america's wars in iraq and afghanistan the reality is this is what america does neo cons like robert kagan who urged war with iraq long before nine eleven helps keep this reality alive by equating military might to global leadership and world domination we intervene in grenada nine hundred eighty three panama ninety nine iraq nine hundred ninety one somalia nine hundred ninety two haiti nine hundred ninety four bosnian one thousand nine hundred five cost of zero nine hundred ninety nine afghanistan two thousand and one in iraq two thousand and three. the united states spends nearly as much on military hardware fixtures and training as all other countries combined we see at a time when there's twenty five to thirty million people who are unemployed or underemployed where forty seven million americans can't go to a doctor when they're sick there's limitless funds limitless resources for the war budget the military budget is hardly ever questioned that town that is dominated by its industrial complex. advertisements line the metro. commercials showcase the latest high. where. politicians cave

of congress starting to make their case for the impeachment of supreme court justices thomas, roberts, kagan, and sotomayor. in fact, congressman peter defazio said -- quote -- "they've opened the floodgates and personally i'm investigating articles of impeachment against certain justices." if that's the standard, a president would have to raise nominees hydrophonically in the white house base fment they had any hopes of surviving on the bench. you cannot -- base fment they hapossibly hope toraise the impd with the wrong answer on that embarrassment question in confirmation. article iv is an open demand for senators to engage in pure conjecture. if senators can simply assume embarrassment to remove a nominee, there is no standard of proof. our day is over. and there's no standard of removal. threl a just serve at your pleasure, just as madison feared. it's preslice what adams worried -- it's precisely what adams worried about, uncertain wishes and imagination as a substitute for proof. i want to conclude before i sit down and i rest this case for the defense and before my voice gives out. i

of congress starting to make their case for the impeachment of supreme court justices thomas, roberts, kagan, and sotomayor. in fact, congressman peter defazio said -- quote -- "they've opened the floodgates and personally i'm investigating articles of impeachment against certain justices." if that's the standard, a president would have to raise nominees hydrophonically in the white house base fment they had any hopes of surviving on the bench. you cannot -- base fment they hapossibly hope toraise the impd with the wrong answer on that embarrassment question in confirmation. article iv is an open demand for senators to engage in pure conjecture. if senators can simply assume embarrassment to remove a nominee, there is no standard of proof. our day is over. and there's no standard of removal. threl a just serve at your pleasure, just as madison feared. it's preslice what adams worried -- it's precisely what adams worried about, uncertain wishes and imagination as a substitute for proof. i want to conclude before i sit down and i rest this case for the defense and before my voice gives out. i

. >> and now the brookings institution's michael o'hanlon, senior fellow robert kagan, and former federal reserve board vice chair alice rivlin. the closure of the bipartisan -- she was co-chair of the bipartisan debt reduction task force. this is about 90 minutes. >> i am the director of the foreign policy program at the brookings institution. as we are all, by now, aware, the burgeoning federal deficit and the way in which that is adding to our national debt, which i think represents something like 70% of gdp. it is likely to equal 100% of gdp in the next 10 years. it presents a particular challenge when it comes to national security. >> as we are all right now aware, our national debt represents 70% of gdp. it presents a particular challenge when it comes to national security. about six months ago that the greatest threat to our national security is not al qaeda or iran or the rise of china, it was, he said, the national debt. it is in that context that michael o'hanlon decided to return to his roots as a budget analyst, in particular the defense budget, to look at particular questions

of congress starting to make their case for the impeachment of supreme court justices thomas, roberts, kagan, and sotomayor. in fact, congressman peter defazio said -- quote -- "they've opened the floodgates and personally i'm investigating articles of impeachment against certain justices." if that's the standard, a president would have to raise nominees hydrophonically in the white house base fment they had any hopes of surviving on the bench. you cannot -- base fment they ha

. >> and her first interview since joining the supreme court, justice elena kagan spoke about her reaction with judge roberts and the tour she gave her after she was sworn in. >> hour, talking about the argument and listening to some of the recordings of last year's cases, it's interesting to hear your colloquies i guess is the right word with the chief. i'm wondering about your intellectual relationship with chief justice roberts because often your questions were, and answers were not hit high gear, and i am wondering what you think of the intellectual relationship between the two of you. >> i have extraordinary respect for him. he was the great supreme court advocate of his time before he became a judge, and so i always felt as though he could do better what all of us has lawyers were trying to do, and he did it as well as anybody had ever done was to be at that podium and make an argument to the supreme court, and that's a little bit intimidating to know the person questioning you has also stood in your shoes and has done the job better than anybody else ever has. i've listened to the chiefs arguments and

the life and the careers of cheese justice roberts of the conservative side there are parallels between the life and career of justice so why your and justice kaganut strong-willed women, identifiable ethnic background, both went to princeton when there were very few women and the itself tremendously and both were on the supreme court by the time they're 22-years-old and everyone around them has known that all of those years. so these are people who inevitably are going to be twinned by history. they now link the next 30, 40 years of it because they are strong-willed people they want to define their views and have to do that to some degree against each other. they respect each other tremendous theater different than the scorpions who didn't always respect each other but they want to be distinct so recently use of justice sotomayor write an unusual position and a case involving an hiv-positive prisoner from louisiana who stopped taking his medicine should have been granted by the courts and in favor of the prisoners get no other justice agreed and it is as though she were harking back to thurgood marshall conscience of a court kind of role, and he

