i have a long list of accomplishments the most recently, he served as vice president for national expansion of the taproot of finance and between 2004 and 2010, where he guided the revenue strategy's from the startup phase, little revenue, to a $4 million budget and over $20 million worth of them back annually. i expect he will do the same for the san francisco park alliance. it is a long history of long profit were, both professionally and as a volunteer. matt, we welcome you. can you come up and say a few words? >> thank you. i am already on the spot. i will do my best peter thank you very much. there's absolutely thrilled to be taking on this position and to be joining the family of people who have such passion and focus on our parks and open space in san francisco. it is a tremendous resource for the city, a resource that i personally have been enjoying as a resident for many years. i very much look forward to working with phil, mark, a and all of you and everyone else who is a park fanatic in san francisco, to make the most of this resource for the people of san francisco in the coming

nation-building? >> not a president who actually oversaw a period of any major american expansion. there have been presidents who have served in short periods when the united states was contracting and that's okay. there are moments we might be in one of those moments right now. but any expansive period when americans have gone out in the world and sought to expand their interests has always involved nation-building. >> when has it been most successful. >> when they are committed to the cases they are involved in and two when we have good overseas partners. and one of the questions we need to ask ourselves, are we going into a place in the world that we believe in? and where people there are willing to work with us? if we answer no to either of those questions, i argue in the book, then we shouldn't do it. we shouldn't do nation-building everywhere and at all times. >> where have we done it successfully? >> well, germany is the example most people bring out after world war ii. japan would be another one. i argue in the book those are extreme cases. most will not be that successful

obama administration is clearing the way for more oil and gas kriling off our nation's coastlines. and the expansion is less than what republicans claim is needed to create jobs. the white house is moving cautiously in the wake of the 2010 oil spill contaminating the gulf with millions of gallons of crude. a grand jury bringing charges against a soldier accused of plotting to bomb. the private first class was charged on tuesday in texas. one charge including allegations that he tried to use a weapon of mass destruction. he was arrested in a motel near the army base. police say he told them he planned on bombing a restaurant where many soldiers eat. >>> nba players rejected a labor deal saying the current sofr not one that we're able to accept. the key issue remains revenue sharing. nba commissioner says the offer will be off the table by 5:00 wednesday night. the commissioner has cancelled the first month of the season. i'm ainsley earhardt. now back to "hannity". for headlines we encourage you to log into fox news channel. have a good night. fox. now it's time for hannity. >> sean: and tonight is e

. >> reporter: the national consumer league says the expansion of discount stores over the past 20 years making it more difficult for those discounters to survive now and with no end to the economic struggles in sight the future doesn't look good either. >> sarah, thank you. >>> metro is looking to hire dozens of new bus drivers. the transit agency is teeming up with the dc government to add 26 drivers to its ranks. the city department of employment services is now accepting applications, evening screen at its headquarters. all part of the mayor's one city one hire jobs program. >>> sts say dc police and city leaders are not doing enough to keep transgender people safe from hate crimes. today several activists testified in front of a committee chaired by the council member phil mendelson outlining what they believe are discrepancies between what they hear in the community and what police are reporting. >> transgender people always reported feeling unsafe, when they go about their lives in dc. after this past summer that feeling has been exacerbated. virtually none of these crimes have be

the effect of all this was the longest economic expansion in our nation's history. 22 million new jobsost all in the private sector, rising incomes at all levels once the recovery took hold, and unemployment rate fell to roughly 4%, enormous increases of productivity, and the first surplus in 30 years in 1998. moreover, president clinton work to create a nation that was strongly positioned to face a technological revolution and a rapidly changing global economy. just as president clinton combine the lessons of past experience with the bold creativity and innovation, president obama is doing so today is soundly address extreme difficulties he inherited. many respects greater even than those president clinton first taste. the continued hardship of so many americans, and the nation's increasing income inequality which is such a threat to our economy and to our social fabric. both presidencies highlight a most fundamental point, complex substantive issues can be effectively addressed through thoughtful policy development, even those with different views, ultimately, however, successful eco

