senator howard baker pushed hard that they should be held in public giving good arguments. senator frank church said, no, i don't think we should hold them in public because these are going to be our 1st hearings and it is inevitable if you hold those hearings in public things will come out which would not be good to come out. one thing in particular, names. whereas if you hold the hearing in executive session and then write an extremely detailed report you avoid those risks. of course it would have been politically great for senator church to hold those incredibly dramatic hearings it would have been kind of fun for me. the 1st examination of the witnesses. but i think he was right that it was better to be cautious and hold those hearings and private and have extremely detailed report. gary was one of the people in the draft a community. >> and could i use this occasion as i have in the past to identify tangentially i hang out that plays me 40 years later naming names. the three mafia figures involved in the castro plot with the cia. we heard from one of them twice. the 2n

senator howard baker pushed hard that they should be held in public giving good arguments. senator frank church said, no i don't think we should hold them in public because these are going to be our 1st hearings and it is inevitable if you hold those hearings in public things will come out which would not be good to come out. one thing in particular, names. whereas if you hold the hearing in executive session and then write an extremely detailed report you avoid those risks. of course it would have been politically great for senator church to hold those incredibly dramatic hearings it would have been kind of fun for me. the 1st examination of the witnesses. but i think he was right that it was better to be cautious and hold those hearings and private and have extremely detailed report. gary was one of the people in the draft a community. >> and could i use this occasion as i have in the past to identify tangentially i hang out that plays me 40 years later naming names. the three mafia figures involved in the castro plot with the cia. we heard from one of them twice. the 2nd

howard baker another one. i don't know if i see their regional identities in this case as important as i see the moderates doing a lot of work and the moderates, i think, are actually the majority of the committee rather than the liberals or the conservatives. we know that goldwater and tower had these minority views, but in the course of interviewing staff who worked for republicans staff who worked for democrats staff who were self identify as republicans or democrats, they said they thought tower and goldwater did a decent job. they weren't particularly engaged as many of the other members were, but that they certainly didn't try and stand in the way. if you look at any senate investigation, and you look in the appendix, you are going to find most of the time, there is a minority view appended to that report. it is a common practice. i think maybe we have stressed that too much. we know that one of towers staffers sort of worked to try to limit the investigation curtis smothers. unfortunately, he has passed

[applause] and howard baker.u so very very much for sending us such shining champions of democracy. [applause] the ambassador also embodies the tradition of american democracy. thank you. you have done for all of us. [applause] prime minister abe: we all miss senator daniel who symbolized the honor and achievements of japanese americans. [applause] prime minister abe: ladies and gentlemen, my first encounter with america goes back to my days as a student. when i spent time in california. a lady named catherine let me live in her house. she was a widow and always spoke of her late husband saying, you know he was much more handsome than gary cooper. [laughter] prime minister abe: she meant it, she really did. my wife is here. [applause] prime minister abe: i don't dare ask what she says about me. [laughter] prime minister abe: she was cheerful and so kind, and lots and lots of people stopped by at her house. they were so diverse, i was amazed and said to myself "american is an awesome country." later i took a job a

tom foley and howard baker.f japanese people thank you so very, very much for sending us such shining champions of democracy. ambassador candy also embodied the tradition of american democracy. thank you. thank you for the ambassador. for what you have done for all of us. we all miss senator daniel inouye who symbolized the honor and achievements of japanese americans. ladies and gentlemen, my first encounter with america goes back to my days as a student when i went to california. a lady named kathleen let me in her house. she was a widow and always spoke of her late husband saying you know, he was much more handsome than jerry cooper. she meant it. she really did. in the gallery, you see my wife akie abe. i don't doubt what she says about me. simply out of this world. she was so kind as to let lots and lots of people stop by her house. they were so diverse. i was amazed and said to myself america is an awesome country. later, i took a job as a maker and i was given a chance to work in new york. here in the u.s

i said i want to come in and talk with baker, howard baker who was then chief of staff. i said i have to talk. this comes out in the paper saying i'm a megalomaniac. i want to visit with him and tell him exactly what i told ortega that he had to do if we were going to get this thing finished and the conversation that i had with all bono and what he said. and secretary shultz and president reagan they wouldn't let me get through the first sentence. they were castigating me for what they said was you serving as secretary of state. but i said georgia new have a policy. and you asked me to talk at the conference. i got to talk with both sides of i'm going to be a fair broker an honest broker of this thing. now if you want to talk with gorbachev and talk with the chinese to make peace. he is would not adhere to it. and that i guess brian was the moment beyond which it was irreconcilable. there wasn't any way try as i might i just wasn't able to bring it back together and get everybody on the same site again. and i thought to that extent i had failed and the book says that but

