the executive director of the national coalition on black six participation and also the computer of the black women's roundtable brought us together always with dr. height at the center. the woman whose round table are in the house please stand and let us acknowledge you. there we are. [applause] black women and leadership standing strong and firm. and dr. malveaux of the college for women. are you in the house still? there you are. dr. barbara skinner always the worker. i've got your notes and your order. i will be there. thank you, dr. barbara of. and let me introduce to you a man, dr. mr. joe coleman, former singer of the plotters who planned this song for our beloved dr. dorothy. is entitled "i gave my all." ♪ ♪ >> hello. it's a long ride from up here. i just want to say i wrote this song as a gift from god. a song about dr. height and the life built around the music [inaudible] ♪ did i touch your life ♪ did i touch your heart ♪ is the world you see more of what you are ♪ ♪ did i give you strength to endure the pain ♪ ♪ i at times worked hard ♪ did you speak my name ♪ is your li

as part of our 46-nation coalition, allies and partners have increased their commitments, as well. we are partnering with afghan and coalition forces and have begun to reverse the momentum of the insurgency. we have taken the fight to the taliban and push them out of the strongholds and are working to get afghans' the opportunity to reclaim their communities. we have taken secretary measures to avoid civilian casualties. i have reiterated in my meeting with president hamid karzai that the united states will continue to work with our afghan and international partners to do everything in our power to avoid actions that harm the afghan people. after all, it is the afghan people we are working to protect from the taliban which is responsible for the vast majority of civilian deaths. the training and development of afghan security forces continues so they can begin to take the lead in securing next year. we're working with the afghan government and our allies with a broader framework to guide the transition and responsibility for security, development, and governments in afghan province

. >> there are also three lawsuits that have been filed against this law, the national coalition of latino it usurps federal authority and immigration enforcement could lead to racial profiling, and two police officers are suing because it would hinder police investigation and hispanic brother is an violates the 14th mm at right of equal protection. would you consider intervening in the litigation by any other party you? again, our review is underway come and exactly what procedural step we're going to take we have not yet decided. i will need to interact with our team that has been looking at the law, and it has been conducting this review. and on the basis of that interaction will decide what action were going to take, if any. >> well, another troubling aspect of the arizona law is it requires local law enforcement to confirm what federal authority the legal status of anyone who's arrested regardless of the offense. in many cases it would take days for the department of homeland security to respond to such a request. if the police decide not to press charges based on the underlying offen

the executive director of the national coalition on black six participation and also the computer ofoundtable brought us together always with dr. height at the center. the woman whose round table are in the house please stand and let us acknowledge you. there we are. [applause] black women and leadership standing strong and firm. and dr. mveaux of the college for women. are you in the house still? there you are. dr. barbara skinner always the worker. i've got your notes and your order. i will be there. thank you, dr. barbara of. and let me introduce to you a man, dr. mr. joe coleman, former singer of the plotters who planned this song for our beloved dr. dorothy. is entitled "i gave my all." ♪ ♪ >> hello. it's a long ride from up here. i just want to say i wrote this song as a gift from god. a song about dr. height and the life built around the music [inaudible] ♪ did i touch your life ♪ did i touch your heart ♪ is the world you see more of what you are ♪ ♪ did i give you strength to endure the pain ♪ ♪ i at times worked hard ♪ did you speak my name ♪ is your life fulfilled ♪ do you

was seriously considering following him because he's created this coalition now called the national coalition for change and his facebook group has 200,000 people in ejust a minute. -- egypt. i'm really worried that he's surrounding himself by all these old faces from political parties that don't deserve any attention right now. so when he comes back to egypt because elbaradei, i'm going to tell him this. and if he doesn't get rid of these old faces, i'm just not going to support him anymore. stop here for a minute. this is a 29-year-old egyptian who is saying, you know, this nobel peace prize laureate who we hope is, you know, our new hope in egypt, he's doing politics as usual. and this is what facebook and twitter are doing for young people in egypt. malaysia and other countries where we don't have the kind of arguments you would have on tv. in this country people from the mainstream media -- and i consider myself one of them, you know, always think back, you know, the good old days when we were in control. when told everybody how to think. there were no good old days when it came to the m

