kerry: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: mr. president, thank you. what is the parliamentary situation right now? the presiding officer: the national is operating -- the senate is operating under cloture in considering the nomination of harold koh. mr. kerry: and the tile on that -- has the time for a vote been set at this point? the presiding officer: it has not. mr. kerry: is not set. i thank the chair. with that in mind, i think the leadership is hopeful of trying to ghat vote somewhere in the near-term. and i want to make some closing comments with respect to the nomination of dean koh. but before i do, i want to have a chance to share a few thoughts with the distinguished chairman of the environment and public works committee, who has been just an extraordinaril an extran this subject of global change. i think the senator has a terrific life. and i'm proud of what she is doing with respect to this issue. and it's rulely interesting -- i think i

now, i in the past have not agreed with senator kerry. in fact i can't remember ever agreeing with senator kerry. i want to read to you what he said. just to let you know there is some bipartisan opposition. he said, i'll read to you what he said, but senate foreign relations chairman, john kerry, democrat of massachusetts, author of similar senate legislation, senate bill 962, said it's overly restrictive and counterproductive. he sd

we don't want to clarify that senator kerry's statements are related to this. mr. burton: let me just say to my colleague, there's something that could be dealt with by nonlegislative means, but you're dealing with that in this bill. it shows there's no trust. a limit on state department funded steants unless pakistan meets certain conditions relating to nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and other issues. mr. berman: good things. mr. burton: i don't understand you. mr. berman: ensuring that the mission that we are equiping and training for is committed to a counterinsurgency -- not an arms race in south asia. mr. burton: if you read the bill and listen to the debate and listen to what senator kerry says who i -- with whom i don't agree very much, you see there is too much micromanaging. there's a war over there, we should be supporting our ally. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from florida reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield to someone like the previous speaker, the gentleman from

he made the statement that senator kerry threw his medals away. senator kerry probably displays some is medsals in his office, and i just kind of find that -- the vietnam vets against the war, lot of them were funded be the people's coalition of -- for -- oh -- for peace and justice and the world peace organization and they were funded by the communist party. i mean, we know that today. the records actually prove it. so i don't know why people won't -- mean, the guys i'm sure they -- i know the that war is hell and they had all the rights in the world to protest the word but they were being funded by the communist party, and in coming to the kgb, and al hubbard one of the main spokesmen for the vietnam veterans against the war and he supposedly got injured in the war. he was never in vietnam. he wasn't a pilot. he lied about the whole thing, like senator kerry and his christmas in vietnam. i mean, christmas in cambodia when nixon was president. well, at the time he was allegedly in cambodia, johnson was still president. >> host: jerry, where are y

kerry: that's the total time we have available? the presiding officer: that's the total time remaining, controlled by the majority. mr. kerry: i divide it evenly between senator lieberman and senator feingold. mr. lieberman: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. i ask unanimous consent that my full statement be entered into the record as if read and i'll speak briefly. i rise to speak on behalf of of the nomination of harold koh. i speak from a real depth of personal spaoefrpbs with harold koh. i know him and have known him for years as a friend and a neighbor in new haven, connecticut. and based on that and all his professional work, there is no doubt in my mind that he is profoundly qualified to occupy this important position as legal advisor at the department of state. he's a brilliant scholar. he's one of america's foremost experts on international law. he actually is qualified to be the legal advisor to the secretary of state. he has a distinguished record of serv

kerry: there is no rationale here that we've seen for why this justice's entire record is public and pored over already, requires the longest judgment in history particularly given what is at stake. mr. schumer: i thank my colleague and i think his points are well taken. as i mentioned before -- as i mentioned before the bottom line here is any lawyer worth his salt, and there are many very qualified lawyers in the minority on the judiciary committee, could research this record within a month easily -- easily right now in the buildings here in washington and in the buildings in new york and in the buildings in birmingham, alabama, are lawyers who have far more extensive research to do and less time in doing it well. mrs. boxer: will the senator yield for a question? mr. schumer: yes. mrs. boxer: a very brief question because i know that we have to vote. i want to speak for a moment as a woman and from california where we have such excitement about this nomination. i know that we all agree this is a historic first, this nomination. and i think given that, and the fact that, you know,

