leader daschle was a guest speaker at the 241st and final break fast as host. the senator visit nine times before that. he is a graduate of south dakota state university, served as an intelligence officer in the air force, was a senate staffer, and won election to the u.s. house in 1978, and to the senate in '86. he became democratic leader in '9 4, serving twice. he left in the senate in 2005 and is now founder and ceo of the daschle group, a public policy adviseory, did i get that all out? >> perfect. >> senator lott managed to avoid appearing at one of our gatherings during his long and successful career. not for want of trying on our part, i might say bump we're glad to be able to rectify that today. senator lott as graduate of the university of mississippi and the university of mississippi law school after practicing law he moved to washington to become a congressional aide and was elected to the u.s. house in 1972. in time to serve on the house judiciary committee during impeachment proceedings against richmond nixon. he was elect house minority whippin'

i'd like to ask about the flip side senator daschle.reid is going into the minority now so what is his task as minority leader? >> i think it's to lead and i think it's to find ways to achieve some common ground. he said something last week i thought was very encouraging. he said we are not going to fit into payback. if he meant that, and i assume he did because he always speaks from his heart, my guess is that there are going to be opportunities on an array of issues that we are pretty talked about where they could really be some common ground. it wouldn't have to take those six people that john is going to be looking for. you could do it with 60 or 70 votes. that's possible depending on how democrats look at their role. it seems to me it's an harry reid's interest to accomplish as much as we can in the final two years of the obama administration. obama has two more years of opportunity and i find as i look back some of the most productive areas of the final of in the final two. i was certainly true of bill clinton and you can argue ab

. -- specifically nazi and daschle facilities. >> good afternoon, everybody. i am barbara peters. it's sunday october 12, and i'm delighted to welcome act barrett tillman who is written over 40 books. most nonfiction but i know you've been here -- did you call write something with stephen cohen's? >> and harold coyle. >> were you kind of their

her first job here in the senate was for senator daschle.her current office, cincinnati is i has a collection of south dakota -- nancy has a collection of south dakota maps hanging on the walls. one of the railroad tracks to cross south dakota in 1986, one of water town, south dakota and she has others. she has a rand mcnally map of a long time ago that covers the entire state. as i indicated when senator daschle left the senate, nancy transitioned to the sergeant at arms office where she worked as liaison to democratic senators and their office. when i became the leader and the time to select a new secretary, i didn't look very far. i urged her to consider the position. i'm glad she did. i've not regretted that decision not for a second. she's proven herself to be an excellent manager. she has 26 departments, 250 employees directly under her supervision, not to mention the other 6,500 senate employees who defend on her and her office -- who depend on her and her office. she's been faced with some difficult times during her tenure as secreta

daschle more modern state. as this development came about, the rangers changed. in the early 1900s you had the discovery of oil and texas was a place where you could get rich fast. a lot of people started coming to texas and they started working security in the oil fields. there was a lot of chaos and turmoil at that time. there were things during the 1900s like prohibition. unfortunately, texas borders mexico, so the rangers started asking the border security -- something that they do today, it is not alcohol or narcotics, but other things they're working to protect texans from. their evolution really took place in the time and the era that they were living in changed. in 1935 they were formalized under the department of public safety. they created the first crime lab that year. they have kind of evolved with the changes. >> the museum has a marvelous collection of material that goes back to the family of the rangers in 1823, trying to select not only shirley is material, but the ends that the rangers currently using their service today. the collection has somew

but i'm delighted to be here with me good friend tom daschle. we do a lot of joint appearances now and that's natural because we did a lot of things jointly when we were the respective majority, minority, majority, minority leaders, back and forth. when you go back and look at what we went through together, not only the impeachment trial but 9/11 and the anthrax attacks that specifically affected tom's office, and how we dealt with the 505 congress. so we went through a lot of tough things, buffet also -- but also i'm very proud of the thing wes got down. i'm still an incurable optimist. i still feel like good things will happen but it's going to take strong leadership. we'll have to see some change of direction from the president. we're going to have to see the speaker really move aggressively in trying to keep his conference moving in the right direction. i've always said that when you're in leadership in the house and the senate, you can follow your conference or lead your conference. and if you just follow them, you got trouble. and i'm hopi

along with senate leaders baker, daschle, dole and mitchell. he's president and author of the new book city of rivals. slight extra fee i would have eld up the book. that was the biograph cal portion of the program. now the morning's mechanics. angus c.e.o. to marty durbin at the table with his colleges helping this guy survives on the payroll. we're on the record here. please no blogging and short no filing of any kind while the breakfast is under way to give us time to actually listen to what our guest says. there's no embargo when the session ends. we hope you resist that relentless selfie urge, we will e-mail several pictures of the session to all the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. as regular attendees now know, if you'd like to ask a question, do the traditional thing and send me a subtle signal. i'll happily call with all the time we have. we're going to start by offering guests the opportunities for comments and questions around the table. thank you all for doing it, we very appreciate it. >> well it's nice to be here, alw

