eisenhower spoke a lot of it. and so i began to look at the role of civilians being played out in presidency's after eisenhower. and my conclusion is that each president use them in different ways. in know, the committees are a reflection of presidential style . one thing that really did surprise me was how good eisenhower was at creating a team spirit. and that came back to his early days i was point. and he really was personable. people like tim. he really felt

in her book "eisenhower's fine group of fellows" she examines eisenhower's use of civilians in helping craft foreign and domestic policy. see what role do civilians play and domestic and international policy? >> well, for advising purposes for presidents and important law and i think eisenhower, president eisenhower did an excellent job in utilizing the resources of civilian advisers. the 1950s was a time of tremendous technical change and with the tensions of the cold war eisenhower had to rely on those experts in science, technology, in government and politics to come together and get him sound recommendations to how to develop a strong national defense because quite frankly the united states was a new territory at this point in the cold war. how do you guard against a possible surprise attack from the soviet union? what resources do we have where we don't have to tax the american people so heavily? what eisenhower did was he to use some of the best monies in president of m.i.t. and caltech and former state department employees and so on and so forth in order to give him recommendati

they didn't like eisenhower. and then in 1964 when barry goldwater, the senator from arizona, ran in the primaries, actually some of the republicans, such as leonard firestone, supported nelson rockefeller who was seen as the eastern establishment. they thought that goldwater wasn't the best candidate, and he was supported by the far right who they didn't like. so it's the conservatives fighting on the far right. it's a sort of the republican party. then and today, fascism and fighting and political powers. today, the conservatives in hollywood, the republicans are trying to regroup. there some well-known stars that are conservative. they have tried to organize. many of the hollywood conservatives today are libertarian, which is a good politics for hollywood because libertarians believe in individual freedom, but smaller government and less taxes, too. so anyway, i would say that the real story of "when hollywood was right" is in this period from, the 1940s, late 1940s up to 1980. but conservatives and republican

from the face of ida eisenhower. her husban dour man who had been a failure, had never quite gotten over failing at business, and was very distant from his children and was a very harsh, harsh disciplinarian. but all of this -- ida was very resilient, and she made do when they had no money. she had to send the boys to school with patched clothes, and young dwight, as a school boy, had to wear his mother's old high top shoes. that was bound to have been a bit of a humiliation for a boy. you know now why he was such a scrapper on the school grounds. they earned money from the time they were, oh, 6 and 8 years old, the boys had to earn money, did all those things, sold vegetables from their garden. it was a hard life. west point, of course, gaye eisenhower this access to everything, and she was -- she was a total passivist. so when her boy decided to go to west point, it was a blow to her, but she did not try to stop it. she'd been a very fundamentalist, religionist -- a group called the river brethren, an off shoot of

and i think that eisenhower, president eisenhower did an excellent job in utilizing the resources of civilian advisers. the 1950's was a time of tremendous technical change. the had to rely on that expert government and politics to come together and get him some recommendations as to how they develop a strong national defense because, quite frankly, the united states was a new -- in the territory at this point in the cold war. what resources do we have. well, we don't have to tax the american people. so what eisenhower did was he used one of the best ones in president of mit and caltech and bar state department and so on and so forth in order to give him recommendations as to how to proceed. in doing that, an ad hoc committee, they don't have a political stake. the republicans and democrats in forming a particular person but all of the best interest of the nation. he can ultimately affect his own decisions. in having these civilian ad hoc committees of inform him he was able to get by in from a lot of people. and have some humility that he did not know everything in an age where tech

eisenhower to make sure that they were the -- that the eisenhower administration was sending defense contracts. the republicans were quite successful in california. if you look at the en, that was 1980 when they elect ronald reagan, in other words, one of the actors who was involved in this campaign to revitalize the republican party, but this ultimate success shouldn't belie the fact they had their ups and downs. it was in fighting over candidates. in 52, some of the hollywood moguls, such as mayor and ginger rogers, and others wanted a man by the name of taft to win the nomination. they department like eisenhower, and then in 1964 when barry goldwater, the senator from arizona, ran in the primary, actually, some of the republicans such as justin and leonard firestone supported nelson rockefeller seen as the eastern establishment. they thought that goldwater was not the best can dad, and he was supporting -- he was supported by the far right who they didn't like, so it's conservatives fighting on the far right. it's a story of the republican party. today, factualism and fighting and

