casey: thank you. and let me just conclude this part of my remarks by speaking for a couple of minutes about what we have done this past year, the recovery and reinvestment act known by that -- as many things are -- by the acronym arra, the american refer and reinvestment act. the word "recovery" and the word "reinvestment." because that's the intended purpose of that legislation. it was at the right time at the early months of 2009. but there are a lot of americans who believe it is not being implemented fast enough. the jump-starting feblght of the spending, whether it is on infrastructure or energy efficiency or investments in education, investments in health care, tax cut for 95% of the american people, which was in the recovery bill, that all of that is not moving fast enough. so one of the jobs we have in addition to new strategies on job creation is to implement at a faster pace, at a faster rate the recovery bill. and i also believe that we should remind ourselves that the recovery bill wasn't

general casey, welcome to the show. >> thank you. nice to be here. >>> if you include national guard and reserves, the army is more than a million people. the brunt of the fighting is on the active duty force about half that size. since the army itself projects that you will have 100,000 or more deployed for many more years to come, is the army big enough to handle everything thrown at it? >> we take take that 1.1 million person army and have continued access to the guard and reserves that we have today, i would say given what i know now, yes, it is. if we properly organize, train and equipped. we have been moving toward that. and i listened to some of the lead in to this. i know it's a big question in folks mind, how far can you stretch the army before it brakes. i have been saying since the summer of 2007 after i went around the army with my wife talking to soldiers, leaders, families trying to get a sense of where we were. i have been saying that the army is out of balance. we are weighed down by the comurnt commitmentments we did

no, they ruled in favor of casey martin. they said that he did have a right to a golf cart, but, in making that ruling, the court's reasoning is very interesting. justice stevens wrote the opinion for the court. he said, we do have to look into what's essential to the nature of golf, and he looked up the history of golf. and he said, from the beginning the essence of golf has been shot-making, causing the ball to move from the ground to the hole in as few strokes as possible. that is the essential nature of golf. now, there was a dissent. there were two in dissent. it was 7-2 ruling. one of the dissenters was justice scalia. and, he, he took on this argument about the essential nature of golf. in fact he challenged the aristotlian premise underlying the court's opinion. he argued that a game has no essential purpose. that was his argument. here is how he put it. to say that something is essential, is ordinarily to say that it is necessary to the achievement of a certain object. but since it is the very nature after game to h

i said to senator casey, who's been here only three years, i'd like to be here to speak of him on his 10,000th vote. i don't entertain that seriously, but the issues that i talked about are ones that are very important to me, and i think to the future of my state and the future of my nation. and now the administrators have handed me the closing script. which i think all those in the chamber would be glad to read. those watching on c-span, if any, have had the opportunity, on behalf of the leader, i ask consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. tuesday, january 26. that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved, and the senate resume consideration of h.r. 45, the debt limit, as provided under the previous order. finally, i ask the senate recess from 12:30 until 2:15 for the weekly caucus luncheons. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. specter: i've been asked on behalf of the leader to advise senators to expect a serie

as fox's casey steeg he will reports it is a way to trade your time in exchange for free child care.> reporter: how about paying your babysitter with time instead of cash? >> high quality child care, 24/7 completely free should be an incentive for somebody to start them. >> reporter: it's called a babysitting co-op and relies on on a system of trading. >> who do you want to push you? >> reporter: parents can earn points by sitting for others in the group and exchange them for a night on the town without ever opening a wallet. >> it's great. you go out to the movies and not have to write that check for $100 for a babysitter. particularly if the movie is no good. >> reporter: the best part is not feeling guilty about leaving your little ones with a sitter. >> you're never dumping your kid or you never run up against a time limit whereby you have to feel bad because you're actually paying. you're just paying in time. >> reporter: typically made up of about 25 families co-ops like this one in los angeles have found new popularity in a struggling economy. >> the people whoenerally really

