mr. hillary clinton. i ask you now, mr. hillary clinton, what did being called that due to, what did that inside give you? >> i remember the day they called me mr. hillary clinton. i had nothing to do so i was doing a lot of exercises and was doing pushups and situps. at that point i was doing pushups and when they called me hillary clinton, i used to do 30 or 35 pushups and i do not know where i got the energy. i did 50 or 60 and i started doing situps and i was doing 300 situps and i was doing so many my stomach started to hurt. i was so overjoyed and empowered by saying that. calling someone mr. hillary clinton, meaning there is a campaign for you and people outside of the walls of the jail were supporting you, so it was imploring. that is why i am doing this interview and that is why i wrote the book. not all journalists in iran, not all prisoners in iran have the international profile that i luckily had. not all journalists were lucky enough to be working for newsweek. i have to be the voice of the people who are langui

mrs. clinton? [inaudible] >> the question is, have i ever talk to president and mrs. clinton? well my wife and i encountered mrs. clinton once a year after he impeachment but that is a story for a different book. president clinton and i actually after both of us left washington for a period of a few years, had a very private but very cordial correspondence and that and it during mrs. clinton's campaign because some reporter called and said i hear you to write back and forth. well that is true. he said i would like to see the notes and i said no you can't see them. the company doesn't campaign started vehemently denying, president clinton would never write to him and so forth. i think it must have like embarrassed -- i think somebody got embarrassed that he were an i were corresponding so i haven't heard from him since but there was a period were tooled warriors were at least in touch. i asked newt gingrich about that once and he told me, he said he will call me sometime to 2:00 the morning and want to talk about old times. he said i think he is like me. he misses the war. pres

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mrs clinton if you send these changes there is also you know opponents and these things. champions for. you and since i'm like i just want to see in the world and three church folks there to try to create present tense. something the problem with them you can be sure i have to think about what i should do now some english football now i'm going to give a show to be an interesting place to be next season that after aston villa made alex mcleish their manager was called have been the boss of city rivals birmingham city up to five days ago his former charges were relegated this season but also won their first silverware for decades in the form of their league cup triumph over there we are on the other hand finished ninth and are hoping mcleish is the man to bring them into europe really i have been without a permanent coach since the end of april blanchard are we here was forced onto the sidelines due to health problems. and over in the russian game the managerial saga continues with seven premier league coaches sect within three months one of those is full of the comments w

medvedev he still doesn't announce whether he'll stand again but did rule out of place offer from mr clinton. on the international atomic energy agency is expected to slam japan for poor handling of the fukushima crisis and nuclear safety form opens in vienna aimed at improving safety regulations and preventing a repeat of the japanese crisis and he was telling that story next hour he takes a closer look at what happened in japan we talked to the number two nuclear official there in that disaster country. we are here with him day he call initially our man who is with the ministry of a colony here in japan specifically with the agency that deals with nuclear safety and thank you very much for taking some time to be with us today now as this. devastating event has happened in the news has spread out around the world it's become clear in the past three months that the information coming from the from the nuclear plant has gotten worse can you tell us what the situation on the ground right now this is your son is improving. for example we're steadily in introducing a water to their reactors of.

in the political field that doesn't like them so asking about this guy or that boy or girl but mr clinton before we run out of time you got me pretty upset here i'm pretty depressed after the segment if the republicans don't have it right if obama doesn't have it right if no one has that right is there any sort of hope for some sort of positive development i mean how do we get out it's not that we have to get out of the mess the masses take it take a cue from iceland tiny little iceland i guess that's the only country left with by now they had referendums in italy a referendum let the people vote on these issues but politicians don't represent god they only little kids go lead that the politicians represent the people that stuffs the most money into their people it's in the bronx we call it bribes and payoffs in the white shoe boy language they call it campaign contributions and that's what other countries have to vote mr selenski if you ever run for office i hope you let us know first thank you so much that was there in the land said the director of the trends research institute. all rig

