>> lewis: yeah.s was a serious attack, and that's really what made people wake up and say, "hey, we've got to get a grip on this." >> kroft: but since then, there has been an even more serious breach of computer security, which lewis called the most significant incident ever publicly acknowledged by the pentagon. last november, someone was able to get past the firewalls and encryption devices of one of the most sensitive u.s. military computer systems and stay inside for several days. >> lewis: this was the centcom network, the command that's fighting our two wars. and some foreign power was able to get into their networks and sit there and see everything they did. >> kroft: what do you mean "sit there"? >> lewis: they could see what the traffic was, they could read documents, they could interfere with things. they were... it was like they were part of the american military command. >> kroft: lewis believes it was done by foreign spies who left corrupted thumbnail drives or memory sticks lying around

lewis. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of house bill 5611, the airport and airway extension act part 2. as you know the trust fund taxes and spending authority is scheduled to expire on july 3. this bill simply extends the authority one more month while we work together on a long-term solution. as travel plays a crucial and critical role in our economy and our lives. the world business airport, atlanta international airport is located in my congressional district. this airport alone has a direct impact on more than $32.5 billion on the state of georgia economy. at a time when we are considering the importance of jobs and job creation, i would like to note that the airport is the second largest employer in georgia with 58,000 workers. if congress does not pass the bill, the trust fund loose the revenue we need for airport construction and the nation's air traffic control system. mr. speaker, i ask all of my colleagues to come together and support this bipartisan legislation. thank you, mr.

but michael lewis and other 3d believers say "avatar" was a game changer. >> michael lewis: "avatar", potentially, the "citizen kane" of this medium. >> safer: lewis's company makes 3d systems for theaters, which have been cleaning up. the studios hope 3d television will bolster the sagging market for home video, their main revenue source. and beyond that: >> cameron: maybe it becomes the standard for news gathering. maybe it becomes the standard for sports. >> safer: so you think that someday not far from now we'll be in 3d. >> cameron: i'll be doing "avatar 10" and we'll be having the same interview, but we'll be in 3d. >> safer: god help us all. >> cameron: ( laughs ) exactly. >> safer: movie making, jim cameron once said, is war, a constant fight against the countless things that can go wrong in a world of big money and big egos; where, after four years, just birthing the movie is about all a director can think of. what is the next thing, after you... when you finish? >> cameron: i haven't decided. i haven't decided. you know, i think you don't ask a woman if she wants to have an

lewis: thank you, madam speaker. i, t, rise today to express my deep appreciation for the life and work of jon wooden, the great coach from ucla. the resolution, by the way, we are discussing today, was introduced by my colleague henry waxman who spoke a while ago. henry's district includes ucla within its territory and henry and i have worked together for many, many years and have had in common the fact that we are both sind of red-hot graduates of ucla. we don't agree upon everything, in fa, some would suggest we almost never agree. the reality is that henry and i worked together for many, many years and i'm proud of the fact that he's a close friend beyond that, as asked -- as i ask annapolis consent to revise and extend my remarks, let me say that the mouse might be interested to know henry and i are such fans of ucla that he actually allowed me to name mying dog bruin. bruin walks to work with me every day. he's over watching this on the floor and will be pleased to know people are recognizing john and nell wood

i had the privilege of meeting his family when i attended the memorial service in fort lewis in washingtonhat was among the hardest hit in afghanistan. he left behind a wife, two young sons, and an infant daughter who he never got to make, but who i hope will grow up with a pride in her father filling part of the void that is loved by his loss. each of the goldstaramilies and bodies in the words of john milton, -- embodied in the words of john milton those who also served stand in waiting. those of you that are standing and waiting are relieved and to return, as jill and i were, at the return of our son from iraq. many of you are now waiting with family members still overseas, many in harm's way, and some of you have stood and waited for a loved one that did not return. and to live now with the knowledge that you will one day be united with them with our heavenly father. to those who have lost a loved one in the service of our nation, i recall a famous headstone in ireland. the headstone reads as follows, "death leaves the heartache -- "death leaves a heartache no one can heal. love leaves