. >>> a 911 call and shedding new light on the death of eric casey johnson.  >>> toppinge buzz bin this morning, iis back to work for actor charlie sheen. he filmed his first show since being arrested. he stars in the comedy two and a half men. his wife told police he put a knife to her throat but the actor denies that accusation. >>> new details about the sudden death of casey johnson. according to the woman who called 911, johnson was already dead by the time the ambulance arrived. the heiress died in los angeles. she was staying in a guest home. the owner who is the one who called 911. a recording of the call was posted on tmz.com. >> are the emergencies -- i have somebody who i believe has just died in my guest house. i'm pretty sure. she's ice cold and her hands are turning blue. very often her medication gets all screwed up, so it's probably because of that. >> well you heard the woman refer to johnson's medication. johnson was diabetic but it's not clear whether that contributed to her death. johnson was 30 years old. >>> well homer, marg, bart, lisa and maggie. yo

thank you very much, casey. a chilling message from the homicide bomber who killed seven cia employees in afghanistan. we'll tell you what he said in a just-received videotape. also, a sad farewell to a decorated army veteran who lost his life in that brutal attack. those stories and much more coming up right here on america's news headquarters. n, you may save a little money on your arthritis pain relief. but you could end up taking twice as many pills... compared to aleve. choose aleve, it just makes sense. just two aleve have the strength to relieve arthritis pain all day. are more than words here. it'sersonal. i have diabetes. rodney's kid too. so we're so proud to manufacture... the accu-chek aviva meters and test strips... here in the u.s.a. plus, we've proven you'll waste 50% fewer strips... when you use our meter, which means greater savings... for people with diabetes, like me. now that's true american value. accu-chek aviva. born in the u.s.a. >> >> this is a fox news alert. two intelligence officials

. >>> newly released 911 calls shedding light on the death of socialite casey johnson. >>> led lights are good for the environment but we'll explain why they're causing problems on the roads, especially in bad weather. stay with us. we're just getting started. wow, is this... fiber one honey clusters? yes. it's delicious. delicious. i know. but it can't have... can't have about half a day's worth of fiber? i assure you it does. i was expecting... expecting sawdust and cardboard? i know. i can only taste... only taste the crunchy clusters, honey, and brown sugar. no madam, i don't have esp. ok. i'll take a box, but you probably already knew that. (announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> senate majority leader harry reid is apologizing tonight for comments he made about president obama during the campaign. reid said mr. obama could win the race because he was, quote, a light skinned african- american with no negro dialect unless he wanted to have one. the comments were published in a new book about the campaign called game change. now the senator says, i sincerely apologi

she put a sweet otweet out imme after casey's body has been found.'s fought with nicky hilton, a fight over casey's dog, a lot of publicity and it seems like she's kind of milking this. that's what a lot of people are thinking. she rose to fame because she was a reality star who got a lot of attention. >> who is she anyway? >> yeah, it goes back to this is how she got fame in the first place, by putting herself out there, being on a reality tv show. a lot of criticism about this. >> she might be my new jon and kate plus eight hate. we'll see how that goes. no hate for you. love it straight ahead, your top stories including the bone chilling cold in the deep south. we'll look at the freeze frames. >>> also coming up, arrested development in a newark airport. that security scare. authorities catch up with the guy first found on tape. so i was the guy who was never going to have the heart attack. i watched what i ate. i worked out. personally, i thought i was invincible. once it happened, i realized it's a different story. i'm on an aspirin regimen now

now we're being joined by senator bob casey, democrat of pennsylvania. senator, if you had to write a headline tomorrow about the president's speech, what would it be? >> i think one headline would be president obama conference tough problems. as i think that he's done from the very beginning of his presidency. but to light in terms of summarizing what he said and what was about ijssel leadership and a lot of integrity and honesty about some of our challenges and third i guess it would be a real commitment or commitment to creating strategies right now but will create jobs frequently. so i think it was a very strong speech at a tough time in the nation's history. >> what about a second stimulus? >> the first thing we need is a jobs bill that focuses on job creation tax credits for example. that's my idea but i think it's a way to create jobs very quickly. hundreds of thousands of jobs quickly. second, have a safety net for those who are continuing safety net on expansion for those who are out of work, those who need food stamps and are out of work and un

