eastern on c-span next, theup communicators would republican presented of joe barton. after that, the security council meeting. an event recognizing the fifth anniversary of the tea party movement. >> c-span, grated by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you by a public service by your television provider. >> revisited of joe barton -- representative joe barton joins us this week on "the communicators" to talk about some of the telecommunications issues facing congress and the fcc. congressman, if we could start with a couple the issues in the last week or so. i want to get your thoughts on the comcast and time warner cable merger and whether or not congress will end up playing a role in that. >> we haven't had a chance to study it that much. i think we will have a hearing on it. on the surface of it, i would think that congress would be generally receptive. we will look into local issues where there is a market dominance disproportionate shared concentration. i think overall we would tend to be receptive. >> tom wheeler's comments regarding the net n

live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. voters in afghanistan go to the polls on friday to elect a new president. tomorrow, we will hear about the election from retired general john allen, a former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. he will talk about the planned drawdown of u.s. troops. you can watch live coverage on c-span beginning at 10:00 eastern. also, a look at improving the management of federal government agencies at a hearing by the center -- senate governmental affairs committee. live coverage begins at 3:00 eastern on c-span. >> two weeks after the burglary, i received a large envelope at the "washington post." it had a return address of liberty publications in pennsylvania. it did not mean anything to me but was intriguing. inside was a cover letter from the citizens commission to investigate the fbi. that is the name the burglars game used -- gave each other. likethey wrote sounded something a commission appointed by a president or attorney general might say. they described the fact they had burglarized a

eastern on c-span. later in the afternoon on life -- our live coverage continues with secretary of state john kerry and new york senator john schumer, beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> next, the future of u.s.-afghanistan relations. speakers include former special representative for afghanistan marc grossman. this is hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this panel is one hour and 10 minutes. welcome on behalf of u.s. ip. i would like to thank all of you for coming, and our distinguished guests. we also want to thank our panelists for this first panel which is titled "the united states and afghanistan, the longview. view.the long -- the longview." given policy relations of late, there is lots of focus on the security transition and the upcoming political transition in 2014 in particular. i do think in terms of the current discourse in washington, talking about life beyond 2014 is taking a long view. i think that one of the objectives for today is to try to look at future relations betwe

eastern on c-span 2. next, q&a with rel on herginia post book followed by question time with british prime minister david cameron and the future of afghanistan with the state department special representative for the region. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," bloomberg columnist and author virginia postrel discusses her book, "the power of glamour: longing and the art of visual persuasion." >> virginia postrel, author of "the power of glamour," in history, from your perspective, which political figure is the most glamorous? >> wow, that is a really hard question. alexander the great is a

eastern on c-span. transaction is a lot less scary and a lot less large and a lot less complicated than some people would like to make it. in the videot it space, this is not a horizontal deal. there is not a consumer in america who has a choice between buying comcast products or time .arner cable products at the end of the day we will have under 30% of the market. not particularly scary. there's one thing that is appropriate to think about and to discuss, it is the implications on the broadband side. i think there is a very good story there as well. lots of procompetitive impacts, proconsumer impacts from the transaction as a result of increased scale and investment. not a very scary story when you look at market share. it is something less than 40% of the wireline broadband share. if you factor in wireless, and i think it is indisputable today, that wireless is certainly beginning to be an effective competitor and substitute for at least many uses of broadband, market share is that least 20%. national

eastern on c-span. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. >> david cohen is the executive vice president of the comcast corporation. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." when it comes to the comcast -time warner cable proposed merger, what's the biggest hurdle that you see facing comcast? >guest: what a surprise we shoud start with that question. obviously, we are going to have a serious governmental review of the transaction. but i'll be honest with you, i think the transaction is a lot less scary, a lot less large and a lot less complicated than some people would like to make it. so when you think about it in the video space, it is not a horizontal deal. we do not compete with time warner cable anywhere. there is not a consumer in america who has a choice between buying comcast products or time warner cable products. at the end of the day, we're are going to have under 30% of the market. so not sc

