clayton? are you with me? caller: i am. host: turn down your television. this will work better.ller: i have it turned off. i guess, you know water boarding has been determined as torture. long before obama declared that it was torture. we have cheney running around the country saying we should be torturing and doing more of this. we don't want other countries or people doing it to us. yet, here we are doing it knowingly that we shouldn't be didding it. my question is why didn't anything ever come about on cheney even today still advocating at the top of his lungs? guest: before i came into government. i've been in this position a little over three months. i worked for many years with a private human rights organization. i probably spent the last sim or seven years working on the issue of human rights national security. i believe we turned a page on that. this president won't allow that. we made terrible mistakes. they hurt us in the world by engaging in cruel practicesb we have gun to look back in several ways. the attorney general has appointed a special prosecutor to look at s

>> what -- walter clayton powell. i remember watching you interview him. that is one of the books that sticks with me. it is interesting. i do not get a chance to read for pleasure anymore because every time i read for pleasure, i think that this is a time i can be devoted to reading for my work. i do not get a chance to do all lot of fiction. >> how old are you now? >> 48. -- 43. >> that had to be 18 years ago. we are out of time. michael fauntroy, thank you for joining us. >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and- a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> up next, prime minister gordon brown at the british house of commons. after that, the state department discussion on u.s.-latin america relations. with secretary of state hillary clinton. and then a hearing on the public transportation safety. -- the safety of public transportation. tomorrow on "washington journal," eamon javers john taylor talks about restructuring home mortgages.

offensive weapons mark clayton and lj smith join reid as doubtful and johnson and terrell are 50/50. >>> the eagles have confirmed that brian westbrook will miss at least one more game because of a second concussion this season. that means brian is out for sunday's game against the giants. wide receiver jackson pack tilled all week and is listed as probable for the game. jackson missed last week's game also because of a concussion. >>> still to come on sports night. kelli johnson has a talk with one of the redskins rising young stars. it's an interview you'll only see on comcast sports net and the puck will drop in a few minutes. we'll head back to verizon center to get the latest. geico sports night returns after this. is emily, and in 7 years... i'll be an alcoholic. all: hi, emily. announcer: kids who drink before age 15 are 5 times more likely to have alcohol problems when they're adults. so start talking before they start drinking. >>> welcome back, devin thomas fred davis and malcolm kelly, finally showing promise. last week thomas had 100 yards receiving. it's the first time a

clayton? are you with me? caller: i am. host: turn down your television. this will work better.ou know water boarding has been determined as torture. long before obama declared that it was torture. we have cheney running around the country saying we should be torturing and doing more of this. we don't want other countries or people doing it to us. yet, here we are doing it knowingly that we shouldn't be didding it. my question is why didn't anything ever come about on cheney even today still advocating at the top of his lungs? guest: before i came into government. i've been in this position a little over three months. i worked for many years with a private human rights organization. i probably spent the last sim or seven years working on the issue of human rights national security. i believe we turned a page on that. this president won't allow that. we made terrible mistakes. they hurt us in the world by engaging in cruel practicesb we have gun to look back in several ways. the attorney general has appointed a special prosecutor to look at some abuses by the cia in the previous

secretary clayton, i have not always been a fan of the work that usaid has done, but i have been afghanistant thursday but six months ago also, and had the opportunity to visit with your folks. i would have to say they are doing an amazing job over there with respect to educating children. we have gone from 900,000 to 6 million. it is because of flat a.i.d. has done and the security given by the military. i think education is the biggest issue we have got long term. i told your folks that while we are surging troops, and we assume that we knew the other day what the president might say, and he did, there also needs to be a surge on the civilian side. you have indicated that you are p.ussing of those --plussing of those folks. i wonder what is going to happen in 18 months. security in afghanistan has to be the way forward not just from the military standpoint, but your folks on the ground. the state department civilians have to have security in order to be able to improve the lives of the afghans. i would just like your comment on whether or not you think the levels you are talking about are

foreign affairs committee about troop levels and structure -- strategy from secretary gates, secretary clayton, and admiral mullen. >> this week on "q&a", our guest is malcolm glad well, author and writer for the new yorker" magazine. he currently has four books on that best-seller lists. his newest book is a compilation of articles he wrote for "the new yorker" magazine. >> american icons, three regional documentary's from c- span, now available on dvd. you need to read through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. see the swiss the detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond a velvet ropes of public tours into those rarely seen spaces of the white house. america's most famous song, and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitaol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, a three disk dvd set. order online at c-span.org /store. >> british prime minister gordon brown responded to president obama's speech on afghanistan during his weekly question time. he also to questions about the united kingdom's role there.

as secretary clayton said last week, we really do have the best people in these jobs.his effort is a reason to be helpful, despite the serious situation in afghanistan. they are helping to build capacity at torrential and district levels. t people in these jobs. this is an effort to be hopeful despite the serious situation in afghanistan. civilian experts helping to build the afghan government capacity in the national ministries and provisional and district levels, providing development assistance in the field and working on scores of other roles. as i will discusses in a few minutes our civilians in pakistan are making similar contributions. their vice strategy will focus resources partnering with local officials and afghan citizens to deliver high impact systems. expanding programs that bolster afghan's alonging a sector, the traditional core of the afghan economy, the agricultural sec r sector. create jobs, reduce the flow of funding for the taliban from poppy cultivation draw insurgents off the battlefield. training capable police we are concentrating on rule of la

clayton on independent line. are you there? caller: i really can't understand you know how people -- i'm a world war ii veteran, 81 years old, and i ain't never seen so many cowered people in my life the way they call and they talk about this is going to break out that is born to break out. i just don't understand it. i and -- people in the united states were strong and resilience and all of that but it just seems to me that the specially -- especially this element of the judicial system and the republicans and some of the democrats, too, it just seems the and nothing but a bunch of wimps. guest: well, clinton, first of all, god bless you and thank you for your great service to the country as a world war ii veteran and that alone brings -- you are one of the people who fought for this year of this country. but i am not a wimp. i don't think governor sebelius is a wind. these are different from what war ii soldiers that were brought to this country, the german soldiers, many of them actually stayed here and became citizens. the

clayton, a private citizen outside the village in that province. and as we know, you know, time is a very valuable and