mr. george, come on up here. on behalf of the public defender's office, george is being presented a $500 check. >> i like to say thank you. number one for mernella woods. patty lee, marsy and to my mother. for the time i was in the youth authority, djj. you know, i learned a lot because when i got into the situation, when i went throughout the situation at the age of 16. i didn't think i was going to get out of that situation. my mother was always there for me, number one. i didn't see that before i got into the situation. for the youths that don't see it yet, your parents are for the most part always there for you. sometimes you don't see it. sometimes it takes something dramatic. i stay positive instead of being negative. the number one thing that i can say over all, because i'm not going to stand up here and preach. the can say that when you do something, be dedicated and if it's not beneficial. it's detrimental. if you don't know what that means, go look it up. it took me a long time. but i'm here. i want to t

mr. george was born -- george osborne.ext to him is bob diamond who has become chief executive of barclays. next to him is wolfgang schÄuble. just to put very briefly the context, at the very recent imf update of the world economic outlook, last year was exceptionally good. it was much better than some people expected. a 5% growth in 2010. it is funny money. real money was at 3% growth. if you look at the 5% growth, it it was a very divergent picture. in the big developed countries, 2.8% in the u.s. and 1.8% in the euro zone. the imf suggests that next year it will slow a bit to 4.4%. two 0.5% in the advanced countries with the u.s. at 3% in the euro zone at 1.5%. this suggests that the general mood is more optimistic than the imf. the second point i would make in the introduction is that this is a world economy and it has been a to speed world economy since the year 2000. i would put forward a number that been bernanke -- ben bernanke gave us. he pointed out that if you look back at what has happened to the gdp of the eme

mr. george was born -- george osborne. next to him is bob diamond who has become chief executive of barclays. next to him is wolfgang schÄuble. just to put very briefly the context, at the very recent imf update of the world economic outlook, last year was exceptionally good. it was much better than some as the very recent imf a bit of the world economic outlook shows, last year was exceptionally good. it was much better than some people expected. a 5% growth in 2010. it is funny money. real money was at 3% growth. if you look at the 5% growth, it it was a very divergent picture. in the big developed countries, 2.8% in the u.s. and 1.8% in the euro zone. the imf suggests that next year it will slow a bit to 4.4%. two 0.5% in the advanced countries with the u.s. at 3% in the euro zone at 1.5%. this suggests that the general mood is more optimistic than the imf. the second point i would make in the introduction is that this is a world economy and it has been a to speed world economy since the year 2000. i would put forward a

mrs. aliato is here. after joseph aliato, there was george moscony and chris moscony is here representing george moscony. [applause] and after the moscony years, it was diane feinstein. and her husband, richard blum, is here. they actually got married in the chambers upstairs. [applause] now, in just a minute, the president of the board of supervisors is going to say the words that will allow you, the public, to know what the vote was in his chambers earlier in the afternoon. but mr. lee, there have been several people from across the bay, from sacramento and other places, who are here to extend their warm welcome. standing next to you is mayor newsom's chief of protocol, my chief of protocol, diane's chief of protocol, everybody's chief of protocol, who's ever had a chief of protocol in san francisco, charlotte schultz. and i hope she sticks around as your chief of protocol. [applause] one of your state senators, and we have two of those, only one is present at the moment. the other one is up working on the budget. but senator leland yee is here to welcome you. [applause] and a man who went to bed on sa

mr. buckley, is that -- and george will is another name that comes to mind is there is an active engagement of the life of the mind that does not alienate the intelligentsia and please comments on the tea party movement with the focus from governing from the gut is in danger of moving conservatism away from the life of the the mind, to more of an instinct tiive reaction to current events. >> that is thoughtful, and, putting me in company withbuckl is very kind of you and it is difficult to say what the tea party movement is, aside from fervor and it is fervor on hoof behalf of the constitution, we are starting a column in "the american spectator" by a tea party person, ned ryan and we will be covering the movement, we will be covering the intelligent people in the movement, and, the less intelligent also, i suppose. but, i think there is reason to be optimistic about the tea party movement. and the tea party movement, by the way, there have been tea party movements in this country, going back to the original tea party. there are order normally people that are aroused by freedom, and, that i

mr. george osbourne, chancellor of the exchequer of the u.k. next to him is bob diamond, who is very recently become chief executive of barclays. congratulations. finally next to him is wolfgang schauble, federal minister of the, of finance of germany. just to put very, very briefly the context which i think you all know but, it's important to stress at the very most recent imf economic update at the world economic outlook shows, last year, 2010 was exceptionally good. i think much better than most people expected. 5% growth in 2010. though it is important to remember that purchasing power number is funny money. in real money the stuff most of you deal with it is up 3% growth. if you look it at that 5% growth is very diverge ability picture. 2% into the countries, 7.1% in emerging countries and in big developed countries 2.8% in the u.s. and 1.8% in the eurozone. next year the imf suggests the growth will slow a bit to 4.4%. 2.5% in the advanced countries and 6.5% in the emerging countries with the u.s. at 3% and the eurozone at 1.5%. i must sa

