mr. alexander. >> thank you, commissioners. i can respond to that, but just briefly, we do very much welcome the questions around evaluation and data, the media report that commissioner norton referred to. it had some big inaccuracies in them, and i have never seen the numbers that commissioner wynns asked for. i think that would be very helpful. and our dropout rate is really less than the district average. i say we do welcome -- the data review is good for all of us, and we welcome it, but in terms of this resolution, this is very similar to the resolution that you all approved last year and the year before that, into -- and to pull it right now would be disruptive. the rfp process under another superintendent, -- these are not district positions for these services, and they are essential services to our innovative way of providing support to students, and they essentially pay for part of it themselves, so they are doing part of it now. to answer your question specifically, they are being employed by the nonprofits to pay tha

mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. 16 united states senators will retire this year. there's always a pretty big turnover in this body of 100, but that's a lot of senators at once. we're losing an enormous amount of talent and of course we're gaining a lot of talent in the new senators who are coming in. i wanted to take a few minutes just to show my respect for those who have served, which i'll do in a very summary fashion because we're talking about 16 individuals with very complex and distinguished background. one might ask what are the characteristics of a united states senator? there are a lot of different answers to that depending on your background and attitude toward politics and government, i suppose. i've always thought that one characteristic of almost every member of the united states senate is that he or she probably was a first grader sitting on the front row with his or her hand in the air waiting to be recognized. this is an eager bunch or you wouldn't have gotten here. second, it's a group of risk takers. most people who end up in the united states se

mr. lamar alexander, one of our senators, and he has really helped me out. unfortunately at the age of 40 i became disabled, and he really responded to me almost daily on a personal basis. host: you had success when you contact your senator? caller: -- guest: roger brings up a really valuable point. there are two types of people who interact with members of congress -- people with an opinion and people with an interest. if a woman gets up at a town hall meeting and says we have to get out of afghanistan, the member files in one part of the brain, but the woman says we need to get out of afghanistan because my son is stationed there, it has a completely different impact. they have a moral and ethical irresponsibility that they did not if it was just somebody offering an opinion. roger had an interest. he had skin in the game. members of congress are very responsive. most people don't know that more than half of the staff in the personal offices for members of congress are really constituent- driven and are doing nothing but a constituent work. casework, where

talented miners and last year a british survey supported alexander calling so good a mind of the greatest composer of the twentieth century. hello mr rush money thank you very much for being with us on the show. well first of all i wanted to ask you as far as i know from from the history books your grandfather said to get a million of left to russia in december of nineteen seventeen cells with seventeen for disability or so it was well like two months maybe less after the revolution it's happened so why didn't he except the revolution why did he choose to leave. first he was invited by a king of sweden to play. christmas here the real reason because he had so. yeah and. his people who were working who bought it told him but if. you have a group of persons who is coming to kill you and you did there was no. so why he took his wife his children so it wasn't a coincidence it wasn't by chance it was a decision to leave he was leaving the country for good yes well it's estimated that up to two million people emigrated from russia after the revolution of nine hundred seventy spotlights you know the media has more in that. one thousand ni

will come with will be good for us thank you thank you very much mr medvedev and just to remind you that my guest in the studio was alexander in the very of who is the deputy chairman of gas pramanik shipment committee and director general of gas problem x. parts and that's it for now from all of us here if you want to have your say on spotlight we have someone in mind you think i could interview next time you drop a line at al gore in up at r.t. t.v. dot are you and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more friends and comment on what's going on and and outside russia until then stay and party and take care. all. he. says. iran first atomic power plant to share reaches operational capacity before being connected to the country's national grid. but the people should no longer be in switzerland because they don't deserve to be in switzerland swiss voters get ready to choose whether immigrants who commit serious crime should be deported from the country. and with experts claiming georgian foreign debt is spiraling out of control many blame president saakashvili for a lavish over spending. good to be with you here

