mr. carter of texas. strike lines 6 through 9 relating to military musical units. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. mr. carter: i rise to address an issue i think is very important to the patriotic men and women who fight and defend our country. representative mccollum, in good graces, asked that we restrict the military band funding by $120 million and in an attempt to help with the savings. but the congressional budget office has informed us that this reduction, this $120 million reduction will not save the american taxpayers one red cent nor will it reduce the overall d.o.d. spending. the facts about our bands are that they are an integral part of the patriotism that keeps our soldiers' hearts beating fast. for example, over 10,000 funerals are held per year and these bands attend these funerals. and many of us unfortunately in this body have had to attend military funerals in the past and they know how much that music means to the parents and the loved ones of our lost heroes. welcome home celebrations at fort hood, i had the r

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mr. carter: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. moran: i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. moran: i'm not necessarily rising to oppose this but to point out some deficiencies in the amendment itself. the claim is that the purpose of the amendment is to ensure that the national park service prioritize is construction of law enforcement centers on national park lands on the southern border in coordination with the department of homeland security. first of all, there is some feeling national parks ought not have basically prison sites on them because what happens when people are rounded up by the border patrol, they are taken to these law enforcement centers and detained and then they're moved to another place. but they would be temporarily detained at these law enforcement centers and there is some feeling that national parks are not an appropriate location for that purpose. but the very wording of the amendment doesn't

ford and mrs. carter had was one of the deepest and richest in mrs. ford's life. >> reporter: betty ford impacted lives around the world making public her struggles with breast cancer and substance abuse, opening treatment center that bears her name. on thursday, she'll be laid to rest along with side her husband on the grounds of the gerald ford museum. the last wishes of a former first lady. for "good morning america," barbara pinto, abc news. >>> media mogul rupert murdock is on an emergency mission to london this morning to try to keep a phone hacking scandal at one of his tabloids, "the news of the world," from brings down his empire. murdock landed in london. that's where we find jeffery kofman, good morning you to. >> good morning you to. this it, the final edition. "the end of the world," thank you and good-bye. nobody wanted to be associated with a tabloid that became tainted and toxic. let's be clear here, while the paper is dead, the scandal surrounding it is just beginning to unfold. for the world's most powerful media barren, rupert murdo

mr. carter never uttered the word "malaise."nthony getting ready to walk free sunday but the legal troubles aren't over. we'll tell you who is suing her now. but first, new indoctrination in schools with your money. >> andrea: welcome back to "the five." if you thought funding turtle tunnels and cricket removal were waste of your taxpayer dollars in the stimulus package, listen to this. at least $130,000 of your money went to diversity manuels for public schools in omaha thiamin that while people in america privileged and ask teachers to commit social justice. here is a quote from page 50. "the government and social institutions of the united states have created advantages that disproportionately channel wealth, power and resources to white people." so much for reading, writing and alit ma tick. is this what children should be learning and what you should spend your hard earned money on? bob, this is stimulus dollars. bob, i'm just asking. >> bob: go to bob. i am glad the cricket things. i had a cricket problem. >> andrea: stimu

mr. carter will be at the signing corridor to sign the book. if you buy a book, it supports the festival, and we'd appreciate it. he teaches at the university of tennessee, associate dean of graduate studies with a long standing interest in the subject of scopes trial and wrote another book called darwinian myth. without further adieu, there's a question and answer session following this, and you will have a chance to ask any questions you wish of him, and now i'm going to introduce him and let him go into his story about the scopes trial which we all are interested in. i am as innative of tennessee and a lawyer. it's something i've been interested in for years, and i look forward to hearing from you. >> thank you. the scope trial is a blight on tennessee's history. now -- i'm sorry, the scopes trial is a black mark on tennessee history. it's take p me a while to come to that conclusion. let me throw in a bit of personal history material here. i came here in 1985, the university of tennessee. i had written a dissertation that concerned darwin a

mr. carter: defying logic, interesting term. so you understand to pay for the obligation that this government has already promised, so let's think about defying logic. the economy is tough and i sat in this house and watch the other side of the aisle put together a stimulus bill and their own people said they didn't know it would work. at the end of the day, defying logic is 270,000. defying logic, more people in america believe that elvis presley i alive. defying logic, 28 straight months of unemployment above 8%. defying logic is to continue this pattern, but today we have a debate. today we have a choice. today we can take a new path. i understand why so vigorously you fight this because it would be a change to america. it would change the direction. and one thing i would ask is, when will the assault on the american people stop? that would be defining the pattern of where we are going to go. i want to ask you e thing. we ask in this bill to cut where you had government spending, discretionary spending gone up 84% in the last

