mrs. clinton? >> probably said a lot of things about mrs. clinton to us. of the things that dogs many female sleersd that they like caring, sensitivity. that they are ruthless. what happens when women achieve positions of leadership is that we have a stereotype about who constitutes a leader in our unconscious mind and what a woman is supposed to be liken our unconscious mind. our stereotype about leadership is tied to masculine qualities. we think about it as being a masculine quality in our unconscious mind. when a female becomes president or wants to become president we think she must not have the qualities that a typical woman has, the carpal and caring side to -- the warm and caring side to her penalty. they need to show they are not more ruthless than men but more sensitive than men. if you think about the breakdown hillary clinton had in new hampshire, many said it would doom her campaign, it actually helped her because the price that women leaders pay is we think they no longer have that soft, gentle caring side to them. tavis: sarah palin was in t

mrs. clinton, our secretary of state, have a very special relationship with haiti and president clinton camend spoke to the caucus. i am sure you know that. very movingly, about the greatness of haiti which for the most part is not seen by most americans. they simplify the problems as being haiti as opposed to the extraordinary quality of that so many haitians have contributed in this country to the welfare of our country. our military medical personnel have treated 88,000 patients. army and navy engineers are working to shore up buildings and u.s. engineers to do the same. underwater construction teams are working to rebuild haiti's ports and restore aid to navigation at sea. state department and u.s.aid, dr. shaw was here earlier and spoke. he was doing a very excellent job and i see heads agreeing with that proposition. these words cannot rebuild a collapsed home or he'll be living or bury the dead, we have our share of work to do. earlier this month the house passed and congressman waters's legislation calling and financial institutions to cancel haiti's $800 million debt. $219 million i

mrs. clinton's speech will be telling about the direction that israel's government will be taking. diplomacy is only one way to go. demography is not working in israel's favor. >> given the the reality, eight two-state solution is the only viable path for israel to remain both a democracy and a jewish state. >> she ran another alarm bell. >> we must recognize that the ever-evolving technology of war is making it harder to guarantee israel's security. >> whether it is rockets like these are fired by hamas or the threat from hezbollah and iran, she insists that they make peace because america may not have the ability to protect it forever. >> the reform of american health care has divided u.s. political and public opinion for decades. it has been the biggest political battle for barack obama. the slimmest of the margin clearly indicates -- the slimness of the margin clearly indicates the division. >> after a year of trying, these new laws on health care made their way through an exhausted and embittered congress. as the crucial votes came in, the democrats were google's. -- were duel

mr. clinton has been there twice. >>> five-year-old patrick and hits family are selling spa getsty dinnersations to help haiti. >> their houses broke down. we are having a spaghetti dinner for them to help and everybody can pay. >>> orders started rolling in and before you knew it, the family dinner an a saturday afternoon became a $400 plus fund-raiser, thanks to mom's cooking and patrick, a little boy with a big heart. so good for them. >>> 5:49, we start off with a look at mount area. southeast wind has been averaging five to 15-miles per hour. rainfall only 2/100th of an inch. enough to make things wet. that is pretty much what we are dealing with. mount area, and maryland's most powerful doppler radar, it looks like we have ourselves a lot of wet weather, showing its way -- howard county, you are getting it. we have ourselves some moderate rainfall. a little burst, looks reich it will head up -- we have this on the west side of the beltway. pushing through glenn arm. heading its way into northern baltimore counties, this may be heading through jacksonville and four corners and york pa

mr. clinton, fundraising envoy there, has been there twice before. >> patrick heard about the quakes and he wanted to do something to help over the weekend. he organized a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser. >> their house was broke down. they didn't have any place to sleep or anything. i saw this picture on tv and everybody was lining up -- >>> really shocked he wanted to do something personally. >> i'm going to vote for him when he runs for congressman. >> he is the cutest thing. >> his spaghetti dinner raised more than $400 for earthquake victims anile give all of the money to the american red cross. that, my friend, is great. >> we have the championship, lost to nc state in 1974 and now this. it was a great game, yesterday, michigan state took shot after shot after shot. we thought the terps had no shot at this one. vasquez, going down as one of the all-time terps who took his best shot and with six seconds left to play. michigan state comes down court -- no you don't. the buzzer beater, maryland falls to michigan state. how many of us thought with the loss of kansas, maryland will make it

