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. >> before we go to tony, let me ask john. the book that you wrote was such a commentary on how we train or fail to train lawyers. you know, in the typical method that we teach in law school. that book and that story "the paper chase," what were you saying about the way in which -- i mean, when i went to law school, the emphasis was to become a corporate lawyer. there was very little emphasis placed on being a people's lawyer. or somebody like a tony sarah. what are your thoughts on that? you've practiced. you're a law professor. recently retired. you've taught at a number of different schools. any thoughts on that? >> well, yes, i have lots of thoughts on it. i went to harvard law school. and believe me, when i was there, there was no legal aid at all. everybody was become a corporate lawyer. there was no question about it. you didn't even think about it. it would never even dawn on anybody. i don't think that anybody knew that there were defense attorneys. you know? anyway, at its heart that little clip said something, i thi
. >> before we go to tony, let me ask john. the book that you wrote was such a commentary on how we train or fail to train lawyers. you know, in the typical method that we teach in law school. that book and that story "the paper chase," what were you saying about the way in which -- i mean, when i went to law school, the emphasis was to become a corporate lawyer. there was very little emphasis placed on being a people's lawyer. or somebody like a tony sarah. what are your...
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john and marlee a grilling which they survived. in the final. very exciting. >> bring it on. >> translator: bring it on. >> let me ask you both, john, start with youyou are quite a political figure. i was surprised to reads about all of that. you take politics seriously. >> i think everybody should take politics seriously. no matter what your beliefs are. no matter if you are right, left, middle. don't know what you are. politics, you have to know what people stand for and you have to go vote. my whole thing is go vote. you know. i believe what i believe. other people believe what they believe. at the end of the day, you have to go vote. >> the whole show yesterday about what happen medical the financial crisis and how they have all been giving themselves bonuses the first chance they got. what do you think about that? >> well -- not real impressed with that. i wrote a songs that talks about in the real world people are losing their jobs. in this make-believe world over here they can still bonus themselves and everybody else is getting slaughtered out here. i play concerts all around the united states. you see people scraping together money for we
john and marlee a grilling which they survived. in the final. very exciting. >> bring it on. >> translator: bring it on. >> let me ask you both, john, start with youyou are quite a political figure. i was surprised to reads about all of that. you take politics seriously. >> i think everybody should take politics seriously. no matter what your beliefs are. no matter if you are right, left, middle. don't know what you are. politics, you have to know what people stand for...
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. >> let me ask you about john hundredsman, the new kind of flavor of the week.ot of talk act how republicans look at the circle of folks they know who won't get in and are not satisfied. john huntsman is going to have lunch with the george h.w. bushes in kennebunkport. does that help him or hurt him with folks in your circles? >> in our circles having lunch with george h.w. bush probably is a matter of little notice. had he been having lunch with george w. bush, who initiated t.a.r.p. and some of the things that really got the blood boiling among our activists, i think it would be severely noticed. john huntsman, we don't know him well, but we do know that he has a bit of a record of supporting things like t.a.r.p. and so forth. and that's going to always be problematic with our activists. >> is it hurting that he worked for president obama as ambassador to china? >> i would think most people would understand that, a the point he made when the president of the united states calls upon him to serve, he was just in washington, i thought a very good discussion on f
. >> let me ask you about john hundredsman, the new kind of flavor of the week.ot of talk act how republicans look at the circle of folks they know who won't get in and are not satisfied. john huntsman is going to have lunch with the george h.w. bushes in kennebunkport. does that help him or hurt him with folks in your circles? >> in our circles having lunch with george h.w. bush probably is a matter of little notice. had he been having lunch with george w. bush, who initiated...
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let me ask marie johns, mrs. john, if you could put the chart up. the 39 programs that were either created or enhanced under the small business jobs act of 2010. out -- most of them are completed by your agency. and you were the implementer for this, i understand. and most of them have been completed. but there are two particularly, there are 28 provision that is have been completed, that's 72%. nine provisions in the process of being completed and two provision that is are not complete. the two, i understand, are not complete are the expert assistance centers and one on contracting policy. can you comment on why the delay on those two particular programs, or do you have any comments about that at this time? >> yes, chair landrieu. for the thank you for the question. i want to thank you and to ranking member snowe we greatly appreciate the support that made their way into the act. export -- overall, i'm very proud of the way that the sba has moved forward. we took the role seriously because we know that small businesses were waiting for the tools to
let me ask marie johns, mrs. john, if you could put the chart up. the 39 programs that were either created or enhanced under the small business jobs act of 2010. out -- most of them are completed by your agency. and you were the implementer for this, i understand. and most of them have been completed. but there are two particularly, there are 28 provision that is have been completed, that's 72%. nine provisions in the process of being completed and two provision that is are not complete. the...