mr. clinton. >> reporter: maybe it wouldn't have to end like this. >> it is with sadness and deep regretannounce it is my intent to resign from the senate. >> reporter: it doesn't always end careers. if you can pull off the hail mary, i messed up bad speech which roughly goes like this. >> i've made some mistake, i said so. >> this is how danger oust feeling of flower and adulation can be. >> this is a deep weakness that i have demonstrated. >> i must put it right. and i am prepared to do whatever it takes to do so. >> reporter: when you consider the fact he's running for president, he's got a tv show. he's re-electioned. he's an elder statesman there may be rights for those men. but will women get a second chance? but they don't seem to get in the same hot water, do they? i'm john donvan, for "this week" in washington. >> and, no, they don't. you're hard pressed to find a sex scandal involving a female politician these days which begs the question, what if there were more women in politics and power? would they change the way business is done from wall street to washington and beyond? w

mrs. clinton's political career took off, abedin moved up the ranks. today she's the deputy chief of staff. clinton thinks of her as a daughter. the 35-year-old abedin is known for being unflappable, known for her intelligence, striking style and unusual background. last fall she made "time" magazine's list of 40 under 40. she was born in kalamazoo, michigan. she's a muslim. at a very young age the family moved to saudi arabia. she returned to the united states to attend college. a magazine article back in 2007 hinted that she dated actor john cusack and the cyclist lance armstrong. during the 2008 presidential campaign when she was clinton's chief of staff she married congressman weiner. a ceremony officiated by former president bill clinton weeks before chelsea clinton. >> question today, what would you do if you were in her position? send us a tweet and we'll share your thoughts a bit later. >>> we have dry heat and high winds that continue to fuel a monster wildfire in arizona. 600 square miles now torched. and authorities there have expanded evacua

mrs. clinton as his running mate. more than likely he is history. gets the same minority vote he gets and that's doubtful. unemployment close to 30%. james in north carolina, i'm about as right wing as you can get without tipping over and i don't see any scenario where obama can lose the republicans are again going to run someone who cannot win. joe in ohio said only if he tweets his yes we can sound byte to yes we have to. everybody has to pay a part of the bill. we all have to help. the question assumes he will be running against a viable opponent in which case the answer is no. if they can find something other than the sorry sack of losers saying all these idiotic things now he has a chance i intend to vote for none of the above unless hillary runs >> thanks very, very much. to our viewers, you are happening now with critical speech in the turning point in the war we are counting down to president obama's address to the nation and learning important details on how many u.s. troops will be coming home and when. what would have been one of the dead

mrs. clinton's gatekeeper and powerful personal aide. everywhere you see hillary, huma is always a step away. over her shoulder. whispering in her ear. a trusted adviser. born in michigan, she was raised to indian and pakistani parents. she speaks fluent arabic. initially, she rebuffed weiner. but he won her over. not an obvious pair. she's muslim. he's jewish. she avoids publicity. he seeks it out. her husband says he told her before they were married about his past proclivity for sexting with strangers. but that he assured her it was over. >> we have all seen the calm, cool, collected huma. what we don't know is where her breaking point is. >> reporter: and she has another apology today. a strange one. not from her husband. but one of the women involved, according to tmz, has sent huma abedin a letter. a blackjack dealer in las vegas has apologized to huma abedin. i don't know if that will bring her comfort. but again, she continues to emphasize to friends that she and her husband love each other very much. >> thank you, claire. and th

mrs. clinton back in 1996 at the white house and has been at her side ever since.don't hear much from her. to give you a sense, democrats really speak so highly of her and, yesterday, democratic statgist, james carville, had said on our air, she is one of the most popular people in the democratic party saying that democrats are furious with anthony wiener for putting his wife through this. she is someone who is also in a "vanity fair" article written by jonathan alter recently. it was a profile of hillary clinton. in it, it says, huma had been married the same month as chelsea clinton. this made her feel she had two family weddings at the same time. that's how close they are. >> she is a strong woman. her reputation is out there as that. we will watch this as it continues. mary snow, thanks so much. >>> the bottom of the hour. here is a look at what you are clicking on. >>> ju >> european officials meeting over an outbreak of e. coli that hayes killed people. no skeconcern about it spreadino the u.s. >>> police claim he tried to con physical kate his video of the s

