eisen did not provide mr. walpen or anyone else in the office of inspector general taunt to reply or give their side of the story. mr. eisen took action based upon incomplete information provided only by agency organizations -- officials who had adversarial relationships with that inspector general. he told congress that the may 20 incident was the reason for moving the inspect -- removing the inspector general but mr. eisen failed to give inspector general walpen or anyone close to him a chance to tell his side of the story. to put it as simply as possible, that's just not fair. on june 17, 2009, i wrote to white house counsel gregory craig listing 12 specific direct questions that eisen refused to answer that day. question four was this: which witnesses were interviewed in the course of mr. eisen's review? end of quote. end of the question. this question followed a more general question about what mr. eisen did in the course of his review. his answer to that prior, more general question included the claim th

shaheen: i rise to speak on the confirmation of norm eisen. in a year, ambassador eisen has proven to be a strong advocated for the united states -- a strong advocate for the united states. he brought renewed focus to our defense relations with the czech republic, resulting in expansion of our bilateral and nato military cooperation, and the czech republic increased its troop contribution in afghanistan and strongly supported international efforts on iran, and the u.s. policy on israel with the e.u. and the united nations during his tenure. as chair of the senate foreign relations subcommittee on european affairs, i had the privilege of chairing both of ambassador eisen's nomination hearings. throughout the nomination process, he has demonstrated a strong understanding of the complexities of our relationship with the czech republic, a drive to fully represent american interests and values, and really a special humility in having the opportunity to represent the united states. so, i would hope that all of our colleagues in the senate this eveni

. -- ben eisen. a separate group has started a present -- protest that will be on the mall. >> police detained 31 protesters yesterday during a standoff that lasted all day long. it was the first instance of mass arrests of the base camp. it started over a 30-foot tall frame to keep them warm in the winter. the protesters said they built it to legal specifications, a temporary and easy to move. police said it appeared permanent. they had no permit and deemed unsafe. protesters refused repeated orders to leave, congregating within and hanging out on top of the structure. >> [unintelligible] >> all of that could have been avoided. to go this show no signs of letting up. today make -- marks the start of a three-day long demonstration called take back the capital. thousands will convert here than. >> i think it is great. it is more of the same. it is more of the same kind of people in different voices all saying the same thing our government is broken, our economy is broken. >> take back the capital will

. >> reporter: sarah eisen burg filed a lawsuit against the state on behalf of a death row inmate. it claims that they violated the administrative procedures act. by not providing explanations and allowing for public comment. >> when an agency is enacting regulations as important as these about how people are going to be executed they need to follow the rules so the public can comment and participate. >>> a marin county judge agrees. saying that if an agency adopts regulations it is an under ground regulation and invalid. the cdcr made important decisions about how to carry out executions with no explanations. >> and the department of corrections never did. that they never explained to the public their reasons. >> reporter: attorneys successfully argued that death row inmates were left out of the process. >> many people on death row attempted to submit comments and get copies of the regulations and they were not able to comment on the regulations. they are the people most affected by the regulations. >> reporter: prison officials can appeal the ruling or readopt lethal injection pr

in relation to eisen and aponte nominations. next week, madam president, we have additional nominations. we have to do either a c.r. or an omnibus spending bill or one of each, which is possible. we have the balanced budget amendments. we have payroll tax. we have unemployment insurance, medicare reimbursement, tax extenders and we have the -- including the medicare reimbursement, of course, is what we're talking about, the s.g.r. or the doctors fix. all of these matters are set to expire at the end of the year. if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> pay a dollar an hour for your labor, have no health care. that's the most important element. no pollution controls and no retirement and you don't care about any thing but making money. there will be a sound going south. >> britain's defense secretary testified before parliament yesterday that the government's plan to reduce mil

in reno there where of course in egypt an uprising at the start of twenty twelve saw twenty eleven eisen say to president mubarak forced out by the middle of january it was the second country hit by the so-called arab spring revolutions take us back to the very beginning and what you saw along covering the events in egypt. was it to get into these as a matter of fact at the end of last year when it swept over the northern african continent spreading over to egypt and then going over to libya this man such people in all of these countries were pretty much the same they want. greater freedom of speech they wanted to get rid of what they called authoritarian regimes they wanted to do something about the rising unemployment in these countries essentially they wanted jobs and they wanted freedom well there were this is pretty much worse militaries and to because whereas in tunisia you had the tunisians mostly on their own conducting the revolutions going against their governments people in libya and in egypt for very much help so in overthrowing their their regimes by the western powers they

joining me today from "the new york times" op-ed columnist frank bernie, sasha eisen birg is a columnistty press secretary for the obama white house and msnbc contributor meghan mccain. moments from now president obama will officially mark the end of the iraq war as a u.s. forces iraq returns from baghdad. the ceremony caps off a string of events for the president relating to the end of the war. last week he welcomed home troops at ft. bragg and alongside