i talk about the united nations i criticize the united nations i say that because it still embodies this kind of university ality this kind of global. consensus global coming together and that respectability that is why it is being used and abused by those who have the political clout and the military clout and economic pressure in order to further their prove their policies which may at times be totally inhumane but give it that's all it respectability so in a sense the united nations is not doing what the charter said it should do. actually what it's doing it's helping you know certain wars certain interests being promoted in a crisis uncivil totally brutal way but with an aura of respectability what do you think about that thomas i mean it it sounds like. it was going to jump in i was going to contrast it seems to me that i would totally agree with the two thousand and three pursuit of the iraq war it seems to me if we're talking about libya it's totally different. i mean this time no state voted against the revival of searches but no state and voted against. you had regional sup

these are tumultuous times, not just for our nation, but all nations. instability in the least, that crises across europe, and the looming threat of nuclear proliferation. the world needs american leadership now more than ever. yet we are struggling to provide it. president obama's policy is have weakened america, and thus diminish america's present some on the global stage. we must correct our course. i have lived overseas four time is. i have seen the world as a diplomat, serving three times as the united states ambassador. i have seen it as a businessman. i have seen it as a humanitarian. i have lived and seen what are most significant competitor nations are due to prepare for the rest of the 21st century, and i have a very clear vision of what america must do as well. i believe the united states has a generational opportunity to redefine its place in the world and reclaim the mantle of global leadership. my administration's approach to foreign affairs will be guided by that which defines the american exceptional listen. and that is our values. liber

another state and israel which is also a member of the united nations. consequently you go she would move on these basis to un member states and one. occupying the territories of another un member state that hell is tying. to feed the sea and moreover getting international recognition would determine all borders which are the nineteen sixty seven borders which include east jerusalem and. in this case any further negotiations between the two parties should be based on the legitimate right of palestine to get its independence. but the. tense of the sea issues a core issue for us since its new commitments if any go shisha is to be held between the two parties in the future if it. i mean best or mr. palestine will get even a nonmember state this it will give you rights is it true that the first thing palestine will do is to go to take israel to the international court this is true and no this is not. we don't plan to use the international organizations to change the israelis so this is possible is it possible not to have this is our right that we have the ri

the only difference was that al qaeda was not a nation state. and the important legal and constitutional issues could we be at war with a non-nation state? and i.t. president bush made that decision for the country that might and that was an important decision because once you make that call, then the united states can turn to laws and rules of the warfare to deal with al qaeda and the threat of terrorism. all of those i think were displayed not just in our invasion in afghanistan and the use of troops and more drones to wipe out much of al qaeda's existing leadership of the time of 9/11 but was put on display and the successful operation to kill osama bin laden over the summer which i think as president obama's greatest foreign policy of the national security achievement the last two and a half years. their use of intelligence provided by people who didn't the team under the laws of the war. electronic surveillance producing more intelligence all put together to locate where osama bin laden had been hiding and then the use of military force to

♪ [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cablete corp. 2011] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." after that, a discussion between -- on the relationship between the u.s. and israel. mop with a boss. >> the only people allowed in the east conference room are the nine justices. who gets the door? >> i was paying very close attention to the discussion as i remembered it. and i fail to hear a knock on the door. billy brennan on my right, they both got up and answered the door. it made me feel like i was two feet high. i learned from that that one of the most important jobs of the junior justice is to remember that you are the dormant. >> john paul stevens on his new memoir,

code to drugs consumed in this nation. -- go to drugs consumed in this nation. once across the border, those huge caches of drugs, what happens with them? the we have the epa in the caa and other enforcement institutions, -- the cia and other enforcement institutions? whether destiny your or seattle or dissent francisco, or everywhere in the states. -- whether it goes to seattle or san francisco or new york are everywhere in the state's -- or everywhere in the states? try to get it out there so we do not get in trouble here. let's keep them there. there is a request of holding the drug down there. i am sure you are aware of the price we're paying in mexico for doing this job. to start with, 50,000 lives, from 15-25 years old have been killed in the last 10 years. another 50,000 are killed. they're working for the cartels today -- so 150,000 kids that were not born criminals, that do not carry on the gene of criminality, and still i did they pay it with their light, or they are working for the cartels. the conclusion should be that somewhere along the path and th

