and down in columbia, south carolina, senator lindsey graham. senator warner, first to you, what went through your mind when you heard speaker boehner say what he said this week? >> it felt like groundhog day. you know, we saw what happened when the speaker last year played, in effect, debt ceiling roulette. he almost blew up the whole economy and the notion with fiscal turmoil going on in europe right now, that he would try to say we're going to draw this bright line again, and kind of "my way or the highway" approach. i think it's incredibly irresponsible. the fact is, i agree with senator mcconnell. we've got to take on this debt issue. we've got to recognize $16 trillion in debt, $4 event 5 billion a day we add to it but it's going to take a balanced plan, like simpson-bowles, like our gang of six, that has revenue and entitlement reform and the notion that it will be done on one side of the balance sheet with spending cuts only, there's no responsible out there that has looked at this problem that says you have to do both. >> schieffer: sen

in this case there are the usual suspects involved that's right our old pals joseph lieberman lindsey graham and john mccain they took to the op ed pages of the wall street journal an effort to scare the bejesus out of americans to do them and to marching headlong towards another military conflict as the three wrote the following given the iranian regime's longstanding pattern of deceptive and illicit conduct we believe that it cannot be trusted to maintain enrichment or reprocessing activities on its territory for the foreseeable future at least until the international community has been fully convinced that iran has decided to abandon any nuclear weapon ambitions we are very far from that point. ok but let's be honest when it comes to this trio it would take an actual miracle for them to be convinced of anything especially that war is not always the answer these three said their constant favorite aling seems a little bit like some terrible form of deja vu right like a recurring nightmare that doesn't go away even when you flip the pill up. i believe that saddam hussein presents a clear and

john mccain, lindsey graham. in syria rather.able and lindsey graham saying we have to bomb syria. i sought ross lateman and some others saying we have to arm the rebels in syria. are you ready? getting out of iraq getting out of afghanistan. so are you ready to bogo into sir were? >> the question e this is an important one. a lot of criticism of president obama because he is not sending troops. he is not sending articles to syria. should he? what's in the best interest of the united states? 866-55-press. 866-5577377. >> this is the bill press show. in 2012 alone. go to our website, current.com. up next it's out to the campaign trail. a surprising new poll, and that's next right here inside "the war room." >> we're not through just yet, mr. vice president. >> they're swimming against the ♪♪ ♪ >> listen and watch the bill press show on your favorite radio station and now on current tv. this is the bill press show. welcome to the spin room. >> how about it? thirteen minutes before the top of the hour. increasing calls for president

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john mccain and lindsey graham say air strikes might help?nk direct action at this point is needed. you don't rule anything ou. the bottom line, the syrians are showing an ability and a willingness to face this oppressive murder, to sacrifice. if you give some support to the opposition, you may not need some of the other things. you don't rule anything out. the bottom line is assad has to go. this president, obama, has talked about it but done little to make it happen. he has stood behind the plan. he is now looking for the russians to some how come in and desave the day. depending on putin to save the day doesn't sound like a good game plan. >> what president romney take more action? the russians have been stalling with the chinese, dreadfully so. if they won't move and you can't get anything tougher, would president romney act unilaterally or try to form a coalition outside of the united nations. you had the arab league inviting folks in. >> you have others in the league understanding there is a serious problem. lebanon should be concerned.

a lot of people, both here in congress, including senator lindsey graham and senator lieberman, worked on the strategic partnership agreement. it's important we send the message to friends and enemies alike that the united states has a long-term commitment to afghanistan. >> so this is not spiking the football in the end zone as he said? >> no. i don't view it as that. i wish the president would explain more often to the american people why afghanistan and it's important that afghanistan not return to a base for attacks on the united states of america. >> dana joins me now. much different tone than we heard from senator mccain. a lot of that probably, i'm guessing, has to do with the fact the president is overseas. a lot of republicans, a lot of democratic people do not want to criticize a sitting president when they're overseas. >> that's definitely a part of it. it's sometimes thought of as an old school tradition, and people like john mccain certainly keep it. but in this particular case, i've gotten virtually no statements from republicans at all since the president has spoken, and

. >> prominent republicans like lindsey graham and john mccain speaking out in support of the president's remarks and trip. jim joins me from the pentagon. as i say the first team says either the u.s. is committing to stay until 2024 or they're ending the war. both are true to an extent they write. >> well, that's right. there is still a lot of details to be worked out in all of this. first of all, let's recap where the u.s. military is right now. 89,000 american troops now in afghanistan and that number is to drop down to 67,000 by the end of this september. now, president obama yesterday pledged that by the end of next year all american combat troops will be out of the lead, afghanistan would take over, and secretary of defense panetta thinks that can be done even earlier. then all, almost all anyway, all troops are supposed to be out by the end of 2014. what this strategic agreement will allow, this partnership, some u.s. residual forces for training, brigades and the like and also a small contingent of special operations forces to go after any al qaeda or other militant groups that ma