eastern on c-span. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. >> david cohen is the executive vice president of the comcast corporation. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." when it comes to the comcast -time warner cable proposed merger, what's the biggest hurdle that you see facing comcast? >guest: what a surprise we shoud start with that question. obviously, we are going to have a serious governmental review of the transaction. but i'll be honest with you, i think the transaction is a lot less scary, a lot

name, you go to the exact site that c-span wants you to go to all the time, every time i'm a for the last two plus decades. tonight, on the communicators at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> this week on "q&a," the chairman of the securities and exchange commission mary jo white. talks about her life and career and the agency she has supervised since 2013. >> mary jo white, why did you even consider being the chairman of the securities and exchange commission? >> great question. it is a wonderful agency. i was the attorney general in new york, worked very closely with sec. professional staff, totally dedicated. they mean so much to our lives. to our markets. and it is public service. nothing motivates like public service, particularly at this level, the sec. >> for someone who has no idea where it is, what it does, tell us. >> sec has about 4000 employees. its mission is to protect investors, which creates jobs. keep our capital markets fair and orderly and efficient. it has a vast array of responsibilities. the sec oversees about 11,000 investment advisors, brokers who also advise. we oversee the exchanges. we are kind of everywhere that we can be to pr

eastern on c-span. next a senate hearing on syria. then the supreme court oral argument on hall vs. florida, a death penalty case. tomorrow senator bob casey will talk about elections in afghanistan and the u.s. role there beyond 2014. we'll have live coverage from the center for american progress starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> if more than one entity identifies the key fires of the internet, then by nature the internet will no longer be one net. at the heart, for example of the domain name system is the root services system. very few people appreciate that in order to resolve names on the internet there is a root system that makes that work for the entire planet. in the root all names are resolved to ensure that when you or any otheran.org website name, you go to the exact site that c-span wants you to go to every time, all the time for the last two-plus decades. >> the head of corporate internet domain names monday on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> william burns was on capitol hill monday to discuss the u.s.-russian relations. he testified for about two hours, 20

"washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c span. you can join in the conversation on facebook and twitter. what are a unique challenge in defining the -- you know, the ar in cyber space what war is. clearly from a policy's perspective we are trying to work our ways through those issues. the tenants that are applicable is the fact that whatever we do within the cyber arena, international law will pertain. that if we find ourselves getting to a point where we believe that cyber is taking us down an armed conflict scenario that the rules and the law of our conflict will pertain every bit in this domain as it does in any other. i don't think cyber is inherently different in that regard. i think those sets of procedures, those sets of policy and law as a nation have stood us in good step. i think they represent a good point of departure. >> this weekend on span, senate arm services take up military operations. saturday morning at 10:00 eastern. jonathan allen d amie parents look at hillary clinton. and american history tv from march 1964.

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eastern on c-span 2. a criminalt have investigation role. we have an enforcement role. we enforce the federal securities laws to make sure wall street abides by the rules. we also write the rules, by the way, for wall street. we do not have the criminal authority. we have the power to bring civil action, civil fraud action and negligence actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. we cannot send them right to jail, but we can assess civil penalties. is not asof penalties high as we would like it to be. commitrequire those who wrongdoing stooges scorch their ill-gotten gains. have the power to bar somebody from the securities industry so they cannot live another day to defraud again. >> mary jo white, tonight at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> the three elements of the package are a sense of exceptionality. you can get that from a lot of different sources. a feeling that you are special. is theond element ofosite and that is a dash insecurity to offset that exceptionality. the feeling you have not done quite enough yet. the third element is impulse control or s