. >> host: we have moved to george in bloomington, >>. >> caller: because mr. tyrrell for years, very much enjoyed following his career. because he has chronicled the clintons so thoroughly over many years and written several books on the clintons i would like to ask him two questions. one is related to the clintons. concerning an article that appeared four years ago in a national newspaper in the wall street journal and this time of year the full page article concerning president clinton's pardon of convicted puerto ricans terrorists at the same time mrs. clinton was running for u.s. senate for the state of new york for the first time and the fbi made a strong recommendation against the pardon of those convicted terrorists and nevertheless the pardon was granted. >> host: what is your question? >> caller: my question is about the current attorney general eric holder's involvement. tyrrell is familiar with that article, which i just alluded to he was heavily involved in the justice department decision to k a o toy.cf1 o the end of the presidency. in "the clinto

george. >> caller: good afternoon. because mr. tyrrell whom i have followed for years, have very much enjoyed following his career, because he has chronicled the clintons so thoroughly over the several years, over many years and written several books concerning the clintons, i would like to ask him two questions. first, related to the clintons. and that is concerning an article that appeared approximately four years ago in a national newspaper. it was in "the wall street journal," actually, and it was at about this time of year. a full-page article concerning president clinton's pardon of the convicted puerto rican terrorists at approximately the same time mrs. clinton was running for the u.s. senate from state of new york for the first time. and the fbi made a strong written recommendation against the pardon of those convicted terrorists and, nevertheless, the pardon was granted by president clinton. >> host: so, george, what's your question, where do you want to wrap this to? >> caller: my question has to do with the current att

mr. westmoreland from george. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank each and every one of you for your public service. i know that some of the -- some of you have been serving this country, protecting us all your adult life. and so i want to thank you all for that. my question is going to deal with the debt that we have. joint chief chairman mullen and even secretary of state clinton have made the comment that our national debt could be one of our greatest national security issues. and so i'd like to ask general clapper, director panetta and i'll give mr. goldberg -- since he's from the state, the department of state an opportunity to address that. do you think that's a possibility that would -- or could create some problem with some of our countries that -- some of these countries that own this debt? >> well, it is a great problem for us. that's clear. and i think the debt does pose a potential threat to our national security. and i think, you know, the allusion -- the relationship we have with -- the financial relationship we have wi

reached to discuss this and more details are now joined live by george water back from energy and metals research agency plots in london. mr beck thank you very much for joining us ok well it does not a major oil producing country each day almost two million barrels of oil pass through the suez canal but is the egypt unrest the only cause for the rise in oil prices. no but at the moment it's a very important one because this signifies a time of change in the middle east on the possibility that we have what formerly used to be known as the effect we had the changes in tunisia some ongoing changes in egypt the possibility of changes in yemen and who knows what lies beyond that so the possibility that you could have disturbance in the short term we are of course all agreed that the mock received very good an excellent thing but the market of course war so the prices have gone up and the possibility of potential disruptions while minimal still worries traders on the market that is a very important element in why we have crossed that one hundred dollar mark but in my opinion even without those issues demand remains very strong

george vi's widow, the queen mother. so he wrote her at clarence house and got back this astonishing answer. >> please, mr. seidler, not in my lifetime. the memory of these events is still too painful. when the queen mother says to an englishman you wait, you wait. >> reporter: 28 years passed before the queen mother died at the age of 101. seidler had kept his word and could now finally write the script he wanted to write all his life. >> i had to do a great deal of thinking about it a lot of remembering it, a lot of the pain came back. >> reporter: but it was worth it. at the age of 73, seidler is now the talk of hollywood. he has either won or been nominated for every screenwriting award out there. >> thank you. >> reporter: and tonight, he waits to see if oscar will smile on him, too. >> to be heard, at last, to have a voice, is a very marvelous thing. >> reporter: a young boy and a british monarch, joined by words that neither could get out, at first. lee cowan, nbc news, hollywood. >>> before we leave you here, we have this program note. tomorrow morning, the day after hollywood's big night, an exclu