. >>> delegates from 18 nations met for last weekend's east asia summit have compiled a chairman statement that considers an expansion of the framework for talks and maritime issues. the move is seen as an attempt to deal with the growing risk between china and other claim mants of territorial sovereignty in the nation. the statement includes a japanese proposal to expand the maritime forum to cover a wider area of east asia. the annual forum was set up to discuss maritime cooperation and security issues such as the south china sea dispute. the statement calls for military dialogue by parti including the east asia summit. it also recommends establishing a multi-national framework for discussions on territorial disputes involving the east china sea and south china sea. china opposes multi-lateral talks. >> people who have fled confl t conflicts in persecution are often unable to return home. instead, organizations like the umhcr can help them delegate to a safe third country, normally the united states or another western nation. last year japan launched a three-year pilot program to accept refugees from myanmar, becom

national economy. >> there's also a challenge, joe, to the medicaid expansions under this bill. >> right.l, this is interesting, because none of the lower courts have affirmed the argument, which is that by expanding medicaid you're commandeering the state resources and forcing them to participate. >> medicaid is a program that's intended to be for the poor, but the obamacare would expand to a new middle class entitlement. >> taking up the eligibility levels. you know, the interesting thing about them taking the medicaid argument is that it looks like they want to give a larger ruling on the limits of federal power, or to say that those limits don't exist anymore. so it's a really important case about whether or not the government of limited andy norm rated powers that the framers envisioned still exists. >> so if the mandate goes down, james, does the whole law go away? >> is the law so fixated on the mandate provision? both the obama administration and the states that are the plaintiffs in this case have said that it is not severable, that is if the mandate is struck down the whole law

national harbor. it would have been a big economic boost to the area. officials with disney say it's not right and the other six expansionprojects are taking precedence. plans in the national harbor i r moving forward including a mall and restaurants. >>> the first family came out for small business saturday over the weekend. the president take his daughters to kramer books in dupont circle. the girls walked away with the invention of hugo due pray. the president bought a copy of decent into chaos. when will he have time to read that. >> talk about pricey presents, the coast of the list from the 12 days of christmas topped 100 grand for the first time. to buy all 364 items in the carroll would cost 101,119. that is 4.4% increase from year. the most expensive items, the swans. the cheapest the partridge. and what they are doing is the whole cumulative thing at the end of the day you have 12 partridges. i have gone off on this already. i think you only have one. >> many people think you get it all over again. >> who would want that except for the five gold rings. >>> the capital christmas tree arrives in d.c. today. >> the

the great period of expansion where america fulfill its continent of destiny and became the nation that we know today. but, of course, at a price that makes some people a little and easy when they think about how we achieved that greatness. so, we are just going to have a conversation for about 30 minutes and then we will open it up and have you folks ask questions, if you would like to. first, we want to thank the texas book festival for having us here. we want to thank all the volunteers and all the people who work so hard to make this a premier event in the united states, and a premier event for people who love books and work in the world of books. my first question is, is one that always intrigues me. i love dedications to books. your book is dedicated to mrs. elizabeth rogers who taught you american history. what's the back story? >> she was my 11th grade history teacher. she was a wonderful teacher. she is still a life. she is 92, still living in western north carolina, but she grew up in upstate new york where i live now. interesting. she came south to live and i moved up there,

nation. sffd and mom have been working together. it is site -- designed to meet the expansion stations. once the station is completed, sfmoma will turn over the keys in the property will belong to us, the fire department and the city. supervisor mar: can i ask about this? >> the more fire, the more medical calls. we have had opportunities to meet our neighbors. we have been to clementine neckers, so -- cares and the south of market community. we had a chance to spend the afternoon on a fireboat with some of those -- the residences in the area of folsom street. through these meetings we learned our neighbors have some real concerns about how our operations are going to impact the day-to-day living. the fire department is committed to doing all we can to minimize our impact while providing the best level of public safety to the community. for example, this project includes a commitment to signal controllers to give our vehicles right away at fifth street and sixth street reducing the need for silence and horns enabling our engines to run silently until they reach the intersection and they

. >>> delegates from 18 nations that met for last weekend's east asia summit have compiled a chairman statement that considers an expansion of the asean framework for talks on maritime issues. the move is seen as an attempt to deal with the growing rifts between china and other claimants of territorial sovereignty in the region. the statement includes a japanese proposal to expand the asean maritime forum to cover a wider area of east asia. the annual forum was set up to discuss maritime cooperation and security issues, such as the south china sea dispute. the statement calls for promoting dialogue on maritime issues by parties, including the east asia summit members with the asean maritime forum as a basis. it also recommends establishing a multinational framework for discussions on territorial disputes involving the east china sea and south china sea, but china opposes multilateral talks and may express reservations about the idea of an expanded maritime forum. >>> people who have fled conflicts or persecution are often unable to return home. instead, organizations like the unhcr can help them relocate to a safe third c

