washington where secretary of defense robert gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen testified before congress was the first time they've done that since the u.s. started its involvement in libya are just how important has more on the model nature of the mission and the anger at spring for some lawmakers. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressman were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were still confusion about the u.s. is ending and i think a policy success would be the removal of. the gadhafi regime the military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. the rebels that we don't have much visibility into into those who have risen against gadhafi each element has its

i'll be joined here in the studios by chairman mike mullen. to discuss what's being called operation odyssey dawn. >>> but first, the latest headlines in the fast-moving story. a defiant moammar gadhafi is promising a long war, one day after the united states and a broad international coalition launched military strikes on his country. british and american ships and submarines fired 112 cruise missiles on more than 20 targets on the coast. b-2 bombers took out targets. all part of the largest intervention in the muslim world since the start of the iraq war. there are plans to impose a no-fly zone to keep gadhafi from firing on his own people. sunday, tripoli shook with explosions and anti-aircraft fire. libyan state television reported that 48 people were killed. today, on in a phone call to libyan television, gadhafi said they stand strong to fight. fight crusaders. this is a fight that he says they will win. >> translator: you are not capable of a pro longed -- for a prolonged war in libya. we consider ourselves ready for a long war. be awar

and on nbc's "meet the press," joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen declared that moammar gadhafi's air force has been grounded. >> he hasn't had had any aircraft or helicopters flying the last couple days, so effectively that no-fly zone has been put in place. >> reporter: but a trail of burned out tanks, trucks and cars provided dramatic evidence that the u.s. military operation has escalated well beyond the no-fly zone. for the first time today, u.s. air force f-15s and 16s along with british and french fighters attacked libyan ground troops on the road to benghazi. the attack reportedly killed dozens of libyan military. [ gunfire ] as armed rebels celebrated, u.s. military officials denied the attack was to support anti-gadhafi forces but aimed, instead, at protecting civilians. >> actually, they were mechanized positions and they were advancing on benghazi. and so to protect the libyan people, we took them under attack. >> reporter: critics claim whatever you call it the u.s. is already in too deep, caught up in another war. >> we can say this is for humanitarian purposes, we c

and here to talk about that, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. admiral, thank you for coming. so, has this been successful? >> well, in the first certainly 24 hours of operations, we've been able to effectively establish the no-fly zone. we've got actually french airplanes over benghazi as we speak. we'll be able to do that on 24/7 basis. we've taken out some of his ground forces near benghazi. he has not flown anything for the last couple of days. we've taken out his air defense systems. we've hit some of his command- and-control nodes and some of his airfields, one in particular which was a very significant airfield. i don't have all the damage assessments at this point. it's going to take a little longer to do that. but so far, very, very effective. >> schieffer: so what is the objective now? >> the military mission here is actually very clearly defined. it's limited in scale and scope. and its to establish a no fly zone. it's to protect... to not allow him to continue to kill libyan civilians and protect them, as well as support the humanitar

>> mike mullen said the biggest single national security problem is our economy.e it better. instead we're ignoring a previous secretary of state john quincy adams someone you haven't had on the show in a while, we're going abroad in search of monsters to destroy. there's any number of monsters but is this right now something that strategically necessary and vital for the united states, given all that's happening in places like egypt, bahrain, audi arabia, around the world, all we need to repair at home? i would think the answer is not. this a's the idea the administration is missing. it's not enough to simply want to do good wherever we see bad. we've got to ask where can we do good against what cost? >> andrea, it's values versus interests. >> the problem that the president has in projecting american values is that he first of all believes in a multi lat ras policy. on that score, he has really accomplished that. this was pretty remarkable bringing this whole coalition together and getting the arab league. but the problem of american interest is not resolved. ou

perspective on yet another war but on capitol hill congress held meetings on libya without parole mike mullen and robert gates today so have details on what was discussed and we'll find out if a clear mission with clear goals has finally been created and we'll have details on the latest court of appeals ruling which justifies keeping a good mo detainee without any proof that he was actually involved with al qaeda so we'll bring you details on this ruling and will determine if it's just another glaring example of obama going back on his promise about closing guantanamo bay next we'll look into how the mainstream media is covering libya when i guess n.b.c. host made a very strong statements on the show last night which leads us to ask if the mainstream media is choosing partisanship over analysis and then could there really be a silver lining to the budget big growing in congress the democrats and republicans may have finally reached an agreement about probably won't make the tea party very happy considering that they took their anger to d.c. to protest today so what's going to happen next we'l

