that is why ken salazar is here as the interior secretary. he needs some help. and our veterans are highly qualified to help him. they have already risked their lives defending america. they should have the opportunity to rebuild america. we have roads and bridges in and around our national parks in need of repair. let's fix them. of course, congress needs to fund these projects. congress should take the money that we are no longer spending on war and use it to pay down the debt and improve the quality of life right here in the united states of america and put our veterans to work. [ applause ] so, let's get more cops on the beat. let's get more rangers in the parks. let's get more firefighters on call and in the process, we will put more veterans back to work. it is good for our communities and good for our economy and it is good for our country. for veterans who want to do something else, maybe put their leadership skills to use starting a small business, we're going to start offering entrepreneurial training. we want to prepare you for battle and professional

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latest, the world america made, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> interior secretary ken salazar discussed the department's 2013 budget requests before the senate energy and natural resources committee tuesday. president obama has requested $11.4 billion for the department. salazar says it's a gad budget, but it also requires the agency to do more with less given the tough fiscal times. this is just under two hours. >> okay. why don't we get started. this morning the committee's reviewing the president's proposed budget for the department of interior for face zal year 2013. we're very pleased to have secretary salazar back with us in his old committee room. the department's proposed budget of $11.7 billion in appropriated funds represents a slight increase over current funding levels. in my view, it's a reasonable proposal. it reflects the difficult choices the president is required to make given the current fiscal environment. there are a number of programs such as the land and water conservation fund that i wish were funded at higher levels, but i understand the budgetary const

ken salazar will be in nevada traveling with the president.bout the latest about trayvon martin, the emotional "today" show interview with his parents. we'll see you in 15 minutes. [ male announcer ] say goodbye to "ho-hum," and hello to "whoa, yum." use campbell's cream of chicken soup to make easy enchiladas, cheesy chicken & rice, and other chicken dishes that are oh...so...whoa. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> welcome back. time for what now? ! federal tax analysts say the buffett rule tax on millionaires would net just $47 billion over the next 11 years. michael steele, this would be sort of like mana from heaven for all the republicans accusing the president of waging class warfare. orrin hatch said i hope the president will stop the class warfare and start leading real proposals to reform our broken tax code. >> i don't know where you get off on this notion thinking you're going to somehow solve a 15 -- >> president obama or me? >> both of you. get off on this idea you're going to solve a $15 trillion deficit you know or

. >>> kate secretary of the interior ken salazar will host a meaning at women's heritage carnet 3 this afternoon. >> -- center at 3 this afternoon. >>> performers from ringling brothers and barnum and balancey circus will host half- hour seminars demonstrating physics that go into the -- >> it's cold out there this morning. i don't need to tell you that. but, look at the numbers. 34 in baltimore right now. easton more of the same. 26 degrees right now in york. so that's the actual temperature. let's throw in the wind out of the northwest at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. and we are going to feel a lot colder than that. it feels like teens in york right now. 29 in baltimore and 26 in easton. 2 in frederick and 26 in hagerstown. clear skies and lots of sunshine as we go through the day. get out and enjoy it but don't do it without a coat. future trend picking up on the sunshine and then it picks up on the next frontal system that will work its way across the area for tomorrow afternoon. a chance for isolated showers maybe a rumble of thunder. isolated is the key word. mainly dry but again

then we hear from interior secretary ken salazar.3ç after that a discussion on house states can encouragebusinesses and economic growth. >>> louisiana governor bobby jindal is revealing his proposal for the next fiscal budget. a budget $900 million in the red. in shreveport it is mostly cloudy and 37 degrees at the airport. 38 at barksdale. you are listening to news and weather 710. >> this weekend, book tv and american history tv explore the history of shreveport louisiana. saturday starting at noon on book tv on c-span 2 gary joiner on the failure in louisiana. from one blunder. then a look at the over 200,000 books of the collection at the lsu archives. then a walking tour with neil johnson. then on american history tv sunday at 5:00 p.m. from barksdale air force base a look at the role on 9/11. plus the history of the b-52 bomber. then the autograph collection. then the heritage center medical treatment during the civil war. shreveport louisiana. this weekend on c-span 2 and c-span 3. >>> health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius testified before the house energy and comm

and interior secretary ken salazar. this is about 20 minutes. >> our pleasure to introduce the president of the united states and he's in this house, in your house. now, the president and i go back a long ways, but probably one of my most favorite memories of my time with the president is going to yellowstone with him and first lady and sasha and malia and watching him stand there, old faithful, walking around the great wonders and icons of our world and he's not only been to yellowstone but also to the grand canyon and vacationed with the family inia, cadia national park and michelle loves the outdoors as he will tell you and he's doing a tremendous job but his love and legacy in conservation really come from his understanding of the people of this country because much of the introduction he got into the united states of america were with his mother and his grandmother as a very young man when he came across this country so from the time that we came in, in the obama administration in 2009, he's been leading a conserva