ford and mrs. carter had was one of the deepest and i think richest in mrs.reporter: betty ford impacted lives around the world, making public her struggles with breast cancer and substance abuse. opening the treatment center that bears her name. on thursday, she'll be laid to rest alongside her husband, on the grounds of the gerald r. ford presidential museum. >> obviously the outpouring for the ford family is extremely strong and we look very forward to welcoming mrs. ford home. >> reporter: the last wishes of a former first lady. barbara pinto, abc news. >>> a florida family of seven has died after their small plane lost an engine and crashed. the father, mother, and five young children were returning home from a family reunion when the plane crashed into a wooded area in alabama on saturday night. the wreckage was in such a remote area it took crews hours to find the victims. the children ranged in age from 2 to 10 years old. >>> now to the phone-hacking scananl that is rocking britain. it's already forced the tabloid "news of the world" to close. it's no

carter. >> the relationship that mrs. ford and mrs. as one of the deepest and i think richest in mrs. ford's life, and it was -- it embodied a similar friendship between president carter and president ford, and the two couples. and it was a wonderful, wonderful friendship, one that was very dear to mrs. ford. >> reporter: both of the first ladies were very active in promoting causes such as mental health and also bringing attention to substance abuse. we were told that at one point, they testified before congress in 1996 that one of the senators said they were an absolute force to be reckoned with. two ladies who were very close, one will eulogize the other today at 2:00 local. suzanne? >> very powerful figures. is the public going to have a chance to pay their respects as well? >> reporter: yes, absolutely. there will be a plan -- the funeral will be private, but at 5:00 local through midnight, her body will lay in repose and so the public will be shuttled into this area so that they can pay their respects and there's a similar plan th

mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. carter: thank you, mr. speaker. six months ago a small business man was called into a financial lending institution and asked to come in and talk to the officer in charge. he went in to that office and the officer in charge told him, he said, you know, you have been a customer of this organization for quite a few years. and you have -- we have constantly been giving you a line of credit every summer to continue your operation for the next year. this year we are -- our examiners have noted for us and we also throw our board of directors we have examined your operation and your borrowing patterns that you do. and here's what we discovered. we discovered that where you had a going facility and doing well and employing people and things were going well, we started to see a trend in your business to where you were increasing your debt more and more and more. not only were you spending our line of credit that this bank lended you to continue your operations throughout the year, but outside of that line of credit you were

and so it was really heart warming to see rozz lynn carter be a part of that service. and of course mrs. bush had the opportunity to meet with first lady hillary clinton when she was entering the white house and mrs. obama when mrs. bush was leaving the white house a couple years ago, so there is a unique bond among first ladies. they are not elected to office. they only -- to be first lady at some point in their lives and know what the challenges are of being first lady and seeing how the president has to deal with a very challenging portfolio and she, the first lady sees the president as nobody else does, as her husband. so that's something that really connects them. >> and of course that service was tuesday in palm desert. we've been showing a little bit of video the first puge in the church with rozz lynn carter and first lady michele obama and laura bush did not attend do you know why not? guest: she was traveling, so she had a conflict in her schedule and wasn't able to be there, but she certainly was there in spirit and president bush was at the service representing the family. h

mr. carter, i'm not going to call these people representatives because they do not represent anything i put them there for. the people, we want texas on people that are rich -- g.e. made $40 billion and made no taxes. they have no problem voting to put taxes on senior citizens. i know what it is like to live in the united states. i have been all through the years through republicans and democrats. i do not understand why o.j. did not get it -- i do not understand why they don't get. host: a number of stories today on immigration in "usa today." a big chart about crime in the border states. california border has never been more secure, according to an article in "usa today." this is a picture of a portion of the border fence. this is from "usa today." they have analyzed crime along the border and have produced this chart looking a crime at border states. suggesting the crime is down. all in "usa- today" on this friday morning if you are interested in reading more about immigration and the status of our border. nextel, a caller from north carolina -- next up. caller: i am disabled, the 52 yea