casey was wrong.at that time, the united states was also claiming repeatedly that soviet union was developing its own missile defense program, its own strategic defense initiative. paul nitzan gave a speech in july saying of the soviets, clearly they see the potential applications ford vance defensive technologies, otherwise there would not be investing so much effort in so many resources in this area. and of course we had some good propaganda of our own in a number of glossy reports which were issued by the pentagon and state department. we show the soviets have a laser reaching up to satellite. this pencil drawing appeared at least four times and pentagon and state department brochures, but this laser shooting at these guys did not exist. in fact the soviets at one time wanted to build such a laser but after years of trying they had failed. this is the state of our knowledge of corporate job. what really was going on? what really was happening was quite different. within three months of taking offic

seen next. ooo >> julie: communities depend on them so much more than books. >> casey siegle. how many libraries have been affected exactly? >> these are the latest casualties of the failing economy. the numbers are very difficult to track, but there is no doubt about it. whether you live in a big city or small town, virtually everyone has been affected as municipalities have been forced to "a", trim library hours or "b", close the doors to branches altogether. one community here in southern california closing all three public libraries, laying off 60 staff members in an effort to save the state money. this is not just limited to california, funding for public libraries has been slashed about 30% in the state of south carolina and florida funding about 24% down from this time last year. it seems virtually is affected as most states start this new year with gaping holes in the budget. >> julie: how is the problem twofold? >> a lot of people think of libraries to go get books check out the dewey decimal system. there is a bowl lot more. one of most popular services, computers an

casey stegall is live in los angeles. might react, libraries, everybody does everything on their computer, but a lot of people don't have computers. they have to go to the library in order to get access. >> reporter: yeah. absolutely. it sounds like it is a household name or something that everyone has in 2010, but the reality is, a lot of people don't have their own internet at home or have their own computers. that's why they go to the library. so this whole problem is twofold. unfortunately, 2010 means another year of cuts and layoffs and tax hikes for a lot of americans, as most states head into the new year with holes in their budget. we know this from the reporting of the last year or so with the tough economic times that many municipalities have been forced to cut services already, like education and public safety, but now libraries may be among the latest casualties. more and more cities have either trimmed library hours or completely shut down branches all together just to improve the bottom line. >> in the past

next campaign is bob casey. very different approach.ator casey challenged then senator in 2006, the purpose of these two ads is usually different way of introducing a candidate, much more serious, lay out the theme of the campaign and set up the negative campaign. this is an important part of any advertising campaign that you not try to do it all in one and. it's very difficult to come out of the box and hit somebody. no matter how well-known you are. people knew his name in pennsylvania. but we still couldn't come out of the box going negative. so we had to lay a foundation, a positive, vitally important. we wanted to set up the negative on being fiscally responsible, tax cuts for multimillionaires, protecting jobs instead of sending them overseas. and investing in people. all positive hits that would set up the eventual negative hit that we did among others, so if we can run again to ad you will see the back to back. >> i think the priorities in washington have gotten completely turned rep that i think government should live within it

and i just pray that this is not another casey anthony story. i mean, you know -- >> i've been thinking the same thing, tammy in nevada. i mean, her answers are so vague and ambiguous. exactly the way tot mom's were. to michael board, do we know if there were surveillance cameras at the motel 6? >> we know that there might have been. but the chances are of them having the tapes are pretty slim. this isn't a high-class joint. probably not around. as for the park, there's no security tapes around there either. the chance of the actual handoff or whatever it was, very unlikely to have happened out there. >> tonight as we go to break, we're taking your calls live and we're asking for your prayers for a tiny crime fighter, georgia jack. he's just 8. this beautiful boy is battling cancer. jack, please, stay strong. to send well wishes or to donate go to caringbridge.org/visit/campjack. >>> how have the past few days been for you and your family? >> stressful. very emotional. >> do you know if your son is still alive at this point? >> yes. >> and houp?