he lied about the whole thing like senator kerry and his christmas in vietnam. he never -- i mean, christmas in cambodia when nixon was president. well, at the time he was allegedly in cambodia, johnson was still president. >> host: jerry, where are you going with that? what's your question or comment? would you like mr. ayers to respond to what you just said? >> caller: well, yes, but would he prefer an educational system like the leader of venezuela, hugo chavez? because i know you praised mr. chavez when you go down there, his educational system. would you like to see that here in america for the kids to denounce captain level and go -- capitalism and go more for a marxist type of education? and thank you -- >> host: bill ayers. sure. >> guest: i'll answer two of those questions or comments. on the question of the communist party funding the vietnam vets against the war, i don't know about it, but it may be true. but it makes me actually -- i've never been a supporter of the communist party, but if they gave the vietnam vets money against the war, it makes me

only, i say this in the senate, but, frankly, in the country, and even in the world community, john kerry, who has joined us. just for his information i will speak for about another continue manipulates and i'll be so happy to sit and hear him because he's got such an important vision on this. but here is the good news. the good news is that this is an enormous opportunity to move our country forward. and again i could quote thomas freidman who did an extraordinary job of writing books and articles and he testified before committee on environment and public works very clearly on this, that the country that does this now and does it right and sets up a price on carbon and, i'm sure he now knows a cap and trade system is a good way to do that, is going to be a leader in the world. not just an environmental leader which will be important for our kids and grandchildrens. we don't want to turn over a planet to them where tens are so high we see people dying in the summer from the high temperatures. or see our kids swimming in rivers that have turned so warm that organisms now live in those riv

the year kerry woods struck out 20 as a rookie. we'll see him in just a moment. this is victor martinez in the third with a three-run home run, the 100th of his career. indians were up 7-0 after four, but the cubs came back. bottom eight, alfonso soriano, that will get down to bring home blanco. all of a sudden it's 7-6. here's kerry wood making his first trip back to wrigley since joining the indians. in the ninth, he serves it up to derrek lee. lee's second home run of the game. ties it at 7-7 as woods blows his third save of the year. bottom 10, ryan theriot, grounder to first. takes a bad hop and gets past martinez. soriano scores the game-winning run. cubs win 8-7 in 10 innings, their second straight walk-off win as they rally from 7-0 down. it's a 7-run comeback, the cubs' largest of the season, third walk-off run for the cubs this week, second for ryan theriot. he had one against minnesota on sunday. better late than never for lou piniella and the cubbies. >> 7-0 deficit against -- well, we only got two off of lee, but, you know, that eighth inning has bee

. >> last season, vince young lost his starting job to kerry collins.recent interview, the back-up quarterback said, "the fact is, i'm ready to play ball. if they're not ready for me to play ball, somebody is." young isn't done talking just yet. he sat down with "e:60's" michael smith. >> you recently said that, if you can't play for the titans, that you needed to go somewhere where you could play. what did you mean by that? why did you say it, and what did you mean? >> i'm saying is, i'm ready to play football. i'm prepared. i don't know what nfl player around the league don't want to play or be a starter. so what i'm saying is that i'm ready to play ball, and if it's not here in my next two years that i'm not going to be able to play here, then i'm telling guys around the league, i'm ready to play football. that's basically what i'm saying compared to whatever else was you saying -- taking it out of text -- he's ready to be traded, he want to lead the tennessee titans, that's not what i'm saying, i'm just saying i'm ready to play football and if i don

include steven bosworth who's the special representative on north korea for the state department john kerry chairs the foreign relations committee. [inaudible] >> the hearing will come to order. we're here today to discuss recent troubling developments in the korean peninsula and the road ahead in dealing with the democratic peoples republic of contrary. we're going to hear first from the administration's point man on north korea and my friend and constituent, ambassador steven bosworth, the dean of the fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university. we'll also hear an expert panel of witnesses who together have more than 100 years of experience dealing with the challenges that we face in north korea. north korea's test of the long-range ballistic missile last april followed by its second nuclear test last month refuse, frankly, reckless and irresponsible acts that do nothing to advance north korea's security. i was pleased to see that last night in new york, the permanent five members of the u.n. security council agreed to speak with one voice and tell north korea that its conduc

