but steve schmidt told us palin did poorly because she didn't do her homework. >> schmidt: i made theer that, in my view, the reason that that interview was a failure was because she did not prepare for it. she was focused that morning on answering ten written questions from a small newspaper in alaska called the "matsu valley frontiersman." >> cooper: she thought katie couric was kind of going for "gotcha" questions. >> schmidt: i don't think that katie couric asked a single unfair question in that interview. >> cooper: over on the democratic side, halperin and heilemann report that, early in the campaign-- a full year before the election-- hillary clinton was so sure she'd win, she had already started preparing for her presidency. >> halperin: she had two top advisors start to plan her transition for after she won the general election, even before she was the nominee. that's how confident she was that things were headed in that direction. >> cooper: what clinton didn't realize, according to the authors, was that some of her fellow democratic senators whose support she thought she ha

we are prepared to take the words of bill clinton, barack obama, eric schmidt into with the people ofca have been waiting for and that is for us to pass health care legislation, to put americans back to work and to have sensible policy on energy and to bring this forward in foreign policy as well and we heard from our leaders, principally from the speaker of the house of representatives and she reported to us as well and i would like to now turn over the microphone to her. madam speaker. >> thank you very much javier becerra vice chair of the caucus, thanks to u.n. to john larsen for an invigorating couple of days. it was exciting but it also gave us time to think, to reflect, to pause as we go forward. one year almost since the day that the president was sworn in, nearly a year. we can take stock about the agenda that he put forth, the budget that we passed, to grow our economy, to stabilize the u.s. economy to create jobs, to lower taxes for the middle class as we reduce the deficit centered around three pillars, investments and education, investments in energy/climate change, inves

schmidt, for any final comments. mrs. schmidt: thank you to my good friend from new mexico. one of a family member of mine's favorite movie is "a wonderful life" and it's about george bailey who thinks he's losing the family bank, and the angel that points out to him how important his life is. and at the end he realizes it and, yes, clarence gets his wings. and i think about that because i think of the family member and the fact that if his mother had had the opportunity in 1964 to have had an abortion, may have made the fatal decision not to have had that person. that person is a wonderful human being. he is a father, he is a husband, he has two children. he has a wonderful life. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from american samoa rise? mr. sablan: i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material und

steve schmidt says palin was not focused or engaged during preparations and he says she kept referringher opponent as joe o biden which led aides to come up with her famous question, can i call you joe? documents released by the administration thursday regarding intelligence failures prior to the unsuccessful christmas day airplane bombing had two glaring mistakes of their own. national intelligence director dennis blair wrote that the suspect, quote, boarded northwest flight 153 for detroit. but it was flight 253. and the summary of the white house review said the suspect's father met with the u.s. embassy officials in nigeria on november 18. but it was actually the 19th. and as the u.s. and other countries attempt to implement heightened security measures at various airports as we just saw, our neighbors to the north are focusing on another issue. the canadian transportation agency rule that had air canada must create a special buffer zone on flights for people who are allergic to nuts. they should be considered disabled and accommodated with a separate seating section. air canada st

if it's true what steve schmidt said about sarah palin not knowing why there's a north and south koreation of putting her up as our vice president was an irresponsible choice. in the same way the edwards cam pane and john edwards' decision to stay in the race notwithstanding his brewing scandal that had his staffers worried rt a short-sided unwise political decision, so it seems that if there's one big picture thought or big picture theme in this book it's really we need to start thinking about how and why the folks making decisions on our behalf do that and what it motivating them. >> i'm also curious about the strategists. seems like sometimes you can't control the people you're advising at all. we're going to talk a little bit more about that. i want to get good dirt on that. the real elizabeth edwards, too. is there a big gap between what her image is and how some say she was behaving during the campaign? we're going to get more of that after the break. how about all of the above? the eight passenger buick enclave. may the best car win. tools are uncomplicated. nothing complicated