julian lewis. >> number 13, mr. speaker. >> i thank the honorable gentleman for his question. we are conducting a counter- insurgency operation in afghanistan. he asked specifically about the military purpose of routine foot and vehicle patrols in

julian lewis. >> number 13, mr. speaker. >> i thank the honorable gentleman for his question. we are conducting a counter- insurgency operation in afghanistan. he asked specifically about the military purpose of routine foot and vehicle patrols in afghanistan. if you are going to win the counterinsurgency and succeed in what is called "war amongst the people", you have to be among them, protecting them from the insurgents. that is how we are going to create a more stable and peaceful afghanistan, from which we will be able to return, leaving the afghan forces in control. >> dr. julian lewis. >> does the prime minister accept that there are other ways of fighting counterinsurgencies that do not involve sending out uniformed personnel along predictable routes, day after day, to be sniped at and blown up? will he request his military advisers to focus on long-term strategies that could achieve our strategic aims without having to pay such an unnecessarily high price? >> i know that my honorable friend takes a close interest in these matters, and i have arranged for him to meet se

letter to the attorney general repeating a previous recommendation that distinguished attorney of lewispowell should be the next nominee. the 64-year-old had asked his consideration. he was no more interested in the position it then he was two years before. president nixon called them and told paul that as his duty to accept the nomination -- powellt the nomination. then the chief justice of telephoned powell. powell found the chief reassuring. when he announced the possibility of going to the high court to his partners in richmond, he was disappointed that no one expressed regret that he might be leaving. in fact, it occurred to him, that they might be relishing the prospect of carving up his shachair. benjamin franklin had been right about the scottish system of judicial appointments. at least it led to the naming of the best lawyer to the bench. powell represented the finest qualities of the borroar. with mrs. powell in tears --3 alumna -- and i loved her. i was 35 and she would always come up to me and asked if i was a student. it said something about her eyesight or how a looi look

with you because as you well know among the troops serving us in afghanistan today many are in fort lewis in my home state during the frontlines of the stryker brigade and they have suffered tremendous losses this year and with increasing taliban offensive operations every day, families across my state are picking up a paper almost every morning now and reading about more. i am committed to giving our servicemembers every research they need to bring a quick and decisive end to the taliban and the other insurgent forces but i am very concerned about the increasing number of casualties, but also work concerned about the reports we have not solidified our gains in march in southern afghanistan despite the tremendous sacrifice their servicemembers and their families. i wanted to ask you today what you can share with us or give us some insurance that marjah and our operations in southern afghanistan are a success? >> let me address it and then asked the chairman to do so as well. first of all, we made very clear at the very outset many months ago that this summer would see increased casualties

nominee's lack of judicial experience has certainly been no barrier to success woodrow wilson nominated lewis bran highs in 1916, many objected on the ground that he had never served on the bench. over his 23-year career, justice brandheis proved to be one of the greatest members. his opinions is exemplify judicial restraint more than 70 years after his retirement. felix frankfurter, william douglas, robert jackson, byron white, loss powell, harland fish stone, earl warren and william rehnquist all became justices without ever being previously judges and they certainly led to distinguished careers on the supreme court. as justice frankfurter, someone who knows wrote just to experience in 1957 and i quote, can one is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the function of the supreme court is zero. ." we've all now had the opportunity to review your extensive record as a lawyer, policy adviser and administrator throughout your career. you have consistently demonstrated the all too rare combination of first rate intellect and