on facebook and twitter. at 7ington journal," live a.m. eastern -- 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span>> on wednesday, british deputy prime minister nick clegg answered questions from members of parliament on behalf of premised or david cameron who was on his first official visit to israel. labour leader harriet harman represented the opposition side. the deputy prime ministers spoke about humanitarian efforts in syria and urged allies to continue working with the u.n. on russia and ukraine. he also answered questions on the national health service, britain's automobile industry, and unemployment. this is just over 30 minutes. >> i have been asked to reply on behalf of my right honorable friend the prime minister, who is visiting israel and the occupied palestinian territories. i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to sapper adam moralee from 32 engineer regiment, who tragically died in camp bastion on 5 march. he will be greatly missed by his family and friends, and our deepest sympathies are with them at this time. on a happier note, i am sure the whol

eastern on c-span two. >> on wednesday, kentucky senator rand paul spoke at university of california berkeley about government surveillance and privacy issues. he criticized the mystic surveillance by the intelligence community and he called for accretion of independent committee to oversee intelligence gathering. this comes in the wake of allegations by senate intelligence committee chair dianne feinstein that the cia may have searched computers used by her committee. after his speech, senator paul set down for a question-and-answer session on this and other topics, including a possible presidential run in 2016. this is about 40 minutes. >> ♪ ♪ great to be here, berkeley. thank you to the berkeley forum for inviting me. you may be a republican or democrat or libertarian. i am not here to tell you what to be. i am here to tell you though, that your rights, especially a right to privacy, is under assault. i'm here to tell you that if you own a cell phone, you are under surveillance. i am here to tell you that the nsa believes that equal protection means that americans should be spied

website name, you go to the exact site that c-span wants you to go to all the time, every time, for the last two decades. monday, on the communicators at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. a look now at the crisis in ukraine at the annual conservative political action conference on saturday, former under secretary of state paula dobry and ski -- halle dobr ianski moderated a panel. this is 25 minutes. >> good afternoon everyone. we are going to spend some time focusing on the crisis in ukraine. i want to take a minute and just give you a little bit of context to what is happening. let's go back to last year. in november of last year, then president yanukovych turned down the opportunity to become associated with the european union. that association would have resulted in economic reforms and political change in ukraine. ukraine is in dire economic straits. make a reals could difference in its way forward. as a result of his unwillingness to sign association, massive protests took out on the streets in kiev and throughout ukraine. people were protesting and put their lives on the line, once because they wanted to become associated with the west, with the e

eastern on c-span 2. over on c-span 3, the brookings institution looks at the future of nato with secretary general. live coverage at 2:30 p.m. eastern. the health care program is going to continue and is not going to go anywhere. if we do not deal with the issue of innovation, all of those findings that occur at the , as long as wel do not understand disease and how to treat or cure them, there is no point in talking about the solution of health care problems. coverage isance what is going to provide health insurance. when it comes to drugs, when it comes to premiums, when it comes to subsidies, where are the subsidies going to come from? from taxpayer's money. people are not going to get dollars out of trees. people have to pay for that. there is a limit. is the science of limitations. if we do not deal with that, with a better system of working on invention, understanding how we can take care of our own health, then there is no point in just having health insurance. is going to happen is what happens in

eastern on c-span two on "the communicators." >> on wednesday, the prime minister said the referendumin could was not legal and not be legitimized by the international community. he warned that more sanctions would be put into place. answered minister also questions about mental health care, unemployment figures, and childcare policy. this is just over 30 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. gillan.ryl >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to tony benn, who died last week. he made many memorable speeches in this house, and alongside a record of ministerial, parliamentary and public service, he was also a great writer, a great diarist and a great campaigner, no matter whether one agreed with his views or not. missed by both sides of this house and our thoughts are with the right honorable member and other members of his family at this time. i'm sure the house would also join ming tribute to the pgb paralympic team following great success at the sochi games. kenny gallagher won our first ever gold medal at the paralympic

