host: journal@c-span.org francis mccarthy -- francis mccarthy works with the congressional research service are the numbers to call -- democrats, 202-737-0001. republicans come 202-737-0002. independent callers, 202-628- 0205. john in virginia, a republican. caller: hi. i had a comment and a question. i have been doing research on some previous disasters and how they were handled by fema. i have learned a lot. the comment is, is you don't hear about everything that happens during these disasters in the media. i found out about it on inforwars.com. my question is, our troops during disasters -- are they going to be part of the theme of budget -- fema budget? can you speak to the troop issue/ host: why were you so interested in this issue? caller: i started questioning the way that the federal government is handling a lot of things. i moved away from traditional media and started looking at alternative media. it is amazing what i have learned that you did not learn on traditional media. host: let's get a comment from our guest. guest: i am not aware of any troops being used. i'm not aware of

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france's mccarthy -- francis mccarthy will talk about fema. "newsmakers" is coming up next. the rest of your weekend. have a great week ahead. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> i was quite a radical as a young person. i was the one that got that we shall -- singing "we shall overcome" was not a