something that eisenhower spoke a lot of. and so i began to look at the role of civilians being played out in presidencies after eisenhower, and my conclusion was that each president really used them differently. and the commitees really were a reflection of presidential leadership styles. one thing that really did surprise me was how good eisenhower was at creating a team spirit, and that came back to his early days at west point, and he really was personallable, people liked him, he really felt -- he made you feel like he was listening to you, you had good ideas, valid ideas, he would consider those idea, even if he had in mind what he was really going to do. he really created a team spirit where everybody felt like they were contributing to his presidency. and that harkens back to his leaper showed as a general, i'm sure, but i was really surprised how much effort and conscious effort at that to make everybody feel like they were part of the same goal. the book title is "eisenhower's fine group of fell lows." but national

administration it was still quite high and many economists argue the eisenhower paid down the national debt by stimulating the economy by building the interstate highway system by putting people to work building this national infrastructure couldn't build an international broadband system be the stimulus that could bring about full employment and at the same time upgrade america to world class status data. that's quite a vision that we probably do something more incremental at this point in our country we would help all of those municipal networks come to being we'd find ways to connect them but absolutely the potential for economic growth increased productivity new ways of making a living you know new richness in america could be spurred by not just paying for some parts of this high speed internet access network but also loaning out capital to new competitors who want to build part of the network themselves right now this is like it's a luxury and so access to capital is very difficult and there isn't the sense that the long term payout makes sense for wall street which is used to ve

she did that and that is where she met eisenhower and so it mired eisenhower after meeting him and seeing what he did in the war that she became the head o texas for eisenhower when he ran for president and if you ever want to hear tongue-in-cheek stories going to is first and only republican convention asking about that experience. he will give you a good story. that's is how i wrote the book by the era of texas. there is a lot of history but the main reason was to show the stand that women put on the spirit of texas which is so vibrant and so much fun much like what i did with the american women and a leading ladies. and by saying in washington sometimes people think texans are a little too loud and have too much fun and i'll be say it's not new they did not like texas and washington actually when we came in to the nation by a treaty you cannot get the votes in the senate to ratify. said president tyler had to introduce legislation so it waa lot of fraud in texas but it only passed by one vote in the house and one in the senate so i'll is try to mention we probably are but our hearts ar

but eisenhower's words still ring true today. the united states is emerging from more than a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan but the threat of a violent extremism persists and continues to emanate from week states and and govern spaces in the middle east and north africa. there also stands an array of other security challenges of varying vintage and agreed to risks of the united states. the proliferation of dangerous weapons and materials, the increased availability of advanced military technologies in the hands of state and not state actors, the risk of regional conflicts that could draw in the united states, the debilitating and dangerous curves of human despair and poverty, as well as the uncertain implications of the environmental degradation. cyber attacks barely registered as a threat to a decade ago, have grown into a defining security challenge with potential adversaries seeking the ability to strike america's security, energy, economic, and critical infrastructure with the benefit of anonymity and distance. the wor

. >> reporter: monroe, hemingway, eisenhower, icons.f them so exposed, you might think you know everything about them. have seen everything there is to see until now. >> leaves me feeling breathless. >> reporter: a collection of 200 rare letters, documents and photographs released from a private collector, soon to be sold by one of the world's largest auction houses, profiles in history. >> just feels she is sleeping away. >> reporter: a poignant hand-written letter from marilyn monroe. >> there is a reference to suicide, is there not? >> there is. >> reporter: it reads -- >> only concentration between the actor and suicide. as soon as i walk into a scene i lose my mental relaxation, my will is weak, but i can't stand anything. i think i'm going crazy. >> reporter: a troubled soul. >> a very troubled soul who i was losing her concentration because of her alcohol. >> reporter: also revealed, a scathing letter john lennon wrote to paul and linda mccartney just before the beatles breakup in 1970. >> i see a lot of profanity sort of sprinkl