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we are nation building.ur presence there should not focus on nation building, however, but rather on counter terrorism. it is wishful thinking that staying a couple more years will create instability or civil war. our men and women in uniform have given their all in afghanistan and iraq. they rounded the taliban and crippled al-qaeda and other terrorist networks. they have taken the fight abroad so we don't have to face it here at home. our nation has done its duty. after 6,000 lives lost, and more than $1 trillion spent, it is time to bring our brave troops home. as they return, we will take care of them and help our veterans transition from the battlefield to the home front. we can leave a much smaller footprint in the world while leaving behind much smaller terrorist functions and the special forces presence. and i believe we should. as for the argument that our exit would destablize pakistan, the truth is, only pakistan can save pakistan. only afghanistan can save afghanistan, and right now we should foc

oal of protecting national security. from the beginning we worked f1 o losely with some of the most conservative government officiaand e and citizens organizations as well as the most liberal. one of the reasons the aclu has been non-partisan is violation of and support of civil liberties across all party and ideological lines. the book d alonstrates what i a saying in addition to my piece from the american civil liberties union. the most hard-hittin's rpiece o enouncin's runnec unjustified violations of civil liberties as being counter to national security was authored by former coneroessman bob barr who was a republican m alber of congress from georgia who worked with the cia and in the united states attorney before going into politics. from his perspective of law enforcement and intelligence he too has denounced many of the post 9/11 measures as the worst of both worlds. that makes me jump totorohn's last point which is the one i disagree with the most. i won't yield my opposition to some of those points you made unde

memorial was dedicated today on the national mall.has been nearly half a century since king's famous i have a dream speech during the march on washington. president barack obama and members of king's family were among those who were at the dedication. the president talked about king's legacy. >> when confronting disappointment, dr. king refused to accept what he called the iznus of today. he kept pushing toward the oughtness of tomorrow. as we think about all the work that we must do, rebuilding an economy that can compete on a global stage, fixing our schools so that every child, not just some, but every child gets a world class education, making sure that our health care system is affordable and accessible to all and that our economic system is one in which everybody gets a fair shake and everybody does their fair share, let us not be trapped by what is. >> i recently talked with two of king's children. >> i remember our mother often saying to us anytime we would have dinner or any other kinds of conversations, honor and suffering i

hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter a little you know spacious beginnings libya's national transitional council has announced the country's liberation from the good daffy dictatorship what kind of country libya will now become is anything but clear we would be ruled under islamic law and will the rule of law prevail in the wake of gadhafi is killing and his national unity illusion with so many factions vying for power. to cross the globe is future i'm joined by daniel serwer in washington he's a professor a real lecturer at john hopkins school of advanced international studies also in washington we have paul coring he is a foreign correspondent for the globe and mail and in new york we go to ted rall he is a journalist political cartoonist and author of the anti-american manifesto all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want to me very much encouraging but first what are libya's prospects moving forward well you as you mentioned in the beginning the road ahead of libya is anything but clear and i dare say it is all because of deploy a city deployed

it will bankrupt our nation.emember the debate that the president bowed to there be no public funds used to support this. we have the big fight over the hyde amendment. it had been the law of the land. it would be contained in this document. they are issuing an executive order basically promising people if we do the same thing. i knew that something was amiss. making sure that the hyde amendment becomes the law of the land once again to prohibit federal taxpayer dollars from being used to fund abortions was passed by the house. we'll continue to press to make this the law of the land. our respect for life has never been a political issue. beyond the life issue, we also promised to defend the defense of mary jane. i have to tell you my disappointment when the justice department decided they were going to ignore the law of the land passed in bipartisan way by the congress of the united states insight into law by president clinton that they were going to decide we will not defended this law. i have a constitutional

