joe wynn, mr. tom tarantino and michael dackduct from the student veterans of america. since we have many witnesses today, i would remind each of you to limit your oral statement to the time alotted so that the committee would have time for questions. mr. wynn you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. fellow veterans and guests, let me thank you for the opportunity to come before you on behalf of the veterans organizationed that i represent. this order is a generous step towards offering for profit colleges and institutions that receive federal funding an opportunity to improve performance before laws are passed. though my time served is long gone i still have vivid memories of the meilitary efxperience. my experience serves as an example of what many are going through now. students at for-profit colleges have lower graduation rates, and loan defaults. for-profit colleges are represent i representing tuition costs and these schools probably because they serve poor students who need services and receive a quarter of their funding from federal aid. i

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. >> thank you, mr. tom tarantino, you're recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, and ranking members of our committee, on behalf of our veterans and supporters, thank you for inviting me to testify on the president's executive order establishing principals of excel license for education. it will help empower student veterans make educational choices that meet their needs. we believe that with proper implementation this order will begin to provide veterans and their families with clarity about our educational choices. by signing this executive order, the president has initiated a process that if addressed by legislation alone, the various agencies would have had to wait months to begin working on it. we firmly believe that sound implementation of this executive order, will provide timely clarity for student veterans. in order to achieve success, we must address two questions. what are the outcomes that consumers need to make sound choices and how are benefits, and/or federal aid how will they pay for education that veterans and student members needs. for

mr. tom young does chair the independent review team who is charged with looking over the entire noaa portfolio, and yes, it is a late afternoon. and his co-chair is retired air force general tom mormon, and the rest of the panel, we can provide you the names and they are experienced space professionals. their charge is to look at any and all aspects of budget, management h, technical formulation that continue to or detract from the mission assurance in the satellite programs, as cess these assess provide both findings and recommendations. they brief me directly. they write their repot. their reports are not redacted by someone before reaching the noaa administrator, and nor as i understand it at least in any way redacted before they come to this committee or any other committees of this chamber and your colleagues on the other side of the hill whether verbally or written. >> well, thank you. i yield back. mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. i recognize the gentleman from california, mr. mc

sullivan, the recommendation for the program came from an independent review team chaired by mr. tom young. it's our understanding that he's engaged in another review for noaa. i have several questions related to that. what has noaa charged him to look at? will this review provide recommendations or just findings? will this review be available to congress? and also will the findings be reviewed, vetted and edited prior to sharing with congress? >> thank you for the question. tom young does chair our independent review team that is charged with looking across the entire satellite portfolio. it is a late afternoon. his cochairs is tom warman. the rest of the panel, we can provide you the names, are experienced professionals. their charge is to look at any and all aspects of budget management, technical formulation that contribute to our satellite programs, assess them and provide both findings and recommendations. they brief me directly. they write their report. their reports are not redakted by someone before reaching the noaa administrator, nor as i understand at least, are they in a

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome the chairman of the faith and freedom coalition, mr. tom how are you? i'll bet you're hungry and nobody's hungry here. ralph doesn't count lunch. he doesn't put lunch in there, you notice that? we're going to have to do something about that. >> i have to tell you, this is a great honor for me to stand before you, and i mean you, because i want to take just a moment of privilege and let me tell you something, i know what it takes to get this many people to come this far from all across america to spend time on a weekend to do something like this and i thank you for that. i thank you because it sends a message to our fellow citizens and to our leaders leaders in wn that the people of faith are not leaving the political process. amen. [ applause ] i am here today to introduce you to someone that i have tremendous respect for. he's from my home state of georgia. he represented the sixth district in georgia. his name is newt gingrich. i'm sure he doesn't need much of an introduction. a little bit about newt, he holds a ph.d in european history.

