and although they joked about being kept like prisoners at "camp dayton", as we called it, or "dayton" sometimes, the fact was that they all got out. milosevic went to a shopping mall, izetbegovic went to a tulane-louisville football game, so it couldn't have been better. - and maybe you can't answer this, but when you say you wanted to "control" the venue, i have to assume when the serbs, the croats, and the bosnians met in their huddles, did you guys bug that? - no, we didn't bug. no. - so you played it by the rules. - you can't do that. you can't do that. i mean, intelligence goes its own mysterious ways, but you can't do that kind of thing. - and were there showdowns? - yeah, a lot of showdowns. - it is said that at camp david there was some of that. that at some point, president carter had to get the heads to butt together. - well, what happened at camp david--and we studied camp david, and i talked to carter before we went to dayton--was that they threatened to walk out, both sadat and begin. we got a prior agreement from milosevic, izetbegovic, and tudjman that they wouldn't wa

and at the dayton constitution. the fact is that at dayton we were not seeking to create a perfect country. we were seeking to end the war, and we did. nobody has died in hostile action since 1995, 16 years. that is a remarkable achievement. >> let me ask, our time is beginning to run down so i want to asked to forward any questions. let me start with you madam secretary because you noted this was a case where he used all the tools in our toolbox a casebook study of what some call coercive diplomacy. military force diplomatic pressure and consensus building. obviously they can -- and circumstances are different but is there anything that models that can tell us are applied to the challenges we face now in afghanistan and pakistan even with the unrest in the arab world? are there lessons from that kind of integrated approach to the other problems we face today? >> well i do think that first of all, you know, i have said that there there are not at lot a lot of tools in the toolbox. here we are the most powerful count

there were three prime ministers at the dayton accords. one of my pss assistants won a picture of us on the bridge. there were a lot of suits around nobody had on name tags. she asked anyone who was a prime minister to raise their hand. [laughter] 3 people raise their hands and another one left. it is an example of the problem. how is it that you could get this complicated system to work at it was still an issue? i hope in the next panel i can talk about it. it shows me that you cannot always check of the problem as done. it has to be managed. in many ways, the international community continues to be a part of this, but what we learned in bosnia and what we are trying to do it now is to bring serbia and this whole region into europe and go back to the original idea of a europe that is whole and free. that came out at dayton and all the various evolutions. >> of like to say something about what it was that was accomplished. first, it is something very much in human terms. i saw this almost every day. there were refugees living in mind and h

there were three prime ministers at the dayton accords. one of my press assistants won a picture of us on the bridge. there were a lot of suits around. nobody had on name tags. she asked anyone who was a prime minister to raise their hand. [laughter] 3 people raise their hands and another one left. it is an example of the problem. how is it that you could get this complicated system to work at it was still an issue? i hope in the next panel i can talk about it. it shows me that you cannot always check of the problem as done. it has to be managed. in many ways, the international community continues to be a part of this, but what we learned in bosnia and what we are trying to do it now is to bring serbia and this whole region into europe and go back to the original idea of a europe that is whole and free. that came out at dayton and all the various evolutions. >> of like to say something about what it was that was accomplished. first, it is something very much in human terms. i saw this almost every day. there were refugees living in mind an

that is one of the most important lessons from dayton. not only did we use all the tools in the toolbox, but we consulted with allies and friends in the region, and we set the conditions. i want to go back to what richard holbrooke did. richard called and i do not know whether it came from him or washington, but we've marched in on a sunday morning. -- week marched in on this in the morning. we said it stopped. we are about to -- they are in complete disarray. they are shooting deserters in the streets. milosevich has sent a new general to take charge. this is the opportunity. you want us to stop. they said stop. and they stopped. after that, it never got going again. and that was the 51-49 boundary. the serbs did not know it could not get going again. richard saw that and got the conditions on the ground set. you have to have the right personality. you have to have the ability to put all the pieces together. richard holbrooke was the right personality and he did it at dayton with a lot of help from a lot of people but it was solely his r

