot of people think r