thomas, a republican for eli saslow. >> caller: i'm going on. >> morning, sir. thomas, are you there? >> caller: yes, i'm here. >> go ahead, sir. >> caller: hi, mr. eli. >> hey, thomas. thomas is actually one of the letter writers who is featured in the book. pretty exciting to have you call in. >> thomas, go ahead and turn down your sound. we do want to hear your story. >> caller: okay. hit mute. >> thomas, you want to tell a little bit? >> caller: i'm on. we're hitting mute right now. great. eli, i actually have you on my computer. so it kind of flags me when you're where every you're at. i saw this and thought wow, this is a perfect opportunity to get on the radio and talk to you. >> what is your last name, thomas, and what is your story? >> caller: thomas ritter. i wrote a letter to the president kind of just -- i was kind of angry. and the health care debate was kind of a tough deal. and i didn't like how it was just rammed down the throats of the american people. my classmates are laughing at me. and so i just, you know, kind of vented some things that i t

later, we talked to eli saslow. in the meantime, news from c- span radio. >> pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected u.s. drone fired two missiles killing 10 alleged militants in pakistan near the afghan border. pakistan's parliament recently demanded the u.s. to veto all drum strikes on its territory but the u.s. -- the west's finney tell bus end -- bus end drum strikes on its territory. the u.s. government says pakistan has no basis to hold the doctor who is in poor health and being kept away from other officials. pentagon spokesman george little says anyone who supported the united states in finding osama bin laden was not working against pakistan, they were working against al-qaida. while responding to criticism, the united states was told to respect the decision to imprison the doctor. as far as the case is concerned, it was in accordance with pakistani laws and pakistani courts, and we need to respect legal processes. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radial. -- radio. >> there is an ex

. >> our guest has been eli saslow, staff writer for the "washington post" who's authored this book. it's titled "ten letters: the stories americans tell their president." ten stourz from around the country and their exchanges with the president. >> thanks for having me on. i appreciate it. >>> in a few moments a discussion of politics in the digital age. in a little more than an hour a hearing focused on legislation to protect consumer privacy online. and then a look at youth environmental activism. >>> this memorial day weekend, three days of american history tv on c-span 3. saturday morning at 9:00 eastern, actors from hbo's "band of brothers" join easy company vets and the 101st's bill heffron. >> i said what is it, bill? you're giving me everything in the platoon to jum wp with. he said we're jumping in holland, ain't we? i said yeah. okay. what's that gots to do with me? he said let me tell you something. how much do you weigh? i said 138 pounds. how tall are you? i said 5'4 1/2". >> hts 54 1/2. you've got to put that half in flip i said because i am 5'4 1/2". the reason you've

host: our guest has been eli saslow, author of "10 letters -- the stories americans tell their president." thanks for being here. we will be back tomorrow at 7:00. we are taking you to a daylong conference put on by the ethics and public policy center. the topic is rising threats to religious freedom around teh world -- the world. live on c-span, enjoy. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> i want to turn to our panelists. there are many of us. i pledge to ruthlessly enforce time limits. about 12 for each speaker, 5 for myself. if there is time remaining, i will come back and say a few words. our next agenda ietm -- item is to invite comments from the speakers. hopefully, we will have timef q & a. i will remind you and tell you, i was a prosecutor for several years, the pimp prosectutor. i'm not tough, but i know lots of people. speakers will speak for about 12 minutes from their seats. i will briefly introduce each of them. they will not necessarily speak in the order they are arrayed, left to right or right t

and we will be joined by "washington post" writer eli saslow.the author of 10 letters from the stories of americans tell their president. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> welcome to wichita, kansas. we are here in the city of wichita, with waking up the city for 22 years. we think we have a heck of a start. today the mayor will talk about the problem with having in the city with taxicabs. 9:20 a.m., hang onto that he will. >> june 2 and 3rd, "book tv" in american history tv explore the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> we have a modest looking paper wrapped binding. an alphabetical list of the members of the senate and house of representatives done in 1831. i believe this was issued only, as it says here, for the members immediate use only. they didn't have syrups machines, but they were not supposed alone this out because, as you can see, it would tell you exactly where everybody lives, so you could go and punch them if you didn't like them. >> watch for "book tv" in american history t

we will be joined by "washington post" writer eli saslow. the author of 10 letters. the stories americans tell their president. "washington journal" is live on c-span everyday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. she >> tonight, the law of the sea treaty. after that, general john allen briefs reporters at the pentagon. and later, thomas mann and norm ornstein discuss their new book, called "it's even worse than it looks" about partisan and extremism in washington. >> welcome to wichita, kansas. we are here in the city of wichita. waking up the city for 22 years. we think we have a heck of a start. today he's going to be talking about the problem we are having in the city with taxicabs. 9:20 a.m., hang onto that if he will. >> june 2 and 3rd, "book tv" explores the heritage and literary culture of wichita, kansas. >> we have a modest looking paper wrapped binding. what it contains is an alphabetical list of the members of senate and house of representatives done in 1831. i believe this was issued for members immediate use only. we are not supposed along the south, because, as you ca