dayton created too many possibilities of blockades. all of those ethnic groups are afraid of the others. they need some blockade in order not to be ruled by the others. it is time to remove those blockades. [unintelligible] we need domestic mechanisms. >> it is time, but if you remove it, and will do the job? as i said, i am an optimist. if you compare the situation from 15 years ago, then you will see [unintelligible] we can see armies. we have helped unify the armies. the growth in economy in bosnia -- it started from below the toll. growth as dawn to 8% annually. it is higher than all eastern neighboring countries. bosnia can. >> had the account for that? what is spurring economic growth in bosnia? >> we are working in the situation. we have roads, we have water, we have no work -- mill work, we have a better education. >> if the people of the former yugoslavia are very educated and very smart. christ they should be engaged in business and sports. >> other elements of dayton you think should be renegotiated? the constitution? >> the

they didn't know anything about him that he was born in 1872 in dayton, ohio, graduated. so the learned the first lesson every write er must learn, you'll learn it the hard way or start from the beginning. don't be with afraid, tear it up, start over again. or go in and say i have got to move this, i have got to change this. the formal word gets revision. you'll revise and revise until you figure, i can't revise anymore and send it to the editor, we have lots of revision with this. revising is 90 percent of writing. i wrote that very first book in 1971. it didn't get published until 1982. no i don't have to work on books that long anymore. but that first one, learn how to rewrite, restructure, move things. i have written many more biographies. i have learned the most important thing, you must tell a good story, character, setting, action, and idea. you have it in fiction as well as non fiction. some where along the line we were taught that non fiction is simply facts. it is not truth. facts wrapped around a story. facts put in a story. let's go back to that porch again, t

of the dayton -- defects of the dayton accord is that it sought to project the distinct legitimate interest of the various ethnic groups and their accumulated an understandable fears by given the mall veto power over each other. -- by giving them all veto power over each other. compared dayton to the irish peace agreement, where the parties themselves have come a very long way before. that is the other thing. they quit fighting, they quit killing each other, and boom, they had to immediately make an agreement. there was no let down and readjustment time. in the irish case, where they have been carrying on for 30 years, the people got out ahead of the politicians and told them to stop. and the politicians decided to stop and they created, instead of a negative sense of shared authority, a positive one. instead of giving each other veto power over the other, they created an agreement of majority rule, minority rights, shared political decision making, shared economic benefits, and a shared relationship with both of their near neighbors, the united kingdom -- and the irish republic. what we al

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earlier after ship's commanding officer captain steve dayton while the relatively short trip from libya had taken so long? >> we showed up at benghazi the night before last, sailing after sunset. but the weather outside on the port and outside was pretty horrendous so as we had a number of gifts on board who were not used to being at sea, just in order to reduce their sea sickness and make them as comfortable as possible, we just reduced speed. >> that was the captain of h.m.s. cumberland. you saw the frigate dock. gavin, where have the 207 evacuees gone now, do we know? >> there are 60 british evacuees. there are 120 foreign nationals from 25 different countries. >> i think we have lost that line to gavin. the united nations has warned ivory coast is on the brink of a new civil war as post election violence gos to other areas. forces have clashed with reporters of watt ra, who is nationally recognized as having won the election. david emblem reports. >> fearing for their safety, residents streak out of the district of avid john, a city in territory controlled by incumbent president lau

so welcome to the schools of dayton r.t.l. let's begin with a quick look at some of all took stories this hour european while scapes spartak hands a need to reach the last sixteen of the europa league while we're being crèche out after losing to sequence and. taking flied more goals and surprising results during the second day of the peach els good garden cup playoffs. and also high octane thrills top races from across the multiple world revel at a tournament in moscow. for both last spartak moscow as a need st petersburg have joined say a sky the last sixteen year old colleague larry carr brings mount druitt the second leg against balls a wild one here in the russian capital many through four three on aggregate spartak will play dutch side next as indeed had a more complicated telescoped progress into the last sixteen as the russian champions had to overcome a two want deficit to young boys but much as followed his side came out with an inspired three was the. stadium in st petersburg next up for them another dutch team absol

