let me just make one last point on the previous question. i am sorry if it is painful, but it is important. she says that it is not right to sorted out the electoral register. we fought the last election on redrawn boundaries. i think we have a long way to go on that one. on the issue of surveillance, let me be clear. i've support closed-circuit televisiin cameras. i have them in my constituency is and they are very effective. but i think everyone understands that the level of service and -- of surveillance has gotten very grave. there's also the issue of how many different sorts of officials are allowed to enter your house without permission. we will be bringing forward legislation to deal with this issue. i know what the labor party has given up on civil liberties. also, she still be the head of the council of civil liberties and long time ago. in this house, salaries are important. >> i was not asking about entering people's houses. i was as came -- i was asking him about cctv. theresa from the poet's corner [laughter]in my constituency%-

let me say a few words about reconciliation and reintegration. i know it is generated a great deal of attention. all parties rrcognize that in the in some political resolution will be required to bring this conflict to close. this recognition has driven the afghan government to begin to develop plans to reconcile insurgent leaders and reintegrate low-level fighters. in early april, president karzai presented his interim plans for reintegration. in may, a concept of peace jirga it gave president karzai a conditional mandate to move forward in this area. the u.s. supports an afghan-lead process that will break ties with al qaeda and live under the afghan constitution in all of its requirements. let me conclude by underscoring -- underscoring that our overall assessment is that we're heading the right direction in afghanistan. of the 121 key districts identified last year, if you were assessed at that time to be sympathetic or neutral to the afghan government. by march of this year, that number had climbed to 73 districts. this and other indicators

>> let me do this. i will have either secretary admiral get back to the senator on the issue. >> that would be good but since i raised the issue, i would love to hear about that. >> i will have them get back to you as well. >> thank you. >> secretary, thank you very much for your time. god speed in getting this problem solved. that concludes our hearing. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the see what your member of congress said, search the congressional chronicle at c- span's congressional library, every word on the house and senate floor since 1987. c-span's congressional directory is available at c- span.org/store. >> in a few moments, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testifies on capitol hill about the economy. in two hours, house debate on aspects of the financial regulations bill. after that, the united nations security council votes for additional sanctions against iran. then the energy secretary

>> let me do this. i will have either secretary admiral get back to the senator on the issue. >> that would be good but since i raised the issue, i would love to hear about that. >> i will have them get back to you as well. >> thank you. >> secretary, thank you very much for your time. god speed in getting this problem solved. that concludes our hearing. >> thank [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> see what your member of congress said search the cspan chronicle, everywhere from every appearance on the senate floor since 1987. there is a snapshot of the 111th chris. -- congress. >> a few moments, your phone calls live on "washington journal." the house is back in session at 10:00 eastern to continue with a bill that would establish more federal housing administration requirements. we will have more about the gulf oil spill from the mississippi rep. his district is on the gulf coast. at 8:30

let me make one suggestion. >> hold that thought. i would like us to start out trying to be on time. hold thought. >> fair enough. >> i'll give you a chance to respond to me. >> mr. green. >> thank you. let me add my thanks to those already expressed for your attendance here. i can already see we he some slightly differences of opinion and i think it should make for an interesting hearing and interesting dialogue as we proceed with our work in making recommendations to the congress. let me -- and i think i have a pretty good sense of where each of you comes down on inherently governmental and the use of private security contractors. let me focus on just one part of that, and that is the personal security details, because i don't think anyone on the panel would necessarily advocate that static embassy guards shouldn't be contracted t, and dr. burman said, some facilities here in the u.s. i think we accept that. dr. stranger did raise the movement issue the convoy security. but i want to concentrate on the personal security details that

let me put it this way. know the agriculture committee people are interested in derivatives where their jurisdiction is at least equal to us. we will be doing the vocal rule, the senate will doing its verse and sending it to us. so there there will be plenty of notice w we start winding down on the vocal rule on the house side, that will be the signal we're about to take up derivatives so members have plenty of notice on that with that, we'll be in recess. >> i'm going to send over the s.e.c., the formally, that will be done and we'll send over j and 9 as well, we'll do those two. >> do you want to be informed? we'll stay in session. >> you don't have to stay and listen. >> mr. chairman -- just a technical request. our two sides have reached full agreement. >> we'll take it up when we come back. >> could we have permission to not only circulate on this side and the other side of the aisle to become familiar with. >> gentleman has permission to put it on the internet. >> thank you, mr. chairman. not until its

