lord. i was delighted to hear such an important subject addressed. in the news session, and congratulations again on your labor speech last week. [applause] taxation and regulation. we need taxation which is demonstrably fair. consistent and predictable. and it sends up the right signal to overseas investors. with your capital gains tax proposal, it will help recover. what your plan for a levy on banks be unilateral? and what will happen with another jurisdiction imposing apparel customer will our banks be paying taxes abroad? we also welcome the announcement that the bank of england is destined to strengthen the links between financial stability and macro economic policy. it seems logical that the measure of last resort should ever greater authority and macroprudential regulation for the sake of the economy, every business in this land need sound and appropriate speculation. as for the financial sector, the search to better regulate has triggered the natural the fault of defending reams of

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because a pastor spoke from his faithful, religious heart and preached the word, the gospel of the lord to the congregation that's gathered together to hear that message. not once, not ever, not in the history of america has the church lost its 501c3 not for profit status because of preaching the word from the pulpit. the threat goes out continually. when a conservative christian %- takes a position that has impact, then you hear from the people like, oh, let me see, let me just say, liberal united states senators who would like to use this -- use the i.r.s. to intimidate their competition. pot alive today. but there is a histoy ry of it. that's juut the first amendment, ffeedom of speech, religion, press, freedom to petition the government for redress, and -- freedom to assemble. second amendment, the freedom to bear arms thhs eright to own guns and not have the federal government take away our guns. i've been a second amendment defender for a long time, will be for as long as the lord grants me breath, but mr. speaker, many of the people that defend the second amendment think it's abo

host: the topic at hand is the afghan war lords. let's go to ohio caller: i just think this is terrible. it is bad. they're pumping money into overseas, and just like a previous caller said, this is nothing new. i want to know what the republicans will say? they are so against unemployment. it is people who are not working, if they cannot find jobs, especially in ohio -- i have been laid off for year-and- a-half and cannot find a job. they're holding up unemployment, but embezzle money overseas. host: you mentioned republicans, but does this concern you with the white house and what they're doing in afghanistan? caller: i just think it has been going on for years, and no one talks about that. they are trying to say it is a problem now, but i think they are doing it because obama is in office. this has been going on for years. this is nothing new. host: a senior administration official said "i think it is much too early to draw a negative conclusion." next up is a joke, on the independent line, and when york. caller: good morning. i

i have always supported a predominantly elected house of lords, and i am delighted that agreement has been reached on the coalition program. i can already hear what a challenge around the house it is going to be to achieve the consensus that we need, but i hope that after all the promises of reform, this time we can move towards a predominantly elected second chamber. >> harriet harmon. >> i join the prime minister in paying tribute to corporal stephen curley and marine scott taylor from 40 commando royal marines, and to gunner zak cusack from the 4th regiment royal artillery. as the prime minister said, they were brave men who died in the service of our country. we must never forget the sacrifice that they made. i strongly support what the prime minister has said about the dreadful shootings in cumbria. we offer our deepest sympathies to the families of those who have been killed and our strong support for the police, the emergency services, and the local communities in cumbria. may i ask the prime minister about the israeli interception of the gaza flotilla? i am sure that he agrees

these forces lord above -- these forces are above where they need to be to meet the end strength goals for october 2010. what is disturbing and hard to comprehend is that the training mission still does not have enough trainers to process all the afghan recruits signing up. figures show that of the more than 5200 trainers that we need, onny 2600 are on the ground. secretary gates as deployed 850 u.s. soldiers and marines to afghanistan to serve as a%- according to a may 29 report -- excuse me -- from lieutenant general caldwell, the training miision has yet to receive 750 trainers pledged by nato members. further, last week the nato's security general announced that an additional 450 trainers needed to meet training requirements it is totally unacceptable that this shortfall persists. for whatever reason that they do not send additional tramp -- combat troops, it should be willing to provide trainers who fighting. the question remains, why are more afghan forces not in the lead using forces that are trained and ready? according to figures, they are able to operate independently. 42 afg