mr. tom tarantino. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for inviting me to testify on the president's executive order accomplishing principles of excellence for education. we welcome the executive order to empower veterans make choices that meet their needs. we believe with proper implementation, it will provide yvette rans and families with clarity about their divisional choices. we believe that this order compliments several more robust legislative initiatives under consideration in the house and the senate. by signing this executive order, the president has initiated a process that if addressed by legislation alone the various agencies would have had to wait months to begin working on. we firmly believe that sound implementation of this executive ord we are passage of bills offered by this commit teen and in the senate provide timely clarity of student veterans about educational choices. however, to achieve success we must address two questions. who are the outcomes consumers need to mak

thank you so much, mr. tom cruise. >> that wig really holds it. >> yeah. >> what are you wearing?what's the white powder on your face? how in character are you? [ speaking foreign language ] >> how come you're so hard to understand? ♪ >> wow, let's hear it for the premiere of "rock of ages." time to go drink whiskey and bang my head. >> jimmy: thank you, guillermo, very well done. tonight on the show martin short is here. cee lo green and his band goodie mob are with us. and we'll be right back with our new stanley cup champions, the la kings. so stick around. ♪ woo! played "pin the tail on the donkey" with dana all night. wow. lost my mio energy, hired this guy to keep me awake. here, have some of mine. ♪ mmmmm. you're fired! [ male announcer ] portable power on demand. mio energy. aflac! ha! isn't major medical enough? huh! no! who's gonna help cover the holes in their plans? aflac! quack! like medical bills they don't pay for? aflac! or help pay the mortgage? quack! or child care? quack! aflaaac! and everyday expenses? huh?! blurlbrlblrlbr!!! [ thlurp! ] aflac! [ male announcer

thank you so much, mr. tom cruise. >> that wig really holds it. >> yeah. >> what are you wearing?u like it? >> what's the white powder on your face? how deep in character are you? [ speaking foreign language ] >> how come you're so hard to understand your english? [ laughter ] >> wow, let's hear it for the premiere of "rock of ages." time to go drink whiskey and bang my head. ahh! >> jimmy: thank you, guillermo, very well done. as usual. tonight on the show, martin short is here. cee lo green and his band goodie mob are with us. and we'll be right back with the new stanley cup champions, the l.a. kings, so stick around. ♪ i am stuck on band-aid® brand ♪ ♪ 'cause germs don't stick on me! ♪ [ female announcer ] band-aid® brand has new quiltvent™ technology with air channels to let boo boos breathe. [ giggles ] [ female announcer ] new quiltvent technology. only from band-aid® brand. degree created an antiperspirant that's just as strong. degree clinical protection. up to three times the strength of a basic antiperspirant. degree clinical protection. unapologetically strong. let me s

mr. brokaw? >> tom is a friend of walter cronkite. different generations. both incidently, brokaw and cronkite, really looked up to the soldiers of world war ii and troops in general. tom brokaw knows the social walter cronkite very well. they would go out to eat and the kentucky derby once. tom's wife meredith models how you survive with a husband traveling all the time. he knew the funny walter cronkite. there is the new regime. he thought he would be able to hang around cbs in the 1980's and 1990's and they did not have a role for him. brokaw said he always had to be the top dog. he is very darwinian. that comes across in my research. with walter cronkite, people only see him as the friendly man, which he was, but there is another side of him that wanted to be the best. he was obsessed with ratings. he is a fierce competitor that i have written about, and that includes presidents and generals. his desire to be the best was very pronounced. >> you talked to a nixon aide chuck colson. >> he was very nice. he was a very repentant pro- nixon person. he was e

tomorrow to decide between republican governor scott walker and the democratic mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett. mr. walker is facing a recall election two years into his term. they debated last week and you can see that final debate tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m. eastern on cspan. a former white house negotiator for the new start treaty said he's pessimistic about the next round of talks between the u.s. and russia. speaking earlier today, he also rejected report that is budgetary concerns drove the obama administration's plans for maintaining the arsenal. this is a little over an hour. >> good morning, everyone. if you could find your seats, we're about to get started. i'm the director of the independent nongovernmental arms control situation and i want to welcome everyone to our annual 2012 meeting. i want to thank those of you watching online and cspan. and before we get started, i'd like to remind everybody to turn off your cellular devices. we remain committed to providing information and ideas to address those security challenges posed by the world's most dangerous weapons. nuclear, biological