mr. clinton, the u.n. special envoy to haiti has been there twice since january.hey are spearheading u.s. fundraising efforts for the nation. >>> the red river in north dakota is receding but residents of fargo are not out of the woods just yet. environmental hazards linger long after the river's waters decline. the floodwaters can contain pesticides, sewage and animal carcass. the red river crested at nearly 19 feet over flood stage without doing major damage to homes or other buildings. >>> our warm weather is pushingp the predictions for cherry blossoms. the national park service says the peak blooming period is april 1st through the 4th. the opening ceremony for the cherry blossom festival is this saturday at the national building museum. good thing that was not today. it would have been a rainout. >> i've seen forsythia out now and some of the smaller cherry trees out. i thought that might happen. dallas had probably as bad a winter as we did. we're going to go back to yesterday in dallas. >> is that snow in wow. >> oh, no. >> didn't really accumulate but sti

mrs. clinton was in the white house. she was the highest ranking african-american in the clinton white house. class of 1977. even today, the class of the 1990's and of the 2000 plus, we have younger graduates beginning to set the stage for the rate -- for their great careers also. >> of want to thank daniel devise for this. we would not know you without this cover story. washington post magazine a couple of weeks ago. "the soul of trinity." what led to that? >> it is a wonderful story. dan did a terrific job. most of us are a little sheepish. he did a great story. what i love about the story is he brought our students in, faculty, and alums. it's about the entire institution. it was the occasion of my now 21st year at trinity as -- most college presidents serve six or eight years. i've been serving much longer. he interviewed scores of people. alums, trustees, students, and faculty. he really put together a very accurate and lovely story about how trinity has grown and changed over the years. >> the school was in the dump

mr. clinton's sleeve. now the intention behind the gesture is certainly open to interpretation.resident bush could had been just signalling to clinton that he was ready to move on. it's unlikely any of us will ever know, but one thing's for sure, it kind of looked a little off, right? anyway, i don't know. >>> up next in our "townsquare" the devil's casino at lehman brothers a fascinating look at collapse and help trigger the financial meltdown and why it could happen again as our government continues to legalize wild-risk gambling with other people's money. why there are record bonuses last year on wall street and yet no reform. meanwhile on "hardball," chris matthews talks to congressman jim clyburn about the security of the united states congress for obvious reasons. and turn that savings swagger up full tilt. ♪ so when the time comes to bust open a can of doing... we've got all the tools for all the things we need to make 'em happen. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, get miracle gro garden soil for flowers and vegetables for just $3.97.

mr. clinton left office, he left the next administration a budget surplus for the year that mr. bush took office. and a projection for $5.6 trillion in surpluses. that balance was squandered by mr. bush and the republicans in congress at that time. and we got left with an aftermath where we had to bail out the banks, where we had to bail out the economy. mr. obama was left with a $1.6 trillion deficit on the day he took office. those are undisputable facts. and i am proud to stand on the democratic record on economic policy and i'm proud to stand on this bill where we're going to reduce the deficit while rebuilding america and cutting taxes for taxpayers that live in the united states and not for foreign corporations. i'll take that record to the bank every single day, madam speaker. madam speaker, at this point i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas -- the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the distinguished gentleman from texas and i thank h

mrs. clinton was in the white house. and maggie was the highest ranking african-american in the clinton white house in her time, class of 1977. but even today from the classes of the '90s and the aughts, if you will -- the 2000-plus -- we have younger graduates now who are beginning to set the stage for their great careers also. >> i want to thank daniel devise -- i'm not sure, is that the way he pronounces it? >> devise. dan devise. >> oh. thank you for helping. for this, which we wouldn't know you without this cover story and washington post magazine a couple weeks ago, the soul of trinity. >> well, yes. >> what led to that because this is -- i suspect you'd kind of like this. >> oh, it's a wonderful story. and dan did a terrific job. and of course you know most of us who are the subject of newspapers articles are a little sheepish. we might you know say well what's that going to be like? he did a great story. and what i love about the story is that he brought in our students, our faculty and our alums. so it's not just

mr. chairman. secretary clinton, thank you very much. we very much appreciate your leadership.i particularly want to underscore how important your statements about american foreign policy priorities including human rights has been received internationally. senator wicker and i were recently in an international meeting of the osce and your statements particularly about the importance of human rights but also that we're going to evaluate our own performance was very well received and it's helped us. and i encourage you to continue your strong commitment. in that area. i want to talk about the direction of our foreign aid program. i strongly support what you're trying to do. including providing more resources and more aggressive use of our involvement internationally. but i am concerned about our government partners when there is a significant leakage of funds because of corruption. corruption is a problem in front so many places in the world. and when we try to provide a partner with money and that money gets used for other than its intended purpose, we're not only denying the ta

mrs. clinton's health care efforts.6 years, 12 years we had republicans in control of this house. we had six years with the republican senate, republican house, and republican president and nothing was offered. what you're saying today is, let's kill the democratic bill and we'll wait another 16 years to 2026 until we try again. the americans are going into bankruptcy, 2/3 of them because of health care. and we cannot wait any longer. the time has come for a vote, folks. let's stand up and tell the american people, you want to wait until 2026 to try again. that doesn't make sense. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. paulsen: madam speaker, the health care debate has aroused the american public like few other issues ever have. for months the american people have stood up and said they don't

