here is a quote from mark twain about that. the wise thing is for us to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously, to live firmly, frankly, squarely with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mean, as being ashamed of our high calling. it should go without saying that line has never been generally thought of as a high calling in the field of journalism. certainly it was not a high calling as practiced by william randolph hearst in the days leading up to the spanish-american war. in fact, to some extent cursed himself and his paper was responsible for the outbreak of war in the first place. in 1998 william hearst public journal published one incendiary article after another urging the u.s. to intervene in cuba where the spaniards who controlled the island were treating the cubans viciously. they were imposing higher taxes on the cubans, they were restricting the freedoms of the cubans, they were inflicted severe punishment on the cubans for the most minor of offenses. eventually the united states gover

mark twain. and i remember mark twain was a -- 1930 league, and he wanted to change the stars in the banner with the skulls when the united states began imperial advance in the time of president mckinley, who heard the voice overgoads saying you -- the voice of god saying you should save the philippines from the danger of the pill -- philippines. so you know perhaps better than i. >> host: well, thank you very much eduardo galeon know. and it's been an honor to talk to you. i have wanted to do this for many years and it's been really great i have been able to do it. and i'm john dinges, and i'm spinning with eduardo galeano, and we will init there thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. i forgot i was in a tv studio. i was nice talking conversation with a friend in a cav cafe. >> oo thank you. i enjoyed it. >> john talbot described as the oracle of the financial world exposes what he says are the biggest myths about the current recession. wall street's role it in and how to get out of it. barne

i remember mark twain was a leader of the antiimperialists lead and he proposed to change the star sting called banner when the united states began but event for the time of president mckinley who heard the voice of god saying you should say filling silence from the danger. and so they initiated the courier we will know when you know perhaps better than point the >> host: thank you very much, eduardo galeano is the author of "mirrors" stories of almost everyone. it is a wonderful book and one that you can't stop reading. and it's been an honor to talk to you. i have wanted to do this many years and it's been great i've been able to do it. i am john dinges speaking with eduardo galeano and we will end there. thank you very much >> guest: thank you. i absolutely forgot i was in a tv studio. i was having a nice talking conversation with a friend. thank you. >> host: good. i enjoyed it. >>> simon schama, professor talks about religion and race and war and how these things have been echoed through the united states history. philadelphia free library hosted the event. it's one hour. >> many of

it is like something mark twain would read. those are the kinds of things i would like to talk about. host: bob schieffer, we appreciate your time in graciousness for appearing on this network. guest: thank you, steve. host: please come back again. the house and senate are both in session today. two house committees are looking at the cost of health care. it will likely be a driving topic today. the president will go to the brady briefing room at 12:30 at we will have live coverage. we will also have coverage on line and on the radio. see you tomorrow. enjoy the rest of your tuesday. have a good day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009]. . . >> the house takes of homeland security spending on wednesday. reports also indicate climate change legislation is possible later this week, but members will consider a number of bills today dealing with veterans benefits. the time set aside for sport -- for short speeches. the senate will spend much of the morning

it is like something mark twain would read. those are the kinds of t thingsi would like to talk about host: please come back again. >> the house came in today, debated five bills and has recessed until 6:30 eastern for votes on those bills debated this afternoon. tomorrow mens -- members consider nearly $46 billion for the homeland security department next budget year. a $7% increase over this year. also this week, defense department programs and policy. on friday, speaker pelosi may bring climate change legislation to the floor. live coverage when the house returns here on c-span. on thursday, "washington journal" talks to the original head of the homeland security department. former pennsylvania governor tom ridge. live coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> july fourth weekend on book tv, discover an unfamiliar side of our nation's first president as we're live from george washington's mount vernon estate. on george washington. join our three-hour conversation, sunday, july 5, live on in depth d on c-span's book tv

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grant was saved from financial ruin by selling his memoirs to mark twain and the memoirs were a commercial and critical success, although, they were published after his death. he finished writing them just shortly before he died. congress was loathe to grant pensions to presidents. they were a little more generous with widows. generally, presidential widows got $5,000 a year. there were many bills introduced especially after grant's money problems to provide for presidential pensions, but inevitably, these bills died. and, i guess, there was a feeling just looking back at some of the newspaper clippings from the various bills that presidents -- it was undemocratic for presidents to receive pensions, that they were just another citizen toiling in the service of their country and that -- when they were done, finished with their presidential service that they would return to being just ordinary citizens. it's really quite a grand ideal but as harry discovered not a very realistic one. incidentally, congress has been a little more generous or was a little more generous with their own pensions.

i want to quote that great american, mark twain. he said that "travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrowmindedness." america's image in the world, as we know, has suffered greatly over the past several years. but travel to our country, to america is one of our most effective tools of public diplomacy. studies have shown over and over again that when people come to our country, they return home with a very positive view of not just our country as it's described in the books but the landscapes and the people and the way we live our lives. so in addition to helping strengthen our economy, this bill would strengthen our place in the world. so let me end by thanking and acknowledging the chairman of the commerce committee, rockefeller, ranking member hutchison, and senator dorgan for quickly bringing this legislation to the floor. i look forward to the passage of the travel promotion act so we can continue to get travel and tourism and, of course, then our economy back on track. mr. president, with that, i'd ask that my statement