they went and saw congressman gephardt, senator schumer, senator daschle, and out of that came a hybridtatute. airline protection, minimize lawsuits, victims compensation. and it sort of came together in a unified, bipartisan way. >> you served up there for five years with senator kennedy. some were behind the scenes, somebody had to write this stuff. >> i think it was written, if you said who were the scrineners i think it was the staff of senator daschle and congressman gephardt, with input from the trial lawyers. >> and were the democrats in control of congress at the time? >> i don't believe so. >> why would the republicans allow that to happen? >> i think it was not a political issue. i continue to believe that as a result of 9/11, the country as a whole, regardless of party afill yeation or ideology, felt that this idea of a compensation program to help these people, at the same time demonstrate the country's solidarity in the wake of this foreign attack, had a lot to do with the bipartisan support leading up to this program. jack rosenthal of the "new york times" foundation has c

and we had a senator, former majority leader tom daschle, former republican leader trent lott, barneythe house and there was a discussion of the filibuster there. and you can imagine the senate guys all very reluctant to change it dramatically. including me. barney frank eventually wore me down. i am now to the point where i think that 51 votes should control everything in the united states senate. and barney kept saying, we kept saying all this stuff about tradition and how it works in the senate and cool things off. and barney would just say it's democracy. he just kept saying 51 is democracy. what's wrong with democracy. and i ran out of answers for that. >> well, right now, we have to choose twheen ongoing paralysis, driven by the deep partisanship. people run on the argument that i'll pearl liez the other side and they do it under the existing senate rules. if we accept that, then we're going to accept deep dysfunction. because we simply won't address the high cost of interest rate for student loans or the high cost of college. we won't address the need to have a rebuild america

he worked here with my predecessor, the democratic leader, tom daschle and they got so many good things done for the state of south dakota. they're both missed but their friendship is something i've long admired. to show you the type of person he is, the person he beat by 524 votes came back the next election and endorsed him. a republican long-term member of the house and senate, larry pressler, endorsed tim johnson in his reelection. that is the kind of integrity tim johnson has. people admire him very, very much. but tim johnson leaves the senate as he entered it: undefeated. i'll miss him very, very much. my wife will miss barbara, a member of the book club. i've seen their exchange of e-mails back and forth as to what books they should read and what they thought of the book and where they're going to meet. so the reids will miss the johnsons. south dakota will miss the johnsons. but he'll still proceed forward and be a great blessing to the state of south dakota as he's always been. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the next statement i make will appear at a different pla

. -- specifically nazi and daschle facilities. >> good afternoon, everybody. i am barbara peters. it's sunday october 12, and i'm delighted to welcome act barrett tillman who is written over 40 books. most nonfiction but i know you've been here -- did you call write something with stephen cohen's? >> and harold coyle. >> were you kind of their export? >> with steve i contributed the two original fiction anthologies at his request. steve has just been marvelous friend and colleague. in 1984 our mutual publisher sent me a manuscript written by vietnam war aviator called for each other, and the publisher asked my opinion. i said this book is so good, if you don't publish it, i will. and next year it was published in spite of the true. so steve and i have kept in touch ever since. and then the harold coyle trilogy was for tor forge. he came up with the concept of a foreign military contractor that does deny the work for the us government all over the world. that was a trilogy that was a fun change of pace for me because i hadn't been many things in the thriller realm at that time. so

he worked here with my predecessor, the democratic leader, tom daschle. they got so many things done for the state of south dakota. they are both missed, but their friendship is something i long admire. to show you the type of person by 524the person he beat votes him back the next election and endorsed him. a republican, longtime member of the house and senate endorsed tim johnson in his reelection. that is the kind of integrity tim johnson has. people admire him very much. tim johnson leaves the senate undefeated and i will miss him very, very much. my wife will miss barbara and .heir book club i have seen their exchange of e-mails back and forth as to what book they should read. so we will mr. johnson's. south dakota will miss the johnson's. he will be a great blessing to the state of south dakota and to his family. i ask unanimous consent for the statement i made to appear in a different place in the record. "i want itcoln said set of me by those who knew me best that i always looked the out of the flower where i thought a flower would go." for just a