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our dear god, before we leave here today, we ask once more that you, oh, lord, bless us, our familieshe was mindful of the justice and equality of our nation that have preserved our heritage. let us not forget those who have fought and died so the and we may endure. bless their continuous service today as well as their families and a grateful nation. bring us together in a future in ace. protect those serving on a field of battle this very moment, and continue to be a strength for the families and loved ones of those deployed. in your holy name we dupo pray, amen. >> ladi and gentlemen, please remain until the vice president has exited and the colors are rered. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> an hour public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online and you can connect with a son twitter, facebook, and youtube and sign up for our scheduled alert e-mails @ c-span.org. on "washington journal"

nothing shall be left, says the lord. you fail to learn from history, i don't care whose history it is, you fail to learn from history, you're asking for disaster. and to borrow a line from proverbs that was later the title of a movie, you're going to inherit the wind. you can't do that. and for this great country of ours to now turn on israel and demand of israel now to make the disastrous, disastrous mistake that the king did, sure, we'll bring in, we'll show you everything we've got, and we're demanding that now with israel's enemies? that they've got to show everything they've got to those who want to see them gone and people like ahmadinejad who have pledged that they will be wiped off the map and you got to let them -- and you're going to let them know every defense, everything that israel has? what kind of naivety is running the place? i know it's well intentioned. just like the health care bill. well intentioned. but as a result people are going to be put on lists like they have been in england and they have been

my lord. if they know how, if they got the equipment, why don't we have anybody on the face of this globe that's willing to do it out there in the gulf cleaning that water up? so, it really -- it is almost comical, with all the criticism of the bush administration over katrina and rita and some of the hurricanes, natural disasters that occurred, this manmade disaster has had this administration's hands hog tied for two months. . mr. gohmert: it makes most of us that b.p. that with all the talk and senator kerry and global warming bill and the bill they were trying to get done. it makes it so outrageous that they got sloppy. lots of safety problems. and this thing happens, because it deficient states not just -- the worst tragedy is the loss of life and there are 17 others that were severely hurt and our thoughts and prayers go out to them and i know my friend says that it's almost comical. and you know what a personal loss of life and me including, losing a brother and cousin's funeral i atten

>> one of the provisions -- let me take the situation with the war lord situation. the contracting officer can, under the current provisions signate subcontracts in that situation as something that requires special surveillance or special oversight. it does allow to do that. could you say i need to subcontract with these primes and get insight into your subcontractors and i could establish perhaps a special surveillance program for those particular subcontractors. there are some provisions, but it's up to the contracting officer. to determine whether those provisions are invoked. if there are other additional requirements that have to do with the contract purchasing system. it gets more details as to when you have to get a consent to subcontract from the contracting officer. >> i want to ask about the culture. it was talked about the ability to institutionalize contract support by accepting contractors as an integral part of the total force. i also note you had had several recommendations but the dod has been slow to implement many of the recommendations. would coul

to take just one example of one scheme operated by lord mandelson's department, the so- called strategic investment fund -- when we looked at the money provided for specific projects, we found that over two thirds of the constituencies involved were marginal labour seats. so it is right to examine these, but i say to the honorable gentleman that proper grants properly made for proper reasons will go ahead, but fiddled grants for political reasons should not. >> stuart andrew. >> the 16-year-old son of my constituent, lorraine fraser, died after a vicious multiple knife attack incident six years ago. one of the murderers is trying to use the law to reduce his tariff after serving only five years, and another avoided conviction altogether by fleeing the country. would he agree to look into this case on behalf of my constituent and meet her to hear about her plight and about the excellent work she is doing to defeat knife crime in this country? >> i hear what my honorable friend says, and i would be happy to meet him and his constituent. we need to take knife crimes in this country incredib

and drug lords.e united states and european countries have this opportunity in the islamic world and a pop first countries that afghanistan -- and impoverished countries that afghanistan is a project to produce something for new generations that consists of, by the way, a large majority of the population of that region can look and say that this new world is working to rule of law, people's participation, governance, civic responsibility, systems work, not individuals. karzai or no karzai, we should -- the last question i was asked in india was do you think there is an alternative to mr. karzai? it is a very insulting question to ask a nation that has 30 million people, who was mr. karzai nine years ago? no one asked that question. nationally, there are people -- if anything, these eight or nine years have produced opportunities that have grown into credible positions that can create systems that can sustain and last beyond personalities. >> specifically, with other countries have made a commitment -