mrs. clinton in the 2008 presidential election. deputy chief of staff to secretary clinton. she's become more than a trusted aide, says a longtime friend of abedin's and the clintons who i have describe her as a second daughter to the clintons and sister to chelsea. while abedin hasn't spot the spotlight she made a name for herself in washington. >> she comes across as very alluring and glamorous. you know, in a town, you know, like washington that's very conservative, she brings these almost hollywood glamourous good looks in a roll la dex filled with celebrities and political titans across the globe. >> and a friend of abedin's who asked not to be identified said people around her will do everything they can to protect her. wolf, as you heard, democratic strategist james carville said she's popular in democratic circles and he said a number of people called him saying they were lived at weiner for putting his wife through this. all before "new york times" report saying she's pregnant. >> i travel the with the secretary of state no

mrs. clinton in the 2008 presidential election and now serves as deputy chief of staff to secretary clintonore than a trusted aide said a longtime friend who dedescribes her as a second daughter to the clintons and sister to chelsea. the former president even officiated at the ceremony when weiner married abedin last july. while she has not sought the spotlight she's made a name in washington. >> she comes across as alluring and glamourous, in a town like washington, she brings almost hollywood glamourous good looks in a rolodex filled with celebrities across the globe. >> a friend of hers who asked not to be identified did everything they can to protect her. the strategy said we're very popular in democratic circles and they were livid at weiner to put his wife through this. mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> a new poll asks whether elections are for sale to the candidate who raises the most money. find out the response. helping prevent gingivitis. it's even clinically proven to help reverse it in just 4 weeks. new crest pro-health clinical toothpaste. life opens up when you do. what's the most

mrs. clinton gave to the pakistanis last month.much more likely will be a continued deterioration and decline in the u.s.-pakistani relationship. it could be i can't gradual, ite as we've seen this year punctuated by events like the raymond davis event, or it could be much, much quicker. there are at least four scenarios which are entirely plausible which could lead to a further and dramatic and stark reduction in u.s.-pakistani bilateral relations. first is at abutte bad. there is every reason to believe that in that mountain of data we took out of that villa, we will find other information, other telephone numbers that will lead us to other targets. second is another mumbai. india and pakistan are engaged in the world's most dangerous game of russian roulette, and it's mostly played by the pakistanis. we are very lucky that we've not had a mass casualty terrorist attack in india in the last two-and-a-half years, and it is almost entirely due to luck. third, we could have another 9/11. and let me be clear what i mean by that; a ma

mrs. clinton gave to the pakistanis last month. much more likely will be a continued deterioration in their relationship. it could be gradual. it could be, as we have seen this year, punctuated by events like the raymond davis event. or it could be much quicker. there are at least four scenarios which are highly plausible which could lead to a further dramatic and start production in u.s.-pakistan bilateral relations. there is every reason to believe that in that mountain of data we took out of that villa we will find other information, other telephone numbers, but will lead us to other targets. second it is another mumbai. india and pakistan are engaged in the world's most dangerous game of russian roulette. it is mostly played by the pakistanis. we are lucky we have not had a mass casualty attack in a number of years. it is almost entirely due to look. third is another 9/11, and mass casualty attack in the united states, postmarked pakistan. we narrowly averted when only a few weeks ago in new york city. had fis social side been

mr. chairman. >> secretary clinton, i think that there is total agreement on this committee on how proud we are the represent our nation globally and you give great credibility to the position of secretary of state. we thank you for your service. i also want to applaud your efforts working with president obama and secretary gates, understanding the importance of national security being more than just our military, but also including our civilian and diplomacy. these are three tools in our toolbox that need to be deployed in and -- in a coordinated way. then get to the resources for one moment. the amount of resources we are currently spending on the military in afghanistan is draining our capacity as a nation as was pointed out by several members of this committee. if we were using an allocation today of our greatest risk, i do not think we would be spending as much as we are in afghanistan. you make a very good point about one year of our civilian efforts in afghanistan is equal to 10 years of our military. we would like to free up some of the military funds at a faster pace. that would

