robert rice declared if the government is an active shareholder they should and i quote -- "push management to take actions that are not necessarily geared toward higher shareholder return." end quote. think about that statement. they should, the government owns more and more of american businesses. they should push government to take actions not necessarily geared toward higher return. in other words, the government should use its newly acquired power in form early private companies to further its own agenda. both the political process and free markets are going to be distorted if that happens. in fact, in the new republic, a writer said government manages political decisions which could be a fiasco. the article notes coalition unions lobbying against bailout dollars to principal financial group because of its opposition to card check. so you find more and more of these pressures on now because the government has a bigger and bigger stake, the government dictating day-to-day management decisions in american business. that is not something -- that is not a path, i would argue, mr. president

graham, former republican secretaries of state james baker, henry kissinger and condeleeza rice, defense secretary robert gates, first appointed by president bush, admiral mike mull learning the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and general david petraeus. y yesterday senator kyl made a statement taking issue with some of my earlier comments about guantanamo. he asked -- quote -- "what is wrong with the prison at guantanamo?" let me respond to his question. what's wrong with guantanamo is that it is a recruiting tool for al qaeda and other terrorists. that isn't just my opinion. it's the opinion of military leaders based on their experience actually fighting wars in afghanistan and iraq. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen said the concern i've had about guantanamo is that it has been a recruiting symbol for those extremists and jihaddists who would fight us. that's the heart of the concern for guantanamo's continued existence. general david petraeus said guantanamo is -- quote -- "a symbol that is used by our enemies to our disadvantage who beat around the head and shoulders with

ambassador susan rice spoke at today's white house briefing. she is joined by press secretary robertgibbs. this is one hour. >> in my debt -- endeavor to bring you another special guest, ambassador susan rice from the u.n. is with us. i think that many of you know that the resolution that was crafted on north korean sanctions passed unanimously. ambassador rise will talk to as a little bit about that. >> thanks very much, robert. good afternoon, everybody. the we are very pleased that the security council just within the last hour and a half passed unanimously a brand new resolution imposing tough, new, meaningful sanctions on north korea in response to the nuclear test and its other provocative beaters and activity. this resolution is unprecedented. it is innovative. and it will cause the sanctions racine on north korea to be structured in at five critical areas. first, it begins by condemning their actions in the strongest possible terms. and demanding that north korea halt all nuclear activity, halt all missile activity in return unconditionally -- and return unconditionally to th

robert gibbs. this is one hour. >> trust me. i have been working on that. so, obviously, we are bringing you another special guest. ambassador susan rice from the united nations is with us. i think many of you know that the resolution that was crafted on north korean sanctions passed unanimously a short while ago from the united nations, and ambassador rice will talk to us a little bit about that and answer a few of your questions. >> thanks very much, robert. afternoon, everybody. we are very pleased that the security council just, within the last 1.5 hours, passed unanimously a brand-new resolution imposing tough, new, meaningful sanctions on north korea in response to its nuclear tests and its other provocative behavior, including recent missile activity. this resolution is unprecedented. it is innovative. and it will cause the sanctions regime on north korea to be strengthened in five critical areas. first, the resolution begins by condemning north korean actions in the strongest possible terms and demands north korea halted a all nuclear activity, halt all missile activity and returned to the negotiation table. with the prerogativ