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later, university of oklahoma president and former senator david boren discusses proposed budget cuts. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. senators had the day off for their policy retreat. being a congressional reporter means covering these retreats. hearing from president obama and former president bill clinton, what is the significance of the timing? in some ways, senate democrats have been breaking with the president on certain issues and some of it is related to the 2014 elections. this is where the president isn't particularly popular. it is kind of a big moment for legislation in the senate. unemployment insurance still not had been revived. they are trying to just kind of strategize as a party whereas in the past, congressional aides have been a little bit critical. of media coverage coming out of these retreats. is he a cheerleader? >> i have been told by some sources that they don't expect any big policy news or political news. riled up, we a get will hold the senate. we will all be on the same page. i look at it more as a teambuilding exercise right now.

our guests -- university of oklahoma president and former senator david boren discusses challenges facinguniversities from proposed budget cuts. live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> it is an instrument of the president. it has always been the case. they can direct it to do things in secret. they don't have to worry about the congressional appropriations process. it's convenient, attractive, and sometimes overly seductive tool in arsenals. cia onok at the "afterwords," part of the tv this weekend on c-span two. read a woman's history for beginners and join the conversation. org, and enter the chat room. they had the day off for the retreat and we have a congressional reporter for politico. i guess that means covering the retreat. first the senate democrats were at nationals park hearing from president obama and former >> him ofbill clinton that is related to the 2014 nottion where it is particularly popular. it's a big moment for legislation in the senate and it still has not been revived. it expired and they are pr

as far as i were concerned, people like bill cohen and bill bradley, jack danforth, john warner, david boren, sam dunn, nancy -- republicans and democrats -- may be the last one to leave because of frustration was olympia snow. so you have a large number of people, most of whom could have been reelected forever who left in disgust because they couldn't get anything done and that is the new phenomenon over the last couple of decades that is especially worrying. the other theme in this book and i think it is an important point to make, despite my frustrations and even my anger at the congress, reality is i got a lot of things done with the congress. most of my predecessors if they were lucky to get two or three or four big military procurement programs canceled that were over cost, over do, or no longer relevant. i cut nearly 3 dozen and ended up getting congressional approval or acquiescence in all of them. i cut $200 billion out of the pentagon's overhead. even eliminated a combat command. i got the congress to support me on that. partly because i had enormously strong support of president o

boren of that, david the university of oklahoma discusses education and budget cuts. we will take your comments on facebook and twitter. ♪ >> on capitol hill this morning, a house oversight and government a hearing onold the irs targeting specific groups. look for our coverage on c-span.org. join the conversation on twitter with the #cspanchat. decision to stop selling cigarettes at their stores is making headlines this morning. it