we called tom nolan mr. transit, which means rick will be mr. streetcar. nobody has worked harder to bring historic street cars back to san francisco. from the trolly festival of 1983 that was championed by senator feinstein to the f line of today, rick has been on that mission here today, the f line is america's most popular streetcar line, and it is the only guy in the bay area to actually pay the proper fare when he gets on and off the streetcar. i know you other people have not done it regularly. please welcome rick. [applause] >> thank you. i just wanted you to know there is a future after radio. [laughter] that was a long time ago, i can tell you. senator feinstein, mayor lee, and they are brown, supervisors, other officials and guests -- mayor brown, supervisors, other officials and guests, muni is today what it is because of people like mr. flynn devoted their lives to it. i am joined by several directors, including our vice president, who leads a lot of our efforts. doug is the man who, when he was deputy mayor and planning commissioner, had a lot

mr. hyde for a's pitcher tom malone who has been under average analysts' 7 on the road starts the clock monday for the a's they were at home they strike out just two but allowed three hits in their run to the dodgers encourages his first career complete game the a's bottom-up to perform with an rbi days and days when 41 and are 33 and 36 in dull star jerry revert back in action for the first time in almost a month he struck out three giants in six innings without allowing a run. the nfl the 49ers signed their first-round pick a date jenkins 24 year deal with the reported $6.9 million to receive from illinois was the final draft protections of the sign sealed and delivered for the 49 is the niners the a's today have their annual repair flood day 13th annual $20,000. but the move to tonight sell in 13 years the made $330,000 for a diabetes research. juvenile diabetes. and people always ask why did they serve repair flood? >>> -server for your beer floats. did waves thought it eight or more of the neck of doubt. ,,,,

i came across a book written by mr. tom hartman called "the american dream." and in it, in the very first chapter, he goes back to the founding fathers and talks about what george washington and george washington's secretary of treasury actually did. on the day he was inaugurated, mr. washington said, he did not want to wear a suit made in england, he wanted to wear something made in america. well, the make it in america is one of the principal things that my colleagues on the democratic side have been talking about for some time. when i came upon this book, i said this is interesting, george washington instructed his secretary of treasury, alexander hamilton to develop a manufacturing program for the united states. and alexander hamilton did that. he didn't do it in 2,000 000 pages or 3,000 pages and developed an 11-point plan for america's manufacturers. turns out that many of those 11 points is what we have been proposing on the democratic side for our make it in america agenda. i wanted to pick up one of those 11 points and happens to be the 11th of the 11

and as i look forward in your statement to question 13, which questions about mr. tom he was recruited by you in december 2010, there's one of your two communications advisers, is that correct? >> correct. >> can you tell us, please, about the recruitments process in a nutshell. who was primarily responsible the democratic job and i became the leader in september and i believe they were both on the daily mirror and december that it must have taken us a couple of months or so. the fourth the time for 11 years between 1999 to 2010 to what extent was that history relevant to the merits. >> it was relevant that he'd been a significant political reporter. that was certainly relevant because he would want somebody that knew the lobbying relationships and it wasn't the lobby, but he wasn't someone that had a particularly close relationships with executives in the news international for an example of rebekkah brooks. >> dirty politics published in 2005 didn't i think make any specific allegations. also, as suggested, he might have been involved in some way. was that specific i

and as i look forward in your statement to question 13, which questions about mr. tom he was recruited by you in december 2010, there's one of your two communications advisers, is that correct? >> correct. >> can you tell us, please, about the recruitments process in a nutshell. who was primarily responsible for it and how it was undertaken? >> well, it was a sort of to be a word of mouth process of my chief of staff by then chief of staff, myself, we were looking for people who could assist us with the media. what we were looking for? we were looking for people who had knowledge of the political lobby. you heard about the political lobby and the nature of the lobby. and that's very, very important. i think some of you understand the rhythms of the lobby. somebody who could project stories. and people who could project stories. we hired two people. third ily, somebody in line with my political opinions. i became the leader in september i believe there were people from the daily in december, it must have taken us a couple of months or so. >> we'll leave the british phon

man move forward in your statement to question 13 -- the question is about mr. tom baldwin. he was recruited by you in december 2010 as one of your two communications advisers. is that correct? >> correct. can you tell us, please, about the recruitment process in a nutshell? who was primarily responsible for it and how was it undertaken? >> it was my chief of staff, myself. we were looking for people who could assist us with the media. what we looking for? we were looking for people who have a knowledge of the political lobby. that's very important, i think. someone who understands the rhythm of the lobby. someone who can project stories and people who can project stories. it is not just a technocratic job. i believe this was from the daily mirror. it must have taken us a couple of months. >> he, as we know, worked at the times for 11 years between 1999 and 2010. to what extent was that his 3 relevance to his merits, as it were? >> it wasn't particularly relevant. i mean, it was relevant he had been a political reporter. that was relevant. had a wasn't somebody who particula