other speakers include south carolina governor nikki haley and lindsey graham and jim demint. you can watch it live tomorrow at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> when people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency. right now you are the most -- you are a powerful majority leader. don't take the vice presidency. you won't have any power. johnson says power is where power goes. meaning i can make power. nothing in his life previously makes that seem like he's most -- because that's exactly what he had done. all his life. >>> sunday night, the conclusion on the passage of power. volume four in the years of lyndon johnson, his multivolume biography. sunday night on c-span's q&a. >>> i work a lot now especially on sort of the build of our new site with this younger generation of digital knave ills. from their point of view they believe old data. anything that doesn't have link to the source driving them crazy. actually being inaccurate with your sourcing is much harder online than in print. you can go check that link right away. and i think the internet community keeps you a lot

but there was actually senator ri lindsey graham a couple years ago was calling for hearings on on whether to change the 14th amendment, to get rid of birth right citizenship. changing the constitution is a long process, requires approval of three-quarters of the states, two-thirds of congress, would not likely happen very easily. but there was also just political pandering going on to this sense of anxiety, that people who are fearful about the future and their economic stability, it's easy to find a scapegoat. and illegal aliens are a very recognizable scapegoat at the moment. >> how quickly was the 14th amendment passed? >> well, it was written in 1866, passed by congress. it was ratified in 1868. but a lot of historical water passed under the bridge between those two years. the entire overthrow of the president's reconstruction policy, the institution of new governments in the south. so a lot -- but it took two years basically from congress to the ratification by the states. >> you write a good bit about abraham lincoln and your most recent book was about abraham lincoln. is there any

other speakers include south carolina governor nicki hailey and lindsey graham and jim demi demint. 80 p.m. eastern tomorrow on c-span. >>> even though job opportunities are scarce in this economy, it's not for nothing that you have spent this time preparing. you don't determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth as the world does, by rather what it takes to discourage him. america needs your talent and skill. >> don't accept somebody else's construction of the way it ought to be. it's up to you to right wrongs. it's up to you to point out injustice. it's up to you to hold the system accountable. and sometimes upended entirely. it's up to you to stand up and to be heard, to march, to organize, to vote. don't be content to just sit back and watch. >> president obama and mitt romney delivered commencement addresses in the past few days. you can watch them online any time at the c-span video library and over the next few weeks look for other commencement addresses on the c-span networks which you can clip and share. >>> the food commissioner michael taylor talked about food contam

senator graham, lindsey graham, does too. it makes me wonder, have you seen any analysis that persuades you that relying more on the active component is going to save money or provide the air force with more capability? >> no, sir. i've not seen that analysis. >> have you asked to see that sort of analysis? >> yes, sir, i have. >> well, that kind of bothers me. you're the air guard director. i think you should have been allowed to see the anl nis in the budget before the air force presented the budget proposal that substantially cuts your force based on the claims that they have, and they haven't shown you. >> i agree, sir. and, you know, as we've kind of gone through this process, the thing that i've i guess come to the conclusion is that the analysis that i have been able to see, the answer is sometim sometimes -- i guess the answer is important or the conclusion is important, but as important as the answer and the conclusion are the initial going-in assumptions and the methodology used in reaching that answer and the metri

specifically senator lindsey graham, republican of south carolina, adding that the language would, quote, send an appropriate signal to iran but would not be intended to green light military action, instead to restate u.s. policy. here is a quote from senator graham. i just want to add one simple line that says we recognize what the president was saying that military force is also an option. and so that really is where the debate comes down. you heard earlier that senator mcconnell saying he needed more time to resolve the issue, that they agree in principle, but the back and forth continued. so the larger question which we have been asking all week is whether or not you think congress will accomplish much of anything this election year. our phone lines are open at 202-626-7962. again, 202, 626-7962. >> believe it or not, i don't think congress is going to get anything done because right now what they're doing in congress and some in the senate also is they're playing just like little kids, and this is what happens when you go back and forth and back and forth or whatever. with them not

nothing but praise from senators john mccain, lindsey graham. they're all saying they want to wait to read the details, they're happy with how so far the president has signed on with this strategic agreement that's going to take place beginning in 2014, brian? >> when you talk about presidents using the machinery of government nine years ago tonight was the mission accomplished speech. the carrier landing by president bush off the coast of california. and here we are now after this long, long conflict in afghanistan. chuck todd at the white house, thanks. michael leiter served as head of national terrorism center under both presidents bush and obama and was among the few individuals in the situation room that night with the president and the national security team monitoring the bin ladin operation in realtime. michael, we woke up this mourning to this kind of vague warning about possible body bombers here in the united states. the kind of thing we're sadly used to. are we better off in the year since the death of bin ladin? >> i think there's n