mrs. clinton's health care efforts. we have waited 16 years, 12 years we had republicans in control of this house. we had six years with the republican senate, republican house, and republican president and nothing was offered. what you're saying today is, let's kill the democratic bill and we'll wait another 16 years to 2026 until we try again. the americans are going into bankruptcy, 2/3 of them because of health care. and we cannot wait any longer. the time has come for a vote, folks. let's stand up and tell the american people, you want to wait until 2026 to try again. that doesn't make sense. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. paulsen: madam speaker, the health care debate has aroused the american public like few other issues ever have. for months the american people have stood up and

mr. president. >> honorable secretary clinton to chair the next segment of the meeting. you have the floor. >> thank you, secretary-general. i'll be hearing from representatives of the national co-chairs of the conference, starting with the foreign minister of bra simeon, his excellency. >> president preval, madam secretary of state hillary clinton, former president clinton. brazil co-chairs this donors conference with a conviction, we are gathered here to make sure that the haitian people find a path to sustainable develop. -- development. this process has to be undertaken under the guidance of the haitian government, with the support of the international community. brazil is confident that haiti's capable overcoming the present challenges and of taking full honorship of its own destiny. i congratulate the haitian government for submitting its action plan. these will allow us to channel or support effectively in accordance with its national priority. two and a half months ago on the terrible 12th of january, all of us watched the painful scenes of destruction and human

mr. schoen was president clinton's pollster. we were saying mr. president, your plan will increase the deficit. this is a time when many people in america believe the deficit is growing at an alarming rate and will bring the country to its knees in a few years if we don't do something about it. the president and his democratic colleagues says no, no, no, the congressional budget office says that we don't increase the deficit. the american people don't believe that, according to mr. rasmussen and mr. schoen. they say, "60% of voters believe passage of the president's plan will lead to higher deficits." and they're right about that. and why do i say that? because -- because not included in the comprehensive health care plan that the president has yet to send up -- we don't have a bill yet. we have an 11-page memo which are suggested recommendations in a 2,700-page senate bill, so we don't have a bill, but the plan does not include what it costs to pay doctors for serving medicare patients over the next ten years. and according to the president's own

mr. schoen was president clinton's pollster. we were saying mr. president, your plan will increase the deficit. this is a time when many people in america believe the deficit is growing at an alarming rate and will bring the country to its knees in a few years if we don't do something about it. the president and his democratic colleagues says no, no, no, the congressional budget office says that we don't increase the deficit. the american people don't believe that, according to mr. rasmussen and >> 60% of voters think it will lead to higher deficits. they are right about that. not included in the health care plan that the president has yet to send up, we do not have a bill yet. we have an 11 page memo. we do not have a bill. the plan does not include what it costs to pay doctors for serving medicare patients over the next 10-years. according to the president's own budget, that costs $371 billion over 10-years. what we are being asked to believe is that here is a comprehensive health care plan that the north and to the debts, but it does not includ

mr. schoen was president clinton's pollster. we were saying mr.sident, your plan will increase the deficit. this is a time when many people in america believe the deficit is growing at an alarming rate and will bring the country to its knees in a few years if we don't do something about it. the president and his democratic colleagues says no, no, no, the congressional budget office says that we don't increase the deficit. the american people don't believe that, according to mr. rasmussen and mr. schoen. they say, "60% of voters believe passage of the president's plan will lead to higher deficits." and they're right about that. and why do i say that? because -- because not included in the comprehensive health care plan that the president has yet to send up -- we don't have a bill yet. we have an 11-page memo which are suggested recommendations in a 2,700-page senate bill, so we don't have a bill, but the plan does not include what it costs to pay doctors for serving medicare patients over the next ten years. and according to the president's own bud

mr. penn has-- secretary of state hillary clinton during a run for the presidency as well as former britishprime minister tony blair. mr. penn spoke at the clinton school of public service in little rock arkansas last month. this is about 50 minutes. >> thank you for that very kind, very kind introduction, and underscoring that the voters are not numbers but they are people with habits, thoughts, beliefs and i find so often that the real intelligence of the american voter is really underappreciated. in fact i got into the business of polling pretty much after reading a book one day by a fellow called theo key and the book said, the simple fact of this book is that the voters are not fools. the voters in fact have real perspectives, real issues, real changes in their lifestyle. so i hope early as this class really as this class that these the election of 2010, two may to maybe provide a little insight into what is happening right now and what has happened in 2009 in before, what and before, what are the conditions that have been set up to make this perhaps one of the most hotly contested mid