soil firedoglake david dayton will join me to find out who's really responsible for the outsourcing of jobs also we have some breaking news there really is hope for this session of congress last night conservatives and democrats united in a rare move to vote down contentious provisions of the patriot act so could there really be hope of a bipartisan work being accomplished here in d.c. or is it just going to be a passing glimmer of hope reason magazine's matt welch will join me to talk about this astonishing moment in politics and make love not war that's a message sent by a sex shop in alabama just trading a gun for a sex toy that we are all about this message of hope and love so we decided to invite the owner of the strop to tell us about her message that will be at the end of the show but now let's move on to today's top story. protests in egypt continued for the sixteenth day of cairo's tahrir square remaining the central gathering place hundreds of thousands came out yesterday many for the first time saying of they have been inspired by a young google executive who mocked already

that they want these powerful businessmen to stop furthering their political agenda with money david dayton from firedoglake was at the protest at home join me to discuss what it was that he saw and last week a former army veteran drove from california to michigan where the trunk full of explosives what the attendant of blowing up one of the biggest mosques in the u.s. where was all the media attention could be the threat of domestic terrorism just isn't catchy enough to make it on air if the perpetrator is a muslim professor christopher chambers will join me at the end of the show to discuss that. now let's move on to our top story. a story dominating headlines is egypt there have been mixed reports about the protests and riots depending on the source but one thing is for sure the unrest in the country is only growing artie's policy leer is in cairo and she has an up close and personal report about how objections really feel about their government. first he sent in his army then he reshuffled the government next came if force. people's voices here are louder but they're being drowned out b

fifteen years after dayton, we know that the bosnia can answer that question as yes. ladies and gentlemen, i'm honored to introduce presidentwomen -- president william jefferson clinton. [applause] >> thank you very much. pleased to see you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you and thank you sandy for the introduction. i'd like to thank a number of people. first i want to thank the leaders from the region who have come here who will be represented on the second panel and i'll introduce later. i want to thank all those here who served in the administration during those early days some of whom will be on the panel shortly. i'd like to thank warn christopher and tony lake who played pivotal roles in the crisis who could not be here today, and i want to acknowledge those who are not here whom we miss. first, dick holbrooke who looked forward to dominating this whole proceeding today. [laughter] the three brave public servants we lost on august 19, 1995 on the road. ron brown, chuck meisner, and all the people at the commerce departme

governor mark dayton. >> we're working hard to catch fish here. >> reporter: any luck so far?nt me to put one down? >> i do, i'm waiting. >> reporter: the governor initiated me into the state ice fishing fraternity. thank you so much governor for this opportunity. this is the brainerd fishing extravaganza, folks. >> ew! >> yay! >> reporter: yeah. minnesota life! ♪ bring along a fishing pole and leave your dirty dishes ♪ >> reporter: as the day wore on and the fish refused to bite some contestants became more focused on their beverages than their bait. >> i found it unmanned. i figure it's a long day and the drinks are taking over. >> reporter: do you use the box as a holding tray for your rod? >> yeah. >> reporter: wow. but not andrew schultz. >> whoo! >> that's bigger than the biggest one last year. >> reporter: who pulled in a near record breaking 7.18 pound northern pike. >> i still can't believe it. it's crazy. this is awesome. this is our first time here. >> reporter: and drove off the lake with a brand-new ford f-150. unfortunately, i wasn't as lucky. i made a bunch of n

he played a crucial role in the dayton talks, and relationship ard described him -- richard described him in the memorable book that richard wrote as one of the most outstanding career diplomats. ambassador grossman has followed in richard's shoes before when he served as assistant secretary of state for european affairs in the '90s, and i'm absolutely confident in his ability to hit the ground running. now, ambassador grossman and the rest of his interagency team will martial the full range of our policy resources to support responsible afghan-led reconciliation that brings the conflict to a peaceful conclusion and to actively engage with states in the region and the international community to advance that process. as i said, important ground work has already been laid both by richard and his team and by the afghans themselves. many low-level fighters entered the insurgency not because of deep ideological commitment, but because they were following the promise of a paycheck. so in london last year the international community pledged financial support for the afghan government's compr