let me make two points.irst, i think that there is a problem in our national health service more generally, in that we spend too much time always treating the symptoms rather than necessarily going to the causes. we could probably reduce the level of painkillers and tranquillizers if we did more through physiotherapy and other therapies to deal with the problem in the first place. secondly, all addictions need proper attention, and proper treatment and therapy, to rid people of their addictions, whatever they happen to be. i am sure that the report will mention that. >> sir alan beith. >> will the prime minister respond positively to the uplands inquiry by the commission for rural communities -- which reveals the great value and potential of magnificent hill areas such as ours in northumberland -- by stressing the need to ensure that hill farmers have an adequate income, and that there are rented homes, apprenticeships, and services such as broadband to enable young people to stay in those areas? >> i will c

let me ask you a question general petraeus. and you've heard me talk about this before. and you know that i have a very strong feeling about the progra you've talked about it in your opening comments. we had the circ program in the cinchate that came from the president was at $1.3 billion. and this comprised of $200 million in iraq and $1.1 billion in circ. this committee and i respect them for doing what they thought was the right thing, i disagree with it, has lowered that so that it takes the amount that goes to afghanistan from $1.1 billion down to $800 million. now i'd like to ask you, your feeling about that, and how valuable is the program? and how would you use it? then the second part of that question is, you had said this, madam secretary, that the mcchrystal needs more operational flexibility. i think we maybe need that in the circ program. in talking in my last trip over there, what needs are there that can come from the program, something that can be done fast would be power stations, grid, dam projects, however this has restrictions due to the statute so th

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let me tell you. i cannot feel any stronger than i feel today as a daughter of the delta and arkansas to know that your message is loud and clear. washington needs to work for us in arkansas. [cheers and applause] i can tell you here and now, folks. arkansas and this senator are going to be a part of the solution and we will put to this country and this economy back on track. [cheers and applause] i have stood up to the special interest and i have done it for you. we have made our mark. we have shown the rest of this country and that we, hms as arkansans and americans, have a say -- each of us as arkansans and americans, have a say in what this country is going to be and the direction that we are going to take it. you'll have made that statement tonight. i cannot be more proud of my great state of arkansas. [cheers and applause] i would like to say to bill helter congratulations to him and his supporters for a good fight and for a good race and i appreciate that. we're going to ask for their help. and

let me turn to income tax. one that rewards the efforts of those who choose to work. the income tax system, and in particular the abolition of the 10% rate of income tax, has meant that many people on lower incomes face higher average tax rate. i believe it is important to lift people out of the income tax system and allow them to keep more of their hard-earned money. it's especially important as -- to make progress in this budget where we ask a much of so many. and it demonstrates that this coalition government puts fairness first. in the current system, everyone earning -- everyone under the age of 65 is eligible to a tax- free personal of 600 475 pounds. there thousands of people who had their incomes taken away from them in tax, only half to apply to get back in benefits. this did not reward work. i can increase this personal hours by 1,000 lbs in april. people will be able to earn 7,475 pounds before they have to start paying income ted. 23 million people who are basic rate taxpayers will each gain by up t

let me ask my question. is his statement, if accurate -- does that make sense in which you think the policy should be? the vice-president of the united states has been quoted in a book widely published in the united states that come july 2011, we're going to be leaving in large number, you can bet on it. is he right? >> let me stay something that he said that i can share with you and others. in the national security council meeting that followed the meeting that i had with the president in the oval office, in which the president laid out what the future was going to be and described his expectations, the vice president grabbed me and said, you should know that i am 100% supportive of this policy, and i said, i am reassured to hear that and can i share that with others? and beyond that, i am hosting by president biden for dinner tonight, and we have another opportunity to continue that conversation. the third and final point is that secretary gates has said that he never heard by president biden say that rema

let me also reassert what i think t chairman has mentioned and i think all of our colleagues believe. your number one job to me sure that your tsa employees ensure the safety of the holand, thsafety of our traveling public, both domtic and foreign, and clearly my conversations with you in reviewing your background, you've got tt expertise. >> thank you, setor. >> but do believe there's another piece and raised it yesterda i want to take another moment it, and that is you've got cse to --ou'll have close to 50,000 employees and in many ways this is the -- these employees are the first impression. >> right. >> that visitors coming t our country teract with. it's also a requid intersection witall of the domestic traveli public. and i don't think ain'm going to be alone on this issue, but i constantl hear complaints out mistreatment of the traveling public by tsa officers. i recently received a letter from a constituent who described an incident of waiting literally 40 minut in a screening line at dulles and h described the tsa officers as surly and inappropriate. he said they had no cons

