and under then senator sam nunn, he was on the senate subcommittee for investigation staff. he has worked at commerce at the justice department, at the state and federal level and today he is the special inspector general for afghanistan's reconstruction we are now entering our 12th year in that conflict, and i wish that we could report that the reconstruction is complete. unfortunately what we do know is that compared to 10 years ago there has been a great deal of progress in afghanistan society and its quality of government but i think as we are all very well aware the reconstruction program has not always gone as expected. we have military units continuing to rotate into afghanistan today. we still have thousands of troops on the ground and we have what is expected to be now a more rapid troop drawdown from afghanistan over the next two years that i think many of our military planners and construction officials had hoped for warrant expected. mr. sopko is recently returned from a trip to afghanistan in his just published the first quarterly report of 2013. and we look for

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i have seen this for years with sam nunn, not surprised. that is, this mad rush to spend money. plans be damned, we will get the money out the door before the clock strikes 12. that is my fear, that we are just pump in the money out the door. you talked about the effectiveness and about our data. i will be honest, some of our data is probably not right. government. now i know, from the government. what can i say? we put out one of the most massive data calls of any u.s. agency every quarter. i have an entire staff that does that. and i have asked if we are not asking for the right data, please tell us what to look for. my extend that offer to anyone. if it is a reasonable request, we want that data. part of the mandate, and part of what makes us unique at sigar is that we are required four times a year to do this mass of data call. if you look at the villa and -- at the quarterly report, three- quarters of the report is looking at all of that date and trying to put reasoning behind it. if you go to the reporter mitra be the one stop shopping for information on afghanistan recons

completely with this agenda, henry kissinger has joined schultz and former secretary bill perry and sam nunn, two democrats, in leading the charge for a world free of nuclear weapons. part of the inspiration for president obama's strategy. you see former chairmen of the joint chiefs siding with this. former leaders of the strategic command. they recognize we don't need 5,000 nuclear weapons anymore. we can go to much lower numbers. the president of the united states is clearly on a path to doing that, and part of what you saw today was shots across the bow. trying to stop president obama from continuing to modernize u.s. nuclear strategy, to reduce the cost and the expense and the saliency of this obsolete arsenal. >> politically it will be amazing if the republican party decides they want to go all curtis le may on this issue. but i almost welcome it. joe cirincione, president of the ploughshares fund. always great to have you here. >> thanks very much, rachel. >>> republicans have got anne round recently to saying that they have a problem attracting women voters. what they are actually doi

former senate armed services committee chairman sam nunn. >> so the book begins with the calm at theend of the world. we are talking a lot about the media and at this time, there is talk of the media and one of lincoln's friends is absolutely sure that it is going to happen. but he's trying very hard to get this job. he is not the nominee for senate, he may not ever become president. he got passed over, went back to his hotel room, laid down for an hour and couldn't move. he thought it was the end of his career. but as we all know, there was something better in store for mr. lincoln. but he ends up losing washington. he headed back towards illinois. >> congressman lincoln arrived in washington in 1837. author chris derose with his book "congressman lincoln" on booktv is weekend on c-span2. >> the economist alan blinder says the 2008 financial crisis was part of a financial system becoming too complex and too unregulated. he served as the vice chairman of the federal reserve board of governors in the clinton administration. he spoke about his book, "after the music stopped", at the po

i want to also thank my friends, sam nunn and john warner.i want to thank them for their support, their encouragement and their friendship over many years. and as each of you who had the privilege of serving with those two senators, i, too, add my thanks for their tremendous service to our country. these two distinguished americans represent what the best about american public service and responsible bipartisanship. they have embodied both in their careers, long distinguished careers, and are models for each of us. and of course to my family and friends and my fellow veterans who are here, as has been noted, max cleland, jan scruggs, veterans from all wars. i am grateful to them. not just for fellow friends and veterans who are here but those not here, thank you. a life is only as good as the family and friends you have and the people you surround yourself with. i also want to thank my friend, leon panetta, for his tremendous service to our country over so many years. if i'm given the privilege of succeeding him, it will be a high honor. pres

former rep sam nunn. cindy williams, the former assistant director of the congressional budget office. they will be per dissipating in the discussion. before this gets under way, let me just go back, paul taylor, to the issue of america by the numbers and retirement. what more needs to be done? how can you force them to save the based on the situation you just outlined? guest: there are some tactical fixes where you could make people automatically defaulted to a 401k. the talk about tweaking the policy fixes at that level. i think there's a much broader conversation that has to do with the public safety net, social security and medicare, and it has to do with how these voluntary programs into that scheme. i'm not smart enough to know the answer, quite frankly, but i do think that this is arguably the most important domestic policy challenge we face because it affects everyone at all stages of their life cycle. right now, if you look at the individual numbers, you're hearing people say they do not add up.