mr. balfour? [inaudible] >> balfour serves after the war and -- and continues in lloyd george's government. lloyd george's kicked out in 22 and replaced as prime minister for sure period and l. for circuit knows governments for a short period. what are his reflections? that is actually key, because it is hard to know what he really really wanted to happen in palestine. i think after the war, he probably hoped and thought that the jewish would essentially form an independent state, or what have autonomy. they there would be an autonomous state within the british empire in which the jewish were a majority and in which they were the main governors. i believe that is what balfour wanted. now why he wanted that is complicated and it had to do with his complicated ideas and understanding of the jewish. he was probably happy. he probably didn't believe there really could be assimilated in great britain. speak it has been a fascinating evening to night. if you have not gotten a copy of balfour declaration you can purchase one in the lobby. jonathan schneer will be signing copies in the lobby. pleas

george w. bush has canceled a trip to denver this weekend for a global leadership summit. mr.r learning that wikileaks founder, julian assange, had also been invited to attend. >>> and space shuttle "discovery" docks with the international space station for the final time this afternoon. the crew is delivering supplies and the first humanoid robot to fly in space. >>> and finally, the store that aspires to be the walmart of weed opens in sacramento, california today. the superstar sells supplies to help medical marijuana patients to grow pot. it will open up outlets in three other states. that's a quick look at the headlines. >>> now, to jackie meretsky and the weather. >> thanks a lot, ron. we have pictures coming out of nevada city, california. north and east of sacramento. 6 to 12 inches of snow fell. and this isn't way up in the mountains. this is a low-elevation town. the big story in california is, of course, the bitterly cold temperatures, as well as the low-elevation snow. it's not going to snow in downtown l.a. you don't need a parka if you're going to be on the red c

mr. mcconnell: first, let me congratulate the senator from georgia for his excellent presentation of georgewashington's farewell address. it has been an important senate tradition for many years, and i thank him for his reading that for all of us on this important occasion. mr. president, on another matter, i want to start by welcoming everyone back from the recess. it's good to be back. time away from washington is an opportunity to step back and to measure the priorities of party against those of people who sent us here to make sure that they are properly aligned. as the two parties re-engage this week in a debate about our nation's finances, it's vital that we focus not on the mere partisan advantage but on what's right for the nation. when it comes to the two choices before us of either maintaining an unsustainable status quo on spending or to begin to start cutting spending, the choice could not be more clear. this morning's news brought word that a 47-member panel of some of the nation's top business economists view government overspending as the top threat to our economy. in other wo

he was just a mouth piece for vice president george bush and his top aid mr. hainie. and -- not haineafplt dick cheney. and i love him as a human being and he was a great actor and a great speaker. however, he did not know what he was doing. host: the house is set to extend the vote on the patriot act. long island, new york. you are next. cindy on our democrat's line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm calling to directly address your question. i do not think ronald reagan, who is a charming delightful man, a terrible president, i don't think he would approve of these, of today's republican party or at least the one whose have high jaked them. there are lots of good republicans. but ronald reagan for all the flaws that i know of him was a gentleman. can you imagine ronald reagan shouting at a guest speaker in our house of representatives shouting, you lie? these are just not people who are proper peeple. ronald reagan, for that man that called several calls ago from virginia, not the more recent one from west virginia, said well these democrats, they can't stand

mr. upton: we don't need regulations on the internet. i think it was george will that said most americans think that the government doesn't work so well and the internet does. why are we allowing the f.c.c. then to regulate the internet. it makes no sense. this amendment denies funds to the f.c.c. to implement this order. it's a good amendment. i like to think it would be bipartisan. i support the authors that are offering this and i yield back my time. mr. bilirakis: -- mr. stearns: i will say it's not appropriate for them to make these rules on a whim without any input from congress and this would allow the f.c.c. to do anything, anything it could allege to promote broad band under their jurisdiction which they don't have. congress must stop the f.c.c., this amendment will do that by preventing any money to be used to implement its rule. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. >> i rise in opposition to the proposal. the chair: does the gentleman move to strike the last word? mr. waxman: yes.

