thank you during much. you have heard testimony of dilapidated facilities, and how these facilities are supporting what has become a very important collection of plants throughout the world. we are coming to you today with a $14 million gift from concerned citizens who want to see this part and the facility remained for generations to come. we have come a long way to get to this point today. the huge progress we have made just three years to get past the mitigated negative declaration. the most recent being the commission has passed this on to you for your endorsement. i am here today as another voice of support and would like you to put your stamp of approval on this project. there is no good argument against it. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am co-president of the sunset park neighbors. the border of the area where the new nursery will be installed. i am here to express my support for the nursery. it takes about five minutes of a tour of the old nursery to know that

they really are doing much better. the answer is that gnc has the superior understanding of what its customers want, which, of course, is management's strategy. see, gnc gets 40% of its sales from the sports nutrition category. which is by far the fastest growing category in the industry versus just 29% for vitamin shoppe. i want you to think about things like -- i bought one of these just this weekend, protein powders. the ones that help athletes put on muscle. designed to improve performance and post workout supplements to help with rehydration and muscle recovery. plus gnc carries many private label products, 56% private label at gnc, 24% at vitamin shoppe and the private-label products are considered high-quality. look at the fancy packaging. i actually want to buy this more than the branded guy. and they push this stuff when they go to buy something. we love private label because the gross margins are so much higher than selling other people's merchandise. think about parigo, their manufactured store brands versus

>> much stronger.h stronger than that, and a lot of the experience how the maintain it, and that is how everybody knows how to do. >> and cars? >> same story, you know. in the car if you go over the life cycle 20% fuel efficiency, and 20% fuel e first si, and we see with the new fuel emission standards that people are now shifting on the volume of cars to aluminum intense cars, you know, and we look at the wheels, and you know, wheels, and people say, you should not reinvent the wheel, and we reinvent ed the wheel which is good for us, because this wheel here is aluminum wheel which is 45% lighter than a steel wheel, and it is, you know, gives you 5%. this alone 5% fuel efficiency. >> trucks? >> exactly. trucks. and you see on top of this, it is self-cleaning and six times brighter than a normal aluminum wheel, and very cool stuff. right. >> and how about the plastic bottles versus -- >> yeah, right. exactly. you know, look at that. this is what we called shaped cans. this is -- this material, i mean,

thank you so much. nation, nation, i don't know about you, but i have had it, have had it with the media accusing the republicans of waging a war on women, andly personally fight any woman who says we are. luckily rnc chairman and latin term for erectile dysfunction does exactly what this so-called war is. it is a liberal fantasy fanned by the lame-stream media. >> the democrats said we had a war on cat pillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that republicans have war on caterpillar, then we'd have problems with caterpillars. >> stephen: now, to be clear, the republicans are not fighting a war on cat pillars. they are simply calling for transcocoonal ultra sounds. now, unfortunately, folks, this war on women myth has taken root. a new poll shows that likely candidate mitt romney trails obama among women voters by 19 points. [cheering and applause] well, i am not going to stand by while this fictitious war drives women away from the g.o.p., which is why tonight i am introducing my

and not as much rain in carroll county. not much more than inch of rain set to fall. is this now we're talking about. some parts are expecting a half foot of snow. that does bring the concern of power outages. it is a lot to stomach, but let's get through it. a chance for showers tomorrow. a 54 the high. we could have a couple of snowflakes even here in baltimore. we'll see another chance for showers wednesday night and thursday. we are cooler on friday. 61, but sunshine will return. >> the national aquarium is celebrate earth day with a mission to educate people with ways to save our planet. activities include turning recycled materials into trash. the celebration continues today with the tree planting at 11:00 a.m. if you sign a pledge to plant the tree, you'll get one to take home for your yard. he can bring in a cell phone, at sea depots, and any small electric to retire. >> and we are being shown how to reuse household items to save money and the environment. she has shocking surprises. good morning. >> how are you? >> and good, thank you. i cannot believe this.

