mr. brooks and mr. brinkley people mentioned -- it is not a question, just an agreement with the. mr. brooks your words seldom mentioned danger to contractor personnel. i couldn't agree with the mark i agree with your statement about the danger. i know you maxine our report. it highlights the danger and the commitment. we made a commitment as a commission which is important, that we are so impacted by the military sacrifice. we are equally impacted by the contractor sacrifice and all our hearings as evidence in commissioner shays statement will recognize and acknowledge that. that is a given. y department's largest supplier -- and there are many other large contracts. bad things happen. misconduct and the like. a big part of the test is, okay, what is the company's policy and procedures? it all laid them out in your testimony. you didn't go into them in much detail but they are on the record. you have a recent death a week ago, a little less than a week ago. i am not so interested in the death, the tragedy. any time an american dies it's a tragedy regardless of the circumstances. but i

mr. brooks talked about it. the cost savings that this bill will be revenue neutral and he won't sign it, we had the only us in bill the same thing and it had a bunch of earmarks in it and he signed it. americans want the turbulence they're experiencing to be calmed by their subservient members of congress that are supposed to.... >> rose: and was that the tone of the president tonight or not? was that the tone of the president tonight, calm, reasoned, or not? >> there were different... there were different... there were different tones. we heard that the president was passionate to want and yet people who passionately oppose this are a new angry mob. so one man's reason, passionate person is another man's angry mob. (laughter) >> rose: who was the person who shouted out "liar"? >> that was representative joe wilson. he's publicly apologized. we cannot do that. he knows that and he's sorry. >> rose: okay. go ahead, joe. >> charlie, there's something else here that's difficult any time you want health care reform

mr. axelrod. david brooks, a columnist from the "new york times" said that basically the president had praised the so-called public option. that is this government insurance plan that many people want. and then effectively buried it. why doesn't the president just say, we don't have the votes to pass this. we have the votes perhaps to pass a lot of other things. and just put that aside and say he's not going to push it. he said, you know, he didn't think it was crucial to the plan but he still liked it. >> let me say again that he believes that it will add an element of competition where there is none in some places in this country where there's a monopolistic situation with insurance companies. we believe competition and choice will help bring prices down and improve care and give a better deal to consumers. he continues to believe it's a good idea. he continues to advocate it. i'm not willing to accept that it's not going to be in the final package. but what he also said and what we've all said is that this

mr. brooks said. the legislative process this way, it always breaks down that people do not want something in particular. if we can get health care done successfully, for generations people will think this president and this congress -- thank this president and this congress. host: detroit, michigan on the independent line. caller: i really enjoy this program because so many divergent suggestions and ideas and the way people think. we have a good president. he is half white and half black. pick whichever side you want to take. the problem is we have too many cooks in the kitchen. to many people are trying to Ñitell the president to do their his job. host: like who? caller: you know, he said we should get out of afghanistan. the same guy who said when he went into iraq -- this is just sickening. we have these people who have these suggestions. a lot of them are draft dodgers, like detainee, for example. -- like dick cheney for example. i bet my house, my god, my house, my wife, and my motorcycle that h

mr. doug brooke, president of the international peace operations association.and vice president of homeland security and international security services. our witnesses have been asked to summarize their testimony in five to seven minutes in order to ensure adequate time for a good flow of questions and answers. the full text of any written statement they submit will be entered into the hearing record. we ask to submit any responses to questions for the record and additional information they may take to offer in the hearing. i want to state for the record that the state department couldn't have been more cooperative, been extremely cooperative. they've allowed us to speak to a number of staff in the united states and in afghanistan and so i just want to thank the four of you for the cooperation we've received from all of you and from your leaders as well. raising your right hand, do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you will give to this commission is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but. mr. kennedy, my understanding is you will be providing

brookings institution. here [applause] [laughter] >> mr. vice president, this is not standard operating procedure. i think the stigma aggravation says it all. i am the president of the brookings institution. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here today to join me in welcoming joe biden back to brookings where he has been on a number of occasions. he is one of morning -- he is one of many americans who is hard work on the eve of labor day weekend. he is working hard on behalf of all of bust. the same is true of the director of the white house office of urban affairs who is also with us today. the vice president will speak to was on the economy and the status of the recovery plan. on behalf of the president, it is his leadership of the middle class task force, which looks for ways to help american families cope with the stresses of home foreclosures, loss of jobs, and the burden of school tuitions. the vice president also oversees the implementation of the $787 billion stimulus plan. in that connection, he is a frequent -- he is in frequent contact with all parties around the country. a number