mr. flak had gone to the hospital with pneumonia and the infection was spreading too fast, so then the doctors couldn't help him. >> reporter: 43 year old georgeap, a 5th grade teacher for 17 years unexpectedly died from a severe infection yesterday. meningococcal could be a possible cause of death. the parents of his 24 students were called to a meeting today. >> they gave us medicine for two days just for precaution, otherwise i'm not real concerned. >> what was unusual is, you know, to have a young, healthy teacher who was in school one week and become severely ill and die over a weekend and not be here on monday morning. >> reporter: county health officials say the risk of infection on this campus is minimal. >> even if he died of meningococcal meningitis, which is that kind of bacteria, it does not hang around in the environment, can't live on the floor, doorknob, or sweater. >> reporter: grief counselors were on campus today. students wrote tributes. one read he was the best teacher we ever had. through the windows of his classroom, we saw flowers on his desk along with a stuff gorilla. >> i cry. and i look at his table, flowers measure

mr. flak had gone to the hospital with pneumonia and the infection was spreading too fast, so then the doctors couldn't help him. >> reporter: 43 year old george flap, a 5th grade teacher for 17 years unexpectedly died from a severe infection yesterday. meningococcal could be a possible cause of death. the parents of his 24 students were called to a meeting today. >> they gave us medicine for two days just for precaution, otherwise i'm not real concerned. >> what was unusual is, you know, to have a young, healthy teacher who was in school one week and become severely ill and die over a weekend and not be here on monday morning. >> reporter: county health officials say the risk of infection on this campus is minimal. >> even if he died of meningococcal meningitis, which is that kind of bacteria, it does not hang around in the environment, can't live on the floor, doorknob, or sweater. >> reporter: grief counselors were on campus today. students wrote tributes. one read he was the best teacher we ever had. through the windows of his classroom, we saw flowers on his desk along with a stuff gorilla. >> i cry. and i look at his table, flowers and g

george washington. my question goes back to a different direction. mr. keller, when you originally published the first round of wikileaks' information, you included an editor's note and you answered readers' comments and questions. do you think in the changing media environment it's important to open the door to your editorial room and editorial decisions like that? >> yes, i do. it is unavoidable but it's useful to do that. i'm sure marvin can cite you polls that will show the steady decline of trust in the american media. and i take those polls with a grain of salt, they lump all the media into one basket, like members of congress. if you ask people what they think members of congress, it's thumbs down but their own member of congress it's thumbs up. and i think it is a useful way to explain some of that and why we do it. >> are you going to be doing that on a regular basis, not in response to a specific story, but just every month, you are going to do a column? >> well, we have been doing it on a fairly regular basis and try to mix it up. different pe

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mr. thomas. >> one of my favorite actresses. i think she's great! >> thanks for joining us. top stories we're following. >> some students at palo alto elementary schools are taking antibiotics this morning. it's feared that georgerade teach -- you see him there -- may have died of a fast spreading disease. tests will confirm if he was ininvestigated with the bacteria. >> the unsolicited delivery of the yellow pages. it's the city's newest attempt to pass green legislation keeping waste from piling up in our landfills. threatened legal action is on constitutional grounds if the ban should get approved. >> a massive but peaceful demonstration in central cairo has some 200,000 egyptians calling for their president to step down by friday. military troops are watching from the side lines vowing not to attack the crowd as long as the protests remain peaceful. >> police are trying to determine if a man with a gun was a prank or an intention distraction. officers spanned out across the campus. >> students remained in their classrooms until heavily armed officers escorted them to nearby laneny college. students sent these photos to youreport. they show what parents saw when they got to the school. school staff posted me

george mitchell. another call from albuquerque. brandon, independent. go ahead. caller: thank you. mr. indyk, given that we are in albuquerque, new mexico, it's sometimes hard to feel what washington thinks about these things. early on, it got a lot of press, but how was washington reacting to the fact that there's still a virtual internet shut down in egypt? does that reflect on how we are looking at the president and the reactions that he has? guest: this is a fascinating question. from the beginning of this revolution the internet and particularly twitter and facebook has played a critical role. mubarak suppressed the moderate voices in egypt and prevented any kind of political organization from rising in the center. he allowed the muslim brotherhood to organize but kept them under control. as a result, while the muslim brotherhood had developed quite an effective organization through a social network of underground, providing education and health to poor people around the country, the moderate forces, the forces representing secularism and the youth of the country were not given a