so thank you very much. >> thank you very much for those words. i want to turn now to senator johanson. on this committee we've always said we have former chairmen and former ranking members. we are fortunate to have a former secretary of agriculture. and let me just note at this point that when senator johans was secretary of agriculture, he talked about reforming conservation. we have taken a number of your ideas. you really gave us a basis for thinking and for moving ahead. i think we have a terrific conservation title, and you deserve a lot of credit for giving us a lot of ability to get started. so i want to particularly thank you for that. >> madam chair, thank you very much for that. i appreciate you using some of those ideas. what more can i say in appreciation to you and to the ranking member. you've both done a great job. i will offer an insight that writing the farm bill from this table is a lot different from writing the farm bill in the office of the usda. but the great thing about this committee is there's such deep experience. you k

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thank you. >> thank you both very much. as senator inhofe said, you are the good guys in all of this, and susan is a good gal. susan brita who came forward as a political appointee to blow the whistle and it resulted in the president's administrator resigning as she should have and two people being fired. again, i say to miss brita thank you for your courage. this is not easy. i've done a lot of work on whistleblower protection and i know, you got to move the clock here, and i note how hard it is. and the scorn that is oftentimes heaped on those who have the courage to step forward. and you did it for your country. and we appreciate it at this committee. you know, as i researched this and i realized how many scandals there have been involving gsa,

if you're too much attach. then sometimes you -- that become hindrance or obstacle to realize one's own weakness. so sometimes as a people, what is really very nice person. at the beginning, truly dedicated people. then eventually pow er. then sometimes become arrogant. and that. so more, one tibetan lama, he mentioned if you find more and more people respect you, then you must attend to yourself the lowest person. so that's very important. doesn't matter other people see. first of all, in my own case, some people say, god king. nonsense. some people say living buddha. nonsense. and also the other side. some people say me demon. that also nonsense. i am simply a human being. like that. >> when i was very young, kids of my age, when i was sort of 8 or 9 years old, they wanted to be an astronaut or, you know, a scientist or something like that. today's children, many of them in all the surveys want to be celebrities. they don't care how they get there. they just want to be celebrities. many people think that is d

very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator. my question is for the panel. the budget control act requires an enforcement mechanism called and i did mention in my opening remarks sequestration. and due to take effect in january of 2013. my question to the panel is what would the sequestration have on the department's budget and your ability to provide core services to tribes? >> well, we are very concerned about the sequestration. for the indian health service, a portion of our budget actually is protected in that automatic decrease would be less but it still would be 2%. and 2% for our budget equates to around $88 million, and that would have to be applied to both of our accounts in services and facilities. and so we already know that our system has had to absorb a lot of costs including high medical costs and inflation and so on. and having another $88 million to try to absorb in our budget would be very painful and would be very difficult for our health care facilities

thanks very much. president chiu: thank you very much. there any other members of the public who wish to speak during general public comment? >> hello, my name is pawlenty brown. i would like to use the overhead -- my name is paulette brown. i come here every year concerning my son. it is still an unsolved case, and i am not only here for my son, you guys already know the story of my son, and i will continue to talk about that, but instead of talking about that, i will show pictures. my son. over his body. there is not much i can really say. i am here at city hall all of the time fighting for my child. there are new articles on that all of the time. the only person who has come out to look at me or say anything to me was ross mirkarimi. and john avalos has come out there to the knowledge that i was standing out there. i am upset about all of this stuff going on with ross mirkarimi. not only have you set him back, you have set us back. we were relying on him to help us out. he was out there when my son was murdered with homicide. he was ou