eastern on c-span. on wednesday, prime minister david cameron talks about the situation in the ukraine, and relations with russia and the european union. he says the u.k. will withdraw from preparations for the g-8 summit and reschedule for june in sochi, russia. the u.k. national interest is that the rule of law is upheld. this is about 35 minutes. >> order. questions for the prime minister. prime minister. >> mr. speaker, this morning i have meetings with colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house, i shall a further such meetings later today. >> local conservative councils from north hampton to telegraph are minding this campaign. they have also ported this proposal. , inine years in parliament have never heard of a development that had so much public support. for the prime minister use his best efforts to make sure that the outcome is announced as soon as possible? >> i know my honorable friend campaigns vigorously for his constituents and for job creating developments like this one

eastern on c-span. next as a senate hearing on the keystone pipeline. then a series -- senate hearing on a whistleblower retaliation. formerhat, "q&a" with obama administration -- >> we are focused on making sure that we can eliminate barriers to getting those networks in place. billing out these networks are our priority. issueses there are local and federal rules that might affect how we employ things are what the lighting might be an impact on historic sites are the environment. we want to make sure we are sensitive to those issues. at the same time, we want to move forward with employment. thecustomers, those who use devices every day depend on having a good, strong connection on getting the day today when they want it and wherever they wanted. that means having a robust wireless network. the wireless infrastructure monday on the communicators at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. informer national securities advisor for president obama says administration should approve the keystone xl pipeline. he told the senate foreign relations committee that the proj

eastern on c-span.collects today's young adults -- >> today's young adults were coming up in the world. they are paying money into a system to support a level of benefits for today's retirees that they have no realistic chance of getting themselves. there needs to be a rebalancing of the social compact. it is a very important and because notallenge only is social security and medicare half of our budget, it is the biggest thing we do. the purestlically statement in public policy that as a country we are a community all in this together. these are programs that affect everybody. paul taylor on the looming generational showdown tonight at 10 a.m. -- 10 p.m. eastern. in a few weeks, your chance to talk with military strategist and former assistant defense secretary dean west. he will take your calls, comments, and tweets on the middle east and afghanistan. book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. join the discussion of the new biography. look for the book club tab on booktv.org. >> the cover station with suprem

on c-span. the acting director of the white house national drug control policy will be testifying on president obama's $4 trillion budget for 2014. that is live at 3:00 eastern on c-span three. >> joining us is karen ignagni, the president and ceo of america's help care plan. joining us is mary agnes carey and julie rovner of national public radio. let me begin as we approach the deadline with the affordable care act. what will it look like? >> it will look like it looks like today on april 1. what we hope we see is a large number of individuals who are how the joining in march. we will not really know that until april until we have a sense of who coming in. it is a marathon. it has never been a sprint. we expected the healthier people would probably wait until the last bit of time to sign up. we have to see now what happens. we can get a better sense of that to the end of april. >> if you give the white house a grade to get young people to sign up, what would you give it? >> looking at the last several weeks particularly, there is a lot

eastern on c-span and let us know what you think at facebook.com/c-span or tweet us with the hash tag c-span chat. >> this week on newsmakers, joint economic committee chair kevin brady looks at economic issues facing congress. he addresses unemployment, the president's budget released this week, and tax code overhaul plans such as one from way and means committee chair dave camp. newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceed examination key public policy events and every weekend book tv. now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2, created by the cable tv industry, and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twister. >> tonight, on c-span2 a u.s. supreme court oral argument dealing with the limits on the court's ban against executing the intellectually disabled, followed by a political discussion on the influence of and are its history with the united states. then experts discuss russia

eastern on c-span. markup of the 1988 satellite home viewer act, set to expire in 2014. it aims to make broadband available to underserved areas around the country and 1.5 million households will lose access to broadband content without congressional reauthorization. you can watch the markup on c-span three. more on the u.s. economy, the republican party, and russia with former senate committee atlanticd gray at the -- judd gregg at the atlantic council. the honorable judd gregg, former governor of new hampshire as well as former chairman of the u.s. senate and budget committee. he will speak with michael hirsch, who is a national correspondent from "the national journal." please welcome them. [applause] >> you have been known for a long time as a master of the numbers. >> i think you just had the master of the numbers here. >> the other part of the capital, the hill part. these people have been getting numbers all day long. i want to start out with a purely political question. wrotee one of those who last september that the republican party was in danger of failing abys