i was seriously considering following him because he has created this national coalition for change.is facebook group has to wonder thousand people in egypt. i kept -- has 200,000 people in egypt. he is running himself by faces that do not deserve attention right now. whee he comes back to egypt, i'm going to tell them this. if he does not get rid of these old faces, i'm just not going to support him anymore. some people say, this is a 29- year-old egyptian who is saying, this nobel peace prize laureate, but we hope is our new hope in egypt, he does not cut it with me, because he is doing politics as usual. this is what facebook and twitter are doing for young people in countries around the world, where we do not have the kind of arguments you have on tv. in this country, people from the mainstream media it -- and i consider myself one of them -- always look back on the good old days when we were in control and we told people how to think. there were no good old days when it came to the media in our world. the golden age is now. the golden age is being created. the more we remember h

i was seriously considering following him because he has created this national coalition for change. his facebook group has to wonder thousand people in egypt. i kept -- has 200,000 people in egypt. he is running himself by faces that do not deserve attention ght now. whee he comes back to egypt, i'm goin to tell them this. if he does not get rid of these old faces, i'm just not going to support him anymore. some people say, this is a 29- year-old egyptian who is saying, this nobel peace prize laureate, but we hope is our new hope in egypt, he does not cut it with me, because he is doing politics as usual. this is what facebook and twitter are doing for young people in countries around the world, where we do not havthe kind of arguments you have on tv. in this country, people from the mainstream media it -- and i consider myself one of them -- always look back on the good old days when we were in control and we told people how to think. there were no good old days when it came to the media in our world. the golden age is now. the golden age is being created. the more we remember how

as part of our 46 nation coalition, allies and partners have increased their commitment, as well. we are partnering with afghan and coalition forces and have begun to reverse the momentum of the insurgency. we have taken the fight to the taliban, pushed them out of their strongholds and are working to get afghans the opportunity to claim -- to reclaim their crudities. we have taken measures to avoid civilian casualties. i reiterated that the u.s. will continue to work with our afghan and international partners to do everything in our power to avoid actions that harm the afghan people. the afghan people. it is the afghan people we are working to protect from the taliban which is responsible for the vast majority of innocent civilian deaths. meanwhile, the training and development of afghan security development of afghan security forces and continues so they can begin to take the lead in securities next year. towards this end, we are working with the afghan government and our allies on a broad framework to guide the transition of development, and governance and afghan provinces. i h

>> i have worked with the national coalition to improve maternity services on this for the past year,ecially for informed consent for cesarean. we based all of our efforts on science. it is evidence-based. we did studies of the upper income and upper-middle-class people. we found was a last-minute, glossed over thing that was all going to be ok. in the attachments that you will get is a copy of the risk checklist that women should be given at about 32 weeks of pregnancy, not at term, so that she and her partner can look at it. >> are they both supposed to sign it? >> are believe so. i believe so, and so is the care provider. this is just a suggestion. it is only been adopted by this particular group. when the mother looks at the section of possible problems for my baby, my baby is likely to have breathing difficulties after caesarean. it is normally best for labor to begin and so on. my baby is more likely to die than if it were born vaginally. it is not a high chance, but it is statistically more likely to do that. the mother needs to know that. >> thank you. your third immediate rec

coalition government. the dow good afternoon, everyone. welcome. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome. we want to put aside our party differences and work together in the national interest. since i set that goal, both of our parties have given their full backing to our coalition agreement. the liberal-democrat and conservative government that we the first government in 65 years. it will be an administration that is united behind three key principles. freedom, fairness, in responsibility. it will be an administration united behind one purpose -- is to give our country the strong and stable and determined leadership that we need for the long term. in the weeks ahead, we will be out in greater detail of our partnership and a full policy coalition government. you want to say a few words about how we plan to work together and the significance of what we have achieved in coming to this agreement. this morning, as part of the establishing the new government, i have been working cabinet. later today, i will chair the first meeting of our national security council and nick clegg will be at my side. there are five liberal democrat secretaries of state in cabinet, working