clinton now. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman and vice-chairman.mbers of the committee, it is very good seeing you all, especially in this historic room to have this hearing. i thank you for the opportunity to testify alongside secretary gates, because we are very much committed to gather -- together on behalf of our military efforts in the front-line states. we do not think it can be separated. the challenges we face the man we draw on all the tools of american leadership and american power -- the challenges we face demand we draw on all the tools of american leadership and american power. it has enabled us to more clearly understand the challenges we face. that is why we come to you with a $4.5 billion supplemental request. without this new funding in 2010, we will fall short in all three of the front on states. i am well aware -- of the front- line states. i am well aware of the economic straits you're in here at home. our quest addresses urgent demands to a dance our efforts to bring stability to afghanistan and -- to advance our efforts to bri

mr. obama and secretary clinton, secretary clinton have been saying we should treat arabs with respect and i agree. we should treat people with respect. my questions are is, my question is, how do you treat arabs with respect while we are supporting the most absolute dictatorships that treat people with utter disrespect? >> a year ago i might have had to answer that question. [laughter] this is the time when you get up on the elevator like the national association or something. it is not an easy question obviously as you yourself know. because we believe that all of these government should have the respect of their people. all of these governments that we are talking about should earn the respect of the people. people should feel the governments are accountable to them and people should feel they have a chance to participate in public life and they have a chance to speak in their lives and they can affect the composition of the governments their election. sadly, many of these governments fall short of that ideal. most of them fall short of that ideal. when we talk about treating arabs with

would have done is painful as it is, and it is painful, it's like speaking to bill clinton when he was president, yes, mr. president, with all due respect, i know how painful, it's better to get out on your watch, your time that you did have an affair with monica lewinsky because it will come out that the only question is how it's going to come out which are going to say about it. so it has come out that toyota did know, they didn't do anything about it. now there setting up a special unit, just like ford firestone said we're going to set up a special unit to model the stuff around will. a 500 person unit that for set up at the height. why the hell did you have a 50, permanent unit, constantly searching around for problems. in fact, what i have said to my clients, the people i've consulted with is that if you have only one thing to do in a crisis, my one recommendation, hire an ex-investigative reporter to dig around all the dirt in the corporation and make a mock newspaper or a mock tv interview to show your corporation what it looks like because i guarantee you, that's what will happen. why doesn't tha

mr. speaker, voted the clinton increase in taxes. people back home said, don't vote for that. don't vote for it and come back and expect us to re-elect you, don johnson. but yet, i think our former colleague don johnson may have been the 117th vote in 1992. he won by eight points. in 1994, the gentleman from georgia lost by 30, mr. speaker. lost by 30. a 38-point shift. he was replaced by our great and late, i sadly say, colleague, dr. charlie norwood. he served so honorably in this bold until his death about a year and a half ago. he died in office, god rest his soul. don johnson wasn't a bad man, mr. speaker. i didn't know him personally, but he made a bad vote. and he didn't listen to we, the people. let me mention one other, because i saw her on television earlier today, and she was realming to her democratic -- recommending to her democratic colleagues that they vote for this health care reform, massive takeover of 1/6 of our economy. she was recommending indeed that her democratic colleagues tomorrow vote yes, because it's the right thing to do. well, ms. marjorie margol

they resisted clinton and mr.ergeant efforts to relax. >> i was not a combatant in these debates there is a long period of advocacy. the efforts were not successful. that is a very consequences. consequential result. some alternative 7 suggested. there are some from state and local taxes. there will compete against each other with the government subsidy and issues, isn't a better alternative to do what we republicans are saying? that is to phase of the government subsidy. they are competitive and market based environment. i agreed that i do not think either options he began with looked particularly appealing. ch two? >> full nationalization or creating a full new class of g.s.e.'s to compete with each other, those do not look like appealing options to me. i have not had an opportunity to look in detail at your proposals, but i will. i any you ended by saying a transition to a world in which you phase out all government support in any form? is that what you said? >> particularly a g.s.e. that has a line of credit w

wanted to share -- i wanted to talk about and recognize three such individuals from clinton county, pennsylvania. mr. speaker, the first of these is donald malotte. from february 12 -- friday february 12, 2010, donald g. malotte made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty while serving the citizens of the communities of clinton county, pennsylvania. he tragically lost his life while working to control the traffic scene of a two-vehicle crash. a long-time public servant in clinton county, he recently served as captain of the wool rich fire department association. he began his public service at the age of 16 and served his communities for 46 years. his involvement originated as home community ad he's been an active member of the dunceton and wool rich fire departments. he's also evolved in the public service as a member of the local ma sonic lodge. captain malotte's life embodies that of a true american hero. he lived and served with making a difference to the lives of both his neighbors and complete strangers. he sacrificed personally, missing family time meals and full nights of rest when called