not ro only kirby daschle guard but somehow the air national guard and sent to be calling out the eric be a bigger problem or issue it has to be contained in the region have funding for the manpower also but he's even today with members of the southwest border to support those that are important to the governor. we believe we our first choice because of our capabilities. two weeks ago if you remember portsmouth was hit with devastating tornadoes. in the same treaty was hit in 2011. in the last 11 of the earvin put the family into the hallway but when the tornado hit the house found itself over his children and was killed when a beam hits him in the back i was there to present to his family their mettle. in their previous to that as rector of the international guard dash watched the presentation to the year mitt and metal in search of lansbury was the teacher at the middle school who when the gunshots happened went down to where the student was shooting other students to put himself between the student in the shooter to talk him into stopping what he was doing and try to disarm him but

i will pass it over to mark who knows if things about daschle knows a thing or two about which teamsious. thing or twoa about which teams were glorious. >> he is on a roll. final part of "the hobbit" the world premiere last night. i'm a massive fan of the lord of the rings films and the previous two "hobbit" films. i will read you a paragraph. it ends with a 45 minute barack virtuoso that'll seen -- baroque virtuoso battle scene. elves and, doors and nnoly lay into each other in the mother of all sword battles. >> despite all the sanctions from the eu it seems the two countries will be working on a and finland, 64% of their energy comes from russia. >> mine is the banks will be up for pretty big losses giving their loans to the oil and gas industry. stay with us and join us for the next hour of "countdown." >> we need to stay a member of the european union and europe has got to reforms at the walk away from the largest single market on our doorstep would be a disaster. >> the man who wants to run britain's of economy is the u.k. must stay in the european union. ride whatle's rocky is

and i have informed senator daschle also of my decision. three of these four men disagree with my decision. but i hope

senator bob dole, george mitchell, don cashel -- tom daschle and the late pat baker.g their times in congress, they worked tirelessly to find solutions to the challenges that confronted the country. they did this through what we call or what i think of as reasoned negotiations and respectable dialogue. if you like the raison d'etre for this organization that they established. yes, to look back on the 20th anniversary of the bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform, but more importantly, to look forward and how these issues can face the upcoming 2016 presidential elections and the new congress coming in. we are joined this afternoon by two very distinguished public service, senator kerry and senator jack danforth. both worked with those senate majority leaders who founded this place. establishedinton the bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform by an executive order in november 1993. chairman gurion vice-chairman on the herculean task of carrying out the executive order and they were joined by 10 other united states senators, two who are still .er

senator bob dole, george mitchell, tom daschle and the late pat baker. during their times in congress, they worked tirelessly to find solutions to the challenges that confronted the country. they did this through what we call or what i think of as reasoned negotiations and respectable dialogue. if you like the raison d'etre for this organization that they established. yes, to look back on the 20th anniversary of the bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform, but more importantly, to look forward and how these issues can face the upcoming 2016 presidential elections and the new congress coming in. we are joined this afternoon by two very distinguished public service, senator kerry and senator jack danforth. both worked with those senate majority leaders who founded this place. president clinton established the bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform by an executive order in november 1993. chairman gurion vice-chairman danforth took on the herculean task of carrying out the executive order and they were joined by 10 other united state

senator bob dole, george mitchell, tom daschle and the late howard baker.eoughout their time senate and in congress they worked tirelessly to find a solution to the challenges that confronted the country. this through what we call what i think of as reasoned negotiations and respectable dialogue. thethat's the, if you like, rain for this organization that they established and that's why theave joined here at bipartisan policy center this thernoon, to look back on 20th anniversary of the bipartisan commission on tax reform, but more importantly to look forward issuesthis could, these upcoming 2016 presidential elections and the new congress coming in. joined this afternoon by two very distinguished public senator bob kerrey danforth.r jack both worked with those senate majority leaders i mentioned earlier who founded this place. president clinton established bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform by an in november of 1993. kerrey and vice chairman danforth took on the outulean task of carrying the executive order and they were joined by 10 other

senator bob dole, george mitchell, tom daschle and the late howard baker.out their time in the senate and in congress, they worked tirelessly to find a solution and challenges that come from to the country. they did this through what i think of as reasoned negotiations and respectable dialogue. that is in this organization that they established and that's why we have joined here the bipartisan policy center with the coalition. this first to yes first to look back on the 20th anniversary of the bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform but more importantly to look forward on how these issues can paste the upcoming 2016 presidential elections and the congress coming in. we are joined this afternoon by the two very distinguished public servants, senator bob kerrey and senator jack danforth. both worked with the senate majority leaders i mentioned earlier and who founded this place. president clinton established the bipartisan commission on entitlement and tax reform by an executive order in november 1993. chairman terry and vice president danforth to