[applause] >> thank you very much. it is such a thrill just to see all of you here, to be here, and it is such a thrill to have this job, to be able to serve as your director of transportation. i think i have the best job in the city, and i really see it as a privilege and an honor, and i in turn want to honor those who came before me. the leadership of the agency, the commissioners, the directors, but even more so, the women and men who for 100 years have been working hard to make muni work -- the operators, mechanics, accountants, analysts, engineers -- [applause] and our great partners in labor represent them, without whom we would not have the system we have. millions of hours of effort and love and expertise have been poured into the transportation system of san francisco over the last hundred years, and that is something that san francisco should be very current. as we look forward to the next 100 years, we have a lot to be excited about. this is a great time for transportation in san francisco. we have great thi

thank you during much. you have heard testimony of dilapidated facilities, and how these facilities are supporting what has become a very important collection of plants throughout the world. we are coming to you today with a $14 million gift from concerned citizens who want to see this part and the facility see this part and the facility remained for generations to

thank you so much. thank you so much. item number 7, task force

much better for the home owner and a much better success rate than the standard outside of those programs. i am very confident, but sounds like we should spend some time together on this, you're better off in a hamp program, the depth of relief is better. the performance rates on those modifications are much higher than many the private market. >> time for the gentleman has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank you mr. geithner for appearing today. i want to especially thank you, specially thank you for speaking up for hard working americans who pay 1.45% of their income -- income in taxes. and for those who are now paying 4.2% for social security. it was 6.2%, but we have a holiday that will end and they pay 6.2% at the end of the holiday and they will do this up to $110,100. so i thank you for speaking up. to them it really is an income tax. we can phrase it and frame it, but it's an income tax. and they pay it. and we ought to appreciate them for what they pay just as we appreciate billionaires for wh

thank you so much. (cheers and applause) trevor potter, everybody. good-bye, trevor! (cheers and slow. bet you think you're pretty quick? yeah, i guess it is pretty quick. jesse?!? jesse? jesse?! much obliged. suddenly, everything else seems old-fashioned. ultrabook. inspired by intel. >> welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. nation, tonight is primary night for wisconsin, maryland, and washington, d.c it is so adorable how d.c. tries to vote just like the real states. it's like a dog with peanut butter in its mouth. it looks like he's talking 500,000 americans are disenfranchised. woof. (laughter) and with mitt romney picking up major endorsements and almost half the delegates tonight could be a make-or-break for rick santorum. not that rick would ever consider quitting because got does not approve of pulling out. (laughter) folks, i am glad... (applause). i for one am glad that this good man is keeping in the there, because he is a culture warrior. just listen to santorum telling how bad our col

, but not that much. >> saudi is pumping about as much as it has since the early '80s.ow much really in your view have they got readily available of the right stuff for the market? >> they're prepping storage. so maybe not all will get placed, but a very thin margin compared to where we've been in the past and that's why prices are the level they are fundamentally. >> the world bank growth forecast for china saying maybe we could be seeing a level level of somewhere around 8.2%. how much is really priced in to how energy prices are trading now? >> a lot of it people are still expecting demand for grow in year, but certainly not at the rate it has in the past. at the moment it's very much on the supply side where the issues are because we're not expecting huge amounts of demand. and in fact the iea might be optimistic in some sense on how much demand we're going to get in the second half of the year. we think it might be a little lower. but nonetheless, ultimately this is at the moment a supply issue rather than a demand issue. nand over the past couple of years. at the

>> he said how much we want to spend? >> no, the federal government mails a bill to the states according to the original design that has to be the same per capita for each state and the states can compete. if we do that, it would be much better than any design anyone on this stage could come up with here because the competition wos produce the optimal code. >> what do you think of that, governor? >> sounds like -- >> you think it should be on a per capita basis -- >> i'd like for us to say how much we want to send. >> that's a good question. what would happen, kevin, if kansas decided not to the send anything? accepted the troops? >> -- sends the troops? ? >> there is historical precedent for that. whiskey rebellion. >> that's right. john stossel? >> i like kevin's idea. i hadn't heard that before but i would just say simplify the damn thing and whether it's flat tax or a consumption tax, get rid of all deductions and that will create growth. >> you know, lots of great ideas. we're going to explore. al and sworts raised t