general stanley petronis and general casey very much understands we have seen them talking a lot about the leadership. general david petraeus in the promotion board. they were not given a fair shake to the more intuitive thinking types. with those heavyweights behind you you would think they would be fixed. there they large constituency in the military that is averse to making the changes. if you go into iraq and afghanistan a lot of people were not in villages, a lot of them have not bought into this idea. we will see an ongoing battle, this book will be used as fire support in this battle. thank you very much. [applause] >> can you all hear me? i am going to provide a lot of comments. i will ask mark to interrupt me. it is a pleasure to be back where i did write fiasco five years above here in 2005. lot of people say you are going to call that book what? are you sure? a year later a guy said to me fiasco, where were you when i needed you? i want to begin by saluting several friends. from here and iraq and afghanistan. would you put up your hand if you are a veteran of iraq or afghani

and my heart goes out to everybody involved in this, and i just pray that this is not another casey anthony story. i mean, you know -- >> i've been thinking the same thing, tammy in nevada. her answers are so vague and ambiguous. exactly the way tot mom's were. to michael board, do we know if there were surveillance cameras at the motel 6? >> we know that there might have been but the chances of them actually running and them having the tapes are probably slim. this isn't a high-class joint. probably not around. as for the park, there's no security tapes around there either. the chance of the actual handoff or whatever it was very unlikely to have happened out there. >> to caryn stark, psychologist jack, please stay strong. to send well wishes or donate, go to caring bridge.org/visit/campjack. >>> how has it been the past few days dealing with your family? >> emotional. >> do you believe your son is still alive at this point? >> yes. >> why? >> just a feeling. >> is there something you want to tell your son? >> i love you, wherever you're at, i hope you come home safe. >> what do you want t

compelling description of this tropical setting and its naval activity was written by navy officer caseyintosh who could see the following word picture for the american mercury during his seven-month assignment to guantanamo bay in 1926. . . speak back-and-forth carrying seniors, on official visits. that is all we will hear between now and april, come on in gone, let's go. this is a talkative portrayal of a bustling but normal day between world war i end world war ii at this naval station it should suggest to the leader -- reader that imperialism viewed only as exploitation pails to capture certain essential qualities of guantanamo. as the following history of this unit military outpost will illustrate, guantanamo provides a prism through which the u.s. cuban relations from the spanish-american war to the present. now, before i it lead the last brief excerpt, however like to say that to be one of the most fascinating developments in recent history has been the initiation of the so-called offensive line talks in 1996. a diplomatic initiative that continues to this day. it was originally p

>> casey stegall, thank you very much. >>> demolition gone awry.no that is not the leaning tower of p piza. crews in lasu created a new sight-seeing attraction. when demolition explosives left part of the building leaning to one side. according to the report, blast broke the 20-story building in two parts as planned but we're told one side crashed to the ground sideways. instead of collapsing into itself. that was the first near miss. then the other stopped midfall at precarious slant. no one was hurt and the leaning tower has since been successfully demolished. now more on what you might call a new year's miracle, that story ahead. maybe he didn't have a number for a cab. asked friends to give him a lift. for whatever reason, this guy here with lovely face paint decided to call 911 to get a ride to a bar. 911. i need a lift. the outrageous story he told the operator next. [ female announcer ] there's sick... and then there's the flu. and when you have it, everything hurts. for fevers and body aches from the flu, doctors recommend tylenol more than