mike mullen says the main goal of the operation is to protect civilians. >>> in japan, officials haveeclared two units at the struggling nuclear power plant under control. both units have cooled down after operators pumped cool water into storming -- storage pool. however pressure in a third unit rose today. the japanese government is advising people living near the plant not to drink the tap water. >>> a ray of hope was a remarkable rescue sunday, an 80-year-old woman was pull from the rubble where she and her grandson had been trapped for more than a week. she had apparently been pinned under in the refrigerator. fortunately for her she survived on food from the fridge for nine days until her grandson managed to pull himself out. he called for help from the roof of the flattened house. >> a few signs that life is returning to normal. nissan plans to resume auto and parts production at five japanese factories on monday and plans to resume vehicle production on thursday as long as supplies last. the industry still faces rolling blackouts and foundation -- infrastructure problems. >> t

we'll have an update on talk with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen live on "fox news sunday." then two leading senators weigh in on the mix, lindsey graham and jack reed. japan works t work contain a nr disaster. we will get the latest from japan and talk with the secretary of energy steven chu. plus, we ask our sunday panel if the president is taking the lead on these issues or following. all right now on "fox news sunday." hello again from fox news in washington where we are tracking two major stories. we have a reporter in libya where the u.s. and its allies are using military force to protect the antiqaddafi rebels. and in japan, where officials are making progress toward bringing a nuclear plant under control. we'll have more on that later and talk with the secretary of energy. first, libya, u.s. stealth bombers struck a major libyan airfield. and qaddafi called the raids terrorism and said the attackers will be defeated. let's get the latest from steve harrigan in tripoli. >> the strikes overnight targeted not just the air defenses but the command a

this morning, admiral mike mullen said the operation against libya has made significant progress andthan gadhafi's forces have been haled in benghazi. with us now is retired u.s. army general barry mccaffrey. good morning. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> i know you've been listening to the coverage. mick was describing the cruise missile attacks against air defense targets and also b-2 attacks against airfields and f-15 attacks on ground troops. this seems to be going far beyond what we were told a no-fly zone. is it clear to you what the military objectives are here? >> i find it very encouraging to put the power of the u.s. air force against gadhafi's ground combat capability, artillery under the u.n. resolution, they are authorized to protect civilian life. they're interpreting this broadly. this will finally make a difference. the air cap was nonsensical. >> the air cap meaning denying libyan airplanes from getting in the air. what's left for the military if that objective is done? >> we'll have to see what gadhafi's next moves are. he's smart and he is, he'll move

in celebration of the military's highest decoration and those who receive it, admiral mike mullen, chairmanf the joint chiefs of staff will deliver a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the congressional award. >>> in new york, broadway will dim its lights in tribute to elizabeth taylor. the actress died early wednesday of congestive heart failure at the age of 79. as elton john mourns the loss of his long time friend, elizabeth taylor, he'll be celebrating a birthday. today the legendary musician turns 64. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. >>> and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. in a "today" exclusive, the model suing american apparel's ceo for sexual harassment speaks out and addresses claims that she made advances toward him. >>> and meet a woman who was kidnapped as child and reunited with her family 37 years later. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local new

they also attended an event hosted by joint chiefs chairman mike mullen at the pentagon. the law establishing the medal of honor was signed by president lincoln in 1861. >>> the oxford english dictionary, the most formal and proper of them all has added some informal words to its lexicon tonight. text message favorites "lol" and "omg" are now officially words, along with that favorite "whassup" spelled with ss and not zs. yes, i did say that. some more normal words made it in as well. "taquito," those stuffed and rolled up tortillas, and the term "muffin top" made the list. according to oxford it's the flesh that protrudes above the waistband of a tight pair of pants. or what happens to you if you eat too many taquitos. it all comes full circle. >>> when "nightly news" returns in a moment, a lesson in dignity from people who have lost everything. >>> finally tonight, it's been two weeks since the monster earthquake and tsunami laid waste to a huge area of northern japan. the death toll has now climbed past 10,000. many are still missing, many more homeless. but there is o