expansion. supervisor mar: thank you. next speaker? >> ♪ moma, how i love yo, my dear old moma ♪ ♪ captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.orgw ould give the world to see you again ♪ ♪ moma, how i love you ♪ ♪ the districts north, east, west, and south will see you some more is decline ♪ when you relocate ♪ ♪ you are the moma i always dreamed of musicaf ♪ ♪ you moved and that's the last i've seen aof my art heart ♪ ♪ it is the way you look like he smite are located there. ♪ you are the art work right brand of musical and -- artwork i have dreamed of ♪ supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else from the public who would like to speak? please come for. >> thank you. on behalf of the w and sf moma. her concerns are about private use. the design does include alternative pedestrian access and a substitute for the excess weight. the public pedestrian ways preserved and it is undisputed the vacation of hunt street is in the public interest because it is impossible to build without it. the w's need for access will be accommodated. this does not occur until 2013. after the new fire station is built. we have plenty of time betwee

nation fracturing. there are reports that weapons are being smuggled out of the country and they want to use libya as a base for expansion. the country is looking like a failed state rather than the candidate for democracy. >> they fought side-by-side until they reached their goal, the end of the gaddafi regime. the the former dictator is dead, but he was the one thing the united the rebels. traditional nomads from the desert and radical islamists have very different goals. some want to see a western-style democracy. others one of the old mark the end of the center of a billislamni -- hanker for the old monarch. others want an islamic state. the old interest at heart, not even a century old, libya is without a clear path. gaddafi dismantled all of the country's state fractures without creating new ones to replacet hem. - - replace them. >> is libya on its way to becoming a failed state or is it too early? >> it is too early, but there is a difficult path ahead. nobody knows what shape libya is going to take in the future. if things go well, libya can become not a democratic model state, but to solve its internal differen

expansion of the u.s. military presence in australia. a force of marines will be based there. >> we are two pacific nations, and with my visit to the region, i am making it clear that the united states is stepping up its commitment to the entire asia pacific. in this work, we're deeply grateful for our alliance with australia and the leadership role that it plays. as it has been for six decades, our alliance is going to be indispensible to our shared future. it's a security we need and the prosperity that we seek, not only in this region, but around the world. >> more significantly, a chinese foreign minister spokesman immediately then questioned whether the move was in keeping with peace and development. our correspondent in sydney, duncan kennedy, told us the growing influence of china really was the main subject on the two leaders' minds. >> it never gets mentioned, although one or two reporters tried to throw questions at the president, why are we putting troops here? it's not about china. i thought president obama slightly ducked the question, but it is about china. it's also about america's al lyles in the region, saying to china, l

expansion of a settlement construction on the west bank in east jerusalem. it comes one day after palestinians won full membership into the united nations cultural organization called unesco. >> israel plans to freeze the transfer of funds intended for the palestinian authority. the move is a direct response to that u.n. vote which government officials call a tragedy. the bbc quotes an israeli foreign official saying the decision to withhold money are an attempt to put pressure on palestinian leaders. the palestinian authority says the decision is a construction of the peace process. this is the second time this year israel has refused to give the palestinian authority money it collects on behalf of the group. it amounts to roughly $100 million every month. >>> the united states reacted to unesco's vote by pulling all u.s. funding from the group which is 1/5 of the operating budget. this comes a month before at u.n. security council is scheduled to bid. european leaders are scheduled to hold more talks to discuss greece's bailout package. >> yesterday, greece's prime minister stunned his colleagues by announcing that he would let greece voters decide whether

expansion given by better governments, globalization of trade, and technology, and the demographic dividend. the demographic dividend itself is brought about by family planning and child survival success. for families in nations, fewer children for women of late cricket to savings and it's an expansion of the working age segment further strengthened by empowered women joining the work force. these add one to two percentage points to the gdp growth of a country for a period of 30 years or more. we have seen this scenario in latin america and more recently asia. it is just beginning in africa and elsewhere. today, the world's economy is 500% larger than it was when us-aid started. there's more than twice the growth of the population, so gdp per capita in the world is growing unprecedented rate historically. countries once recipients are now partners as well as participants in the new emerging landscape. for many countries from india to nigeria to philippines and ewe beck stan, the cost of a package is 10% or less of the additional per capita income growth projected between 2009 and 2012. how do these developments affect health in those countries 1234 how should we adjust to the economic growth? if experience ho

nation's coastlines. new drill sites are planned for the gulf of mexico and alaska's coast, over the coming five years. the expansion is less than republicans claim is needed. but the white house is moving cautiously in the wake of the oil spill that contaminated the gulf with millions of gallons of crude. a grand jury brings new charges against a soldier, accused of plotting to bomb a military base. he was charged on tuesday in texas. one charge includes the allegation, that he tried to use a weapons of mass destruction. he was arrested in july. police say he told them he planned on bombing a restaurant where many soldiers eat. nba players have rejected the latest labor deal. the union president saying that the current offer is not one we are able to accept. the key issue remains revenue sharing. the nba commissioner, david stearn, said the latest offer would be off the table by 5:00 on wednesday night. he has already cancelled the first month of the season. i'm ainsley earhardt. go to foxnews.com for more. you are watching the most powerful name in news, fox newschannel. thanks for watching. >> greta: tonight mr.