question, it's just a comment, but i just recently visited the united states air force museum in dayton, ohio, and if nobody's -- if you haven't visited, you really should go. and they're going to be doing the korean, the korean war? they're going to redo that whole, all the aircraft there. they're working on it now. i don't know if it's open yet. but if anyone wants to really see a lot of airplanes, that's where to go. [laughter] >> great, great. i believe, you know, there's some talk of a korean war museum being -- >> illinois. >> in illinois, okay. >> i'd just like to ask everybody if you had a great time at the pritzker military library in chicago. [applause] our 290th program, and you can see them every week on the internet or on television. david sears. [applause] >> thank you. >> if you're just joining us, the book is "such men as these," published by decampo press. visit us at pretty kerr military library -- pritzker military library.org. i'm ed tracy, thanks for joining us and thanks for coming. [applause] >> david sears is the author of several books including "the last epic n

lookl start back at a back at the dayton peace accords. this includes former secretary of state madeleine albright. then a panel at the university of miami looks at the health care law and its future. that getting under way at 8:00 eastern on c-span. this weekend, the governors will talk about how to grow economies, education, and cybersecurity as they gather in washington for the annual winter meeting of the national governors' association. live coverage throughout the week and on c-span. >> sunday, mike huckabee promoting his current book. he shares his thoughts on president obama, and his possible run in the 2012 presidential election. watched c-span's road to lighthouse, sunday at 6:00 27:30 pm. >> the conference of mayors holding its annual winter leisure it in washington. they held a news conference to talk about the cuts planned for the community development block grant program passed in the u.s. house budget bill last week. the news conference this about a half an hour. >> good morning. i would like that of all the mirrors present

here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., another sunny, dry dayton mall cold and rainy weather expectedek. mixture of snow is a possibility. shares could move back in again. said the outbreak. let's check in with george for a traffic report. >> george: still quiet, no hot spots or problems. light traffic at the bridges, the bay bridge, westbound still looks good, a little heavier than yesterday but is still inclined to think this will be a good week. i don't think will see the usual heavy traffic. so far good, san mateo, traffic is heavier than yesterday. no delays on the approach to the bridge or across the span. golden gate still problem free so is the red through marin. of advisory for the peninsula. it affects portions of an interstate-280 and highly- 92. he could see some areas of dense fog reviewed reduced visibility down to 50 ft.. those of the only stretch as reported by the california highway patrol those reports came in about 4:20 a.m. when a california highway patrol officers reported the reduce the visibility public transit back on a normal schedule. >> mark: thank you, one

host: dayton, ohio. democrat. caller: thank you for c-span. i think the president is good for what he has. my republican people forgot we had a $3.70 trillion surplus on top of giving tax breaks for 10 years and extending another two years. how is their claim legit? you are giving it away. if people do not see that i pray for my fellow americans citizens. i hope somebody -- how much has the tax cut -- 12-year tax break cost us? host: asking for to this morning about the president's new budget being rolled out today. we will see the official arrival on the hill and little but later this morning. one of the figures is $1.10 trillion over 10 years, the projected cuts by the white house. we are asking you if that is enough. here is a little bit of analysis from clive coke in "the financial times." falls church, virginia, jack on the independent line. caller: the deficit cuts -- the budget he puts through cut a bit but without touching the war of machine budget no way they can cut it. the have to slash the war machine budget. you have to get out of

he played a crucial role in the dayton talks, and richard described him in a memorable " that richard wrote as one of the most outstanding career diplomats. ambassador grossman has followed in richard shoes before when he served as assistant secretary of state for european affairs in the 1990's, and i am absolutely confident in his ability to hit the ground running. no ambassador grossman and the rest of his interagency team will marshal the full range of our policy resources to rest -- to support responsible, afghan- led reconciliation that brings the conflict to a peaceful conclusion, and to actively engage with states in the region and the international community to a dance that process. as i said, important groundwork has already been laid, both by richard and his team, and by the afghans themselves. many low-level fighters entered the insurgency not because of deep ideological commitment, but because they were following the promise of a paycheck. so in london last year, the international community pledged financial support for the afghan government's comprehensive program to draw

