he led a group that came to be known as rumsfeld's raiders and challenged some of the old-guard republicans in leadership. host: you wrote that his transformation process did not go as some conservative critics wanted. in august 2001 bill kristol called for donald rumsfeld and another resignation. guest: that is red. there was a time a few months into his tenure when he was widely speculated likely to be the first cabinet casualty of the bush administration because he had come into office charged with transforming the military, but was taking his time, organizing study groups. he argued with the chiefs, members of congress about the direction of change. some were not happy with how fast change was happening. it was 9/11 and that the war in afghanistan that really saved him. host: good morning, caller. caller: to the american people in total budgets for all the military, the pentagon, what did those total? politicians often talk about public service but yet the revolving door that these people and at the staff of the politicians and up going to work directly or indirectly for these military

if the markets of certain stocks fall back again and if the bear market raiders act again using abusive short-selling practices to damage and possibly destroy the stocks of banks and other company, the s.e.c. will have a lot of explaining to do. unless we see responses from the agency in the near-term. i have been writing the s.e.c. and talking about this issue on the senate floor since march 3. it is now june 24 and the s.e.c. still has done nothing. it is time for the s.e.c. to act. let me review the history of this issue and the evidence. naked hortishort-selling occurs when a trader selells a financil instrument short without first borrowing or even ensuring it can be borrowed. this quieters our securities and capital markets to nothing more than gambling casinos. since the naked seller purports to sell something he doesn't own and may never own in the expectation that prices of the instruments sold will decline before ever settling the trade. because this activity requires no capital outlay, it also inspires naked short sellers to flood the market with false rumors that make it a s

davis this part of the stadium built exclusively for the raiders.because of that it's become a pretty good hitters background. >> gary: fouls it off. and a lot of room in the outfield. these alleys are deep. if you get a ball by the outfielder in the power alley either one it's got a long way to roll. >> buck: even though there's so much foul territory that will lead to some foul outs, still a lot of room in the gaps. >> gary: bobby crosby. 2-2 delivery to him. that's outside. john blocks it 3-2. sot eight doubles ties a franchise record doubles in a ball game. eight of them. >> buck: that's a pretty historic franchise with a lot of great hitters. >> gary: 3-2 delivery. you hit doubles you'll score runs. they have. >> buck: i think doubles are more of a problem for pitchers than home runs. when you constantly give up doubles, you have a guy in scoring position every time. and you're always looking back saying there's another guy back there. home run at least you start off with nobody on. >> gary: 3-2 count. crosby hanging tough. he'll foul another o

. -- it is needless, dangerous, and the raiders. americans are going to be offended by the bombs rush to restructure, not only economy, -- not only the economy, but doing it in a way that does not make sense. they realize that everybody agrees it will be a consequence. some people are saying, the government competitor is a good thing. people on the other side are saying that a government competitor means there'll be a single payer system before too long. she went on to say, and they are right. you can find that statement on youtube. we do not want that to happen, and they do. health-care providers our understanding is stepping forward, saying they do not want it to happen. >> you cited a 83% of americans like what they have in think is pretty good. the polls do show that. what responsibility does congress have? many of those people are wrong. they may like what they have, but it is overpriced and over insured. what responsibility does congress have to dissuade them from the fact that their insurance is pretty good. should people who

they looked like a frightening combination of livestock being taken to slaughter and bunch of viking raiders. a few dozen tall -- talibs made an impromptu check opinion. in a vehicle behind is a husband, wife and daughter looked anxious. the teenage girl fumbled to move her head scarf. we rolled forward in line. unfolded a newspaper and pretended to be reading. one more car in front of us. they motioned us to the side. our driver eased forward. they looked over our car and waved us through. i discarded the newspaper, spun in my seat and stared out the back window. i wanted to watch and keep watching the talibs for hours to cram the midge -- image my mind of them command the road. at the point of close contact i was too scared to take pictures. a different kind of pakistan. that pakistan was no longer a figment of someone's worried imagination. four hours from the capitol, five trucks with militants totally unchallenged had arrived and were in charge. >> host: of course, gang gore ya and swat where the pakistani army is trying to take it back from the taliban. you got even deeper in the talib

i do want to thank the staff, matt glassman and ian raider for their help with this bill. and, of course, on my side of the aisle, l zimbings dawson, megan medley with my office to help make sure this bill goes through as it has successfully over the last several months. so, again, i thank all the people that's involved and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. wasserman schultz: madam speaker, i continue to reserve. i'm sorry. let me try that again. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, madam speaker. at this time i yield three minutes to the distinguished gentleman from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. jackson: i rise with my friend from tennessee, mr. wamp. madam chair woman, as you know, mr. wamp and i worked with you to name the main hall in emancipation hall. however, we feel that name needs context and want to work with you,

figured if i've got to read for him and was able to get to the story and not be disgusted, then the raiders would follow and i have sort of proceeded on that basis since i began writing like water articles. at some point that became what i actually thought newspapers should do. again, i really against generalist's so the idea is to cover something well enough to explain to the mythical seventh grade educated reader, the guy they told us about the journalism school, your reader will have a seventh reeducation -- to hell with them then. i don't want to write for that guy. [laughter] who does? [applause] but eventually they published a whole newspaper to read a bad guy called usa today. [laughter] and as of the baltimore sun said they are all around that, no jobs and we went through that phase. i want to write stories for the people who are living that event and that i believe other people will fall because you are writing with interior knowledge that says i am worth reading, i really know this beat. i wasn't a good police reporter for the first two or three years. i had all the headlines, i d

i will be wearing next week in the congressional baseball game the jersey of the blue raiders. last year this baseball team's entire field was under 10 feet of water. and it's a symbol of what happens when communities all over this country are devastated by natural disasters. that's why the work we do in this body is so important. i continue to call upon people to keep in mind those who are devastated in a similar way in the years and days ahead. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. reichert: thank you, mr. speaker. american jobs are being threatened by new proposals to tax the earnings of american employers operating in markets around the world. we cannot forget that we are in a global economy. america cannot just be a participant in this global economy but they have to lead in this global economy in the middle of a downturn it makes no sense to eliminate a tax

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