mr. ford, who served in the position and a nation grieve role since december, 2010 is still awaiting a vote on his confirmation by the senate. his testimony is about 45 minutes. >> we will start our second panel, and mr. ford, i know before i arrived here you have an opening statement. but i will do is i will present an opening statement and then we can go right to questions. am i correct -- >> yes, senator, that is correct. >> thanks so much. thank you everyone. i know we are moving to the second panel on a very busy day. but i wanted to get right into these critically important issues. over the past few days, scores have been killed in the same location of a devastating attack by government forces in the year 1982 which killed an estimated 10,000 syrian civilians. despite the sustained assault by government forces, syrian activists continue to demonstrate in very large numbers the testament to their courage, their cause and their desire for the most basic elements of human rights and human d

mr. ford, i know before i arrived here, that you had an opening statement. what i'll do is i will present an opening statement and then we can go right to -- we can go right to questions. am i correct in that? you did present? >> yes, senator, that is correct. >> i wanted to make sure. thanks so much. i know we're moving to our second panel on a very busy day. but i wanted to get right into these critically important issues. over the past few days, scores have been killed in hama, the same location of the devastated attack by government forces in the year 1982, which killed an estimated 10,000 syrian civilians. despite this sustained assault by government forces, syrian activists continued to demonstrate in very large numbers. a testament to their courage, their cause, and their desire for the most basic elements of human rights and human dignity. the horror taking place in syria today has led me and i know many others in this body, the united states senate, to be very clear about the conclusi

. >> i spoke to mr. ford this morning. apologizes for not being able to attend to except as. he says he is deeply honored and he appreciates this board for the resolution of appreciation. >> i will move the resolution. >> second. >> and the members of the public -- and no members of the public indicated they wanted to address that item. >> we will give this to you director carter, so you can give it to them. with that, we complete the meeting. >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of

. >> i spoke to mr. ford this morning. apologizes for not being able to attend to except as. he says he is deeply honored and he appreciates this board for the resolution of appreciation. >> i will move the resolution. >> second. >> and the members of the public -- and no members of the public indicated they wanted to address that item. >> we will give this to you director carter, so you can give it to them. with that, we complete the meeting. >> thanks, everybody, for coming today. we are excited about this opportunity to show you this beautiful store, talk about our investment in san francisco. we have some great guests here today. first of all, thank you for taking time out of your schedule. we know the demand on your schedule. i am the vice-president and general manager for northern california northern nevada for our consumer markets. the demand on your time is a lot like our customers. that is why we have spent the time and made investments in a store like this because we know the demand is on their time. when they come into our store, they have earned a smart, friendly,

mr. ford has shown that an american ambassador is not a gift to host countries but a representative to actively pursue american interests and american values. the most basic american value, the right to democratic representation is at stake in syria and much more, of course, is at stake. and i know that ambassador ford has been a stalwart advocate for this principle of democratic representation while he has served in damascus. ambassador ford, welcome back to the senate foreign relations committee and this is your second welcome today. but i thank you for your decades of service that you and your team have undertaken in damascus and i look forward to the answers you will provide to our questions. i wanted to open up with just an assessment, your assessment of the violence in the current state of the -- not just the violence and the scale of it, but also what you can tell us about the opposition and how they're doing and how we can be most effective and most helpful. we, meaning the united stat

. >> all three nominees in the first panel and then we'll do questioning of mr. ford in the second panel. we're fortunate to have senator lugar here with us and we want to try and accommodate his schedule as well as senator lieberman's schedule. so on our first panel we'll consider norman to be ambassador for the czech republic. and francis to be ambassador to the republic of turkey. on the first panel we'll consider robert ford for ambassador to syria. senator casey from pennsylvania will be here. he chairs the subcommittee on near eastern affairs and he will share ambassador ford's questioning portions of the second panel. all of the posts are criticals in safeguarding american interests around the globe. i look forward to discussing the challenges and opportunities the united states faces in threes important countries. we're doing this a little bit differently today and one of the differences is that both of our nominees on the first panel were nominated last year to serve on these positions. i think i chaired one of those nomination hearings last year. but both we

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i have other questions but i see mr. ford is coming back at some point? >> he will be here for the second panel. >> all right, thank you, madam chair. >> senator casey. >> thank you. i thank you both our nominees for your service and your testimony here today. time is short and we are limited in the topics we can cover. but i want to start with ambassador ricciardioni, in the sense that we are going to be talking later at some length about syria and the massacre going on there. and it's been my sense and i think it's a widely shared view that over a number of years, if not for more than a generation, but certainly within the last number of years, turkey has been able to play a significant role as a regional balancer of the power of the region. it's been very constructive at times in the region. this is one of those times when the world needs the help that turkey can provide as it relates to syria. these acts of violence against the people of syria are unacceptable. it's a regime that no longer has legitimacy at all because of those acts of violence. i gue

