mukasey, what happened?l, that's an excellent question, alisyn. i think that what's gone on here is that the iraqi government is more and more adjusting its policies to please its neighbor, iran. because our, our presence there is diminishing. and so, and the iranians, obviously, want these people stamped out. and as a result, the iraqis have been cracking down on them and we're not in a position to do anything about it. >> alisyn: secretary ridge, have you gotten a response to your open letter to president obama yet? >> we have not gotten a response and frankly, what we hear from the state department on a regular basis, that it continues to be under advisement, that i think we need to understand that the european union looked at the available evidence, the u.k. assembled a group of juryists and said the designation of this group as a terrorist organization is perverse. our court of appeals said 18 months ago, we see no evidence of any kind that these individuals should be listed as a terrorist organization

join me in welcoming attorney general mukasey. [applause] >> i would like to thank the heritage foundation for doing this. it is a pleasure to be in the company of people who are lot of folks are braying about the constitution are actually thinking about it. i want to start my part of the conversation with a return to basics and figure out how it is that we got to where we are. my copy of the constitution by will admit maybe i got it for nothing, maybe i didn't get the whole thing. it says executive power shall be vested in the president of the united states of america. it says the executive power. it doesn't say all except a small part of the executive power. it is all of it. the executive power. which i could explain how it is people are spending billions of dollars to be elected president. what would you want to be president without all of the executive power. on the other hand, the powers of congress to legislate are enumerated. they're entitled to legislate specific subjects and the framers very carefully listed the subject o

and now please join me welcoming attorney general mukasey. [applause] >> i too would like to thank the heritage foundation in doing this. it is a pleasure to be in the company of a people who while a lot of folks are braying about the constitution, are actually thinking about it. i want to start my part of the conversation with a little return to basics and try to figure out how it is that we got to where we are? my copy of the constitution, and i will admit, maybe it is just, and i got it for nothing so. [laughter] maybe they didn't give me the whole thing. it says, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the united states of america. that is the way article 2 begins. it says the executive power. doesn't say all except a small part of the executive power. all except a teeny bit of executive power. it is all of it, the executive power. that explains how it is that people are spending literally billions of dollars to be elected president. why why would you want-to-be president if you didn't get all the executive power? on the oth

michael mead casein john ashcroft will talk about national security interests -- michael mukasey and john ashcroft will talk about national security interest. >> if has been almost 30 years since the small groups proposed building a memorial to honor dr. king, this sunday, the official dedication of the martin luther king jr. memorial in washington, d.c. live coverage begins this sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> "washington journal" is next. we will take your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets. the house gavels in at noon. a number of budget cuts, with a net at laying out defense priorities. -- with defense secretary panetta laying out defense priorities. coming up this hour, we will coming up this hour, we will

later, a former attorney general michael mukasey and john ashcroft will talk about national security and the u.s. constitution. the discussion is moderated by former attorney general edwin meese who served in the reagan administration. that is live from the heritage foundation on c-span-2 at noon eastern. now presidential candidate jon huntsman talks about his foreign policy plan. a former u.s. ambassador to china and utah governor spoke at southern new hampshire university. the event was hosted by the world affairs council of new hampshire. this is about an hour. >> good morning. i am the director of the world affairs council. we are pleased you are joining us for foreign policy conversations with the candidates. our mission as a non-profit, non-partisan organization is to promote understanding of world affairs. that goal is never more critical than in a presidential primary. in the last midterm election, less than 10% of americans reported considering foreign policy when voting, despite the fact that domestic issues are linked with world affairs. it is now our national initiative o

and prior to that michael mukasey and alberto gonzales. i think michael mukasey was the first one. and i think gonzÁlez didn't last long enough to subpoena me. and so has to go to the attorney general. the attorney general in my opinion would not do this without approval of the white house. i think it probably goes to the white house council. i'm sure it goes to the white house counsel and msha goes to the president to subpoena a reporter from a large news organization with the potential of putting them in jail. and so it just on paper it goes to the attorney general. i think it goes beyond that, too. >> the need to protect elites with respect to national security, is that a leading cause in your mind the failure to pass the federal shield law? >> yeah, i think the shield law, if you don't know, shield law is, legislation been stuck in congress for several years to give reporters the form of a privilege that would protect them from these kind of subpoenas. federal shield law has been stuck in the senate, i think it passed the house a couple years ago. in order to get approval from

