secondly, can the world afford another boy in afghanistan, especially now that things have chaed? the world is not the sme as the world of 2001 or 2000. this world is much different. the extremists are more bold. there boulder. look at the suicide attempt, the suicide bombers. -- they are bolder. compare the economic competition. can the world and the u.s. afford to leave afghanistan? the american people, while there are economic problems, i totally understand it. the taxpayers' generosity is not just to help the country like afghanistan. your lifestyle is at stake if the world becomes more and save. europeans and americans will not enjoy their life style. look at how you travel today. compared to 15 years ago. how much time do you spend at the airports? how many pairs of shoes are tested so it will not -- even now, you have to take them off. you can use your imagination and extend this and project it. if the world becomes further destabilize. do you think this kind of lifestyle will be sustainable? i doot think so. >> do we have anymore questions? up front first. >> icould you co

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perhaps she was the key person who convinced president obama to cha who convinced president clinton tohange his mind on that precedure.clinton to change his mind on that precedure. her actions punished the military and defeened our soldiers as they fought in two wars over seas. as someone who feels the burden of sending young men and women into harm's way, to ensure military resucruiters were tread fairly, i can't take this issue lightly. dean kagan also joined with three over law school deans to write a letter in opposition to senator graham's legislation for determining who was an enemy combatant for the war on terror. she most recently, the nominee served as solicitor general for little over a year. but her shortenure there has not been without controversy. in her first appellate argument, miss kagan told the court that the first amendment would allow the federal government of banniban banning pam plephlets -- thomas pain's common sense. to suggest that the government now has the power to spuppress that kind of speech is breath taking. miss kagan approved a filing of a brief to the

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airman, secretary salazar, you mentioned the decisi as it related to the cha chacii and beaufort. i don't know if you reviewed the white paper presented by the u.s. arctic research commission. they essentially are advocating for additional research in subarctic conditions. it's something that this commission has been focused on for some time, spent a fair amount of stu on and it is a time draft but i want to make sure y've had an opportunity to review that so we'll make sure you get a copy if yound your staff haven't. i wanted to ask you about the study or the review that was conducted, this 30-day review prior to the new deepwater ban, there was an immediate inspectionered by you to review all the deepwater ocs falities. can you give any me detail in tes of the results of those inspections and did you unearth anything that wascularly revealing in terms of possibly a culture of unsafe activities? i know it was a very quick review and you're now going into the longer term review but was there anything that was noticeable in that initial review? >> no, we ordered the immediate inspe

perhaps she was the key person who convinced president obama to cha who convinced president clinton to change his mind on that precedure.clinton to change his mind on that precedure. her actions punished the military and defeened our soldiers as they fought in two wars over seas. as someone who feels the burden of sending young men and women into harm's way, to ensure military resucruiters were tread fairly, i can't take this issue lightly. dean kagan also joined with three over law school deans to write a letter in opposition to senator graham's legislation for determining who was an enemy combatant for the war on terror. she most recently, the nominee served as solicitor general for little over a year. but her shortenure there has not been without controversy. in her first appellate argument, miss kagan told the court that the first amendment would allow the federal government of banniban banning pam plephlets -- thomas pain's common sense. to suggest that the government now has the power to spuppress that kind of speech is breath taking. miss kagan approved a filing of a brief to th

but also because they are a drain on the armed forces and waxma>> a senate hearing on chas at the agency that oversees offshore drilling regulations. that is followed by president obama announcement of the removal of general mcchrystal as commander in afghanistan. >> next week, watch the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee elena kagan. like, starting monday at 12:30 p.m.. watch replace of each day's hearing every night on c-span2. >> our public affairs content is available on television, radio, an online, and you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube, and sign up for scheduled alert e-mail's at c-span.org. >> bp has removed a containment cab over its leaking well in the gulf after remote-control vehicle collided with it. coast guard admiral thad allen spoke with reporters about the operation earlier today. the cap had been collecting thousands of barrels from the well each day. this is 20 minutes. >> operator, we are ready to begin. >> thathe morning, everyone. for today's operational update, admiral allen will be joined by jordan barrett. just a couple o