will come with will be good for us thank you thank you very much mr medvedev and just to remind you that my guest in the studio was alexander in that very of who is the deputy chairman of gas pramanik shipment committee and director general of gas prom back sports and that's it for now from all of us here if you want to have your say on spotlight we have someone in mind you think i could interview next time to drop me a line at al gore in up at r.t. t.v. dot are you and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more faith and comment on what's going on and and outside russia until then stay and party and take care. of. iran press is the only switch bushehr powering up the country's first nuclear energy plant. iran's nuclear cheesed as the new russian builds the attitude has been loaded up with feel more doing that they know that about later in the program . but the people should no longer be in switzerland because they don't deserve to be. immigration nation switzerland set to vote on whether foreigners who commit serious crimes should be kicked out of the country. and georgia is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy a

will come it will be good for us thank you thank you very much mr medvedev and just to remind you that my guest in the studio was alexander made very of who is the deputy chairman of gas pramanik shipment committee and director general of gas prom passports and that's it for now from all of us here if you want to have your say on spotlight we have someone in mind you think i could interview next time you drop a line at al gore in up at r.t. t.v. dot are you and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more face time comments on what's going on and and outside russia until then stay and r.t. and take care. of. for six months russian capital was in a state of siege. days and nights people lived in fear of occupation and were preparing for the desperate defense. took a heavy toll. on me switched to the offensive but was the first sunni or defeat of the. battle for moscow. iran crosses the switch for its first ever nuclear energy plants built by russia in bushehr but the people should no longer be. because they don't deserve to be sorts of immigration nation switzerland set to vote on whether foreigners who commit ser

will come with will be good for us thank you thank you very much mr medvedev and just to remind you that my guest in the studio was alexander in that very of who is the deputy chairman of gas pramanik shipment committee and director general of gas prom pack sports and that's it for now from all of us here if you want to have your say on spotlight we have someone in mind you think i could interview next time you drop me a line at al gore in up at r.t. t.v. dot are you and let's keep spotlight interactive movie back with more faith and comment on what's going on and and outside russia until then stay and party and take care. of. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of kolob sean. winters from. san antonio ways in trouble. the problem is you can involve in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the building newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlets but you told me that that sounds like democracy public opinion versus f.c.c. bro

mr. lamar alexander, one of our senators, and he has really helped me out.isabled, and he really responded to me almost daily on a personal basis. host: you had success when you contact your senator? caller: -- guest: roger brings up a really valuable point. the are two types of people who interact with members of congress -- people with an opinion and people with an interest. if a woman gets up at a town hall meeting and says we have to get out of afghanistan, the member files in one part of the brain, but the woman says we need to get out of afghanistan because my son is stationed there, it has completely different impact. they have a moral and ethical irresponsibility that they did not if it was just somebody offering an opinion. roger had an interest. he had skin in the game. members of congress are very responsive. most people don't know that more than half of the staff in the personal offices for members of congress are really constituent- driven and are doing nothing but a constituent work. casework, where somebody has a problem with a federal agency

alexander? >> thank you mr. chairman. first, let me say that i recognize that in the whole area of cyberspace i have mucto learn. if i'm confirmed, this is one of the areas that will command a great deal of my time and energy early on. my perspective that today is as a service component to strategic command, we've been working to align our cyberspace activity under the new construction of strategic command, u.s. cybercommand, the components that fit that. there is much for me to learn here if i'm confirmed. i would be delighted to dig into this further. you have to find, i think, the issues for well -- defined, i think, the issues very well but this is about all the pieces that need to be put in place to drive forward where we need to be postured in cyberspace. that work is under way. i think you and the committee are aware that the department of homeland security and defense have signed a memorandum outlining roles and responsibilities and steps that would be taken to partner together. those are all positive steps. there

alexander. >> thank you, mr. chairman.first, let me say i recognize that in the whole area of cyberspace, i have much to learn. if i'm confirmed this is one of the areas that is going to command a great deal of my time and energy early on. my perspective today is as a service component to strategic command. we have been working to align our cyberspace activities under the new construction of strategic command, u.s. cybercommand and then the service component that fits that. there's much for me to learn here if i'm concerned and i would be delighted to dig into this further. my understanding -- you have defined, i think, the issues very well. in my mind, this is about authorities responsibilities, oversight, doctrine, all of the pieces that need to be nut place to drive forward in where we need to be postured in cyberspace. that work is underway. i think you and the committee are aware that department of homeland security and department of defense have just signed a memorandum outlining roles and responsibilities and other

