is the beginning of 2007, and the technical borders are california and broadway to vanesse and leavenworth. the issue of changing polk street came to our attention in the fall timeframe. there were some open houses that sf mta had, and the neighbors that went to these open houses were very concerned; they fit the open houses were not making sense. that there were providing options -- let's remove 75% of the parking or something close, and let's have a different version of bicycle lanes up and down polk street. the members encouraged us as an organization to get more involved in this process and we did. we invited the sf mta to come to our meeting in november; the meeting in november was again concerning, and what we were seeing seem to be . very one-sided it seemed that the only question that was really being answered was how do they best serve bicyclists? polk street is the heart and center of our neighborhood, that is why we are called the middle polk neighborhood association. .the merchant corridor that we have is precious to us it is the neighborhood. it defines the neighborhood. an ex

at all levels, the service academies, leavenworth, we have to produce people who are able to justify what it is they do. to a great degree, a lot of our colleagues have referenced that the perry, the less amenable easton to be at able to say what you're doing and why. fleming.ce thank you. coming up, we will take a look at what militaries face as veterans are deployed to places across the world. kathleen moakler will join us for that conversation next. from thearating military, he or she often it's a job. we will talk about employment options. at 11:00 today, a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery live on c-span. we continue after this. >> present arms. >> after president grover cleveland loses his bid for re- election 1888, his wife tells the staff -- >> i want you to take good care of the furniture and ornaments in the house, and let them not get lost or broken, for i want to find everything just as it is now when we come back for years from now. >> we continue our series on first ladies tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c- spa

you'll be transferred to fort leavenworth in kansas. the 14 year veteran previously pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder to trying get the death penalty off the table. prosecutors were able to prove the killings were premeditated. the 2009 shooting was one of the worst cases of solar on soldier violence and the iraq war. defense attorneys argued russell was diluted by depression at the time of the shooting. >> data for campbell harassment program and kentucky has been removed from his post after being arrested and a domestic tax dispute. military vessels late lieut. colonel darin haas turns himself into police. he is suspected of violating a protection order and stalking his ex- wife. police say the two are in a child custody battle in have restraining orders against each other. the news comes as the military deals with the rise in sexual assault reports within the ranks. the u.s. marshals service has apparently lost a couple of people were in the witness protection program. will mesas more troubling is that both of them are describe

all across the spectrum of both parties if, but i was asked for speaking of my other book at fort leavenworthmilitary base, not the prison. 1490 majors from mostly our country but from around the world. and someone asked me what i worry about when i go to bet at night and the answer was american weakness. why do i say that? the signal sent out from this country is basically we are modeling american economy on europe and the failed model. it doesn't work. there is no way to have the deficits we have and the debt we are incurring without sending a signal to the world that this country will not be what it was in the past. there is no way you can do that. people take that message and then you turn around and eisenhower was president then we came at a of the navy serving under kennedy johnson we were spending 10% of gdp on defense today we spend less than 4%. in europe it is less than 2% this signal that goes out to the world with the sequestration is recap $493 billion out of the pentagon budget and we are about to cut another half a trillion now we're close at $950 billion out of the tenure budg

difficult circumstance, but not more difficult than the circumstances faced by brad demanding in fort leavenworth or jeremy hammond in new york, or by many other prisoners around the world. >> we will also air secret recordings of a 2011 meeting between julian assange and eric schmidt, the ceo of google. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a u.s. drone strike in pakistan has killed at least four people and injured four others. pakistani officials say the strike killed the pakistan's second in command of taliban, although it has not been verified. it was the first the drone strike inside pakistan since the country's elections earlier this month, also the first since president obama's major counterterrorism speech last week bowling for new guidelines. the attack also comes as the pentagon has confirmed a u.s. drone crashed off the coast of somalia on monday. the un's top human rights official, navi pillay, called the use of drone profoundly disturbing. to belso continue profoundly disturbed at the human rights implications of the use of armed dron