joint chiefs chairman mike mullen spoke with abc's christiane amanpour on "this week." >> so it's possible we could have, like iraq, a 12-year no-fly zone with the strongman still in place. >> i wouldn't speculate in terms of length at this particular point in time. >> reporter: and martha, we both know that the white house has stressed here this would not be a long effort. but that did not make it sound like it would end quickly. >> reporter: it sure didn't, david. i think the only thing we know for sure is that the u.s. is going to hand over command to the europeans or another al li within the next few days or maybe few weeks. but beyond that, we don't know. >> and if the pentagon says it's not going after gadhafi right now, is there a scenario where he stays in some fashion? >> reporter: well, you know, admiral mullen said today it is possible that gadhafi could remain in power and it could be mission accomplished but the only way that would happen would be for him to really truly honor the cease-fire and all those other commands in the u.n. resolution, and frankly, not many people expe

and her guest will be admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >>> the attack by the u.s. and coalition partners will degrade gadhafi's conventional forces, but the libyan leader has threatened not only defiance, but to retaliate, even bringing down passenger jets. his regime did that once before, so how serious is the recent threat? david muir joins us now. >> i asked that question about the planes, the risks, and could gadhafi seek revenge in other ways? i sat down with a 25-year veteran of the fbi, a former special agent who worked counterterrorism just a short time ago here. the libyan leader made the threat, any military threat against libya and consider any air and maritime activity reason for a counter attack. namely, planes. going into this, we knew what gadhafi's threat was, but can he carry out on that threat? >> he has the will to do so. the question is his capabilities. he doesn't have the capabilities he used to have. militarily, they're limited. large scale, bio chem attack, i don't think so. >> when he talks about taking out planes? >> i think his abili

in libya secretary of defense robert gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen testified before congress well for the first time since the u.s. started its involvement in libya ours is killing for it has more on the model of nature of the mission and the anger that's spring for some lawmakers. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressman we're hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were still confusion about the u.s. is ending and i think a policy success would be the removal of. the cut off the regime the military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into into those who have risen against each element has its own agenda. it's very much a pickup ball game at this point and whether the u.s. will arm them discuss our plans if you know regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting better but swept but gates and mullen passed the buck on that one differing to the white ho

promises they are more marketable on the job market the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen recently expressed concern over the creation of a generation of homeless vets a practical and moral burden for the u.s. for decades to come despite the warning some conservative lawmakers like michele bachmann have proposed cutting funding for veterans that is something that proud american bet's don't like to hear take care remember in. case. the world. america is not. a los angeles. r.t. . well that does it for now for more on the stories that we covered please go to r.t. dot com slash usa as i said are you to page it's youtube dot com slash r t america and of course you can always follow me on twitter it's after lucy catherine of one word had a great evening.

promises they are more marketable on the job market the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen recently expressed concern over the creation of a generation of homeless vets a practical and moral burden for the u.s. protect. despite the warning some conservative lawmakers like michele bachmann have proposed cutting funding for veterans that is something that proud american vets don't like to hear take care remember in. page two. the world. america is not king. in los angeles among bellino r.t. . u.s. vice president joe biden was in russia this week maybe with president meeting with the heads of and prime minister vladimir putin talking about continuing a reset of relations between the two countries i don't changing opinion amongst the american. i an american is writing to russia as one of the top five countries threatening american security. two years ago this year only true percent. of the entire american population say they view russia as a threat all this leads to one very important conclusion in the mind of one vice president. and i think is now beyond dispute the reset is w

promises they are more marketable on the job market the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen recently expressed concern over the creation of a generation of homeless vets a practical and moral burden for the u.s. for decades to come despite the warning some conservative lawmakers like michele bachmann have proposed cutting funding for veterans that is something that proud american vets don't like to hear take care remember in the case of the world. america's. a los angeles. r.t. . well a lot of money is spent abroad but not that much when it comes for our own veterans take i got some of the numbers here twenty percent of iraq and afghanistan veterans that were jobless unemployed last year and a staggering i think a sixteen percent were homeless in two thousand nine hundred b. got to this point where we don't invest in the men and women that we sent abroad to fight our wars but we got to this point because largely the united states we didn't understand traumatic brain injuries to vietnam we should have learned a lesson in that fifty percent of the people in the streets today t

promises they are more marketable on the job market the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen recently expressed concern over the creation of a generation of homeless vets a practical and moral burden for the u.s. for decades to come despite the warning some conservative lawmakers like michele bachmann have proposed cutting funding for veterans that is something that proud american vets don't like to hear. remember in good faith to. the world. america is nothing. in los angeles but i'm on the leno party and it has a pro now for more on the story from coverage please go to r.t. dot com.