host: dayton, ohio, car line for independents. caller: i am commenting on the budget proposal. to hear some of the callers saying they are sick and tired of hearing about the poor, 48% of americans do not pay their taxes, and so i can only -- it is very complex. i listen to you all in the round table. it is like listening to sports, like football commentators. people like me -- respectfully i say this -- people like me, i want to know how is it going to be government for the people? what are they going to do is i do my place, doing my thing as an american, paying my taxes, working hard? i like to note that i am a divorced mom, left with kids, could not finish my degree. i had to work get these jobs where they do not pay you enough. this is so prevalent in our american citizen. -- system. i would be considered low-middle income. and they are talking about rapport. i am falling off the edge of po or if i can i get decent wages. host: let me put two issues on the table. we're going to get word that there is $90 billion in the pell grant programs which provides grants to college st

as to governor dayton, and any other governor facing those challenges, that assumes, by the way, the deficit in minnesota, a 27% increase in spending. that's the forecasted increase in spending. that's preposterous. i could take care of that deficit as i did for my eight years as fgovernor and he shoul, too. outside groups have looked at all of this. i'm one of four governors in the gree that got an "a" fwrad for the best fiscal discipline and management. >> finally, tea party supporters in washington put a lot of pressure on their republican leadership to make even more severe budget cuts in the leadership. they may be trying to run the agenda in washington. you are emerging as a republican leader. how would you reconcile those two sides of the party? >> first, reducing government spending and dealing with the deficit and the debt is now mainstream. so the fact that the tea party and others are pushing for more cuts, deeper cuts, faster reform, that's a good thing, meredith. i don't discount that. i applaud it. >> okay, governor pawlenty. thanks so much. do you want to make an annou

host: donna in dayton, ohio. guest: thanks for all those comments. and i agree with your last comment especially the idea that this is for them. these are indidge enough revolts and they need to do it on their own time. absolutely. i think we need to give them, as i said earlier, moral support and educational support and that's what we're trying to do in our own way at the bush institute. your comments about energy also have some relevance to some of our work at the bush institute. we had a major conference on natural gas last year. the united states is sitting on just an enormous pool of natural gas. and we need to make it easier for us to extract natural gas and to use that to generate elect trity and to generate -- to use in transportation as well. so this is a supply question as well. it's really a shame, the united states has so much energy both gas and oil, that we're unable to get at, and there are environmental concerns certainly but i think some of these have been overstated. . . is this speeding at the transformation, the revolutionary proc

series of dayton duncan and ken burns where they spoke about america's best idea, the national park. when they described that program, they say, you know, what we have here in the united states in terms of the park system and conservation is uniquely american and uniquely democratic, because these places like yosemite and places are not just reserved for the kings and noblemen but also for the common person, and i thinks that so unique for us here in the united states that it's a concept we need to continue to make sure everybody understands and we keep pushing forward. >> well, thank you very much mr. secretary, and i'm going to now start with some of the questions. this comes from fernando clemente. and he asks as a sportsman of new mexico, i would like to know how is the america's great outdoors program help us see that artero mesa will become a national monument. >> [laughter] >> well. we've had many conversations with senator you dal and senator bingalman who are very interested in that happening, and aye had conversations with governor richardson as well so it's one of those si

host: dayton, ohio, car line for independents. caller: i am commenting on the budget proposal.o hear some of the callers saying they are sick and tired of hearing about the poor, 48% of americans do not pay their taxes, and so i can only -- it is very complex. i listen to you all in the round table. it is like listening to sports, like football commentators. people like me -- respectfully i say this -- people like me, i want to know how is it going to be government for the people? what are they going to do is i do my place, doing my thing as an american, paying my taxes, working hard? i like to note that i am a divorced mom, left with kids, could not finish my degree. i had to work get these jobs where they do not pay you enough. this is so prevalent in our american citizen. -- system. i would be considered low-middle income. and they are talking about rapport. i am falling off the edge of po or if i can i get decent wages. host: let me put two issues on the table. we're going to get word that there is $90 billion in the pell grant programs which provides grants to college stud