let me ask you, dr. orszag,, the head of omb has said the 2001 2001/2002 tax cuts unpaid for and passed by republicans on a virtually partisan basis will have added $6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. do you have any figures that would substantially differ from dr. orszag's? have those three bills added to the national debt? >> i don't have any figures but i know that they calculate on a baseline basis. those numbers would be pretty big i think. >> if we go forward with making permanent all of the bush 2001/2003 tax cuts, reduce the national debt or increase the national debt? >> if you did absolutely nothing else, it would make-- he would increase it says it might make the economy grow faster but not fast enough to make up for revenue lost. >> in and of themselves extending those tax cuts makes them permit would increase the national debt? >> us away but it also a trade-off and you have to ask yourself whether there are other options that may be more effective at reducing deficits at

but let me finish. but clearly while protecting interests legitimate right to self-defense. >> what assistance are you giving up? what happened to the money pledged last year? >> i would be happy to take that question. >> you mentioned the 11 that you had provided assistance to. can you give us a total number of americans evolved in the incident? we have heard up to 20. >> let me see the lead disinformation. i have heard 14. i don't think we had contact with all them. there are some people to our manifesto on the vessels and we have not found a minute. -- who have manifested on the vessels and we have not found them yet. i am only aware of one that received minor injuries and was traded yesterday. -- treaty yesterday. >> have you heard anything from the palestinians about being unwilling to participate in peace talks? >> i talked to george mitchell a few minutes ago. he is planning to leave for the region later this afternoon. his meetings planned as early as tomorrow with palestinian officials. >> have

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let me just say what i believe. i believe that it is in the interest of patients and physicians, and the broader population to have more information about what works. that information as its developed can be applied in many different ways. one to inform policies like the least costly alternative. another would be to build into shared decision making programs, where a medicare beneficiaries and other patients can be more actively engaged to making choices over their own health care. still another way might be to identify potential areas to reward through performance programs. there are a still another way might be to inform coverage positions. there are a lot of different ways to use that information. you add them all together, having better information is good for patients, and good for physicians. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> i yield 30 seconds. >> i just have one follow up question. you reference medicare plus choice, far between my time here, but that kind of went away because it was underfunded, d

let me -- let me shift to another gear. do you believe that this administration's moratorium is as a result of the tragedy that occurred on deep water rising? the fact they put it in was strictly because of -- what went wrong in deep water? >> i don't know that. i -- i believe that's the case. and i think it is -- probably the right thing to do until such time as we have greater clarity. i agree with that. >> i don't agree with the moratorium. as i expressed to my friends, it is really difficult for us in louisiana to stand in oil and say, we'll take more oil but it is because of the economy, it is because of the jobs, we have supported, i have supported the industry. i support the people. but it makes sense that -- that b.p. bear the responsibility of the economic hardship associated with this moratorium. i think y'all put 100 million aside for lost jobs. i'm told that in a given month -- i don't know if this is just louisiana or offshore louisiana or offshore -- but it is about $350 million a month in wages. are you and y

even the mility chiefs have said that it cannot continue. >> let me throw in one other ing. combat pay is a very substantial part of this. no more iraq and afghanistan. >> barry served at a time when the force was conscripted. i served in an all volunteer force. there was a misconception of the l volunteer force being more costly than a constructive force. we have to capture the costs of very high turnover and a conscripted force. we also have a philosophical level of how to cture the cost of compelling people to serve against their will. it is hard to it does not impose those costs on a small number of people. >> go ahea >> i agree with chris that the volunteer military has worked. it has produced the best force in the world. i don't think it's smart to think about going back. it is a over quantity approach. when you ask them to eage in very large scale slogs like in afghanistan, this drives costs up because the pentagon has to been hired to get people. part of the problem we have had is we have been trying to fight president johnson's war with president reagan's military.