and central of so much of this back to eisenhower as a warning well there you go and there's a truth to it and then you have bureaucracy run amok politics aside it's the nature of certain kinds of bureaucracy they spread and they get bigger and bigger and bigger and they trying to take everything in and we're seeing the results of that you know the what what we don't understand and what we try to do in the film is connect it with your daily life so the ability to pick up a newspaper and read a great investigative piece exposing fraud or corruption but where your tax dollars are going that's going to be threatened is being threatened by the obama administration and the national security state say we don't want anything talked about. so just lock down the information lock down the people there was a fellow from a u.b.s. switzerland who exposed some there's a remarkable stuff. is there a parallel concern from a corporate security state you know i notice. various websites i see ads for things that you know i mean i was in germany and i'm looking at a web site and here's an ad for a show

crazy like why don't we just go back to that i just across the border why don't we go back to eisenhower's tax system what we're talking about is wealth distribution punishing those that have make money to give to those that don't get why we had you on the air is running away from them million are out of my way part of the problem tom i think what's going on today is i think we're paying the piper now i think a lot of what happened in the past where you say we have a lot higher middle class also going to that right now we did it but i think now we're start to pay the price i think you know you talk about thirty two years of reaganomics. now you get our exists now you are just going through the wheat when reagan did in office we were the largest creditor in the world we are now the largest debtor in the world when reagan came into office we're the largest exporter of exporter of manufactured goods the world we're now the largest importer i mean they should also we've got to be honest here tom and that is that government has expanded as gotten much much larger when we're spending a lot of mo

>> i would go back to the eisenhower rate. you know what eisenhower was taxing people out? 70% to 90%. you want to go back to a rate where there is a supertax on the very rich and millionaires. you want to get rid of the loopholes. look at the capital gains tax of 15%. we are taxing work the barely taxing wealth region but barely tax and wealth. that is the wrong priority. -- we're taxing work but barely taxing wealth. the robin hood taxes an idea whose time has come. radicals light nicholke nicolasy and angela merkel have a tax on currency transactions that would bring in $350 billion a year. some of my heroes are the nurses of this country. national nurses united heal america. tax-loss >>> there are a slew -- tax on wall street. there are a slew of good things that 1%ers are for. >> he is not really offering of a lot. >> he is talking about being taxed less than his assistant.

eisenhower, to make sure that they were the eisenhower administration was sending defence contracts. the republicans were quite successful. the look at the very end, that is 1980 monday a like ronald reagan, in other words, one of the actors who was involved in this campaign to revitalize the republican party. to the success should not take away from the fact that they had their ups and downs. fighting over candidates. in 72 some of the hollywood moguls such as ginger rogers and others wanted a band by the name they did not like eisenhower. and then in 1964 when the senator from arizona ran in the primary some of the republicans, such as the justin dart and leonard firestone supported nelson rockefeller who was seen as the eastern establishment. they thought that goldwater was not the best candidate, and he was supported by the far right. so it is conservatives fighting on the far right, which is the republican party. today, factual the information and political powers. today they are the conservatives and the republican are trying to regroup. there are some well-known stars that are

cnn's jason carroll got a preview. >> reporter: monroe, hemingway, eisenhow eisenhower. icons.exposed you might think you've seen all there is to see, until now. >> breathless. >> reporter: a collection of more than 200 rare personal letters, documents and photographs released from a private collector, soon to be sold by profiles in history. >> you just feel as if she's slipping away. >> reporter: included, a handwritten letter by marilyn monroe to acting coach lee strasburg. there is a reference to suicide, is there not? >> there is. >> reporter: the letter reads -- >> there is only concentration between the actor and suicide. as soon as i walk into a scene, i lose my mental relaxation. my will is weak, but i can't stand anything. i think i'm going crazy. >> reporter: a troubled soul. >> a very troubled soul who was losing her concentration because of her alcohol and barbiturate intake. >> reporter: also revealed, a letter from john lennon to paul mccartney. i see a lot of profanity. >> that is one angry man. >> reporter: the letter reads, do you really think most of today's a

was right eisenhower the greatest president? we could have this argument, and it would not really change the history of anything. it would, perhaps not change the way we think about it. i teach writing at the university of texas as well as history. one of the things i tell my princess historians is that every work of history is a combination of story and argument, of narrative and pieces. and i have to say that the longer write the more i emphasize the narrative, the more i emphasize the story. and the less attention i give to the argument. some of this has to do with what i alluded to a moment ago which is arguments come and go. you know the arguments. eisenhower, when he was in office was considered to be this bill guy he really did not have a sense of all was going on, and then there was this wave of eisenhower revisionists and every he was then and beyond everything that happened in the 1920's. i don't know that we ended up knowing more about eisenhower. sometimes we know more about ourselves and why we as these questions. i