if you're too much attached. then sometimes that becomes a hindrance or obstacle to realize one's own weakness. so sometimes as a people, which is normally a very nice person, like most of the people at the beginning truly dedicated people. but then eventually power spoils. so then sometimes they become arrogant. so more of our practice to go on, you see, if you are becoming -- if you find more and more people respect you, then you must tend to yourself, the truest person. so that's very important. it doesn't matter what other people say. now, first of all, in my own case, some people say god-like. nonsense. some people say living buddha. nonsense. and also, the other side, some people say me demon. that also nonsense. i'm simply a human being. >> when i was very young, kids of my age, when i was 8 or 9 years old, they wanted to be an astronaut, or, you know, a scientist or something like that. today's children, many of them in all the surveys want to be celebrities. they don't care how they get there. they just

how much more can you get out of this group?specially with a number like today. >> how long do you want it hang out in the secretarior for? if you are a hedge fund, that's a lot more challenging. you want it see confirmation of the recovery happening every month. if you're a two to five-year investor, they are still upside. so you need to look into stocks. >> pointing out the discrepancy between multifamily dwellings and single family homes which lagged, would you rather see more multifamily dwellings? is that a good investment opportunity in your view, still? >> we will see the numbers coming out in terms of sixth family starts and the permits coming out. i think that's just the multifamily category, very vot tile but a strong environment for owning rental properties. that just helps that area. but we think we will see recovery in terms of single family and also a real difference in terms of geography as well if we look at numbers today. midwest is the key lagger and that is just about 13, 14% of overall housing starts. so it w

thanks very much.'re going to talk with one leading capitalist from menlo park. today we're watching chinese enter net stocks. the chinese government forced a partial shutdown of china that's two biggest my row blogging sites following a coux attempt over the weekend. touching a five-week intraday low. is today's move lower, an opportunity to buy on weakness or is this a much bigger issue? we close with gene munster with piper jaffray. thanks for joining us. what a move. three-day suspension for sina. how much is this a concern for you for sina? >> well, really it's not a big concern and at the end of the day, sina is working. they're in business and social's going to be huge in china, so sina is in a good place. >> are you expecting more widespread tightening on china? >> it's going to be coming in ebbs and floes. it's going to be yes, there will be. also we believe that sina and the other will be in for the long haul. >> do you thing you want to buy on weakness here or should we be waiting to see how

we are again drawn to that line in luke, to whom much is given, much is expected. by don payne's example, we must be expected to honor it with service and sacrifice. god bless his family and god bless all of you for being here with us today. this time, the invocation will be given by the rev rant patrick conroy, the chaplain of the house of representatives. >> let us pray. god of heaven and earth. the work of your hands is made known in your bountiful creation, and in the lives of those who faithfully live their lives in service and in your grace. today we especially remember the life and work of our departed brother donald payne trusting your promise of eternal and ever lasting life and love. we remember his 30 years of service in elected office. in his 12th term of congress you called him to yourself. his voice on behalf of the millions who suffer on the continent of africa, and for so many here at home will be sorely missed. may his example give courage to those of us who continue on to similarly dedicate our lives and our energies for the service of so many in

thank you very much. >> my name is michael sanchez. also, they're trying to chang e the district 8, take it away from exelsior. i don't think that's very good. because i think we need more help and for jobs in creation for medical help. and i think we can do a good job changing things. >> thank you, sir. >> mr. chairman, members of the taskforce, representing the association of realtors. we have appeared before you, presented our map, you used it as a reference point. now that another map has been adopted, as you begin to refine it, we thank you for a police considering the specific issues. it has always been to unify as many neighborhoods as we could. there are advancements that you have made in 2002. there are adjustments that we'll like you to consider as you narrow and refined and get right down to the final point. hollywood like you to consider the blocks that were transferred in the north panhandle back. what it does is help unify the district. there are some adjustments there that you have made the last couple of times. they hav