frank and kyley lewis live in charleston. >> i think he's had his hand in everything that happened here. the interstate system. the federal building down to the charles town. he's brought in so much money or pork as they call it. but he's been good to us. >> ifill: born in north carolina in 1917, byrd's career tracked the complicated history of a region and a nation. once an active member of the ku klux klan he led a 14-hour 13-minute filibuster against what became the 1964 civil rights act. he later apologized, writing in his 2005 memoir that his ties to the klan in particular emerged throughout my life to haunt and embarrass me. and has taught me in a very graphic way what one major mistake can do to one's life, career and reputation. a history professor at west virginia wesleyan college. >> he realized he could not become a power player in the democratic leadership unless he stepped aside those. so we see in '67 and '68 when byrd is ready to reach for the party leadership a reorientation. since then decades of trying to rebuild that bridge to minorities. >> ifill: byrd's longevity ea

lewis. who's the member? mr. antor:r.ewis. mr. hoyer: i've been off the committee for a few years now. with mr. lis. but i do know, ou know he had a markup scheduled on our supplemental the week before we le that was can selled, so it didn't go forward. then the senate pass i bill. but i woul rtainly hope that your side has input on whatwe want, what you want, what yo think ought bin there. ously we want to respond some of the questions t only the crises not only oshore in iraq, mainly afghanistan and pakistan, he gentleman knows, b my belishat mr. obey will want to he put as well. i can't givyou specifily, bauser. obey has not indicated to me this pot in time, what our scific plans are. but i rstand the gentleman's intere. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman for that. i would indicate aving spoke within the riators, mr. lewis has not heard from mr. obey on ati'm sure he's anxisly awaiti that. i would also like to ask gentleman aut t budget and what can eect as far as he budget having now been in june, there having been no budget,nd

julian lewis. >> does the prime minister accept that there are other ways of fighting counterinsurgencies that do not involve sending out uniformed personnel along predictable routes, day after day, to be sniped at and blown up? will he request his military advisers to focus on long-term strategies that could achieve our strategic aims without having to pay such an unnecessarily high price? >> i know that my honorable friend takes a close interest in these matters, and i have arranged for him to meet senior officials and military adviserss so that he can explore his ideas with them. all that i would say is that the team that president obama has put in place, and the team that we have in terms of both military and civilian leaders, have brought great impetus too the campaign. it is difficult to see, if we are trying to fight a counterinsurgency, how we can do so without having a number of active patrols to protect the people from the insurgents. >> order. i gently remind the house that this is a closed question on afghanistan. does anybody wish to come in on it? no? mr. jonathan evans. >>

lewis: i thank the gentlemafor his courtesy to the previous group -- mrs. lummis: i thank the gentleman r his courtesy to the previous group, allowing them to act nong the importance of our ally there is. one of the issues we have to adss as we address this economic downturn we are in is the role of the federal government in exacerbating the problem. as we all know, federal employment and private sector employment are not the same thing. a private sector job pays for other people's jobs through taxes, whereas a public sector job consumes more than it pays in taxes. so it's important that we watch the relationship and the growth of federal jobs versus the decline in private jobs. this first chart that i have shows the federal government employment and how it's changed in the past number of years. i'd like to point out that years 2002, 2003, four, 2005, and 2006, where federal government employment was relatively flat. in fact, almost flat as a pancake. then we get into the pelosi congress d it's going up markedly with the year010 here on the end of this char

that had been lewis -- louis then i moved into the chambers that justice scleia occupies now which had -- scalia occupies now and before that time justice black had been in those chamber s. so there had om been three justices in those chambers. now they are -- they are on the other corner of the building. >> it is this view from justice stevens chambers that provides a window into the past of the supreme court. meeting in the bafmente of the 3 their time between 1810 and 1860, john marshall oversaw the court from here. later, roger tawney ruled over this chamber as well until the court moved upstairs in a space vacated by the senate where they would meet until 1935. but with very little space available in the building for justices to do their work and with even less for attorneys to find a place to prepare for oral argument, one chief justice determined it was time the court have a building of its own. >> i don't think it is an understatement that this building would not be here if it had not been for the persistence of chief justice taft. >> taft believed that they needed a builddng o