it is a national impact.if approval of the pipeline were to come through it helps stimulate our economic recovery and put us back on our feet and many here today focus on june creation and recovery -- [inaudible] will have the opportunity to have the best paying jobs here in the united states. so once again, [applause] in summary, this is in the national interest. it's a job creator and provides more energy and security for the united states. we strongly endorse it and hope you will approve quickly. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> hello, greetings to the state department and all of our relatives here. and if pat spears, spears. i number of good sioux tribe chairman and i service present at the nectar of the council on utility poles d. every present the renewable energy policy and development interests of something teen tribes in the great plains, the northern plains area. it's primarily the dakotas, but we are surrounded by this date in north dakota and nebraska. i also live along the missouri r

this week the ten year anniversary of our nation's war in afghanistan by lead came and went and is now the longest war in all of american history and despite ten years of this continuous warfare our nation seems no closer to reaching any sort of responsible conclusion or any way to bring our troops home in fact things seem to be getting worse this past august was the deadliest month in the entire ten year long war with seventy one u.s. soldiers died and so far two thousand and eleven is on pace to be the deadliest year in the entire war surpassing two thousand and ten is the deadliest year which surpassed two thousand and nine is the deadliest year in the war as in over the last three years violence confronting our troops in afghanistan has gotten worse and worse and worse and last week the former commander of the coalition forces in afghanistan retired general stanley mcchrystal brought more about news speaking at the council on foreign relations mcchrystal said that we are maybe a little better than halfway toward reaching our goals in this war he went on to say this about the planni

national interest. this is about an hour. >> host: damon moglen this with friends of the year. we have them both here to talk about the proposed keystone allied pipeline project that would run from canada all the way down to the u.s. to the gulf of mexico. cindy showed the organization and the american petroleum institute is supportive of this project. what is the top reason? >> guest: jobs and benefits to the american economy as well as consumers right now. >> host: and damon moglen, a lot of opposition but for a variety of reasons, what is the most difficult thing about this project? is it where it goes to the united states? is that the drilling taking place? layout the biggest concerns. >> guest: >> guest: there are a whole series of concerns. this project is really an environmental disaster. the situation in canada itself is the creation of tar sands oil is very damaging to the environment. is also a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. in addition what we have is a situation which the com

ok the cold war ended, the nation was liberated, like other nations.ut now they find himself on line of scrimmaged to follow the american way. it brings recentment against americans. my point about this is not that it is bad. i would argue that for the americans, it is actually good that the people outside the u.s. often criticize them. i'm not saying americans should not lead. i'm not saying that the political example, the moral example, and if they are criticized, given they are sometimes unfairly criticized that's because for many people outside the u.s., americans are larger than life. and that again, they're holding you to a bigger standard, a larger standard than you probably apply to yourself. that is good for americans in the long run in my opinion. >> i agree with that. when obama became the president, there was enthusiasm around the world towards the american president. and how it's good for the u.s. they are not paying u.s. taxes, but i think for the image and the standing of the united states, it is a good thing to have a popular president.

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> how your legal expenses handled, and how did you pick your attorneys, and things like that? >> my book publisher has handle them for the most part. recently, this has been going on so long, my lawyers have agreed to do this pro bono. they have been very supportive. >> that is a former u.s. attorney. >> yes, david kelly, the great lawyers. >> nothing like free lawyers. [laughter] >> given what you described as the atmosphere in congress, is there any activity on the part of publishers, media organizations, reporter organizations, to try to put pressure on, or to change that atmosphere? >> well, they have been pushing the shield law. newspapers and other media groups have been trying to get the shield law, but it has been stopped -- i do not know if it ever got out of the senate judiciary committee, but it was stuck in the committee for a long time. it may have gotten on the floor, but it died. it is basically been in limbo for a year or two. after they got this compromise