. >> the real hero in american history is the white eisenhower, because dwight eisenhower commanded that there be films made of auschwitz when it was liberated. and he said he was doing it so that deniers could never really conquered the idea that the holocaust happened. and he was a hero, he should be adhered to the american jewish community. >> when he was in north africa, all the arabs tried to save his jewish because -- avec. his publicity people had to do a lot of work persuading the arabs, convinced the literacy wasn't jewish. how that was started, in fact, the schoolbook had a little article in it saying something that he was vaguely jewish or something. and i contacted the eyes and -- the eisenhower library. they said that wasn't foolish. it wasn't true. he wasn't jewish. but he was, you're right, but then he supported nafta against israel, britain and france -- nasa. >> [inaudible] >> yes, it was. anyone else? >> first of all i want to commend you for a very fascinating book. i enjoyed the parts about a read, and i don't want to comment on the first president you mentioned, mr.

the meal is served to eisenhower when they planned the nation of europe and of course caviar. he was thrilled with john denton county are are brought it back as a gift for the soviet union. churchill that small portions. when traveling he had his meal served on his tummy time, not on the clock. churchill that connects. whatever they please with the weather of wartime. there's another photo showing him in a three-piece suit, sitting on a rock by the side of the road. he picnicked with roosevelt at height dark on the banks of the right with his generals and in the north african desert with friends. he established his own picnicked rituals, and do theatrically sick and old joe's controversies that could only be recited as picked acts. much has been said about churchill alcohol, some of it true, most not, some exaggerated. i go into detail about his drinking habit. roosevelt had been told churchill was a chart, a charge one or two of his critics repeated. churchill did consume more alcohol than we are used today, but not a great deal of the standards of his contemporary and did no

so, president eisenhower, president ford, president reagan and many others -- barry goldwater got us the first grant for sesame street. there's a long tradition of bipartisanship in support of public television, and we think we're on the point restoring it pretty well. >> host: unfortunately we're out of time but just a little bit about our guest. patrick butler has worked for howard baker, who -- and he served as consultant to mr. baker when he was white house chief of staff to president reagan. served as the vice president of the rca corporation. vice president of times mirror, and was a speech writer for president gerald ford. query -- very quickly, what's the important of a popular prom like downton abbey? >> guest: it energizes our support and our donor base. we have gotten a nice ride out of downton abbey in terms of being able to generate new dollars and additional donations from current donors and so forth, and the viewership has been extraordinary. and i was talking with some of the downton abbey cast, telling them that because of them everybody is taking a new look at publi

bush faced in terms of preparing for the long-haul something that eisenhower spoke a lot of. and so i began to look at the role of civilians being played out in presidencies after eisenhower and my conclusion was that each president use them differently. if the committees were a reflection of leadership styles. .. the book title is eisenhower signed group of fellas, that's a national security policy adheres to the great equation. what i want the readers to come away with his understanding of how important the great equation is too many and we need a higher morale. but can't cower inside afraid of a biological attack nuclear attack, but we have to make sure they aren't ordering kids over for the american people for a heavy defense program. we have to make sure our national security is secure, that we do have what we need without having the overkill and for that it's a great equation and the difficulty for the president to make sure we balance that high spiritual morale, financial responsibility and yet still has strong defense. >> after the 2013 version if i saw that the commi

that is what happened when eisenhower did it. eisenhower had a big success there. when the federal government does something well, it is kind of rare. >> it is good to see you again. i have a question about the provision of legislation. i'm not sure how many of you have had a chance to read all hundred -- all 844 pages but it provides that people who have been found -- who have been convicted of multiple domestic violence, offenses, drug driving offenses, and child abuse offenses, that they could take advantage of this legalization pathway. would you be concerned about where that line is drawn in terms of whether that should be available to those folks? >> yes, senator, absolutely. one of the concerns we have had theit took away from responsibilities to protect the public from other types of criminals. i am concerned about that. i think that needs to be looked at the end result. we will give this opportunity to the law-abiding members of our community. >> thank you for your kind comments about the people of west, texas. i think the president will be of then thursda

