you really need to take a second set also six three but you can still be in the decider italian pennetta seem to be going to. want to make it needs be. this is a plan to lose no no we're going to listen to your good. news and from friends because. we were so hard to lose. so one hundred things for the position. and. stuff but. here is going to be over we'll continue flying the russian flag at flushing meadows though after beating on a very good six four seven five how it ended sabine lisicki up next for the twenty six year old summary of what dusting and socks are going to. wear in the men's side of action reigning champion the rafael nadal remains in the home the world number two benefiting from nicklaus who is injury watching the frenchman retire early in the third set and tall well in control of taking the first decent six to the hood ben stating he had been enough during the first game of the third set over the twenty nine year old retiring with an abdominal strain allowing rough achieve in two runs. a rollercoaster comeback win from the murray on the day the start just about survivi

australians eight in a row over the russian and german banks by german and get beat italy's flavia pennetta. and she was to the semifinals by sunni muslims the street on u.s. open champion the last remaining russian public change about seven five six one and the next by world number one caroline wozniacki. wall of the inside top seed not joke of it remains on course for his third grand slam title of the season it was all square after two close sets against fellow serbian mentor to salvage them the world number one worries through the next nine games take from the third set to love for teixeira bitch had to pull out injured three left and move forward. and we're in for a tasty semifinal with five try champion roger federer standing in drop of which is why this wrist master needed less than two hours to knock out french from joe root for a song in straight sets the former world number one cruising into his eighth consecutive semifinal in new york federer is also one of only two men who has managed to inflict a read if a top of it this season. in athletics newly crowned world champion maria se

has become one of the biggest weak one casualties of the us open the russian losing ice to flavia pennetta in three sets the. twenty four year old seeing her serve broken three times and you say it's half again it's three thank you to the second set also in the sixty's one but couldn't keep it going in the cider mess during the six three three six six when. a major was made. and says according to lewis in the no no words wanting to listen to your kids when he's innocent from friends it's really worth doing so or to try to lose. so one marriage on my face for the position. and then again the stuff about. turning. there is one real will continue flying the russian flag stateside go after beating on a bell makes you know six four seven five how it ended sabine lisicki out next for the twenty six year old. for the role. but over in the men's side of things reaming chopping the rough feel it remains in the world number two benefiting from nicolas not hoots injury meaning the frenchman retires early in the third set well he was well in control after taking the first he said six suit not good the

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elsewhere flavia pennetta missed an early chance to close i japanese pension why but knowledge that it win anyway along row you in the second set going the way of the twenty nine year old. tell you in six four seven six the final score world number ninety two kerber up next the german the first time was a finalist. in the men's side of things russian involvement is now over you can it's in the last the fold going going to run three offending jumping over a field and how did eventful day at flushing meadows tough to our forty minutes in country in the searing heat seeing the world number two take her david nalbandian seven six six one seven five how it ended up and then down through to the fourth stage where he meets looks and works mueller for a place in the last eight. the new york sun though taking its toll on the doll in the interview room afterwards journalists watching on the twenty five year old grabbed his leg with cramp slowly stretching out before collapsing on the floor but sneaking afterwards it was quote really hot just bad luck that the pain occurred in front of the camera

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district court rose mary collier dismissed the lawsuit and said, some of the allegations were lee on pennettafirmed the use after drone program, therefore it should be granted. the judge said, no, he did not specifically do that. he made certain statements. >> the judge said the aclu has no right to know what the drone program, if one exists, because the cia plays game with that, know right to know specifically what it does and what it doesn't do. >> with respect to its intelligence. it's a matter of national security. >> do you agree with that decision? >> absolutely. there are nine exemptions, and one is national security or foreign policy and this absolutely is. >> no doubt about it. do you want to speculate on any aclu motives since you are very close to those people? >> sometimes i agree with them, sometimes i doan. >> do you want to speculate on their motives to undermine the drone program. >> i think they wanted to get exactly an admission? why, wiel? why? >> don't interrupt. >> they want to make us look bad, we being the united states, look bad. >> the aclu so according to lis wiel, t

we'll hear from defense secretary pennetta and joint the chiefs chairman next on c-span. then on this morning's "washington journal," topics include the president's jobs plan, environmental policy, and the investigation into solar energy company solyndra. "washington journal" begins at the top of the hour. >> which part of the u.s. constitution is important to you? that's our question in this year's student cam competition, open to middle and high school students. make a video documentary five to eight minutes long and tell us the part of the constitution that's important to you and why. be sure to include more than one point of view and video of c-span programming. entries are due by january 20, 2012. there's $50,000 in total prizes and a grand prize of $5,000. for all the details, go to studentcam.org. >> this past weekend marked the passing of another former senator. from 1967 through 1985, charles perry served three terms as republican senator from illinois and beliefly considered a presidential run in 1976. a moderate, he unsuccessfully proposed legislation to promot