i said for goodness sakes, kerry. then i thought to myself, am i going to have to sit on the airplane and talk about cms this whole flight. he probably thought the same thing. and the problem was that everything that he promised in those five different areas, nothing happened except the things we didn't want to happen. and i told him that. i said you promised me. he even got on the telephone and i recommended five people for him to call. he sat there for two hours in my office and talked to people that were on the receiving end of this regulatory overkill. n yet we had the same problems. so it seems to me if we're going to protect that patient/doctor relationship and make cer do exactly what it's supposed to, do and it has atremendously important mission, we ought to at least put this patient's bill in here to protect us so we won't have that kind of problem i experienced with mr. weems who did the best job he can probably try to do. it's just that we have folks over there that have some pretty crazy ideas. you know,

so john kerry, to take one famous example, john kerry denounced the war to the senate threw his medals at the congress, said i don't want these medals, and then tried to live it down, and i think to his discredit, really, when he ran for president. so you have this amazing development of an antiwar movement powered by vets, powered by the black movement, powered by young people and comes 1968 lyndon johnson for those of you who are young, he was the president then. i know we don't teach history, it's one of the things we've forgotten, but lyndon johnson announced at the end of march in 1968 that he would not run for president, he would work to end the war. we celebrated. we were jubilant. thousands of us gathered in the center of campus and had just a party all night long because we'd won. three years of war, a miserable war, an illegal war, a million deaths, but we'd won. and then five days later king is dead and two months after that, kennedy is dead. and a few months after that, not only is the war not going to end, the war's going to escalate, and here's the problem. every week tha

. >> so you think having a long primary helped barack obama the calls keep in mind in 2004 john kerry wrapped up shortly after a couple of early primaries and caucuses. >> guest: i think given the choice i am sure any of the obama folks would say they prefer it shorter but he needed the time and this is something they discussed early. he needed the time to get known and raise the money and build the organization and they needed time to be a better candidate. they tested his personal skills and his management. remember this is the biggest operational he had ever run and undertaking of his life and not only was it important for the voters to see this person being tested but it was important for him to understand the kind of pressures just in a sort of laboratory form, the kind of pressure you get as president absolutely i think it was necessary. >> host: baton rouge on the independent line with richard wolffe. good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you this morning? well, i have heard a lot, and the only thing i hear is how great he is, which may be he is, i don't know but there

-- actually pled guilty to corruption and it was joe kerry who had been a fundraiser for al gore, for bill clinton. he'd been a very prominent national democratic from chicago. and rod blagojevich turned to him to want to know how to put together a national fundraising operation probably in about the third year of his first term -- second year of his first term so he wanted the roots into, you know, how to put together this organization. and he also turned to a political strategy firm out of washington, d.c., squire, knaap and dunn as soon as they were creating a national fundraising strategy they were trying to position rod blagojevich to become a national candidate and that's what happened to a lot of his politics in illinois because many of his policies that he was so passionate about such as some kind of universal healthcare, even the all-kids program which was a very successful program -- many of those were based -- i mean, he believed in these things but they were also would position him very well for a run for the presidency. he liked these big national issues that could get na

i don't know about you, arthur, it is like economic kerry kerry to move forward with these things. we have already got their manufacturing sector flat on its back. now it seems almost patriotic to be talking about this global warming tax. the other questions? >> steve, the three of you and the officials ended advisors that are advising president obama, you are looking at roughly a similar set of circumstances in history. what do you think is the core driving thing that causes them to arrive at a different set of economic proposals? is it economic, is it philosophical, is it-- is it their view on the role of government or what is that that is causing them to come to a different set of conclusions? >> let me just say one thing. just one thing, the question about why is it that we look of the data, they look of the data and we come to polar opposite conclusions? the answer is i don't really know. everytime i get talks about the book the first question is, this stuff seems so obvious. the fact that as you just said, vortech ciscom bruce texas ten-year, of missy could get more economic