mrs. clinton gave to the pakistanis last month. much more likely will be a continued deterioration and decline in the u.s.-pakistani relationship. it could be gradual, it could be as we've seen this year punchingswutted by events like the ray monday davis event, or it could be much, much quicker. there are at least four scenarios that are entirely plausible which could lead to a further and dramatic and start reduction in u.s.-pakistani bilateral relations. first, there's another abudebad. there is every reason to believe that in that mountain of data we took out of that villa we will find other information on other telephone numbers that will lead us to other targets. second, is another mumbai. india and pakistan are engaged in the world's most dangerous game of russian roulet. and it's mostly played by the pakistanis. we are very lucky that we have not had a mass casualty terrorist attack in india in the last two and a half years and it is almost entirely due to luck. third, we could have another 9/11. and let me be clear what i

mrs. clinton. so we'll see. you know again, we do ish everybody all the best.you were in that situation, number one you wouldn't want to be around the press. he stopped, he talked. there's almost a sense, that he still enjoys the spotlight. but it sort of seems that he just continues the conversation. as -- >> or else he's, each time he sees it potentially, maybe, hoda as a moment for more pennance, to convince people that he really is sorry. i don't know, i just -- i'm unfortunately, he's got many years of doing this. so who knows how many -- pictures and tweets and -- emails and things are out there. and it's going to be a barrage. it's like it just -- it's like -- >> it won't stop. >> it won't stop. and i think even if you disappears -- -- resigns. >> i think it's just going to stick around. >> let's go from rep weiner to hot dads in the house, don't we? >> yes, we do. >> there's an i-village poll. they're all sitting on the couch. these are the five hottest dads, according to i-village. we're going to explain who they are and why they were selected. from am

mr. chairman, secretary clinton, thank you so much for coming today and i think everyone here is expressingst came here and looked at all this, i was struck by what a rubik's cube this is and perhaps a rubik's cube you can't ever totally resolve. and it's frustrating when you talk with the american people. they ask me, well, explain our strategy. explain our objectives. it is very, very difficult to do. for one reason it has been changing. we're becoming more realistic. i notice what has crept into our dialogue now has been that it will never be perfect and thank goodness we finally recognize that. that clearly is a fact of life. the frustrations with the two governments in both countries is, is just overwhelming. and, we started in afghanistan with a, with motives as everyone said, that, were great and, we always hear people talk about winning in afghanistan. well, we won a long time ago. our objective there was to, was to beat al qaeda. we did it. reference has been made there is less than 100 of them left in the country. so we're left fighting the taliban. who will fight us for centuries

this is not a pleasant business, but a necessary one because >> reporter: clinton said she thought mrama had made the right decisions about withdrawal. but among lawmakers, the plan drew fire from those who said it wasn't enough and from those who said it was too much. >> it is insufficient and more of the same. same strategy means the same costs and more casualties in support of a government that is corrupt and incompetent. we've been doing this for ten years. enough. >> america has a vested interest. that is how we begin to see victory. or we can just give up. >> reporter: the afghanistan plan also had its defenders from republican house speaker john boehner to democratic senator john kerry. >> i've said, since the president took office that if president listens to commanders and his diplomats in the region then i would support his plans. i am generally supportive of plan because there's enough flex in withdrawal to consider conditions on the ground and that's critically important to the long term success here. >> that if you really stop and think about it we have met our major goal

mr. president, two decades ago president clinton's team to find our nation's central challenge with a slogan -- i remember it well -- they said "it's the economy, stupid." today america's central challenge can be found with more precision. it's the middle class, stupid. it's what we do to encourage, promote, protect, invigorate the middle class in america to make sure that the middle class has good jobs, good pensions, good health care system, the ability to make sure their kids are well educated and that they don't go to college and get out with a mountain of debt on their head so they too can have a good start in life. this is all part of the middle-class structure of america. this is what made america the greatest country in the history of the world. i'll close with this. you know, it seems that the republican budget that they have proffered, and so much that i hear of those who keep saying we've got to cut, cut, cut. we've got to cut spending, we've got to cut education, we've got to cut education; we've got to cut all that stuff. it almost seems like it's premised on the belief that we

