when the response was, hey, why don't you come over to paris when we're going on a nato trip, see the general, meet him, and then come to kabul a few weeks after that to see him in the war zone, kind of a different sort of spin or a different twist on the normal profiles? but then what happened was -- >> larry: why do you -- >> -- while i was in paris, the volcano in iceland exploded and so i ended up getting stuck with the general and his staff. >> larry: why do you think they did it? i mean, we know that "rolling stone" is a kind of a left wing magazine. they are not exactly on the left side of the political spectrum. why did they let it happen? >> i think one of the main reasons was they wanted to reach a different demographic than they had from the other profiles. a number of young officers read "rolling stone." i think by featuring general mcchrystal in the magazine like that they would reach an audience they normally wouldn't reach. >> larry: when you finished the article and you knew it was going to be published, did you know that an uproar was coming? >> i knew that there woul

2,000 miles is the estimated number covered by the oil slick. 1.6 billion is the economic activity paris because of the oil spill. caller: thank you for taking my call. my call is on campaign finance. i have been looking at health care costs at 17% of gdp in the u.s., and in the past eight years health-care profits went up 128%. an identical bottle from canada cost half as much there. and if we had harsh penalties for illegal workers, it was all but stopped illegal immigration. bp put our shores at risk. they dumped cheap oil on the asian market a few years ago to jump the price. host: let's hear from jesse on the indeppndent line. caller: good morning. and i had a comment. about what mr. isaacson said. we do not need to point the finger, we need to worry about solving the problem. host: nashville, tenn. jeremy on the independent line. caller: obama said he with clean up global warming. why doesn't he allow the dutch to bring down skimmers and the boomers in the maine. this guy is using this catastrophe like rahm emanuel said, never let a good crisis go to waste and the american people a

more coastline than any other paris. today over 3,000 acres of my parish is destroyed, not 30 miles like the coast guard says. i started out to go into a lot of detail on some things, and last night on a plane, a gentleman what to the back of the plane and handed me this piece of paper. he said i work with the coast guard. i am a coastguard official. he said i am back home in washington, and i wrote this down for you to say and tell somebody until they listen, because it is not getting done. he said i have been down in the command center in houma for over 35 days. the problems at the incident command center that result in a slowing down of this response, agency reece -- requests must go through two levels of approval, first the request was go to the ico command approval, which typically takes less than a couple of hours. the final level approval comes level approvaluhc. sometimes it gets approved the next day or the day after. most requests take over five days. this timing is unacceptable for an effective response. when

shortly after arriving in paris and a friend of mine from west virginia who had just finished basic and military police training, we headed down to see the eiffel tower. while walking around the city, we pulled over to the side of the road and a young woman, young lady stepped out of the biggest car i of ever seen in my life and approached my friend and me. she wanted to take a picture with us. two young sold -- -- soldiers fresh out of basic training, but it wasn't until six months later that we discovered that this woman was one of the most popular movie stars in france. but all she wanted was a picture with two young soldiers wearing the american uniform. while in france, i became interested in learning more about police duties and investigations. the army saw that maybe i could learn some of the stuff that they were teaching, and i was reassigned to the army criminal investigation division. i took the lessons, learned the skills that i learned back in south texas where i became constable later after my retirement of the army and became sheriff in my county. the army has changed my l

explains that sergeant chuck taliano was awaiting an honorable discharge at marine corps recruit depot, paris island, 1948, when they snapped a photo of him giving a recruit an attitude readjustment. that cemented taliano's place in corps legend. the photo captured his snarling mug inches away from a fresh face recruit with this caption, "we don't promise you a rows garden." it was -- "we don't promise you a rose garden." i want to thank sergeant taliano and his family for his commitment to our country and the marine corps. my prayers is with his family and friends. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. god bless the u.s. marine corps. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purposs does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 5297, the small business lending fund act. mr. quigley: this legislation will help the small busi