i have been working with john kerry to advance this. we have had some

. >> kelly kerri from project 20149 institute. my question is for dan and george, that border issue with japan and india. i wonder if you could comment on how that is shaping in the's security environment and the decisions going forward? >> i would put this in the larger context of latent and dormant indian concerns about china's rise and what it means within south asia as well as in the at's desire to play a greater role in southeast asia in particular, it is shaving regional institutions, and the economic activity as it, quote, looks east. there has been a long time suspension -- suspicion within india that china has been trying to way it down with -- continuing to keep the border issue, not as heightened in tension but festering and not resolved with incursions' in what india claims as its own borders and to keep speak to that issue sensitive and put pressure on the indians in terms of how much tibetans and the dollar llama can speak out. we saw this in the tibetan uprising, how much pressure was put on india to try -- it is ha

first year in the nfl he's thrown for a higher completion percentage and more yards per game than kerryone big thing collins has going for him, he led the team to a 13-3 record last season. >> back to baseball and a dramatic finish between the cubs and astros. we start at the beginning. top two, geovany soto going solo. his third home run of the year. second in his last four games. bottom nine, 1-1 game, bases loaded for geoff blum. here comes miguel tejada. and the astros win in walk-off fashion 2-1 on geoff blum's second career walk-off hit. >> rockies going for a season high seventh straight win as they take on the brewers. top of the fifth, tied at 2-2, brad hawpe, gap shot, right center field it goes. hawpe 2-4forget, we heard about him for so long, we forget, he's ad then gets hot a produces. >> al: first and second for >> top of the first inning, 22-year-old rookie colby rasmus, tend extending his hitting streak to 12 games and a colorado win. >> soccer, now, england taking on andora. -- andorra. david beckham in his first competitive match with the english national team in two y

big story in baseball, kerry woods blows another save for the indians. the cubs win.d league thing is really hitting up. here is marco scutaro. nats held him to a 1-for-6 last night. detwiler misses with the first pitch underway at 7:08. it's quite breezy tonight. 20 mile-per-hour wind, 85 at game time. interesting that the weather is so warm but the wind's coming out of the north. 2-0. scutaro walks a lot. number 1 in the american league with 47 along with carlos peqa. that's why he has a .400 onbase average. that's in there. bucknor, brian gorman mike everitt and james hoye. detwiler throws one. he jacks it into right center, in the sun, elijah dukes, one out. >> rob: a little bit, too, rob, it's going to be tricky. a lot of shadow here, especially late in the afternoon. the sun is shining in the back of the field. you saw elijah dukes go from the shade into the sun and made the catch. >> bob: somewhere, george harrison is smiling because here comes the sun, shining. >> rob: very nice beatle reference. my favorite beatle song is "while my guitar gently weeps". >> bo

here's an excerpt for support ken starr sent to senators kerry and lugar. i've had my differences with kenneth starr. politically we're kind of on opposite sides. here's what he he said of dean koh who is considered of by this empty chamber. he wrote that my -- firsthand knowledge, we've been vigorous adversaries in litigation. we embrace different perspectives about a variety of substantive issues. as citizens we no doubt vote quite differently. but based on my two decades of interaction with harold, i'm firmly convinced that harold is extraordinarily well qualified to serve with distinction. harold's background is the essence of the american dream. harold embraces deeply a vision of the goodness of america and the ideals of a nation ruled abidingly by law. end quote. this is overwhelming support for harold koh. usually these nominations are done routinely at night when there are few people on the floor and we're going through a long series of things to do. someone with this kind of background doesn't even slow down as they move through the senate on to pu

that event is what helped out board, bill bradley, john kerry. a lot of work went into it.really put him on a launch pad to winning in iowa. host: on the phone from springfield, mass., good morning. caller: first, i would like to say that i have watched you on msnbc. host: -- guest: thank you. caller: two questions. what do you think about the cabinet? what you think about the flip flops? guest: good question. the most striking thing, frankly, is the presence of hillary clinton in the cabinet. there was more rancor around him and they are now working together on a staff level. it was an extraordinary move to bring her in. this was a decision that he made before the primary was over. he obviously has a number of republicans in their. they have been smart about pulling in republicans. certainly not because congress is going to flip over because of ray lahood, but it showed his willingness to be reasonable on a middle ground. the flip-flop question is interesting. the supreme court debate is obviously very alive right now. when chief justice john roberts was nominated to the c