how to crack that conundrum, i know you have made huge efforts as has secretary clinton, and mr. grossman in the recent weeks we have to see whether the pakistanis take these actions and as i noted in my statement i look forward to working with the ambassador as well as ambassador grossman because we face the common problem. the last thing i would say mr. sherman is quite frankly the reason that most of the problem is in pakistan and not in afghanistan at this time is because we are in afghanistan, and as we go through the irresponsible transition, it i think has to be as the president and others have said conditions based to ensure that as we draw down our forces, and i am aware from my consultations of the mood both here on the hill and publicly there has to be a transition, but at the end of the day, we have to be sure that the safe haven doesn't then who relocate from pakistan to afghanistan. as democrats and a stand that. the question is does it take 150,000 troops to guarantee that that doesn't happen? >> mr. chairman, again, that is a question that the president will b.c.

mrs. obama as a very, very contemporary first lady. as was hillary clinton. hillary clinton did not want to give up career and power when she was first lady. michelle obama, i think zirksded s decided she could use a little bit of a break. she's taking all of her education, all of the facets she has and trying to balance her family. the one marker she put down is i'm going to take care of my family. >> which she has. >> which she has. and beyond that, to help people. one thing i found interesting, i went in to do one kind of a story which was a lot of people were saying to me, what does she do with her time? is she working hard enough? how come we're not invited to the white house? how come she doesn't go out around washington? i went in to try to find out what does she do? are these two signature issues, military families and childhood obesity enough. and i ended up with a whole different story, which was she was working extremely hard, but she was doing everything she wanted to do and doing it slightly under the radar. >> for instance, you said she works ab

mr. obama did the same thing back in 2007 when he was running for president, but since he was trailing hillary clintonpeople noticed the raffle. >> so if we pool our money, who gets the dinner here? >> between the three of us, we could buy three tickets. >> thanks for joining us tonight. see you again tomorrow. >> bye-bye. from "green lant

mr. minister. i attended your press conference with hillary clinton and there seemed to be no enthusiasm for your call for peace conference. t think that that idea has lost steam? -- do you think that the idea has lost steam? >> right here. your question. >> thank you, mr. minister. in your remarks, if you pointed out that there is a convergence between the need to have political reform and also the huge economic expectations just a day in the "and at times cause " there is a news of an imf bridge loan to egypt because of its disastrous economic outlook. you also mentioned all large program articulated of aid that will support the whole region. do you think that this will be enough, given the very significant socio-economic problems that you correctly described in terms of young people with no jobs and no prospects and then nothing, and that in other words, the kind of aid that the west and the eu in particular is capable of delivering will be enough to shore up the situation before it deteriorates? thank you. >> we will take one from a lady here. >> my question to you, i do not know if you are aware

clinton. prior to assuming his post as director february 20 11, mr. sullivan also served as deputy chief of staff for policy since january 2009. he also serves as deputy policy director on then senator clinton's presidential campaign and as a member of the debate preparation team for then senator obama's general election debates. in his past life before coming to these positions he also clerked for justice stephen breyer on the supreme court and was a rhodes scholar at oxford. he will talk to us on american foreign policies in age of uncertainties. for those of you who are here this morning this fits nicely with our conference theme on risks and rewards and i'm sure he will touch on topics related to middle east and afghanistan and tradeoffs involved we were talking about earlier. so please join me in welcoming jake sullivan. [applause] >> thanks, nora. good afternoon. at least one person said good afternoon. it's a privilege for me to be here to help celebrate the fifth anniversary for the center of new american security. i count myself as one many me

mr. president. today, one day shy of eight weeks later, i finally received a response. this response didn't come from secretary clinton it didn't come from secretary gates. this response came from the acting assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs and only paid lip service to one of my five specific requests for information. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter this nonresponse into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. corker: mr. president, this is unacceptable. this is an unacceptable way to treat a co-equal branch of the u.s. government that has granted certain responsibilities to our armed forces by the founders of our country. without these answers, members of congress are unable to assess critical questions in debate of whether we should continue to engage in military operations in libya. this is why i'm pleased to join my colleagues, senator webb and senator lee, in introducing senate joint resolution 18 today. this is a joint resolution drawing on language that has already passed the house of representatives last week, and it requires the president to answer 21 ques