they are co-chairs of the national security advisory council at the global leadership coalition.the show. so the budget committee wants to cut this $4 billion out of the roughly $60 billion that is in that budget. why is that a bad idea, admiral loy? >> first offer all it is not a done deal. a better letd was sent to put the 4 billion back into the budget. in the post-9/11 security world that we're still trying to understand let alone actually live in, the collaborative efforts of all of the elements of influence that the united states has to muster has to be put in a package deal around the world to allow us to do what we need to do. and the push into that, that is other than military, must go towards the diplomatic and economic development pieces so there is strength and imagined strength there and real strength there to do the things that they do that are better than the military. >> as opposed to a investment, is that a right way to look at foreign aid? >> i don't think so. it really is an investment and it is an investment in our security. the united states security. what th

>> while on february 27, 2009, the group, the nation wide tea party coalition sponsored and organized 51 tea parties across the country so that was really quite a number of people there so we did it within a day and week of the famous rand on february 19th, 2009 and the day after that on february 28 eric odim put together the taxpayer 230 website and we kept doing what we've been to be using conference calls and twitter and so the radicals really outline the techniques that we use starting. some are also supposed to be used to winning elections? >> sure. ultimately is about the tests and organizing projects. the concept that we use is service leadership. it's basically where everybody is a creation and he gives everyone the respect that we ask everybody to take the load and start working. >> what is the next movement? >> i think the primary. the idea is to follow the values of the tea party movement but the limited government as authorized by the come petition of the free-market and to support primaries are going to support those values within the republican primary and in the democra

the nation's premiere civil and human rights coalition. now, dr.bility, her inspirational quality, they were all there. but i learned many lessons from dr. height about leadership, and i learned leadership skills from her insight, from her mentorship, from all that she did, both great and small, to help impart the talent of one leader to another. i learned from dr. height the power of quiet dignity. i learned from dr. height the art of listening. i learned from dr. height that arrogance without substance is a mortal sin. i learned from dr. height that transparency is important. but that every leader keeps a little artful manipulation in his back pocket or in her purse as the case of dr. height. i learned all those things from her. but i got a chance to see them in action when she first became chair of the leadership conference. because in order to become the chair, she pulled a coup d'etat on a young brother, newly minuted in the civil rights movement, and she taught this young brother a hardball lesson in the politics of civil rights organization,

nation that imposes it. the court also heard from a coalition of 20 religious groups who wrote that life without parole for juvenile offenders is contrary to the central values of their faiths -- mercy, compassion, and forgiveness. the court's decision does not guarantee that kenneth young or any other juvenile offenders will ever be released, but it does guarantee they now are at least entitled to a chance. for "religion & ethics" news weekly, i'm tim o'brien in washington. >>> in other news, shock and dismay in the evangelical community over the resignation of indiana republican congressman mark souder, who admitted to adultery. souder had been outspoken about his evangelical faith and was a fromme innocent supporter of conservative social policy. he confessed to an extramarital affair with a staffer. >>> the state department called for the release of an american relief worker kidnapped in sudan's troubled darfur region. the california woman and two sudanese men were abducted at gunpoint this week. all three work for samaritan's purse, an aid organization founded by evangelical leader franklin graham. >> controve

national organizations. these span from policy advocacy, coalitions like national council of asian-pacific americans, to voter engagement organizations like apia vote and organizations that develop the future leaders of our community, such as the asian-american pacific institute for american studies to the -- kpac is a caucus representing the interests of underserved asian americans and pacific islanders. i'm proud to honor normmy net ta today through thisres. -- norm mineta today through this resolution. before i introduce congresswoman chu, i'd like to have a couple of personal notes, norm mineta had a great impact, as i said, on our communities and the way he's done that is through his delicate diplomacy in the area of san jose where ethnic groups are growing in political activity, oftentimes our communities would be in conflict with the police department. . and he has always shown us the way to resolution. and we can seek ways to make things happen in a positive way. that's one of the most important things that norm has left many of us to pursue here today in congress, to seek partnerships across the aisl