passage, and even though i am no longer on the committee, i have still been working with chairman kerry to advance this and how we move it forward. we have been kind of doing our and checks and seeing what members we need to encourage. it is important for us as a nation, not only for the resource vallium but, again, to make sure the other countries are not going after what i would suggest would be rightfully the united states in terms of the undersea areas, so we are going to keep pushing. one of the areas that is subjected to by some colleagues, and we know we are not going to get something to take it up, and it will require some foretime, and fourth time is a precious commodity in the united states senate, so i am not entirely optimistic we will see anything advanced before the end of this work period, which puts everything into fall. we are really going to be busy now. >> over year. >> from "the washington times." if the oil and gas provisions are rewarded right, -- >> for instance, senator dorgan, coming out of north dakota, north dakota is doing a terrific job in advancing their oi

bush's c-average was one point higher than senator john kerry's c-average! [laughter]. >> al gore flunk gd out of his first college. and squeaked through his second. with a c-minus average. dick cheney the famous vice president flunked out, too. when his sat scores in language and math are added together, the legendary progressive senator paul wellstone scored 800 as a total. now, it is true that in his day, the match was only 1600 and now i believe it is 2400, still that is a 50 and america's global computer dominance rose as i told you from men without college degrees. ted turner, founder of the worldwide news service cnn, dropped out of -- dropped out freshman year and william faulkener, one of our nobel prize authors got a d in english in his freshman year in college. and, dropped out, then and there, never to return, warren avis who pioneered auto renlsz at airports considered college but decided against it as a waste of time and money. and ed hamiltonings the nation's largest independent mail-order book dealer told me the time and money he saved by not

he directed the fall debate preparations for president obama as well as john kerry in 2004. in 2000 and served as general counsel on the vice president recount committee in florida, a role made slightly more famous by kevin spacey. on capitol hill he stirred that reduce service that staff director for the senate democratic committee. enforcement actions brought by government lawsuits against governments and in congressional investigations. mr. francisco advises clients before the committee on foreign investment in the united states and is a recognized authority on constitutional and national security laws. in addition, mr. francisco advises individuals and companies subject to congressional investigation such as the international coal group in connection with the 2006 sago mine action. more important from the perspective of@@@@@@@@@ @ @ , r then the deputy assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel from 2003-2005. spencer overton is the principal deputy assistant attorney general for the legal policy and department of justice. he is currently on leave from a p

senator kerry has a bill to do a spectrum map, inventory and believe. i think that something the fcc can deal with is reforming how we allocate spectrum. there is a great debate always going on on whether there is a scarcity in spectrum or permission to use the spectrum. this huge swath is now sitting there and they can give it to public safety, or they could give it to everyone, or they could give it to both. you could have a real shame that -- a real change in our spectrum policy. >> we're almost out of time, but we wanted to show one more quick. senator pryor. >> i wanted to ask you about the broadband technology and opportunity program in the stimulus package. the new know much about that? you have a sense of how that is going to be administered? >> my understanding is that it is the commerce department and the agriculture department that have the grant making authority. the fcc has responsibilities to consult with those agencies as they put together the plans for administrating -- administering the grants. >> you understand the fcc is involved in t

well and perhaps, you know, as you think about it, last week the -- last week the senate passed a kerry-lugar bill that has $1.5 billion in assistance per annum with very few restrictions to pakistan. i don't think that it's necessary for you to make a criticism of that or a comment on it, but i think it's interesting to see how the -- how it reflects american priorities. think a little bit about that for us. >> certainly, i think the india-u.s. relationship in the last few years has developed largely and it is a very important relationship for india, certainly. which we feel is essential for meeting our development aspirations as well as for enhancing global peace and security. and meeting some of the common global challenges that we face. it's a relationship which stands on its own merits, and from our point of view, has to be viewed as such. there's an economic element which has been growing substantially, trade has doubled in the last four years, investment flows now going both directions as i mentioned with indian investment, foreign-direct investment, in the united states being larger t