mr. louis farrakhan and his final calls reported a letter was sent to clinton signed by dick cheney and the so-called neocons waiting for the overture or for them. are you aware of that or are you going to say that you never heard of it? if that is true, then how do you come and say that it wasn't -- that he came into office without those people in those specific points. thank you. >> host: is he referring to the gary schmitt letter? >> guest: i think that's it. but also there was a bipartisan consensus under president clinton that regime change should be the policy of the united states. and the united states congress house resolutions calling on the back by the administration. in fact, i believe it actually required a signature by president clinton and the iraq liberation act and the title of the bill is. there is a broad consensus bipartisan in nature to go back to the 90's and see this emerge with democrats and republicans believing that saddam represented a threat. after all, remember he invaded kuwait, threat in saudi arabia. he then expelled by kuwait after the united nations authoriz

mr. bachus. a few years ago with him and the gentleman from california we frankly beat the leaderships of both parties in the clinton administration to get debt relief through. they've learned so we don't have to fight so hard this time for an important cause. i am pleased to be joining in this wholly cooperative way in a response to the haiti people. i join in thanking the gentleman from california, the gentleman from new york, my colleagues on the other side for bringing this forward and various members of the staffs have been congratulated as they should be. it's not as easy to do the right thing as it sometimes seems. i want to single out daniel who has been working on this for a long time in cooperation with others. this is a day the house can be proud, even if, because we're not yelling at each other, the press won't notice. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from -- >> i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. mr. meeks: it's now my honor to call on the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus, a longtime fighter for haiti, the honorable barbara lee. for t

mr. obama who was white dealt with the issue of race in one form or another. bill clintonthe race initiative, george bush dealing with africa and across the board. we can't expect a black president not to do what other white presidents have done. lyndon johnson dealt with it. >> a much longer discussion. i wish we had more time. michael erik dyson. appreciate you coming by tonight? >> always good to be here. >> "larry king live" coming up in just a few minutes. we'll be back in just a minute. i drove my first car from my parent's home in the north of england to my new job at the refinery in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, liners of tires, plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies that could increase fuel efficiency by up to 80%. host: could switching to geico 15% or more on car insurance?s host: is ed "too tall" jones too tall?

negotiations, i think, are better than they've been since the time you cited back when president clinton had arafat. mr. lieberman: it is destructive of our national and u.s. interest and takes our eye off the two ball that's we have to focus on, one is the israeli-palestinian peace process and the threat of a fluke iran. it is a threat to the palestinian leadership. iran is the number one supporter of hamas which is antagonist to the leadership of the palestinian authority. the senator from arizona is absolutely right. peace between the palestinians requires delicate negotiations. my friend and i were together in the palestinian area in january of last year and we met with the leadership and -- and it's an interesting moment because in both countries the economy's doing pretty well, the palestinians have seen a real surge in economic growth. security is better on both sides. and we've got leadership on both sides. the prime minister of israel and the president of the palestinian authority, and the prime minister, you have three leaders there committed to the resolution and a peaceful process. if for s

mr. chairman thomas senators lugar, dodd and senator cardin, it is an honor to appear before you today. i am grateful for the trust and confidence placed in me by president obama and secretary clintoning me to serve as u.s. ambassador to the syrian republic. mr. chairman i have submitted a longer written statement for the record so if it is okay with you i would just like to make some brief remarks. >> we would appreciate it. the president's desire to have a sustained and principal dialogue with the syrian government at the ambassadorial level is in our national interest. and it should move us closer to achieving our goals and syria and in the region. let me reiterate that returning an ambassador to syria is not a reward to syria. nor would embark the chain and the fundamentals of our concerns with that important country rather it would mark a change in the way we try to secure our national interest. syria has its own interest in iraq and lebanon and the middle east peace process for returning would mark a change in how we tried to persuade and press syria where that interest is best found. as president obama's said in his speech at cairo university then it is states should commit

democrats, and to be frank, the clinton administration in terms of consolidation was in most cases worse than what the reagan people did. we should make no mistake about what mr. bork and his fellow chicago schoolers affected with their consumer welfare frame. this was to pass essentially into law the efficiency argument that has been favored by monopolists for centuries. what do i mean by that? john d. rockefeller, j. p. morgan, they all basically had a single message, competition is wasteful. centralization and control in one hand, that's deficient. but consider how it plays out over time. the logic goes like this. consumer want low prices. low prices are best with economies of scale. monopoly is the best friend of the consumer. so here we are a generation later and, well, it's proven effective again. we actually see the greatest concentration of power in this country in a century, and in some cases it's actually worse because last time around, they did not get their hands on to the farms, on to the retailers. if we view american history through the lens of our antimonopoly law. we see four eras. the first was in the first half of the 19th century. the year