let me begin. -- >> but the beacon. -- let me begin.ou mentioned in your testimony that you had so much-needed renovation to the concession space, and afterward you give those improvements to the park. following up on that, do you have any thoughts about dealing with a problem that i proceed in the parks, where a lease will surrender interest and capital investment is a prohibition almost four competing concessionaires in the bidding process? your reaction to that? >> would you say it is true. -- what you say is true. they are almost the imaginary town sets that have nothing to do with reality. there are a lot of situations, not so much in our parks. we have a situation at the grand canyon where the lsi is that something like 250 million. they do about 70-75 million a year, and they're making somewhere between seven and 8 million. i'm not privy to that book. i'm just using illegal of thumb. there is no way -- i am just using a rule of thumb. there is no way to get people to bid precisely for this reason. i do not know, as an aside, wher

let me thank third wave for giving me this opportunity. let me thank all of you for being here. much more than that, for covering this issue in this sense that it is a very real, important issue that must be dealt with now. for those of you who are advocates of dealing with this challenge now, whether in the private sector or in academia or in any other forum. thank you all very much. [applause] host [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> sunday, the canadian prime minister hold a news conference at the g 20 summit in canada. he is the host of the summit. leaders of a number of companies -- of countries are attending, including the united states. the g-20 summit is focused on the global financial crisis and ways to cut high debt levels. watch the news conference live, sunday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. after that, live coverage of president obama's news conference as he leaves the summit in canada. those start sunday at 6:00 eastern, also on c-span. >> next, a supreme court nominee elena k

let me start with secretary clinton. >> thank you very much. it is a great pleasure for me to return to testify before a committee that was very honored to serve on. we are here today because we share a strong belief that the new start treaty will make our country more secure and we urge the senate to ratify it expeditiously. i note that some argue that we do not need a new start treaty, but let's be clear about the choice before us. it is between this treaty and no obligation for russia to keep its strategic nuclear forces below an agreed level. between this treaty and no on the ground verification of russia's strategic forces. as secretary gates, every previous president of both parties who faced this choice has concluded that the united states is better off with a treaty that without one. the united states senate has always agreed. more than two years ago, president bush began this process that led to this treaty that we are discussing today. the new start treaty has already received broad bipartisan endorsement bread as james s. schlesinger

let me just say this. we are prepared to accept your counteroffer on the federal reserve title, and i don't anticipate there is going to be a roll call. the only issues there would be the amendment where we have to acquiesce. in that one, i would tell my members we would not have any roll call votes. i don't think those are controversial. i don't think there will be anything else we are voting on tonight. >> we will make our counter offer to you on titles one, too, and eight. >> we have to study them. >> i understand. there will be amendments offered on our side that we will try to deal with expeditiously. >> we don't want any backroom deals. we'll be right here with you. [laughter] >> this is about his background as i have been. >> let me say to the house members, but me just say this. i move that the met house acquiesced to the counteroffer on which title? title 11 which involved the federal reserve. all those in favor of acquiescing to the senate counteroffer? opposed? that title is now finished. there

me? >> i would be pleased to do that. >> let's talk about the war. as solicitor general you represent the united states for the supreme court, right? >> i do. >> let's shift gears, and you had to get confirmed before this body for that job. do you remember that confirmation proses? >> i do. >> do you rememer me? >> i do remember you. >> oh, okay, good. >> do you remember when i asked you are we at war, and you said -- >> yes. >> okay. >> now that is a bold statement to make but an accurate statement. what does it -- who are we at war with and what does tha mean in terms of this nation's legal policy? >> well, we're at war with al qaeda and the taliban and under the aumf the president has a wide range of authorities with respect to those groups. >> now, under domestic criminal law, as we know it today, is there any provisions in our domestic criminal law that would allow you to hold someone indefinitely without trial? >> not that i know of, senator graham. >> and quite frankly there shouldn't be, should there? >> no, sir. now under the law -- >> i fee

. >> it is but let me point out dr. lutz is part of the university of miami's marine mammal research which has been an important resource for preparation of the plans for yeers. the fact dr. lutz died in 2005 does not mean his work and importance of his work died with him. there are other many + individuals identified in the plan. >> it's 2010. >> those numbers are valid in the plan. >> it's 2010. you conclude dr. lutz's phone number in your plan for a response, that you have not taken this responsibility seriously. mr. mulva, the same true for you, is it an embarrassment for conoco phillips to have that as part of your plan? >> the plans need to be updated more completely. obviousll it is embarrassing but we look towards the institution and not necessarily the individual. >> it just seems to me for each of your companies the only technology you seem to be relying upon is a xerox machine to put together your response plans, that there wasn't enough effort put together to ensure that in the gulf if a catastrophe occurred