in the case of the blind sheikh, according to michael mukasey, the former attorney general, in the course o of prosecuting owe march abdul rahman, the government was execialtiond as it is in all cases, to charge a conspiracy charge and to turn over a list of unindicted coconspirators to the defendants. within day, a copy of that list of unindicted coconspirators reached bin laden in khartoum. the negs a list, because you had to do it according to our civilian court system, where notice requirements are very important, where generally our court systems are open, would be provided to osama bin laden, in my view, is unacceptable, a risk we could have avoided if we treated him as he should have been treated, which is as an enemy combatant and tried in a military commission. civilian trials of enemy combatants have provided a treasure troaive of in fact to terrorists and i think those risks have been very discounted by my esteemed colleagues who have come to the floor to oppose my amendment. according to open-source reporting, the cost of disclosing information unwisely became compleer after t

later, michael mukasey and john ashcroft will talk about national security issues and the u.s. constitution. a discussion islam moderated by the former -- is moderated by the former attorney general edwin meese. the pentagon will implement $350 million in budget cuts over the next 10 years under a compromise reached in august by congress to raise the debt ceiling. we will hear the arm secretary john mchugh talk about those reductions next. he spoke for about 30 minutes. >> last year you might recall this was the first opportunity i had to speak with you as the army secretary because my first appearance in 2009 i had only been on the job of few weeks, and i was still trying to find my way our round -- my way around. now i have gone from being the new been to the old timer. since i first spoke to you in 2009, since last year, i have now worked with three different chiefs of staffs, two secretaries of defense, to deputy secretaries of defense, to chairman, and two vice chairman of the joint chiefs, and i have to tell you i would have thought i would have a better parking space by

problems and economic threat brought on by the chinese communist party government senator schumer to mukaseynd collins and i havens and been working to get this bill to i bio the the floor and think the largerusually leader who usually ssiits at this br desk will bring it to the floor to respond to secure a simple response to the protection of policies this isn't the u.s. rd and turning inward this is the response of protectionism to theicies chinese economic policies that have been unfair when the chinese have cheated and that us, cost american jobs and we know a when we lose one if it closes the 50,000 senator sanders said earlier today 50,000 factories 50,0 closing the country the last this decade or so not all because of china i don't blame them but a what it doe factory closes with a with a distinct community whether it is in harrisburg or ury or clevelan borat current or canton andi'm encouraged by my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to see how a protectionist trade policies undermine businesses and ultimately most importantly cost american jobs we all knownow the problem for year

prior to that, michael mukasey. i think gonzales did not last long enough to subpoena me. it has to go to the attorney general. the attorney general in my opinion would not do this without the approval of the white house. i think it probably goes to the white house counsel. i'm sure it goes to the to subpoena a reporter for large news organizations with the potential of putting them in jail. on paper, it goes to the attorney general. i think it goes beyond that. >> you document about the need to protect leeks with as far as national security. is that a leading cause in your mind with the failure to pass a federal shield law? >> yes. a shieldn't know what law is, there has been legislation stuck in congress for several years to get reporters a form of a privilege that would protect them from these kind of subpoenas. the federal shield law has been stuck in the senate. i think it passed the house a couple of years ago. in order to get approval from the white house, even the obama white house, they had to agree to a larger loophole for national security reporting. as it is cu

speakers include former attorneys general john ashcroft and michael mukasey. our military must remain the finest in the world. it must be an agile and deployable full spectrum force that can deter conflict, project power and win wars. that is a great challenge and that challenge will bring about difficult times in the difficult decisions, but i would tell you as well it is also an opportunity, an opportunity to shape, to change, to transform the army not just to come to terms with the fiscal constraints of today, but to better meet the challenges that we know somewhere, sometime we will face. >>> building a memorial to honor dr. king and the sun. what the official dedication of the martin luther king, jr. national memorial in washington, d.c.. live coverage begins at 9 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> remarks now by the president of kaiser permamente bernard tyson. he spoke about the challenges facing the health care industry, changes brought about by the health care law. and now his company is leading the industry in disease prevention and technological advances.

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