i think what the lord said was we do not needed to win in this case. i think that is -- i mean -- i took his questions in the nature -pof a hypothetical. i did not think he was -- >> i did think the war was unjustified. how could i possibly conclude these were not war crimes? >> i think it is in my interests for him not to write a good descent. -- a good dissent. >> you assume what the majority is. >> that is absolutely right. the point, seriously, is that even if you thought the question itself was despicable you have to then examine what the levels of inquiry are. one possible way of concluding that the question is justifiable is to say that the court's inquiry is limited solely to asking whether there was any factual basis whatsoever from which either the king in pressing his title or the king as the commander in the field could have rationally come to the conclusion that he did. certainly, it is meet for you to accord as much difference as you would to the king of the amalgamated kingdom as you would for a run of the mill administrative agency. [la

i think what the lord said was we don't need it to win this case. [inaudible] >> correct. i took his question in the nature of a hypothetical. >> no, i was telling you i think the war was unjustified. how could i possibly conclude these were not war crimes? >> asked him to write a dissent. >> i think it is in my interest for him not to write any dissent. >> from your point of view, any dissent from that point of view would be good. >> that is absolutely right. the point, seriously, is even if you thought the question ittelf was just difficult, you really have to examine the level of inquiry once you decide there is any role whatsoever for the courts. one possible way of concluding that the question is allowed in the courts is to say that the court's inquiry is limited solely to asking whether there was any factual basis whatsoever from which either the king and his title or the king as the commander in the field could have rationally come to the conclusion that he did. certainly, it is neat for you to accord as much difference -- deference as you would to the king of the a

is indirectly the afghanistan war lords? caller:, i am an obama supporter. not much that i know much about it right now. but my comment, that is wt i was calling about. i guess you are right. host: it is not topic-dependent, just changed it periodically out of fairness. let's go to john in ncaster, pennsylvania. caller: yes, this is why we pay $4 per gallon for gas. it is for the troops in afghanistan. we are bribing people not to kill us. it is a continuatn of the way .s. works -- we are as corrupt as possible. the cia, blackwater, other givene contractors are this money and they in turn give it to the warlords. you can bet that they are hanging onto some of that money themselv. we are just unbelievably corrupt -- is more than bad. host: what is a different model? how can things be changed in afghanistan? caller: turn around and go to east, or to the west -- come back home, get the troops out. get them out of afghanistan, iraq -- get them out of all the bases we have all over the world. it is the most misguided policy i can imagine. host: bringing it back t

authenticity of their vocation we will make every effort to accompany prooetss on their journey so the lord will watch over them in troubled situations. >> sreenivasan: hundreds of cases of sexual and physical abuse by priests have been reported in europe and the u.s. benedict has been criticized for his handling of abuse cases when he was archbishop of munich, germany, in the 1980s. russia has reversed itself and will not deliver air defense missiles to iran after all. that word came via the french president's office today. it said russian prime minister vladimir putin has agreed the sale would violate a new round of u.n. sanctions. just yesterday, the russian foreign minister said the missile sale would go through. wall street ended the week on an up note. the dow jones industrial average gained 38 points to close at 10,211. the nasdaq rose nearly 25 points to close at 2,243. for the week, the dow gained nearly 3%; the nasdaq rose 1%. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: now, the turkey story-- a u.s. ally in the middle east starts going its own way. kwa

contractors raise serious concerns about extortion payments funding war lords.ontract performance beginning. here we are 14 months later, and nothing has changed. nothing has changed. the benefits of outsourcing the supply chain are clear. the united states troops are put in harm's way and they can focus their energies on higher priority missions. this report shows as a way to contract enough to supply chain. in short, this contract appears to have fueled warlord is some, extortion, corruption, and maybe even funded the enemy. the united states taxpayer dollars are feeding and protection -- feeding a protection racket in afghanistan that would make on a soprano proud. his undermined the united states mission. in january this year, on major in afghanistan wrote a public report saying that the united states is largely blind, deaf, and dumb when it comes to understanding local politics, power dynamics, and economic structures within afghanistan. i'll ask that the united states is also largely blond, sometimes willfully so, to the intrusting of its forces to contrac