coalition talks starting. >> i would however like to say something also about my own position. if it becomes clear that the national interest, which is stable and principal governme can be best served by forming a coalition between the lab party and the liberal democrats then i believe i should scharge the duties, to fund a government, which is my view of what commanded majority in the house of commons in the green speech and any other company's posts. but i have no desire to stand my position longer than is needed to ensure the past economic growth is assured in the proces of political reform we have agreed moves forward quickly. the reason that we have a hung parliament is that no single party and no single leader was able to win the full support of a country. as leader of my party, i must accept that that is a judgment on me. i therefore intend to ask the labor parties to set in trade the process is needed for leadership election. i would hope that he would be completed in time for the new leader to be an

coalition government. the oilers could afternoon everyone, and welcome. on the steps of downing street yesterday evening i said that nick and i want to put aside party differences and work together in the national interest. since i set out that aim, but the four parties have given their full ballot into our coalition agreement. the liberal democrats and conservative government that we have negotiated. this is the first coalition government in britain since -- for 65 years. it will be an ministration united behind three key principles. freedom, fairness, and responsibility. and it will be an administration united behind one key purpose, and that is to give our country the strong and stable and determined leadership that we need for the long term. in the days and weeks ahead we will together be setting out in greater detail the names and values of our partnership and a full policy program of our coalition government. today we want to say just a full -- a few words about how we plan to work together and the significance of what we have achieved in coming to this agreement. this morning as part of the process of establishing the new government i have been working to appoint a cabinet. later today,

leadership conference which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this month is the nation's premier civil and human rights coalition. under which more than 200 national organizations join together across a diverse array of communities. adl continues to be proud to be a part of the leadership conference family and co-chairs its task forces on human rights and on hate crimes. under wade's stewardship the leadership conference has become one of the nation's most effective advocates for civil and human rights. frank sharry to david's left is the founder and executive director of america's voice, a newly founded organization that is at cutting-edge of addressing head off on the public atmosphere that poisoned the well of immigration reform debate. adl has enjoyed a close partnership with america's voice as we have worked together to beat back those who are poisoning the immigration debate with bigotry. frank is trusted partner and adl has cherished frank's wise counsel and his passion over many years. and we are also delighted, the third to my left, to have on our panel our own national director, abraham foxman whose li

national police. so you have to look at the composite mix of all of the security forces and we are trying to strike the balance between u.s. coalition force and the local nationals. >> so you feel there is no cap and general mcchrystal put call on all of the resources that he felt he needed? >> indeed he has. he's come back to ask for more and it is a constant series of assessments which i personally get involved with on a weekly basis to take a look at the flow of forces and what should go next door in addition to. >> let me talk on a little bit about the enablers in iraq versus afghanistan. can you answer the following: are we addressing force protection on the fall differently in afghanistan and iraq and if yes, then why are we deploying the contractors instead of military personnel? >> sergel our analysis of the force protection is no different regardless of the theater, and it is a strike the balance between is the threat direct fire, indirect fire, aviation missile and then you take a look at the appropriate indications and mornings you would need to identify where the threat would come from. i would tell you that as we look t

now the coalition has the responsibility to do the right thing, which is to restore the nation's financesthat means taking a tough position. what you will be judged by is the results, so that is my point that five years allows the measures to be taken. we expect them not to be popular, but index end the results will be a restoration of country's fortune. -- in the end result will be the restoration of the country's fortune. >> it will punish both sides. >> our role in government is very important, and he pointed out why. liberal democrats being in government means there will be action to counter climate change. we do believe that is an issue. we may have been having giveaways for the wealthiest people. our goal is to make its greener. it is important to work together when it comes to political reform. but as the new way of doing politics. >> you have been in a government that has been popular and very unpopular. what are the pressures on the decision making process and the way you calculate public opinion? what pressures will come to bear? >> there are real pressures. the real pressures a

we were part of the most powerful wartime coalition in human history through world war ii. we stitched together a community of free nations and institutions to ultimately prevail during the cold war. yes, we are clear about the shoralls of our international system, but america has not succeeded by stepping out of cooperation. we have succeeded by spearing those currents in the direction of liberty and justice. it is a nation thriving by meeting responsibilities. we have to shape an international order that can meet the challenges of our generation. we will be steadfast in strengthening goes all the alliances that have served us so well, including those who will serve by your side in afghanistan and around the globe. as influence extends to more countries, we also have to build new partnerships and shapes strongernternational standards and institutions. this engagement is not an end in itself. the international order we seek is one that can resolve the challenges of our times, countering violent extremism and insurgency, stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, and securing nuclear materials, combating a changing climate an

cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for over 20 years now, the mission of the creative coalitionn to nurture, promote, and protect the arts in america. our primary focus has been ours education, the national endowments for the arts, an artist writes. we believe that arts in america is not just an afterthought. it is the soul of our nation. it is also an incredibly beneficial thing to our society, improving our children's education, and also importantly, improving our economy. >> president john kennedy was a great supporter of the arts. inscribed on the walls of the kennedy center are quotes from speeches in which she spoke of his vision for america's cultural life. tonight as we celebrate the arts in the american spirit, these words are especially fitting. i look forward to an america which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievements in business and statecraft. i look forward to an america which will steadily raised the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily enlarge cultural opportunities for all our citizens. and i look forward to an ameri

national interest. since then, both our parties have given their full backing to the coalition agreement. a liberal democrat-conservative government. this is the first coalition government in britain for 65 years. it will be an administration behind the three key principles. freedom, fairness, and responsibility. it will be an administration united behind one key purpose. and that is to give our country the strong and stable and determined leadership that we need for the long term. in the days and weeks ahead, we will together be sending out in detail the aims and the values of our partnership and the full policy program of our coalition government. we want to say just a few words about how we plan to work together, and the significance of what we have achieved in coming to this agreement. as part of the process of establishing a new government, i have been working to appoint a cabinet. i will be chairing the first meeting of our national security council, and nec will be at my side. there will be five working hand- in-hand with conservative colleagues to address the big challenges that b

groups, consumer protection groups, fair lending groups and all our members of the national community reinvestment coalition have been sounding an alarm about poor underwriting, underwriting that not only endangered communities, the tax bases, their municipal governments, their ability to have sound services and celebrate homeownership, but underwriting that was going to impact on the safety and soundness of our banking institutions themselves. those cries, he concluded or actions fell on deaf ears and here we are today. i remember my colleague from new jersey almost three years ago, i remember your words. i don't have them written down in front of me, but i remember them very clearly. this is going to be a tsunami were your words that day. the first time i heard those words used to describe the looming foreclosure crisis. we were told then maybe a million, maybe two million foreclosures. now we know the number is in excess of seven million that have occurred, not to mention job loss and the like. so when i hear people say that -- that the underwriting standards, the consumer people were arguing for underwr

national association of home builders, 175,000 members. the alliance to save energy, the home star coalition, and the retail industry leaders association. this has broad support because it's practical and addresses a real world problem by creating jobs and letting folks save money on their energy bill. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from michigan continues to reserve. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. markey: i yield myself one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. markey: thank you. mr. welch has just gone down the litany of organizations from the national association of manufacturers to the chamber o

coalition. that includes the american federation of government employees, the national treasury employees union who you have heard a few times this morning, the project on government oversight, the-- life society which is medical whistleblowers as well as individuals in law firms such as the employment groups, the truckers a justice center and jim murtagh, kind of a patriarch of medical whistleblowers. all of them at a this event possible and i want to express my appreciation to them. [applause] while we wait for representative van hollen we are going to switch to the teaching part of this program which will be the next phase of the learning events and we are going to start out with a comparison of the senate and how it's whistleblowers writes on national security issues. those were fbi workers, intelligence community workers and all government employees who are threatened by loss of their security clearances, a job prerequisite. >> good morning. my name is mike german and i'm with the american civil liberties union and you may have seen last week the senate intelligence committee put out a rep

coalition government britain's had since world war ii. >> that's right. >> warner: since the churchill cabinet. what kept them together on foreign affairs and national security was defeating the germans. what's going to keep these two parties, conservatives and progressives, united on foreign kls? >> david cameron and i always said before we contemplated the coalition we would pursue a liberal conservative. that means we have clear values supporting democracy, political freedom, human rights, and we will support these important values in the world. but we're skeptical of grand utopian visions to remake the world. in that sense, we want to work with the grain of the societys and nations, work with the world as it is, not as we would wish it to be. and i think that will be the right combination. and there's certainly a lot of agreement with relations with the united states. >> warner: so here you are , this is your third day in office. you're already here in washington. why? does this mean the special relationship is alive and well? >> it is very much alive and well. the first person it speak to prime minister david cameron when he entered the door of