host: dayton, ohio, independent scholar -- independent color. -- caller. what are the chances of the young people in israel over throwing benjamin netanyahu? guest: it is said difficult problem. all of ministrations have tried to come to terms with peace between israel and the palestinians. it is a difficult problem. i do not claim to have an answer. host: will go to south carolina, bill, a republican. go ahead. caller: first, i want to tell mr. gertz that i appreciate the reporting he has done over the years. what is his opinion of all of these revolutions going on in the muslim world -- if they will cause more dictator-anti- american governments to be formed? second, what you think about the reduction in oil supplies to the u.s. from the situation? our government, for many years, has done everything they can from -- to keep us from developing our own energy resources because of people that think it is environmentally bad. thank you for c-span. guest: to address the revolutions in the middle east, i have to say i have a somewhat pessimistic view that thin

host: let's go to dayton, ohio. caller: mrs. moore, please do not take this personally, but the problem is you end 434 of your best friends -- and bush did this, clinton did that. at the end of the day, we are $14 trillion in debt. the deficit is over $1 trillion. the bottom-line is, 20% across the board. tell people this is what you have to deal with. now manage. guest: i want to show him this chart again. you know, the republicans are proposing cuts. the president has proposed three. if you look at this chart, if you cut every single time of money in those categories, if you cut everything out of education, everything out of agriculture, if you just stick to the things that you like, just pick and choose every single thing that you see on that chart, we would still not reduce the deficit at all, ever. so, we really do have to be realistic about what this calls for it. i hear about how a lot of people talk about we have to deal with the entitlements. what are a part of those entitlements? part of those entitlements or will we g

all the countries were improving since the dayton prevent. rate of improvement, innovativeness, competitiveness. it ranked the u.s. 45th out of 40. that should do more than give us pause. it tells us moving forward slowly in these areas is moving backwards in our global economy other countries are moving faster and when it comes to this fundamental infrastructure that's a platform of economic growth, job creation and opportunity for years to come. we have to take that kind of study seriously. that is seized the opportunities of broadband we need to improve across the broad economy. advances and applications, devices and networks tried innovation and investment across the full broadband ecosystem, maximizing benefits for all. as the national broadband plant found we also need to overcome real challenges. lummis spectrum, the invisible infrastructure that sustains the mobile network, david trafficking is exploding and we face a looming crunch with demand outstripping supply. that is why we are pursuing a strong multi part agenda to unleash more

those communities exist because the national park is there, and thinking back to the pbs series of dayton duncan and ken burns talking about america's best ideas and parks, they say in the program we have here in the united states in terms of conservation is uniquely american and uniquely democratic because places like yosemite are reserved for the common person, and that's so unique for us here in the united states that it's a concept we need to continue to make sure everybody understands and keep pushing forward. >> well, thank you very much, mr. secretary. i'll now start with some questions. this comes from fernando and asks as a sporesesman in new mexico, how is the america's great outdoor program going to help us see that the otero mesa will become a national monument. >> we had conversations with senator udall and senator bingeaman. it's one of those special areas we want to hear more about from the american public with respect to how it is how we protect those areas, and so that's part of what we're going to be doing for this america's great outdoor process. i will say beside the o

host: dayton, ohio, on our line for democrats. you are on with amy kremer.aller: i agree that we need to cut to the party lines and focus on the people. you mentioned that you get asked a lot where the party was during the bush administration but you did not really ask -- answer that question. there were six years the republicans were in there giving tax cuts that did not create jobs. right now i am in representative district business -- and i am down the street from a delphi plant being closed down. why not cut down corporate tax loopholes? why not fuel the economy through those means? back to the original question, where were you guys win bush and cheney were taking us into iraq unnecessarily? there were spending billions of dollars. i also want to ask you what the t party feels about now that we are heading towards iran? on the mainstream news, everyone was pounding on them. much of what they are repeating about iran is based on unsubstantiated claims perpetuated by the same war mongers. if you did answer any of those questions i would appreciate it. gues