the money we give, those billions of dollars that go to war lords -- and i am sure no one even things of this -- not only does it go back to the taliban and head into pakistan, but it is more than likely that that money comes and it funnels the terrorist -- to terrorist groups. i believe that with all my heart. even the money that came into new york with the failed bombing attempt on 42nd street. we have our priorities very wrong. and a lot of men, enlisted men, a lot of them, you won't have a lot of them calling into your show and say the things that i say. but i think we are doing this all wrong. host: two things. what branch are you in -- caller: army. host: is it a military strategy that you think is wrong. caller: the strategy is all wrong. you know, one of your tweeters said it is a government that can't be trusted. he is head on. he is 1000% head on. i mean, we have areas we can't even fire in. we are trying to make peace. we don't even know who the taliban is in certain stages. we go into an area and they are walking among us. and we clear an area, and it is no wonder we are r

we will have more people aligned with dg lords and fringes, not the mainstream society. it will be a parliament that is controlled by probably one or two people, and that does not bode well for that picture of a stable afghanistan or and afghanistan that can be a good ally to the west. some of the countries in that region are waiting to fill these voids and vacuums. this would be the opportune time for them to fill up those seats, and they are doing it. they are spending money. they have had along time to establish intelligence networks and they are alive and well and very tive. >> president karzai has made a point that he is at least open to the notion of reiterating the were modern elements of the taliban into the new system. can that wor or can that strategy be viable while at the same time we are experiencing the systems building that you have been describing, and at the same time also pursuing the more extreme elements on the battlefield as other options? >> it would be very 92 say that we repeat it would be very naive to say we can eliminate those two can identify

my lord, everybody else sees %% those frontiers. remember when the president kennedy talked about the new frontier? space? we watched programs on television as kids about that frontier of space? and we did it. and you know, we had hearings up here and we heard from some of those pioneers, the first man who walked on the moon, neil armstrong, a man who stayed out of the world of politics and %% lives a quiet life and being a national american hero, came up here and said, we cannot afford to lose nasa. it will be a serious blow to the united states of america to lose nasa. in a minute, i'm going to ask my friend ralph hall who were at some of those hearings to tell us about that. mr. hall, would you like to talk to us about what some of these great american heroes talked to us about in tte nasa program. mr. hall: i ask unanimous consent to address the congress. i thank you, judge, for this hearing tonight and for the opportunity to discuss a stroke of the pen that affects all americans, a stroke of he pen early in his administration,

little lord keynes, henry morgenthau and said we have tried spending money and are spending more money than we ever did before. it doesn't work. i say after eight years of the administration, we have just as much unemployment as when we started, an enormous debt to boot. so much for the stimulus bill. it wasn't even good f.d.r. times -- you know, concrete and asphalt types of support. it was giveaways to states that had mismanaged their budgets. we could have learned and the republicans did know that the stimulus bill didn't work. we didn't vote for it. and what was the result? well, we should have learned from henry morgenthau because here's the result. this is when the stimulus bill was put in and it was projected that we're going to have unemployment going down. if you pass the stimulus bill, it's going to go down here. if you don't pass it, it may get up to eight or nine. it dipped to 9.7. and if you look at the other graph -- i don't know if i have that graph here today, what you find is that the unemployment in the private sector has been going down and the government employment