a perfect example is at john kerry's wife. they go after the upper middle- class people.ost: thank you, joe. guest: we fought a revolution about taxation without representation. sometimes you have over 40% who pay no federal income tax and you have 10% who pay 86% of the taxes. it seems that they are piling on and going after the higher income element. the super-rich find ways to shelter their money. if you are worth hundreds of millions or billions of dollars you put it into tax-exempt bonds. there are many ways to shelter your money. the rest of us who might make good incomes do not have the same ability to do that. the tax policies have yet to play out for this administration as do other economic policies. they inherited a situation. time will tell. as a former member of congress looking at this debt is gary over the long term with the entitlement programs and the retirement of baby boomers. i think there are long-term consequences that will be very bad. how soon the place into the electoral strategy and concerns remains to be seen. host: our guest spent 14 years in co

in afghanistan, will simply replicate on a greater scale mistakes like those bruce palmer and john kerry once rightly decried. i bring this ford because my friend from massachusetts, jim mcgovern, has put a bill in that would say simply to the secretary of defense, you need to come to the congress and tell the congress what the exit gentleman ji is for afghanistan. -- what the the exit strategy is for afghanistan. you don't have to say in 2009, 2010, 2015, 2020. but tell the american people where we're going when we send our young men and women to die in afghanistan without a plan, without benchmarks. i don't know if mr. mcgovern's amendment has been approved for debate tomorrow in the armed services bill, but i want to thank mr. mcgovern for bringing this to the attention of the american people and the congress. we need to have an end point to the strategy in afghanistan. the marines in my district will tell you that our military is tired and worn out. they will keep going back and forth and back and forth because they love this nation. we've got to be realistic about breaking the milit

stemware, field reporter, ron of a market watch, russell goldman, fasb and a guest of our speaker, kerry, financial accounting foundation and customer speaker, skipping over myself at the podium here, angela kean, bloomberg news reporter and sherrif of the club's speakers' committee, i will skip over speaker for a moment, bob carden of cornyn communications, the speakers' committee member who range today's launch. thank you very much, bob. allen wildmon of the fasb and test of our speaker. and finally night camping gear up to planters. [applause] the financial accounting standards board is on of those because i it government agencies that sense the business rules specifically fasb as it is known developed generally accepted accounting principles that businesses must adhere to reporting their results. this is done so businesses can in theory cookbooks to make themselves and their stock prices look better than they really are. good enough but if you picked up a newspaper in the last year you probably noticed that more than a few companies aren't doing very well. think your sam pointed ever

i had like to add senators leahy, dodd, murray and kerry as cosponsors of the resolution. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. brownback: i, too, want to acknowledge some individuals that have really helped to make this historic day take place. one for me is congressman john lewis, that i've been woshing with for some period of time to get the african-american museum of history and culture to be a reality on the mall. the design is s. has now been picked. the location lab picked. it will be at the base area of the washington monument what i like about it is it is going to show the difficulty and tragedy and also going to show the promise and the future. so it moves through the whole piece of it. this resolution will be a part of it, of how a nation deals with such enormous problem as this. and john has been a very courageous, long-standing advocate in the mode of what john quincy adams was for years in fighting against slavery. he has been dedicated to this. i remember first going over to his office and him showing me a book of pictures th

i heard you in response to senator kerry's question talk about potential sanctions that would block the export of weapons. i just really want to get a sense from you as to how effective we can be to make to where that type of technology is not exported to terrorist organizations or non-state actors. >> we will do everything possible to monitor the situation, and if we believe there is evidence or there is an indication of the proliferating activities, we will respond in a very strong fashion. i would know what this is a very difficult thing to do obviously and it is one of the major reasons, not the only reason that one of the reasons why for the obama administration the ultimate goal remains very verifiable denuclearization because if the korean peninsula is denuclearized then there is really no risk of knute werries asian but we will never be prepared to settle for a policy that on the concentrates on proliferation and ignores the root cause which is the nuclear station if north korea. >> i certainly agree with that. if we had the capacity the proliferation issue is quinn to be there.