expansion of u.s. military presence in asia since the war in vietnam so that's the first the second was the launching at the association of southeast asian nations summit of the launching of what has been called the trans pacific act and this is a trade blocked. that the u.s. is trying to forge in asia their kids speak of slee excludes traitor so you have that and then thirdly the us has been the us imperialists have been insinuating themselves into the territorial disputes in the south china sea these claims by different countries try to of course they're over these critical sea lanes which are vital tree roots for traders growing economic switch are also rich in potentially rich resources and the u.s. is also using this is a pretext to increase its military presence surveillance and they will worship similar way let me get in here and talk i mean certainly a lot that you just laid out there i think you laid it out really really well on if you think about president obama and the position that he's and leading this country that certainly. is not growing nearly as fast as the second place team china and just to watch what's happening there probab

waiting list for life-saving drugs and, of course, we must fully implement the national hiv-aids strategy and support medicaid expansion under the affordable care act. these policies are critical to next steps in the fight to stop this terrible disease. and we must protect the fraction of 1% of the federal budget directed to our global aids program through pepfar and the u.s. global fund. failing to support these programs would have dramatic national security and diplomatic implications for the united states. not to mention the humanitarian disaster that would occur. that is why last week i was very proud to be joined by over 100 members of congress in seeking appropriations of at least $5.25 billion for the pepfar program and $1.5 billion for global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter this letter into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. lee: finally, mr. speaker, thank you. i was part of the removal of the travel ban. so let me encourage all the members to help in the worldwide fight against h.i.v. and aids. our global leadership will neve

poland as part of its expansion into central and eastern europe polish media is reporting that is there a bank is most likely to acquire at your bank which is owned by the time from national group carloads asara analysts suggest it's a good time to make acquisitions ask kastrup european banks are selling assets from bargain prices id or bank as both retail and business services but credit card for you know of around four billion dollars grab aggro easily botanists the snooping on the false banks and announced plans to buy in from turkey's debt it's. also happening at this hour by don't forget you can always log on to a website article contrasts. and discovery. communications with you want to. test yourself and become free. and see what nature can give you. the closer she has been to the richer for technological breakthroughs save humanoids. on she goes to this. the unusual ways to protect nature. are farming pioneers place local cuisine. and for future developments the way. russia flows up on our city.

military expansion when everyone a college attention we're being kicked out of iraq and i've been reported that we're going to continue to try to spread our wings when it comes to other nations not an area that we can send more troops to kuwait now there is this talk of perhaps another weapon sales to the united arab emirates but what's your take on that. well there's a lot going on there alone on many different things at once the first thing full disclosure i used to be a contractor in iraq sort of turned away from that business after seeing some of the things that i saw over there and you can our presence in iraq is decreasing and militarily but a lot of that military presence is being replaced by contractors was just recently reported by the washington post now the arms transfers the u.s. need to suit something that we've always sort of done in the region to sort of yourself are a proxy partners there saudi arabia was one for the longest time you a i think is also seen as more politically stable and more agreeable to us at the moment as there's no doubt that who graduated in the white house today tomorrow next year five years from now a republican or democrat they have a

we've been successful in bringing the chief of the national guard bureau in to more senior level dod forums. i have personally advocated the expansion of the state partnership program which i think is so important to the country. i fully advocate elevating the position of the deputy chief of the national guard bureau to the three-star rank and would happily support the future commander being a guardsmen and as well as the key component commanders been guardsman, the white do not believe that the law should go any further than it already does and specifying which components hold which bullets. i've put my money where my mouth is in support of the guard, and they can count on my continued support. nonetheless, and despite my support for this great institution, i am concerned about the pending national guard and power mac legislation regarding full membership of the chief of the national guard bureau of the trade chiefs of staff. the spirit of the joint kindled by the cold water nichols reform legislation is truly alive and has served our nation well and reflect the wisdom of the converse. i do not believe it needs to be fixed, and we