mr. carter argued against this and he was correct. this amendment saves u.s. taxpayers $124.8 million and makes a lot of sense to the people i represent and should make a lot of sense to my tea party colleagues. this gives a chance to show our colleagues a deficit reduction. mr. chairman. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. frelinghuysen: strike the last word. mr. chairman, the gentlewoman's amendment would cap funding at $200 million and reverse the decision of the body earlier this evening. the band's main mission is music. band members train for security and given the shortage of guards, security -- the members go to war. every soldier is taught their basic combat skills. the department of defense strongly believes that military bands are vital to recruiting, and they provide patriotic inspirational music to instill in soldiers, sailors and airmen and insteel in them the will to fight and win in support of our citizens and promote -- mr. chairman, i oppose the bill and urge other

carter presidency. it's about six minutes. >> well, thanks for coming out. i'll be talking about this book, "what the heck are you up to, mr. president?" jimmy carter, america's "malaise" in the speech that should've changed the country. i don't usually do just rate reading because i find is a relatively boring. we'll give you a formal talk and then try to empathize this area as they think may be of most interest to you. the term malaise is probably most of us associate with jimmy carter's carter's presidency and the long-term. it is the term he's not supposedly to have been invented and from his presidency. one of the best ways to understand the long-term impact of this term defining his presidency of course is pop culture. and i'm going to talk a little bit about what is on this episode 80 of the simpsons, which focuses one of its teams on the city said a springfield wanted to have a statue of a famous president. but of course they don't have a lot of money, so they can get linking, can get washington. the only thing they can settle on his jimmy carter. and then there's the unveiling of the statue, where they hold the ro

mr. carter: defying logic, interesting term. so you understand to pay for the obligation that this government has already promised, so let's think about defying logic. the economy is tough and i sat in this house and watch the other side of the aisle put together a stimulus bill and their own people said they didn't know it would work. at the end of the day, defying logic is 270,000. defying logic, more people in america believe that elvis presley is alive. defying logic, 28 straight months of unemployment above 8%. defying logic is to continue this pattern, but today we have a debate. today we have a choice. today we can take a new path. i understand why so vigorously you fight this because it would be a change to america. it would change the direction. and one thing i would ask is, when will the assault on the american people stop? that would be defining the pattern of where we are going to go. i want to ask you one thing. we ask in this bill to cut where you had government spending, discretionary spending gone up 84% in the l

mr. carter: defying logic, interesting term. so you understand to pay for the obligation that this government has already promised, so let's think about defying logic. the economy is tough and i sat in this house and watch the other side of the aisle put together a stimulus bill and their own people said they didn't know it would work. at the end of the day, defying logic is 270,000. defying logic, more people in america believe that elvis presley is alive. defying logic, 28 straight months of unemployment above 8%. defying logic is to continue this pattern, but today we have a debate. today we have a choice. today we can take a new path. i understand why so vigorously you fight this because it would be a change to america. it would change the direction. and one thing i would ask is, when will the assault on the american people stop? that would be defining the pattern of where we are going to go. i want to ask you one thing. we ask in this bill to cut where you had government spending, discretionary spending gone up 84% in the l

bush and former first ladies rosa lynn carter, nancy reagan and hillary clinton. mrs. ford remembered for strength and courage as a champion against cans skbrer substance abuse and remembered by her oldest son as a loving mother and devoted wife of 58 years to former president ford. >> what a beautiful journey they shared together. faithfully stanlding by each other through the hard times, through good times. through the challenges and only to agree groe stronger in their devotion to one another. and closer this nir united love. >> betty ford died on friday from natural causes at 93 years old. >> and still ahead, let voters decide. amazon.com's fight to let it shop on the site mostly tax-free. >> car that can really fly by traffic. and that is at big cost. >> no cost to you for weather. i'm sandhya patel. we're looking at a cool summer pattern going to continue. i'll let you know when we'll break out of it coming up. >> and camp canceled in the south bay, leaving children >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld >> u.s. coast guard called off a search