eisenhower to make sure they were the eisenhower administration defense contracts. it's in california. if you look at the very and, when they elect ronald reagan, what if the act tours involved in the campaign to revitalize the republican party. there is ultimate success shouldn't elide the fact that they have their ups and downs was over candidate and 52. some of the hollywood locals such as louis b. mayer and ginger rogers and demand by the the name of tasks on the nomination. they didn't like eisenhower. in 1964, when barry goldwater the senator from arizona ran in the primaries, some of the republicans, such as justin kerch and leonard firestone supported nelson rockefeller who is seen as the eastern establishment. they thought goldwater wasn't the best candidate and he was supported by the fire right. since conservatives on the far right. it's the story of the republican party. then and today, factual his son infighting and political powers. today the conservatives in hollywood, the republicans are trying to regroup. there's some well-known stars that are conse

[inaudible] >> he the real hero in american history is to light eisenhower. because dwight eisenhower demanded that there be films made of auschwitz when it was liberated and he said he was doing it so that did not ayers could never really conquered the idea that the holocaust happened. he was a hero. he should be a hero to the american jewish community. >> when he was in north africa they tried to say he was jewish because he appeared jewish. publicity had to do a lot of work persuading the air of us and the leaders that he wasn't jewish. how that was started in fact, the schoolbook said something that he was vaguely jewish or something and i contacted the ike library and they said that was foolish. they write anything in these magazines about people and it wasn't true. but he was, you are right. but then he supported nassau against israel. ike did. [inaudible] >> yes, it was. that was the suez canal. anyone else? >> first of all i want to commend you for a very fascinating book. i enjoyed the parts that i read and i want to comment on the first president yo

but eisenhower's words still ring true today.ging from more than a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan but the threat of a violent extremism persists and continues to emanate from week states and and govern spaces in the middle east and north africa. there also stands an array of other security challenges of varying vintage and agreed to risks of the united states. the proliferation of dangerous weapons and materials, the increased availability of advanced military technologies in the hands of state and not state actors, the risk of regional conflicts that could draw in the united states, the debilitating and dangerous curves of human despair and poverty, as well as the uncertain implications of the environmental degradation. cyber attacks barely registered as a threat to a decade ago, have grown into a defining security challenge with potential adversaries seeking the ability to strike america's security, energy, economic, and critical infrastructure with the benefit of anonymity and distance. the world today is combustible an

. >> it reminds me of when richard nixon had to deal with when ike eisenhower said give me to weeks andr me. wayne slater, you're part of the home team, ha do you think? >> if i can follow the step back as americans. you watched bill clinton make speech, a lot about clinton. but anyway, a wonderfully -- gracious speech. and i could remember being on the airplane, as we all were, day after day in 2000, where george bush would end every single speech with when i take the oath of office and put my hand on the bible, i pledge to return integrity and honor to the white house. here we are, in this marvelous succession process in which in this great country, where the line of succession is able to find those things, i think honestly in most cases, that are good, to be said. the other thing is -- >> they don't explain the daisy chain that led them there. they don't explain why they're there because the other guy misbehave and can take credit for it and run against it. >> what's interesting is that you have obama in between two dynasties, clinton and the bush dynasty. >> we have ron reagan joini

leaving office dwight eisenhower worrying. people about the military industrial complex and you have the or obama a democratic president actually advocating cutting social security and medicare which constitute the social safety net for our seniors i wanted to ask you one more question about palestine since you've been there for an activist for the palestinian cause of course in the us we don't even acknowledge what our tax dollars are funding and terms of the some part state do you think that there is even a chance until we see world pressure such as what what we can solve with south african apartheid to end the israeli apartheid i mean is there even a chance without back kind of pressure to end what's going on. well that kind of pressure actually is building and mounting today i was honored just certain to be asked to serve as a juror on the bertrand russell tribunal on palestine and we actually traveled to cape town south africa so that we could investigate and hear from south africans about their experience and in part apa

president eisenhower's calculators, his perspective looking not the extraordinary number of casualties i and to, casualties military and civilian came to the conclusion that covert operations, which as i say and balance are better than the extraordinary number of deaths the two world wars of the 20th century had generated. the question is, can this perspective be applied to the use of drones? >> w-whiskey dancer total two to three minutes if there's more than one person like to speak to maximize the number of questions we reach. >> i question the presumption that if we had engaged in covert action, starting with eisenhower to the present time, we would've had world war iii. that seems to be the presumption that we somehow avoided words by engaging in this activity. one of my concerns frankly is as drones become more globalized, that this will be a very real -- create a very real risk of sparking more armed conflict because of the ease with which they can be deployed. so they are attempting to deploy and will be deployed. when we deploy them, people will not come and attack us, but othe