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actually going to hear from all three nominees in the first panel and then we'll do questioning of mr. fordin the second panel. we're fortunate to have senator lugar here with us and we want to try and accommodate his schedule as well as senator lieberman's schedule. so on our first panel we will consider the nominations of norman eyesan to be ambassador to the czech republic and francis richard olney to the republic of turkey. and on our second panel we will be considering the nomination of robert ford to be ambassador to syria. senator casey from pennsylvania will be here. he chairs the subcommittee on near eastern affairs and he will chair ambassador ford's questioning portion of the second panel. all of the posts being considered today are critical in strengthening u.s. influence and safeguarding person interests around the globe. i look forward to discussing the challenges and opportunities the united states faces in these three important countries. now, as i said, we're doing this a little bit differently today. and one of the differences is that both of our nominees on the first pane

mr. ford has shown an american ambassador is not a gift to host countries, but a representative who actively pursues american interest in american values, the most basic american value, the right to space representation is at stake in syria, and much more of course is at stake, and i know that ambassador ford has been a stalwart advocate for this principal of space representation while he has served in damascus. ambassador four, welcome back to the senate foreign relations committee. i know this is your second welcome today. but i think you for your decades, decades of service and remarkable efforts you and your team have undertaken in damascus, and i look forward to the answer that you will provide to the questions. i wanted to open up with just an assessment, your assessment of the violence and the current state of not just the violence and the scale of it, but also what you can tell us about the opposition and how they are doing and how we can be most effective and most helpful meaning the

mr. ford is coming back at some point? >> he will be here for the second panel. senator casey. -- senator sheenter she h .aan i know time is short, and we're limited in the topics we are covered recovering, but i want to start with ambassador ricciardone. we will be talking later at some length about syria and the massacre that is going on there. it is my sense, and i believe it is widely shared debt over a number of years, if not for more than a generation, but certainly for more than the last number of years, turkey has been able to play a significant role as a regional balancer of the power of the region, and as been very constructive at times in the region. this is one of those times when the world needs help that turkey can provide as it relates to syria. these acts of violence against the people of syria are not acceptable. it is a regime then no longer has legitimacy at all because of those acts of violence, and i would ask you -- i know the prime minister has been pretty clear and pret

actually going to hear from all three nominees in the first panel and then we will do questioning of mr. ford in the second panel. we are fortunate to have senator lugar here with us and we want to accommodate his schedule as well as senator lieberman. in the first panel, we consider the nomination appeared of norman eisen to the czech republic, and francis ricciardone to turkey. the second panel be the nomination of robert for to be ambassador to syria. senator bob casey will be here. he chairs the subcommittee on near eastern affairs and will chair ambassador ford's questioning in the second panel. all of the posts being considered today are critical in safeguarding american interests around the globe. i look forward to discussing the challenges and opportunities the united states faces in these three important countries. as i said, we are doing this a little differently today. one of the differences is that both of our nominees on the first panel were nominated last year to serve in these same positions. i think that i chaired one of those nomination hearings last year. both nominations we

actually going to hear from all three nominees in the first panel, and then we'll do questioning of mr. ford in the second panel. we're fortunate to have senator luger here with us, and we want to try to accommodate his schedule as well as senator lieberman's schedule. on the first panel we're considering nomination of norman eisen and francis ricciardone to be ambassador to the republic of turkey, and on our second panel, we're considering the nomination of robert ford to be ambassador to syria. senator casey from pennsylvania will be here. he chairs the subcommittee on middle eastern affairs, and he will chair ambassador ford's questioning portions of the second panel. all of the posts being considered today are critical in strengthening u.s. influence and safeguarding american interests around the globe. i look forward to discussing the challenges and opportunities the united states faces in these three important countries. now, as i said ring we're doing this a little bit differently today, and one of the differences is that both of our nominees on the first panel were nominated last yea

. >> it wasn't carter's fault or ford's fault or reagan's fault. but somewhere somewhere mr.h. >> i hate the tea party. i will say that straight up to fox news. >> are you worried about this economy? >> oh, yeah. >> what are you worried about? >> i'm worried about my children. >> i'm not terribly worried about it. we have pretty confident people. >> you can't spend more than you take in. >> i'm worried about a job today. >> what's going to happen? >> as long as we have a military, i know the chinese won't be down on broadway. >> bill: here now fox business anchor john stossel see him at fbn. does d. that lady say we had competent people. >> she did. we are looking for them day and night. >> bill: where with they? when you speak to people, i branded them and you can use this because you need this on your fbn show. you know they have bugs, no see em. >> i heard you say this. >> bill: people don't know anything. >> no thinkems. i'm trying to get a gauge on what percentage of the population that is when you speak to people and do you this a lot. do most of them know what they are

school and the professionals at the betty ford center had in common was no clue about feelings and how to be aware of their feelings and how to address them. what mr. dierck has done is one of the things that we as educators, it's the one thing we have missed. it's the absolutely one thing we missed to teach our children to recognize and be aware of their own feelings and work with children with similar feelings. we can teach them all the math. we don't have clue one to teach them how to feel and express it appropriately. it's the same thing i start with in in-patient or out-patient. how do you feel and how do you express that. the sel is very important. social, emotional learning. one is illinois, they have laid out an entire track. the teachers have to be taught before they graduate and become certified. and texas just recently passed the law, every middle school and high school student has to go 3 anger management and emotional training before they leave school. what makes more sense? how do live with yourself and others at the same time. >> thank you. i am going to ask officer parillo to talk. often people are intimidated by police presence. h