mr. chairman, senators lugar, dodd and cardin. it is really an honor to appear before you today. i'm very grateful for the trust and the confidence placed in me by president obama and secretary clintonminating me to serve as u.s. ambassador to the syrian-arab republic. mr. chairman, i submitted a longer written statement for the record so if it is ok with you, i would like to make some brief remarks to the committee. >> we would appreciate it. thank you. >> the president's desire to have a sustained and principled dialogue with the syrian government at the ambassador ya'll level is in our national interest and it should move us closer to achieving our goal in syria and in the region. let me reiterate that return ang ambassador to syria would not -- an ambassador to syria would not be a reward to syria. no would it mark a change in the fundamentals of our concerns with that important country. rather, it would mark a change in the way we try to secure our national interests in syria. and syria has its own interests in iraq, in lebanon and in the middle east peace process. thus, returning an ambassador would mark a change in how we try persuade and press syria about where syria's true

mr. chairman. thank you, secretary gates, secretary clinton for being here. we appreciate very much your candor. secretary gates, the materials submitted with the fy a supplemental request highlights you are requesting an additional $1.30 billion for the military to enhance u.s. intelligence capabilities and operations, which includes isr. i would like to talk about the department's efforts to coordinate investments and enhance isr. we have heard from the services that combatant commanders have a large appetite for isr. my concern is that the focus has been on uav's, and how quickly we can get more, but in that effort, hopefully we are not overlooking the critical aspects of expanding isr, like how the services plan to train the analysts that will be required to process the expanding of volumes of data and what infrastructure will be required to move data and shared with those that need it. in a sense, the hard part is exploiting and using the intelligence and that we are able to get from it. a report issued last week states that within central command, less than half the electronic signals coll

mr. mark preston. listen, we talked about democrats. 32 have broken ranks. the white house may seem they are nervous. do you think they are? considering ed henry's exclusive story? >> we heard ed say that bill clinton is making phone calls on behalf of the white house. he is clearly reaching out to undeclared democrats. democrats are still confident they are going to win the vote tomorrow. republicans who i have been speaking to over the past couple of hours believe they will lose, that democrats will win. however, if you are the white house, there is very little if no room for error. so that's why we are seeing bill clinton make these phone calls on behalf of the white house. >> republicans may have to whip out the big strategy. they have a good strategy here. >> certainly. if they don't win tomorrow, if they don't win the vote tomorrow they believe politically the democrats will win. if democrats are only able to get 216 votes, the baseline needed to pass this bill. republicans believe all 216 democrats can be tagged with the idea they were the deciding vote in this health care bill. this country right now, don, is divided over health care reform. half the country wants it. the other half doesn't

mr. president, i am directed by the president of the united states. >> now secretary of state hillary clinton addresses members of the pro-israel lobbying group. the committee is holding regional holding its policy conference this week in washington. -- the committee is holding its policy conference this week in washington. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] ♪ >> thank you. thank you for that warm welcome, and it is wonderful to be back at aipac with so many good friends. aipac with so many good friends. i saw a number of them backstage before coming out and i can assure you that i received a lot of advice. i know i always do when i see my friends from aipac. and i want to thank lee rosenberg for that introduction and congratulations, rosie, you're going to be a terrific president. [applause] i also want to thank david victor and howard kohr and lonny kaplan nd j.b. pritzker and howard friedman and ester kurz and richard fishman and i better stop, but all at aipac's yours and staff for your leadership and hard work. and i'm very pleased that you will be hearing from a good friend of mine, c

mr. speaker, but that was the description of the bubble. the bubble was bursting at the end of the clinton administration. that bubble was going to burst because the markets had to adjust to the -- um, to the irrational exuberans of the investment in the dot-com bubble. and so as the double was bursting and george bush was becoming president, we saw a decline in our economy. and alan greenspan, chairman of the fed, saw the bursting of the dot-com bubble and concluded that something needed to be done to shore that up, to fill the hole that was created in our economy because the bubble was collapsing and shrinking and to fill the hole alan greenspan decided, with or without the support of president bush, that we should create a housing market that would help shore this up. and so we ended up with unnaturally low interest rates and while that was going on it played into the hands of the people who were driving for lower understood writing standards, lower standards of capital. and this was contributing to later on the mortgage crisis that we saw unfold about a year and a half ago. that builds