those cuts went through it would be devastating to national security same sentiments echoed by mike mullen and then robert gates about their respective agencies but you know can we still afford all of these projects and adventures abroad you're saying the u.s. should just stay out clearly we're not doing man. absolutely and you know look national security is one of the most meaningless terms that they ever came up with it's an ad hoc subjective determination to justify whatever they want to do including the multi decade support of hosni mubarak the dictator of egypt post the dictators in tunisia yemen. you know all over that region as well as in latin america and other parts of the world and well i think americans need to be doing dina's doing exactly what the people in the middle east are doing is start reflecting on what is the role of our government in all this you know in creating the the anger and hatred that is engender the terrorist threat that ben is used as the excuse to take away our freedoms we need to be doing some soul searching over here just like people over there are doing

robert gates and mike mullen will talk about the military mission in libya. live coverage of the house armed services committee begins at 9:00 eastern time. then at 2:15, the senate armed services comee

reporter: as for whether gadhafi will stay in power, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen said in several television interviews yesterday it's uncertain how the operation will end and it's a possibility that gadhafi will survive it politically. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. >>> time now 6:18. pg&e is scrambling now to create an opt out plan for their controversial smart meter program. the california puc set a deadline of thursday after several bay area communities had moratoriums on the metering. they insist smart meters are safe and plan on continuing the program. >>> the santa clara city council will vote tonight to give $4.5 million to the san francisco 49ers. the money would be used to help build a new football stadium in santa clara. city leaders say giving money to the private group like 49ers will better protect the money from the state. >>> time now 6:19. sal, many sal alerts out there? >> not yet. thank you. i'm happy not to give them. good morning, to you on this monday. we're morning. highway 24 looks good now. last week we had a lot of bad

gates and admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff appeared before congress to discuss the u.s. involvement in libya. one new development: reports quoting u.s. officials that cia teams are now operating in rebel-hel today, gates declined to comment on any c.i.a. activity, but did respond to questions about the president's promise of no american military forces, so- called "boots on the ground." >> are there any boots on the ground? >> not that i'm aware of? >> so we're saying we're not going to put any boots on the ground but neither have our allies? >> that's my understanding and the opposition has said they don't want any. >> so is there any time on the future that there might be allies boots on ground in libya? >> not as long as i'm in this job. >> brown: questions about the strength libyan rebel forces came up as well and secretary gates acknowledged that the opposition appeared to have no coherent leadership. he was asked whether terrorist groups were likely to use that situation to their advantage. >> if we're not dealing with cohesive group, are you concerned al

the guests include admiral mike mullen, congressman ed mark e.y. and senator richard lugar, right after this newscast on cbs 5. >>>in japan today an 80-year- old woman and a teenage boy were rescued, nine days after the deaf citing earthquake and tsunami. rescuers found the 16-year-old boy on the roof of his house. and then he led them inside to his grandmother. a helicopter took them to a hospital. more than 8000 people are now confirmed dead. more than 12,000 still missing. the damaged nuclear plant in fukushima, workers keep supplying water on the most vulnerable area. they have put off venting radioactive gas from one reactor, because the pressure inside has finally stablized. >>> so how will the disaster in japan affect the country's economy in the long run? and our economy for that matter? >> right here in the bay area, joining sus john hadman of compass economics, who was in tokyo when the earthquake struck. john, welcome back. >> yeah. we're glad you're all right. >> where were you when it hit? >>i was in tokyo on the sixth floor of a unive

this is from admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, just going to read the yellow portion here. he said, "i believe our debt is the greatest threat to our national security." well, we know that our national debt is over $14 trillion now. this year, we're spending in excess of what we take in almost $1.6 trillion, and all we're talking about in that house bill that got sent over here is reducing that amount by $61 billion, a very sultry amount. a few other things to talk about here. this is from treasury secretary, tim geithner. he said february 17th, "it is excessively high interest burden. it's unsustainable with the president's plan even if congress were to enact it and even if the congress were to hold on to it over reduce those deficits over the next five years, we would still be left with a very large interest burden and unsustainable obligations over time." that's the secretary of treasury. he also said, "our deficits are too high. they are unsustainable." i think everybody agrees. they are unsustainable, and he said, "if left unaddressed, these deficits will