. >>> so, we add tony hayward to the list and joins the former ceo of bp, lord john browne, and the mineral management service who did not follow its own protocol. lk tonight, president obama and bp execs face-off at the white house and the oil company makes a $20 billion pledge. is that enough? we are live from the disaster zone, and accused killer joiran van der sloot, and he is ready to make a deal, and save him from a living hell and possibly dying in a peruvian prison? we have shocking video from the inside. >>> and plus, jennifer lopez, the family crisis that led to her personal crusade next on "larry king live." >> good evening, we begin with news from the gulf. anderson cooper host of "ac360" is in louisiana and jean cousteau joins us, and also, we have a video called the "short film that bp doesn't want you to see." here is what president obama and bp executives discussed today. let's watch. >> this $20 billion fund will not be controlled by either bp or by the government. it will be put in a escrow account, administered by an impartial independent third party. so, if you or your b

my lord. >> larry: what do you make of this?at a bp station today and when i finished filling my tank, i left the pump running. and i think everyone should do that until this ends. after you fill up, leave the pump running. >> larry: that's your call. poetic justice, larry. i mean, honestly, i have never been as depressed about a story. i haven't been at this quite as long as you. >> larry: animal lover. >> a television show for 18 years, yes i'm an animal lover and i'm an earth lover. i know lot of people like senator inhoff think the earth is a hose, i happen to think it's real and i like to keep it. but it just depresses the hell out of me. i think what depresses me more than anything else, as of yet it doesn't look like, even with this level of catastrophe, it's changing anybody's behavior. they are still calling for more drilling. people like senator david vitter of louisiana said if the president stops drilling, this could potentially be devastating for louisiana. >> larry: it could, couldn't it? >> as opposed to what it i

he was loved by this membership and we wish him god speed and eternal rest granted to him, o lord. i yield back. i thank the gentleman from west virginia for allowing me this time tonight. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, it's now my deep honor to yield to a close personal friend and fellow member of our congressional delegation from west virginia, mr. alan mollohan. mr. mollohan shares the subcommittee on appropriations on justice, commerce, science and related agencies. he served on many conferences with the late senator byrd as well, and i know senator byrd often said he had two sons and that would be alan and myself. i'm very honored to yield such time as he may consume to alan mollohan. mr. mollohanar i thank my friend and colleague -- mr. mollohan: i thank my friend and colleague from west virginia. i know we have tender memories of the senator. mr. speaker, it was with profound sadness that i learned yesterday of the passing of senator robert c. byrd. this country knew sena

film because you can gnaws away at them and their relationship, you know, it's like something out of "lordthe rings" where frodo and sam begin to go at each other's throats because of the corruption of the ring. so did neil and bob. what's really instructive about their relationship too is that in the case of neil, he did the classic washington journey where he comes to congress as a staffer with a congressperson, oh, my god, i really need more money, i need to do beeter with my life, so he crosses to k street where he can make the really big bucks. he starts to work for jack abramoff. then even though he's not supposed to, he starts immediately lobbying his former boss, bob ney. and it's the use -- it's the corrupt use of those personal relationships that lobbyists%+ excel at. and so it was very important to have in the midst of the story. in terms of how i got him to talk, i mean, i went to neil right after he had been sentenced and just said, look, let's go out and have a beer and let's talk off the record, let's just talk. and i told them about what i was trying to do. i said i was int

he said drug lords are trying to interfere in mexico's political process. former vice president dick cheney was released from a washington hospital today. he was admitted friday for a buildup of fluid related to his longstanding heart disease. cheney is 69 years old. he has had five heart attacks over the years. his most recent was last february. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost 5 points to close at 10,138. the nasdaq fell more than two points to close at 2220. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: now, day one of the elena kagan confirmation hearings for the u.s. supreme court. congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> reporter: a swarm of photographers greeted solicitor general elena kagan as she arrived for the start of her confirmation hearings. she had been waiting nearly two months since president obama nominated her to replace the retiring justice john paul stevens. then she waited some more as members of the senate judiciary committee made their opening statements. chairm

these things we pray in the name of our lord, jesus christ. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from south carolina, congressman wilson. mr. wilson: will everyone including our guests in the gallery please participate? i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman from illinois, congressman schock, is recognized for one minute. mr. schock: thank you, madam speaker. and the my honor to welcome to the chamber pastor henderson who just gave us the opening prayer. pastor henderson contacted me when he was planning his family's trip to washington, d.c., and it had been a dream of his to give the opening prayer and i was pleased to be able to recommend him to the speaker to hav