mr. williams. >> jon rad ford, at the state level. to get back to your first question, in oregon we're probably in a monitoring mowed. we started about ten years ago making a metal adjustment to our pension plans. we created a second tier about five years ago, more litigation and a third tooish. right now we're at a moderate twoen. almost none of those have that driving in oregon is the. if they published more entity, the owners are. i think the political side and the people, particularly, and especially a political richt. i mean this isn't a target of opportunity to reduce our cost in the public sector. decisions have to be coming around that type of party, but ruin stayed and there was a dramatic and gentleman cone yann images to the social security. i think we're just in -- in the future, we're just going to be wandering home to spee. we all achieve some of the savings that we anticipated, and so forth that's probably a positive answer. we've discussed contributions in the pension plans in the last year or so, so that is going to b

ford, in syria. there has been some criticism, especially from republicans, that that rewards the syrian -- mr.ident assad's regime. the state department at this point is saying that he is valuable there. he is a symbol, they argue, out to the people of syria that the u.s. supports them and also victoria newland saying that the ambassador and the embassy are able to get information about the opposition, and that's another key. they are hoping that this opposition will strengthen and will be able to become a cohesive group. >> jill, just 20 seconds here question lick. what are the odds of military action now in syria by the u.s.? >> basically can say not going to happen, at least at this stage. nobody has the appetite for it. that would be far too big at this point. they are talking about economic and diplomacy. >> jill dougherty, thank you very much for the update. >>> the fbi now investigating a threat against david letterman. we'll tell you who is calling for him tongue to be cut off. that story is next. digest best buy award. a s then they gave us an iihs top safety pick and you... well, you

this is an enormously important bill for a number of reasons and out ford to working with you to make that happen. >> mr. sanders -- look forward to working with you to make that happen. >> mr. standardssanders, i appreciate that. i do know how you feel, and i want to note that you have been nothing but helpful, and your staff as well. senator, i'm so glad you're here. please have the floor. >> thank you, madam chairman. i will not be here long, but i start by looking at what our mission is, and if our mission is to move our economy forward and create jobs, that we can do it very rapidly very effectively, if we look to be in for shorter side of things. i saw it and mightin my own state, that the governor made a decision not to accept plea dollars of assistance in dot and the port authority in new jersey, because of concerns that there might be overruns in building this tunnel so critical for us to continue to get cars off the road this, by the estimates that were available, would have created jobs immediately. lastly, to create a better ave for those who want to work in the city of new york, and vice ve

mr. peter funt. >> okay. you know, jimmy carter had fantastic hair and when he beat gerald ford four years earlier, i mean, itblicans do? a smart thing. they went to hollywood. they got a really, you know, top notch hollywood hairdo in ronald reagan and the voters went for it. and reagan was able to defeat carter and then walter mondale four years later, gosh, that was no contest at all. he barely had any hair. so once again, the voters picked the best hair. >> juliet: i wonder what product, that throws a monkey wrench in everything. obama versus mccain. >> well, you know, that was a bit of history being made as we all know. 2008, the first time americans elected an african-american hair cut. this was something new. i think the republicans really blew it. they almost went with mitt romney as the nominee. that could have been interesting hair wise. but john mccain? i mean, come on. no contest. >> juliet: we have two guys in the gop, i mean, with serious, beautiful hair. rick perry and mitt romney. you can not get -- it's superman hair, is what it is. >> well, no kidding. you know, imagine being mitt romney and

mr. godbold teaches at mississippi state university. this event held last year and decatur come to church is over an hour. >> i've been coming back to fordto decatur in atlanta for 20 years now and much of that time i spent in the carter library and some of my early years of research on this project, my wife used to say that when i used the word home i wasn't talking about the house we lived in in mississippi. i was talking about the jimmy carter library. and so finally we see the day when the first part of the work is finished i've done a lot of research on the rest of it as well. the book is "jimmy and rosalynn: the georgia years, 1924-1974". 1924 is the year of his birth. 1974 was december 12, 1974 when he made his formal announcement that he was running for president of the united states. so it's a nice little block of time. i fell into this project almost by accident. i had just completed a book and i was casting around for another topic and i saw where jimmy carter had attended a book fair in nashville, tennessee. so i looked into that because i was curious what he had written. and this was about 1987, 88. he's written a lot more s

. >> i spoke to mr. ford this morning. apologizes for not being able to attend to except as. he says he is deeply honored and he appreciates this board for the resolution of appreciation. >> i will move the resolution. >> second. >> and the members of the public -- and no members of the public indicated they wanted to address that item. >> we will give this to you director carter, so you can give it to them. with that, we complete the meeting.