will explain to you the movie, tell you the story he is so much into it, and visually, so much into it. he gets very upset, then he can already imagine how he should like it to be. it is very beautiful because you can see how intent it can be and how the movie becomes a world. it is very specific at some times. for example, the apron of the made from valencia from the 1960's. ok, so i have to go to the market and find one. i not know exactly the apron of the maid of valencia in the 1960's. housewife, sorry. not a mate. it is not abstract, let's say. but specific in the color, which is absolutely inspiring and fabulous to go into the story. the movie was the cook, the thief, that one -- with helen merrin, who is absolutely fabulous -- helen mirren, fabulous actress. he showed me some painting of rembrandt and said, "uc that? could you do the in modern, in today? and i said i will try. yes, but it is part of the job. so i tried. i worked with a dutch artistic director, and i get to work with him. he was very specific and fabulous man. also, they were very specific about the color. in

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there would have been a much stronger response especially from the channels out there like a mess and we see parts of the other hand all we know were you know they're into that kind of things i don't find all that shopping but back to the purse point it goes for a lot of the things that obama has done in his presidency in the shadow war is the assassination of american citizens all of which the more left leaning media has been largely knew who were the same thing of happening or bush i really don't think so i think there's some sort of collective hopelessness of in the media of the obama administration really has our best interests at heart they say they will detain americans ok the military says don't talk about the shadow words there for your own good ok and the reality is that what is good for americans is knowing what the government is doing in the name of their safety next i want to respond to a viewer who tweeted out this telling component said show president obama also has a new ad calling mitt romney a big oil crony he is giving more to obama than anyone so now first i'm just

how much is likability, how much is legality.of the stuff we've heard so far is pertinent for jurors? >> it's one of the times when salacious stuff is part of the case. these are facts of the case, whether or not these contributions bunny melon made were political contributions or money to help john edwards in any way she saw fit. bunny melon, the donor said she didn't know what the money went for. she just wanted to help a friend. this is down to a credibility contest between two people who have almost no credibility left. andrew young is an acknowledged liar. john edwards is an acknowledged liar. the prosecution's case to some degree rises and falls on andrew young's testimony. there are some elements of the crime only andrew young can testify to. he's the one this said john edwards knew bunny melon was giving money, knew it was going to cover up the rielle hunter affair. if they don't believe, it's over for the prosecution. john edwards himself has his own credit able issues. we will hear those when they play the interview whe

. >> well, thank you very much. and as i've indicated before, we're looking forward to working with you. this is step one in the process. and we will continue to do that. senator casey, let me first say thank you for your leadership on dairy, your work on nutrition, specialty crops. also in conservation and because of you, we -- the chesapeake bay regional partnership is a part of this. and we are grateful for all of your hard work. >> madam chair, thank you very much. and i am grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this effort to bring forth a farm bill. i'll submit a longer statement for the record, but i want to thank you for your hard work, and working with me and with our office so closely, as you have with others, and your ranking member, as well, senator roberts. we're grateful. it's a significant example of bipartisanship at a time we don't see nearly enough of it. i'll just make three or four quick comments. number one, the deficit reduction that's set forth in this legislation is substantial, and i t

there is to much money in the market right now and much less in the government. time for the headlines. here is tine. >> thank you. hello. the senate agriculture committee passed the 2012 farm bill thursday. it had bi-partisan support. four republicans opposed oar what they see as the treatment of rice and peanut growers. the bill eliminates direct pay members to farmers, has a new revenue program t limits payments to $50,000 to individuals and 100,000 for married. the farm bill still has a long way to go including the full senate and house agriculture committee. >>> in other news the u.s.d.a. confirmed the first case of mad cow disease which sparked the cattle markets to move down. they rebounded the next day after the waters calmed after the initial announcement. the case of mad cow disease was found in a dairy cow from tulare. it was found when it was taken to i rendering plaintiff -- plant for disposal. the test showed the possibility of mad cow so tissue samples were sent to labs labs in iowa. the disease rose spontaneously and wasn't spread through feed. si