he will take your question sunday live for three hours starting at noon eastern on c-span two's tv. dish book tv. harrywill be talking with smith of nbc news. he has a special for cnbc that aired last night. it will rear tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. looking at colorado and its legal marijuana sales. and the legal marijuana sales made possible by a new law that went into effect this year. here is a look at this. colorado pot rush. >> come along on a ride with us. we are about to take you on a place unlike any other. marijuana is legal. a sense of money is in the air. smoked a joint. >> i no longer have to feel like a criminal. i am not doing anything wrong. kevin and rachel are pot to a risk, so happy to be a mile high. joining us from new york, harry smith. let's begin with what led you to this story and to put together this special. first states in the nation to make recreational marijuana legal, let alone first place in the world to say this is something we will do in a legal way. will eat cookies and what have you. nation of the netherlands turn the shoulder to say it is ok. the

eastern on c-span. today, vice president joe biden talks to the national association of community health centers. live coverage begins at 10:15 a.m. eastern on c-span. of mythe families mikeonal friends, ,elle judy, ron, christa mcauliffe, and greg. grace and i extend to you our thoughts and prayers to your families, your friends at the time of this hour of your loss. and our shared grief. space program has been a marvelous program for america to expand its knowledge, its horizons. and it will continue to be so in the future. thirst as man has the for knowledge, we will continue to press outward. and in the process, there is risk. that risk is taken by each one of us, everyday. and that risk is understood by all the members of a crew that climb in to a loaded spaceship. beconcluding remarks would as we reflect upon this tragedy, a tragedy that this whole nation grieves in, let's remember the remarks by someone who knew something about risk. a gallant lady named helen keller, when she spoke of risk and se

eastern on c-span two. also live today on c-span two, discussion on the role women play in national security issues. air force secretary debra lee jennings will participate in the conversation hosted by the group women in international security and it's that 1:30 p.m. on c-span, we're live later today with a look at u.s.-china relations covering several issues including sports and cultural diplomacy. that panel the to the former nba player yao ming and the former nba commissioner that starts at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span. in scene earlier this week washington, snow tuesday earlier this week, in front of the supreme court as the court heard to religious liberty cases. supporters and opponents were in front of the court and heard the vsument in the case sibelius hobby lobby which call -- which dealt with country septic coverage inalso live today on c, discussion on the role women the national health care plan and a decision is expected later this year. we will have those oral arguments for you in their entirety

eastern on c-span three. the upcoming afghan elections are one month away.sey will talk about them from the center for american progress, live, beginning at 2:30 p.m. your on c-span. -- you're on c-span. -- here on c-span. >> annie oakley can be considered to be the first american female superstar. she was an entertainer. she was discovered when frank butler, and next submission shooter, was traveling count down. he always challenge the best shooters of the town he went to to shooting contest. at one town they brought out this 15-year-old girl and they shot side-by-side and she actually beat him. one year later they married and at that time they traveled as exhibition shooters. she became the star, little the sure shot. this is a beautiful shot with an inlaid plaque on the side. -- too little missy, from colonel cody. of course, that is buffalo bill. from the date and location we occasion of this presentation. at that time she was touring with the wild west show in london and europe and she had run out of gunpowder for her shot shells, so buffalo bill lend h

eastern on c-span. the ficials from around country gather monday for the conference in washington, d.c. include the h.u.d. secretary and former utah overnor and 2012 presidential candidate john huntsman and you live coverage beginning 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. tim kane on syria live in lebanon. there is two hours. >> i want to call this meeting subcommittee to order and welcome all here especially our expert witnesses who we will here testimony from. of aenate is in the middle vote on a veterans bill that will take time but i want to folks being e of here. we will proceed to a first panel a second panel with questions and this is a very important topic. i just returned from a trip in lebanon with angus king of maine. we went together because we serve together on committees. fortune relations committee and he is on the intelligence committee. e took a trip where we spent time in israel, palestine, lebanon and egypt. we were ays i think probably most excited about the trip to lebanon because neither

washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> the problem is that many of or infectious diseases, they are becoming resistant to the most potent antibiotics available. tuberculosis is one of the examples in which they are restrained. tbhave a new strains of which are completely, absolutely persistent. the other problem is that there is not enough interest on the part of the pharmaceutical industry to develop antibiotics. need is to make a global effort to work on the issue and establish a deal of collaboration. >> the future of health care, sunday night at 8:00. next, discussion about how to communicate conservatism. joseph phillips, wrote the book " he talk like a white boy." is 50 minutes. phillips is known for his role as martin kendall on the cosby show. he has had roles on without a trace, and others. career, midnight blue and strictly business. he has performed on broadway and regional breed -- regional stages. he is a columnist and best-selling author. his book, " he talk like a white focuses on [inaudible] mr. phillips is committed to serving his community which is led to

you can see the entire event tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. u.s. supreme court argument on the contraception mandate. >> senate armed services committee held a hearing today on the command and forces in korea. sanctions and pressures on north korea are not enough to make the country end its nuclear program. witnesses discussed china's military power and the country's cyber attacks. minutes.wo hours, 15 >> good morning everybody. today we receive testimony on the posture of u.s. forces in the asia-pacific region. on behalf of the committee i would like to welcome the admiral, commander of u.s. pacific command and the commander of u.s. forces, korea nation command and combined forces in korea. the committee appreciates your long years of faithful service and the many sacrifices that you and the families make a part of this nation. we greatly appreciate the servicemen and women, military and civilian, who serve with you in your commands. please convey to them our admiration and our appreciation for their selfless sacrifice and dedication. thurmond was

on foreign relations. airs every journal" morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. iz on monday, the american-israel confederation will begin its conference in washington, d.c. and we will hear from senator john mccain again at 10:00 eastern. later in the afternoon, more coverage with john kerry and new york senator schumer starting at 5:00 p.m. on our companion network c-span 3. >> the new c-span.org website makes it easier than ever for you to keep tabs on washington, via and share your finds facebook, twitter, and other social networks. easy search functions let you access daily coverage of events and new tools make it simple to great short video clips and share with your friends via social networks. you can send a link to your video clips via e-mail. finding the share tool or look for the green icon link throughout our site. watch washington on the new www.c-span.org, if you see something of interest clip it and share it with your friends. >> vice president joseph biden spoke to the winter meeting last week and washington, d.c. he talked about democrats are going

eastern on c-span. the senaterman of intelligence committee accused the cia of them properly searching the computer network set up for lawmakers. we get some background next on c-span. we will hear from senator dianne feinstein on the senate floor about the allegations. later, whistleblowers who were taking questions from senators. >> the chairman of dianne feinstein spoke on the senate floor this morning leveling pretty strong allegations regarding a senate report on the cia did tension and interrogation. christina peterson is a congressional correspondent joining us by phone. what are the allegations that dianne feinstein alleged against the cia? some of the allegations aremade against the cia that they searched senate computers and networks that contained cia documents in a secure location. these were provided by the cia and some of them more of tainted through a search function that the cia had provided to intelligence committee staffers working on a report. the most divisive thing that senator feins

