one of the principal roles of cnas is not just to be an incubator of ideas but to be an incubator of talent. we have an experience of launching young people into public service. >> i read that when you went to the pentagon under the obama administration, you took seven people from your new american security group. >> yes, secretary gates once quipped that why do i have to visit cnas when all i have to do is call a staff meeting. that is part of the mission statement of the organization, to really develop the next generation of national security leaders. >> when was center for a new american security founded? >> 2007. >> what was the reason? >> we thought that there was room for another think tank in washington. we wanted to create a small think tank focused on national security that was fiercely bipartisan, meaning instead of being bipartisan in a way that is so careful that you don't go after the tough issues, we wanted to go and create a safe civil space for people, democrats, independents, republicans, to try to come up with the best policies for the united states. we also wanted

one of the principal roles of cnas is not just to be an incubator of ideas but to be an incubator of talent. we have an experience of launching young people into public service. >> i read that when you went to the pentagon under the obama administration, you took seven people from your new american security group. >> yes, secretary gates once quipped that why do i have to visit cnas when all i have to do is call a staff meeting. that is part of the mission statement of the organization, to really develop the next generation of national security leaders. >> when was center for a new american security founded? >> 2007. >> what was the reason? >> we thought that there was room for another think tank in washington. we wanted to create a small think tank focused on national security that was fiercely bipartisan, meaning instead of being bipartisan in a way that is so careful that you don't go after the tough issues, we wanted to go and create a safe civil space for people, democrats, independents, republicans, to try to come up with the best policies for the united states. we also wanted

flournoy on the mission of cnas, its and defense policy issues. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on tuesday, james clapper said the intelligence community faces a perfect storm that is endangering u.s. national security including budget cuts and a loss of intelligence sources caused by the edward snowden links. -- leaks. this is about 15 minutes. a half. [applause] well thank you very much. i apologize for being late. i'm sure you understand. i do want to thank the vice chair and the 9/11 commissione commissioners. the right thing to thank them for is the love of our country. that's been manifested obviously in each case in many ways but particularly the commitments when they were commissioners when that was going on, but even more importantly the sustainment of that commitment which i think at its root is another reflects the level of the country. and also, i feel obliged to support and thank them for the continued support of the intelligence community and our national security structure that. the past few days and weeks have been

flournoy on the mission of cnas, its and defense policy issues. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on tuesday, james clapper said the intelligence community faces a perfect storm that is endangering u.s. national security including budget cuts and a loss of intelligence sources caused by the edward snowden links. -- leaks. this is about 15 minutes. a half. [applause]

>> former undersecretary of defense, michele flournoy, on sundayation of cnas, night at 8:00 eastern and q and a."on "uma -- " >> a visit to the cia museum, work the curator presents collection highlights and explains the museum's mission of preserving and presenting agency history. crocs we are standing here in the memorial lobby of the original headquarters building. this lobby has a number of significant memorials in it. every visitor to the agency comes through this entrance. every new agency officer takes their oath of office here in this lobby. 107 of our fallen officers, commemorated on the wall of honor. they have walked across the to takeeal that morning their place in the lobby, and the father of central intelligence is watching over their shoulders. close to ading sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of central intelligence. donovan was tasked by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of strategic services. that organization had grown out of an earlier one called coordinator of information, our first non-departmental intelligence agency, established by presid

my job is a home health aid, cna worker, so, i go into people's homes and i, you know, help them do like cleaning, grocery shop for them. my particular client at present, she loves to go out into the neighborhood. she loves to go to her local walgreens and pick up her own medicine. she loves to stop by and say hi to her neighbors. and i feel that if stores like, you know, her local walgreens wasn't there or her local cvs wasn't there, then where would she go? she already has a problem with mobility. so, the seniors, the main thing is quality of life for them and that would affect her quality of life. it would affect my job because, you know, instead of us doing it together, which she loves, i would have to do it, which i don't mind doing it, but it's all about, you know, the client. and many times we don't think about our seniors in the community. we don't, we don't -- i mean everything is for kid, kid, kids, but what about, you know, the people that have lived longer than we have? ~ i think that that would -- if more of them could come here and speak for themselves, then they would do t

>> former undersecretary for defense, michele flournoy on the creation of cnas. tonight at 8 p.m.eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> on the next washington hamid discusses israel and hamas. has theitical reporter details on a new study that says 10 million people have gotten coverage under the health care law. timese los angeles investigative reporter david wellman talks about the problem with the $40 billion ground midcourse defense system designed to protect the u.s. from missile attacks. we can take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live it 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> tomorrow, secretary of state john kerry will talk about u.s.-india relations at the center for american progress. we will have it live as 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. national jewish leaders will gather for a conference on israel. speakers include national security advisor susan rice, house speaker john boehner, house majority leader elect ron dermer.hy, and you can watch that live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. add makers, pollsters, and reporters