senator, lindsey graham and jim demeant. that's live tomorrow starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >>> bonnie frank is the top democrat on the financial services committee. he was first elected in 1980 and retiring at the end of his current term. congressman frank it was first congressman to acknowledge being gay. 2010 he and former senator christopher dodd wrote the financial regulation law that bears their names. barney franks joins us on "news makers" on c-span sunday. >>> when people are saying to him don't take the vice presidency right now you are the most -- you are a powerful majority leader. don't take the vice presidency. you won't have any power. johnson says, power is where power goes. that is i can make power in any situation. his whole life i said, nothing in mislife previously makes that seem like he is most because that's exactly what he had done all his life. >> sunday night, conclusion of our conversation with robert karo on the passage of power. volume four in the years of lyndon johnson, multi-volume b

group of gop senators who are on the fence, these include ranking republican john mccain and lindsey graham and some others and they have concerns with the treaty and want to make some changes to our document that ratifies the treaty, but they seem to be saying they can be won over. that's where the real action is at this moment. >> in your cable blog for foreign policy.com, you write that carl levin thinks there's two-thirds that will vote for it. you talked to senator mccain. he said he thinks a vote is going to happen during the lame duck session. is it because it's an election year it's tougher to do this year? >> there's a whole lot of political realties that factor into this. it's similar to the ratification drive for the start treaty that was ratified in 2010. that year was election year, and there was a very strong reluctance of senators to weigh in just before their election because there's no telling what effects that might have to the extent that voters are even paying attention to an issue like this. so what ended happening in 2010 was the nut treaty was ratified during the lame

keen to do this kind of thing so this is a recognition really that this war is not being won lindsey graham would also love time afraid left as one quick question i wanted to ask you refer about that interview that hamid karzai gave you see confirm that international forces the americans in particular will be present in afghanistan after that official troop withdrawal of twenty fourteen for at least of the decade he said how different will be from nato as current mission begs a question i guess well i think this is a very big question you see the americans and the british and all the others have been saying yes of course we're going to go in twenty fourteen now they make these agreements i know the least the americans will be there for another ten years it seems to me this is still occupation this is still a war which they are not winning and they should really learn the lessons from previous wars particularly vietnam that this is going to be more and more unpopular more and more deadly and most importantly will not bring peace to the people of afghanistan or i lose you germany in london th

to to unseat khadafi that was however you had some of the most well known hardcore republicans lindsey graham john mccain saying libya should have lasted longer and been more hardcore sure absolutely but you also had some hardcore tea party republicans like michele bachmann come out who you would say might be pro-war in certain cases come out against the obama administration for this because they did not seek authorization of congress and it was totally unconstitutional very true i want to get your reaction austin to the people who say that the only reason that ron paul is doing this is a staying in the race be continuing to campaign is for his son that he wants to get his son now kentucky republican senator rand paul eventual be in a spot where he might run for president in four years or eight years what's your reaction to that i mean it might be that that just doesn't sound like ron paul to be so singularly focused on something like that i think ron paul is more the type of person who wants to carry the torch you know he wants to light up the minds of young people like the brushfires of lib

then lindsey graham led the charge to oust him. >> i believe he committed serious crimes, but if he wouldlf with the law, i may consider a different disposition than impeachment, but if he continues to flout the law, he should not be president. >> today, a much different tone from now senator graham. he gushed over secretary of state hillary clinton at a symposium in washington. >> a little pressure on me here because i don't want to ruin a promising political career. i here 2016 will be here soon. i will say nice things about her, so don't hold that against her. she's dedicated to her job. he loves the country. she is a good role model, one of the greatest secretary of states, a greatest ambassador that i have known in my lifetime. secretary hillary clinton. >> and then he walked across the stage and gave her a big hug. see, it doesn't have to be ugly, it doesn't have to be personal, let's get something done for the country, let's not make it so personal we can't get along. in that spirit, i'm calling one of the people that i fought with in public, and let's go to dinner next week. it do

at least one top senator lindsey graham is tonight calling for the u.s.e a no fly zone over syria. the white house says not now. further militarization jerry could lead to greater chaos. could make t harder to achieve the political transition that the syrian people deserve. >> the presumptive republic presidential nominee mitt romney told fox news that the united states is leading from behind. >> i think it's time for america to step forward and not just look for kofi annan but instead to take the kind of bold action that would call upon our friends and allies in the region to know that we will support them, that we're involved in the efforts there, and that it is very important to our nation and to the world to see assad removed. >> as you might know, the united nations estimates syrian troops have killed more than 9,000 men, women, and children since the uprising began last march. >> conor powell with the news for us live from jerusalem. connor? >> well, jon, that death toll is only likely to continue to grow and increase in the coming weeks and months.

