post-soviet space under whatever pretext and deprive russia of its legitimate interests toward russia as nec minorities and economic investment and everything russia has with respect to that space. there is concern that some conflict in the caucuses, which still remains quite likely, may bring russia and the wet sand and to direct confrontation -- and the west into direct confrontation. if nato comes right to the russian border from the west and from the south, that is why russia says that. in the new military doctrine, it is formulated in a very cautious way, just like the formulation on nuclear-weapons. it is worth mentioning here because in some short time, russia will come with its nuclear posture review. russians waited and waited for this to come with their own military doctrine. then they decided not to wait any longer but then as military doctrine was effective by the thrust of president obama for nuclear disarmament, by the information we have that the posture review was delayed because of obama wanted to have some less traditional formulation, and by negotiations and resetting rela

as the nec there were some states that have adopted the monk partisan redistricting and iowa is one of the states. is there any -- is there any evidence of west towards wingnuts and others? >> there is some evidence. new hampshire has open primaries. that gives a long window. new hampshire in the primary nominates a more centrist candidate where the ogle caucus system tends to be you can petrol that with a comparatively small number of people. i know what is a great state, one of the states were independents outnumber democrats and republicans but because the caucus system not political balance and diversity isn't reflected in the ways it selects the first president out of the caucus. >> but that's just leaders. >> but it's analogous to the overall. because independent scams vote in the new hampshire primary the candidates don't play as hard. they don't move as far right because the need to win over the voters in the senate and folks, conservatives hate that they think it is a distortion of the party. the problem is what is good for the party has gotten in the way of the deed was done

post-soviet space under whatever pretext and deprive russia of its legitimate interests toward russia as nec minorities and economic investment and everything russia has with respect to that space. there is concern that some conflict in the caucuses, which still remains quite likely, may bring russia and the wet sand and to direct confrontation -- and the west into direct confrontation. if nato comes right to the russian border from the west and from the south, that is why russia says that. in the new military doctrine, it is formulated in a very cautious way, just like the formulation on nuclear-weapons. it is worth mentioning here because in some short time, russia will come with its nuclear posture review. russians waited and waited for this to come with their own military doctrine. then they decided not to wait any longer but then as military doctrine was effective by the thrust of president obama for nuclear disarmament, by the information we have that the posture review was delayed because of obama wanted to have some less traditional formulation, and by negotiations and resetting rela

with this leakage and with possible problems with fish and -- >> let me just say, i will -- let me ask nec on what they might be working on in terms of gas prices. obviously, one of the things that we discussed with the president this morning, you have shipping channels that could soon -- the area of the spill could soon be in a very large shipping channel, and the ramifications that may or may not have as well. >> can i just make one factual point? this well was not a production well yet. it was an exploration well. so it wasn't as if oil that was being shipped out to refineries has been lost. this was an exploratory well. >> but, again, it has a ripple effect -- and what should the american public brace for? i mean people were screaming at $4 a couple of years ago. is that a possibility now with this because -- >> i don't want to get into the conjecture of that. i think as carol said, it's not as if a known quantity of oil has been taken out of the market because this was exploration not production. so, april, i think first and foremost, the people that are behind me are focused on manag

for the first time, prime minister gordon brown, david cameron, an nec clegg will face off in u.s.-style debates. the first election debate is sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> c-span, our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and on line. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. and sign up for schedule alert e-mail's at c-span.org. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said today that the u.s. economy should grow at a moderate pace this year, but he does not expect the unemployment situation to improve significantly in the near term. his remarks came before meeting of the joint economic committee. this is about two hours, 20 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. i would like to ask for unanimous consent -- and sent to except members' statements for the record. america is on the path to economic recovery. a large part of the credit for this turnaround is due not only to president barack obama, but also to ben bernanke, the chairman of the federal reserve, a respected scholar on the great depression. under hi

with this leakage and with possible problems with fish and -- >> let me just say, i will -- let me ask necon what they might be working on in terms of gas prices. obviously, one of the things that we discussed with the president this morning, you have shipping channels that could soon -- the area of the spill could soon be in a very large shipping channel, and the ramifications that may or may not have as well. >> can i just make one factual point? this well was not a production well yet. it was an exploration well. so it wasn't as if oil that was being shipped out to refineries has been lost. this was an exploratory well. >> but, again, it has a ripple effect -- and what should the american public brace for? i mean people were screaming at $4 a couple of years ago. is that a possibility now with this because -- >> i don't want to get into the conjecture of that. i think as carol said, it's not as if a known quantity of oil has been taken out of the market because this was exploration not production. so, april, i think first and foremost, the people that are behind me are focused on managi