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. >> defense secretary gates and chairman mike mullen testified about the president's budget request for 20 told, which totals $553 billion. the help defense appropriations is over two and half hours. >> the committee would be in order. this morning we welcome secretary gates admirable on and secretary mr. hill come up for what it should improve to be interesting hearing. we come to each other and of the different type of time than we've had in the past. there seems to be more pressure to reduce spending on defense, which is something we're not really used to. we are in a different era now. we are in an era of starting the process for the fy 12 defense appropriations bill, but we're still not finished with the fy 11 appropriations bill, despite the fact that the election is halfway over. it is not that we can lay any blame on the chairman mr. dicks because he and i am a subcommittee worked very hard to prepare this bill last year and if we had our way, we would have been on the floor and pass before christmas, before thanksgiving actually. anyway, we do have the issue of trying to fi

to talk about our nation's security and what the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen recently said is the greatest threat to america's future. he mentioned not too long ago that the greatest threat to america's national security is our national debt. not al qaeda, not the iranian nuclear threat, not instability in the middle east or russian spies, but our national debt. that's a stunning statement, but i think that it's backed up by the numbers. we are more than $14 trillion in debt. in 220 years of american history up to the beginning of 2009 and 43 american presidents, it took us that amount of time to pile up $6.3 trillion of publicly held debt. under the obama administration's latest budget, we will double that in another two years and triple it in ten. that budget calls for a sizable annual deficit every single year for the next ten years. the smallest budget deficit we would face would be $607 billion in the year 2015, and then our deficits would start rising again. that's what the white house calls a balanced budget. i would call it a joke, but it's no laughing

on "meet the press," admiral mike mullen declared the no-fly zone has been a success and moammar gadhafi's air force has been grounded. >> he hasn't had any aircraft or helicopters flying the last couple of days. effectively the no-fly zone has been put in place. >> reporter: these air strikes have gone well beyond the no-fly zone. american f-15s and 16s left a trail of bombed and burned-out tanks and trucks on an attack on libyan military forces advancing on benghazi. dozen of military were killed. armed forces celebrated a victory over the military, but u.s. military officials insist the attack was aimed at protecting civilians, not the rebels. critics claim the u.s. is taking sides in a civil war. >> we can say this is for humanitarian purposes or say it's a no-fly zone but what we have done is intervene in a libyan civil war. we now own a moral responsibility for the outcome. >> reporter: on his way to russia overnight robert gates said the u.s. will turn over the bombing campaign to allies within days. >> we will continue to support the coalition. we will be a member of the coalition.

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, says the conflict here has to be resolved by the libyans themselves. erica? >> mandy clark in benghazi, libya, this morning. thanks. chris? >> erica, thank you. in tripoli, meanwhile, western forces are getting closer than ever to gadhafi himself, as they fire on his base of operations in libya's capital. cbs news correspondent mark phillips is in tripoli with the very latest on that for us this morning. mark? >> good morning, chris. well, the war is coming very close to home for colonel gadhafi here. in fact, come right to his home. he hasn't been seen for a couple of days here. his appearances have been by telephone calls into local tv station, inciting the libyans to continue to fighting on, saying this will be a long war. all the other stuff that we've been reporting. but last night was a very feverish night of activity here. the sky was laced with anti-aircraft fire. we couldn't see or hear any planes or missiles overhead, but we did hear at least one very loud explosion. and that turned out to be a hit within the compou

that was the joint chiefs of staff, mike mullen. we're spending $1.42 for every $1 we get. we are we're borrowing 42 cents of that. 12% of our debt is owed to the chinese. every day we write the chinese for $120 million. they could buy the most advanced strike jet fighter in the world and still have $20 million to put in their pocket each day. in 1970 only 19% of our national debt was owed to other countries. today it approaches 50%. now, let's not talk about whether we can afford this program. let's talk about whether our children or grandchildren can because let's not kid ourselves. we can't pay it back. now, do we want to spend $30 billion of our children and our grandchildren's money? well, first of all, should we do that morally? but let's just assume that you say yes, we should do this with our chirp and our grandchildren's money. well, who should we pay that money to? you talked about the banks. well, where does this money go? it goes to the banks. every dime of it is paid to a bank. you have a borrower. you have leaneder. as many of you have correctly said, and i ag