>> former undersecretary of defense, michele flournoy, on sundayation of cnas, night at 8:00 eastern and q and a."on "uma -- " >> a visit to the cia museum, work the curator presents collection highlights and explains the museum's mission of preserving and presenting agency history. crocs we are standing here in the memorial lobby of the original headquarters building.

report comes as the growing unrest in the gaza strip reaches an all-time high as israeli ground troops=cÑa to c with hamas militants. reports of over 175 people have been killed and more than 1,000 have been injured in gaza since sides which began six days ago. fox's own john hud diéq7Ñ stand by with the very latest from gaza city tonight. john. we saw that fire fight over the weekend early sunday morning. started with small arms fire maybe half a mile up the staying in. started with small arms fire and intensified into heavy artillery and then air strikes. by the way, those air strikes were so close to the location here they were shaking. the concussion from the explosions were shaking the2kíç building. this is a big building. this is a very strongly built building. they were getting very close. the tracer fire was going right over our heads. we thought we were caught in the cross fire at one point. &háhp &hc% been steady that we've seen strikes, the air strikes by the israeli air force. more than 1500 locations have been hit since all of this started close to 200 as you mentioned palesti

and cofounder for the center for national american security, michele flournoy, on the creation of cnas come its mission and currents -- current defense issue, sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> c-span to provide live coverage of the senate floor proceedings and key public policy events. and did weekend booktv, now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a public service by your local, cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> now, fox news national security analyst k. t. mcfarland is critical of president obama's foreign policy decisions in the middle east and ukraine. she spoke at the centennial institute annual western conservative summit held in denver. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've got to show that when i wrote that column about president obama's west point speech and compared them to krispy kreme donuts, krispy kreme doughnuts wrote back and said no way. i was first year two years ago and my different ambassador introduced me. nobody any idea

we need to make sure that we don't put people into four week or 12-week nursing programs to become a cna and then cannot compete with others in that category. savings. let's make sure that it's okay for me and for other people who are on public assistance to be able to open up a savings and banking account. on to be able to save money to own our own homes. to be able to save for our children's college fund wous a case worker telling us, because you have a savings account you are not eligible for certain programs. i feel like right now in america that there should be no child that goes to sleep hungry. that there should be no one that will have to face the troubles every day of not knowing -- this photograph right here is a photo of my children. my children are everything to me. i would like to say that we need to break the cycle. we need to make sure that we all remember what the american dream is. values. family values. i am not a number, i am not a statistic. i am not a food stamp recipient. i am an individual who lives in the inner city who just so happens to be right now struggling.

it's not only because it will be competing, but because the authorities, particularly the cna, the two regulatory bodies, are going to create a series of rules. you're not going to be able to have a system where these two regulatory bodies are credible in front of private sector investors when they are able to enforce the rules in front of, you know, enforce the rules for private sector investors and not for pemex. so this is going to create a lot of issues. let me just show an example of this. right now we have an issue, and i have some numbers that i can share as an example. pemex has a plan this year, it's the operating plan, to produce 2.5 million barrels a day. along this production, and i'm not -- these are public figures, i'm not talking about secret figures of any kind. if you compare production with distribution and distribution means refining plus export, you have differences of anywhere between 100 and 150,000 barrels a day. and that is water. and it's water that comes from the water in several areas of production. in the month of may, that number has reached about 260,000 b

defense and cofounder of the center for national american security, michele flournoy on the creation of cnas, its mission and current defense policy issues. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >> at a senate hearing on wednesday, cruise ship passengers who experienced medical emergencies and sexual assault described how they were treated by the ship's crews. the committee is considering new safety rules and legal protections for cruise passengers. this hearing is 1:20. >>> for those who came here for a different purpose, again, i want to apologize. this was a chance to get out five bills and if you have been watching the senate or the congress for that matter, getting a bill out of the committee is a triumphant moment. we had to take the advantage to get five out, but the point of this hearing is all of you. so i'm going to make my opening statement andchairman, may i be recorded in fave of these five. >> of course. so ordered. all right. i'd like to begin this hearing in the same way i started the hearing i held on the cruise industry last year. by saying that most p

defense and cofounder of the center for national american security michele flournoy on the creation of cnas, its mission and current defense policy issues sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> forty years ago the watergate scandal led to the only resignatiresignati on of an american president. american history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. this weekend as they consider cr impeachment operate under charged with abuse of power. >> which have are questions about what the framers had in mind, questions about whether the activities that have been found out by the committee and by the senate, watergate committee, were indeed impeachable. and thirdly, can we prove that richard nixon knew about them and even authorized them? >> watergate 40 years later, sunday night at eight eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> yesterday el salvador's foreign minister called on used to respect the rights of unaccompanied minors across the southern border illegally and for them to have the right to due process. 's comments came during a discussion

