because of the challenges i alluded to before him and notions of a google like search or a federated searcher actually a relatively limited value. we have significant google like searches the local across many message handling systems and we still would not have come across umar farouk. the further you go across commingling in a single enclave, where you can effectively apply tools, the harder the legal and policy and privacy issues become. or how to speak and talk about that to q&a. in closing, let me reinforce a couple of statements. first it's important to highlight what 1225 wasn't. i agree it does not question the basic watch listing architecture that was set up by homeland security presidential director six and nctc view, the plumbing is right. we can affect password information. standards, procedures they are being looked at from our perspective there could be significant resource implications. we can talk about that. nor is 1225 about information sharing. we certainly got some hard information shared issues. but in this case, virtually every analyst with an intelligence community have

he believed in expanded investment, in imprint searcher and education, in math and science. he believed in closing the federaldeficit. and, those three elements were a strategy that everybody understood whether people were for or against trade, whether they liked it paying of higher taxes necessary to close the deficit, whether they agreed or not with the additional infrastructure, expenditures and those on education, moving the country forward. they hung together with a clear strategy. years later it was attributed for success and i think president obama has to outline a clear strategy. what are the elements beyond stimulus that are a strategy for the long-term success of this country in a competitive, global environment. the president is going to need a deficit strategy. without a clear deficit strategy people are going to say it is out of control. the commission is a first step towards that strategy but at the end of the day, it is not a substitute for that strategy. and then, and you know working on the everyday problems. sometimes it is popular to ridicule a lot of things president clinton did in 96. he

burkina and for the federal appeals court covering virginia, west virginia, north carolina and south carolina. of vote on limiting debate is planned for 12:15 asian pick this afternoon searchers resumed debate on the bill extending a number of tax breaks, unemployment insurance and highway programs that have expired. live senate coverage now here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. today's opening prayer will be offered by the reverend john l. beaver, who is the national chaplain for the american legion. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty father, we thank you for life, truth and love which comes from you. for love because it embraces all of us and for your comforting assurance that you are guiding our great nation. we humbly ask for your light of wisdom to be given to each member of the senate so that they may discern what is truth from error. guide and direct our beloved senators from across this nation with a compassionate heart in making difficult decisions. father, help us to learn and to know your will in all things. lord, we ask for your protective shield around our military men and women. be with their families as they wait eagerly for th