democrat jack reed of rhode island serves on the senate armed services committee. senator, welcome. senator reed first. do you agree with president obama that these documents didn't reveal anything that wasn't already part of the debate about afghanistan? >> they did not reveal any new revelations. we have known for a long time that there was corruption in afghanistan. that there was the issue of collateral civilian casualties. we also understood that there was an ambiguous relationship between the isi, the pakistani intelligence service and some of our opponents in afghanistan. it did not reveal anything that was not known and responded to by the president in his policy announced at west point last fall. >> senator bond, do you agree with that? >> yes, i do. frankly, we had been following what went on in afghanistan and pakistan. and in the fall of 2008, my minority staff and the intelligence committee drafted a 12-page document saying we needed a new plan, and we submitted it to the president elect, the secretary of defense and we're very pleased that general petraeus, secretary ga

carl rudman and jack reed -- carl levin and jack reed talk about afghanistan. here is what we are covering on c-span 2 tomorrow -- at 9:30 a.m. eastern time, community leaders will hear from religious leaders. later, the head of the council of economic advisers, christina romer, discusses the economic outlook at a meeting of the joint economic committee. live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m., eastern. >> c-span, our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line and you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for e-mails at c- span.org. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell talked briefly with reporters today about the federal budget and a recess appointment of the head of the new medicare and medicaid programs. we will also hear from judd gregg about the new director of the office of management and budget. >> good afternoon, everyone. i have asked the republican members of the senate appropriations committee to join us today and would like to indicate to you that we have made a decision. 100% of the republicans on

tim johnson and jack reed and others will step in as well and be here for this process. again, i thank all three of you. i notice that two of you had the benefit of a connecticut education. the third has a daughter named grace, so you are in pretty good stead with me at beginning of the process. i have a daughter named grace as well. with that i will turn to senator shelby. >> the chairman -- the federal reserve faces some of the greatest challenges it has ever confronted. economies highly vulnerable and there's little clarity with respect to the best way forward. the banking system struggles to emerge from the financial crisis and hundreds of institutions will likely fail before we recover fully. during the crisis, the fed created massive new liabilities and balloon its balance sheet from $850 billion to more than $2.30 trillion. earlier this year, the fed talked mostly about a strategy for removing its extraordinary support measures. lately, as the economy seems to have hit another soft pass, discussion at the fed has been a mixed bag. some fear inflation, while others

tim johnson and jack reed and others will step in as well and be here for this process. again, i thank all three of you. i notice that two of you had the benefit of a connecticut education. the third has a daughter named grace, so you are in pretty good stead with me at beginning of the process. i have a daughter named grace as well. with that i will turn to senator shelby. >> the chairman -- the federal reserve faces some of the greatest challenges it has ever confronted. economies highly vulnerable and there's little clarity with respect to the best way forward. the banking system struggles to emerge from the financial crisis and hundreds of institutions will likely fail before we recover fully. during the crisis, the fed created massive new liabilities and balloon its balance sheet from $850 billion to more than $2.30 trillion. earlier this year, the fed talked mostly about a strategy for removing its extraordinary support measures. lately, as the economy seems to have hit another soft pass, discussion at the fed has been a mixed bag. some fear inflation, while others

and when senator jack reed and i were there earlier this month, we need the very same point with president karzai, with the minister of defense, with the chief of their general staff with our visit to afghanistan. fense minister wardack wrote to me saying that he agreed with that, and he has order two additional battalions and two commando battalions to support operations in kandahar because that is in the heart of taliban country. the area of their greatest strength. and so the afghan army will have more than 8,000 soldiers in kandahar by september of 2010. we've been told that the afghan army has broad popular support and that the afghan people want their army to be taking the lead in providing their secuty. first of all, do you agree that the afghan people generally have confidence in the afghan army and want them to provide their security where possible? >> yes, sir. i've seen the same thing on my trips over there, and i believe it is probably the most admired and respected part of the afghan government right now. >> and will it help achieve the success of the mission that afghan army

the answer is that those individuals, including jack reed, who i have supported and have had many opportunities to do great work in the senate and house -- we have come to a point ere washington is so badly broken that if we do not do something significant it is never going to change. we are never going to fix it. i myself have said i would comply with this. the biggest and most important to to clean up washington is to impose term limits on people who go there. >> i go back to claiborne pell. the pell grant was done in his 12th year. as good a statement as hamper, under this proposal, -- as good as him, under this proposal, it would not be eligible for the election. i have created a measurement tool that would be on the website. the citizens would be able to see immediately how other elected official is operating. within two years, if i am not delivering and results, forget about six years. forget about four. i would not seek a second term. i am so certain that with transparency for citizens mccann deliver a result they can see and measure. >> it is mr. lynch right? >> reform is an issue of wo

and more comments on unemployment insurance from senator harry reid and jack reed. the senate judiciary commitment bus tomorrow morning on the nomination of the land kagan to be an associate justice of the supreme court. you can see her confirmation hearing on line at c- span.org/kagan. you confine your other appearances here on c-span. all of that have more -- and more. . [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> with my colleagues we addressed the next stage in this ongoing effort. since janet napalatono took her place as the secretary of homeland security in the administration of president obama, we have seen past efforts, but also an increase in resources in an unprecedented way. but we have seen the addition in accordance with the elements of the strategy we have consistently followed having to do with infrastructure personnel, strategy, and technology. today the secretary announced the active deployment of 1,200 national guards, and that will begin august 1. the efforts of the national gu

the answer is that those individuals, including jack reed, who i have supported and have had many opportunities to do great work in the senate and house -- we have come to a point where washington is so badly broken that if we do not do something significant it is never going to change. we are never going to fix it. i myself have said i would comply with this. the biggest and most important tool to clean up washington is to impose term limits on people who go there. >> i go back to claiborne pell. the pell grant was done in his 12th year. as good a statement as hamper, under this proposal, -- as good as him, under this proposal, it would not be eligible for the election. i have created a measurement tool that would be on the website. the citizens would be able to see immediately how other elected official is operating. within two years, if i am not delivering and results, forget about six years. forget about four. i would not seek a second term. i am so certain that with transparency for citizens mccann deliver a result they can see and measure. >> it is mr. lynch right? >> reform is an issue o

the answer is that those individuals, including jack reed, who i have supported and have had many opportunities to do great work in the senate and house -- we have come to a point where washington is so badly broken that if we do not do something significant it is never going to change. we are never going to fix it. i myself have said i would comply with this. the biggest and most important tool to clean up washington is to impose term limits on people who go there. >> i go back to claiborne pell. the pell grant was done in his 12th year. as good a statement as hamper, under this proposal, -- as good as him, under this proposal, it would not be eligible for the election. i have created a measurement tool that would be on the website. the citizens would be able to see immediately how other elected official is operating. within two years, if i am not delivering and results, forget about six years. forget about four. i would not seek a second term. i am so certain that with transparency for citizens mccann deliver a result they can see and measure. >> it is mr. lynch right? >> reform is an issue o