you know, i was there when sam nunn took on john tower who was nominated to be secretary of defense.of course, his number one defender, john's defender was john mccain back in those days. >> but this is part of how they feel about the iraq war too. >> and i've asked john mccain, i mean, what is this deal with you and chuck hagel. he says it's policy. it's all policy. so that's what he says. >> and, bob, nice bead this morning. i like that. you're always in the spirit. and who have you got coming up on sunday? >> we're going to have roger goodell, the commissioner of football. and i think it ought to be -- with all the questions about -- and especially with, you know, barack obama saying he'd have questions about whether his son would play if he had a son. so plenty to talk to the commissioner about. it's great to be in new orleans, let me also say that. >> great to have you. >> your kind of town. >> thank you, bob. >>> at the senate hearing hagel addressed the computer hacking. two major newspapers say chinese hackers infiltrated their computers for the last several months. >>> meanw

senator hagel was introduced and endorsed enthusiastically by two former chairmen of our committee, sam nunn and john warner. senator hagel's nomination has been endorsed by five former secretaries of defense who served under both democratic and republican presidents. bill cohen, bill perry, harold brown and melvin leary. he has been endorsed by two former secretaries of state and by six former national security advisers. he has received letters of endorsement from nine former ambassadors who worked with him on middle east issues from 11 retired senior military officers, and from 50 retired ambassadors and national security officials. he's been supported by the major critics of american veterans, including the veterans of foreign wars, the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, a.m. fed, vietnam veterans of america, the american legion. he has received support from the melted officers association of america, the foreign area officers association, and the non-commissioned officers association. senator hagel's credentials are underscored by his service in war and in peace. as a young man's

disclosure requirements and processes follow for at least the previous ten years during which senator sam nunn served as chairman or ranking minority member. and i added during this period the kw-t confirmed eight -- committees confirmed eight secretaries of defense: carlucci, perry, rumsfeld, gates and panetta, as well as hundreds of nominees for other senior positions in the department. the committee cannot have two different sets of financial disclosure standards for nominees, one for senator hagel and one for other nominees. as required by the senate armed services committee and by the ethics and government act, senator hagel has disclosed all compensation over $5,000 that he has received in the last two years. as required by the armed services committee, he has received letters from the director of the office of government ethics and the acting department of defense general counsel certifying that he has met all applicable financial disclosures. as required by the armed services committee, he has answered a series of questions about possible foreign affiliations. among other questions, th

former deputy defense secretary john deutsche and former service armed services committee chairman sam nunn. live coverage from the brookings institution begins at 10 eastern. >> so the book concludes with lincoln attempting to get a job in zachary taylor's administration. it's a chapter called a comma at the end of the world. we're talking these days about meteors hitting the earth. well, at this time there's a talk of a meteor, a comet destroying the earth, and one of lincoln's friends is absolutely certain it's going to happen. in fact, lincoln chides him about it 12 years later when they meet again. but he's trying or very hard to get this job, commissioner of the general land office under zachary taylor, and he fails. it's a good thing he fails, right? if he's in washington, d.c. as a bureaucrat, he's not in illinois founding the republican party there, he's not the nominee for senate, he probably never becomes president. but at the time he was quite depressed when he got passed over. he went back to his hotel room, laid on the bed for an hour, couldn't move. he thought it was the end

in 1978, there was an inspector general that helped those, both of the men, sam nunn and john dingell, understood the role of the inspector general and improving the united states government. it has been only seven months since i was appointed by president obama is the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction. since that time, i have traveled twice and i have traveled in and out of government. many of our nation's policymakers and prestigious think tank experts, including many here in the audience. i have learned a lot about our government, we have a coalition what we have. let me tell you a few minutes about this. it is not a well-known organization. it is not something you smoke either. it is the only agency in the tired united states government whose mission is reconstruction in afghanistan and nothing else. it is unique in that way. we have unique authority to examine any project by any government agency operating in afghanistan, dealing with reconstruction. so we took the department of defense, the department of justice, and the agency operating in afghanistan. we have