he played a crucial role in the dayton talks, and richard described him in a book that richard wroten has followed in richard's shoes before when he was secretary of state of european affairs in the 1990s. i'm confident in his ability to hit the ground running. now, ambassador grossman and his team will martial the full range of resources to support responsible afghan led reconciliation bringing the congress flick to a peaceful conclusion a into actively engage in states in the region and international community to advance that process. as i said, important ground work has already been laid by richard and his team and by the afghans themselves. many low level fighters enter the insurgency not because of ideological commitment, but because they were following the promise of a paycheck. in london last year, the international community pledged financial support for the afghan's government comprehensive program to draw them off the battlefield and back into society. as military pressure escalates, more insurgents will look for alternatives to violence and not just low level fighters. bot

he played a crucial role in the dayton talks, and richard described him in the memorable book that richard wrote as one of the most outstanding career diplomats. ambassador grossman has followed in richard's shoes before, when he served as assistant secretary of state for european affairs in the 1990's, and i am absolutely confident in his ability to hit the ground running. now ambassador grossman and the rest of his interagency team will marshal the full range of our policy resources to support responsible afghan-led reconciliation that brings the conflict to a peaceful conclusion and to actively engage with states in the region and the international community to advance that process. as i said, important groundwork has already been laid, but i richard and his team and by the afghans themselves. many low-level fighters entered the insurgency not because of deep ideological commitments but because they were following the promise of a paycheck. so in london last year, the international community pledged financial support for the afghan government's comprehensive program to draw them off the

engineering in cincinnati, computer programmers and electronic dell systems in fairborn, a suburb of daytonchers at the transportation research center. in total, 360,000-plus workers nationwide have been certified eligible for t.a.a. since 2009. these workers use t.a.a. to require new skills to return to work as quickly as possible. this isn't theory. this isn't some game. this is workers who have lost their jobs because of decisions in this body and in the white house that cost those -- cost people those jobs, and it's helping those workers so they can get back on their feet. it's not a game. it's not a happy time. it's the least we can do for those workers. health coverage tax credit program also helps the -- helps those same trade-affected workers and retirees who lose their benefits. i could go on about this, madam president. i'll stop. i hope that republicans don't object to this. the combination of t.a.a. and hctc, trade adjustment and health care tax credit, it's a winner for business, the combination is a winner for workers, it's a winner for our economy. it will boost the economy.

. >> we go next to dayton, ohio. dannell on the independent line. we watched some of the video you have become familiar with from tahrir square. >> it is actually danielle. i just want to congratulate the egyptian people for doing it in such a democratic manner. it was peaceful. the surrounding countries, i applaud them for not going in and using violence, and it is that [unintelligible] >> this is steve on the democrats' line. no, we will go to syracuse. randy is a republican there. >> i want to comment on president obama response to the whole egyptian problem. there may be things that we don't know about, but i find his response to be very amateurish. especially yesterday when leon panetta apparently was not very tuned into what was stepping down and what was going on, and the comments that the islamic brotherhood was a strictly secular organization. that is clearly wrong. >> you said you thought the president's comments were immature. >> i said amateurish. he clearly should have been a little quieter in his -- the situation could have gone either

host: dayton, ohio, car line for independents. caller: i am commenting on the budget proposal. to hear some of the callers saying they are sick and tired of hearing about the poor, 48% of americans do not pay their taxes, and so i can only -- it is very complex. i listen to you all in the round table. it is like listening to sports, like football commentators. people like me -- respectfully i say this -- people like me, i want to know how is it going to be government for the people? what are they going to do is i do my place, doing my thing as an american, paying my taxes, working hard? i like to note that i am a divorced mom, left with kids, could not finish my degree. i had to work get these jobs where they do not pay you enough. this is so prevalent in our american citizen. -- system. i would be considered low-middle income. and they are talking about rapport. i am falling off the edge of po or if i can i get decent wages. host: let me put two issues on the table. we're going to get word that there is $90 billion in the pell grant programs which provides grants to college st