mr. chairman, we need to thank tom for this cop opportunity as well. is that right. on be hafhalf of 0 the companied the millions of men and women who work in the natural oil and gas industry, we appreciate the opportunity to testify on the treaty. we agree with secretary of state hillary clinton and former secretary of state conoleeza rice. that joining the law of the sea convention is truly in the best interest of the united states. today the u.s. relies on oil and natural gas for over 60% of all of the energy that we consume. recent projections of our own department of energy in the obama administration shows that 60% of the energy we consume will continue to be oil and natural gas. other projections show the demand for world global energy will increase by over 50% in the next 20 to 30 years enjergy is very serious issue particularly to our global economy. the company spent years looking for and producing natural gas from around the world. from 2008 to 2011, the industry spent over $700 billion in the united states drilling and exploring for additional opportuniti

tonight on the eve of the election, president obama tweeted his support for tom barrett, for mr. walker's democratic challenger. that followed a visit on behalf of tom barrett by former president bill clinton. nobody knows how the results, the ground game, are going to be affected by the policy that in cited all of this, that law that decimated the unions. that law has gone into effect in wisconsin and has decimated the unions in just one year, exactly as republicans hoped it would, exactly as they hope it will around the nation, exactly in presidential victories, even this year, even in states like wisconsin. and yes, the world is watching the top of the ticket. for clues about what will happen at top of the ticket in november between president obama and mitt romney. but the vote tomorrow in wisconsin is every bit as much about dale schultz, the last independent-minded republican standing. it's every bit as much about the fitzgerald brothers and whether they get to stay in charge, and it's every bit as much about the lieutenant governor with the poison global warming breath and t

joining me now is tom klein. mr.in, i suppose the most dramatic development today was matt sandusky, jerry sandusky's adopted son, came forward, saying he too was a victim of abuse at the hands of jerry sandusky. what was your reaction and your client's reaction to that bombshell as it turned out to be? >> piers, i was just going to use the same term you used. it was a bombshell. apparently mr. sandusky's son, adopted son, matt, was actually talking to the prosecutors. that was the reason. so it's believed sandusky didn't take the stand in his own defense. so it was a dramatic development both in the courtroom and outside of the courtroom today. >> how do you feel the trial has gone in term also of your client's interest and those of the other young people who came forward who claimed they've been abused as children? >> well, i've been in the courtroom every day, from the opening statements, until the end of the closing arguments and the jury charge. i saw every witness testify. there was a mountain of evidence that

mrs. cunningham, potsie, ralph, joanie and the widow of tom bosley played mr.thrown out, but a judge sided with the actors. their case will be held next month. not -- the days aren't quite as happy. >> they'll be happy and maybe rich days. >>> it was a shocking discovery for animal control officers in southeastern massachusetts. >> they found a four-foot alligator abandoned in a filthy apartment. the alligator had several stab wounds in fact. also running loose in a room covered with feces and urine. a pit bull also found separated from the alligator only by a baby gate. the former tenant has been charged with animal cruelty and abandonment. >> if you aren't going to take care of your pets, come on, don't own them. >> those stories always make me sick. >>> here's your wednesday weather. stormy in the south with flooding downpours from florida to texas. thunderstorms east of dallas into the dakotas and nebraska. it's drier out west. nice day across the midwest. showers from maine to maryland. >> mostly 70s in the northeast and midwest. upper 80s from miami to da

the judge erred by not relying on that statement therefore they overturn the decision of mr wood to facilitate one tom you know if you look at that same standard used in a place this kind of questionable we had three americans that were hiking in iran in the midst of a war i mean by that standard they should still be in prison so you know we're going to complain when it's done to us we should sit back and relax when we do this to other people and so that's why candor stand the obama administration's position on this. you had some choice words for for the president do not closing guantanamo bay the last time we were here on the show but here before long before he was the president while he was still a candidate when this first supreme court ruling was made in two thousand and eight he supported that decision and yet here his justice department is actually urging the supreme court to say no to these appeals so what happened there it's amazing that i mean like as i said back then president obama's balls fall off apparently they're not at the supreme court because they didn't show any either in the decisi