every day we read a new report that the billions we are investing are flowing to drug lords, corrupt local official, and even the taliban. according to a recent eye-opening report by subcommittee chairman tierney, we learn the u.s. military is funding a multibillion dollar protection racket a good portion of $2.16 billion in transportation contract is being paid to corrupt public officials, war lords and the taliban to get needed supplies to our troops. we are funding the very insurgency we are fighting and we recently learned that at least $3.18 billion in cash has been transferred out of afghanistan since 2007. mostly to line the pockets of the nation's elite. on top of that, it is -- it has also been reported those same afghan elite are being shielded from attempts to investigate these cases of corruption. we simply cannot afford to continue to spend billions -- send billions to afghanistan only to see it end up in the hands on corrupt officials and the same insurgents we are fighting. we have to start fighting smarter, not harder, and that starts with asking the right questions.

we try to be better people, working in strengthening our relationship in the lord, and that is somethingwe will continue to do. i am very proud of my parents and the way that they raised me. i don't want to say anything negative against them or against their faith. >> how the religious beliefs play a role and what you do every day? if you are elected governor, would your religious beliefs influenced decisions that you have to make? >> it is too i am and why i am as a person. it drives my every decision. that drives the way i bring up my family. i am a sinner saved by grace. he is in my heart every day. and there are absolutes. when i talk to my children and at schools, i say that things are not shades of gray. there are absolutes in our life. and there are 10 of them, if you want to be exact. and i try to live by them every day. my children were actually saved during this campaign. when our lives, that is what is important. -- win or lose, that is what is important. >> if elected governor, you would be working for all the people in the state. the question is, as we look at television ads

did they not know that they were paying war lords to do some of that or the the thing that was ok and it was the cost of doing business? >> i would have to go back and look of the actual decision that was made and determined -- look at the actual decision that was made and determine that. i cannot recall a discussion of whether there were two or three or more within the management structure. >> when you were the jaycee cia -- when you were the jccia, for you aware that contractors were complaining that they were making protection payments for safe passage? did that ever come to your attention? what i was never aware of that. >> -- >> i was never aware of that. >> can you tell me how many times the department of defense has gone outside of the gates to ride with some of these convoys going from base to base? >> the representatives that work for the battalion very rarely go outside the fence line in terms of monitoring the operations. they do that through the entrance with visibility that is on board. about 84% of the vehicles operate in and out. >> if they are transporting certain thin

what i mean by militias thais tt we are comprised by more than the sons of lords. we come from many walks of life3 come ut of the broad social ssctor, and da they will be askd to battle with great courage. that is the expectation i hold for might administration, and why i would dub it the militia cabinet. to g>> yesterday, the dpj secrey general said he would leaae it up to the prime minister whether he wanted o go before the ethics committee. what are your thoughts on this? the japan/u.s. agreement stipulates that a decisionnmust be made on technical matters by the end of august. however, residents remain opposed to the agreement. have you propose to resolve this? >> he did cite those reasons and his resignation speech, and it pould be said that he had to set them because the president reject public had a difficult time understanding what the administration was meant to do. in that sense my administration must take up where he left off, his efforts. as for the issue of money in politics, given his statement, mr. osaui had to step down as the secretary general. has

let me ask the general, you mentioned ii this activity were occur, payoffs to war lords and parallel authority structure outside the afghan government, that's counter to our coin strategy in afghanistan. at what point do we say, if these alleeations are true, if half of these allegations are true if a tenth of these allegations are true in this report or the findings in this report that we have to adjust our strategy because this runs so counter to the coin strategy, at what point, where's the tipping point there? at what point will we aa a committee that has oversight here hear the deeartment of defense simply say, hey, this is just the cost of doing business and it's more important to move goods and services, or we simply can't tolerate this kind of parallel authority structure outside of the afghan government operating in the countryside. >> yes, sir. our activities are essential to the campaign. and we have -- we're engaging at all levels of our government, as you know. karzai all the way down to the u.s. units part nerd with trying to improve perrormance and accountabiliiy with