one was from lindsey graham, his lesson earned from dick lugar. the abc's of political, stay involved, communicate with your constituents, be prepared to embrace a 21st century campaign and own a house. and mitch daniels was a supporter of dick lugar. you want to ask him about the vp stuff. here's what he said. >> i don't expect it. i like all the names that i've heard mentioned except one. >> which one? >> oh, mine. >> mitch daniels, viable? do you think that fits what we think romney's looking for, double down, send a message about the budget but don't make waves? >> he's a great choice if he'd something it. he doesn't want it. >> it's like accepting an opportunity that's too unsure. >> we didn't even get to romney's attempt to talk about bill clinton and the auto bailout. shameless plugs? >> i want to direct everyone to the colombia university website where there's an interview with chuck todd done by a budding journalism student, which is my daughter. >> it was a pleasure. she was very professional and terrific. >> a new internet radio show at

lindsey graham. this is a day i have been looking forward to for over two years. the agreement sends a signal that we are not abandoning afghanistan. senator mccain. i am pleased that the president has travelled to afghanistan. i would urge the president to speak more directly with the people about the vital national security at stake. hawks on the right have criticized the president for not using his pulpit to sell the war announcing an on going commitment on the bin laden anniversary was the ultimate use in political capital. for the most part republicans praised the president. mitt romney had an interesting release. here is what he said. i am pleased that president obama has returned to afghanistan. our troops and the american people deserve to hear from our president about what is at stake in this war. didn't really say anything when it comes to afghanistan. romney has never been very clear on what he would do different of the president. we are going to have a representative of the romney campaign on in a few minutes to help cut through that for us. the new ag

lindsey graham worked on it. safe to say that it's bipartisan. are you concerned by the fact that it doesn't detail the money that will be spent, the troops that will come home, when and the numbers. >> absolutely. we ought to be concerned but we shouldn't be surprised. this took some 20 months to negotiate. it did take a bipartisan effort. these agreements typically don't have those sorts of details in them. money has to be allocated by congress. troop levels will have to be decided not only on recommendations of the united states military but along working with our afghan partners. these things will have to be worked on depending on conditions on the ground. >> we have been talking a lot about what al qaeda is now ten years later. i know you had a chance to look at some of the documents in the compound and how there were plans on attacks on cruise ships. what stood out to you? what did you see in terms of what they could be thinking now? >> if osama bin laden was here what he would say if he was being honest, he would say i'm recommending my 20

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as lindsey graham tells "the new york times," quote, maybe the kids will make the difference.en you see the slaughter of children, it reminds us of who we are. mitt romney seems to be urging some kind of u.s. military involvement, too. calling president obama's strategy a strategy of paralysis. romney suggests arming the rebels, but the obama administration suggests we don't know who the rebels are. >> the concern is that further militarization of the situation in syria could lead to greater chaos. could lead, could make it harder to achieve the political transition with the syrian people deserve. >> some republicans also worry about arming the rebel, saying al qaeda could be a part of that so-called opposition. >> i'm not sure arming is the right answer here. mainly because of just not exactly sure who the bad guys are, who the good guys are right now, so you don't know who you're fwifing weapons to. >> rogers says all though the united nations plan seems to be dead in the water, there is still room for american diploma diplomacy. for one, step up on russia and work more aggr

senator lindsey graham said the dissident deserves our admiration and respect for his work in speaking against china's continued practice of forced abortions and sterilizations. this morning senator marco rubio, republican from florida, said, quote: the united states has always been a refuge for oppressed people around the world, and his case is an opportunity to remain true to this proud quality when oppressive governments abuse human rights, we have a responsibility to condemn them. there is clearly pressure to get this resolved before it risks derailing the clinton and geithner visit and their talks with the chinese on economic and strategic matters. jon: and it was an extraordinary trip that brought him to the embassy, huh? >> reporter: absolutely. freed by some supporters. a blind dissident, so they helped free him from house arrest. jon: wow. thanks very much, mike emanuel n washington. jamie: that's an incredible story. here's an interesting one, too, i don't know if you heard it yet. he's accused of shaving the beards and hair off several of his amish neighbors, and the judge s

lindsey graham? >> look at olympia snowe.nd you would have thought maine would have been much easier place. but the point i wrote a piece. the obama people are very smug. what incumbent would be very smug right now? nobody. >> the title of your piece is "wake up, democrats, you could lose." you think that democrats around the country are going to win as i hear time and time again from the people on the street. democratic fundraisers, activists, and supporters alike collectively lapsed into the sentiment that the president is going to be reelected and we have a good shot to take back the house and hold the senate. i ask, what are you smoking, drinking, snorting, or just what the are you thinking? look around the world. do you see any governments or incumbents winning elections out there? so you agree with the incumbent issue, clearly. >> of course i do. but in the united states the incumbents got wiped out in '08, got wiped out in 2010, get wiped out here. you go to europe, you go anywhere. why would a political party that is