host: back it our guest michelle flournoy. you write about this as well

michelle flournoy. guest: hard to know where to start there but i can say the kid and terrorist groups have been targeting the united states had nothing to do with hussein. this threat is real. i think we have to have a smarter calibrated approach to taking it on and that do not involve invading every middle eastern country. i also really object to the characterization of israel and israel's foreign policy. israel is struggling to survive in a very bad neighborhood. it is not an aggressor vis-a-vis other states in the region. and i theuink that characterization characterization, the kind of conspiracy theory that you have outline, the fact that i have seen both inside of government and outside running a think tank just don't support that. host: here is the president back from his state of the union address calling on congress to approve a new authorization for use of military force. [video clip] >> instead of being dragged into another ground war we are leading a broad coalition including arab nations t

probably going to be more disgusted than ever host: steve >> on the next washington journal, michele flournoy document the need for greater security and bipartisan support. then nina olson discusses her report that says budget cuts is produced problems with the irs customer service. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> monday night on "the communicators," reclassifying rod band as a utility and other key issues facing the federal communications commission. >> i believe the bipartisan consensus that has been in place for almost two decades has served us well. in 1998 they decided it would be an information service. it was the chairmanen of both political parties who recognized that text regulation was the best way to incentivize broadband. i think members of both parties recognize that light text regulation is the way to go. but starting with the president's announcement in december, we are now poised to consider what is called title two, common carrier legislation. and it is my view that that type of legislation developed decades ago would be a mistake. >> next, a house

michele flournoy talks about u.s. national security. and budget cuts have his problems s customer service. as always, but it will take your calls and host: at the white house, and unidentified device that could be a drone was found on the grounds in -- and there is no threat the white house personnel. the president is not around town this morning. he is in india for a visit and over the capital, it is unclear how much this storm this blizzard, could affect travel plans back to washington to take art in a busy week on capitol hill. the

probably going to be more disgusted than ever host: steve >> on the next washington journal, michelle flournoy talks about the issue of u.s. national security, and the need for bipartisan support. a taxpayer advocate discusses a report to congress that says budget cuts have produced problems with irs customer service. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. tonight on c-span, "you and they -- andrew keen talks about the overuse of technology in today's society. then, david cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons. >> this week on q1 day, our guest is andrew king -- andrew keen. he talks about the history of silicon valley and the tech world, the use of our personal data by internet sites, and what he thinks regular users of the web should note. -- should know. >> andrew keen,

but ambassador edelman, you know you and michele flournoy testified before the house armed services committeeyou were both ndp members. what are the biggest problems that you guys saw and see continued with the qdr? >> i think our concern as a panel with the qdr -- this year's panel under the legislation and the ndaa that chartered us, was able to begin its work -- i was on the panel four years ago, by the way, as well. four years ago we got the qdr, kwrd. considered it as panel, issued our report. this time around the congress actually chartered us to begin our work in parallel with the development of the qdr. so we actually convened in the summer of 2013, as a panel, and began our work then. we were briefed during the process of the qdr. went through the terms of reference, met with secretary hagel at the outset. met with him again when the qdr was about to be released. so we did that in part because i think the congress wanted us to be able to -- should we have chosen to do it to play a role, having some input into the qdr and i think our decision as a panel was not to try and formally pro