ron johnson and from citizen action of wisconsin, robert craig, a supporter of tom barrett. mr., first of all, you knowings, for the president to be so close to wisconsin, knowing this is a close race, supporting mr. barrett, not being willing to go in and put his prestige on the line here and sending out a tweet, you know, what is it? i heart you, i love you. doesn't that seem weak to you? >> i actually think he should have done more. we did get bill clinton. >> sean: you didn't get the president. >> i think the president should have done more. i don't disagree with you. but i think, quite frankly, that the results are going doff a huge implication for the presidential election. so i don't disagree. he should have done more. >> sean: there is a lot at stake here. i think more than anything else, i think this is going to accepted a message to every reform governor that has put their political careers on the line and they have said, look, this is what we have to do to balance the budget. i am going to make tough decisions and take $3.6 billion in a deficit and i am going to turn

tom cruise won't come out of the closet. >> mr. cruise. mr. cruise. nicole. you don't need to be in that closet anymore, tom. >> tom, it's john travolta. tom, you've got to come out of the closet. oh, my god! >> kroft: their politics are indecipherable, but tending towards libertarian. they don't carry water for anyone, don't do market research. and their only target audience is each other. if something makes them both laugh, it ends up in the show. so, how do you describe this relationship? >> stone: at this point, it's kind of like a marriage, you know and, you know, in the way that we're just, like... we've just been together so long. we spend so much time together that you can almost finish each other's sentences. >> parker: and it's funny, because we're just at that level now where it just doesn't happen anymore that one of us can say to the other, "you know, one time, i was doing this." ( laughter ) because, "yeah, i know, i was there." >> anne garefino: the foundation of their relationship is one of the strongest partnerships i've ever seen in a

mr. ball back to the big picture i'm tom arbonne coming up in this half hour yesterday we told you about president obama's new plans for a free trade policy plans that include exempting foreign companies from u.s. was what impact will the new trade policy have on the people the president should really be worried about american workers also with new york city considering a ban on large sugary drinks many will likely turn to the diet so that is to quench their thirst with new research is out and it turns out sugar free drinks may be bad for your help to tell you why in tonight's science and republicans in congress or on another which shot this time aiming to take out attorney general eric holder says really constructive use of republicans time is this wish another part of the master plan to sabotage president obama and crash the economy. in the best of the rest of the news on last night's show we discussed a leaked document uncovered by public citizen which sheds light on the forthcoming trans-pacific partnership trade act that president obama is currently negotiating with eight pacific na

mr. president, commissioners, i wanted to say a few words about tom and make an additional special presentation. we have talked so much, and we cannot do it alone. we need partners, and i cannot think of a better partner than tom clark. tom has understood the opportunities and challenges associated with working with the public agency. his passion for san francisco and a golf course is true and absolute, and he has been a joy to work with. he has helped us. the last time of the u.s. open was in san francisco the golf course was used as a parking lot. today it looked actually better, and that is in no small part due to tom's efforts to put together a team common and and his ability to work with our staff. his relationship with tom hart, who has done such an amazing job on behalf of the department. we are very excited for you. we are going to miss you terribly. as i joked last night commo, ths commission just heard about some flexibility for different events that could come to san francisco, while he is heading to the pga event in atlanta are, so we have something extra the gang put together. what

mr. dean on wednesday, should tom barrett lose this election are going to start really raising their eyebrows at the president, saying why wasn't he here. this was a critical election for big labor which is a key democratic constituency and the president just didn't show up. >> jim dean, let me ask you this question. go ahead. answer bob costa. sorry. >> look, this is not about president obama. this is about a governor who is under investigation, who has passed anti-labor legislation, anti-women legislation, anti-beer and anti-deer hunting legislation. if that's not enough to get a recall going in wisconsin, i don't know what it is. >> he's not under investigation, mr. dean. his former colleagues -- >> he is under investigation. >> no, he's not under investigation. he has denied being under investigation. this has been an issue in the race where he's been connected to this john doe investigation in milwaukee and you're right, his former aide is under criminal investigation. walker himself is not under criminal investigation. >> you know, jim dean, i'm reading reports where he's actually said,