alexander? >> thank you, mr. chairman. first, let me say i recognize that in the whole area of cyberspace, i have much to learn it. if i am confirmed, this is one of the areas which will command a great deal of my time and energy early on. my perspective today as a service component to strategic command we have been working to align our activities under the new construction of strategic command, u.s. cyber command, and the service components that fit that. there is much for me to learn if i am confirmed, and i would be delighted to dig into this further. you have defined the issues a very well in my mind it. this is about responsibility, oversight, a doctrine, all of the pieces that need to be put in place to drive forward where we need to be postured in cyberspace. that work is underway. i think you and your committee is aware, deciding and memorandum all lining roles and responsibilities and other steps that will be taken to partner together. those are all positive steps but there is much more to do. there is -- the work

alexander went on the record. senator nice to see you, sir. >> nice to see you. >> greta: mr. geithner says it would be irresponsible for congress to adjourn this year without extending bush era tax cuts for the middle class. >> i think he's right but incomplete. it would be irresponsible for us to adjourn this year without extending the current tax rates for anybody. because it makes no sense to raise taxes on anybody in the middle of a recession. we've got two, three weeks in which to do that. the president's former budget adviser suggested that. republicans are for that, so let's do it. >> greta: i take it you have never stood in the way of the issue come together floor? >> i don't think i have. i think what we want to do in the procedures we have is to say the issue that we want to come to the floor is, let's keep tax rates at the same levels for everybody. we'll use whatever took place we have -- whatever tools we have. >> greta: what is stopping from it coming to the floor? >> only one person can set agenda in the senate and that's harry reid.e' >> greta: the reason it

alexander. >> thank you, mr. chairman.first let me say i recognize that in the whole area of cyberspace, i have many to learn. if i'm confirmed, this is one of the areas that is going to command a great deal of my time and energy early on. my perspective today is as a service component to strategic command, we are aligning our cyberspace activities under the new construction of strategic command, u.s. cybercommand and the components that fit that. there's much for me to learn here if confirmed, and i would be delighted to dig into this further. my understanding is you defined the issues very well. in my mind this is about authorities, responsibilities, oversight, doctrine, all of the pieces that need to be put in place to drive forward on where we need to be postured in cyberspace. that work is underway, and you and the committee are aware that the department of security and department of defense signed a memorandum outlining roles and responsibilities and other steps taken to partner together. those are positive steps, an

mr. earnest asked me to talk briefly about cybercommand. for those of you who don't know, president obama approved the formation of a military command called the u.s. cybercommand, whose head is lieutenant general keith alexander, who is also the director of the national security agency. so now he has come at last count he had about four or five different hats that he wore. but u.s. cybercommand has the responsibility of defending our nation's telecommunications and computer infrastructure. which i always thought was part of nsa's original mandate, you know, it was usually called imitation security, they became information security. somehow we needed a new command, a new layer of bureaucracy on top of, you know, what already exists to handle the cyber threat from abroad. i'll tell you what, when these lovely offers coming from nigeria asking me to give them my bank account, information, when they stop, then another cybercommand is working. but i mean, cybercommand may have some meaningful affect, or not, on protecting our nation's, the government communication system. it's never been proven to my satisfaction that, you, there are about 15 different organizations engage in various degrees or another in cyber de

mr. earnest asked me to talk briefly about cyber command. for those of you who don't know, president obama approved the formation of a military command of u.s. labor command whose head is lieutenant general keith alexander who is also the director of the national security agency so now he has the last county had about four or five different hats that he wore with the u.s. cyber command is a responsibility of defending our nation's telecommunications and computer destruction which we always thought was part of nsa's the original mandate. originally called communications security that became information security. somehow we needed a new command. a new layer of bureaucracy on top of what already exists to handle the cyber threat from abroad. i will tell you what. when these lovely authors coming from nigeria asking them to give me my bank account information, when they stop i know that cyber command is working but the seibu command may have some affect or not on protecting our nation's, the government communications system. it's never been proven to my satisfaction that there are literally about 15 different organizations engaged in the degrees in cyber defense and it is the hottest contracting. you go to