ross neff took over daschle company that somehow got the assets of you coast.what about opec and russia? russia will not join opec. opec has invited russia and beneficial to russia will cooperate with opec. but what does this mean? i last 35 years opec has cut production 11 times during my lifetime and on average for it reduces production by 1.25 million barrels per reduction. opec invited russia and russia went to the meetings. opec shared with russia what they wanted to do and opec decided they would cut production making the assumption that russia agreed to cut production. russia increase production profited from the situation and expanded the market share. opec lost in russia one. today on november 27 opec is meeting again and it's not just russia that opec is at war with. it's also the u.s. shale sector. the u.s. shale sector has become a swing producer and international markets so we will discuss why that's important in a bit. what about the putinization of gas? if you thought russia had a name i came to oil it's a dream come true when it comes to natural

my colleague and dear friend from south dakota, senator tom daschle, in his farewell called for finding common ground that will not be found on the far right or on the far left. that is not where most americans live. we will only find it in the firm middle ground based on common sense and shared values. a senator in his farewell speech said his greatest frustration was the difficulty in finding common ground on significant issues, saying that it doesn't happen often enough. in fact, the need for bipartisanship and the lack of it in the senate is a hallmark of senator farewell speeches. rather than expounding on this topic, i would like to share the rare instances where i have experienced it. i found it working with my colleague, senator john thune, as we put aside our political differences and worked as our constituents expected two norwegians to work. we worked side by side as we pushed for farm bills, highway funding, emergency relief from droughts and floods. we successfully fought the proposed brac closing of elsworth air force base. however, our norwegian heritage, we never fought.

we owe that in daschle base impact study to congress. we plan on cooperating with that, and again the whole aviation enterprise from the folks are mindful that we need to have a light hand on our industry, partners, because there provided these great capabilities. we will continue to look at the. >> the one point i would make is aviation restructure calls for the divestment of about 780 legacy systems. that includes out for charlie, delta and then, of course, you're th-67. for the outflows and adults is, out for charlie and the delta is, which is the balance of the 780 aircraft, those aircraft will be divested and demilitarized and essential that no commercial application. what we're talking that with the th-67 is the remaining 181 aircraft and actually what happens with those aircraft. as many of you know there's a long process that the department of defense has to go through per guidance from both statute and dod policy for the divestment process for the th-67, the last step of which is to put in the hands of the entity within the depa

and i have informed senator daschle also of my decision. three of these four men disagree with my decision. but i hope each understood my reasons. and it is quite entirely possible that the fourth one may have second thoughts down the road. but anyway, that's the way it is. i have changed my party label but i have not changed my beliefs. indeed my decision is about affirming the principles that have shaped my careers. i hope that the people of vermont will understand it. i hope in time that my colleagues will as well. i am confident that it is the right decision. >> what do you say to those people who only six months ago [inaudible] [cheers and applause] so what do you say to them? >> i understand. and i'm sorry that i have no expectation -- >> [inaudible] >> i was not campaign chairman but that's a small point. i believed at the time and had hoped at the time that those of us that are moderates of the party -- not just myself, and i speak imse sure for many moderates of the party, who had high hope when the president spoke of education and

that during the debate in using military force afghanistan in 2001, then senate majority leader tom daschle was heavily pressured by the white house. he refused. the administration response was set up a program on the backside. me, it gets a little bit. a failure here is the overall congressional oversight to push back on these things, to prevent this kind of abuse and excess power. >> i know it is going to sound bit odd from someone from the aclu to sign the there's a t, but provision in there that relate very much. bring this discussion back to where it was before -- i was in the car -- countries are actually permitted right now by law to encryption into their products, and encryption for which they do not have a key or a way to seville. i think that was very smart for to put that in. congress has placed it in a law that many of us think is a bad surveillance law -- congress has the foresight to protect companies and, therefore, protect our rights. because none of us to these technologies ourselves. congress decided that encryption was important. they decided to put that text right in the

authorization for use of military force to go into afghanistan in 2001, then sent majority leader tom daschleld allow for the ward was surveillance of americans here at home. he refused to do that and the administration's response was to set up the illegal program on the backside. to me it gets back to what orin was saying to another part of the problem here is a fairly overall congressional oversight to pushback aggressively against these kinds of things and probe them aggressively to prevent this kind of abuse and access power spent i know it's going to sound a little odd for someone from aclu to defend the patriot act and but there's actually a provision in there that we like very much which is protect the rights of copies of want to build encryptions into the product. bringing this back to where it was before, companies are actually permitted right now by law to build encryptions into the products and encryption of which they don't hav have a keyd they don't have way too surveil. i think is really, really smart of cars to put that in. sorry, it wasn't the patriot act. this was in toledo.