speaker, i rise today in support of the goals and the ideals of national adoption movent and national adoption day both of which will be held next month in november, 2011. national adoption month, which was first designated in 1995 promotes national awareness of adoption and recognizes the thoughtful efforts of individuals and organizations working with orphans and foster children. national adoption day was launched through the coalition, national adoption day marks the day that agencies, agencies and families come together to complete foster care adoptions. too many foster care children are waiting to be adopted. for this reason i joined numerous fellow house colleagues, h.res. 433 supporting the goals and ideals of national adoption day and month in november. this will bring awareness and encourage that every child has a permanent home with a loving family. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> request permission to address the house for one minut

all nations get it.quity investors have a big stake in europe, said it hit directly if european markets go down, and if that happens, that could trigger an avalanche in declines in other equity markets around the world. fifth, the united states money market funds, 40% of their assets are invested in short- term liabilities in european banks. needless to say, if european banks are in trouble, we will talk about that in a minute, then our money markets and investors get hit. finally, there is the unknown unknowns, and that is we do not know the extent of counter-party exposure to europe. we do not know who gets hit, so in 2008, aig to be rescued, largely because the regulators feared counter-party risk. we do not know anenough who they are and whether there could be another aig or aigs. if that does not scare you enough as to why this matters, it should, and here is what we suggest. at the beginning it is important to understand that our three separate entered-related problems in europe -- number one, ther

she is now a member of aclu's national advisory council. professor strossen has made literally thousands of public presentations before dye -- die veers audiences. she was the most active of officers at the aclu in going around the country and talking about civil libertiesed. i had the privilege of being on a number of presentations with her over the years and enjoyed them very much, and she also was in defatiguable in meeting with chapters of the aclu as she went around on speaking tours. she has also spoken in many foreign countries. she made over 5,000 campus appearances, if i understand correctly. her writings have been published in many scholarly and general interest publics. she has more than 250 published work and two books, one entitled "defending pornography," and another titled holiday pate speech, civil rights and civil liberties." she has received numerous awards and honorary degrees and was selected as both the it's jay see's, one of the ten outstanding young americans award, and the jay cee outstanding person of the world awar

[cheers and applause] >> this is not a nation by government. this is a nation by people. and government has become too intrusive, too big, too fast. and that's why it has been difficult for this economy to turn around. when i say too intrusive, when they tell us what kind of health care we have, or join a union and government has become too intrusive and we are going to stop the intrue siffness of the federal government and not be directed by the bureaucrats in washington. when the federal government consumes 25% of our total economy, we are going to say no more and cut it back to 20% and time to cut back the size of the federal government and to a size that is manageable and it's within the course of america's greatness, which is keep government small and let people have greater rights. >> yeah! >> i'm afraid that president obama for far too many years has taken his guidance from the social democrats of europe that thought government placing a heavier and heavier hand on people and free enterprise would make things better. that hasn't worked. the right course is not to b

and that is you know just part of the national and patriotic project right thinking people with national support. you see is run by the board meets these twenty six individuals it's sort of all of the major policies that you know the structure of the institution as a whole that's grounds and buildings i know its emissions policies. and of course the nuclear weapons laboratories. eighteen of them are appointed by the governor and and seven of them are ex official members of the state bureaucracy that are outside us profile members of the board of regents the governor selects the regents and he tends to select guys or every once in while women too but mostly guys who are big campaign contributors or who are allies politically influential allies. of the governor ever since tuesday was founded one hundred forty years ago the regions have been appointed by the governor primarily on the basis of political patronage corporate elites who have given tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to the governor and his political campaigns usually get rewarded with a seat on the border regions. and

it is how we deal with national pride. there is no reason why the issue of being german should take a back seat. >> for me, being german means being part of the world. maybe that is the way to see it. so it is not anything special. we are just one nation among many. >> it seems that critical self examination as part of being german, but it does not totally exclude a sense of pride. >> what it means to be german is the focus of "in data." thank you for joining us.