brooke hart joins us with more on mr. obama's hopes to change that tonight. >> reporter: you said it. as you know, the president has tried to stay at arm's length from the health care debate in congress and shape it from a distance. tonight all that changes as he steps into the center of the fray. ahead of tonight's speech, the pressures on the president were loud and visible. liberal activists showed up outside the white house, even some who worked for barack obama during his campaign threatened to abandon him. >> i will not work for him again if he abandons the ub public option. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi pressured him inside and huddled th democrats later. >> i do believe in order to pass a bill in the house we will have a public option. >> reporter: fiery town halls this summer have driven some democrats like arkansas's mike ross against public insurance. after members paused to remember ted kennedy, some republicans said start over. >> let's go back to square one, sit down together and get this issue res

joining us now is martin from brookings, fresh from the meeting from hillary clinton. thank you very much, mrhe said today, because he basically laid out a tough bargaining position with iran, but didn't quite answer the question as to what are the options if negotiations don't work? >> hi, andrea. i think that what was interesting about the way she positioned the administration on this was to make it clear that iran has to make a choice but not to clear the pitch. not to create a situation in which they've got into a kind of shouting match before the actual negotiations get under way. so although it was a tough position, it was not designed to react to ahmadinejad's most recent statements today about the holocaust. she avoided that. she didn't want to get into a kind of name-calling. because, i think, that the administration feels that there's a lot going on in tehran. there's a crack in the regime. there are a lot of different positions there and ahmadinejad is not necessarily getting a lot of support within the regime itself at this point or within the parliament and so i don't think she w

brookings institution. here is vice president joe biden. [laughter] >> mr. vice president, this is not standard operating procedure. i think the stigma aggravation says it all. i am the president of the brookings institution. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here today to join me in welcoming joe biden back to brookings where he has been on a number of occasions. he is one of morning -- he is one of many americans who is hard work on the eve of labor day weekend. he is working hard on behalf of all of bust. the same is true of the director of the white house office of urban affairs who is also with us today. the vice president will speak to was on the economy and the status of the recovery plan. on behalf of the president, it is his leadership of the middle class task force, which looks for ways to help american families cope with the stresses of home foreclosures, loss of jobs, and the burden of school tuitions. the vice president also oversees the implementation of the $787 billion stimulus plan. in that connection, he is a frequent -- he is in frequ

brooke wildeburger's mom. >> it might be hard for you to understand but we feel gratitude to mr. to him, we're thankful that justice was served and that he will not have the opportunity for parole. >> when crime happened near oregon state university, when brooke hill burger grew up, joe courtney also indicated he tried to kidnap two other women the day he grabbed her. they escaped. he was already convicted for a kidnapping and rape in new mexico. >>> just awe few minutes ago, president obama arrived at the u.n. and these are live pictures. today he's taking nartpart in a climate change conference and tomorrow addresses the general assembly. just wanted to show you those live pics. >>> also just into hln, a terror plot investigation is now getting bigger. a source familiar with the investigation is telling cnn at this hour that investigators are looking for about a dozen people. the three men already in custody were in court yesterday. they're suspected of being involved in a plot to attack a major railway or subway station. but officials admit that they don't know exactly where o

mr. courtney, that he could see fit to tell us where he left barack -- brooke. we are thankful justice was served and he will not have the opportunity for parole. jane: the death penalty was taken off the table as a result of the plea bargain. jon: president obama is meeting with world leaders in new york city today. many of those countries will receive billions of dollars in aid from the united states. do you know what that money is intended for? wait until you hear. william is tracking vortexes live in los angeles -- william is tracking your taxes live in los angeles. >> for the americans who are struggling to make ends meet, this is not the document to see. it is where your tax money goes overseas, from promoting energy independence in the ukraine to put in latin american students through college. this year, the state department budget provides millions to oil- rich kingdom stripping in money -- dripping in dough. are we buying peace in the middle east? the u.s. gives money to israel for security, as well as jordan and lebanon. they also give aid to the pales