he and i both loved and cherished howard baker. lamar was his staffer back in the day when senators have one staffer. there is a long-term relationship there. as a matter of fact we are having dinner tonight. but i do think it is beneficial in our state to have two people that don't compete in any way. two people that wish only the very best for the other. two people that celebrate the successes of the other. two people who are very different with different backgrounds and have focused on different sets of issues and candidly follow each other's lead when we know the other person has more expertise and knowledge in other areas. lamar's knowledge of higher education, having been president over university, over a university -- oh university -- of a university and mine are very different. it is a great relationship. it is rare. you watch people in the senate and sometime people of the same party have more rivalries than you can imagine. and that is not the case with us. >> andy glass from politico. >> thank you. following up with a qu

we both looked and cherished howard baker. he was the staffer back in the days.so there is a long term relationship and we are having dinner tonight as a matter of fact but it is beneficial in our state to have people who don't compete in any way who wish only the very best for the other. to people who celebrate the of successes of the other. very different with very different backgrounds to deal with sets of issues and believes when we know the person has much more expertise is certain height -- areas. hisses is -- use of education and mine are very different. it is a great relationship and it is rare. sometimes people of the same party have more rivalries than you can imagine a but that is not the case with us. i feel we serve our stay well. . .

he and i both loved and cherished howard baker. lamar was his staffer back in the day when senators have one staffer. there is a long-term relationship there. as a matter of fact we are having dinner tonight. but i do think it is beneficial to have two people that don't compete in any way. two people that wish only the very best for the other. two people that celebrate the successes of the other. two people who are very different with different back backgrounds and focused on different sets of issues and follow each other's lead when we know the other person has more expertise and knowledge in other areas. lamar's knowledge of universities and mine are very different. it is a great relationship. it is rare. you watch people in the senate and sometime people of the same party have more rivalries than you can imagine. >> andy glass from politico. >> thank you. a question for the chairman stip stipulating for the record a deal with iran from the administration can be made and if congress is unhappy with the results it is not eager or

we both looked and cherished howard baker. he was the staffer back in the days. so there is a long term relationship and we are having dinner tonight as a matter of fact but it is beneficial in our state to have people who don't compete in any way who wish only the very best for the other. to people who celebrate the of successes of the other. very different with very different backgrounds to deal with sets of issues and believes when we know the person has much more expertise is certain height -- areas. hisses is -- use of education and mine are very different. it is a great relationship and it is rare. sometimes people of the same party have more rivalries than you can imagine a but that is not the case with us. i feel we serve our stay well. . . one of my fellow senators mentioned to me that all of a sudden is the concerns that they had been raising on a sunday morning program or whatever immediately there's a call from john kerry. he appears to be a guy who wants to do -- just wants a deal at whatever it takes to do a deal. it's a per verse -- it feels rather

i was sitting there and i was thinking i haven't been on the senator floor since howard baker was majority leader. in that instant i thought, i am not on the senate floor. it really is extraordinary just how realistic this is. let me get right to the question. you mentioned trade, and you mentioned the problems the president has with his members. the republicans aren't as pro-free trade as a use to be given that your party's base went to the south and the west and tea party people don't want to give the president any achievements. will you get the 60 votes you need on tuesday? sen. mcconnell: let me start by saying that ted cruz is for tpa. ms. calmes: not all tea party members are against it. sen. mcconnell: here is what i have been saying. you are queasy about giving barack obama this authority? this is a six year deal. do you want the next president to have trade promotion authority? if you have a republican in the white house, given the pressure internally on the democrats, i don't think you could get trade promotional authority through congress. so, this is the ideal time. if you beli

phillip hart, walter hugging son, bob morgan, gary hart, howard baker barry goldwater, mac mathias and richard. >> liker. and as staff bill miller fritz schwartz, kurt smothers -- who i don't think is here. how did you get a committee like that? and my answer is mike mansfield. he wanted this to succeed. and he wanted to set up a committee that he thought could go through this huge, explosive hearing this process, and do what he knew would have to be done to work together and sustain bipartisanship. and that worked. this committee was working together. there was a single staff. we didn't have a republican staff and a democratic staff. bill miller came off the staff of -- >> senator cooper. >> john sherman cooper one of the saints of the senate and also a republican. and he had enormous prestige in that senate as a gifted staff member. and he was able he knew exactly what had to be done. he was an old hand. and then i think you'd have to say that the executive branch -- maybe with a little time -- but they ended up, in effect supporting what we were all doing. you have to give some cred