on a show that you vote for something less there's the taliban bad guys vicious beginning libya's national transitional council has announced the country's liberation from the kicked off each paper showing what kind of country. get up sometimes you see a story and it seems so horny you think you understand it and then he lives something else and you hear sees some other part of it and realize everything is off you don't know i'm charming welcome to the big picture. download the official anti up location show i phone the i pod touch from the i choose up still. life on the go. video on demand on cheese mine comes an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the call to calm. the phone. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we dump the future of coverage. clinicians. couldn't take three. lawyers judges. maintenance free. free. free. lunch just let it be over for your media projects a free media gun tard teton time. soon . live to. follow the welcome to cross talk computor a little in our spacious beginnings libya's national transitional council h

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ninety nine percent one of my guests this hour begs to differ made her his new flat tax because the nation might be flat lined and can't we just all get along and ideally take i'll tell you about the one thing occupy wall street and the tea party should agree on it could revolutionize the united states with. the rick perry team is reaching into their bag of tricks to desperately revamp a campaign on the edge of failure to looks like they may have found a nifty little scheme that republicans can't get enough of nowadays a flat tax hike when herman cain's nine nine nine plan which imposes a nine percent tax on personal income nine percent flat tax on corporate income and nine percent splat sales tax on everything perry introduced yesterday a twenty twenty plan it replaces the corporate tax rate currently at thirty five percent with a twenty percent flat tax and it also lets the wealthiest americans those who pay thirty six percent income taxes right now to opt into this new flat tax system so they only up a twenty percent oh end of the lebanese capital gains taxes. in fact this paris hilton

they are no longer a recipient nation but now they are a donor nation. and they are an incredibly important strategic partner of the united states picks i just want to acknowledge, mr. chairman, those members of our own committee who, years ago, answered our nation's call, answered the world's call and came to the rescue of this nation. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. crowley is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i can't help but make the observation that it's i believe almost 270 days and we're still way for a jobs bill. i hope this is not the extent of the jobs bill we can look forward to. and i also think we're looking for some vision from the other side of the aisle. i hope the vision doesn't stop the notion of simply cuts, cuts, cuts. cut social security, cut medicare without any vision for opportunity for america to move forward. and we're still waiting for that jobs bill and i will continue to wait. i won't hold my breath but it will continue to wait. i am glad we're here today at this particular moment because the democrats and this administ

the national debts of greece will reach one hundred eighty one percent of g.d.p. next year and of course but completely unsustainable banks own so they're not charities so they're obviously resisting these moves they say that if a. loan is just like that then the market will simply draw our. leaders knew there wouldn't be an agreement crisis meeting and already before this summit took place was saying that there will be an extra extraordinary summits by wednesday and that we've received leaders have agreed to create a european governments with the euro zone summits to enforce it is to control countries like italy there's been a blazing row here between prime minister silvio berlusconi who reportedly refused any more national measures also the public realm between france and germany is worrying investors france wants a big. it's already it's hundreds of billions of euros but it wants more. potential any potential failures in the eurozone. they could be more countries next whereas germany. is well aware that the german taxpayers will have to pay for any such bailout

[applause] let's renew the economy of this nation. [applause] this is the greatest country in the world, and we have people that are apologizing for america's greatness. as your president, i will never apologize for the greatness of america because of the spirit of america that build this great country. ronald reagan, one of our greatest presidents, used to describe this nation as that shining city on a hill, but in the last several years, that shining city on a hill has slid down to the side of the hill because of this struggling economy, because this administration is weakening our military, because of foggy foreign policy around the world, and because of a severe defirst deficiency of leadership. i believe that the american people are saying loud and clear that they want to move this shining city on a hill back to the top of the hill where it belongs, and i believe that we can do that in november 2012. [applause] there's two things that people haven't figured out yet. some of them are still trying to answer the question, why is her