lewis libby, top aide to and i. lewis libby, top aide to mr. cheney, was convicted of perjury for lying about his statements to the journalists about an undercover c.i.a. officer. buffalo, new york, up next on our democrats line. caller: hey, how are you? host: fine, thanks. caller: first off, i'm not a caller: first off, i'm not a democrat. i'm actual until new york state. we have a very, very good system of voting called fusion voting. my only three choices are democrats, republican, independent, i guess i got to go with democrat. however, i do believe our democracy is safeguarded for such an event like this, for a leak, and i believe that corporations, especially the news corporation, since they pay for attorneys, for a variety of reporters who may know something they're not supposed to. i do believe our system had safeguarded. i do not believe that mr. obama should be cracking down on this. i believe it's a matter of life and death, and it's going to undermine our intelligence capability. maybe somebody should go to jail of course but other

i also met a beautiful wife and widow when i attended a memorial service in fort lewis of washingtond in a brigade there was hard hit in afghanistan. he left behind a wife and young daughter that he never got to me, but who i hope will grow up with pride in her father. each of the cold start families and bodies, in the words of john milton -- the gold star families and body, in the words of john milton -- embody, in the words of john milton, "those also serve who also stand and wait." our son has just returned from afghanistan. many of you still wait for your loved ones. many of you have a loved one who did not return. live now with the knowledge that you will one day be reunited with them through our heavenly father. to those who have lost a loved one in the service to our nation, i recall the famous headstone in ireland. it reads as follows, "death leaves a heartache no one can heal. love leaves a memory no one can steal." no one can steal the memory from you. i can tell you from my own personal experience, that eventually the pain and heartache you now feel will eventually, god wi

john lewis and people on now to this day had courage to create the winds of change that lyndon johnsonto replace he never thought he would go. it was the writings of betty friedan and gloria steinem and the marches for equal rights that motivated women to stand up for themselves and their homes and their families and again in. it was anti-war students, stonewall riots, ralph nader of van and elizabeth warrenton now, environmental activists of dan, muckraking journalists and blotters now. ordinary people with -- are the wind of change. not all lobbyists on k street, not the politicians up on the hill, it is people, it is us that are the winds of change. that is what we learned in the battle for health care reform. when will it lead and stand up to whomever it may be, we can win. our futures is not a matter of chance. it is a matter of choice. let's have the courage to stand up and hold accountable the big insurance companies, the big banks, senators from arkansas, ttat congressman from new york and north carolina. let's have higher expectations for our leaders whether they are in the st

i am not sure if rita lewis is in the house yet, but i wanted to introduce her. rita? i do not see. grand entrance. she is one of our senior leaders, for intergovernmental affairs. i want to in knowledge her because she is not on the program today. we also have with those a congressman from the great state of new jersey. don, please stand up. give him a round of applause. and finally, i thanks to mr. samson and managing every aspects of this. it akes everyone look very good when they are in league. we thank you very much for that. now like to introduce my balls. he is the state department spokesman and he is so little late coming down because he is at his other day job, briefing the press. this is p.j. crowley. [applause] >> looks like a much less one read audience than the one i was just visiting with. thanks very much for being here and welcome to the department of state. it is important that you are here, because we recognize that the future of africa it is not just going to be dependent on things that we do in government and government activities, and so much more involves peopl

lewis: i asked my republican colleagues, can't you hear, can't you feel, can't you see? where is your heart? where is your compassion? where is your concern? extend unemployment benefits and extend it now. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker -- ms. lee: mr. speaker, the wars in iraq and afghanistan will burden our children and grandchildren with the debt the republicans created. the wars have cost over $1 trillion, and it's mind-boggling to hear that the minority leader wants senior citizens to pay for these wars. he wants the increase in social security retirement age for 70 for people that have at least 20 years until retirement and wants to tie it to the consumer price index. boy, i tell you. instead of the wage inflation index. and wants it only to those who need them. several years ago the republicans -- l