mr. bowles, former chief of staff to president clinton, and alan simpson in their fiscal commission report said that we are facing the most predictable crisis in our history and that it could cause an economic -- economic difficulties for us soon. mr. bowles said two years, give or take. not our grandchildren, but soon. this is why the experts are -- so we've got a problem. i don't believe we have in the white house any call to the kind of action necessary to alter the debt trajectory we are on, which is unsustainable. i don't think the american people fully understand, but they understand enough to punish the congress in this last election. i'm afraid they're going to punish us again because no congress can defend itself from the criticism that you have provided members of -- presided members of congress over a government that is borrowing 40 cents of every dollar you spend, that spends $3,700,000,000,000 and takes in only $2,200,000,000,000. and we just borrow the rest. and we're on a path that doesn't alter that. the president's budget, the most irresponsible ever submitted, made our de

the last four years of the clinton administration was in balance or in surplus. i believe the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, addressed these numbers earlier. i associate myself with his remarks and his passion on this subject. coming into the bush years, esident clinton put us on a path of $5.6 trillion, a trajectory of $5.6 trillion in surplus. one of the biggest turnarounds in fiscal -- the fiscal situatioin our country happened under presint bush. so all this talk about deficits and their immorality and the rest, i agree. but where was everybody when president bush was giving tax breaks to the wealthiest people in our country which did not create jobs, was giving away money to the pharmaceutical industry at the cost -- a tremendous cost to the deficit and not paying for the wars? again, we place our men and women in uniform in harm's way. they make us the home of the brave, the land of the free. we want them to have what they need. they want us to pay for it. we owe them an obligation to build future worthy of their sacrifice, and that future does not contain unlimited growing debt. unlimited gro

the last four years of the clinton administration was in balance or in surplus. i believe the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, addressed these numbers earlier. i associate myself with his remarks and his passion on this subject. coming into the bush years, president clinton put us on a path of $5.6 trillion, a trajectory of $5.6 trillion in surplus. one of the biggest turnarounds in fiscal -- the fiscal situation in our country happened under president bush. so all this talk about deficits and their immorality and the rest, i agree. but where was everybody when president bush was giving tax breaks to the wealthiest people in our country which did not create jobs, was giving away money to the pharmaceutical industry at the cost -- a tremendous cost to the deficit and not paying for the wars? again, we place our men and women in uniform in harm's way. they make us the home of the brave, the land of the free. we want them to have what they need. they want us to pay for it. we owe them an obligation to build a future worthy of their sacrifice, and that future does not contain unlimited growing debt. unlim

the last four years of the clinton administration was in balance or in surplus. i believe the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, addressed these numbers earlier. i associate myself with his remarks and his passion on this subject. coming into the bush years, president clinton put us on a path of $5.6 trillion, a trajectory of $5.6 trillion in surplus. one of the biggest turnarounds in fiscal -- the fiscal situation in our country happened under president bush. so all this talk about deficits and their immorality and the rest, i agree. but where was everybody when president bush was giving tax breaks to the wealthiest people in our country which did not create jobs, was giving away money to the pharmaceutical industry at the cost -- a tremendous cost to the deficit and not paying for the wars? again, we place our men and women in uniform in harm's way. they make us the home of the brave, the land of the free. we want them to have what they need. they want us to pay for it. we owe them an obligation to build a future worthy of their sacrifice, and that future does not contain unlimited growing debt. unlim

in fact, during clinton's presidency, we created over 22 million jobs and he left office with a huge budget surplus. that's just one idea. mr. president, you heard polls say we should impose a surtax on millionaires, vast majority of the american people believe that. if you did a 5.4% surtax on millionaires and billionaires, that raises $383 billion in ten years. mr. president, want another idea? at a time when the manufacturing sector is collapsing, when 50,000 factories have shut down in ten years, millions of workers lost good paying jobs, the united states government continues to reward companies that moves u.s. manufacturing jobs overseas through loopholes in the tax code known as the tax -- that clearly in terms of revenue to our government as well as policy which was also the loss of millions of good manufacturing jobs is not something we should sustain. if we ended that absurdity, that policy alone, the joint tax committee has estimated that we can raise more than $582 billion in revenue over the next 10 years. what about that? $585 billion of revenue, and we stop the outsourcing the jobs so that maybe we can rebuil