the simple fact is since our nation got cod and our sovereignty over the trans national corporations under the guise of free trade we no longer make computers or t.v.'s or clothes or power tools or toys or pretty much anything in the us anymore except military hardware junk food and burgers so unless you are using your stimulus money to buy a cruise missile or lunch at a seven eleven then more than likely that money was just going to go to a foreign business to pay taxes to foreign governments and employ foreign workers who then go out my foreign things all the while the c.e.o.'s of what used to be american corporations but are now transnational giants are making more and more money and slipping americans and hiring workers in bangladesh for a tenth of the price where by the way they can also pollute pollute all they want our economy used to be focused on empowering american industries and empowering american workers but now the focus is on paying them less and less to compete with former labor as sir james goldsmith one of the richest men in the world at the time noted in his book t

we pay our nation's taxes. we fight our nation's wars. but we have no vote.lly, the nation's capital is the last remaining battlefront of the american revolution. residents of the district of columbia live in a state of tierney, taxation without representation. -- live in a state of terror and the -- tyranny, taxation without representation. are king marched on this issue. he said congress was derelict in their duties and sacred responsibility to make justice and freedom in reality for all citizens of the district of columbia. yet all of those years later, those who live in our nation's capital are still denied the right of self-determination and representation. the district of columbia cannot even approve our own local budget, a local laws, without permission from congress in which we have no voting voice. day in and day out, the residents live under the yoke of injustice. it is time for this to end. [applause] as we celebrate this momentous dedication, i implore all of you, mr. president, members of congress, stand for the people of the district of columbia

these are tumultuous times, not just for our nation, but all nations. instability in the middle east, debt crises across europe, and did sliming threat of nuclear proliferation treat the world needs american leadership now more than ever. yet, we're struggling to provide. president obama's policies have weakened america. thus diminish america's presence on the global stage. we must correct our course. i have lived overseas for times. i have seen the world as a diplomat, serving three times as united states ambassador. i've seen it as a businessman. i have seen it as a humanitarian. i have lived and seen what our most significant competitor nations are doing to prepare for the rest of the 20th-century and i have a very clear vision of what america must do as well. i believe the united states as a generational opportunity to redefine its place in the world and reclaim the mantle of global leadership. my administration's approach to foreign affairs will be guided by that which defines american exceptional as some. that is our values. liberty, democracy, hu

she invited her counterparts on the national committee over to share this reception. bring this up only because the day this event happened was the day, guess it was the day that passed the house and they were very surprised at how fast it passed congress which caught everybody by surprise. certainly they had all these states passing it and falling into line. was just the last two states that gave them fits. now of course griffith was blanchard's running mate when she came out so she would have had interaction with her at that time. >> sara is this your first book? >> this is my first nonfiction book. i've written a couple of novels and if you asked me which is harder, novel or a nonfiction book, i would say a nonfiction book because you can't make it up. [laughter] first i'm going to take a little break that i will say this. i like to think of my experience as a novelist helped me in writing this book has you will learn a lot along the way in terms of telling a story and pacing and trying in trying to understand the characters and i hope in doing this book. >> bill b

all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs and now from washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. we welcome to the broadcast this morning senator john mccain. he's just back from libya. we'll get to questions about that and republican politics in a minute. senator, welcome to the broadcast. >> thank you. >> schieffer: the first thing i want to ask you about the this morning. at the recent republican debate, the audience booed when a gay soldier asked a question and the candidates on stage said nothing. last night the president jumped all over that at a gay rights dinner. i know you opposed ending don't ask don't tell but i want to play a bit of what the president said and get your reaction. >> we don't believe in that. we don't believe in standing silent when that happens. we don't believe in them being silent. you want to be commander in chief? you can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states, even when it's not

and if america is to be a great nation, this must become true.enys of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snowcapped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the cur vicio va, slopes of california. but not only that, let freedom ring from stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee. let freedom ring from every hill and mole hill of mississippi, from every mountain side! let freedom ring! and when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children, black men and white men, jews and genti gentiles, protestants and catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual, "free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we are free at last!" >> that was martin luther king jr. august 28th, 1963. fast forward here to october 16th, 2011, where the president of the united states has just finished joining in in the celebration of the dedic