the same with the civilian structure, the sameewith the funding, and the same with others. >> let me reiterate my admiration and respect, general, for you and our military leaders and the difficulty of the task before them. i think your one of america's great heroes. i continue to worry a great deal about the message we're sending in the region about whether we are actually going to stay or not, and whether we're going to do what is necessary to succeed rather than set an arbitrary time line. the best way to -- >> we are going to recess now for a few moments. we will recess until the call of the chair. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> de general returned to the room and said he fainted because of dehydration. [applause] [inaudible] >> my apologies. i got a little bit lightheaded. it wasn't senator mccain posing questions. -- senator mccain's questions. [laughter] i just got dehydrated. >> you have told us your more than ready to go. you always are. you're that kind of an incredible person. i have consu

let me say to the american people, this is a change of personnel but not a change in policy. general petraeus fully participated in our review last fall. he both supported and helped design a strategy that we have in place. in his current post at central command, he has worked closely with our forces in afghanistan. he has worked closely with congress. he has worked closely with the afghan and pakistani governments. and which are partners in the region. he has my full confidence. i am urging the senate to confirm him for this new assignment as swiftly as possible. let me conclude by saying that it was a difficult decision to come to the conclusion i have made today. indeed, it saddens me to lose the service of a soldier who i have come to respect and admire. the reasons that led me to this decision are the same principles that have supported the strength of our military and our nation since the founding. once again, i think general mcchrystal for his enormous contributions to the security of this nation and the success of our mission in afghanistan. i look forward to working

let me begin. -- let me begin with mr. hyde. mr. hyde, according to the research done by the national community reinvestment fund, minority borrowers are less likely than other borrowers to receive trial and permanent modifications. do you believe that this is an accurate assessment? >> it is hard to answer the question. on the surface, i would say only if the home is not affordable would that be the case. there is nothing in the modification process that would cause a difference between ethnic backgrounds or anything of this sort. >> i asked the question because we know that prior to the modification faiz, the african american borrowers -- prior to the modification phase, the african-american borrowers were steered to the subprime and predatory loans. they were disproportionately impacted by those practices. there is plenty of data to show that. since they were disproportionately affected by being steered into these high- cost loans, i am curious as to what is happening to these minority borrowers now who are in trouble and trying

if >> let me respond to my colleague and friend. is about $4 billion a year over four years but on average, the institutions we are asking to share the cost of this were ditching a $20 billion a year in the bonus pay. money that could have gone to credit. these major executives, if they're willing to forgo about $16 billion of the bonuses for the next couple of years, this is an obligation that can be done without further deterioration of providing credit to anyone. what is the choice here? to get the reform obviously and to forgo the bonuses. one of these companies, by the way, i have waited for them to say thank you to the american taxpayer for bailing them out in the midst of all this. never once did any one of them ever citywide to the american public for doing what they did to keep them alive. they are alive today. they are employing people, and they're making money because the american tax payer wrote a check for $700 billion. at the very least over the next four years, for go some bonuses in order to meet our financial obliga

let me ask you this. last five years, your safety record, 26 people dead, more than 170 injured, you that have largest spill ever in alaska, largest environmental disaster to hit the united states with no end in sight with this disaster. do you believe the u.s. government should don't allow companies that have poor safety records, poor environmental records to explore minerals or oil exploration in our country? should thereabout a ban on companies that have miserable safety of and environmental records? >> in the three years that i've been ceo i focused on safety and environmental performance. the price of this accident, that is, indeed the case and that is why, amongst all the other reasons i'm so devastated by this accident. >> i agree. under your tenure you said you had the 2007 report that was talking about bp's culture, still have problems with alaska, you said you will hold people accountable. who will we hold accountable here? >> we've engaged in a systematic change at bp. we've begun to change the

let them work with me in this kitchen. let them see what real life's about. >> hamburger and a cheeseburger. bring it on. >> watch the latest briefings, congressional hearings and other videos like the one you just saw online at c-span.org. >> let me say to the american people, this is a change in personnel, but it is not a change in policy. general petraeus fully participated in our review last fall, and he both supported and helped design the strategy that we have in place. >> learn more about the president's choice to head u.s. forces in afghanistan. general david petraeus has been on c-span more than 40 times. watch his appearances at hearings, briefings and other events online any time at the c-span video library. it's washington your way. a thaw week on "q&a," our guest is the director and producer of a new documentary on charter schools. it's called "the lottery." >> madeleine sackler, what was your immediate reaction when you read in the "new york times" the first sentence of a review when jeanette solos said was a