we brought three tech delegations to iraq, including a recent visit by eric schmidt, the ceo of google, who announced that his company will launch an iraqi government youtube channel to promote transparency and good governance. and we're sending a team of experts to the democratic republic of congo this spring to begin the process of bringing mobile banking technology to that country. in addition is not only the invention of new technologies -- innovation is not only the invention of new technologies. it is also any breakthrough idea that transforms lives and reshapes our thinking. but one person's belief that poor women armed with credit could become drivers of economic and social progress. homeless women in south africa who refused to be deterred by their circumstances and organized themselves to gain access to loans and materials that enable them to build their own houses and eventually whole communities that they now help lead. or the insight between conditional cash transfer programs, which integrate efforts to fight poverty and promote education and health. these innovations have

eric schmidt said the company stillopes to find a w to remain active in chin for more on all this we turn to michael posner, assista secrary of state for democracy, human rigs and labor; and david lampton, directoof the china studs program at johns hopkins university. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> mr. posnewhat exactly was seetary of state clintoaccusing china of when it comes to iernet frh dom? what do yosee? >> well, i seehis broader than china it's saying th a number of countries inhe world are basically restrictinthe right of people to spe freehly through e internet, through their cell phones. and preventing them om reallyngaging within their own soeties and the dialogue about issuethat are important to them. this is rely human rights and democracy issue. and this is one component it. >> reporr: specifically in the case of googleand in these attacks on gooe, e-mail accounts, she asked china to iestigate what haened. now most experts pointed directly at the chinese government or chinese-supported entities. is tt the way the u.s. sees it in. >> well, i think what we see

howard schmidt. [applause] >> thank you very much, congressman, and i very much appreciate your leadership in this area for all the years you been doing this and look forward to visiting with you and your office as soon as possible. it's interesting when the congressman was talking about the devices we have. we were sitting in the back room back there. of course, i've got the two devices, the one with the white house which is ultimately much more secure, and my private one, which is presumably somewhat secure and thinking at some point come and i don't know if any of us will be around, but probably 50 to 100 years from now, or whatever time it takes to go through the physical evolutionary process that human beings go through, we will have phones that look like pointers. we will no longer have round comes in or because they're so used to do everything that way. anyways, it's a great honor for me to be here as part of this event as my first official outside function in the week that i've been at the wh

has been actively listening and learning from those assembled executives, including google's ceo schmidt she takes this issue very, very sisley. and we have been in touch with google subsequent to their contact with the secretary clinton, and we have been in contact with all of the agencies dealing with cybersecurity on this issue, and we will be happy to remain in touch with you on this subject. >> thank you very much, secretary shear. a question to admiral willard and secretary gregson. what is the major security challenge our country has with china? into you, secretary shear, what is the major nonsecurity challenge we have with china? admiral? >> chairman skelton, i think the major security challenge is the level of uncertainty that exists in attempting to reconcile the public statements that china makes regarding its long-term intent, which is generally that it characterizes its military capabilities and capacities as defensive only, and seeks peaceful and harmonious environment in which to grow its economy and prosper. with military capabilities that is not necessarily consistent wi

it was founded in 1998 by larry paige and sergei brin and chairman of the board is eric schmidt, alsoited to president obama. it has annual revenues of some $5.94 billion. how much of that income comes from china operation? >> very little, about 1%. they have about 300 million, i believe, market share in china. that is not that significant. what is significant is china is now the largest internet market in the world. 360 million internet users and that number will double over the next decade, if not, sooner. by leaving this market, right now it is not part of china's revenue, it is a big part of the internet revenue they can expect in the future. they are also putting at risk the potential billions they can make in china in the phone market, with their new and wood platform. host: let us hear from viewers, listeners. detroit, charlie, democrats line for robert knake. caller: good morning, c-span, and good morning, a guest. global is basically a search engine -- google. they make their revenue with advertising. searching in china is different from surging in india, searching and the un

they met with sarah palin, two of mccain's advisers, mark salter and steve schmidt. was a stranger to them. one of things they discussed with her late in the meeting was the importance of her understanding that even though she would remain the sitting governor of alaska, she needed to understand her focus needed to be on the the national campaign. she was basically an appendage of the campaign and would not get back to alaska until there -- unless there was some sort of natural disaster, and she did not to be focused on her home state needs but on the national ticket. on the point of view of the kaine staff, she did not of a -- up to that from the point -- from the point of view of the mccain is that, she did not live up to that. there were concerned that there was an absence of mccain-palin and yard signs in alaska. it is spent the time complaining to a -- the campaign they spent -- they spent atime complaining that there was not enough of an effort in alaska. she was not being allowed to talk to local reporters, and like a lot of governors, she would give out hurt