our dear god, before we leave here today, we ask once more that you, lord, bless us, our families, ournd our country. keep us ever mindful of the princess -- of the principles of freedom, justice and equality. let us not forget those who have fought, suffered and died that our way of life may endure. bless their continuing service today, as well as their families and a grateful nation. bring us together in the future in peace. protect those serving on the field of battle at this very moment, and continue to be of strength for the families of those deployed. in your name we pray, amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain in place until the vice- president has departed. ♪ [military band plays] ♪ [applause] [captioning performed by national captionnng institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> more memorial day programming next, with the ceremony from the viet non- -- viet nam of -- vietnam veterans memorial. >> of the treaty before you is an evolution of agreements that go back to the 1970's, and particularly a series of agreements that were started in the

chaplain coughlin: in your creative hands, o lord, every guardon needs more attention.education and formation of character is never a finished product for your people. constant care and oversight, as well as analysis and fresh energy are required daily for governance of a good society. therefore, lord god, grant your servants patients, perseverance, and determination to work hard to attain the goals your providence sets before us today and every day, as long as loif shall last. -- life shall last. reward the long labor of senator robert byrd. grant him eternal rest, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, thh journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. mr. wilson: will everyone, including our guesss in the balcony, please join in. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible,

when we took this race on, we did not see anyone in the field that was going to move south carolina lordid not see reformer that would give government back to the people. we knew that from the beginning it was us against the establishment. so when i looked at everything, i knew there was something wrong. the thing that i knew was wrong was that south carolina was saddling. we were selling for a republican house, a republican senate, and a republican governor. i won't stop until we get a conservative house -- [applause] we went up against some hard running people. we had an attorney general, a congressman, and a lieutenant government. we had no name, no idea, and no money. but we had something they did not have. we had you. we said no to a lot of things. we said we're not going to have an arrogant, on accountable government. we said note to spending. we said no to bailouts from washington. we said no to inside dealmaking and bad politics. and this last two or 3 weeks, we said no to the bad side of politics. but we did not just say no, we suggested a lot of things. we said yes to making su

chaplain coughlin: lord, our god, in you there is no beginning, no end. you truly are a dynamic presence, ever self-revealing, guiding at all human events. show your presence in the midst of our empowering activities and empty frustrations. may the priorities and the work of this congress reveal your goodness to the nation and make all aware of divine providence behind every problem and obstacle as well as every delightful gift for you are our life and our salvation now and forever. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the chamber her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the jouunal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from north carolina, congresswoman foxx. ms. foxx: please join me in the pledge to our wonderful flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 10 requests

speaker, if i were talking to the president right now, i would remind him that lord chamberlain flew to munich in the late 1930's and signed agreement -- an agreement with her hitler that led to 60 million people being killed in world war ii. 60 million. we were not in the nuclear age at that time but we still lost 60 million people in this world. we are now in the nuclear age and that's why this legislation is so important. there are waivers in this bill and that really troubles me. didn't want there to be any waivers in this conference report, but they're there. the president can waive these sanctions. and i would just like to say, if i were talking to the president, look at history, mr. president. look at what happened because of a weak-kneed approach back in the late 1930's that led to 60 million people dying in woled -- world war ii. and don't let that happen now. we need to let ahmadinejad and the leaders in iran know that we mean business and that means don't waive any of the sanctions we're passing here today. you have the authority, but don't do it. they're building a nuclea

for the war lords. my thing is, what does the luminac luminachehave planed? host: republican line. carol? caller: good morning. how you guys doing this morning? yes, sir. i wondered i was watching a special that had this last year on,c nbc with house of cards that explained how every thing happened and it showed that they would take these mortgages and rate them so they could sell them over seafoods so seems like most of the bad debt where is sold overseas. we didn't hold themmed because new they were not good to begin with. the way it looked as they sold them fast as they could make them. they wouldn't keep them here and maybe that's why some of the overs is having some financial problems they're having now? guest: there's partial truth to that. a lot of the mortgage debt was packaged into mortgage backed securities and that was sold everywhere. not just overseas but here. in investors and pension funds bought them too. that's our 401k and our retirement funds. so yes, it did contribute to the recession. not the current european crisis but when we tumbled two years ago and the u.s