coalition gorment ... government in the sense that the deficit, the national debt, all these recession-related problems are so enormous that no matter who is in number 10 downing street it is pretty clear there are going to have to be massive and sustained cuts in public expenditure. the conservatives are already committed to an emergency budget within 50 days. and although rhetorically these two parties are not natural bedfellows on these big economic questions , both parties seem to recognize that they have to show, first of all, credibility for the international markets and they have to be able to take tough decisions. in a way the normal friction in a coalition government may be lessened simply by the scale of the economic problems they face. but you've already seen cameron jettisoning at least two kind of emblematic conservative campaign pledges: one to give tax breaks to families rather than single parents and another is to accept the liberal democrat proposal to basically take eventually take anybody earning less than 10 thousand pounds a year out of paying income tax altogether. there has been give

and the bill we had before us is one that is strongly supported by a coalition of the national association of manufacturers, the environmentalists and the chamber of commerce. so what does this motion to recommit do? it undermines the basic structure of the bill. it eliminates the rebates to contractors. it eliminates the loan program. it eliminates the public education campaign. it creates burdensome procedures for consumers to claim rebates. and it creates burdensome income thresholds as well. now, we have worked hand in hand with the contractors, the n.a.m., the chamber and others to craft this bill. this motion to recommit is a good thing to vote for if you're against the bill. but otherwise it's filled with a lot of gimmicks. for example, it says no funds provided under this title shall be used for the purposes of conducting travel to gambling or gaming establishments in connection with official duties related to the title. what is that all about? it was just thrown in. there is no issue that was raised. it was just thrown in there. if you believe that this bill makes sense because it

a coalition of dozens of national and state consumer groups who are working to help pass the critical legislation that we are debating today. in addition to the coalition, as a whole, the amendment has been endorsed by individual members as well including the aarp, the consumer federation of america, consumers action, consumers union, and on behalf of its low-income clients, the national consumer law center. these groups have sent a letter to all of us, to each of my colleagues, which reads in part -- "on behalf of consumers, a.f.r. strongly urges you to support whitehouse's interstate lending amendment. by reinstating protections that existed prior to the u.s. supreme court's decision in marquette versus national bank of minneapolis vs. omar service corp. congress will take thea a step in the right direction between level the playing field between national credit card companies and their local and community oriented count parts. the whitehouse interstate lending amendment takes a strong step toward restoring to each state the ability to protect its citizens from lenders based in othe

that is why the military coalition, a consortium of over 30 nationally prominent military and veterans organizations representing more than 5.5 million, current and former service members and their family, oppose the brownback amendment. here we talk all the time about protecting and defending and standing up for our men and women in uniform, many of whom are in iraq or afganistan in harm's way, and, yet, we're about to pass legislation, if it's adopted through an exempt automobile financing dealers from the very people we're trying to protect. i'm not making up these quotes and these numbers. when you have that many organizations expressing their opposition to this amendment, members ought to take note. again, i emphasize, mr. president, i know my language is talking about auto dealers in a generic way. i want to emphasize, over and over again, if i can in these brief remarks, the overwhelming majority do a fair job, an eth kol and -- ethical and moral job, they can tell you how they can be disadvantaged by the unscrupulous dealers out there who can take advantage of the military. it

the science coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of the nation's leading research universities released a report this week entitled "sparking economic growth: how federally funded university research creates innovation, new companies and jobs." this report tells the stories of 100 companies, including google, cisco, s.a.s., scenes, sun power and hewlett-packard that was based on research funded by federal dollars. last are the sponsors of this important legislation. the u.s. chamber of commerce, the business roundtable, the national association of manufacturers, the council of competitiveness, the task force of american ovation, the american chemical society as well as a growing list of over 1,000 major companies, universities, trade associations and professional organizations. all understanding the benefits to u.s. companies of making a sustained commitment to research and stem education. competes is and will continue to be a bipartisan, bicameral effort that every member of this house can feel ownership of and should take bragging rights on. and with that, i reserve the balan