but this is a threat to the national sovereignty of this country, potentially the national sovereignty of our friends from israel and our friends if saudi arabia. this is -- this could have been the major incident that set off a chain reaction and could have done who knows what to the future of mankind and these crazy people would do that using a criminal element that is smuggling horrible drugs and people for illicit purposes into our country every day and you're talking about the marijuana loads, they pack hundreds of backpacks across the border loaded with marijuana almost daily. and they march right on into texas and arizona and in your case they go off into the federal lands, into the reservations and up to the highway and off to the east coast, the west coast. in our case they come across the border, walk through ranches, get up to the highway, east coast to west coast. we are the major dispersal route for all this illegal and illicit poison they're selling and that's who they would hire to deliver a blow against two of our allies. that's frightening what could have occurred. mr.

national memorial. nbc's brian moore has the details. ♪ >> reporter: on a brilliant autumn day on washington's national mall, dr. martin luther king jr. took his place alongside lincoln, jefferson and washington. >> you will stand for all time among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it. >> tens of thousands attended the official dedication of the king national memorial. an event that weaved together musical tributes with political calls for social justice. >> do what we must do to create a better world. >> reporter: it was a celebration of a simple minister turned martyr, a towering figure in american history who stood barely 5'7" tall. >> now he's 30 feet tall along down on everybody. >> reporter: for dr. king's children, it was a day to celebrate a legacy that lives on. >> so while we commemorate his memory today with this great memorial, let us not confuse or forget what he stood for and died for. >> reporter: a day to honor a man and a dream of peace of racial equity

narcotics officers association, the national association of counties, the national league of cities,the u.s. conference of mayors, and the national criminal justice system. a few quotes in terms of supporting this legislation, i would ask my colleagues from both sides to consider, chief michael carroll, chief of the international association of chiefs of police, the president, who said "for more than 20 years our organization has advocated the creation of a commission that would follow in the footsteps of the 1965 presidential commission on law enforcement. the iecp believes it is imperative that the national criminal justice act be approved in a timely fashion. for far too long our nation's law enforcement and criminal justice system has lacked a strategic plan that will guide and integrate public safety and homeland security." chuck canterbury, national president of the fraternal order of police, law enforcement has changed a great deal in the last few decades. we believe that establishing a national commission will only help law enforcement officers do their jobs more effectively,

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and now it is my privilege to present the national medals of science and the national medals of technology and innovation. [applause] but>> jacqueline k. barton. [applause] the 2010 national medal science to jacqueline k. barton, california institute of technology, for discovery of a new property of the dna helix long-range electron transfer, and for showing that electron transfer depends upon stacking of the base pairs and dna dynamics. her experiments reveal a strategy for how dna repair proteins locate dna lesions and demonstrate a biological role for dna-mediated charge transfer. [applause] ralph l. brinster. [applause] the 2010 national medal of science to ralph l. brinster, university of pennsylvania, for his fundamental contributions to the development and use of transgenic mice. his research has provided experimental foundations and inspiration for broad progress in germ line genetic modification in a range of species, which has generated a revolution in biology, medicine and agriculture. [applause] shu chien. [applause] the 2010 national medal of science to shu chien, university o

president, there's good national commissions and bad national commissions and redundant national commissions and sometimes our national commissions, which are not only needed but vital to the resolution of issues that face us. remain a thinking, as i speak, of the first of the commission in wartime contracting which senator mccaskill and i introduced four years ago and which resulted in a finding of between $30 billion in fraud, wasted, and abuse ands in contracts that have gone to iraq and afghanistan and also provided a model for the way that we should be approaching such contracts in the future, and i would put this particular national commission in that category. tbas put together after much -- tbas put together after much thought and many hearings. it is paid for. it is sunsetted at 18 months, and it's dedicated to helping us resolve and issue of very serious national purpose. we began on this issue -- i began on this issue before i came to the senate, the issue of the imbalance in our criminal justice system, and the need to bring a comprehensive resolution in terms of how we handle cr