then american patretroleum institute ceo jack gerard discusses the alternative energy experts and hubert hamer and jerry hagstrom look at how farming and agriculture have changed over the last few decades. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> coming up at 10:00 a.m. eastern, a forum on religion from georgetown university's berkeley centers on religion, peace and world affairs. scholars will discuss the arab spring, religious extremism and the obama policy for dealing with religious issues. you can see it live starting at 10:15 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> they would wear garments made of home spun cloth. and this home spun cloth would be much more rough textured. it would be much less fine than the kinds of goods they could import from great britain. but by wearing this home spun cloth, women were visibly and vividly and physically displaying their political sentiments. >> sunday night at 9:00, george mason university professor on the role of women during the revolutionary war, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> former national security advise

hubert hamer keeps track of what is happening with american farmers. he has been writing about it as a journalist and covering foreign policy. the senate is working on the policy. thank you gentlemen for being here this morning. >> next, a discussion on islamic religious groups impact on politics. after >> the u.s. supreme court has turned down requests from news organizations for live televised coverage of this month oral argument challenges to president obama's health care law. the court did agree to release saudi recordings of the arguments within two hours of the end of the proceedings each -- to released audio recordings of the arguments within two hours of the end of the proceedings each day. it begins monday march 26. c-span 3, c-span area, and c- span.org will air the audio -- c-span 3, c-span radio, and c- span.org will air the recordings. georgetown university posted policy experts to discuss religious groups in the arab world after a year of upheaval. we will see how -- a look at the arabs spring from the perspective of the bush and obama ad

hubert hamer of the agriculture department looks at how farming and agriculture have changed over thedes. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> congratulations to all the winners of the studentcam documentary competition. a record number of middle and high school students entered, showing which part of the constitution is important to them, and why. what all the videos on our website, and join us mornings in april, when we show the top 27 videos. and we will talk with the winners on "washington journal." now discussion on how the presidential candidates are approaching national security issues and the u.s. role in the world. hosted by the american enterprise institute, panelists include journalist peter bergen and mitt romney adviser robert keeton -- kagan. >> if everybody would please take their seats, we will get started. welcome, everybody. i work here at aeu as a relevant fellow -- resident fellow and director of our center for defence studies. i want to look and everybody on behalf of my partners in crime from the new america condition and center for a new

hubert hamer is at the u.s. department of agriculture where he is theat or do? guest: we look at the numbers. 500 different agricultural reports per year. we look at accuracy and have a national review to make sure those numbers that come out are accurate and ready for public use. host: who guest: uses: producers, -- who uses them? guest: farmers, ranchers, everyone involved in agriculture. host: our other guest is jerry hagstrom -- he has been covering american farming. he is a columnist on this subject and also has his own newsletter on this. he is the founder and the executive editor. thank you for being here. would you tell people about the state of debate on agriculture policy? guest: the senate agriculture committee just yesterday held its last hearing on the farm bill. they will go into negotiations and hope to have a markup session within a few weeks. they want to put a bill before the senate. and what they have to do is work out a new policy, spending less money, and getting rid of the direct payments that the crop producers have been giving for the las