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but let me ask marie johns, mrs. johns, if you could put the chart up, the 39 programs that were either created or enhanced under the small business jobs act of 2010, most of them are completed by your agency, and you were the implementer for this, i understand, and most of them have been completed. but there are two particularly, there are 28 provisions that have been completed. that's 72%. nine provisions in the process of being completed and two provisions that are not complete. the two i understand that are fought complete are the export assistance centers and one on contracting policy. can you comment on why the delay on those two particular programs? or do you have any comments about that at this time? >> yes, chair landrieu. thank you for the question. i also want to thank you for your leadership on the small business jobs act and to ranking member snowe, we greatly appreciate your support. many of the provisions that made their way into this act. export -- overall, i'm very proud of the way that the sba has m
but let me ask marie johns, mrs. johns, if you could put the chart up, the 39 programs that were either created or enhanced under the small business jobs act of 2010, most of them are completed by your agency, and you were the implementer for this, i understand, and most of them have been completed. but there are two particularly, there are 28 provisions that have been completed. that's 72%. nine provisions in the process of being completed and two provisions that are not complete. the two i...
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but let me ask marie johns, mrs. johns, if you could put the chart up, the 39 programs that were either created or enhanced under the small business jobs act of 2010, most of them are completed by your agency, and you were the implementer for this, i understand, and most of them have been completed. but there are two particularly, there are 28 provisions that have been completed. that's 72%. nine provisions in the process of being completed and two provisions that are not complete. the two understand that are fought complete are the export assistance centers and one on contracting policy. can you comment on why the delay on those two particular programs? or do you have any comments about that at this time? >> yes, chair landrieu. thank you for the question. i also want to thank you for your leadership on the small business jobs act and to rankg member snowe, we greatly appreciate your support. many of the provisions that made their way into this act. export -- overall, i'm ver proud of the way that the sba has moved
but let me ask marie johns, mrs. johns, if you could put the chart up, the 39 programs that were either created or enhanced under the small business jobs act of 2010, most of them are completed by your agency, and you were the implementer for this, i understand, and most of them have been completed. but there are two particularly, there are 28 provisions that have been completed. that's 72%. nine provisions in the process of being completed and two provisions that are not complete. the two...
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but let me ask marie johns, mrs.johns, if you could put the chart up, the 39 programs that were either created or enhanced under the small business jobs act of 2010, most of them are completed by your agency, and you were the implementer for this, i understand, and most of them have been completed. but there are two particularly, there are 28 provisions that have been completed. that's 72%. nine provisions in the process of being completed and two provisions that are not complete. the two i understand that are fought complete are the export assistance centers and one on contracting policy. can you comment on why the delay on those two particular programs? or do you have any comments about that at this time? >> yes, chair landrieu. thank you for the question. i also want to thank you for your leadership on the small business jobs act and to ranking member snowe, we greatly appreciate your support. many of the provisions that made their way into this act. export -- overall, i'm very proud of the way that the sba has mo
but let me ask marie johns, mrs.johns, if you could put the chart up, the 39 programs that were either created or enhanced under the small business jobs act of 2010, most of them are completed by your agency, and you were the implementer for this, i understand, and most of them have been completed. but there are two particularly, there are 28 provisions that have been completed. that's 72%. nine provisions in the process of being completed and two provisions that are not complete. the two i...
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host: the remarks from john huntsman are available on our website. eric hauser, let me askyou about the white house reaction. the republican governor is leading after five years as the governor of utah. he is appointed as ambassador to china. he announces he will leave to run against a person who appointed him if he gets the nomination. guest: i am not in the white house. i cannot speak to details. anyone who is the ambassador to china in this day and age probably comes to realize the vast significance of our relationship with that country and the region. if you are a man of power and money, it might occur to you that you could do a better job down the road. hearing his remarks and knowing what little i do, i think he is less of a partisan than perhaps a visionary about the role of america in the world. that is an appropriate place to go. it is unusual that an ambassador for a sitting administration would do this. i do not know. even if it is unprecedented, i do not think it is a bad thing. it is probably a product of reflection. any politician that comes from the amount of
host: the remarks from john huntsman are available on our website. eric hauser, let me askyou about the white house reaction. the republican governor is leading after five years as the governor of utah. he is appointed as ambassador to china. he announces he will leave to run against a person who appointed him if he gets the nomination. guest: i am not in the white house. i cannot speak to details. anyone who is the ambassador to china in this day and age probably comes to realize the vast...
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. >> let me ask the concluding -- why don't you stand up here or stay up here -- the concluding question. since i didn't know why john who introduced me was needed to mention my service on the u.s. commission on civil rights, but then you explained the answer. i see a few of my colleagues here. there have been several who have been agitating to abolish the u.s. commission on civil rights, apparently, because we no longer -- american civil rights is passe, and they want to replace it with a human rights commission. so if you wouldn't mind explaining, what is it that is so attractive to the so-called progressives about human rights? i'll suggest one or ask you one is, you know, civil rights law actually has some limits, but there are no limits to what you can dream up in the human rights realm. >> yeah. and i, i'm also highly alarmed by the effort to rename and rebadge things from civil right to human rights. as you hint, civil right we conceive of as a bunch of categories having to do with minorities or others in potentially oppressed groups. not a member of that group, it's probably not a civil rights issue. human ri
. >> let me ask the concluding -- why don't you stand up here or stay up here -- the concluding question. since i didn't know why john who introduced me was needed to mention my service on the u.s. commission on civil rights, but then you explained the answer. i see a few of my colleagues here. there have been several who have been agitating to abolish the u.s. commission on civil rights, apparently, because we no longer -- american civil rights is passe, and they want to replace it with...