they are not trying to get to paris, they want to go to the nearest amusement park. they want to know that the government is working for them. and when it comes to consumer protecon, that we are protecti them. theyydo not want to feel that the government is working against them. i hope that we will represent the people, no matter where they are, or an urban area, wherever. the fact is that the american people are depending on us and i remember a few years ago, when i was looking into aig, and i was about two feet away from him. he was the leader of the aig in 2008. and i asked for him to provide me with additional information about the retentio payments, that he believed were given to his people. anheesponded by saying that 168 employees were going to receiveayment, from $160,000 to $4 million. this would be nearly $120 millionnthat would be split in retention payments. and the problem is that this was not the money of aig. this was not their money. we are forgetting this. e lady across the street from me, who is 70 years old and has to come out of retirement to work

worked on the covert action program early in the 1990 proxy for about six months before moving to paris for one year. if anyone wants to ask about that, that would be productive. it was a fun time. i came back and worked on covert action when we were aiding the rebels against the soviet-backed government. i remember sitting at the airfield with the ambassador in november 2001 with windows, no lights, and this is where we need the president of afghanistan who walks in and starched white robes. i will never forget this as long as i live sitting there reflecting on language in the u.s. newspapers about a quagmire. khond heart was still in the question. -- kandahar was still in question. what are we in for? sitting with that president was just a remarkable moment. i thought they would try to believe us dry and i thought they would maybe succeed. the adversary often reflects on us. they believe we were softer than the soviets. they did not know that we would show up. they thought they would get the same response they got in somalia in the early 1990's. they thought they would make as cut and

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. >> you did not go to paris? >> no, i did not. this is a book about america. it is not an original piece of tocqueville research. it was more trying to animate what our culture was like at that moment. most of the main ideas in "democracy of america" were originally suggested by americans, because he was a great listener. some of them are very distinguished people like john quincy adams. some of them are utterly unknown. the notebooks are full of the ideas that blossomed into chapters in this book. >> you talk about this in your book -- his attitude toward andrew jackson. when did he meet with him? >> it was toward the end when he was disillusioned. most people remember that, in 1824, you have the most populist votes, but there were four candidates, not a majority. what looked like a backroom deal -- for the four years, jackson should have been president and he was not. in 1828, he was elected. most of the patricians that tocqueville met at the beginning of his trip feared jackson. they thought he won an irrelevant battle in new orleans and that was all that h

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kraus to his on his way to paris right now.resting, he is likable. >> maybe he is interested in politics. isn't that a key part of a job? >> larry: he has a great interest in politics, i would recommend him. i am sure there is a ton of people who would do it. it is q&a. >> it is deceptively easy if i make another analogy. he said it is easy but it is not. >> larry: we will be right back with bill more. do not go away. [squeaking] don't take the trip. or even buy the camper... without blueprint from chase. create a plan to pay off large purchases... and save money on interest. does your credit card have blueprint? design your plan at 866 blueprint. somewhere, is making the what's up tonight, anderson. >> i will get to that and a moment. i heard the news that you are scaling back and hang up the suspenders. i am stunned and i am said. >> we will be around awhile. i want to do other things and move on. there will always be, a question for anderson? >> i know your kids and your wife will be happy to have your around to go to ball g

emotional and aggressive feeling between the harlem success academy parents who need additional space and parism the community as well as parents that the union is busing and to come argue against this. i think that there's a sense that these charter schools are coming from outside, that they are taking over the community, and that is as gentrification like the gentleman said earlier. i think those are intentionally propagated by the union. >> you mentioned $500,000 was spent by be uft to bring in people from acorn. how much did this film cost you? >> my phone calls me less than that. the funding was from all over. i had some very generous donors early on which enabled me to begin filming. >> for their donors that knew what you -- what your point of view was? >> there were not really interested. they wanted me to make them. they were just very generous and entrusted me with that. but the town the week that early on, i use that to raise money. i applied for grants that support everything from poverty the public education to entertainment and so on. >> you would show them their film? >> i would s

staff imagining ways of dismissing vice president biden with a one liner as they prepare for a q&a in parisare you asking about vice president biden, mcchrystal says with laugh? who's that? biden suggesting a top adviser. did you say bite me? what is the rub, john, in it million tear against john? >> there is no rub in the military. i think there's a lot of people that support the vice president and people in the military upset with the counter insurgency, large amounts of troops, long-term deployment operations and the vice president said let's have a global strategy and he went head to head against general mcchrystal in this debate and, frankly, lost to the president. the president was the one support that general mcchrystal had and there's absolutely nobody upset with the vice president. his son just returned from iraq who had served with the delaware national guard and he has a tremendous amount of support in the military and there's a rift with the vice president and general mcchrystal because they don't agree on what our strategy moving forward was supposed to be prior to the presiden