. >> next question is from lewis of environment league. >> hello, admiral. thanks for taking my question. you keep saying that the -- the 10,000 feet and clossng in on an -- but b.p. said that the well is drilled down to 18,000 feet. does it not have to go down all the way to 18,000 feet to do the intercept? >> it oes not. i believe they're going to try and intercept somewhere around -- between 16,700 and 17,000 feet. we will confirm that for you and put out a statement tomorrow. they don't have to go clear to the reservoir which is at 18,000 feet. what they are going to do is close in and very slowly close to that point where they will drill to the well bore casing and if they need to drill through the pipe itself. it will be slightly above the level of the reservoir. was that responsive? >> yes, thank you. >> ok. >> next question is from zack. >> hi. thank you. there's been some reports that the first major storm of the hurricane season might enter the gulf as soon as next week. could you walk us through what will happen with the collection operation if th

host: "politico" reported that you and jerry lewis from the appropriations committee sent a letter to the house speaker saying that you and others would vote against the war supplemental bill if it included spending projects, and related spending projects. what is the status of the war supplemental bill? guest: when general mcchrystal was here one month ago, i asked him, because we have not passed the supplemental yet, is this causing you problems? he said, we were told it would probably be passed before the memorial day break. but if not, if it goes far into the summer, it may start to cause problems. he is gone, it has still not passed. i spoke to a member in the house and asked, why not just pass the senate bill? the president asked for $33 billion to continue to sustain the war effort over there. he said, we're not just going to take what the senate does. . guest: people were upset because president bush spent so much money. this is four times that in one year. in going forward, we will have a deficit, annual deficit of almost $1 trillion a year every year. democrats are not going

michael lewis' book. christoffer hitchen's hitch 22 is number nine and malcolm glad welle's the outliners is number 10. good morning. democrats line. caller: hi, how are you? host: fine. thank you. caller: i just have a couple things to say to address a couple callers i heard. host: sure. caller: the guy in pennsylvania whose son is in afghanistan. who cares if his friend is black and republican. what does color have to do with anything? seriously. are we back in the 1950's? and the guy from mass, he said everyone pull together like this. but the guy from virginia said he wants congress to be in a war zone. he clearly is the biggest idiot. we're always going to agree to disagree. so we need to be somewhat civil and agree to disagree. host: ok. jennifer, thank you for the call. joe responding to the twitter comment united we stand, divided we fall. joe said that's the problem. we don't agree on anything. on the republican line, good morning, kathy. caller: yes. i was calling about this war zone that the re

. >> with experts like jim lewis, ceases is continuing to show leadership in this field. again, the report served as a key thread of continuity across two administrations and really set the foundation for crafting this administration's strategy for cyber and security. thank you for the opportunity to speak here today, as this is my first public engagement since i've been promoted, and assuming the command of u.s. cyber command. i am pleased to be here with all of you today, and can think of no better place to talk about cyber space and u.s. cyber but before i talk about u.s. cyber com and focus on the u.s. defense department, let me say up front that cyber security is a team support. i see a lot of the team out here in the audyents. we can't -- audience. we can't do this alone. within the government, howard smith has the lead for coordinating the departments and agencies and our approach to cyber security. he has done a superb job and has been great to work with. for the team at d.h.s., phil ridinger, rear admiral mike brown and others have been great partners on a set of

i was just in shock, says michael lewis, as members of congress from chris dodd to dick durbin, saying it is a book that must be read. the front page of politico and also online at politico.com. the conversation on line is going on in earnest. this view were saying -- -- viewer saying -- next from fairfield, iowa. caller: good afternoon to. i had the opportunity to visit with you. we are simply in trouble and what we had is a president who is incapable and will never get out of it. we need to get rid of him and pushed the democrats out and go back to a one-on-one debate and then we will have something. thank you. host: thank you. from "the guardian" this morning. over the weekend, ariana huffington dubbed mr. obama "the nowhere man." charles joining us from springfield, massachusetts. good morning. caller: i was thinking that what is going on right now is sort of a reflection of what went on at kyoto. it seems as though america is being challenged by these emerging powers. you have the situation in north korea where we are completely reliance on the chinese. and the situation with iran