mrs. ford's good friend, rosalynn carter. >> she was never afraid to speak the truth even about the most sensitiveding her own struggles with alcohol and painkillers. >> reporter: as is customary mrs. ford planned her own funeral and chose who would speak. among her instructions, they were to celebrate the power of friendship over political differences. >> i wouldn't be at all surprised if she timed her death to make sure that she could con straight message of comity during this week -- convey the message of comity during this week when it's so badly needed. >> reporter: mrs. ford was not only remembered as a first lady but as the founder of the renowned treatment center that bears her name. >> we listen to you tell stories about your own feelings. we felt close to you for that. >> reporter: the public is invited to viewed casket and sign a guest book until midnight. a second funeral will be held thursday in grand rapids, michigan. she will be laid to rest beside her husband. karen brown, palm desert, california. >>> president obama awarded the medal of honor to an afghanistan war veteran today. t

the former first-degree murders hillary clinton, nancy reagan and rosalin carter will all be in attendance. mrs. ford's body will be flown to michigan for a public viewing and burial thursday. she will be buried next to her husband. >>> certainly was a soupy start to the day. how much long remember we going to feel a chill in the air? and it's another history making day in space. what the shuttle astronauts are doing for the last time. coming up. ,, ,,,,,, honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. oooh. videos online? here? how much is that? nothin'. at&t high speed internet at home includes access here. our invisible cord is really long, dad. oooh. [ fema

. ♪ [ music ] >> yesterday in riverside county, former first lady rosalynn carter was among the speakers at mrs funeral. all the living first ladies past and present were at the palm desert ceremony. another service will be held tomorrow in grand rapids, michigan. betty ford was 93 when she died on friday. >>> definitely a little bit overcast and cool as you step outside this morning. this will handling on for the next several days. cloudy start inland, low clouds around the bay and we are seeing drizzle along the bay shores and at the coast today. temperatures sitting in the 50s for the most part. by this afternoon, we are going to get some relief inland, a little bit of sunshine there, partial clearing along the bay, and then the coast will continue to see that drizzle. we are going to keep it cool and see breezy conditions. satellite here showing us that cloud cover is stretching far inland today as far as the sacramento valley so all parts of the bay area waking up to gray skies. this low that's been hanging around all season long bringing us above average snowfall and rainfall totals, we a

mrs. johnson." we want to make a presentation to our beloved carter rohan. his last day is tomorrow and we want to show our appreciation for the senior director of capital construction programs. he's done an incredible job bringing to completion the third street lined and broader in within budget, and poured in. he made that the director in 2010 and provided greater focus on the agency's core mission. losing him is a huge loss to this agency, much loved by his staff. i had the pleasure of watching him and his staff in an off site team building exercise once and helping to prepare meals and the respect and obvious affection your staff holds for you, i know that is shared by the entire board. we have all relied on you heavily, not just in this project, but for your guidance and leadership all the way through. i would like to ask you to come up here. we have a couple of presentations for you. first, what to get this away from here as it is possible. it is a bottle of wine. [laughter] come up here -- a cabernet sauvignon, 1994 -- in case they don't have anyone i

mrs. ford brought together republicans and democrats alike, including four first ladies, past and present. rosalind cartere with breast cancer. >> she used influence of the office of first lady to promote early detection and millions of women are in her debt today. >> as is customary, mrs. ford planned her own funeral and chose who would speak. among her instructions, they were to celebrate the power of friendship over political differences. mrs. ford was not only remembered as a first lady but as the founder of the renowned treatment center that bears her name. >> we listened to you tell stories about your own feelings. we felt close to you for that. >> reporter: a second funeral will be held thursday in grand rapids, michigan. betty ford will be laid to rest beside her husband at the gerald ford presidential museum. karen brown, cbs news, palm desert, california. >>> president obama awarded the medal of honor to an army ranger who served in afghanistan. in 2008 sergeant first class low rye petrie and his team were caught in a fire fight. he was shot in both legs and when a grenade landed next to him, he

mrs. obama will be along with hillary clinton, nancy reagan and rosalind carter.c memorial service will begin about 5:00 this evening. >> news about salt. cdc found that those of high risk of high blood pressure may be those that eat too little potassium. researchers think potassium rich foods, bananas broccoli and spinach may help neutralize the effects of sodium. >> two separate investigations around the bart station shooting. >> amy hollyfield is live at bart headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: there are two new layers of accountability in place here at bart police, there is a citizen review board and new independent police auditor. they will start looking into this officer-involved shooting. they were put in place after the 2009 shooting of oscar grant who was shot in the back. they will have some angry protestors and public outrage to answer to. protestors angrily and loudly created such a scene, three stations in san francisco had to be shut down. they are upset over the death of a transient at the hands of bart police and they wanted the police depar

