my step father was going -- but he stayed here in california in camp pendleton. what is your degree anyway, i was curious? guest: well, i have one of those useless master's degrees in foreign policy. but i think the point i want to take away from the caller is -- color is this. you cannot neglect one part of the world in order to cope with another. the united states is a world power and has to cope and treat world problems. the way crises become crises is by neglect and by not focusing the due amount of attention on each region of the world. . host: in a couple of minutes, we will do something many of you have s to do on occasions. open phone lines. we will share some of the stories from the tuesday morning newspapers. more on the supreme court decision and the nomination of sonia so the tamayor. from "slate magazine" will join us. >> the white house unveils a new web site, usaspending.gov. it tracks federal i.t. investments. politico reports that some republicans believe a handful of democrats may have taken a career ending bode by supporting the energy bill --

my step father was going -- but he stayed here in california in camp pendleton. what is your degree anyway, i was curious? guest: well, i have one of those useless master's degrees in foreign policy. but i think the point i want to take away from the caller is -- color is this. you cannot neglect one part of the world in order to cope with another. the united states is a world power and has to cope and treat world problems. the way crises become crises is by neglect and by not focusing the due amount of attention on each region of the world. . guest: they are doing an excellent job. and i predict that they will play a very important role in support of the oas in the return. >> an update on this story we're covering from the associated press. republican norm coleman conceded to alfred can -- to al franken today. he announced his decision. al franken is expected to make a statement shortly in about a half hour. we will have that life for you here on c-span. -- have that live for you here on c-span. at 8:00, general ray odierno breech reporters on the latest militar

we signed sid green, belliard and pendleton, three defensive players. all of a sudden our pitching was a heck of a lot better. it is amazing how that works. believe me, we understand that connection, we are aware of that, and we are on the look out for those final pieces once we get the rotation put into place. that is why i am as excite as i am about the future and about how close we are. that is my observation, but i tell you what encourages me more. in the last two weeks, our new pitching coach was once a part of a phenomenon like this, five starters who had success in oakland. he was one of those kids. he says to me sitting in the dugout during one of our innumerable rain delays this year. he said stan, this is exacting to watch. this is exactly what we went through in oakland. two days later i was on the phone with bobby cox, who unsolicited said the same thing to me. he had never seen ross detwiler pitch. he had watched him the night before and he called me to say stan, it is really happening. and the most recent guy who said that to me was just y

camp lejeune, camp pendleton, fort campbell, kentucky, and walter reed have rehabilitative programs that includes the therapeutic use of animals to treat these wounded warriors and preliminary results show the programs are particularly effective. in the en bloc amendment, i have an amendment that directs the department of defense working with h.h.s. and the veterans' administration to conduct a study to determine whether the use of therapeutic -- the therapeutic use of animals to treat these wounded warriors should be expanded to other facilities and military installations around the country. i urge support of the en bloc amendment and this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey. >> i yield one minute to mr. cummings of maryland. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: thank you for yielding. i rise in strong support of a great bill, fiscal year defense of 2010. by including the national guard and reserves, we ensure that d.o.d. does not present quonk an incomplete recommendation regarding the m

we signed sade and carry pendleton, three defensive players and all of a sudden our pitching was a heckuva lot better. it's amazing how that works. we understand that connection. we are aware of that and we are on the lookout for those final pieces once we get the rotation put in place and i think it's happening that's why i'm excited as i am about the future and how close we are. that's my observation but i tell you what encourages me or just in the last two weeks our last pitching coach steve mcafee was once a part in 1980 of a phenomenon like this, five great young starters who want to have great success in oakland. he was once one of those kids and he says to me sitting in the dugout during one of our innumerable rain delays this year, he says stan, this is very exciting to watch. this is exactly what we went through an oakland. this is really happening. and two days later i was on the phone with bobby cox, the great hall of fame manager in atlanta who unsolicited said the same thing. he knew all about or other guys from personal experience and he then watched ross yy where that might

when the navajo code talkers first arrived at camp pendleton, there were those who considered them less than fully equal. u.s. law had only acknowledged native americans as citizens for 17 years when our country entered world war ii. many of the code talkers were born as noncitizens in a land that they had belonged dhash had belonged to their people before the europeans knew it existed. yet 45,000 of 350,000 native americans in this country served in the armed forces during that conflict, including 400 navajo code talkers. the native americans who signed up to serve this country in the armed forces were sending a message that they, just as much as anyone else, were citizens of the united states of america. their people were just as much a part of this country's cultural at thatapestry as any other. in the navajo code, the word for america was "our mother." as one code talker has explained, our mother stood for freedom, our recialtion our ways of life, and that's why we went in. the nast hoe marines identified their culture with their country. when they fought, they fought for both. in f