, talks much, legislates much but accomplishes little. now it's worth recalling the contrast between wilson and coolidge because of the one modern episode that illustrates the forgetfulness of our appreciation of washington's generation and his republicanism. it came when ronald regan replaced thomas jefferson's portrait in the room with calvin coolidge's. people were outragerd at this. they couldn't believe that reagan would do such an obviously silly thing. mark shields wrote in the post, don't try to tell me that calvin coolidge could ever substitute for thomas jefferson. that's almost a national sacrilege. the irony was coolidge was the most 125u7b much supporter. when you compare him to wilson and wilson's successors, it turns out it would have been liberal presidents who would have wanted to remove jefferson's photo. that's an interesting trend lost in everyone today. one might have thought he was going to eliminate silent cal. modern presidents simply talk too much. they would benefit from a certain rhetorical min mimp. it's nearly

mcdonnell: thank you very much. all right, thank you all very much. moving back to item number five, we have a draft final report that we will now insert the approval date and folk, and that will allow us to have a final report. before i ask for a vote, at any public comment on the final report ? excellent. ms. leigh, anything else we have to do with the final report before approval? ms. leigh: i believe there was a comment about delegating authority to someone to make final grammatical mr. mcdonnell: edits mcdonnell yes. ms. leigh: other than that, not to my knowledge. are you satisfied it is final? ms. tidwell: yes, with the exception of the vote and final grammatical fixes. mr. mcdonnell: okay, two pieces? >> combine them. mr. mcdonnell: all right, i entertained a motion to delegate the final edit responsibility to ms. tidwell and approval of the final report. >> so moved. >> second. mr. mcdonnell: alright, is there any objection? >> not objecting, but what we do a roll call on the final report. mr. alonso: yes. ms. melara: yes. ms. lam: yes. ms. m

thank you very much for the recommendations. >> thank you very much. >> [inaudible] i am sorry, just one moment. as previously discussed, we will move general public comment on items not on the agenda to further down the agenda. we will move on to consent calendar. >> these are items considered. members of the public have requested that items with regard to establishing left and right turn lanes be severed from the consent calendar. those are the only request i have received. >> thank you. >> i have one question. why do we sole source our agreement for workers comp? >> generally, we do not. what we are doing, rather than separately contacting for third- party administrative services for workers comp, we are joining with the city. we are doing a joint request for proposals. this is just an extension. we will do a competitive process. >> thank you very much. >> all in favor, aye. thank you. we will go on to e and f. i believe the director has a comment. >> i wanted to note these items have to do with the changes we are recommending to facilitate the bicycle lanes that were approved in

debt, our households had too much debt, our government had too much debt. we've got to rebalance our economy. we need a bigger private sector. we need more exports, more investment. >> suarez: even europe's largest economy, germany, is now projecting relatively meager growth for the year, just 0.7%. for a closer look at economic woes here and abroad, we turn to scheherazade rehman. she is director of the european union research center and professor of international finance at george washington university. scheherazade, teetering government, debt downgrade, in the u.s. positive gdp growth but not as much as people expected. is there a thread that connects these data points, a pattern in all of this? >> well, i think the pattern is pretty clear. we in the united states are experiencing very, very slow growth. and what we are seeing in europe is things are getting worse very fast. >> suarez: well, you saw david cameron run down the litany of overburdened debt in british institutions. is confidence lagging in britain that the cameron medicine is working? >> wel

how much did he make and how much did he pay? t t >>> the man charged with trayvon martin could be a step closer to getting out of jail. let's go outfront. >>> good evening. i'm tom foreman in for erin burnett. thanks for joining us. outfront tonight, the new cold war. this evening, the united nations' security council has wrapped up an emergency meeting on what, if anything, can be done to rein in north korea. there are sharp, growing fears that the nation's new, young leader, kim jong-un may be planning a dangerous show of power to repair his country's image after its humiliating failure to launch a long-range rocket into space. the primary concern, the debt facing of a nuclear weapon, a test blast, which intelligence analysts believe north korea is even now preparing. president obama weighed in just moments ago, calling the situation an area of deep concern. the failed rocket launch was a slap in the face to the international community, which repeatedly warned the rogue state to back away from its plans. now, add in iran, whic