he will be transferred to fort leavenworth in kansas.y pleaded guilty the on premeditated murder to try to get the death penalty off the table. prosecutors are able to prove that the killings were premeditated. the 2009 shooting was one of the worst cases of soldier on soldier violence in the war. defense attorneys argued there russell was diluted by depression at the time of the shootings. >> the head of the fort campbell restaurant program in kentucky has been removed from his post after being arrested in a domestic dispute. military officials said that lt. colonel the daring haas turned himself into the police. police said that the two are in a child custody battle and have a restraining orders against each other. >> and uzbekistan man suspected of helping a terrorist group is scheduled to make his first court appearance today in idaho. federal agents arrested him yesterday in a boise. he is being indicted for allegedly providing support and resources to the islamic movement. that group has been tried over for the country's government

like the other gentleman said, they did that, then they should go to leavenworth for the rest of theire and that's it. host: we're out of time on this topic. up next we will talk to congressman ted deutch, democrat of florida. if it is served on the foreign affairs committee. will talk about the latest in syria and other foreign affairs news. later, derek morgan of the heritage foundation joins us to talk about their report released yesterday on the cost of immigration reform. we will be right back. morgan.ck >> ♪ [video clip] >> this home was a gift that 13 businessmen purchased to give the grant family in appreciation for his service during the war. memoirsntioned in her coming up the hill and being presented this lovely note villa that was purchased with everything good taste could offer. the parlor of the entertaining part of the home. we all know that julia was an avid entertainer. the family spent quite a bit of time here in the parlor, also. mrs. grant answered daughter ellen played the piano. imagine a family sitting here and the general in his favorite chair and the other boys

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" and so i and others took a careful look at it with the-- at the request of the secretary, and leavenworth, which is an army pretrial detention facility in the midwest, stepped up and said, "we'll take him. he's our soldier. we'll take him." and they have done a remarkable job, as far as i can see. >> rose: and everything died down in terms of the protest. >> and everything died down in terms of the protest about the conditions of his confinement. we in effect sort of change the the narrative, changed the story. >> rose: looking at american national security, what worries you? >> what worries me most is our inability-- and i'm optimistic that this won't always be the case-- our inability in the political dialogue to have a calm, rational debate about new authorities, removing some of the restrictions on detainee movements at guantanamo, people get very emotional about these subjects and very excited about these subjects. and you now have this very interesting dynamic where the far right and the far left have effectively converged in their thinking about war making, about use of leectal for

but i was asked, i was speaking about my other book, known and unknown at fort leavenworth.he military base, not the prison. [laughter] and there were i think 1490 majors from most our country but from around the world, too. it's a big school there. and someone asked me what's the biggest problem that i worry about when i go to bed at night. and the answer was, american weakness. why do i say that? i think the signal being sent out from this country is that basically we are modeling american economy on europe, and it's a failed model. it doesn't work. and there's no way you can have the deficits we have and have the debt we are incurring without sending out a signal to the world that this country is not going to be what it was in the past. there's no, we can do that. is not going to act responsibly, people take that message and they see. and then you turn around and when i went to washington, eisenhower was president. i came out of the navy and then i served there during kennedy-johnson in the congress. we were spending 10% of gross domestic product on defense. they were spe

the economy is based on prisons and the base fort leavenworth.y just had a massive sequester layout that heard the civilians. that affects housing in the area. the governor here is very weak. he cut medicaid. he will not take medicaid funding. it is hard for people. people lost jobs. you can see this in restaurants. people are eating out. there are empty storefronts. the lack of any cognitive supports are so negative for positive growth. weirde storefront choices. do you attribute that to sequestration? caller: the fort leavenworth was just a lot of them were said he had to work four days instead of five. it is very bad when you do not have things inspected or governors that care about the food supply. the drought was bad here last year, very bad. it has not come out of that. you have to see the drought and water management. it will be very important for kansas. before sequestration did you see your area start to come back a little bit western mark -- a little bit? caller: people have been cut for two months. that affects the area that is depende