casey johnson will forever be in my heart. and we will marry when i see you in heaven my wifey. so the johnson family wishes this petite parasite would fall into a pit of pythons and never return. a source close to the family, quote, it would be nice if tila showed a thread of dignity. she has paraded around in little clothing for the photographers around her pad. frankly, i would rather look at this. >> that makes me happy. you know, tila tequilla for me represents everything vial about pop culture. she is an incessant parasite being fed -- her ego is being fed. >> stop being on the fence about this. first of all, i am shocked somebody named tila tequilla would show questionable judgment. i am shocked at that. secondly, when somebody is grieving, which she does between herself and 20 million viewers, give her her space. >> she is tweeting in some undisclosed location instead of being in the hospital. omg, just found out she is in a coma. getting back to sports center. the whole thing made no sense. >> nicole, should we just ignore these people? are we obviously just as shallow

hello casey, happy new year. >> reporter: happy new year to you. for the record i don't use any of the words so i don't have to eliminate anything from my vocabulary this year, shannon. >> shannon: you're good to go. >> reporter: can you believe that 2010 is already here and unfortunately means a new year of cuts, layoffs and tax hikes for many americans, as most states head into the new year with a recession that has left gaping holes in the budget. and a lot of communities have already been forced to make accounts to things like education and public safety, but now, libraries may be among the latest casualties. more and more cities have either trends library hours or completely shut down branches altogether, just to improve the bottom line. >> in the past year, we've had 1.2 billion people coming to the libraries across our nation and checking out 2 billion items, so you get some sense of closures effect people in dramatic ways. >> one southern california city just closed all three of its libraries and laid off nearly 60 employees, but officials

abdulmutallab probably pursuant to fpi protocol tweeted that casey little bit differently from a nationalsecurity and interrogation point of view than they would have had he been a bank robber or somebody who had been pursued in a long fraud investigation in this was the date when the agents were going to good the out and put the cuffs on him. do not react differently to cases that have the terrorism overtone then to your regular book of criminal business in terms of making early decisions as to what type of interrogation is appropriate? >> certainly we do and that is what the agents did in this particular case. there were no miranda warnings given. they went into interview him to determine whether, to gain intelligence about whether there was another bomb or another co-conspirator, where did he get the bomb, all of that information without the benefit of or without the miranda warnings. it had to be done very quickly because of the fact that he had been injured, was then in the hospital in the window of opportunity had to be undertaken very quickly but the fact remains as well later that

. >> when casey kasem counts down the hits, this one fits where it fits here because the heene familyhat they deserved. a lot of people know that richard is going to spending 90 days in jail. the mother, 20 days, different times. the more important thing, brooke, was that the punishment did fit the crime. the judge barred the heenes from any reality shows or books. the whole idea of the fraud and using children to defraud government agents and the public goes newspaper smoke. justice prevailed. >> one of the stories we will remember where we were listening, bated breath, this child in this balloon. >> we thought somebody was there. >> it was so scary. number three, carrie prejean. she had quite a colorful answer to a question miss usa pagt that got her in a little heap of trouble. >> well, the answer actually she claims denied her the title so she brings a religious discrimination case against the pageant. because after all, she's pure and very religious. she brought $5200 thon increase her breasts and made x-rated videos. the religious discrimination case in court, as you might imagi

abdulmutallab probably pursuant to fpi protocol tweeted that casey little bit differently from a national security and interrogation point of view than they would have had he been a bank robber or somebody who had been pursued in a long fraud investigation in this was the date when the agents were going to good the out and put the cuffs on him. do not react differently to cases that have the terrorism overtone then to your regular book of criminal business in terms of making early decisions as to what type of interrogation is appropriate? >> certainly we do and that is what the agents did in this particular case. there were no miranda warnings given. they went into interview him to determine whether, to gain intelligence about whether there was another bomb or another co-conspirator, where did he get the bomb, all of that information without the benefit of or without the miranda warnings. it had to be done very quickly because of the fact that he had been injured, was then in the hospital in the window of opportunity had to be undertaken very quickly but the fact remains as well later tha