then ken salazar talks about his budget request. then later a haring to u.s. security. we'll hear from james clapper. >>> i hope that they are considered and wisely chosen. but it's also important that we keep in mind the long-term necessity of making fiscal policies sustainable. so you need to think about those two things together, i think. >> before the house financial services committee hearing earlier today, ben bernanke, the chair of the federal reserve testifying on capitol hill talking about the job market and economy. stocks closing in the red today as bernanke dashing hopes. ben bernanke did say the job market is still far from normal. this part of his semi-annual report. more in a moment. in an apparent breakthrough in stalled negotiations, north korea today has agreed to suspend his uranium enrichment and nuclear testing. the announcement coming today here in washington by the obama administration. the simultaneous announcements in pyongyang and washington pointing towards an easing of nuclear tensions under kim jong-un. it also could clear the way for multin

. >>> and interior secretary, ken salazar testifies about his department's 2013 budget request. >>> if you had said in 2006 the world would be begging for the united states to use force again in the middle east within three and a half years, everybody would have said, you're they ski. >> brookings institution fellow, rob better kagan is not only am advisers to the romney campaign but serves on secretary of state hillary clinton's advisory board. >> what i've been writing for years, actually, there's a lot of continuity in american foreign policy. a lot of broad consensus and i think what you're seeing here is the kind of consensus that exists in the foreign policy community and probably, there's a lot of overlap between the two parties. >> more with robert kagan an foreign policy and his latest, "the world america made" that's sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >>> survivors of the costa concordia ship wreck today testified that the crew on board told passengers to go back to their cabins more than an hour after the ship ran aground off the coast. the death toll from the accident now stands

." >> interior secretary ken salazar testified on capitol hill this week about his department's 2013udget request. he also responded to questions about the nation's rising gas prices and whether the administration is considering tapping into the strategic petroleum reserve. the $3.80 trillion proposed budget includes $11.4 billion for the interior department. this hearing is just under two hours. >> ok, why don't we get started? this morning, the committee is reviewing the president's proposed budget for the department a stereo for fiscal year 2013. -- department of interior for 2013. we're pleased to have secretary sellers are back with us in his own committee room. the department's proposed budget of $11.7 billion appropriated funds represents a slight increase over current funding levels. in my view, it is a reasonable proposal that reflects the difficult choices the president is required to make given the current fiscal environment. there are a number of programs such as the land and water conservation fund that i wish were funded at higher levels, but i understand of the budgeta

. >> i will but i have to say happy birthday to my brother, ken salazar. happy birthday. [applause] all the very best and a special hello to jo-ellan dorcy one of my colleagues on the resource side of leading this administration for her and her colleagues. >> i'm going to throw you a softball but it's important for these folks to get us what is happening in the district of columbia. how was a healthy clean environment with the access to rivers and open spaces and parks, how is that a centerpiece of an organizing principal of your administration, why is that so important? >> first of all, we are the nation's capital and this is certainly one of those areas we have to be an example for the nation. a lot of people don't think of the district of columbia as having green's base or waterways. they think of us as an entirely your panaria. yet we have lots of green space, lots of waterways, we have lots of opportunities for hiking and biking and horse trails and other opportunities just with the department of interior in the secretory cells are dedicated refer trails 12 miles in

first of all, our interior secretary, ken salazar, is in the house. [applause] he's the guy in the nice- looking hat. not only does it look good, but it protects his head, because the hair has gotten a little thin up there. [laughter] he is a good-looking guy. >> one of them. one of them. >> one of them. [laughter] that's right. there's the other guy. [laughter] i also want to thank your mayor -- a big supporter of solar energy -- and that's roger tobler, for being here. where's roger? here he is right there. i just met his beautiful daughter. it's great to see you. [applause] i want to thank jeffrey martin, ceo of sempra, and john and kevin, who helped just give me this tour. and boulder city is the first stop on a tour where i'll be talking about what we're calling an all-of-the-above energy strategy -- all of the above. a strategy that relies on producing more oil and gas here in america, but also more biofuels, more fuel-efficient cars, more wind power and, as you can see, a whole lot more solar power. this is the largest solar plant of its kind a