leaving office dwight eisenhower warned. people about the military industrial complex and you have the or obama a democratic president actually advocating cutting social security and medicare which constitute the social safety net for our seniors i wanted to ask you one more question about palestine since you've been there for an activist for the palestinian cause of course in the u.s. we don't even acknowledge what our tax dollars are funding and terms of this apartheid state do you think that there is even a chance until we see world pressure such as what what we can solve with south african apartheid to end the israeli apartheid i mean is there even a chance without back kind of pressure to end what's going on. well that kind of pressure actually is building and mounting today i was honored to serve to be asked to serve as a juror on the bertrand russell tribunal on palestine and we actually traveled to cape town south africa so that we could investigate and hear from south africans about their experience and impart and a

had some purchase during the eisenhower administration but you don't see it really becoming full blown until vietnam you know back back in the in the late sixty's early seventy's correct me if i'm wrong on this there was a book that came out which i read about this culture war within the cia and it was about the cowboys and the eastern elite i forget the phrase they used for them but it was basically the cowboys was one of the you know these knuckle draggers was one of the it was used for for for practice for you know guerrillas for care practitioners of counterinsurgency grooming warfare unconventional for versus the the intelligence gatherers the john cover right a locker right types right who who wanted to act with dignity and within the law by a large no i would not say that about anybody ok so why does an organization that is it is extra legal how did the. how is it extralegal if it's authorized by by legislation its activities are designed we have no we have no official secrets act in this country but the model was six in which it was domestic and foreign but the object is to pro

i didn't know we were going to play the eisenhower jingle or the eisenhower commercial but how about?ur once said quote, every gun that is made, every warship launched every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who healthcare provider and are not if he hadfed. those who are not clothed. >> that's so true. >> it is true and it's exactly what this debate is about. >> coming from dwight d. eisen hour. why don't republicans listen to their own? >> that's why we like ike. ♪ ike for president." > there it is. congress woman, good to see you? >> good morning. >> that does come at a time when congress is facing some tough choices. this vote yesterday in the senate, were you surprised? 68 to 31 to open up debate on gun safety legislation. >> i think it was a little bit surprising, you know, given the number of republicans, you know, who joined in, and i think that it is a sign that they are hearing from the people. i mean this is really clear. when you have 80, 90% of the american public saying the least we can do is a background check, there is no excuse for anybody to

the movie is distributed by the weinstein brothers, robin williams played eisenhower.y upsetting the right people, the right. the mojo and gains it by the smirking left. we know this is casting stunt meant to create an uproar. telling a man that served a country to get a life when the response is exactly what you wanted, itmakers you a jerk. it's jane fonda. she has had 40 years of practice. expecting something different would be opera from a toad. we know she has apologized for >> bob: jane fonda made one nd said the worst thing she could have done. what is the christian practice of forgiveness here? >> i thought you dated her? >> in a dream. >> that was peter fonda. >> bob: he was a great date by the way. [ laughter ] >> this woman has been vilified by the right. yes she made a mistake. nancy reagan -- don't say it. >> bob: a great lady. >> greg: she said get a life. she vilified. she said get a life. >> she said i did something that was unforgivable. let's not forget about that. >> bob: that is the kind of logic that drives right wingers. >> greg: dana, does it matt

it's amazing what president eisenhower warned us, i don't know if that was part of his warning but maybe there was more truth to what he said, we probably should spend part of each day reflecting on president eisenhower's warning about the mill stair -- military-industrial compleblings and what it's done to our nation because that's where the budget has a great problem and that goes back to our dependence on foreign oil. ms. bonamici: and it calls out for continued investment in alternative technology and energy, from electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, solar power, wind power. whether blum -- mr. blumenauer: bicycles. ms. bonamici: bicycles. we need to decrease our dependence on foreign oil. what we have debated here on the floor is how much we'll spend to clean up after disasters. that is something we have debate here on the floor. i want to point out that a recent g.a.o. report for the first time lists climate change as a significant financial risk to the federal government. we're not well positioned to address the fiscal exposure presented by climate change system of as a nation we b