mr. chairman. i really appreciate it. miss hom you mentioned the outrageousness of the chinese government saying that there was no censorship on the internet when tien was near town during the clinton administration, made the same statement that no one died at tiananmen square. we put together a hearing like you, mr. chairman, invited the chinese to testify. he was a no-show. we even had a people's daily editor say how he saw and witnessed people dying. hopefully it's so laughable and so embarrassing to the beijing leadership that such outrageous statements will cease. the universal periodic review last done on february 9th of '09 on china, it only takes, as you know, one-third -- one-third of the member states on the u.n. human rights council to call for a hearing on any country. the u.s. government should call for that, vis-a-vis china to look at this. it can be done. it would bring the great spotlight on what they are doing on the internet and other human rights abuses. your thoughts on that and i have so many questions, but i'll -- we don't have time. so i'll just leave it at the one. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just want to ask one question of the witnesses. and that is for

mr. chairman. i really appreciate it. miss hom you mentioned the outrageousness of the chinese government saying that there was no censorship on the internet when tien was near town during the clinton administration, made the same statement that no one died at tiananmen square. we put together a hearing like you, mr. chairman, invited the chinese to testify. he was a no-show. we even had a people's daily editor say how he saw and witnessed people dying. hopefully it's so laughable and so embarrassing to the beijing leadership that such outrageous statements will cease. the universal periodic review last done on february 9th of '09 on china, it only takes, as you know, one-third -- one-third of the member states on the u.n. human rights council to call for a hearing on any country. the u.s. government should call for that, vis-a-vis china to look at this. it can be done. it would bring the great spotlight on what they are doing on the internet and other human rights abuses. your thoughts on that and i have so many questions, but i'll -- we don't have time. so i'll just leave it at the one. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just want to ask one question of the witnesses. and that is for

clinton tax increases. none of them who voted yes are in congress today. mr. speaker, let me quote president obama from his speech yesterday. if you don't think your constituents would be helped by this, then vote no. i know americans would not be helped by this bill. i cannot support it. i will not support it. i will be voting no. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm slighted to yield two minutes to the -- delighted to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from maine, a member of the rules committee, ms. pingree. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from maine is recognized for two minutes. ms. pingree: thank you to the hardworking rules committee chair, ms. slaughter, for yielding me the time. as we get ready to cast a vote to finally reform our health care system. i want to tell you what i hear from my home state of maine where people are frus

mr. payne's. >> may also commend you for the outstanding job they you have done in haiti also i wish we did not have good that i remember we have a balanced budget when president clintonin iraq that is unnecessary and tax cuts put this in the position we are in today and for today. let me say about the global fund, icu cut 50 million from that fund and wonder if you look at that because as you know, the 150 million -- although you are dealing with the most neglected such as sleeping sickness, charges from the disease in some of the other disfiguring others are not covered i wonder if they could be included in that. three governance groups quickly with some of if the transition of federal government, i wonder would there be significant increase in development aid because we have to support this government or in my opinion will be a very serious problems. if they fall all of these african nations in my opinion will go. second come three concentrating enough on the south sudan if yen too any 11 they decide to see? how will we support the new government with additional funds? and finally liberia needs to have to have a strong institution if we have institutions that were

mr. axelrod that he is offering in the public and lollipop before rendering a needle. the war on drugs is un secretary of state clinton paused agenda today. she is leading a cabinet focusing on mexican drug cartels. the meeting in mexico city comes two weeks after an american consulate workers, her husband, and other employees were gunned down in mexico. the associated press says a draft indictment against three individuals under black rock are being sued. those are some of the latest headlines. >> good morning from the national archives, between constitution and pennsylvania avenue, adjacent to the national. it holds three main documents that serve as the foundation for our country, the declaration of independence, the u.s. constitution, and bill of rights. it can also find a copy of the men in the carter and sen says data dating back to 1890. we are in the archives with about 200 students as part of the close the program, a conversation with the secretary of education arne duncan. thank you for being here. let me begin with an "newsweek" cover story that said we have to fire the bad seed. how do you do that? guest:

mr. dennis, that is a good jumping off point to talk about the party politics in november on today's vote. guest: well, it overshadows this debate. president clinton had majorities in both chambers. he was unable to get health care done, and the democrats lost congress in november when you had the republican revolution. there are republican leaders today who were around back then and were part of the republican revolution, and they are hoping the same thing happens. they are hoping this bill goes down, and they are hoping -- regardless of whether it goes down or not, that they can use this as a jumping-off point to take back the congress. you have others in the leadership who saw that as a huge missed opportunity. you saw president clinton come and speak to the members here and tell them that they need to pass this bill because the same thing will happen again. if they don't pass it, they will lose the congress. so you have folks really looking at this as a pivotal moment not just on health care, but for the parties, for the country, for the presidency, and they are telling members if you vote against this, this is going to be incredibly damaging