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and that one point in my life i was standing on the edge of a cliff, where two prairie falcons casey kahne are down to the bottom of the cliff, and it flew straight up, 15 feet in front of me, right above me with its wings spread, making this roaring sound. and that's what i do today. that was it. i -- i tremble to think what will be lost if we don't -- if ways aren't bound to get across more -- a better definition of what is at stake here, of what john you to go i think the giants are going, the face of god. those are the moments that you see the face of god. do you have moments like that that you'll never forget? i would imagine that one of them might have been the time when you saw the chimpanzee pickup, what was a tool at a time when two was thought to be the province of humans. >> guest: that was pretty exciting, but my epiphany which linked me to animals or ever happened much earlier. in fact, i was only four and a half years old, and we went to stay in the country. we live in the city. we were arvin family. so i was given a job to help collect the hens eggs, and i was putting

casey siegle has more. what does the catholic church have to say about all of this? >> this man has been characterized as a modern day robin hood. selling sacraments. that the mexican priests are coming into the united states and charging for certain services, baptisms and fast track confirmations. eonts there is no record of the sacrament when it's done in this rogue way. they are not done in the parish and sometimes they are not performed by authorized clergy and that can spell big problems down the line when you try to get your kid into catholic school. simply there is no records of even having these services performed. so a lot of issues. >> gregg: what do the mexican priests have to say for themselves? >> only one has been identified by the church. authorities are saying that a number of mexican priests come into the united states, not only california, but other border states, as well. a father of the tijuana diocese, he has been sort of the front page forerunner of this particular story, he says he doesn't believe he is doing anything wrong. he believes he is m

former national book award winners robert kairo, john casey, annette gordon-reed, philip levine, goreourse, charles johnson, maryanne hoberman, and would also like to acknowledge the presence tonight of the 2008 winner of the pulitzer prize for vision-- fiction, juneau diaz. [applause] please. [applause] also would like to thank your financial supporters without whom we could not bring you the national book awards. again i'm going to ask you to hold your applause. but, well i mention them all. a premier sponsor barnes & noble, leader max monster theodore bar foundation, lyndon meyer book publishing papers a division of central national-men coral graphics, the ford foundation, penguin group usa, random house and sponsors blumberg, borders, google. the national endowment for the arts, and bass and mr. and mrs. donald merriman. thank you. [applause] i would also like to think of the director the national book foundation, harold augenbraum who has been tireless, for its outstanding leadership, harold. [applause] the terrific staff of the foundation and my fellow board members, especially

some would include john wilkes-booth than that and john hinckley but in wilkes-booth casey was an actor. that was his reason for shooting lincoln. he said i love peace more than life itself. who does that sound like? in the case of hinkley the jury did find him guilty by reason of insanity so i think we could ease that one into the liberal category. and in the open crazy left-wingers. >> host: that is the point i haven't heard anybody else make. >> guest: oswald tried to emigrate to the soviet union. he had taken a shot at a united states general. he was trying to emigrate to cuba. a lot of these, one of them was that of, i forget which one, was set off after reading a socialist pamphlet by emma goldman. just one after another, so with anybody takes a shot at obama it is going to be his-- >> host: one of the things we are doing at claire boothe luce institute at the staff and with archaean, when the leaders were reading hayek's the road to serfdom and in that book he said the socialist needs a scapegoat to rally a majority for common cause. the question is as the american businessman be

caller: i followed the philosophy of john casey. i think we're making huge mistakes in under estimating these people from the midwest that their uncivilized barbarians i think they're way ahead in technology for terrorism and it's a matter of time before they start implanting these explosive devices in themselves avoid detection and then blow a plane up. host: one view from the "washington post". yemen a state that must be saved. they're problems are many and some are spreading beyond borders. security and stability are deteriorating. population is growing rapidly. the economy is collapsing and there's few good options and things will look worse tomorrow and sustain international attention is needed to lessen the impact. yemen is a weak state with little history of central government control. civil war in the north and growing succession movement in the couth. al qaeda is now reinsurgent. the government doesn't fully control all the territory nor does it have the authority and capacity to add quality deliver social services in many