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. >> the plans approved so far to not address all this paris. 30% of shellfish produced in louisiana, this entire estuary here. the beach runs along here, with thick oil running for the passes beginning at 3:00 this morning. a lot of that oil is out in the barataria bay. there was sheen that they were not able to get. we don't expect they will be able to get all this time either. where scattering them out in this parish. >> people are criticizing it, saying it s hurricane protection. no, it is for the oil. >> you're going have beaches where it is much easier claimed oil off of the san read it and the marsh land which is virtually impossible. >> this is beach. this is our beaches look. from here to florida. this is beaches. this is what we're trying to protect. these are beaches. this is where tte marine life is. this is more important. you can clean the beach. you cannot claim this. it falls into the water and you never see again. >> thank you. >> the center is going to do a press conference and about 10 minutes. >> i've been with the state for years, ran for governor, traveled every

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objective because i don't know his feelings, his interest in politics, but ryan seacrest, on his way to paris. >> i like ryan. >> larry: he is curious, he is interesting, he is likable. >> but i never knew -- maybe he suspectst interested in politics. >> larry: see that i don't know. >> isn't that a key part of the job? what i mean, if he has a great interest in politics, i would recommend him. >> that seems like it would be -- >> larry: i'm sure there's a ton of people who could do t come on it's q & a. >> it is deceptively easy, if i may make another baseball analogy. joe dimaggio made it look easy, but it's not easy. but it's not easy. that's the trick. >> larry: we will be right back with bill maher. don't go away. don't take the trip. or even buy the camper... without blueprint from chase. create a plan to pay off large purchases... and save money on interest. does your credit card have blueprint? design your plan at 866 blueprint. hey! [ tires screech ] [ female announcer ] when business travel leaves you drained, re-charge with free high-speed internet and free hot breakfast. comfort s

but people in washington, especially over a beer and in paris, say stupid and immature things and complain about people and then go out in the course of the day and work with those people. to me, we're at a stake where we ignore the official duties so much and the success of those duties and we pay so much attention to the off-hour social drama, you know, i think it's unfortunate. in this case, once it became public thad to go. the larger issue is what's going to happen in afghanistan. and mark's right-- mcchrystal and petraeus are the two authors of the coin strategy, the same approach. and it's still a strategy that is in some trouble. i don't know, i thought nominating -- or appointing petraeus was like an apology to george bush and dick cheney, an acknowledgement finally that petraeus' strategy with the surge did work which the administration was slow to knowledge--. >> woodruff: when president obama had been critical of it. >> in private i think they knew it worked. in public they can't say it. nonetheless, there are no questions there are people when think petraeus is a great general

wife, had a company credit card, and she charged millions, too, on everything from shopping sprees in parisll courtesy of bernard l. madoff securities, thank you very much. >> sheehan: they used the bank account at b.l.m.i.s. like a personal piggy bank. >> safer: of all the people that should have known, his brother and his sons, who worked under the same roof with him, should have known. >> picard: one would think so. >> safer: did they know? >> sheehan: my belief is, yes, they knew. and the reason i believe that is they were officers of these companies, and directors, in certain instances, as well, and also compliance officers in a very highly regulated environment. so, i think, clearly, they would have to have known what was going on, given their own personal transactions, the longevity of what was happening, and the responsibilities as officers of the company. >> safer: madoff's sons and brother also had accounts with bernie, and their returns were simply spectacular. >> sheehan: there's sort of an extraordinary event with peter, his brother. after 1995, we only see him putting $14 in a

we are busy looking at washington, at tokyo, at berlin, at paris for approval and legitimacy. the easiest place to go and seek that legitimacy is in the villages of afghanistan and the suburbs and the homes of the people are suffering from corruption and lack of rule of law and of the resulting effects. for example, you all have cell phones. you all have a electricity bills. how many of you go to pay your electricity bill and have to bribe people to accept your money that you should be paying? in afghanistan, i have experienced myself, a parliament member, i asked someone to take care of the electricity bill and go pay for it and he estimate what we have to bribe someone to pay the bill. this is unacceptable. in order to pay your telephone bill you have to bribe people? if you want to deposit or withdraw your money from a bank and you have to bribe the bank to accept your money or give you your money. nobody will accept this. that is where the to the legitimacy should be reborn. i think we need to pay attention to those little things. the little things make the biggest differe

