roger zakheim with us until our program is at 10:00 eastern. and i want to get to your calls, a republican, good morning. >> good morning. everyone is talking about the budget. why is it they can't pass-- have not done it in seven years, and most importantly, no one is held accountable for failing neurotics? how do we address that? >> great question on the audits . i think there are two things, you brought up a, this is an enterprise that is appropriate on an annual basis, just about $900 billion. we should be able to have a clean audit. we have certain pockets in the department of defense that actually do have that audit, the marine corps stands out in terms of military services carried out and all of that. overall, the department of defense has struggled to have a comprehensive audit. the process of realizing-- and this is not survey, it does actually connect, though, to support for increased defense spending the process of carrying out an audit does actually reveal a lot of new information that helps the department of defense execute its res

roger zakheim, call in, republicans 202-748-80001. democrats, 8000 and independents 8002 and a special for active and military, 202-748-8003. i want to hear from you, especially in topics related to the second part of the survey. the u.s. military, confidence in the military and 31% say some confidence up and pointed out the results of a historic low of 45% who had a great deal, high confidence in the military after the withdrawal from afghanistan late 2021. >> yeah, this is actually one of the more important discoveries we've had since we've done our survey as far back as 2018 and we started the survey in 2018. 70% of those surveyed had trust and confidence in the military and we divide that up between somewhat or a great deal. total count was 70% and we saw this precipitous decline and that bottomed out in 2021. and this one carried out in november of this year. we saw that number going up a bit to just north of 50%. now, institutions as a whole have taken a hit and we've seen that in our survey over the years, but i think it's a po

and then roger zakheim, washington director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation, an institute on the 2024 reagan national defense survey. and it's finding a record high number of americans in favor of more u.s. engagement and leadership in international affairs. c-span's journal join in the conversation live at seven eastern monday morning on c-span. c-span now or online at c-span. dawg. well, up next, a look at president biden's visit to angola. he became the first u.s. president to visit the nation and then secretary of state antony blinken. after his final meeting at nato's headquarters in brussels. later, health and human services secretary xavier becerra, senator cory booker and others take part in a series of discussions related to public health at the bloomberg american health summit. are you a nonfiction book lover looking for a new podcast? this holiday season, try listening to one of the many podcasts, c-span has to offer on q&a. you'll listen to interesting interviews with people and authors writing books on history and subjects that matter. learn something new on b

then roger zakheim, washington director at the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute, discussesrganizations survey finding a record high number of americans favor more u.s. engagement and leadership in international affairs. "washington journal" is next. join the conversation. ♪ host: good morning, monday, december 9, 2024. the house returns at

i'm roger zakheim, director of the reagan institute. and as many of you know, the reagan institute is the d.c. home of the ronald reagan presidential foundation, an institute right here in lafayette park across from the white house. that president and mrs. reagan once called home. on most days, i get to say that i have the best now, one of the best jobs in washington. but tonight i feel like i have the hardest job in washington, d.c. do you know how nerve wracking it is to speak in front of peggy noonan? most of the time you give someone a nice introduction and they say, i could not have written it better myself. but peggy, she must be thinking she was thinking i whatever in it so much better myself. and you know what? she'd be right. that's because peggy noonan is truly a writer without fear across five decades, americans have leaned on her words in times of tragedy and a moments of joy. in ronald reagan's hands. her speeches did more than capture history. they made history. and to this day, her columns do more than offer one woman's p

roger zakheim, what do you think? >> i respectfully disagree with greg's characterization. responsible -- 600,000 of his people u.s. forces there have been engaged to protect u.s. interests and doing with the can to help with the humanitarian crisis caused by that butcher. >> you can continue to watch this at our website. we're going to leave this now to hear from former defense secretary leon panetta talking about the role of civics education in today's society. live coverage on c-span3. >>> welcome. i am suzanne spaulding, sr. advisor here at the center for strategic and international studies where i leave the defending democratic institution project. we are so honored today to have a dedicated public servant, our former defense secretary leon panetta. he is here for an important conversation about a recent survey that the institute conducted an about the state of our democracy and what can be done to engage young people to be engaged citizens we need to preserve our democracy going forward. secretary panetta hardly needs an introduction but i'm going to quickly recap his

then roger zakheim, washington director at the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute, discusses his organizations survey finding a record high number of americans favor more u.s. engagement and leadership in international affairs. "washington journal" is next. join the conversation. ♪ host: good morning, monday, december 9, 2024. the house returns at noon eastern today. we are here with you for the next three hours today on "washington journal." a look at birthright citizenship, the idea that if you are born in america, you are automatically a citizen of the country. yesterday, president trump -- president-elect trump vowed once again to end or threat citizenship. phone lines split as usual this morning. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. a special line this morning for immigrants, (202) 748-8003. you can also text. please include your name and where you are from. otherwise, catch up with us on social media. facebook.com/c-span or on x with handle @cspanwj. a very good monday morning. this was president elect donald trump yester