mr. upton: we don't need regulations on the internet. i think it was georgeill that said most americans think that the government doesn't work so well and the internet does. why are we allowing the f.c.c. then to regulate the internet. it makes no sense. this amendment denies funds to the f.c.c. to implement this order. it's a good amendment. i like to think it would be bipartisan. i support the authors that are offering this and i yield back my time. mr. bilirakis: -- mr. stearns: i will say it's not appropriate for them to make these rules on a whim without any input from congress and this would allow the f.c.c. to do anything, anything it could allege to promote broad band under their jurisdiction which they don't have. congress must stop the f.c.c., this amendment will do that by preventing any money to be used to implement its rule. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. >> i rise in opposition to the proposal. the chair: does the gentleman move to strike the last word? mr. waxman: yes. t

mr. president. the health reform bill is about jobs. i was visiting with someone from george washington university in there -- in their medical department. and as i walked in, she said, you know, because of the health care bill, we're going to hire 500 new physicians. it went back and -- i went back and told my staff that. they said, no, that couldn't be true. i had my staff check with the woman who told me that. it's true. that's just one facility. also about jobs. mr. president, we need to look to future. democrats are working to create jobs and strengthen the middle class. we're starting today with the first jobs bill of this congress. this bill, which will modernize americans air travel creates and protects more than 280,000 jobs. we're improving the infrastructure and reducing costly delays. we're going to have a passengers bill of rights. this is the kind of commonsense solution that creates jobs while making our economy more efficient while making america more competitive. this is a bipartisan bill. we need to start strengthening our future. we're ready to get to work

george? >> all right, robin. thanks. >>> we have an exclusive interview with ali aujali. libya's ambassador to the united states. thanks for joining us, mr. ambassador. you're saying the only solution is for moammar gadhafi should go? >> thank you very much for let me start by saying, i resigned from serving the current dictatorship regime. but i will never resign from serving our people, until their voices reach the whole world. until their goals are achieved. >> you say you're going to remain as ambassador. you're not resigning as ambassador. but you are calling for moammar gadhafi to go? >> i'm calling for him to go. i am calling for him to go and leave our people alone. tripoli now is under gunfire. tripoli is burning. they're under the control of the people. if the regime manages to hit tripoli and manage to control tripoli, plus benghazi and the other cities in the west, they will return back again. and they will hit them again. >> you're saying the protesters are in control of the city of benghazi in the east? >> all of benghazi, libya, is under control of the protesters now. but tripoli and some cities are still under the control

george mitchell. another call from albuquerque. brandon, independent. go ahead. caller: thank you. mr. indyk, given that we are in albuquerque, new mexico, it's sometimes hard to feel what washington thinks about these things. early on, it got a lot of press, but how was washington reacting to the fact that there's still a virtual internet shut down in egypt? does that reflect on how we are looking at the president and the reactions that he has? guest: this is a fascinating question. from the beginning of this revolution the internet and particularly twitter and facebook has played a critical role. mubarak suppressed the moderate voices in egypt and prevented any kind of political organization from rising in the center. he allowed the muslim brotherhood to organize but kept them under control. as a result, while the muslim brotherhood had developed quite an effective organization through a social network of underground, providing education and health to poor people around the country, the moderate forces, the fces representing secularism and the youth of the country were not given a vo

george washington. my question goes back to the wikileaks but in a little bit of a different direction. mr.ller, when you were originally per padilla published the first round of wikileaks information i believe in july, you include a fairly comprehensive editors note and he leaves unanswered personally answered the readers' comments and questions. do you think that in the changing media environment it's important to open the door in the editorial room and decisions like that? >> yes i do. to some extent it is unavoidable, but it's actually useful to do that. i mean, you know, i'm sure marvin can cite you a show of the steady decline of trust in the american media and i take those with a grain of salt. the sort of lump together all of the media into one basket. it's like members of congress of the house what they think of congress, it sums down if you ask what they think their own congressman it sums it up, and the less there has been a steady erosion of trust in the media and i think it is a useful way to help regain some of that to explain what we do and why we do it. >> are you going to b

mr. of rain and snow for friday, saturday. a break on sunday. chance of rain returns tuesday. >> late morning, a quick bridge check, no back up. >> george: light,ic some reports of sluggish traffic but no big problems. the commute is over at the san mateo bridge despite the volume there are no delays. and the commute in marin county is over, light traffic across the span. a little heavy on the northbound side only to lanes, they may reconfigured. san francisco coming inbound central shows light traffic on cross town for >> mark: erased. a warning from police and palo alto they're investigating a string of car break-ins. >> reporter: it has been a problem since late last fall 60 of these break-ins have happened here at the city lots of the businesses, stanford shopping center police say people are smashing the sides of windows six or even using tools to get the door open and stealing gps systems, laptops, things like that. they would case that ridership take a look inside see what they can take, and take them. apparently, police and no leads. whether it's in the afternoon, for the time being if your parking in downtown over by the shopping cente