mrs. fort will be eulogized by another former first lady, rosalynn carter.d -- roslyn carter, who maintained an enduring friendship long after they left the white house. >> it was a very, very friendship, one that was very dear to mrs. ford. delivering her eulogy, that meant a great, great deal to her. >> reporter: and then she will be flown to grand rapids and will be laid to rest, next to her husband, the 38th president. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 8:38. a new "usa today" report is out that says there's bunch -- there's been a big jump in scream. the study shows, this is four times the national average. the philadelphia airport neighborhoods are the worst. for training station, the ones in los angeles, chicago, and philadelphia are described as the -- as the most dangerous. >>> 8:38. andlets head right to sal cross cross who is watching contra costa county for us. >> all right. it's pretty busy out there in contra costa county if you are driving on highway 4, it's eased up a little bit. but now 680 southbound son way from walnut creek to alamo. there is

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mr. chairman for your private carters and restraint. franklin roosevelt, and lyndon johnson, you left them off the books and i think that was an act of generosity. the notion that the problems we are facing are a problem of with the efforts begun by fdr and continued under lbj and some others, that is because of the current problem, that is a very hard one for me to understand. apparently, these terrible efforts by roosevelt and johnson, who put a set of policies in place that helped middle class people as they got old took a very long time to take affect. this did not begin to blow up until fairly recently. the chairman said. the great recession was a contributing factor. here is where we differ in our analysis. we did very well in the 90s, even though this congress raised the marginal tax rate on the wealthiest people in the country. we had some of the best economic years that we had. raising the marginal rate from 36%-39% had no negative economic effect. they continue their economic productivity. the problem is that he was here as an

reductions with soviet president carter jeff and ignored the charges of dangerous 90 the day when he said this in front of the berlin wall more than two years before it finally fell. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. the berlin wall did come down, of course, but today, britain's saluted ronald reagan. the foreign secretary brought a message from lady thatcher, who had hoped to attend but was not well enough to attend. >> ronald reagan was a great president and a great man, a true leader for our kind. he held clear principles and acted upon them with purpose. >> and ronald reagan's legacy was hailed by condoleezza rice as an example for today, particularly in the middle east. >> it gives us hope and optimism to continue to stand for those who are still trapped in tyranny. >> the reputation of some political leaders fades with time, but for ronald reagan, it seems to be the reverse. critics often regarded him as a second bit actor who had no business trying to play a part on the world stage. those critics are much less vocal now, and ronald reagan has certainly found a place in the sun. bbc news, grosvenor square. >> ronald reagan being honored in london, and before

it was really heartwarming to see rosalynn carter be a part of that service. and of course, mrs. bush had the opportunity to meet with both first lady hillary clinton when she was entering the white house, and of course mrs. obama went mrs. bush was leaving the white house a couple of years ago. there is a bond among first ladies. they're not elected to office. they only have to win the vote of one person to be first lady at some point, but they know the challenges of being first lady and seeing how the president has to deal with a very challenging portfolio. and she sees the president as nobody else does, as her husband. host: and of course, the service was tuesday in the palm desert. we have been showing a little bit of video of the first pew in the church with rosalynn norahr, michelle obama, georg bush. -- and george bush. laura bush was unable to be there. you know why? guest: i do not, but i know george was there to represent their presence. host: first caller, go ahead. caller: mrs. ford was one of the first to come out and the outspoken on the breast cancer issue, as well

by the way, you said ask carter is looking at some of these issues. i can't help myself, mr. chairman, say that some of the guidance i think it's fair to say from congress on the second engine is not being adhered to. and that is, we want competition. >> i had more in mind. the weapons system reform act. >> i know. i just think we've got to go to competition wherever possible, get the costs down, and be sure it's open and fair. financial management. i want to get your thoughts on this. we recently had a debate on this on the floor of the house because the senate chose not to have so many positions be confirmed through the normal process, which is a good thing, streamlining it. and i offered an amendment and support it by many in this committee saying there's some folks in the federal government who ought to continue to go through a process because we want to give them the stature that comes with that and that included the financial manager officials in the department, including the controller. and we were successful in getting that done. and the reason we did it again was to