may he rest in peace with our lord and may god's angels surround your family until you are reunited, sincerely, pat. i would like to read a poem that garrett's family and friends say who garrett was, dedicated to all marines. in a crowd you are bound to spot him. he's standing so very tall. not too much impressive. he's seen and done it all. his hair is short, eyes are smiling. only indication of the hell that he's gone through. he belongs to a say credit brotherhood always faithful to the end, has walked into battle and walked back out again. many people think him foolish for having no regrets after having lived through many times, others would forget. he's the first to go and last to know, but never questions why on whether it's right or wrong, but only do or die. he walks the path most won't take. he's lost much along the way, but he thinks a lot of freedom, it's a small price to pay. yes, he has chosen to live a life off the beaten track knowing well each time he's called, he might not make it back. so next time you see a devil dog standing proud and true be grateful for all he's

to walk every day, trying to be better people, walking in strength with our relationship with the lord, and that is something we will continue to do for us and our family, but i'm proud of our parents and the way they raised me. i don't want to say anything against them or against that faith. >> howdy your religious beliefs play a role in what you do every day and decisions you make every day? if you were elected governor, would your religious beliefs affect important decisions? >> it is who i am. it is what i am as a person. it drives my every decision. it drives the way i live. it drives the way i bring up my family. i'm a sinner saved by grace, and i live in god, who is jesus christ. he is in my heart every day. when i talk to my children, when i talk to schools, i say that things are not shades of gray. there are absolutes in our life, and there is 10 of them, if you want to be exact. i try to live by those every day. my children were actually saved during this campaign. win or lose, that is important. the big thing is that my children have been saved, and that is aagood day and a

not too distant future when you show up for the sunday liturgy and the celebrant says to you, the lord be with you, your answer will no longer be, and also with you. it will be, and with your spirit. this is a more faithful and accurate translation of the black and original. if you try to see that -- a more accurate translation of the latin original. we see it in doctrinal debate today. my point is, there is no spare of catholic life these days that is free or that can escape the inevitability of questions about kathleen identity. -- catholic identity. how do you foster a strong sense of catholic identity and communicated to the rest of the world? catholic higher education is an obvious case in point. there is not a catholic campus in this country that has not had all long and painful internal conversations around the issues of catholic identity. it seems to me that the major challenge we will face in the 21st century in our part of the world is that a steering a middle course between to potential extremes. on the one end of the spectrum, we have my friend and colleague describes as ca

for the war lords. my thing is, what does the luminac luminachehave planed? host: republican line.l? caller: good morning. how you guys doing this morning? yes, sir. i wondered i was watching a special that had this last year on,c nbc with house of cards that explained how every thing happened and it showed that they would take these mortgages and rate them so they could sell them over seafoods so seems like most of the bad debt where is sold overseas. we didn't hold themmed because new they were not good to begin with. the way it looked as they sold them fast as they could make them. they wouldn't keep them here and maybe that's why some of the overs is having some financial problems they're having now? guest: there's partial truth to that. a lot of the mortgage debt was packaged into mortgage backed securities and that was sold everywhere. not just overseas but here. in investors and pension funds bought them too. that's our 401k and our retirement funds. so yes, it did contribute to the recession. not the current european crisis but when we tumbled two years ago and the u.s. eco

in the last few years, was all the bar of conduct lord for computer network attacks.n estonia and 2007 and enjoyed it into a desolate, distributed denial of service attacks impede government functions. as i told the doctor, i think it also delayed me getting here. now there are hints some penetrations are targeting systems for remote sabotage. let me explain. estonia and georgia were distributed to the isle of service attacks. once the attacks stopped, the information services were able to continue with their jobs, but the potential for sabotages and destruction is not possible and something we must treat very seriously. these threats are serious. to do with them will require common vision, unity of effort, and a commitment of dedicated resources. our department of defense must be able to operate freely and defend its resources in cyberspace. we will do this as we do it and the traditional military domain of land, sea, air, and space. but cyberspace is unique. it is man-made and it is also increasingly contested. that makes everything even tougher. our job in u.s. cyb