from the brookings institution, this is an hour. [applause] >> mr. ce president is standing ovations are not standing operating procedure even after a speech so i think that sayst all. i'm the president of the brookings institution and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here today. to join me in the honor of welcoming vice president joe biden back to brookings where he has been on a number of occasions over his long and distinguished career. he is one of many americans who is hard at work today on the eve of labor day weekend, and he's working hard on behalf of all of us. the same is true of adolfo carrion the director of the white house office of foreign affairs, who is also with us today. the vice president is going to speak to us on the economy and the status of the recovery plan. among thinks several tough and important assignments, on behalf of the president, is his leadership othe administration's middle class task force. which looks for ways to help american families cope with the stresses of home foreclures, household debt, loss of jobs a

ben bernanke spoke at the brookings institute today about the economy. mr. bernanke states that the recession is " likely over." this is the demon. -- this is 50 minutes. >> it is my honor and pleasure to welcome you here this morning for an event that is titled "a year in turmoil." sometimes it is thoroughly appropriate to look backward, since the past is prologue and particularly on the subject we will talk about today. as the media is constantly reminding us, we are observing but hardly celebrating the first anniversary of a chain reaction that began with the federal takeover of fannie mae and freddie mac that was followed by the failure of lehman brothers and then deathe aig bailout. the public servant is our keynote speaker today. he has been credited with keeping a cool head to route this crisis -- throughout this crisis that is one of many reasons why president obama has reappointed him as chairman of the federal reserve. the chairman will speak to us, take questions, and then go back to work helping guide our economy towards recovery and renewal. the

hutchins of silver lake and brookings trustee, and two of our senior fellows, martin baily and eswar prasad. with that, it is my pleasure to welcome chairman bernanke to the podium. mr chairman. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is nice to be back at brookings. as an academic, i frequently came here for brookings macro meetings, and it is a very valuable institution over many years in a wide variety of fields. by the standards of recent decades, the economic environment of a year ago was quite challenging period a year after the onset of a current crisis in to us seven, financial markets remain stressed, the economy was slowing, and inflation had risen significantly. but we cannot fully appreciate that was that the economic and policy in our man was about to become a vastly more difficult -- economic and policy environment was about to become vastly more difficult. several institutions would either fail or come close to failure, activity in key markets would virtually ceased, and the global economy would enter a deeper recession. my remarks this morning will focus on the extraordinary financial and economic events of the past year, as well as on the policy respo

mr. boehner's word that the republicans do, but, you know, it's not the worst thing i've ever seen. it's not preston brooksh carolina who beat senator sumner almost to death, that was kind of a serious outburst. this was a guy momentarily out of control and i don't want to stand in great moral judgment of him but he owed the president an apology, kind of wimped out on that and instead apologized to a staff member in the white house and he owes his colleagues an apology. he put them in a bad light and bad spot. >> within a very short time -- i think your microphone is not working. within a very short period of time after he screamed out you lie he did call the white house. >> he did. >> he spoke with rahm emanuel, the white house chief of staff and he apologized and then the white house quickly said we accept. the president personally accepts your apology. the vice president accepted the apology. why isn't that enough? >> well, i think there are lots of members of the house who believe that he needed to go to the well of the chamber and apologize to them specifically, and when i say lots of members of the h

brook theater reopening is a symbol of triumph of the town. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from northern mariana islands rise? mr. sablan: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sablan: madam speaker, last time i spoke i pointed out that the health care reform bills currently being debated in the house and senate do not include the united states territories. today, i'd like to discuss why this reform is needed just as much or more in my district as in any other part of the united states. there are only 80,000 people in my district in the northern mariana islands, but the health care infrastructure there is struggling. there is only one surgeon for all three of the populated islands. common equipment that is used to save lives every day across the nation, like a hyperbaric chamber or heart catheterization lab is not available. the only hospital is so strained that often payment is required before patients even see a doctor. my constituents are proud americans who honor and serve their country. so how can i explain to them that this sweeping reform they have heard so m