the president has been very clear with governors, senators, ann paris presence in louisiana on friday in saying you cannot have all of these people around the table saying we don't trust bp to do anything and then take them at their word for the credits they were currently working on at deepwater. i think the president understands this is not without some economic -- this as economic cost. at the same time, without the president thought it would not be responsible to continue on a path that might cause without knowing the cause of the previous accident, caused something to happen again. >> are you saying that the board would have to approve a phone call? >> i never said that. the board structure has not precluded a phone call. the president would like to talk to, if he does, the relevant structure thaa governs the company. that is the chairman of the governance structure. rporate%- >> but all conversations don't have to be about technical matters or legal matters. it could just be reaching out to the ceo of the company. >> there has been contact between thad allen and others with a wh

just a few months ago, afghan and pakistan refugees were in camps outside paris. why were they there? there were not there to have a good time. they were there because they were looking for some freedoms, economic and political. if we do not pay attention to countries like afghanistan, to provide an opportunity to help those societies have better government, better systems, then where will those tens of millions of young people go to? either they will be absorbed by extremism in their own societies -- some of them can travel. they will go to european countries. by extension, can the united states of for that in the long run? it is only lical and practical to create opportunities in their own countries for them to thrive and prosper and at least live a dignified life in the 21st century. in the past few years, the economic mafia, which has consisted of drug cartels, warlords, and those to gain government positions from the circles, they have treated -- created a political mafia in the country that right now is threatening one of the most important opportunities aft

just a few months ago, afghan and pakistan refugees were in camps outside paris. why were they there? there were not there to have a good time. they were there because they were looking for some freedoms, economic and political. if we do not pay attention to countries like afghanistan, to provide an opportunity to help those societies have better government, better systems, then where will those tens of millions of young people go to? either they will be absorbed by extremism in their own societies -- some of them can travel. they will go to european countries. by extension, can the united states of for that in the long run? it is only logical and practical to create opportunities in their own countries for them to thrive and prosper and at least live a dignified life in the 21st century. in the past few years, the economic mafia, which has consisted of drug cartels, warlords, and those to gain government positions from the circles, they have treated -- created a political mafia in the country that right now is threatening one of the most important opportunities a

why was he there in paris? that is an odd situation. most people that get to the level of being a general or, for instance, in a congressional office -- the person who talks to the media is either the candidate or the person who is a congressman, or somebody that is in charge of the public relations. but you do not have everybody who works in the office making comments to the media, which is what happens here. that talks about a lack of discipline, and i think the sense of frustration with the state department, perhaps with the administration, boiled over as some of these officers shot their mouths off. i think the president probably had to fire general mcchrystal, but it does create problems because now organizationally you are going to be pulling general petraeus, who is really in charge of the whole area, you are going to pull him down and put him in charge of afghanistan, whereas before he was running iraq and afghanistan in that whole area of the world. what is the definition of winning? i think the main thing we are interested in

it is unclear exactly who was with general mcchrystal in the bar in paris. that was described in the "rolling stone" article that got him in trouble. but it is expected that the staff would be removed, either because general petraeus will come in and, as happens, bring his own staff, or some of them also may resign in solidarity with general mcchrystal, though that has not happened. the only fallout we have seen so far is this article on the front page of the "washington post" today of staffers who refused to let themselves be named, pushing back at the interview, saying that the interview broke the rules, that that stuff off the record and never should have been reported. they did not deny what was reported. they just said, as far as i remember from reading the article, that some rules were broken. so what happens to the rest of the staff? a lot of people are asking that now. will there also be any kind of punishment or reprimand? we will see. i think it is still a little early. on the july date, your position as well heard and i think well debated on capit