ken salazar. secretary of the interior. curly and lisa jackson could be curly.ad. don't yell. just having a little fun. >> does anybody think that greg is absorbed with gas prices. >> my name is eric by the expbla we should wear name stags, don't you think? >> one more thing in california and maryland referendum on making marijuana legal. right now medically legal in a number of states. police are having a difficult time trying to decide who is too impaired when you are stoned to drive. like alcohol .08 they can test you right there. here is the thing about stoned people. they get on a highway they drive 20 miles per hour. then they get on curved roads and this drive off the road. don't smoke dope and drive, knock not a good idea. okay? just ask greg. >> i want to close the show on an important note. i know there has been many challenges for the united states in terms of the problems that we have been facing, the challenges in afghanistan. we want to spend a special message to the families out there. your fact faces that you have made and those of your family me

i want to thank ken salazar for the introduction. did everybody know that it is his birthday today?hter] has seen milk that enough? i just wanted to make sure everybody wished him a happy birthday. at turning 40 is tough. [laughter] we have also got our outstanding secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack, in the house. [applause] are wonderful epa administrator, lisa jackson, is with us. [applause] and i want want to thank all of you for being a part of this conference. now, i have to say that this is it pretty diverse group here today. we have got hunters and fishermen. we have got farmers and ranchers. we have got conservationists. we have got small business owners. we have got local government leaders, we have got tribal leaders. in some of you may just have wandered in, i don't know. [laughter] but you are all here for the same reason. at each of you has a deep appreciation for the incredible natural resources, the incredible bounty that we have been blessed with as a nation. and you are working hard every day to make sure those resources are around for my daughters, your children

gingrich has now called, by our count, for the resignation or firing of ben bernanke, tim geithner, ken salazarn chu, ambassador howard gutman and now the defense secretary. do you think that this is political? be. [laughter] >> we have to view this not through a foreign policy lens or a military lens but, quite frankly, megyn, you're right, through a political lens. newt gingrich went from would-be king to pauper once again. in his effort to revive a campaign that has stalled and where he is in the basement with ron paul, his strategy seems to have been abandon attacking mitt romney and let rick santorum tear down the moderate, and instead issue weekly calls for the resignations of various cabinet members. i think he might want to rethink that strategy. megyn: i'm going to give you the final word, joe, back to the heart of our debate which is, you know, do you think -- should americans be leaving this debate with the understanding that the policy of the united states is to get permission from some international body before we do what we think is right in the world? >> watch what we do, not wha

possibly ken salazar.t was not him leading with his strongest possibpulous mess >> i think it's a winning message. >> who doesn't want to be wished a happy birthday by by the president? even i can get behind that one. >> every person will get wished a happy birthday. tamara, one of the things that i want to talk about here, this to me seems that the crucial point is to think about two separate aspects of economic recovery. one is the cyclical recovery, which is the business cycle, right? is the economy shrinking or growing or adding jobs or growing and stagnating and i think the political discussion is focused on. the long-term health of the country and long-term sustainability of the american sort of project, right? we have to look at the longer, deeper trends about who the economy is benefiting. are we coming out of this -- this -- this financial crisis and recession in better shape in those fundamental ways? >> absolutely not, we are not coming out of this crisis in better shape. you know, i think one o

according to secretary of taoeurpb kwror ken -- secretary of interior ken salazar, these are models which they hope for future regulation of state lands. the obama ao*ep is looking to -- the obama e.p.a. is looking to hydraulic fracturing. what does this legislation do? tphaeubgs clear that the state has sole authority. this would include federal land located within the borders of a state. it also requires hydraulic fracturing on federal lands to comply with the state laws. the activities related to hydraulic fracturing are already regulated at the federal level under the variety of environmental statutes, including portions of the clean water act, safe drinking water act and clean air act. states better understand their unique geologies. a lot of people don't understand. i happen to be from oklahoma, which is an oil state. but it varies from state to state. the previous speaker from louisiana, her deposits are found at a totally different level than we would in the state of oklahoma. recently people think of all these deposits being located in the west. however, the marcellas discoveries

i am happy to have with me, the secretary of the interior, ken salazar, and a top advisor on energy policy to the president. they are here to talk about the blueprints for the future. what i would like to do -- when i have visitors like this, is to have them speak to you for a moment, and for you to address the questions you have on their issues. and we can allow them to exit and i will take questions on other subjects. i will turn this over to heather and we will get started. >> the president received a new progress report showcasing the historic achievements the of restoration has in achieving the energy future. this shows the efforts of six federal agencies to _ the commitment of the administration, and their approach to american energy and building a more secure energy future. i want to discuss a couple of the highlights. one year ago, the president set the goal of reducing oil imports over the decade. thanks to more efficient cars and trucks and a world-class refining sector we have cut the imports by 10%, or $1 -- or 1 million barrels per day over the last year. we are on pace to mee