defense strare robert gates and joint chiefs chairman mike mullen come to capitol hill tomorrow to testifybout military operations in libya in a pair of congressional hearings. you can watch both of them live begining with the house foreign services committee beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. then at 2:15 p.m., a hearing on the senate armed services committee. both hearings will be on c-span 3 and on our website c-span.org. >> nearly 1,500 middle and high school students submitted documentaries on the theme washington, d.c. through my lens. watch the wing videos every morning -- winning videos every morning. during the program, meet the students who created them. >> follow c-span on twitter. it is the fastest way to get programming and schedule updates as well as links to events we covered. you can also tweet questions directly to our "washington journal" guests. join the viewers who follow our tweet. get started at twitter.com/c-span. there are chairman of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission returned from japan and reported on the nuclear crisis there before a senate panel today. th

defense secretary robert gates and chief chair mike mullen testify about the president's budget request for 2012. later, testimony from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. >> i find the testimony of sports owners to be that they do not participate in the problems of those communities. >> tomorrow on "q & a" best-selling sports author sally jenkins on the intersection of sports and social responsibility. >> on tuesday hillary clinton urged lawmakers not to cut spending on diplomacy and foreign aid. she also told the committee that proposed cuts to the state department and the united states agency for international development, in her words, would be devastating to national security. after her opening statement, she took questions from the house committee panel. this portion is 2:20. >> madam secretary, it is a pleasure to welcome you to our committee. after i have my opening remarks, i ask you summarize your written testimony and then we will move directly into questions. in iran we have moved to the hezbollah ackyix. the union should never have supported a government with hezbollah.

him and admiral mike mullen are on different pages.e do not really know where the -- the opposition to gaddafi is. we do not know what kind of government they will fall into afterwards. this is not a popular move. the head of the arab league has condemned this and says it has gone beyond what they ask for. i believe we still have one missing pilot. what authority do we have to do this? we have gone around congress and obama has said he will follow the un and not listen to our representatives and not even have a debate on this. i think that's a deplorable thing to do. if we're going to do this action in libya, why do we not do it in other countries in similar situations with autocratic dictator's? ast: let's go to ruth, democrat in madison, ohio. caller: i'm very confused about the fact that every time this president does something, no matter what, that everybody in this country seems to stand up and oppose him, at least the people in congress, whether they are democrats or republicans. this man cannot do anything unless somebody oppose

robert gates and joint chiefs chairman mike mullen come to capitol hill tomorrow to testify about militaryperations in libya. you can watch both of them live beginning with the house foreign services committee at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. then at 2:15 p.m., they will be interviewing the senate armed services committee. both hearings will be on c-span3 and on our website, c-span.org. >> nearly 1500 middle and high school students submitted documentaries on the famed "washington d.c. krewe might lance." what's the videos every day at 6:00 -- 6:50 p.m. eastern. strain the be as any time at studentcam.org. >> the chairman of the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission recently turned out -- recently returned from japan. he testified before a senate panel today. he was questioned about how nuclear waste is stored in the u.s. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> our thoughts are with the people of japan to continue to suffer. i spoke to the ambassador saturday and conveyed my deep sympathy. for all of us who have been watching this on television through the horrors of the earthquake and tsunami, we want

him and admiral mike mullen are on different pages.do not really know where the -- the opposition to gaddafi is. we do not know what kind of government they will fall into afterwards. this is not a popular move. the head of the arab league has condemned this and says it has gone beyond what they ask for. i believe we still have one missing pilot. what authority do we have to do this? we have gone around congress and obama has said he will follow the un and not listen to our representatives and not even have a debate on this. i think that's a deplorable thing to do. if we're going to do this action in libya, why do we not do it in other countries in similar situations with autocratic dictator's? ast: let's go to ruth, democrat in madison, ohio. caller: i'm very confused about the fact that every time this president does something, no matter what, that everybody in this country seems to stand up and oppose him, at least the people in congress, whether they are democrats or republicans. this man cannot do anything unless somebody opposes

as chairman mike mullen said, the number one national security issue for this country, to get our deficitand debt under control. unless we can broaden this debate from the 12% of domestic discretionary to include, yes, defense spending, entitlement spending, tax reform, trying to make sure that everything's on the table. the house approach does not do that. the house approach is shortsighted. the house approach will not allow us to grow our economy in the way we need. i would be voting against that proposal when it comes to the floor, but i look forward to working again with all of my colleagues to make sure that we get a true comprehensive deficit and debt reduction plan that this congress can vote on and put in action. with that,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t,t, mr. manchin: >> she was on the floor to talk about the role that he sent. >> proposals for continuing resolution that will be here today. i will be blunt. this is not make a lot of sense to me. a lot of west virginians or a lot of our fellow americans. we will likely have votes on two proposals today, and both options are partisan and unre