>> not so much. i think what we have is a president who is strategically making decisions country by country. we have a nuclear treaty with russia, it's an important treaty, and it will serve us well in years to come. president obama achieved that and previous presidents had not been able to. so i do think that people look at this president the way joe biden described him today. joe biden, the former fair of the senate foreign relations committee, a renowned foreign policy expert for many, many years. he says this is a president we trust, this is a president who sees the complexity and makes the right judgments. >> ari, just quickly, michael her shall wrote today that joe biden ranks as one of the most powerful and influential vice presidents in american history. i'm just curious your perspective. you served alongside a very powerful vice president, cheney. is biden as powerful as cheney was, more powerful, in that category? >> it's hard to know because the vice president's true strength, any vice pr

there's so much talk of sell. last two years we've had moments of distress heading into the summer after strong runs. europe seems to be coming back to the forefront as it did last may and the may before. so i think the market's trying to decide, are we going to have another major distress event as a lot more of the european debt rolls overheading into the first part of the summer. >> and are we going to have another stress event around that europe issue?>> and are we goin another stress event around that europe issue? >> certainly hope not, but i think that's the issue. it seems to me that the calendar of rae financing in the nations does tend to be heavier right around now and the question becomes how these bond auctions go. i think the spanish auction went okay today. nothing to be terribly excited about. but i think the market will be on pins and needles in trying to decide do we need to sell. >> at what point do you get back involved in europe? where do you get involved in say spanish debt or more exposure to

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thank you very much. >> thank you very much. i wanted to begin the discussion by highlights where ambassador new nan just left off. i went to kabul a few weeks back. it was after the koran burning after the shootings at the ministry of interior and kabul was on lockdown. a lot of my meetings were cancelled. the upside is that freed me up to meet more afghans. and to a person, every afghan i met said exactly what ambassador newman just said that there is uncertainty. afghans want to know what we're going to do. the problem a number of them highlighted. fe we don't know how many u.s. forces are going to be there, which development projects are going to continue, how much money is going to be available, how with ke plan? the afghan people are going to be responsible for holding off the taliban or dealing with them somehow. they're gong to be responsible for running their government and holding up their economy. if they don't know what the commitment to the international community and the united states in particular that they can co

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how much of that gets in the way? >> it has an effect. three of the five freshmen i have spent a lot of time with had no prior legislative experience, had never run for office before. a couple of them in particular were behind the eightball for at least half of the legislative section. there were still learning parliamentary tactics. there were still hiring staff. they were still learning how to craft the bills. they just did not have possession of the facts, when it came to particular issues. they relied heavily on outside groups that would basically tell them how to vote, and they would do so. having said that, this is not -- you could also make an argument that there is a lot to be said for fresh faces and fresh forces. democrats elected nine freshmen as well. democrats, much more than republicans, have benefited from these huge waves. in 1932, when franklin roosevelt came to power, 131 democratic pressure came with him. we have seen it on both sides. tavis: i do not want to put you in the same sentence as jack abramoff. he said one of

>> thank you so much, mr. chairman. i would like to appreciate so much the big efforts that you have put to make sure this war come to an end. it has been going on for 26 years. i want to thank senator isakson. when i met you in gulu, i was also touched to see that. and i want to thank mary for the passion you have to ensure that the children who are still suffering at the hands of joseph coney get rescued and also get a second chance like the way i am right now. and i want to thank the u.s. government so much for being involved and putting this agenda on top of all the other issues that they have. it means a lot to ask. that has shown that there is a lot of love for the people, especially the people of northern uganda, central african republic, and democratic republic of congo. i want to share my personal story that i grew up in northern uganda, and from day one, when this war started i saw it as it transitioned to what is now called the lra. and i lost my teenage to this war. i couldn't finish it up, because i got inv