general casey it said right after the incident after these people were killed it was a great tragedy but it would be a greater tragedy if we overreacted and i think he was referring to the muslim americans who were serving in the military. i served in the cold war and there was a counter intelligence strategy for what we could detect individuals who had sympathies with those who might be ideologically inclined to our opposition at the time. we had statements we had no organizations that were aligned at that time during the cold war. it would seem to me that we are at war now with the recall of the global war on terror or overseas contingency operations with a version of radical islam that has morphed into a political radiology to declare war on the united states. do you see that we were in fact, able to have a system of counter intelligence that looks at the linkages and objective patterns of behavior to try to decipher these sympathies with those that are lined as an amazed to this country? >> i think the quick answer is yes. two some extent secretary gates even touched on that idea

casey works with senator stabenow. if you want something the senator to address i'm sure he can take those issues back. i give you a little update. since we've been doing a lot of work on health care, that's been the main focus. besides jobs and the economy. i have a powerpoint. seldom do i -- the only other time i've used a powerpoint is when i use health care. i want to say a few things, what's going on. where i see what's going on with health care, the economy, jobs. and then we'll open it up for questions. i did set aside an hour and a half. we have a big crowd here tonight. we have a lot of people standing. so when we get the questions, i'm going to ask that you ask a question and be respectful of everybody. a lot of times at town hall meetings, people want to give up and give a five-minute speech. i'm going to cut you off. let's go right to the question. let's move things along here tonight because we have a lot of people and questions. last night we probably had at least if not more. we had probably 250, at leas

general casey it said right after the incident after these people were killed it was a great tragedy but it would be a greater tragedy if we overreacted and i think he was referring to the muslim americans who were serving in the military. i served in the cold war and there was a counter intelligence strategy for what we could detect individuals who had sympathies with those who might be ideologically inclined to our opposition at the time. we had statements we had no organizations that were aligned at that time during the cold war. it would seem to me that we are at war now with the recall of the global war on terror or overseas contingency operations with a version of radical islam that has morphed into a political radiology to declare war on the united states. do you see that we were in fact, able to have a system of counter intelligence that looks at the linkages and objective patterns of behavior to try to decipher these sympathies with those that are lined as an amazed to this country? >> i think the quick answer is yes. two some extent secretary gates even touched on that idea

i will add that i remember being disappointed, troubled after the fort hood murders when general casey first response described the incident as a force protection failure, which i suppose in one sense it was. but it was also a terrorist attack in my opinion. into a certain extent, the title is your report that continues this emphasis as opposed to a focused emphasis on the problem were facing, just as we focus earlier after fort bragg on the very real problems come expressively of rights to the extremism. i welcome your response, generally and particularly. >> i was the secretary of the army at the time of the fort bragg incident, senator, and because i was given a little more leeway i ordered the review that occurred. and we operated under the same constraints than, the folks appointed operated numbers the same constraints we do now and that is they had an ongoing military justice investigation. and in fact, because the victims were civilians and the acts occurred off post in fayette will, still to this day one is struck. i mean, the servicemembers required civilians to kneel and shot

some would include john wilkes-booth and that in john hinkley but in the wilkes-booth casey was an actor, he was a big peace monger. i mean that was his reason for shooting lincoln. he said i love-- more than life itself and in the case of hinkley the jury did find him guilty by reason of insanity so i think we could ease that went over into the liberal category too. also open crazy left-wingers. >>host:is the point i have not heard anybody else make. >> guest: oswald try to emigrate to the soviet union. he had taken a shot at a united states general. he was trying to emigrate to keep above. a lot of was set off, i forgot which one, was set off after reading a socialist pamphlet buy emma goldman. one after another so if anybody takes a shot it obama it is going to be his base. >> host: one of the things we are doing it clear boothe luce policy institute in this era of economic planning we are reading f.a. hayek's the road to serfdom and in the book he said the socialist needs a scapegoat to rally a majority for common cause. the question is has the american businessmen become the liberal