chairman, secretary salazar, you mentioned the decision as it related to the cha chacii and beaufort.t know if you reviewed the white paper presented by the u.s. arctic research commission. they essentially are advocating for additional research in subarctic conditions. it's something that this commission has been focused on for some time, spent a fair amnt of study on and it is a time draft but i want to make sure you've had an opportunity to review that so we'll make sure you get a copy if you and your staff haven't. i wanted to ask you about the study or the review that was conducted, this 30-day review prior to the new deepwater ban, there was an immediate inspectioned by you to review all the deepwater ocs facilities. can you give any more detail in terms of the results of those inspections and did you unearth anything thalarly revealing in terms of possibly a culture of unsafe activities? i know it was a very quick review and you're now going into the longer term review but was there anything that was noticeable in that initial review? >>no, we ordered the immediate inspection o

one of the things that had chaed slightly this week is the death of senator byrd. all of us i believe it is safe to say both republicans and democratic senators are saddened by his death. no senator came to care more about the constitution and defender of our constitutional government than the senator from west virginia. in many ways he was the keeper of the senate flame and defender of the constitutio's prerogatives. i don't know how many times we saw senator byrd hold up the copy of the constitution. the difference was, he could put it back in his pocket and recite it ververbatim, the whole constitution. i know him as a mentor and a friend. he served for a time on this committee. i was honored to sit near him on the senate floor and engage in many a discussion of the senate rules or about our families, it was a privilege to stand with him against the constitution. in what the two of us feltwas an un-necessary and costly war in iraq. he learned he had much to teach us all. senator biyrd was an extraordinary man who loved his family and drew strength from his faith

. >> i agree with mariam i believe president obama mentioned it very briey in the beginning ofhe cha.for exame, i'll go bacto the neda example. i remember vividly whethat very moment itappened and the video started spreading at light spee we were sitting at voice of amica. i started hearing pele cing arndhe office. and we realized sothg terrible happed side iran. days later president oba said the was something fundamentally unju about tt deo. i think we nd to see more of those words from pnt oba and from people in th administration to the iranian people that they actually care andheych wh's going on inside ira caus the international community, the inian community watches what hapns in iran. pretty much wereollowers of the twitter aroundhe iranian election because it brought up to the second details of what going on inde the chaos. and then isuddenly stopped becausthey were all arrested. but we could not convey that messe to the internation mea. we could not convey that message to the administtion, i think, as mariam sa, part of it - part of the fault falls on the community. there are

cha is already in trying to extrt that and to build the infrastructure necessary and to get it out ando forth. but there is an awareness of these differentpportunities that are out there. some of them are bei exploited inmall ways by either local strong men. i don't know if i'd quite go to warlords, but different power brokers and so forth, or officials. and it's very important that there be a legal regime that governs this as well and this is something we're quite keenly aware and the civilian elements have been working. i give you one example. the timber. there's enormous timber resources in eastern afghanistan in particular. there is a law. they haven't been able to implement it and that's the kind of effort that has to go forward if it's to become something that serves the state rather than just some interest within it. >> i would just add, when we became aware, when the survey results came in last year, i think what it has done, even though it's a very long-term proje project, it has helped to inform some prioritization. for example, putting more priority on capacity building in t

thousand nine wels79,00 , e moh alon noin play ade narly a million bsbetween january and maof tis ye athe cha ows the jo growth the last span of tie. he uim the actions taken by this congress and this the administration also played a significant role. there was the recovery act, which we passed in 2009, and that has contributed to significantly to the economic turnaround, raising real gdp to 4.2 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2010 and increasing employment between $1.20 million and 2.8 million jobs. the fedeeal reserve nd the fdic have engaged in an unprecedented and coordinated efforts to stabilize the system by injecting liquidity, capital, savings, and requiring banks to raise capital. but we, as democrats, have been focused on the economic recovery. we're also aware of the need for responsibility. we want to see the economy and the budget recover step-by-step. unlike the previous a administration, which inherited a surplus over 10 years and turned it into large deficits, the current administration was handed a $1.30 trillion deficits and more deficits over the next years. this