eastern on c-span. >> the internet, as we know it today, bears no resemblance to monopoly telephone service pack in the 1930's and 1940's and 1950's. the courts have said and ift the congress supports is i walk into a grocery store and i buy a gallon of milk and pay three dollars 50 cents a gallon, if i buy 10 gallons, i pay $35 for all 10 gallons. tom wheeler wants to say you can use as much milk as you want and you only have to pay $3.50. that is wrong. netflix is the biggest user of the internet. sometimes they are as much as 30% of the total volume of the internet. obviously, they should pay more than someone who uses the internet once a month. i am being very simplistic. that is the genesis. these companies have spent billions of dollars to set up their systems and to provide fiber optics and all of the mega-speeds that we take for granted. besome level, they should allowed to charge based on volume. >> tonight on "the communicators." >> coming up, q and a with , followed byrel her calls, tweets, and facebook comments. senator john mccain's remarks from this year's apac conference. >>

eastern on c-span. ng up tonight, it is cut in with the reporters who broke the edward snowden leak story. that is followed by chuck hagel on dod's efforts to recover remains. examination of the candidates in the upcoming presidential election in afghanistan. >> hello. please, take your seats. welcome back. this next event, i promise is going to be interesting. it is a skypent

eastern on c-span two. analyst at the workings institution will discuss intervention in ukraine. you can watch it live on c-span two. >> darrell issa is drawing criticism from democrats for the way he ran a hearing on wednesday. officialirs -- irs indulge her fifth amendment right and decline to testify. issa cut off the microphone of elijah cummings. we are better than that as a country. we are better than that as a committee. i have asked for a few minutes to ask -- [mike cut off] [indiscernible] i am the ranking member of this committee, and i want to ask a question. what are we hiding? what's the big deal? may i ask my question? may i state my statement? >> you are all free to leave. we have adjourned. but the gentleman may ask his question. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, i have one procedural question, and it goes to trying to help you get the information, by the way, that you just asked. >> what is your question? >> no, let me say what i have to say. i have listened to you for the last 15 or 20 minutes. let me say what i have to say. mr. chairman, i have one procedura

on technology and privacy concerns. peaking at eight eastern. all coming up tonight on c-spa c-span2. >> later today at five eastern on c-span the center for strategic and international studies host a forum about russia. bob schieffer, zbig brzezinski, and print scowcroft -- brent scowcroft all share their views about russian intervention and ukraine and crime is about to join russia. again that is today at 5 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> during primus' question time today and the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron and labour leader ed miliband talk about sanctions against russia for its intervention in ukraine.d here is a bit of their exchanged >> i think the primaries are fos the answer, mr. speaker, but i'd like to ask chim about meetinge that are coming up.ed their the white house is indicated that there sanctions will berain expand i'm sure the whole house will support the idea that theab list of ukraine and russia'sou official targeted by assets wila also be extended to the councilm tomorrow. can ask the prime a minister to the house the circumstance inl e which he will be supporting also additional wide economic sanctions on

at 10 a.m.ge begins eastern on c-span.uirks this is a good, just a few weeks ago, this house voted the contras.ng for we decided against contra funding because we decided it is against american tradition to fund a private army whose goal is to overthrow and other government. it was against american tradition to foster killing of civilians. we felt it is against american tradition to abandon the strength of our ideas and replace them only with the .trength of our arsenal now, just a few weeks later, we are against -- we are again facing a contra vote or dwight? is because daniel ortega went to moscow. i am not happy about any nation turning to tov

on eastern -- eastern on c-span. president obama awarded the medal of honor to 24 army veterans. many of the recipients were found to be wrongly denied the nation's highest military award because of prejudice. these veterans -- >> let us pray. we confess to you what we are. we are sometimes not the people we would like to think we are. we have at times fail to be a people whose actions measured up to our words. we have been called to love our neighbor and to love ourselves. we are humbled by the love demonstrated by these men, the valid 24 and we honor today. from world war ii to korea and vietnam, individual stories woven into aerobic whole -- a her role at coal -- heroic whole reminds us that even we are different, we are together in many ways. we celebrate the legacy that requires our service. the grants unto us the decency of purpose. it strength of will which these men possessed. courage with humility that we may follow their path. that thever forget highest appreciation is not to utter words but to become a model of what we advocate. we pray and ask in your holy name. amen.