with coast guard, bp, for each of the four states so that when you as a parish their resident -- as a paris president has an issue, there's one single person that can clear all of this. whether a wildlife issue or a boat issue, or clean up the issue, anything that we're dealing with. it doesn't seem to be that difficult the process to create. >> i appreciate -- is sam here today? sam is a great guy. but you ng, sam could pick up the phone and call, let me check with that. sam does not have the card is on that -- sam does not have the authority that thad allen says that he does. it sds up the chain of authority and never gets an answer back. i think a lot of the bp people on the ground do not have the experience or rely on contractors that to me are more interested in putting bodies out there to make money than they are cleaning up the oil. >> from the bp and coast guard standpoint, whoever is local, state wide not only needs to be named but have authority and deciion making power so that they can make some calls so that you do not have to go to that person and they have to wait for coast gu

we make sure we have a unified effort going on between the coast guard, bp, and the paris organizations because they are fighting ttis on their ground. i participated in a town hall meeting two days ago. i insist i am involved. i am off tonight but tonight i have a town hall meeting in another parish. to support to meet the people and tell them what is going on and hear what they have to say. i said to the troops this morning that this is not just a battle for the oil spill, it is a battle for someone's way of life. as a way of life for fishermen and louisiana. unless you put the face of the oil spill, you don't know hat youuare fighting for >> this is the situation status map. we have numerous strategies and defense. the red line is where we spotted oil but it does not tell you the thickness or if we can scan it. kim it. we want to we eliminated as close of the source as possible. if we collected out in the water, it will not get to the shore. we are pulling skimmer's from the atlantic ocean and we are reaching across the ocean to bring in more. the blackest oil is closest to the sourc

>> what is going to hurt terrebone paris right now is up moratorium and the ban on drilling. please. terrebone has worked with the oil field and the seafood industry for years. a lot of people go from seafood to oilfield, oilfield to seafood. right now, the economic impact on the fishing industry is survivable. bp has been coming in and making claims. we believe that the response is getting to be better. we think at least they can capet, there may be some hope for the future for our fishing industry. our biggest problem right now is that they and where they have discontinued drilling -- is the ban are they have discontinued drilling. 500 feet is the minimum, and we had someone who was drilling in 1,000 feet of water. and they were told to cease and desist. the horizon was $500,000 a day. there is no way it is going to be sitting around for six months, and what is going to happen, they are going to go to other countries. once they are there, they are not going to move back at the end of six months. it will be a horrendous impact in our area. right now, easily, we are going to

soloway is, is there a difference between static security in paris or sydney, australia or peru and inactive combat zone? do you see a distinction there do? or to you are they always the same thing where it's always okay to have contractors perform that level of security? >> severing different in an active combat zone, so i wouldn't make the statement it's the same as paris. the issue again is and i think dr. stanger's point, there's commonality here, the point i wanted to make earlier, ms. brian doesn't think we agree, but we all agree that the government has to exert control over this mission in whatever form it might take. >> right. >> the gradation is confusing that dr. nagl talked about which is absolutely never which are closely associated or core competentsies, whatever term we want to use that does have gradations and you have to make decisions based on availability of resource, costs, environment, risk, all of those things are part of the decision, so i wouldn't say as a flatout declare tif statement that all convoy security is for all contractors nor is all building security

the important work of the force defense secretary -- former defense secretary to back up the wives, paris, and families of our armed forces? will the prime minister reassure the house that the front line will not be weakened? in opposition, the prime minister nd his defense secretary argued for a bigger army, and for the expansion of the army by three battalions. will that go ahead? will the prime minister, finally, explain to this house the reasons for the departure of these two? will the confirm ttat they will play a role in the strategic defense review until it is completed? can i ask the prime minister to join me in paying tribute to these two for their service to this nation? >> prime minister. >> i'd think the right honorable lady for response and what she said. also for how she said it appeared i know we will have our differences across these. on the issue of afghanistan, there is a great unity between the labour and polish and benches. p- coalition benches. our troops need tooknow that everyone in this house is behind what they're oing. in terms of this is a sick -- forces will go

just a few months ago, afghan and pakistan refugees were in camps outside paris.why were they there? there were not there to have a good time. they were there because they were looking for some freedoms, economic and political. if we do not pay attention to countries like afghanistan, to provide an opportunity to help those societies have better government, better systems, then where will those tens of millions of young people go to? either they will be absorbed by extremism in their own societies -- some of them can travel. they will go to european countries. by extension, can the united states of for that in the long run? it is only logical and practical to create opportunities in their own countries for them to thrive and prosper and at least live a dignified life in the 21st century. in the past few years, the economic mafia, which has consisted of drug cartels, warlords, and those to gain government positions from the circles, they have treated -- created a political mafia in the country that right now is threatening one of the most important opportunities af