to make civil rights more a reality and avoid the segregation that michelle alexander is talking about. >> i'm sorry i missed mrleman's statements. i'm taken by the idea that justice marshall, when i was looking with men like bill coleman, was quite the pragmatist. he was hard nosed about the political realities of the day and a great believer in the law. he was not a political animal, but very much aware that politics influenced the law, influenced judges, juries, members of the legislature. but he was always about exactly how you debt -- get something done so it was written into law. it was something that the legislature could approve and the courts could deal with as a permanent part of the -- well, political, but more important the legal structure of the country. it's why he was not in the forefront of any great marchs. he was always one who believed if you wanted to create change, be is in education, housing, elsewhere, what you want to do is get it put into law. to that extent, i by the way can't speak highly enough of what mr. holder has -- i know you have what he has done. if you look for example what h

alexander scott arredondo, united states marine corps post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from missouri, mr. clay, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. wolf, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. clay: thank you, madam speaker. and i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. clay: i now yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. clay: madam speaker, on behalf of the committee on oversight and government reform, i am pleased to present h.r. 5877, legislation that designates the u.s. postal service facility located at 655 centre street in jamaica plain, massachusetts, as the lance corporal alexander scott arredondo u.s. marine corps post office building. introduced by our colleague, the gentleman from massachusetts, representative michael capuano, on july 27, 2010, h.r. 5877 enjoys the support of the massachusetts entire delegation to the house. madam speaker, lance corporal arredond

mr. inhofe: i thank the senator from new jersey. i understand now my time would be up to about three minutes after the top of the hour. i've talked about alexander hamilton and james madison. probably the guy that was the most knowledgeable on the constitution was justice joseph story. this would have been back in the early 1800's when he actually was -- he said in his commentaries, he said it's highly proper that congress should possess the power to decide how and when any money should be applied. if it were otherwise, the executive would possess an unbounded power, congress is made the guardian of the treasury. i say all this to impress upon any impartial patron that the legislative branch -- and that's us and only the legislative branch -- has the power to spend money. so how does a ban on earmarks cede our authority to -- our authority to the president. this is something that is kind of heavy lifting, but i think it's very important that people understand why -- how this actually happened, and this is how it works. this is the way things work here and have been for many years, and the constitution is very clear. the president of the united s

mr. poe and especially our colleague, zoe lofgren from california, who has helped on this as well and senator alexander in the other body and senator webb, former marine, who has taken a great interest in this legislation. all of this in this work see things -- we see things that we think would be impossible, that somehow work out and we see the opposite of that we see some things that appear to be easy or simple that turns into nightmares or serious problems. this is something that i think almost everyone on both sides of the aisle when they've heard about it they've been supportive and helpful. it has been a difficult thing to reverse the technicality here and get worked out. this legislation has been adequately described by the three prior speakers. i will say that i also rise in support of h.r. 6397 and certainly this is a tragic situation where a young marine was killed in action in iraq one month after his marriage to this young woman from japan and then, of course, a little bit later the young woman gave birth to sergeant ferschke's child has been described. he was then killed in iraq, as mr. mc

. >> in alexander hamilton you went to an extent with the marquee delafayette's relationship with mr. hamilton. how did washington take the french outlook and help in the war to the extent there was any, and how did, how did he accept foreign support during the revolution -- >> how did he accept foreign support, you know, with difficulty. all these french officers who came over during the revolutionary war, many of them came over for very self-interested reasons, you know, they wanted to earn battlefield glory, and can they felt they would then go back to france and get a promotion. and a lot of them couldn't even speak english. and so washington really felt that it was, you know, the bane of his life as commander in chief that he's had to placate all of these french officers who came over. in fact, the story with lafayette is very interesting because lafayette comes over at the age of 19. he quips a ship with -- equips a ship with provisions and munitions. he goes to philadelphia armed with a letter from benjamin franklin and franklin writes to the continental congress, you know, ple