went on to tell me that we were going to go to the united nations by the end of the year and going to pretend we wanted an international coalition and we knew the chinese, the russians and probably the french would oppose us and we were prepared to go it alone so we would wait until the spring and in march. and that became my job the next year working with the agency to come up with its response. >> host: as you point out we were taking our off the ball in afghanistan in the whole effort to find osama bin laden and we were opening up another can of worms. >> guest: the time if it was a terrible mistake. inside the agency as the board began to get around, as we got closer to the march date and a vice president cheney began talking publicly about some sort of connection between saddam hussein and al qaeda we began calling it the big lie at the agency because all of us knew there was no connection between osama bin laden and saddam hussein. none whatsoever. >> host: you have written a terrific book. we have got a little that time is their anything you want to say as a sort of concluding set of observations? >> guest: i would like t

nation tradition, so my liberal democratic colleagues have looked to the future by reaching back to the inspiration of gladstonian liberalism. so together we will use the opportunity provided by this new coalition government to send the signal that britain once again is open for business. and i want people around the country and all over the world to know that if you want to come here, invest here, create jobs here, that we will be on your si. we will back enterprise, not just as an end to itself, but as the way to build a stronger and fairer society. fairer society.

on to tell me that we were going to go to the united nations by the end of the year and we were going to pretend we wanted an international coalition. we knew the chinese, the russians and probably the french would oppose us and we were prepared to go along. we were going to wait until the spring and do it in march and that became my job for the next year working with the agency to come up with its response. >> host: and as you point out, that just meant we were taking our off the ball in afghanistan and the whole effort to find osama bin laden, and we were opening up another can of worms. >> guest: i thought at the time it was a terrible mistake, and i will say one other thing. inside the agency as the word began to get it out and we got closer to the march date and vice president cheney began talking publicly about some sort of connection between saddam hussein and al qaeda we began calling it the big lie at the agency because all of us knew there was no connection between osama bin

years now the mission of the creative coalition has been to nurture, promote and protect the arts in america. our primary focus has been arts education and the national endowment of the arts and artists lights we believe arts in america is not just an afterthought but the soul of our nation. it is also an incredibly beneficial thing in our society improving our children's education and also very importantly improving our economy. tim? >> president john kennedy was a great supporter of the arts. there are quotes in his speeches for america's cultural life. tonight as we celebrate the arts and the american spirit these words are especially fitting. i look forward to an america which will reward achievements in the arts as we reward achievements in businesses and statecraft. i look forward to an america which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily enlarge cultural opportunities for all our citizens. and i look forward to an america which commands respect throughout the world, not only for its strength but for its civilization as well. i am certain that after the dusk of the century has passed over our cities

coalition talks. >> i like to say something also about my own position. if it becomes clear that the nationalt which is stable and principal government would be best served by forming a coalition between the labor party and the liberal democrats, that i believe i should discharge that duty to form that government which would, in my view, command a majority of the house of commons. but i have no desire to stay in my position longer than is needed to ensure the path to economic growth is assured in the process of political reform we have agreed to move forward quickly. the reason that we have a hung parliament is that no single party and no single leader was able to win the force of all of the country. as leader of my party, i must accept that that is a judgment on me. i intend to ask the labor party the process is needed for its own leadership election. i would hope that it would be completed in time for the new leader to be imposed by the time of the labor party conference. i will play no part in that contest and blackmail individual candidate. >> a dramatic news there, gordon brown resigning