in cna may be on the road too. i will not go into too much detail right now but the vehicle to vehicles or what we call the to be in or vehicle to infrastructure technology or vitae i that technology is being developed right here in this facility and has the potential to stop aggressors before they happen. also can cut greenhouse emissions and help drivers bypass traffic. that sounds pretty good to me. now, i wish that i can say -- i wish i could say this kind of progress is happening in every corner of america's hesitation system, but unfortunately i cannot. it there are a lot of places where our infrastructure is a relic of another era, and we need to fix it. in fact, yesterday the white house but a report on line so everyone can see how many of their state's roads are in less than good condition. in the answer is to many about 65 percent nationwide. so if you look at all of the structurally deficient bridges in the country and line them up and stand it would stretch from the front door of this facility to just a

defense and co-founder of the center for national american security, michele flournoy on the creation of cnas, its mission and current defense policy issues. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >> 40 years ago, the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. "american history tv" revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration, this weekend the house judiciary committee as it considers impeachment of the president and the charge of abuse of power. >> what you have here are questions about what the framers had in mind, questions about whether the activities that had been found out by the committee and by the senate watergate committee were indeed impeachable and thirdly, can we prove that richard nixon knew about them and even authorized them. >> watergate, 40 years later. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3. >> the senate environment and public works committee held an oversight meeting this week to hear from gina mccarthy on the agency's esproposed carbon dioxide regulations. back in june they propo

defense and cofounder of the center for national american security michele flournoy on the creation of cnas come its mission and current defense policy issues. sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> forty years ago the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. american history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration this weekend the house judiciary committee as it considers impeachment of the president of the charge of abuse of power. >> what you have here are questions about what the framers had in mind, questions about whether the activities that had been found out by the committee and by the senate, watergate committee, were indeed impeachable, and thirdly, can we prove that richard nixon knew about them and even authorized them? >> watergate 40 years later sunday night at eight eastern on an american history tv on c-span3. >> yesterday the house veterans' affairs committee heard from acting veterans affairs secretary sloan gibson on health care issues. other witnesses of legislative directors from various vete

defense and cofounder of the center for national american security, michelle flournoy on the creation of cnas, it's commission and current defense policy issues. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q and a. >>> former assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs chaz free man talked about the deplorable state of current middle east policy and said most of the u.s. foreign policies are at a dead end. he was joined by a panel of middle east experts as an event hosted by the middle east policy council, this is about two hours and 20 minutes. >>> now, i'd like the say just some brief words about the topic before i introduce the speakers. we chose this topic when we heard president obama's speech at west point late in may this year. he did say that the united states would use force unilaterally if our core interests were directly sbr threatened. but he emphasized a counterterrorism strategy which would rely upon supporting, training and working with security partners. and announced a $5 billion program to support security partners in the middle east. having id

defense and co-founder of the center for national american security, michele flournoy on the creation of cnas, its mission, and current defense policy issues. saturday night on c-span's q & a. >>> next month on book tv' in depth, former republican congressman from texas and presidential candidate ron paul. he's written more than a dozen books on politics and history with his latest "the school revolution" on america's education system. join the conversation as he takes your calls, e-mails and tweets, live for three hours, sunday august 3rd at noon eastern and tune in next month for author, historian and activist mary francis barry. in october, supreme court experts discuss court sessions both past and present. best selling author and historian is our guest in november, and in december, american enterprise institute president and noted musician arthur brooks, in depth on c-span2's book tv, television for serious readers. >>> next, acting veterans affairs secretary sloan gibson testifies before the house veterans affairs committee about what the v.a. is doing to improve veterans health care. on

defense and cofounder of the center for national american security michele flournoy on the creation of cnas, its mission and current defense policy issues sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs defense from washington directly to you putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences. and offering them -- all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local, cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> here on c-span2 we are live on capitol hill wher with house foreign affairs subcommittee will be holding a hearing considering two resolutions that will address the israeli-palestinian conflict. the two resolutions, one would condemn the murder of israeli and palestinian children in israel. the other would address the ongoing violence in the region and would condemn the use of innocent civilians as human shields. that is ilean

we need to make sure we do not put people and to nursing programs to become a cna and cannot compete with the others in that category. let's make sure it is ok for me and other people on public assistance to be able to open up a savings account so we can save money to on our own homes and safe for our children's college. instead of a caseworker say because you're of a savings account, you are not eligible. i feel light right now in america, there should be no child that goes hungry and no one that will have to see the troubles every day of not knowing. this photograph right here is a photo of my children. my children are everything to me. i would like to say we need to break the cycle. we need to make sure we all remember what the american dream is providing family values. i am not a number or statistic or food stamp recipients. i am an individual lives in the inner-city we just all happens to be writing now struggling. just as so many americans are struggling. we need to get back to the core values of remembering we are people. not looked at as somebody on welfare and is lazy and wa