bob casey from pennsylvania. herb kohl from wisconsin. mark warner from virginia. senator barrasso, senator johnson, senator bennet, senator stabenow, senator bill nelson from florida, nor lautenberg, senator thune, senator mccain, and senator hutchison, and my co-chair in all of this, obviously senator inhofe. we are a bipartisan group. our numbers are growing every day. numbers of senators that say that we want to focus on the welfare of children and particularly orphans and come up with a better plan to respond to this humanitarian disaster as it relates to them. we are committed to the fundamental -- really almost a concept that i don't know how anyone could argue, but people do, but we, all of us understand that children actually belong in families. i know this is a difficult concept for some people in our country, in the international community to grasp, but children don't do well alone. children don't do really well in orphans no matter how well they are run. children really don't want to grow up in group homes, which we have thousands of children in our own

general casey had said right after the incident that after these people were killed that it was a greatragedy but would be a greater tragedy if, in fact, we overreacted, and i think he was referring, obviously, to the muslim-americans who are currently serving in the military. but i served during the cold war in both the army and the marine corps, and there was a counterintelligence strategy for which we could detect individuals who had sympathies with those who might be ideologically aligned to our opposition at the time, marxist communism. and, in fact, we had to affirm in statements that we had no, i think, relationship with the series of organizations that, in fact, were aligned directly or indirectly with our adversaries at that time, again, during the cold war. it seemed to me that we are at war now whether we call it the global war on terror or whether we call it overseas contingency operations with a version of radical islam that has somehow morphed into a political ideology that has declared war on the united states. so do you see that out of your recommendations that we are, i

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i will add that i remember being disappointed, troubled after the fort hood murders when general casey first response described the incident as a force protection failure, which i suppose in one sense it was. but it was also a terrorist attack in my opinion. into a certain extent, the title is your report that continues this emphasis as opposed to a focused emphasis on the problem were facing, just as we focus earlier after fort bragg on the very real problems come expressively of rights to the extremism. i welcome your response, generally and particularly. >> i was the secretary of the army at the time of the fort bragg incident, senator, and because i was given a little more leeway i ordered the review that occurred. and we operated under the same constraints than, the folks appointed operated numbers the same constraints we do now and that is they had an ongoing military justice investigation. and in fact, because the victims were civilians and the acts occurred off post in fayette will, still to this day one is struck. i mean, the servicemembers required civilians to kneel and shot

i will add that i remember being disappointed, troubled after the fort hood murders when general casey first response described the incident as a force protection failure, which i suppose in one sense it was. but it was also a terrorist attack in my opinion. into a certain extent, the title is your report that continues this emphasis as opposed to a focused emphasis on the problem were facing, just as we focus earlier after fort bragg on the very real problems come expressively of rights to the extremism. i welcome your response, generally and particularly. >> i was the secretary of the army at the time of the fort bragg incident, senator, and because i was given a little more leeway i ordered the review that occurred. and we operated under the same constraints than, the folks appointed operated numbers the same constraints we do now and that is they had an ongoing military justice investigation. and in fact, because the victims were civilians and the acts occurred off post in fayette will, still to this day one is struck. i mean, the servicemembers required civilians to kneel and shot

casey: mr. president e presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: mr. president, i rise tonight to speak of my colleague, senator arlen specter, who tonight passed his 10,000th vote as a member of the united states senate. so we watched history tonight. and sometimes when we have a chance to witness history, of course, we look forward to his many more votes but also to look -- look behind us at some of his own personal political history but as well as his service here in the u.s. senate. i'll offer a few remarks tonight about his service. i can say that after knowing him for many, many years -- and especially after serving with him for now more than three years -- i can say, if you go down that list of votes, all those roll call votes over many years serve the people of pennsylvania, he's had one priority with those votes: those votes were cast on behalf of the people of pennsylvania. he has always been an independent voice for the people of our state. he's fought a lot of battles for the people of pennsylvania. and i know the people of our commonwealth