put out by the official republican party nine hundred fifty six this is eisenhower's by great history of war without war over sixty six million employed highest take home pay greater job security less time losses of strikes increased union membership social security expanded attender union meetings register vote republican what has happened ok first of all i looked that up and maybe it's real it is real i see it on a lot of liberal websites i haven't seen or else i saw for a couple years ago so i don't know if it's really really there ready to come platform and then to insist that a good laugh when i already know about or that you can be in the republican party platform in one hundred fifty six specifies the number of additional one point two million people when i have to be closer to the door because i want you to work i want to be able to get jobs in unions well if that would help and that's what i did about the problem with unions are you are forced to be in a union you are going to pay them the growth of unions was being bragged about by republicans of fifty six great lot i change

virtually no funding or prospect of promotion -- you will remember in your history how long general eisenhower was a lieutenant colonel. a good example of what we are talking about. they conceived important new platforms and operating concepts for armored warfare, amphibious assault, aircraft carriers, submarines, and long-range bombers. as the military grappled with challenges to morale and readiness after vietnam, it also made a transition to an all voluntary force and made should she just investments in stealth and platforms like the f-16 and the abrams tank. 1990suring the procurement holiday, we invested in satellite guidance, in networking systems and remotely piloted aircraft that had been game changers during the last decade of war. seniorl of the leadership of this department today is to learn from the miscalculations and mistakes of the past drawdowns and make the right decisions that will sustain our military strength, advance our strategic interest, and protect our nation well into the future. let me now conclude with some comments on america and its role in the world. during this

it reminded me of eisenhower, saying give me two weeks, she said we have had enough of the bushes. >>se events are so scripted and so polite. and in the middle of all of this -- >> she is a great lady -- >> she is an unbelievable interview. but it was interesting to have president obama, the one piece of politics he decided to do was something actually in the best interest of the republican party, particularly here in texas. which is the largest republican crowd the president has ever addressed. and he used it. and almost said hey, this immigration bill it is not my legacy, it is this man's legacy. now, there is a smart way to sell it. the politics in the house, still a little complicated. anyway, back to barbara. >> they are somewhat moneyed republicans -- >> country club republicans. this is actually what the tea party has also been running against are these folks here. >> the last four years -- >> and these are pretty moderate republicans compared to the crazies. so bottom line, will it help the immigration bill get through? >> i think it was going to happen, because of the incenti

>> washington, adams, jefferson, monroe, jackson, cleveland again, monroe, truman eisenhower, kennedy. thanks very much for coming. watch "studio 42" and bob costas. and costas tonight returns to nbc sports in may. we'll be right back with music from gary allan. >> jimmy: this is their cd. it's called "set you free." here's the song "pieces" gary allan! ♪ ♪ i've been broken torn and scattered i've loved holy i've loved sin i was rolling on the wind it didn't matter i was so ♪ ♪ sure of who i didn't want to be every smile and every fear every laugh and every tear ♪ ♪ it was all me it was all me pieces of my heart pieces of my soul pieces that i'm gonna be i don't even know ♪ ♪ i gave a lot to lovers gave a lot to friends everything i took from them made me who i am pieces we've all ♪ ♪ been lied to we've all been liars nothing's perfect in this world everybody's been burned ♪ ♪ by the fire guess i'm learning that what breaks you makes you grow but i'm not hiding where ♪ ♪ i've been gonna let the light shine in what i don't need gonna let that let that let that go ♪ ♪ pieces of my heart

is this not what president eisenhower warned us about about the military industrial complex when thek is put together in ten different states and it's described as a jobs plan. >> it's a industrial political complex. number two there have been great studies done at the university of massachusetts that if you wanted to have a jobs program funneling money through military is the worst way too. hiring teachers, repairing parks, roads all of those build more jobs per capita instead of building tanks that the army doesn't really need. it's not a jobs program in the sense that you and i might mean as job programs. it is both keeping things as they are for those states and those constituents, and it allows lots of members of congress to say look, i voted for security because i voted for a big military budget. it's become a cheap proxy for saying i want to keep you safe and a marginal dollar will buy you a marginal dollar more of security. when you look at the programs that double and triple in their cost estimates any local person can see the marginal dollar is not buying you a marginal dol