let me begin with that. judge clemon has been involved with this iconic case from some years back -- the case of ledbetter -- lilly ledbetter. he was a district judge in that case -- lily ledbetter -- lilly ledbetter. he was a district judge in that case about a woman's right+ to equal pay. we will talk about what happened as the case made its way to the supreme court. >> my role was fairly simple. the plaintiff, when she filed the charge with the eeoc, had learned of the disparity of wages between herself and her male area supervisors during that six-month period of time. when a magistrate judge recommended that the case be dismissed as untimely, it occurred to me that this was a jury question of whether the plaintiff filed the charge within 180 days of the time that she reasonably should have known of the disparate wages. the issue went to the jury. and the jury was instructed on my view of the law in that respect. the jury implicitly found that she did file the charge within that requisite period. >> she

let me ask you a question general petraeus. and you've heard me talk about this before.nd younow that i he a very strong feeling about the program. you've talked about it in your opening comments. we had the circ program in the cinchate that came from the president was at $1.3 billion. and this comprised of $200 million in iraq and $1.1 billion in circ. th committee and i respect them for doing what they thought was the right thing, i disagree with it, has lowered that so that it takes the amount that goes to afghanistan from $1.1 billion down to $800 million. now i'd lik to ask you, your feeling about that, and how valuable is the program? and how would you use it? then the second part of that question is, you had said this, madam secretary, that the mcchrystal needs more operational flexibility. i think we maybe need that in the circ program. in talking in my last trip over there, what needs are there that can come from the program, something that can be done fast would be power stations, grid, dam projects, however this has restrictions due to the statute so the money

let me make one suggestion. >> hold that thought. would like us to start out trying to be on time. hold thought. >> fair enough. >> i'll give you a chance to respond to me. >> mr. green. >> thank you. let me add my thanks to those already expressed for your attendance here. i can already see we have some slightly differences of opinion and i think it should make for an interesting hearing and interesting dialogue as we proceed with our work in making recommendations to the congress. let me -- and i think i have a pretty good sense of where each of you comes down on inherently governmental and the use of private security contractors. let me focus on just one part of that, and that is the personal security details, because i don't think anyone on the panel would necessarily advocate that static embassy guards shouldn't be contracted out, and dr. burman said, some facilities here in the u.s. i think we accept that. dr. stranger did raise the movement issue the convoy security. but i want to concentrate on the personal security details t

let me take them on turn. one of the things that they did not do was to avert to any legal authority that might be persuasive for what the rules of law in these circumstances might be in the middle ages. and yet there's a whole realm of authority out there that tells us how the people in the middle ages, the people thaa live and breathe and worked the middle ages, people like francisco victoria, and an scalea -- [laughter] -- antonin scalia -- all of them have given us the right, clearly outlining, what the rules of war and military necessity were. contrary to what he said, it was widely thought, for example, by the victorians, that note quarter be given to an enemy force. -- that no quarters be given to an enemy force. that was even true after the enemy had been vanquished and the field was won. it was still he said, quite convincingly, to kill the enemy prisoners. cardinal scalea, he maintained that the only relevant inquiry was the intent of the founders of the roman empire. [laughter] nero, caligula, and s

let me say that i did not know you're going to do it. let me say some people you did not mention. john boehner said, how does this crrate new jobs? there's no real stimulus here. dick armey "it is not a recipe for more jobs, all of this for the hall profits of deficit reductions for lower interest and has been pointed out by jim, economist armey was wrong on all countss combined with economic growth, it can move our budget in the same direction again. some have criticized paygo o!or exempting the extensions of current policy on middle income tax cuts, the estate tax, the alternative minimum tax, and the doc fix that helps seniors see their medicare doctors. i understand that criticism, but -- but it neglects the fact that a paygo law without those exemptions would simply be waived again and again and would become toothless. congress has to face current -- strong political pressure to go even further than the current policy exemptions in statutory paygo allow. simply enforcing paygo as it now stands, let alone taking paygo further, will continue to face strong challenges from both

let me move on.e interviewed a member of the moody's board who indicated the board was not particularly involved and did not discuss significant issues but the ratings process. there was a recent press accounts about the disengaged nature of the board but it's as the two senior executives approached with significant problems at the company. >> no. >> no? >> no. >> ok. not accurate. it seems to me that it was the worst of many worlds. the model by its nature creates pressure to produce credit ratings that serve the beneficiary and of those. it was said that whose bread i e to, whose song i sing. -- whose bread i eat, whose song i sing. you have the duopoly with enormous pricing power. you have a whole set of legal protections, including first amended protections. it seems to me like a pretty toxic brew of corporate non responsibility. do you think radical surgery is necessary? for example, mr. buffett, should be out of the issue of pay model? should we adopt the franken provisions in the senate bill w