host: said lewis, go ahead. -- st. louis, go ahead. caller: i'm a victim of mental and physical abuse, at the age of 14. i'm going to be 51 in november. i am in a work force were i was denied a settlement agreement where i had two new assistant managers put in overnight that put me into personnel and tried to write me up for productivity, where i know as upper survive -- where i know as a survivor i do have choices. i did not sign the paperwork. the media elite -- they immediately started threatening my job. i started crying, and they said i needed to call the crisis hot line, and i said, "no, i don't." they then said, you need to call resources for living. i said, "no, i don't." sheet immediately got up and left the room and left me with the male manager and close the door with personnel. with the situation of being in the decision i am in, i felt they were uncomfortable --. in the position i'm in, felt they were uncomfortable. next thing i know, i am in groceries picking up cardboard, and look up, and two policemen are walking throug

helped spark the discussion in the 1990's under the clinton administration and with experts like jim lewis, csis continues to show leadership. securing cyber space for the 44th presidency served as a key thread for continuity across two administrations and really set the foundation for crafting this administration's strategy for cyber and security. thank you as well for the opportunity to speak her today. this is my first public engagement since have i been promoted and assuming the command of u.s. cyber command. i'm pleased to be here with all of you today and can think of no better place to talk about cyber space and u.s. cyber com than here at csis. but before i talk about u.s. cyber com and focus on the defense department, let me state up front that cyber security is a team sport. i see a lot of the team out here in the audience. we can't do this alone. within the government, howard schmidt has the lead for coordinating the departments an3 cybersecurity. he has done a superb job and has been great to work with. for the team at d.h.s., phil ridinger, admiral mike brown and others have b

lewis, a republican line. caller: i just have three quick statements, ok? mcchrystal had to go. i was and the army, and there is no question. you don't talk about the president -- even though i am a republican, you don't talk about president obama like that. two. when afghanistan started, people -pwould say, it is another vietnam, and i laughed at it. well the rules of engagement, the government, it is starting to look like another vietnam. and the last statement i would say, hillary clinton used to run an ad, who would you want to answer the phone at 3:00 a.m. in the morning? it is a good question. a lot of people should revisit it. host: thank you for making the call. the last is jeff calling from 29 palms, california. service member on the line for active duty military. go ahead, please. caller: i just wanted to call and comment on mcchrystal's resignation and petreaus's upcoming appointment. i know i heard some commissioned officer called in earlier -- i am personally in the marine corps and i just wanted to call and give the junior enlisted members opinions. i am also in th

the homeowners lewis, the house, the bank loses a big chunk of its investment, and the community loses family with a stake in the community. what i am asking the banks to do is to help us find an effective way to stop these foreclosures. i want to thank my witnesses today for appearing. but the forward to your testimony. i will allow you five minutes. let me say this before we move further. we will get five additional minutes from each side. five minutes on the democratic side and five minutes on the republican side. as many ways as you want to split it up, but you have a five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. thanks for holding these hearings. at the outset, i express extreme disappointment that we will not hear from the treasury department today. since the last hearing, it has continued its pattern of secrecy. they have refused to implement the generals recommendations for the program and continues to misrepresent the original goals of the program to disguise its ineffectiveness. the obama administration's tinkering has continued to fail the american people. this week, treasury's k