i'm proud and happy to have with me on my left, secretary of the interior, ken salazar and on my right, heather zikel. assistant to the president and top advisor on energy policy to the president. they're here to talk about a blueprint for a secure energy future, the one-year progress report provided to the president today. what i'd like to do, as you know, when i have visitors like this have them speak to you for a few moments at top for you to address the questions you have on their issues at the top. then we can allow them to exit. and i will take questions on other subjects. and with that i think i will turn it over to heather and we'll get started. >> thank you. as jay said the president today received a new progress report showcasing the administration's historic achievements in securing our energy future. the accomplishments in the report which represent the efforts of six federal agencies underscore the administration's commitment over the past three years promoting an all hands on deck, all of the above approach to american energy and building a more secure energy future. i wa

i want to thank ken salazar for the introduction. did everybody know it is his birthday today?s he milked that enough? turning 40 is tough. [laughter] we also have our outstanding secretary of agriculture, tom vilsack, in the house. [applause] our wonderful epa administrator, lisa jackson, is with us. [applause] i want to thank all of you for being a part of this conference. this is a pretty diverse group here today. we have hunters and fishermen, farmers and ranchers, conservationists, small-business owners, local government leaders, tribal leaders, and some of you who may have just wandered in. [laughter] i do not know. but you are all here for the same reason. each of you have a deeper appreciation for the incredible natural resources, the incredible bounty we have been blessed with as a nation. you are working hard every day to make sure those resources are and yourr my daughter's children and hopefully their children to enjoy. doing that takes creativity. aldo leopold said conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight and not merely abstinence and caution. it is

interior secretary ken salazar defended his department's 2013 budget request before the senate energysident obama's $3.8 trillion proposal includes $11.4 billion for that department. mr. salazar said it is a good budget but requires the agency to do more with less. several senators asked the secretary about high gas prices and tapping into the strategic petroleum reserve. this is about an hour and 50 minutes. >> okay, why don't we get started? this morning, the committee is reviewing the president's proposed budget for the department of interior for fiscal year 2013. we are very pleased to secretary salazar act with us in his old committee room. the department's proposed budget of 11.7 billion appropriate funds represents a slight increase over current funding levels. in my view it's a reasonable proposal and reflects the difficult choices the president is required to make given the current fiscal environment. there are a number of programs such as land and water conservation fund that i wish were funded at higher levels, i understand the budgetary constraints the administration is fa

salazar about energy prices. >> as you can see, i have guests with me. i am proud and happy with me to have the secretary of the ar.erior ken salazr they are here to talk about a blueprint for a secure energy future, the one-your progress report that was provided to the president today. when i have visitors, i would like to have them speak to you for a few moments at the time, for you to address questions you have on their issues at the top, and then we can allow them to accept and i will take questions on other subjects. with that i will take -- turned it over to heather and you get started. >> today the president received a new report showcasing the administration cost historic achievement in securing our energy future. the conference which represent the efforts of six federal agencies underscore the administration's commitment over the past three years to promote an all hands on deck approach to american energy and building a more secure future. i wanted to discuss highlights. a year ago the president said a bold goal of reducing or oil imports by 1/3 in over a decade. thanks to booming u.s. oil -and, more efficient vehi

. >>> up next on c-span3, interior secretary ken salazar with his 2013 budget request. then, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, expresses threats to u.s. security. and later, a look at the role of public policy think tanks. >> even a person who is a senator, even a person now who is president of the united states faces a predicament when they talk about race. they face all sorts of predicaments. they face the fact that there are some, an appreciable number of americans who are racially prejudice. they face a facts that the much larger portion of the american populous wants to deny the realities of race, even now. >> sunday, harvard law professor and former law clerk to justice thurgood marshal, randall kennedy on racist, politics and the obama administration.

estimate you've got to hand it to ken salazar to invite all of us to celebrate his birthday. [laughter] in celebration of secretaries cells are's birthday, we decided we would put together an announcement we think will help encourage conservation, wildlife habitat, outdoor recreation. we have been in the last 30 days looking at our crp program and announced the general synnott early in february several weeks later we announced planned initiative about 750,000 acres, and today we announced a million acres effort that's divided as follows. 100,000 on the pollinator initiative which we think is extremely important, about to enter a thousand acres will allow us to focus on restoring additional wetlands. we have 400,000-acre initiative that will go into the safe program for highly valued species working with state and local governments, 150,000 for the accounting and bird habitat and we've going to increase the payment on crp to 150 in acre, so this opportunity we think is a tremendous chance to continue focusing on the good work crp does not only in terms of providing landowners