mr. president, the americans are stressed about rising unemployment, falling home prices and an economy that isn't working for them. not since jimmy carter seen such failed economic policies. who would have guessed that we would look back upon the carter administration as the good old days. romney arguably the front-runner right now in the republican race for the white house, going on really on the attack against president obama. some other political news we're following right now, including michele bachmann. we just got word from our own producer that michele bachmann and her husband marcus, they have left their long-time church. actually, they left it a couple of years ago. we didn't know about it. but for some reason they decided to leave their church in minnesota. and i guess there's a little bit of controversy involving the decision. why they left it, where they've been going to church over the past couple of years. we're still work on the story, but go to cnnpolitics.com gaent the latest o .our political ticker on this part of the story. brought back some memories of when barack obama was running and you'll remember he left his chu

mr. president, americans are stressed. stressed about rising unemployment, falling home prices and an economy that isn't working for them. not since jimmy carterave we seen such failed economic policies. who would have guessed that we would look back upon the carter administration as the good old days. >> all right, he's really going after the president right now. >> look, there's no question every time the republicans get in trouble, they have to scapegoat the democrat. they normally compare a democrat to the previous president. obama was like carter, clinton is like carter. the truth of the matter is that obama is trying to do what's right for the american people. ronald reagan had to raise the debt ceiling 17 times. he came up with 25% spending cuts and 75% revenue increases. president obama would like to put 83% spending cuts on the table, 17% revenue. check the facts. i checked the facts. so the point is that we're stressed out about romney's record because when he was governor, massachusetts was ranked 47 out of 50 in terms of job creation. >> sreagan actually proposed 25 taxes and 75% spending cuts, but donna is right. he couldn't trust

mr. president, the procedure the n.m.b. used for these elections went you know changed for 75 years. boards appointed by democratic presidents roosevelt, truman, johnson, carter and clinton all agreed with that process. that the house bill is only attempting to restore. in fact, the n.m.b. appointed by president carter unanimously ruled that it did not have authority to administratively change the form of the n.m.b.'s ballot use in representation elections and such a change if appropriate can only be made by congress. that just makes sense. yet today we have an administration bent on greasing the rails in favor of the unions and a democratic senate all too willing to go along with it. they are so willing, mr. president, that they have opted to stall passage of the f.a.a. reauthorization just to prevent congress from restoring a system that served the nation and the airline industry well for decades. this is another example of the administration sheik its true colors. rather than provide certainty to travelers, the transportation industry and airports, they are holding up a long-term f.a.a. reauthorization in order to benefit their union allies. it's wrong. th

by the way, you said ask carter is looking at some of these issues. i can't help myself, mr. chairman, say that some of the guidance i think it's fair to say from congress on the second engine is not being adhered to. and that is, we want competition. >> i had more in mind. the weapons system reform act. >> i know. i just think we've got to go to competition wherever possible, get the costs down, and be sure it's open and fair. financial management. i want to get your thoughts on this. we recently had a debate on this on the floor of the house because the senate chose not to have so many positions be confirmed through the normal process, which is a good thing, streamlining it. and i offered an amendment and support it by many in this committee saying there's some folks in the federal government who ought to continue to go through a process because we want to give them the stature that comes with that and that included the financial manager officials in the department, including the controller. and we were successful in getting that done. and the reason we did it again was to

carter's brother, he drank and talked to much. that is why -- that is what i remember of her. host: more pictures from ""the washington "and this is from 1973. mrs. ford was determined that americans know her husband as a president with integrity. boston, massachusetts, democrats line. caller: good morning. we wanted to say how much we applaud and respect betty ford for her work in addiction and for being able to show the importance of bringing support services into addiction programs. we have not invested in addiction programs in this country as we should. we don't allow the proper funding for support services. this is something that betty ford was a pioneer, not just in opening the betty ford center, she also was a pioneer in being able to have treatment that was specifically for women apart from men's addictions. this is a very important thing to have individualized treatment for women and women throughout this country should be applauding her and we should advocate. host: what you think about her ability to speak about these issues in an open and forthright manner? caller: there has to be more people who will speak out. we don't have enough

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