the secretary of defense, leon pennetta has said that the defense cuts would be completely unacceptable. i assume republicans would agree with him. that is the only light there because it might force them to do their jobs, and so in the end -- and i don't know if you agree with me or disagree with me, david, on this and, john, but i think that if you could come up with some form of tax reform or the promise of it in which you could kind of muddle what's a tax increase because if you lower a wealthy person's top rate, but you take away their deductions, does it even itself out? maybe you could play with something like that. >> well, gloria, you're right. there's an important point. if you did get tax reform that economists would say would increase growth, that will bring more revenue, and republicans would support that. >> right. >> you know, it would -- more growth brings more revenue, and that's a good thing, but i have to -- i don't know about you, but -- and i'm not sure of the feeling in washington, but don't you think the super committee is a long, long way away from coming up with

we learned the defense secretary, leon pennetta, signed an order raising the force protection level throughth. the move is not in response to any specific threat. >>> the u.s. is considering keeping about 3,000 troops in iraq next year. that's according to a senior pentagon official, but stresses no final decisions have been made. iraq is expected to ask for some troops to actually stay on. a man who played a major role in sending u.s. troops to iraq says it was the right decision. former vice president, dick cheney, talked with wolf blitzer about other actions he doesn't regret. >> a lot of controversial things we did that people didn't like, and they criticized it, was the surveillance program, and there were things that allowed us to save lives and the net result, the value of our policies is best evaluated in the result that after 9/11 there were no other mass attacks in the united states. >> homeland security, janet napolitano, tells politico new technology could make it possible for passengers to keep their shoes on. restrictions on carrying liquids onboard will probably be in place f

and over at the pentagon, leon pennetta, who had been c.i.a.n't saying yet whether he plans to take part in a debate that's scheduled for this week in california or stay in texas to deal with the wildfires there that officials say have destroyed more than 1,000 homes this week. perry is "more substantially concerned," than he is about the debate plan for wednesday, for tomorrow. our coverage later today on c-span includes new york mayor rudy giuliani. he is talking about september 11. and white house coverage. presidential hopeful mitt romney, he'll be dealing his jobs plan which he wrote in "usa today." the plan, a 59-point plan which includes lowering the corporate tax rate. you'll hear his comments this afternoon at 3:40. on thursday president obama will speak to a joint session of congress about his plan and we'll have live coverage of that joint session at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> this weekend, the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 on the c-span networks with live coverage from each of the memorial sites. new york city, shanksville, pennsylvania, a

with respect to that thing go off and you heard secretary pennetta and others, and i would say the same thing, i think that would be very dangerous to the country given the national security requirements we have globally. all the way in the back. >> yes. my name is cammy, the pakistani spectator. my question is addressing pakistani insecurities. given that pakistan lost every war and now pakistanis believe in the end that without addressing pakistani insecurities and especially the issue of kashmir, i believe we can stay in afghanistan for 100 years and we are not going to resolve this issue. so when you look at -- can you tell them honest low that it's worth to give up blood in afghanistan for the -- the country that has become a battleground between india and pakistan? so my question is mainly about addressing pakistani insecurity given they have lost everyone fighting. thanks. >> i think that's a fair question, and i think we need to listen. we need to understand what -- where pakistan's interests are. how does pakistan see its future and where certainly those shared interests combin

have you spoken to secretary pennetta at all about troop levels in iraq? >> i have not, except casually, because in my current responsibilities that is not a subject that i have responsibility for. the piece of it that i work on is the implementation. so when decisions are made about that, i will be involved in the implementation of it. the logistics with whatever is decided. >> as i understand your position, you will be secretary pennetta's right hand man, is that right? >> if confirmed as deputy, yes. >> if confirmed. and in that capacity, you will be making recommendations to him based on your best assessment of what should be done on all major areas in the department of defense. >> yes, absolutely. so i would ask you, with respect to the troop levels in iraq, to make a pledge to this committee that you will give very serious and due weight and consideration to what our commanders in the military are saying on troop levels that we need to make sure that you're troops are protected, that we do not undermine the security that we have -- the hard-fought se