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john f. kennedy white hybrid tea. this is very nice for cutting and taking inside. >> let me just ask you while we're on roses. any specific variety that is best for us here in this mid-atlantic region? >> i think with our heat and humidity in the summertime, most of the hybrid tea roses tend to struggle if they're not really well cared for with a lot of good air circulation and watered really well at the base of the plant instead of water over the top of the plant. there are a new varieties of roses that are known as the knocktop out rose and that's a new hybrid that does really well here and blooms all season long right through christmas. >> do you need sandy soil for roses? >> not necessarily sandy, but you need to make sure that you break that clay soil up with a lot of good, organic material. >> can you expect these roses to bloom throughout the summer at least? >> absolutely can expect these roses to continue to bloom. the most important thing is to continue to prune the roses as these blooms are spent. you want to go down to the first five leaf set on the rose stalk and cut right above it and it will co
john f. kennedy white hybrid tea. this is very nice for cutting and taking inside. >> let me just ask you while we're on roses. any specific variety that is best for us here in this mid-atlantic region? >> i think with our heat and humidity in the summertime, most of the hybrid tea roses tend to struggle if they're not really well cared for with a lot of good air circulation and watered really well at the base of the plant instead of water over the top of the plant. there are a new...
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host: the remarks from john huntsman are available on our website. eric hauser, let me askut the white house reaction. the republican governor is leading after five years as the governor of utah. he is appointed as ambassador to china. he announces he will leave to run against a person who appointed him if he gets the nomination. guest: i am not in the white house. i cannot speak to details. anyone who is the ambassador to china in this day and age probably comes to realize the vast significance of our relationship with that country and the region. if you are a man of power and money, it might occur to you that you could do a better job down the road. hearing his remarks and knowing what little i do, i think he is less of a partisan than perhaps a visionary about the role of america in the world. that is an appropriate place to go. it is unusual that an ambassador for a sitting administration would do this. i do not know. even if it is unprecedented, i do not think it is a bad thing. it is probably a product of reflection. any politician that comes from the amount of money
host: the remarks from john huntsman are available on our website. eric hauser, let me askut the white house reaction. the republican governor is leading after five years as the governor of utah. he is appointed as ambassador to china. he announces he will leave to run against a person who appointed him if he gets the nomination. guest: i am not in the white house. i cannot speak to details. anyone who is the ambassador to china in this day and age probably comes to realize the vast...
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john barasso is a member of the senate foreign committee. the conversation i've heard many members of congress already talk about privately and publicly, that is our relationship with pakistan. let me just askght up, pakistan, friend or foe? >> well, i don't think we know but i think the computer they found with osama bin laden is going to give us a lot more information. i'm much more interested in seeing the contents of that computer than i am with the video of what happened in that compound. but let me tell you, chuck, last night i was at the white house with the president. i congratulated him personally. the applause was long, it was sincere, and bipartisan support of what has occurred they have made all of america proud. >> senator, obviously people are thinking about the billions in aid that they have received and thinking about that huge compound eight times larger than any building and they say, wait a minute, why are we spending all of this money in pakistan? is this a good investment? are they really our ally? what is your take? >> my concern is that it may not have been a good investment. there is a lot of money which has always been an advocate of additional funding. we send a lo
john barasso is a member of the senate foreign committee. the conversation i've heard many members of congress already talk about privately and publicly, that is our relationship with pakistan. let me just askght up, pakistan, friend or foe? >> well, i don't think we know but i think the computer they found with osama bin laden is going to give us a lot more information. i'm much more interested in seeing the contents of that computer than i am with the video of what happened in that...
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john, 18, is a freshman. he is a biomedical engineering major with a 4.0 g.p.a. let me ask you, can we afford to lose these two young people? well, i guess we could, but at great expense because their talent, their energy, their determination to make a contribution to america can make us a better nation. i don't think they're returning to venezuela, a country that they've never called home, is going to be good for the united states. john david bunning wrote me a letter about his nephew. they would be able to give back so much to our country if they're allowed to stay. i'm overwhelmed in my pride in them and how they flourished under these circumstances. i have two young sons, their uncle wrote, and i teach them about the incredible history of the united states and the way that our country can address wrongs committed in its name and come out of the process even stronger. please help us. nelson and john asked the department of homeland security to stop their deportation proceedings. after i received the uncle's letter, i asked them to reconsider this case. the department dec
john, 18, is a freshman. he is a biomedical engineering major with a 4.0 g.p.a. let me ask you, can we afford to lose these two young people? well, i guess we could, but at great expense because their talent, their energy, their determination to make a contribution to america can make us a better nation. i don't think they're returning to venezuela, a country that they've never called home, is going to be good for the united states. john david bunning wrote me a letter about his nephew. they...