>> let me take thht into two parts. yes, no. -- let me take that into two parts -- in two parts. yes, no. no. [laughter] i think when they put that on the table, i think the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the administration will carefully consider those and say, "what are the counterproposals from the united states, from europe, from the middle east?" how do we put that on the table? with respect to sovereignty, that is much more complicated, and the reason is looking at our businesses as an example, they are multinational in nature, and as a consequence, we have opened up a set of actors that do not easily drop to geographic nation-state boundaries, so i think the first may be in helping the second, the first part of your question, and i think it is something that we should and probably will carefully consider. i think those are the kinds of things that need to be put on the table, talked through, and start out as, college version 1.0. -- call it version 1.0. randy, thanks for the call. >> randy, raytheon. congratulations. i was wondering, since deterrents was one

. >> let me devel on this. obviously, you can have a list where the historyf the subcontracts is made available to the people that are going to be signing a contract. in the case of blackwater it's well known what their record is. that isn't aystery to the cia. one of the dilemmas i think we have and maybe mr. bowen, i'll ask you to comment on this. the urgent reirements providing security in this case to our cia officers and forward operating basis, which obviously has to be a compelling concern for mr. panetta outweigh considerations about crimil allegations, reckless use of violence by a company because they can get the job done. that internal contradiction means that we waive decency in some respect absent and go back to blackwater despite their crummy record. >> we can't waive core principles of stewardship of the taxpayer dollars. mission accomplishment has to be balanced with the core principles of oversight and execution and country. mission accomplished does not trump those principles. i think though r

>> let me speak. on the latter act and speak much more definitively. we have had some of our greatest successes in pushing back on some of china's policies as it relates to intellectual property. when we have done so working in coordination and in particular with the european union canada and in some cases some of these emerging markets. i think you do know that the issue of china's currency, at least has been reported in the papers, one that has been addressed not oy by the united states, but expressions of concern from the european union, korea, and other countries. i would have to defer to secretary geithner and the president to the extent of our foreign nations. >> if you would refer to him. >> yes. >> we welcome both of you. the conventional research. 15 percent and 20 percent of all products made in china are equivalent to 8% f china's annual gross domestic product. unfortunately this problem seems to be getting worse. i remember back in 1995. the chinese pledge to close down all large intellectual rights violators. that obviously did not happen.

. >> let me ask you this. what infuriates the american people and myself, is that after the accident, every single day that bp was trying another method of trying to plug the hole. and this was failing every time. this is mind boggling to understand why there were not safeguards in place oo technology in place, so that you would know immediately what to do. >> this is unfortunate, this particular incident took place when the rise a package did not come up on the blowout preventer. we had 4,300 feet coming off of phis, and the access to that, to be able to do anything from the top -- >> it never occurred to anybody that this could happen? >> not in that way. nobody could predict this. it was supposed to release from the blowout preventer. >> does this mean that oil drilling is inherently risky? >> there are risks, as was mentioned a few moments ago. i think that the systems -- that are available to the industry -- the important resources here can be developed. >> what is this only seem to happen in the united s

let me be very clear. without this merger, we would not have the $1 billion in synergies to improve products. and to improve service for our customers, nor would we have the financial means to create better career opportunities for our employees. we would not be as a successful competitor as we need to be to enable economic development across the country. a merger enhances and strengthens service for those who rely on our network in nearly 148 small communities and metropolitan areas, providing business lifelines and economic benefit to those communities that they otherwise would not have. carriers compete vigorously on both price and service. our merger will not in any way change that reality. there is significant low-cost carrier competition at every single one of our hbusubs, including a 15 nonstop routes in which we overlap. of the last decade, ticket prices across the united states have declined by 30%. adjusted for inflation, fares to small communities have also declined. are expected revenue synergi