everybody in this body and everybody outside of this body who knows them, and those two chairmen are sam nunn and john warner. senator hagel's nomination has been endorsed by five former secretaries of defense who served under both democratic and republican presidents, bob gates, bill cohen, bill perry, harold brown and melvin leery. he has been endorsed by three former secretaries of state, madeleine albright, colin powell and george shultz, and by six former national security advisors who served in that position for more than 20 years under six of the last seven presidents. let me just share with our colleagues a few of the words of senator nunn when he introduced senator hagel to our committee. senator nunn said that i believe that our nation is fortunate to have a nominee for secretary of defense with the character, the experience, the courage and the leadership that chuck hagel would bring to this position. first, chuck is acutely aware that even in an age of rapid technological advances, our military capability and effectiveness depend on the quality and the morale of the people who ser

a rare occurrence in the senate, he worked first for chairman sam nunn and then chairman carl levin. for the last decade rick as led the committee's oversight of two of our longest-running wars ever -- iraq and afghanistan. working to reward the dedication of the military personnel and their families. under chairman levin's guiding hand, he has also filled the ranks of the armed services committee staff with the next generation of national security professionals. his expertise, integrity, and commitment to public service will be missed by democrats, republicans, and our country. and on behalf of the senate community, i thank him for his service and wish him well in his retirement. mr. president, his departure from the senate armed services committee comes during a trying time for our nation's micialghtr nation's military, as deep across-the-board cut cuts are so strike, set to strike hundreds of thousands of civilian employees. families and businesses are also bracing for the plan for deep cuts to programs that keep our food safe and water clean and borders secure. it is not too late

at his nomination hearing by two former chairmen of the senate armed services committee, senator sam nunntisan tradition of the senate and our committee. and the presiding officer, as a matter of fact, senator manchin, was present at the time when that presentation was made by senators nunn and warner, and he was a witness to how powerful their testimony in support of senator hagel was. senator nunn told the committee, "i believe that our nation is fortunate to have a nominee for secretary of defense with the characteristic and experience and the cucialg and the leadership that chuck hagel would bring to the position." and he said that there are many essential characteristickistics and values that a secretary of defense should possess in our dangerous and challenging world," and h he named a few of them, including someone who sets aside fixed ideology and buy ya--and biases to evaluate all options and then provide his or her candid judgment to the president and to the congress. and he also named this characteristic, someone who pays attention to people with the best ideas, regardless of t

i want to also thank my friends, sam nunn and john warner. i want to thank them for their support, their encouragement and their friendship over many years. and as each of you who had the privilege of serving with those two senators, i, too, add my thanks for their tremendous service to our country. these two distinguished americans represent what the best about american public service and responsible bipartisanship. they have embodied both in their careers, long distinguished careers, and are models for each of us. and of course to my family and friends and my fellow veterans who are here, as has been noted, max cleland, jan scruggs, veterans from all wars. i am grateful to them. not just for fellow friends and veterans who are here but those not here, thank you. a life is only as good as the family and friends you have and the people you surround yourself with. i also want to thank my friend, leon panetta, for his tremendous service to our country over so many years. if i'm given the privilege of succeeding him, it will be a high honor. pre

i have seen this for years with sam nunn, not surprised. that is, this mad rush to spend money. plans began, we will get the money out the door before the clock -- plans be damned, we will get the money out the door before the clock strikes 12. that is my fear, that we are just pump in the money out the door. you talked about the effectiveness and about our data. i will be honest, some of our data is probably not right. but we get it from the government. now i know, from the government. what can i say? we put out one of the most massive data calls of any u.s. agency every quarter. i have an entire staff that does that. and i have asked if we are not asking for the right data, please tell us what to look for. my extend that offer to anyone. if it is a reasonable request, we want that data. part of the mandate, and part of what makes us unique at sigar is that we are required four times a year to do this mass of data call. if you look at the villa and -- at the quarterly report, three- quarters of the report is looking at all of that date and trying to put reasoning behind it. if

. >> earlier today former senator sam nunn took part in a form on the federal budget and military issueswe wis were sure the entire evet later in the program but here's a brief look at what he had to say. >> let me just take just a moment to point out a few things were i think are very valuable, and icy agreement between the two papers. first of all i think both of them a great on, that overall deficit reduction is out so the critical for national security, and admiral mullen has said this over and over. the biggest threat is the deficit problem, the debt problem. so that's what i think most people agree with. you all wrong. the second point i think they both agree with is reform and defense within the defense budget is just as important as the top one. both are important, but both have to be addressed. it's not just how much the topline is. it's what you do within the defense budget. the third point i think both agree on, and that is to sequester is not the way to cut. it's the worst possible way. erskine bowles said the other day it's stupid, and it is. i think it is really counterprod