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eastern on c-span 2. >> next, state department special representative for afghanistan and pakistan, james dobbins. he delivered the keynote address on the future of afghanistan and u.s. forces in the region. at a discussion hosted by the u.s. institute of peace for about half an hour. >> good morning. my name is steve hadley, chairman of the board of the u.s. institute of these. i want to thank you all for coming this morning and welcome you all to usip. for those of you who don't know, usip is a congressionally created organization. we have a bipartisan board of directors that is confirmed by the senate. we do nonpartisan work in the area of conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution. as we see every day in the public media, the world is full of sources of conflict, religious differences, ethnic differences. usip believe that these sources of conflict do not need to to send to armed conflict. there are processes that can prevent conflicts from becoming armed conflicts. our job is to identify, teach and train people in these methods and processes. and to apply them on the ground in co

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eastern on c-span. quirks this is a good, just a few weeks ago, this house voted the contras.ng for we decided against contra funding because we decided it is against american tradition to fund a private army whose goal is to overthrow and other government. it was against american tradition to foster killing of civilians. we felt it is against american tradition to abandon the strength of our ideas and replace them only with the .trength of our arsenal now, just a few weeks later, we are against -- we are again facing a contra vote or dwight? is because daniel ortega went to moscow. i am not happy about any nation turning to the soviets for economic help, but that does not change the contra issue. the president, our president, calls the contras freedom fighters. who are these contras your the vast majority are former some oh zaen -- former somo men. a woman, four months pregnant, was killed at a state owned coffee farm by the contras. she was wounded first, her face shattered by a grenade. a deep knife

eastern on c-span and see all the winning documentaries online studentcam.org. >> next a tea party's influence on the republican party and future collection strategies. speakers include author david horowitz, jeffrey lord and mike rosen. this event was part of an annual retreat of osha program after the rockies which provides economic and political leadership training. from colorado springs this is about one hour and a half. >> let me just kind of set the stage for where we want the discussion to go and where we hope it goes. as we know, as talking weather comes to management of a project or an enterprise or a political campaign we start with vision and we move to strategies and projects and tactics. some would say that when it comes to those involved in the center right, conservative end of the political spectrum, that we might share similar vision but when it comes to the very next day, the project, such a project in fact, that's where we go in multiple directions. i want to start by telling a personal story what i've seen this first hand and been a part of the problem perhaps depen

eastern on c-span. next is a look at u.s. intelligence capabilities and challenges. it is hosted by the world affairs council of connecticut. the featured speaker is a former white house and national intelligence official. this is a little more than an hour. >> this is a list, the standard list you do of accomplishments of a man. they have two do this really fast. that is not i want to do it here it sorry. .e is a white house fellow he had the experience of working with the national security council. the general -- my goodness. a few minor thoughts. you have three major positions including being the administrative assistant and international and policy advisor. byrd was one of the great characters of american politics. there are few companies he did not touch. -- do you remember [indiscernible] i'm sorry. power at the headquarters in texas -- it was quite amazing. he was assistant dean at the fletcher school of law and policy. he was the director of communications for the number in the united states of america. the clinicly, of occasions director of the national geos

eastern on c-span. >> next, a look at u.s. intelligence capabilities and challenges from an event hosted by the world affairs in connecticut. the speaker is a former white house official. this is a little more than one hour. >> this is the standard list you do of the congressman's of a man. go really fast but that is not how i want to introduce arthur. he was a white house fellow. he had the experience of working with the national security .ouncil and henry kissinger a few minor thoughts like that. he had three major positions in the senate, including being the administrative assistant chief of staff, the international policy advisor to chris dodd there are few companies he did not touch. you remember? i'm sorry. i forgot. he had such power that he moved the headquarters to greenwich. it is quite amazing. he actually was the assistant dean at the school of law and policy and director of communications for the number in position and place america. and most recently as the communications director. the 16th satellites that guide