administration from many people from civil society that he was moved out of quantico and into fort leavenworth where he is in the eneral population now. he revealed classified information but not top-secret information. dan ellsberg revealed top-secret information and dan has said that bradley manning had access to top-secret information but refrained from the bolting it. now they're going after wikileaks. they are not going after the new york times in the guardian who also picked up the story. only wikileaks. as amy said, the secrecy and the obama administration is unprecedented. james madison said that sunshine is the best antidote to tear any and it's up to us -- to tyranny and up to us to shed light on what the government is doing in our ame. >> thank you, marjorie cohn. nd now sonali. >> i want to call attention to the fact that because today we do have the ability to hear tories directly by those people who are affected through their own words on websites, you can go and see what those people who are affected by the afghanistan war are saying, thinking, and feeling. go to these websites,

he will be tratransferred to fort leavenworth in kansas.ar veteran previously pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder to try and get the death penalty off the table. prosecutors were able to prove it the killings were premeditated. the 2009 shooting was one of the worst case of sho soldier on soldier by a to the i rack war. defense attorney are in brussels was diluted by depression at the time of the shooting. >> the head of the for campbell harasser program in kentucky and remove from his post after been arrested in a domestic dispute case. >> military officials say lieutenant colonel darin haas turns himself into police. police said the tour and a child custody battle have restraining orders against each other. the news comes as the military deals with the rise and sexual assault report within the ranks. >> de uzbekidtan man suspected of helping a terrorist group is get a to make his first court appearance today in idaho. federal agents arrested him yesterday in boise. it indicted for allegedly providing support and resources of the islam

administration from many people from civil society that he was moved out of quantico and into fort leavenworth where he is in the general population now. he revealed classified information but not top-secret information. dan ellsberg revealed top-secret information and dan has said that bradley manning had access to top-secret information but refrained from divulging it. now they're going after wikileaks. they are not going after the new york times in the guardian who also picked up the story. only wikileaks. as amy said, the secrecy and the obama administration is unprecedented. james madison said that sunshine is the best antidote to tyranny, and it's up to us to shed light on what the government is doing in our name. [applause] >> thank you, marjorie cohn. and now sonali. >> i want to call attention to the fact that because today we do have the ability to hear stories directly by those people who are affected through their own words on websites, you can go and see what those people who are affected by the afghanistan war are saying, thinking, and feeling. go to these websites, see the state

administration from many people from civil society that he was moved out of quantico and into fort leavenworthe is in the general population now. revealed classified information but not top-secret information. dan ellsberg revealed top-secret information and dan has said that bradley manning had access to stop secret -- to top-secret information but refrained from the bolting it. now they're going after wikileaks. they are not going after the new york times in the guardian who also picked up the story. only wikileaks. as amy said, the secrecy and the obama administration is unprecedented. james madison said that sunshine is the best antidote to tear any and it's up to us -- to tyranny and up to us to shed light on what the government is doing in our name. [applause] cohn.ank you, marjorie and now sonali. >> i want to call attention to the fact that because today we to hearthe ability stories directly by those people who are affected through their you cans on websites, peoplesee what those who are affected by the afghanistan war are saying, thinking, and feeling. go to these websites, see the s

joseph over to leavenworth. stay indoors.fore you start your memorial day plans. it's not tornadic or anything like that. strong, gusty winds. we could get flash flooding out of that. even the topeka area. as far as what else we are dealing with, we're going to be watching the storms now and then more storms later on today. that's the horrible part. same areas. we're getting more and more flooding concerns for the mississippi river over the next five days that goes into moderate flood stage. so here's the setup. the cool air remains to the north, warm air to the south. it's a clash of air mass. areas of yellow, severe weather once again. mostly large hail and damaging winds but there's a chance of tornadoes out there, especially northern kansas, southern portions of nebraska. that's where all of the storm chasers are heading today. that's where they would occur. it's mostly rural areas but there are some small towns out there. they head towards omaha and kansas city later today. notice the oklahoma city area, strong storms to