we have been successful in bringing the chief of the national guard hero into more senior level dod forms. i've virtually abdicated for the expansion of the state partnership program with a think is so important to our country. i fully advocate elevating the position of the deputy chief of the national guard bureau to three-star rank and would happily support a future northcom commander in a guardsmen as well as key component commanders being guardsmen though i do not believe the law should go any further than that already doesn't specify which components hold which -- i put my money where my mouth is in support of the guard and they can count on my continued support. nonetheless, and despite my support for this great institution, i am concerned about the pending national guard act legislation regarding full membership of the chief of the national guard bureau on the joint chiefs of staff. the spirit of joint by the goldwater-nichols reform legislation is truly alive and has served our nation well and reflects the wisdom of the congress. i do not believe it needs to be fixed and we don't need to take a step backwards in the unity o

actions and policies of the government of sudan led to the declaration of a national emergency in executive order 1467 and the expansion of that emergency, and with respect to which additional steps were taken in executive order 134-12 in october of 2006 has not been resolved. these actions and policies are hostile to u.s. interests and continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the united states. therefore i have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to sue tan and maintain in force the sanctions against sudan to respond to this threat. signed, barack obama, the white house, november 1, 2011. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. pursuant to clause 12a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately >> just outside the u.s. senate chamber, reporters gathering, possibly to hear from republican and democratic leadership after the party lunch meetings. they will gavel back in at 2:15, earlier today they passed a spending measure by a vote of

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expansion and any signs of aggressiveness. for more on president ama's trip to australia and the military agreement we get two views. jeffrey bader was the senior director for east asian affairs on the nationalurity council from january 2009 until april of this year. he's now a visiting scholar at the brookings institution. and john higley is director and founder of the center for australian and new zealand studies at the university of texas at austin. professor higley, starting with 250 marines and aircraft gradually expanding to 2,500, president obama saying "we are here to stay." is this be a big development for both countries? >> no, i think it's an incremental step up. it does have some symbolic value because it could be seen as a significant step forward. but remember that australia has had very close relationships with the american military for a long time. australia's been our most reliable ally for most of the 20th century, you could say. and they've had a lot of experience with american troops in australia during world war ii. about a million american troops funneled through australia. so this is not a turn in the road in any deep or meaningful sense but it's not without its signif

expansion. the problem with the oak hill facility, which is what this amendment deals with, is that it borders the national security agency. this is federal property located in the state of maryland that is valuable for our national security. in the 1920's, the district of columbia got permission from congress to place on that property -- and i'm quoting from the authorizing language -- it was a facility for -- for children that are feebleminded. that's the exact quote from the authorization. since that time, the district, without knowledge, constructed a juvenile detention facility. the purpose of this amendment is to say, look, we have a place where it should be. we shouldn't be using other federal land in the state of maryland for expansions without working with the state and local officials. i hope that this amendment can get cleared but i wanted to explain the reason why i filed it. and i thank the chair for your attention and i thank the chairman and ranking member. and i yield the floor. mr. franken: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: mr. president, the am

nation of immigrants we are a population of seekers and descendants of seekers, people in search of homes and. for decade in our early history we measured american progress in terms of movement and expansion. even today we gauge advancement for the american dream by one's ability to seek out and secure a new, often bigger and presumably better home in at different location from where they are now. growing up in a stable community in rural oklahoma with my 12 siblings on a farm, i felt not so much like a seeker as a settler. i felt very settled in oklahoma. i even felt cheated out of ancestral participation in the pivotal movement towards progress that so many african-americans experience. known as the great migration. it was known for me as the great migration in part not just because there were a lot of people moving from north to south to north to west, but because of the great anticipation and expectation that came out of that movement. however, in researching "reimagining equality," i learned that my family story involved movement as well. in doing so, doing the research and understanding my own relationship with home as well as my misery i came to appreciate not only the role that mo

we have the proposed expansion of the electrical power plant in kansas. let the jobs began. we need them in our nationwe can meet inner -- america's energy needs and improve our national security with the keystone pipeline. the potential is there. the problem is this, red tape in washington. >> i will be very brief. a big thanks to our leader, jim jordan, for initiating this to congressman derrek for -- garrett for spearheading it, and to congressman -- the other congressmen for doing the lion's share of the work. there is somebody in america who doesn't think we are overregulated. that is the president of the united states. this is not hard. this is not rocket science. this is a collision of two dramatically different mindsets. this president believes that this town create jobs. say it. that is what he believes. you all should not be bashful about reporting that. everybody up on this stage believe something very different. i would argue most of the american people believe something very different. this country creates jobs. all we want our government to do is get out of the way. this plan is the pers