mr. crocker came out of retirement last july to take over the post after a request from president obama. it's unclear why he's leaving the post a year ahead of schedule or who will replace him. there have been persistent rumor his wanted to leave for personal reasons. in a quote, ambassador crocker confirmed with regret he will be leaving kabul this summer, from an acting embassy spokesman. >> why don't we get started here. thank you all for coming today. we are here to discuss the report of the american energy innovation council on the role of government and developing innovative energy technologies, the business leaders of the council have a long track record of commercial success building technology companies that compete in the global marketplace and they make a strong case in that report, that with the government as a partner the united states can continue to lead in the clean energy sector. as all of the witnesses today point out in their written testimony, there's a global race on to produce the next generation of energy technologies. prices on our electricity bills are at the pum

you're writing it and then further selling it i mean how did that work with with all due respect to mr crocker it was about the book i mean there was a major british publisher that wanted the book but when they went to the chairman he said no if we write a book that offends putin we will not we will never sell another book not only in russia but in all the old soviet union satellite states. and they were afraid that it would ruin their business so all the british put that which is unless we produce an anodyne book the didn't reveal anything and they didn't attract putin's attention i believe this book certainly has then then they didn't want to know they were there were scared of it alexander is it mere coincidence that that this book is being presented. after the elections after putin returned it to to. becoming the new president elect of the russian federation. did you did you like wait until the right time has come to to market well it was actually printed before the elections for. place that obviously reflects our confidence that mr putin will be elected i think is a call publisher i obvio

mr. crocker came out of retirement to become ambassador in kabul in july of 2011.nand turning to financial news, the senate banking committee meets this morning to hear testimony from two key regulators about the trading loss at jpmorgan. banking committee chairman senator tim johnson says he's inviting the c.e.o. jamie diamond to testify at a related hearing in the near future. you can hear this live 10:00 a.m. live on c-span radio. and those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> in is what people vote for the -- don't vote for the party. i think this is the city which they vote for the candidate. even though this is heavily republican midwest which is dynamic and it's great. i think you're seeing more of that in the recent years here in the midwest. they are really voting a little bit more for what the person stands for. >> june 2 and 3, book tv and american history tv explore the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> first place i want to show you is the munger house and it's the only remaining original structure from the 1865 to 18

mr. crocker came out of retirement last july to take over as the top u.s. diplomat in afghanistan. no word yet on why he is leaving the post a year ahead of schedule. he is also served as u.s. ambassador to lebanon, pakistan, kuwait and syria. ambassador crocker is currently living in the u.s. where he attended a nato summit in chicago. >>> vice president joe biden goes on the campaign trail today. he will be at keane state college in new hampshire to speak about the president's economic policies. this is vice president biden's fourth trip to the granite state this year. you can see his comments live starting at 1:45 eastern on c-span. >> right now i want you to take a look around you and think not about where everyone has been but where they are going. the guy in front of you could win an academy award some day. the girl behind you could be a future president of the united states or even better than that, the mayor of new york city. the guy sitting to your right could be a future nobel laureate. okay, maybe not the guy to your right but certainly the one to your left >> about 60 y

mr. chairman. i was in afghanistan with several of my colleagues. mostly from this committee. and we had met with -- ambassador crocker and we met with general allen and both of them said the same thing in separate meetings. that they would like to see the presence of 68,000 that would be drawn down to september. stay through the end of 2014. the good thing about this amendment is, it says that if we could achieve our objective prior to that, and shift operational control earlier, then certainly do so. you know, i'm reminded having served in iraq with the united states marine corps, in my last assignment during my tour of duty, being in meetings with tribal leaders, convincing them to cooperate with the united states, that we -- we there -- we were in it to win it, and knowing that if that was not accurate that they would be dead, that they would subsequently be killed for having cooperated with us, if, in fact, the insurgents or the al qaeda elements took back that particular river valley. the -- i was in a shirra in november in afghanistan, meeting with some village elders, and expressed that same anxiety to. so whe