mr. netanyahu is publicly rejecting the administration's request to stop construction of new settlements in a disputed area of east jerusalem, an area palestinians claim will one day be their capitol. jane: secretary of state clinton says the u.s. has an insatiable apfight for drugs and that is fueling the drug war in mexico. she was in mexico where she pledged long time support to president calderon, she told him the united states must do more to stop the smuggling of weapons into mexico and said the united states is about to reveal a drug policy reducing demand in this country for those illegal narcotics. jon: high level talks with another key american ally taking place in washington. le over the years, pakistan has stepped up its efforts against taliban forces in its borders and the u.s. is encouraging it to keep the pressure on. mike emanuel is live at the pentagon with brand new information for us. so mike, with the pakistanis in town, secretary of defense gates and admiral mike mullen were asked about this recent aggressive approach that pakistan is taking. what did they have to say? >> reporter: that's right, jon, the chairman and secretary of defense on capitol hill were asked about the pakistani relations

mr. president, i worked for six years to pass what's called the congressional accountability act which was signed into law by president clintonin 1995. i worked so hard to get that bill passed because i strongly believe that congress should live underher -- under the same laws it passes for the rest of the country. if you remember, prior to 1995, congress had exempted itself from 12 different pease -- pieces of legislation, starting with the fair labor standards act of 1938. and now, of course, we in congress as employers have to live by the same laws as the a.b.c. company of des moines, iowa, as an example. so the same principle applies to some parts of this bill. that's why i offered an amendment during finance committee markup to require that members of congress and congressional staff get their employer-based health insurance through the same exchanges as our constituents. and part of that original amendment that i got adopted back then is in the bill that the president signed today. but -- and that amendment was adopted without objection, let me say, so it had pretty consensus support. i'm hoping the majority will suppor

clinton. but richard nixon also tried to get health care reform. it was democrats and republicans who tried to get this done. mr. president, what this effort represents is proof that while progress is not easy, neither is it impossible. and that, maybe more than anything else, is important about what we saw today. as president obama said, we didn't come here to the united states senate or the congress of the united states to fear the future. we a came here to try to shape t despite the complexity of the problems, the stubbornness of the status quo and even the refusal of tomorrow stress the urgency of reform, that is exactly what we have done. a broken health care system is not the last challenge we will face. today our union became a little more perfect but far from it. there's still much to do to help american families build better lives for themselves. mr. president, i hope that when we again find ourselves at moments of great national import -- and we will and we're -- we can look back not at the polls or the petty partisan fights that too often contaminate our debates, that always seem to stand in the way

clinton is as qualified or more qualified than i am. quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me. >> oh, but we're so glad it was you, mr.e clear, that was not a c credit teak, that was a tribute to joe biden. >>> coming up, ron paul will get his take on health care when "morning joe" comes right back. it's a rule of nature. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green giant, we pick vegetables only when they're perfect. then freeze them fast so they're as nutritious as fresh. ho ho ho green giant by booking my family trip with expedia. first i find the flight i want. then a great hotel my kids will love. yeah. but wait... here's the really cool part. when i book them at the same time... voila! i can save up to 450 bucks. and we all know that can come in pretty handy. book flight and hotel, and save more. where you book matters, expedia. ♪ dot com ♪ >>> i have deep concerns that some chris van hollen and tim kaine are dangerously fanning the flames by suggesting that these incidents be used as a political weapon. >> that's eric cantor talking about the madness going on on cap

clinton administration, treasury department to forgo interest on the trust fund. that interest is restored. repatriated to the trust fund and in the future will collect interest like all other trust funds. mr etheridge: another 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. oberstar: but there are two issues in this bill that i was very concerned about. the senate passed the bill that had a funding formula that was very, very discriminatory. four states benefited with 58% of the funding and 22 states got nothing. senator reid has consented in a letter he sent to me and to speaker pelosi to restore the house funding formula that we proposed in a subsequent bill that will pass the senate this month -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. oberstar: to get those additional highway formula funds as we pros posed in a formula -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. etheridge: 15 seconds. mr. observer sta -- observe -- mr. oberstar: and the letter from senator reid, which he's discussed with various committees, that letter will be available at this table at this desk to show that we will restore the funding formula the way

clinton and vice president gore to europe. captain smith was a pioneer in american military and aviation history and left a lasting legacy for future pilots and engineers. mr. speaker, h.r. 4547 was introduced by the gentleman from pennsylvania, representative joe sestak, on january 27, 2010, and was reported out of the committee on oversight by unanimous consent on march 4, 2010. this legislation enjoys the support of the entire pennsylvania delegation. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting h.r. 4547 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. garrett: mr. speaker, i do rise today in support of h.r. 4547, designating the facility of the u.s. post office located at 119 station road in cheyney, pennsylvania, as the captain luther h. smith u.s. army air force post office. luther h. smith, he was an original member of the now legislateary tuskegee airmen. his accomplishments have already been set forth. during world w