let me ask you this. last five years, your safety record, 26 people dead, more than 170 injured, you that have largest spill ever in alaska, largest environmental disaster to hit the united states with no end in sight with this disaster. do you believe the u.s. government should don't allow companies that have poor safety records, poor environmental records to explore minerals or oil exploration in our country? should thereabout a ban on companies that have miserable safety of and environmental records? >> in the three years that i've been ceo i focused on safety and environmental performance. the price of this accident, that is, indeed the case and that is why, amongst all the other reasons i'm so devastated by this accident. >> i agree. under your tenure you said you had the 2007 report that was talking about bp's culture, still have problems with alaska, you said you will hold people accountable. who will we hold accountable here? >> we've engaged in a systematic change at bp. we've begun to change the

let me join mr. welch in appreciating the complexity of the task of moving people and goods when mr. welch and i planned tierney were in afghanissan llst year we listened to agriculture ministers explain that for a simple agriculture farmer, the farmer or company they were contracting with were stopped 20 or 25 times for various forms of illegal payment, i can't imagine the added complexity when you're dealing with security concerns of + national military shipments, military convoys. my question to you, mr. motsak, is on the issue of the reports that our investigators detiled, were made to the departmmnt from the ddfferent contracting pntities. i appreciate the fact that a lot of this information is new to you and you have to figure out what to do with it. but we have a volume of reports that went from ccntracting agencies to the department of defense that detailed a variety of different leeels of information regarding payoffs. one memo from one particular contractor to a contract manager detailed, q

let me give you examples. what if a company -- there was a bill on the floor and the company was opposed to it and they sent their lobbyist in to see the chairman or chairwoman of a committee and said we're opposing this bill and by the way we reserve $2 million of ad time in your district. that's a powerful message and one that would put the fear of god in a lot of congressmembers. we have to value the rights to be heard but protect our political classes and keep the integrity there as much as possible. host: barbra from pennsylvania, you're on the air. caller: thank you for c-span. you do a great job. i am really concerned about this passage through this. i thought it was planning. because -- and especially, the people that say, oh, the government owns this business, and the government's trying to take over this business. do they realize how they open the door for business to own government? and not even disclose it is so wrong. guest: i think the caller raises an interesting point. i think one of the bigges

let me commend you... (laughing) . let me commend you on that last comment. i say that seriously. you have shown a really admirable sense of humor . i think that is really important. as senator schumer said yesterday , we're looking for somebody who can moderate the court and a little humor would do them a lot of good. >> reporter: after a late afternoon break, kagan returned to the witness table. she faces another day of questioning when the hearings resume tomorrow. >> brown: judy woodruff has been anchoring or gavel to gavel coverage of the hearings today. she joins us now from capitol hill. judy. >> woodruff: i'm here again overlooking the judiciary committee hearing room with marcia coyle of the national law journal. marcia, this is day 2, the question day. the republicans tried to pin elena kagan down on a number of things. jeff sessions, who is the ranking republican on the committee, went after once again her policy of ... at harvard while she was dean of the harvard law school of limiting the access that military recruiters had to law students. how far did he get? >> well

let me just say truthh justice, and the american way. there's a default mechanism in place. he has an attorney general who follows that same path who lectures the american people and says that the american people are cowards when it comes o race. well, he's not being a coward when it comes to race. his administration hurricanes agency, the justice department has can selled the most open and shut voter intimidation case in the history of america and the -- in the case of the new black pan chers -- panthers in philadelphia, who much of america have seen on videotape, youtube, paramilitarily uniformed individual, members of the new black panther, standing there in berets with a big old billy club, smaaking it in their hand as white people come to vote, calling those people crackers. and telling them we're taking over this country, we're going to be in power after that that's the summary of a generalization of their statements but the accuracy of that record is out there on youtube for all to see. that case, open and shut. the case was made by the justice department under presid

let me ask you a question general petraeus. and you've heard me talk about this before. and you know that i have a very strong feeling about the program. you've tked about it in your opening comments. we had the circ program in the cinchate that came from the president was at $1.3 billion. and this comprised of $200 million in iq and $1.1 billion in circ. this committee and i respect them for doing what they thought was the right thing, i disagree with it, has lowered that so that it takes the amount that goes to afghanistan from $1.1 billion down to $800 million. now i'd like to ask you, your feeling about that, and how valuable is the prram? and how would you use it? then the second part of that question is, you had said this, madam secretary, that the mcchrystal needs more operational flexibility. i think we maybe need that in the circ program. in talking in my last trip over there, what needs are there that can come from the program, something that can be done fast would be power stations, grid, dam projects, however this has restrictions due to the statu so the mone