. >> the plans approved so far to not address all this paris. 30% of shellfish produced in louisiana, and this entire estuary here. the beach runs along here, with thick oil running for the passes beginning at 3:00 this morning. a lot of that oil is out in the barataria bay. there was sheen that they were not able to get. we don't expect they ll be able to get all this time either. where scattering them out in this parish. >> people are criticizing it, saying it s hurricane protection. no, it is for the oil. >> you're going have beaches where it is much easier claimed oil off of the san read it and the marsh land which is virtually impossible. >> this is beach. this is our beaches look. from here to florida. this is beache this is what we're trying to protect. these are beaches. this is where tte marine life is. this is more important. you can clean the beach. you cannot claim this. it falls into the water and you never see again. >> thank you. >> the center is going to do a press conference and about 10 minutes. >> i've been with the state for years, ran for governor, traved every in

i am also working closely with the marine corps air station, paris and london -- island. i met with the marine corps commandant to create jobs in our community. military service is an opportunity. i know it was for me. those locations are helping to produce young, wonderful people to protect our country. host: next phone call. nikki on the independent line. caller: i have a comment and question. and and amazed that c-span and the republican party are proud to have you represent the armed services committee. my question is, how do you believe your comments to our president in the state of the union are perceived around the world, and how do you believe, that for the first time ever, and this to send -- this dissent? guest: that is why i apologize to within one hour. i am a gentleman. that is why i can be here today to talk about the health care takeover, which i believe is a threat to the senior citizens of the country, young people, and bankrupting our country. this could eliminate millions of jobs. iiwill speak a note on what to think is wrong. on national defense, i ser

soloway is, is the a difference between static security in paris or sydney, australia or peru and in active combat zone? do you see a distinction there do? or to you are they always the same thing where it's always okay to have contractors perform that level of security? >> severing different in an active combat zone, so i wouldn't make the statement it's the same as paris. e issue again is and i think dr. stanger's point, there's commonality here, the point i wanted to make earlier, ms. brian doesn't think we agree, but we all agree that the government has to exert control over this mission in whatever form it might take. >> right. >> the gradation is confusing that dr. nagl talked about which is absolutely never which are closely associated or core competentsies, whatever term we want to use that does have gradations and you have to make decisions based on availability of resource, costs, environment, risk, all of those things are part of the decision, so i wouldn't say as a flatout declare tif stement that all convoy security is for all contractors nor is all building security app

the same oversight for guarding a nuclear facility and an embassy in paris are being applied to our industry in iraq. it is not adequate. we would like to see reform. it is necessary because the united states needs to be successful and current and future hostile environments. reform is crucial. it seems a cost-efficient way to spend u.s. dollars is to support the u.s. mission with a blend of government officials and specialized contractors. during our six years of operation in iraq, we demonstrated that we have added value, something for the government to determine. thank you for this opportunity. i hope that we identify some critical reforms and away ahead. i look for to continuing the dialogue with the commission as you recommend much-needed reform for greater clarity, transport -- transparency, and oversight. i would be happy answer your question. >> thank you, miss rogers. i have asked you, is that ignacio? >> please provide your statement. >> members of the commission, thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today. as ceo of triple canopy, i can assist the commission underst

if his only goal were to woo catherine, he could have simply tried to run into her in the paris bars. she may have been under age. there were many other justifications. obviously, henry felt deeply that he had a valid claim to the french throne, particularly after receiving unimpeachable advice of the archbishop of canterbury. even leaving aside his claim difference as a whole, it is claim to france as a whole, it-- is crystal clear that the french -phave violated some portions of the treaty, particularly the one that which provided large chunks of french territory to the english crown. they reclaimed that territory almost immediately after entering into the treaty. that would provide independent justification for the decision to go to war. i think that is true, notwithstanding the longstanding reputation of the french for cowardice in battle, are a tradition that is pointed out in various points in the -- a in various parts of the play. mr. garre points to the alleged bias in akron and one, scene roman one. i, scene i.ce >> historians say those early quartos are bad and to be disrega