george. that's the first time i've been in their presence. and i was just taken aback. just very comfortable. just normal kids. and that's how katherine jackson and -- they lead by example. mrst. so composed. still, still grieving very much for her son. but i appreciated the opportunity to spend time with them here in los angeles. and i've got to give you and sam a little bit here, george. i noticed how both of you have mentioned how there could be snow on the hollywood sign come sunday oscars. i just want to know that i did notice you both have said that already. >> you knew it was coming, robin. >> robin, can i just say, you look beautiful today. absolutely gorgeous. >> you can say it. >> you are radiant. ravishing. >> nice, nice. >> you might want to look for a coat for that gown. that's all i'm saying. >> hey. don't say just saying. >>> let's get to the boards. we have a lot to talk about. we're going to start first with what's going on in the middle of the country. some pictures out of memphis with this storm. this is what you can expect in the northeast. a quick hit of very heavy rain. three to five inches of rain in that area. 70-mile-per-hour winds. this is the kind

mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. will there be another markup of the appropriations committee to attain that number? i yield to my friend. called to receive filling out her taxes. or take george, again a resident of the 21st congressional district, a senior who suffers from seizures, who called because he couldn't afford medicaid deductibles. these are the benefits of 2-1-1 northeast region. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the gentleman from oregon. is recognized for a minute. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. this next week we are going to have a very interesting conversation here in washington, d.c., where the deal that some of our friends -- zeal that some of our friends have for both an ideological agenda an effort to try to cut government spending wherever they can will put public broadcasting in the crosshairs. i think it's an unfortunate development, one that's going to be a disappointment to the 170 million americans who rely on public broadcasting every month. it's going to be particularly unfortunate if this agenda succeeds because it's not going to punish people in new york or portland, oregon, or seattle, or san francisco, they

george h.w. bush received the medal of freedom. president obama held a ceremony at the white house. it runs about 45 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrsmichelle obama. ♪ >> thank you so much, everyone. please be seated. welcome to the white house. some of you have been here before. [laughter] this is one of the things that i most look forward to every year. it is a chance to meet with and, more importantly, honor some of the most extraordinary people in america and around the world. president kennedy once said during a tribute to the poet robert frost that in nation reveals itself not only by the men and women it produces, but by the men and women that it honors. the people that it remembers. i heartily agree. when you look at the men and women who are here today, it says something about who we are as a people. when we award this metal to a congressman john lewis, it says that we aspire to be a more just, more equal, more perfect union. when we awarded to jasper johns, it says we value the original and the imaginative. when we award it to warren buffett, it says we do not like to be so humble and maybe make a little money along the wa

mrs. kennedy , and that is the president's office in the house. that is where he works, he does have meetings there. it has been an office since president george. bush. >> you can not help but feel the connection and. behind you is a portrait of mckinley watching a treaty being signed on the very best. -- that very desk. there is a connection with president mckinley. there is a portrait of a grant. you read the book and you realize, several pieces of furniture were used by grant. the picture is called "the peacemaker." that is really my favorite painting. instructing his generals and admiral -- this was his instructions to make sure his great dream of the united states prevail after the civil war. >> i consider its to be a source of strength to us. anything which dramatizes the great story of the united states is worthy couple the closest attention and respect by the americans who live here and visit here. that is why i am glad that jackie is making the efforts she is making. i know other first ladies have done its. i know that those who come after us will continue to try. make this the center of the american historical life. " the wonderful t

mr. roy -- [applause] next, we have a senior adviser to president reagan and tonight's keynote speaker who will get a more proper introduction later. join me in welcoming indiana gov. mitch daniels. [applause] please welcome georgeext guest started out her career as a democrat. we're glad that she decided the good side to be on. please welcome the american conservative union foundation chairman, -- [applause] ronald reagan chose this man for his 1980 transition team and then appointed him to chair the president's commission on small and minority business affairs. later, he was a special ambassador to -- when that nation got its independence. welcome -- joining us is the southern regional coordinator for why the reagan in his 1976 campaign, -- for ronald reagan in his 1976 campaign. please welcome, cpac chairman david king. [applause] fellow conservatives, this is your head table for the ronald reagan banquet. these are some of the people who worked with ronald reagan that and still working for him and the conservative cost. please stand for the presentation of the colors from the citadel preservation society and seven carolina -- in southern carolina. >> please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance, led b