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> just weeks after the british elections which produced a new prime minister and a coalition government, queen elizabeth ii will announce the new legislative agenda. she will travel from buckingham palace into the house of lords for one of britain's most celebrated occasions, the state opening of parliament, live on c-span2. >> and now capitol hill reporter looks at what is ahead for congress this week. >> john shaw, a couple of timely spending bills coming up in congress next week. once commonly referred to as the tax extenders' legislation. what is in that? >> for much of the year congress has been focused on health care and financial services reform. it is now finally getting to the meat and potatoes of what it is supposed to do, including both tax measures and spending third on the house side, but what taking out a $200 billion package of tax cuts and benefit extensions, including extending about a dozen tax cuts that expired at the end of last year, extending unemployment insurance, extending health insurance subsidies for unemployed worker, and providing state medicaid

national press club. on tomorrow's washington journal, we will discuss the gulf oil spill with houston chronicle reporter, a look at britain's new coalition -- government and arizona cost state rep talks about her state's new immigration enforcement law. it begins live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on-line. you can also connect on twitter, facebook, and youtube. sign up for our schedule alert e-mails @ c-span.org. following a cabinet meeting on the response to the gulf of mexico oil spill, president obama issued some firm words for the oil companies involved. he also vowed to end what he called a cozy relationship between oil companies and federal regulators. here is the president's remarks after that meeting. i have been meeting with my cabinet and officials about efforts to stop the bp oil spill. i want to give the american people an update on these efforts. i also want to underscore the seriousness and urgency of this crisis. the potential devastation to the gulf coast, the economy and its people, requires us to continue our relentless efforts to stop the leak and contain t

the bill also provides $1.6 billion for coalition support funds to reimburse nations that are providing logistical military and other support to our troops in iraq and afghanistan. the bill upholds congress' responsibility to provide oversight to the process of drawing down the mountain of material purchase transport and built up in iraq at tremendous expense to the taxpayer. in the era of nonproliferation, the bill continues our focus on keeping weapons of mass destruction and materials out of the hands of terrorists and strengthens our nonprolifetion programs and activities. the bill increases funding for the department of energy's nonproliferation programs and adds funding to continue the administration's plan to secure and remove all known nuclear materials that can be used for weapons. there are other good things in this bill, which my colleagues will cover. i will recognize the armed services committee for their contributions in making this bill one of the best that the committee has put forward in recent years. also, mr. speaker, i want to brag about the wonderful staff that we h

national security. this raises a very dangerous question. i believe that they should and so do 500 mayors that are part of our bipartisan coalition. it is time to close this gap in our gun laws. it is imperative that we close this gap quickly. the car bomb found was not the only attempt at terrorist attack on our cities since 9/11. since 1990, there have been more than 20 terrorist plots across our city. it is critical for congress to fully fund homeland security programs like the securing city's initiative. we want to make it hard for them to attack us. the nypd prevent the two major planned attacks on our city. the first was when terrorist purchase guns and explosives as part of a planned attack on a temple in the bronx. the second was when the city and federal authorities broke up a plot to detonate explosives in the new york city subway system. of course, the planned attacks have not been limited to new york. last june in arkansas, a man opened fire in a military recruiting station. on november 5th, an officer shot and killed 13 people. after the fort hood shooting, i will wrote an op-ed urging congress to close the terror gap

coalition. that includes the american federation of government employees, the national treasury employees union who you have heard a few times this morning, e project on government oversight, the-- life society which is medical whistleblowers as well as indiduals in law firms such as the employment groups, the truckers and justice center and jim murtagh, kind of a patriarch of medical whistleblowers. all of them at a this event possible and i want to express my appreciation to them. [applause] while we wait for representative van hollen we are going to swch to the teaching part of this program which will be the next phase of the learning events and we are going to start out with a comparison of the sena and how it's whistleblowers writes on national security issues. those were fbi workers, intelligence community workers and all government employees who are threatened by loss of their security clearances, a job prerequisite. >> good morning. my nameis mike german and i'm with the american civil liberties union and you may have seen last week the senate intelligence committee put out a rert on th

of competitiveness, the national venture capital association, tech america, tech net, technology c.e.o. council, telecommunication industries association, industry science coalition, the biotech industry association, on and on and on. and so this is a good amendment to a good bill, and i urge its adoption. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from arizona. mr. flake: i thank the gentleman, the chairman of the subcommittee for agreeing to accept the amendment and for his support of this initiative and for the ability of our economy to keep those who have helped lead them into the future and help ensure that jobs stay here. to the extent possible. i urge adoption of the amendment, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from tennessee. mr. gordon: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from tennessee yields back his time. all time being yielded, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from arizona. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. flake: madam chair, i would ask fo