frank johnson has spent 44 years on the federal bench, so he would appoint those kind of judges. he appointed ronald davies who is the presiding federal judge in little rock. we'll get back to that, and he appointed, of course, five men to the supreme court, earl warren, john marshall harlan, william brennan, potter stewart, charles evans whittaker is probably his weakest appointment. all five of them committed to the enforcement of brown. and william brennan, any of you know your supreme court history, was not a far right conservative in any way, shape or form. eisenhower actually nominated him when he was in the midst of an election campaign in the fall of '56, and he did that partly for political reasons, too. he wanted a catholic, so a catholic democrat, but eisenhower's judicial appointments lasted decades later, and felix frankfurter said that the supreme court during this era was the eisenhower court. we all know it as the warren court, but it was the eisenhower court, and i'll tell you one of the great myths was that eisenhower didn't know what earl warren stood for. that

culligan, thomas enders, steve boyden gray, baja hariry, frank hahn, h. johnson, george lund, alexander mu chef, steven a. shoresman, s.d.shubula, rob spire, and michael f. walsh. [ applause ] >> now to begin this evening, our old friend, not old, but good -- >> he's kind of old. >> atlantic council chairman senator chuck hagel. he's one of the men who constantly remind us what's best about washington. [ applause ] from serving his country in vietnam to the united states senate, he also serves as co-chairman of the president's intelligence advisory board. as co-chair of the china 100,000 strong initiative and is member of the secretary of defense's policy board. >> ladies and gentlemen, our friend and great leader, senator chuck hagel. [ applause ] >> thank you. i am grateful. this is old chuck. i am here on behalf of the board of directors of the atlantic council to thank you, to acknowledge what each of you continue to do for the atlantic council. you make a better world for all of us. that is the essence of why we recognize those tonight that joe and mica have

johnson officially took control of the team the move into tumultuous air after owner frank mccourt headed the team into bankruptcy last june and five time n.b.a. champion with the lakers johnson has big plans when we were with him championships they were willing world series it was a great time in los angeles mr malley we owe you a lot. stand up stand up to the list o'malley put pride in that god to the market here you this man. is incredible. and what we want to do is bring their pride back to this city to this organization. i'm on with aplomb there and finally ice hockey russia have now i finished their preparations ahead of the world championships which face off so morrow the red machine boosted by a strong reinforcement from the n.h.l. including if gagne malkin on public meaning gold is very much team concept the top off more. zito i believe a deal of has not been in charge of the russian mission or ice hockey team for almost a year and the world championship will be the biggest test for the coach so far despite the fact that russia's main aim is building a team for their home olympic

frank hahn. h. johnson. george london. alexander murch of. i've met oren. stephen a. schwartzman.alan spence. rob spier, and michael s. walsh. [applause] >> now to begin this evening, our old friend, not old but a good friend -- >> he is old, too. >> he's not that old. atlantic council chairman, senator chuck hagel. is one of the men who constantly reminds us what's best about washington. [applause] >> from serving his country in vietnam to the united states senate, he also serves as co-chairman of the president intelligence advisory board, as co-chair of the present, china 100,000 strong initiative and member of the secretary of defense's policy board. >> ladies and gentlemen, our friend and great leader, senator chuck hagel. [applause] >> mika, thank you. i'm grateful. this is old chuck. i'm here on behalf of the board of directors of the atlantic council, so thank you, to acknowledge what each of you continue to do with the atlantic council. you make a better world for all of us. that is the essence of why we recognize those tonight that joe and mika have already acknowledged.

frank reckless. we'll see where this leads on capitol hill. as you mentioned, bob corker on the banking committee says he wants hearing on this. he's asked tim johnsonn for those hearings. >> john, just briefly, look, on the romney hook, okay? you had a great interview with carl levin, appreciate that. on the romney hook, if there's a hue and cry next week about jpmorgan making very risky loans by london whale traders, don't you think romney's going to have to weigh in, a little more detail on how he would handle this? >>ic there's a good chance that he will. it was notable that he felt the need to put out a statement today. remember, mitt romney's been spending months saying that dodd/frank was an impediment to job creation and an impediment to american business. he took a different tact with the statement today, basically saying, i've long said that derivatives should be closely regulated, subjected to common sense regulation. i underscore or i repeat that call today. that's not the same thing as dodd/frank, and we'll see whether or not he feels the need to put something on the table to flesh out that commitment. >> great stuff. many thanks to joh

johnson, ranking member shelby and members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to testify regarding the s.e.c.'s ongoing implementation of title vii of the dodd frank act. it creates a new regime for over the counter derivatives and acquires them for write a number of once. title vii is one of the many areas where the s.e.c. is a charged with writing rules. the s.e.c. already has proposed or adopted rules for over 3/4 of the 90 provisions in the dodd frank act that mandate s.e.c. rule making. additionally the s.e.c. has finalized 14 of the more than 20 studies and reports that the dodd frank act directs us to complete. we are continuing to work diligently to implement all-pro visions of title vii as well as the many other rules we are charging with drafting and to coordinate impleblings ace with the f.c.c. and other regulators. it is divided between the cftc and the economics. the law assigns the f.c.c. authority to regulation security based swaps, while the s.e.c. has the bulk of the title vii. our rule makings are designed to improve transparency, to reduce information asymmetries, and to facilitate the centralized clearing of security based swap

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johnson, ranking member shelby and members of the committee, i appreciate the opportunity to testify regarding the securities and exchange commission's ongoing implementation of title vii of the dodd-frank act. as you know, title vii creates an entirely new regulatory regime and directs the commission and the cftc to write a number of rules necessary to implement it. of course, title vii is just one of the many areas ranging from credit rating agencies to private fund and municipal adviser registrations where the sec is charged with writing rules. the sec already has proposed or adopted rules for over three-fourths of the more than 90 provisions in the dodd-frank act that mandate sec rulemaking. additionally, the sec has finalized 14 of the more than 20 studies and reports that the dodd-frank act directs us to complete. and the commission has proposed almost all of the rules required by title vii. we're continuing to work diligently to implement all provisions of title vii as well as the many other rules we are charged with drafting and to coordinate implementation with the cftc and other domestic and foreign regulators. under the dodd-frank act regulatory authority over swaths is divid