mr. warren, hostility to this november 20, 2009 what are the kbr from todd bishop to dcaa any reference to anything both of the dead in the last round of questioning that kbr brought to the government specifically said to's attention that under utilization of class and that there were numerous communications are unique to the government that affect in the city provide all that to us. essentially, what was -- did you get a response from dcma and what was its response? >> i do not know that we got a response. >> mr. laboa? >> mr. ervin, there were discussions. i do not looking back over all the data see a formal response. and we, to my knowledge, did not make a formal written letter. these were briefings that were taken to the third expeditionary support command and discussed. >> so is discussed at lower levels which are seen? it was never elevated to the attention of higher authorities? >> it was discussed at the right level because the third ese, expeditionary support command is the group that makes the position or provides the data to other personnel to acs on exactly what they need to do

mr. warren g. lee from the omegas, are you here? some of these names i did -- are you here? to have a few words about our brother, brother benjamin hooks. the omega pi are here. and i'm going to ask them to stand at this time. [applause] >> steven said once you live, once you love, once you leave a legacy, obviously brother hooks has lived a great life. it's why we're here today. we're also here to say on behalf a from omega that we feel standing here to support you whenever you need, all you have to do is call any omega or all the omegas, we are here for you. also his legacy -- you know, when i think about dr. hooks, brother hooks, leadership come to mind because he was inspirational. he was exciting. he was motivational. also i think about the passion he had to right the wrongs of this world. and the joy of preaching and proclaiming the righteousness out of the father. i'm also reminded of the sacrifice, the tremendous sacrifice that he made to do all that he has done. so as we come to celebrate brate his life, what is it that we can do to preserve the legacy of brother ho

mr. warren lee, are you here? come on. >> good afternoon. a few words about our brother, brother benjamin hooks. the man from omea psi phi are here. [applause] >> stevan said one shall live, one should love, one should leave a legacy. opposite of brother hooks has lived a great life and that is why we are here today. to all of us here to say on behalf of omea psi phi we still stand here to support you. what ever you need all you have to do is call in the of of us. we are here for you. also his legacy you know when i think about dr. hooks, leadership comes to mind because he was the inspirational, he was exciting, he was motivational. also i think about the passion he had to right the wrongs of the world and proclaiming their bites of the fathers. i am also reminded of the sacrifice, the tremendous sacrifice that he has made to do all that he has done. for everyone that celebrated life what is it we can do to preserve the legacy of brother hooks? because crothers hooks was a great leader. if you think so, please give applause if you think he

and essentially the market is saying it is now safer to loan to warren buffett than it is to the united states government. mr. geithner disagreed with that conclusion or that assessment. i would just ask you your view because i don't know what else it could mean and also ask have you ever seen this in a bond market? what does this say about our fiscal outlook? >> it is very unusual certainly. there are a number of possibilities. the one you raise is one possibility. although if the u.s. government is not paying off going to be a huge amount of economic dislocation that would affect everybody. i think one of the issues recently has been and this would be consistent with what you're saying is that the u.s. government's very large debt issuances have been very large auctions with lots of borrowing going on has put some pressure on the normal purchasers of that debt and they had a preference for diversifying0 into corporate debt as you described. >> but let me ask you about that because the federal reserve in one analysis i saw purchased a staggering 80% of the one and a half trillion of debt issued by the feder

mr. president, notwithstanding rule 22, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive calendar number 404, the nomination of warren miller, radioactive waste management, department of energy, that the nomination be confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made, laid upon the table, no further motions be in order, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, and that any statements relating to the nominee appear at the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. kyl: mr. president, reserving the right to object. let me make the same brief statement i did with senator whitehouse. some of these nominees are subject to discussion between the two leaders working out time agreements for their consideration. at least some of the court nominees. i don't know about the specific nominee. i would say that i have no secret holds on anyone, so this is not on my own behalf, but in order to preserve the deliberation between the two leaders on behalf of the minority, i would object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. durbin: will you yield for a

warren buffet. if there's one lesson from that former goliath insurance company a.i.g., it's that we better get serious about regulating derivatives. and so, mrnt, i have offered a bill that i am lik i l likely offer once we get on the financial regulation as an amendment that includes new rules for liquidating large financial institutions when they become insolvent and tightening rules related to capital requirements, liquidity, and the use of leverage. the banking committee has included most of these reforms, but when that legislation comes to the floor, we must strengthen it, improve the legislation to rein in the green that ran amok, that nearly brought down our entire financial system altogether. now, of course what we can expect, we're going to have a vast army of lobbyists that are going to descend to protect the various financial fiefdoms from the new transparency and accountability rules. i'm going to offer a number of amendments on the floor. i want to mention one today. the wall street compensation reform act -- this bill that i have already offered that i will offer as an amendment hopefully would restore some sanity and common se