mr. president. when george bush became president following that time of eight years of president clinton, he was given at his desk in the white house reports that showed there was about a $7 trillion surplus over the next ten years. hwe had developed over the years of president clinton a number of years. one was the paygo rules. we made sure if there was a new program that we couldn't pay for, we'd take money from another program to take care of the new program. there was a time of economic vie brans in this country that we'd never seen before. president bush got rid of the paygo rules and decided to do everything on credit, everything on credit. two unfunded wars. they're now approaching $2 trillion in costs, none of which is paid for, money that we borrowed from saudi arabia, china, and other countries. we gave through president bush huge tax cuts that have been declared by most writers around the country to be unfair. paraphrasing what some people believe is the richest man in the world, warren buffet, who says that it's really unfair that he pays less taxes percentage weis than his secretary. -- p

mr. panetta is the current cia director and served as white house chief of staff for president clinton. he also served in the u.s. house of representatives. we will have live coverage from capitol hill at 910:30 eastern on c-span. a little later opined c-span3, the head of the customs and border protection agency testifies about corruption issues and drug trafficking along the u.s. border. live coverage from the senate homeland security subcommittee gets underway at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> three decades after the first cases of aids were recorded, more than 60 million people have been infected worldwide. it was 30 years ago that the centers for disease control reported that five previously healthy men in california had come down with a rare lung disease. this eventually led to the discovery of hiv, the virus that causes aids. next, the health and human services department discusses the anniversary of the disease. >> good morning everyone. thank you so much for joining us here today. i am richard sorian the assistant secretary for foreign affairs. is a joy and pleasure to welcome you here

mr. president, then we have the wherewithal to do what we did once again under president clinton: balance the budget for the first time in a generation, create record surpluses, low unemployment, low interest rates, low inflation and the greatest peacetime economy in over a generation. those are the choices that are before the senate and the country, and i hope we can get our colleagues to understand the right choice on behalf of the nation's progress and prosperity. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: mr. president, i rise today to express my strong opposition to the amendment offered by my colleague from oklahoma which we will be voting on tomorrow. before i talk about the substance of the amendment, i want to comment on the procedure through which it was offered. there was no warning to senate leadership or to any of our colleagues, and while technically it wasn't in violation of senate rules, it undermines the basic comity that makes this body work. it's a disservice to do business this

mr. president, i've been here since president ford, president carter, president reagan, first president bush, president cline trg--president clinton, second president bush, now president obama. during that time, no president has had to put up with these unseemly delays except for president obama. i wonder why that's so different for this president? never did it with any of the other five. -- or six that i've served with. and i can speak only from my own personal experience. but they know, those who want to delay it that there's no -- moving forward to addressing the ongoing judicial vacancy crises -- and it is a crises -- requires cooperation. it requires the minority to work with the majority and set side partisan differences for the good of the american people. last week the senate was able to get consent to confirm the first two judicial nominees since may 17, even though almost a score of qualified nominees have been waiting confirmation since that day. in addition to the simon nomination, there are 19 judicial nominations currently pending on the senate's executive calendar. of those 16 are by anyone's definition are consensu

mr. panetta was appointed the cia director in 2009 and was president clinton's chief of staff and budget director. he also served in the u.s. house and was the house budget committee chairman. this is two hours and 45 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> good morning, everybody. -- overmittee meets to so the course of this long and distinguished career in public- service, we welcome you to the committee today and we thank you, mr. panetta for your decades of dedicated service to our nation and your willingness to enter the call once again. we know your wife is not able to be here with you today. she has made her own sacrifices over the last 50 years, supported your efforts in the public and private sectors. i know that i speak for the committee when i say that we love to think her in person for the sacrifices that she has made. please let your wife know of the committees gratitude for her support and your sacrifice. if confirmed, director panetta will replace secretary robert gates at the helm of the

