mr. gordon? >> chairman, i can agree with what you said even what you couched as criticism or disagreement, i think i agree with you. you can't even get started and begin to focus on quality unless you have a report. if i could, could i step back and say a couple more words about this including the discussion? >> i'm going to give you 45 seconds to say a couple more words. >> yes, sir. i do say that there was things said in the first panel discussion that were problematic considering these reports were to solve all problems and in the absence of the reports, there's nothing happening. both are problematic. the reports would not lead to debarment, these are past suspension reports. secondly, past performance assessments take place all the time. they are required. we may not have the very good data base we're trying to put together, but when i talk to people on the front line, they tell me that, yes, they do the past performance assessments. they are required to. they do it by contacting agencies p

mr. gordon. mr. ginman. >> chairman shays, chairman thibault, this thing which numbers of the commission, good morning. i served as the deputy director of defense there, and acquisition policy, one of my areas of responsibility is contingency contracting. i just like to take a minute and thank the commission for your support of our troops and all that you've done to help with the mission. and also to thank the men and women who serve this great nation, not only our military, but the civil servants, the coalition forces and industry partners as well. none of us could get the job done without all of us together. you asked me to discuss past performance and suspension and debarment today. i have prepared a statement, and rather than repeat or summarize it, i will send ask that it be included for the record, and i am ready to answer questions. >> thank you, sir. do i pronounce your name -- i got right. mr. rindner, thank you for being here. >> thank you. members of commission, i appreciate the opportunit

gordon did not. 82-64. that's your final count. byu, they go down. >>> derrick rose and the bulls, taking on the hawks. first quarter, the florist. mr. rose. he and bogut says, give it to me. bulls with four unanswered to start the game. within three, rose drives. marvin williams, blocks. filthy. under 30 seconds to play. hawks up one. rose, sloppy. turning it over. joe johnson, outlet pass. he finishes with the yam. hawks up three. ten seconds to go. bulls down three. rose, when it's crunch time, most times. no good there. kyle korver misses the three. time runs out. hawks hang on to the win, 83-80. >>> for the latest, check out "the highlight express" right here on espn news. i'm cole wright. back to you in new york. >>> the word bootee is getting booted from a new version of the bible. the u.s. conference on catholic bishops ordered an updated translation, which is due out on ash wednesday, next week.otee me since bootee might cause kids to snicker in sunday school, ing being replaced by the spoils of war. >>> animal lovers are lining up to adore an oklahoma pup who refused to die. this is crazy. >> this 3-month-old pup, can you believe

mr. president, this was a big win. i began in 1993 with senator gordon and dick bryant. no longer in the senate. one from washington and one from nevada. and we sat right over there and tried to draft some language for a sense of the senate, something as benign as the sense of the senate to begin to work on automobile fuel efficien efficid we couldn't get it passed. then senator snowe and i got together on an s.u.v. loophole close are bill, and that went on for several years. and we couldn't get that passed. and then the 10 and 10 fuel-efficiency bill, and viola, we were able to get it passed. and it was going well. and cars are more fuel efficient. and corporate average fuel efficiency standards are being interpreted in a much more constructive way based on science. as a result of the law, the administration has put forward the most aggressive increase in vehicle efficiency since the 1970's. increasing fleet-wide fuel economy to 35 miles per gallon by 2016. the final you rules will save about $1.08 -- 1.8 billion barrels of oil and reduce by nearly a billion tons of gre

mr. cashill visit his web site cashill.com. author poet and playwright ishmael reed is on in depth live sunday april 3 starting at noon eastern. coming up next, pulitzer prize-winning author annette gordon-reed presents a biography of the 17 president of the united states andrew johnson. she recounts president johnson's reticence to provide civil rights to recently freed slaves and his inability to provide leadership to a nation still recovering from the civil war. she spoke at the philadelphia free library. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is wonderful to be here again. i love this then you, get lots of good questions which will save time for at the end. this is an interesting occasion for me. this is actually the first time i've been up in front of an audience talking about andrew johnson, and forgive me if i say jefferson occasionally. i had to write that and when i was writing it is a spellcheck to make sure i didn't have jefferson and there when i should've had johnson because it was the temptation that was actually quite gray. if somebody had told me a number of years ago or at any point of my life that i would have written a book about andrew johnson, i would have told them

mr. roth is the author of 24 novels, including "portnoy's complaint" and "american pastoral," which won the 1998 pulitzer prize, and his criticism has appeared in our leading literary journals. [applause] gordon wood. [applause] the 2010 national humanities medal to gordon wood for scholarship that provides insight into the founding of our nation and the drafting of the united states constitution. dr. wood is author and editor of 18 books, including "the radicalism of the american revolution," for which he earned a pulitzer prize. [applause] >> i think it is entirely appropriate for all of us to stand and give a warm congratulations to the recipients of these awards. not the recipients -- you do not have to stand. well, congratulations to all the recipients. we're going to take some quick pictures with them, and then usually we have a party around here. [laughter] our marine band is very good and the food is pretty good around here, too. so it store yourself -- so enjoy yourselves and thanks again for helping us to celebrate these extraordinary men and women of letters and the arts. thank you. [laughter] [applause] ♪ "your smilings face" playing] >> nevis, the the national press foundation aw

my name is gordon smith, i'm a citizen that lives in the washington area. this question is largely for mr. pollack and for ms. patel. my analysis is that we've had large technical increases in medical care. and that they've grown, the technical increases have grown faster than our ability to pay for them. and our economy just can't keep up with it. and for the quality of care that they really could provide. i'm part of an aging population. why shouldn't i work hard in my lifetime and at 79 continue to work each with health problems -- even with health problems so that i save my money and select what care i feel is needed even though i can't afford, the most i can afford and if i can't afford it, so be it, that's my problem. i'm a human being, i've worked hard, i've done my thing. now, my grandfather couldn't afford a ford car. he had to keep his hourses. but i as a grandchild didn't have to pay for them. right now i could, i would love to have a safer car than i currently drive. but i don't have it. now, why -- >> sir, i'm sorry -- >> why should i have to pay for this health care plan and