bob schaefer talks with the chairmen of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen, senator dick lugar and secretary chu, and their ranking member of the house energy committee. begin athose reairs noon with "meet the press", 1:00, but abc's "this week" cnn's "state of the union of," at 3:00 p.m.. you can listen to them all on c- span radio on 90.1 in washington and channel 132 on xm satellite radio. or go online to cspanradio.org. >> katherine wilde heads a ew yorkit cente rin ner in n ew city. >> new york city was pulled into the global economy, became america's gateway and has prospered ever sent. >> what the rest of the interview tonight on c-span's "q&a." this weekend on american history to be on c-span 3, the organization of american historians meeting from houston with authors offering insight as to why the south seceded from the union. the rise and fall of enron. and remembering the triangle shirt waist fire. and the subsequent reforms and safety in labor. for the complete weekend schedule, go to c- span.org/history. >> the president and the administration believes that we will hav

recently putting foreign-policy as i, was by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen. he said that the gravest threat -- whatour greatest threat to our country is? who said it? our debt. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said that our unsustainable $14.2 trillion debt is our greatest adversary. that is a military -- that is the head of the military making a statement like that, very telling. almost as telling as secretary gates saying about libya, we've never done anything like this on the fly before. i'm sorry, libya has been our enemy for 25 years. i'm sure there are contingency plans back there somewhere. why is this been done on the fly? this is an administration without any adult leadership, without any principles, without any vision of what america is about. let's talk about our sprawling debt for a minute. i call it the secret entitlement program that the obama administration does not want to talk about. this entitlement program does not deal with medicare and medicaid. it does not deal with social security. it is with one function, and that is, to pay

as chairman mike mullen said, the number one national security issue for this country, to get our deficit and debt under control. unless we can broaden this debate from the 12% of domestic discretionary to include, yes, defense spending, entitlement spending, tax reform, trying to make sure that everything's on the table. the house approach does not do that. the house approach is shortsighted. the house approach will not allow us to grow our economy in the way we need. i would be voting against that proposal when it comes to the floor, but i look forward to working again with all of my colleagues to make sure that we get a true comprehensive deficit and debt reduction plan that this congress can vote on and put in action. with that,t,t,t,t,t, >> joe manchin was also on the floor to talk about federal spending and the role the president should have. concerns with the two wildly opposing budget resolutions that will be presented to us today. i might just be a freshman senator but i'll be blunt. this whole process ds not make a lot of sense to me and i'm afraid it doesn't make sense to a lot

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mike mullen, has made the point. "i believe that our debt is the greatest threat to our national security." now, why does he say that? wwell, there are two basic reasons y if we don't have the economic capability of funding all of the national security requirements that we have, we no longer are the world's leading power able to inject our authority throughout the world, our ability to help others as we will as defend ourselves. and, second, when we get into hock with other countries, become their debtors, our ability to influence their decisions in the world is diminished. it is very hard for us to go to the chinese, who hold a couple trillion dollars of our debt -- i think it is a figure roughly in that neighborhood -- and say, we demand that you support us in the united nations security council to impose sanctions on iran. it's pretty easy for them to say, oh, really? how about the debt that you owe us? how about if you pay a little higher interest rate on that money? of course, paying a higher interest rate would

robert gates and mike mullen come to capitol hill tomorrow to testify about military operations in libya in a pair of congressional hearings. you can watch both of them live beginning with the house armed services committee at 9:00 a.m. eastern. then, they will be at a hearing of the senate armed services committee. both hearings will be on c-span 3 and on our website c-span.org. >> if i can say what i wanted as mayor and the only person who got in trouble was me -- >> stephen goldsmith spend 8 years as mayor of indianapolis. today, he has a different job description. >> i'm here to make the streets cleaner and safer where -- and super -- i am here to make the streets cleaner and safer. >> for more than four decades, the libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant, muammar gaddafi. we have denied his -- he has denied his people's freedom. he has murdered opponents abroad and at home and has terrorized people around the world. >> find out what people are saying about libya from the president and other administration officials and other leaders around the world all online at the c-span video