not been offering a case that has not been fully aired since the great progressive era of justice lewis bran dice. and i think we do have this national discussion going on about a revival of progressivism. let me ask you about this. vice president biden's chief of staff, ron claim, who served on chief council of this committee skilled lawyer, was vice president chief of staff -- chief of staff to vice president gore, also, i believe, who's known you for a number of years said this about you -- elena kagan is clearly a legal progressive. i think elena is someone who comes from the progressive side of the spectrum. she clerked for judge mick, clerked for justice marshall, worked in the clinton administration, the obama administration. i don't think there's any mystery to the fact that she is. as i said, more progressive role than not, close quote. do you agree with that? >> senator sessions, it's absolutely the case that i have served in two democratic administrations. and i think -- >> i'm asking, do you agree with the characterization that you're a legal progressive. >> senator sessions

don lewis and people unknown to this day whose courage crated the winds of change, as we said, that blewp lyndon johnson to a place he never thought he would go. it was the writings of a glorious steinem and betty friedan -- gloria steinem. it was anti-war students then and now, riots then, do not tell do not ask now, green energy enthusiasm now, mud racking journalisms then. we, the ordinary people, were and are the winds of change. now the lobbyists, not the think tanks, not the politicians on the hill, but people. us. we are the winds of change. when we lead, when we stand up to whoever it may be, we can win. our future is not a matter of chance. it is a matter of chooce. as a bald and -- as bob and arianna said, let's have the courage to stand up to bed congressman from new york, north carolina, senator from arkansas. let's have higher expectations for our leaders whether they are in the state house or the white house. never doubt that a small group the world. in fact, it is the only thing that ever has. on my desk is a plaque that says, "the best way to predict the future is to help

to be charged with the responsibility of oversight ever went out except for one instance, colonel lewis went 200 or 300 yards from the gate, i went out there and saw they changed their behavior but i wasn't allowed to go out again -por go gow any further. unless somebody is going out, unless somebody is going out and seeing these fellows getting paid off gobs of money and whether or not he's paying anybody else, whether or not you're going out, we have a list of 44 different areas of the road said to be criminaled -- controlled by different people commanders mahsud, alla, turjaan, rahulla, unless somebody is out there seeing that they're getting paid, who is responsible for doing that you may never hear about it further up the chain, but if 3 and do inspections, i don't see how you can say you're managing just because the contractors %- can't write incident reports if thatts how you conclude everything is fine, that should be problematical to us. i think the annwerr are pretty clear but general, i'll say this to you, i understand everything would think it's a terrible thing that the tal

with you because as you well know among the troops serving us in afghanistan today many ae in fort lewis in my home state during the frontlines of the stryker brigade and they have suffered tremendous losses this year and with increasing taliban offensive operations every day, families across my state are picking up a paper almost every morning now and reading about more. i am committed to giving our servemembers every research they need to bring a quick and decisive end to the taliban and the other insurgent forces but i am very concerned about the increasing number of casualties, but also work concerned about the reports we have not solidified our gains in march in southern afghanistan despite the tremendous sacrifice their servicemembers and their families. i wanted to ask you today what you can share with us or give us some insurance that marjah and our operations in southern afghanistan are a success? >> let me address it and then asked the chairman to do so as well. first of all, we made very clear at the very outset many months ago that this summer would see increased casualties.

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this democratic colleague identified justices byron white, william rehnquist and lewis powell as among those with no prior judicial experience. these justices practiced respectively for 14, 16, 37 and 39 years in the practice of law. and justice powell had also been president of the american bar association. there really is no comparison. so in this first element of legal experience, we have to be honest about what the record shows. unlike other supreme court nominees, ms. kagan has no judicial experience and virtually no legal practice experience. that leaves her academic and political experience. the democratic senator i mentioned identified as among ms. kagan's strongest qualifications for the supreme court, her experience crafting policy and her ability to build consensus. judges, however, are not supposed to be crafting policy and consensus building only begs the question of what a consensus is being built to support. it's relatively light record of legal experience only places more importance on judicial philosophy and other qualification for judicial service. frankly, finding re