make sure that we have a unified effort going on in the field between the coast guard, bp, and the paris organization. this is on their soil and their ground and we want make sure that there included. i participated in a town hall meeting two nights ago. i absolutely insisted that i'd be involved. tomorrow i have a tom hall meeting and it is important to me that people to tell them what is going on, to hear what they have the said. this is not just about all for the oil spill but someone's way of life. the way of life of the fishermen and the people of louisiana. unless you put that face on to this bill, you do not know what you are fighting for. -- on to the spell -- onto the spill, you do not know what you're fighting. >> the red line is where we have spotted oil. it doesn't tell you that thickness or whether it is recoverable were scrambled. -- or scalpel -- skimmable. we want eliminated to the resource as close as possible. we have the most capable skimming vessels, every skimming vessels available in the gulf. we have some fun down from the online, specific, and we reach across the

they are not trying to get to paris, they want to go to the nearest amusement park. they want to know that the government is working for them. and when it comes to consumer protection, that we are protecting them. theyydo not want to feel that the government is working against them. i hope that we will represent the people, no matter where they are, or an urban area, wherever. the fact is that the american people are depending on us and i remember a few years ago, when i was looking into aig, and i was about two feet away from him. he was the leader of the aig in 2008. and i asked for him to provide me with additional information about the retention payments, that he believed were given to his people. and he responded by saying that 168 employees were going to receive payment, from $160,000 to $4 million. this would be nearly $120 millionnthat would be split in retention payments. and the problem is that this was not the money of aig. this was not their money. we are forgetting this. the lady across the street from me, who is 70 years old and has to come out of retir

i think they understand that being in debts significantly in paris the ability of one to be as free as one would otherwise aspire to be. [applause] >> thank you, a very -- thank you very much. i want to prevent -- presented with the heritage foundation necktie. >> this is good. >> we match. at this time, i would like our vice-president and director of our center to come up and wrap up today's program. >> thank you. that was quite a tour. we have had some very good speeches, but that is one of the best ones we have had in the whole series. you walk us through not only history, but also the legal. i want to thank you for that. we launched the series to protect -- last year. in general, we felt that the issue of national defense needed more attention from the american people, and from the media. we all know that we are consumed with a lot of very important issues and we need to be focused on them, but we also need to be focus on the issues that you talked about as well. we have had a number of events so far this year. this is the concluding eeent for protect american month. we have done a

>> the president of the paris joins us on the radio. -- of the parish joins us.'ve been out so many times into the louisiana wet lines with b gov. bobby jindal and others. for those that have never been to one of our w ones, explain what it would normally be like this time of year, and what you have seen as you've gone through on airboats. >> you have thousands of people out there fishing. these are degrading fishing grounds in the world. -the greatest fishing grounds in the world. many species start their life cycle here in the marshlands of louisiana. the plants are dying. all the fish, all the while light is dead. we wl of lost hundreds of birds, thepelican's just got off the endangered species list. i bet when th is over it will be back on it. we've lost hundreds of pelican, their eggs are covered with young -- with oil. someone needs to step up and do absolutely everything physically possible to keep this oil from destroying our eye. it is unthinkable. >> billy, en you start talking about the problems that we're dealing with, you've been very articulate in e

. >> names ken paris. want to ask about the relationships between deficits and jobs. said that one percent reduction in deficit would increase [inaudible] lot of pressure on congress to reduce the deficit in the midst of a job crisis would exacerbate the problem. wheres the focus? is it on job creation for long-term growth and have the economy increase in a long term sustained basis or on deficit reduction. >> well, look, i think what's very clear is we face two very substantial serious deficits in near term job rates with an unemployment rate that is the unaccept bli high and causing a crisis if not addressed. i think we ignore either of the problems at our peril. we need to address aggressively both of them. in some cases i think the debate about job source deficit is a false choice. we have to be - it's a question of timing. we have to act aggressively to address job deficits now and to bring out the deficit if we don't do that we're going to create another crisis and no one wants that. >> on expediting position that has a long history of bipartisan support. passin