served as budget director under president bill clinton said it best -- "there is no mystery about what we ought to do. we just need to get on with it." mr. president, we just need to get on with it, but that hasn't happened. and despite the president's own recognition of the single biggest driver of our federal debt and despite the warning sirens from economists and even the medicare trustees, the president has yet to submit a single proposal to address this urgent problem. others in positions of leadership have also decided to ignore these critical warnings about medicare and its looming insolvency and threat to our fiscal house. they have rejected any proposals for -- quote -- "changing medicare as we know it." well, this category of people are the do-nothings. i wonder if i could just ask for two more minutes? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coats: unanimous consent for that. thank you. let me -- let me skip forward here. this has not happened. despite the president's own recognition of it, we have not taken this plan forward. there are do-nothings who think that if we do nothing, medicare will be secure. actually, the

mr. ford just raised, we will take that back with us again, to the department. the qddr, which was secretary clinton's signature initiative when she came to the department, was a strategic review. but it was not a strategic review of ds. it was a strategic review overall, and the implementation of recommendations, including some that have been mentioned in testimony here, is on going. >> ambassador boswell, ds performs many roles in addition to protecting employees in embassies, including providing for tactic details of foreign dignitaries -- protective details to foreign dignity's -- dignitaries and security for international events. in november, how why he will be hosting the asian pacific economic -- hawaii will be hosting the asian-pacific economic leaders meeting. what measures will be in place to provide protective measures at the apec meeting. >> sir, ds is heavily involved in the event that will take place this fall. the lead agency is the u.s. secret service, which the appropriate given the number of heads of state that will be visiting, but ds will also have a major presence in honolulu. we

armed services committee, recommended me to president clinton to be the chairman of brac and talked me into it. i have come to forgive them both, mr. chairman, for that experience. but i can testify on the basis of that experience that brac was an immense success, billions and billions and billions of dollars saved by what we did. i am simply going to close by saying my experience is outlined in the record for you. the brac experience shows that some form of government assistance to communities affected by major closures or realignments was essential both brothers in communities to overcome the economic and -- to settle both for losing communities to overcome the economic impact and for gaining communities of port local infrastructure and new activities. i know that under the administration's proposal, the civilian party realignment board. -- board's meetings are not open to the public and the ranking member of the oversight committees can sit in on all meetings of the board. i respectfully suggest that the subcommittee should take a close look at these aspects of the administration's proposals in light of my brac experience. the

under bill clinton, 10.2 or send in those eight years with the president of the united states business investment. so tax cuts are not the panacea that we all are pretending it is, is there, mr. elmendorf? >> well, congressman, there are a variety of influences on the economy. the policies of presidents and congresses are obviously important. i would be close to draw any strong conclusions from that. savages you suggest. >> they're pretty accurate. >> i'm not disputing the numbers. i am just saying to map those directly to the policies while leaving out all the other factors. >> there are other factors aren't there, mr. elmendorf? when the president raised his hand in january 2009, he had no idea, we had no idea of how bad this economy was. would you agree to that? >> if they do, congressman. >> for the record, mr. chairman. >> thank you mr. pascarella. mr. kerry. >> i thank the chairman. for taking a page out of mr. pascarella's comments i guess is that with the same time forcefulness. it is hard to make these projections that should make overtime. >> certainly is, congressman. so when you made these assumptions -- when you make these projections, what do you do quickly wit

mr. president, is lifting up the debt ceiling is not about the future payments, it's about payments due. i said, we had a balanced budget under bill clinton had a splaws -- this a surplus. we went into deficit mode when george bush took over and did the tax cuts to the wealthiest among us and didn't pay for it and did a prescription drug benefit and never paid for it, did two wars and never paid for them, and we got into big trouble, and what's the solution of my friends on the other side? we're walking out of the negotiations because we can't talk about taxing billionaires or taking away corporate welfare from oil companies, god forbid. it's just -- it makes me wonder who's lyl really on the level. we can do this. we did it before. it's not that hard. you just need people of good will. and i would just say to my friends oner owed side, forget the reelection of barack obama. forget the next presidential race. you'll have your candidate and we'll have ours. and that's for another day. right now we're in this chamber. we're talking about how to have a credible plan to get this deficit down to get this debt down, to strengthen our economy, t