. >> this sunday, on c-span, the newest supreme court justice elena kagan and her relationship with chief justice john roberts, an unprecedented on the record conversation sunday at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on c-span. >> today, the senate voted to repeal the don't ask don't tell policy. here is a portion of the for debate that set the stage for final passage. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. chambliss: mr. president, i believe under the previous order, i have five minutes of senator mccain's time. i'd like to take a minute to speak on this issue of repeal of don't ask, don't tell. i want to start by talking about the process. here we are once again at the end of the year, the last week, just a few days, in this case, one week before christmas, dealing with a very sensitive, a very emotional issue that is of critical importance to our men and women in the military as well as every other american, but most significantly those men and women who are willing to put their life in harm's way to protect america and protect americans, and they do such a good job of that. what we've seen here is we'v

lives and careers of chief justice roberts and alito on the conservative side there are also some parallels between the lives and careers of justice sotmayor and kaganth very strong-willed women from new york city, identifiable of the nec backgrounds, to princeton when there were very few women and both excelled tremendously and both were on the top of the supreme court from the time there were 22-years-old. everyone all around them has known that for all of those years. so these are people who inevitably now are going to be twins history. they are linked for the next 30, 40 years. and they're going to want because they are strong-willed people to define their views and they are going to have to do that to some degree against each other. they respect each other tremendously and in that way they are different than the scorpions i read about who didn't always respect each other but they want to be distinct. and so recently we saw just a sotmayor id three unusual opinion in which she said a case involving an hiv-positive prisoner from louisiana who stopped taking his medicine should have been granted by the court in favor of the prisoner and no other j

this sunday on c-span, the newest supreme court justice, elena kagan on the confirmation process, and her relationship with chief justice robertsnday at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on c-span. americanh, c-span 3's history tv continues with nixon's solicitor general robert brok, and his reaction -- bork and his reaction to the so- called smoking gun tape. and historian richard francis on why one of the judge's of the salem witch trial recanted his guilty verdict. telling the american story every weekend. seeing the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman jim jordan is a republican of ohio and just recently elected as the chairman of the republican study committee for the 112th congress. congratulations. guest: thank you. host: first of all, what is the republican study committee and what is your agenda? guest: they have been around for a number of years. it's the conservative caucus on capitol hill. i like to tell people we are supposed to be the conservative conscious for republicans in the nation's capital. our job is to make sure republicans act like republicans. dick a

2010] been her first interview since joining the supreme court, elena kagan spoke about turf impressions with chief justice roberts. >> we were talking about argument in listening to the cases. it is interesting to hear. i am wondering about your intellectual relationship with chief justice roberts. the answers were very rapid fire. >> i had extraordinary respect for him. he was the great supreme court advocate of his time before he became a judge. i felt as though he could do better. he did it as well as anybody had ever done it. that is a little bit intimidating to know that the person intimidating you hasted in your shoes -- has stood in your shoes. he is also a great question to prepare. he did not let you get away with anything if there is something you want to hide, he is certain to find it. he had to be at the top of your game. >> here is a little bit of a story. when i walked in for my swearing in that was necessary in order for me to do the work of the court, alice met by the chief justice. -- i was met by the chief justice. ur.gave me a too he showed me the room. it goes to the chief justice. we walked a

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kagan, the newest justice of the supreme court. here is a little bit more a part talking about her impressions of john roberts as an advocate before her court -- the court and also now as her colleagues on the bench. >> talking about argument and listening to some of the recordings of last year's cases, interesting to hear your colloquies -- i guess the right word -- with the chief. wondering about how your aunt -- about your intellectual relationship because often your questions and answers were very rapid-fire and i am wondering what you think of the intellectual relations of between the two. >> i have extraordinary respect for him. he was the great supreme court advocate of his time before he became a judge. so, i always felt that he could do better what all of us as lawyers were trying to do. and he did it as well as anybody had ever done it, to be at that podium and make an argument to the supreme court. that is a little bit intimidating, to know the person questioning you has also stood in your shoes and really has done the job better than anybody else ever has. i listened to the cheeks arguments and i talked to a lot of peo

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kagan it in her first televised interview. she talks about the confirmation process, for adjustment to the court, and her relationship with chief justice roberts. >> i think i became a lawyer for all the wrong reasons. i was a law school dean, and i used to tell people, do not go to law school just because you do not know what else to do. that is why i went to law school. i was not sure what else i wanted to do. i believe about keeping your options open. i was not at all sure that i wanted to practice law when i started law school. i thought, what could be wrong with having a law degree and then deciding? when i got to law school, i was amazed to find that i absolutely loved law school and studying the law. in a way that i do not think i have loved any other part of my academic experience. i had always been a good student, but i've never felt that kind of passion for a subject. i like thinking about the law. i liked that law that was something that was both an intellectual challenge and a puzzle, but also had very real- world consequences. you could really think about using what you were learning in order to make the world a better place, in o