children with pre- existing disabilities, they have pre-existing disabilities, a man named steve schmidt, i've known him for a long time in las vegas, he was involved in a serious car accident and is confined in a wheelchair, always in a wheelchair. he had been hurt for two years in the insurance company said, you are at your limit. you're on your own. five years he has been on his own in it has been a real struggle. people out there are terribly angry at the banks, angry at wall street. can you imagines at this time when people are trying to hang on to their homes in trying to find a job that wall street has decided that they are going to do about $120 billion in bonuses? so health care is a problem but it is certainly more than that. the election shows that american people want us to work together to solve problems. [unintelligible] >> to answer his question? >> first of all, we are not going to rush into anything. as you have heard, we are going to wait until the new center of arrives before we do anything more on health care. remember, the bill we passed and the senate is good for a

they met with sarah palin, two of mccain's advisers, mark salter and steve schmidt.ey did not know her bridge was a stranger to them. one of things they discussed with her late in the meeting was the importance of her understanding that even though she would remain the sitting governor of alaska, she needed to understand her focus needed to be on the the national campaign. she was basically an appendage of the campaign and would not get back to alaska until there -- unless there was some sort of natural disaster, and she did not to be focused on her home state needs but on the national ticket. on the point of view of the kaine staff, she did not of a -- up to that from the point -- from the point of view of the mccain is that, she did not live up to that. there were concerned that there was an absence of mccain-palin and yard signs in alaska. it is spent the time complaining to a -- the campaign they spent -- they spent atime complaining that there was not enough of an effort in alaska. she was not being allowed to talk to local reporters, and like a lot of governors

these are the founders of google -- and their ceo, eric schmidt.engaged in a heated discussion. sayre de -- sergei is originally from russia and it talks about his philosophy toward china coming from that. the next call is from travers' city, michigan. john on independent line. caller: thank you for c-span and open communication we have in terms of the education and understanding of the free society. it is my understanding that google went into china understanding that they were -- i guess the word is compliant with the censorship and restrictive regime said as a condition for doing business in china. therefore, to me, minnow, when you go -- you know, when you go swimming with sharks reminded didn't. host: here is an editorial about the same thing. anymore reaction? caller: that sounds to me -- i mean, that's good. it is a good thing that everybody, and myself, got to hear it. but once again, this seeking of the undoing of things like google and it being the access point for people to do hacking and destructive activity, or at least potentially so,

a man by the name of sam schmidt, i'd known him for a number of years, he was involved in a very serious car accident and is now confined to a wheelchair, always in a wheelchair. he had been hurt for two years and the insurance company said, you are at your limit. you're on your own. five years he has been on his own and it has been a real trouble. people out there are terribly angry at wall street. can you imagine that this time when people are trying to hang on to their homes and trying to find a job that wall street has decided they are going to do about $120 billion in bonuses? so health care is a problem, but it is certainly more than that. the election shows that the american people want us to work together to solve problems. [unintelligible] >> first of all, we're not going to rush into anything. as you have heard, we are going to wait until the new senator arrives before we do anything more on health care. remember, the bill we passed in the senate is good for a year. there are many different things that we can do to move florida on health care but we are not making any of those

the mortgage fraud task force in its account of schmidt can provide a solution to the national financial crisis. with the passports model, hard work and perseverance by dedicated public servants and industry professionals can unravel the mess that was created by greedy lenders and fraudsters. i look for to working with you and other members of the committee on solving this serious veteran nations economy. thank you for allowing me to testify before you today to look for to take your questions. >> thank you very much. we'll start the questioning and i will lead off here. attorney general, madigan, want to talk about the deep systemic failures at the federal level. when they first visit this issue of the combined lack of federal import and coupled with efforts to preempt. tommy just a a little bit about fewer visits with them talking about the federal leaders. you've been on the scene for seven years. did you go to the federal reserve or the occ or the other federal regulators and tell them about what was happening. can you tell me what happened? >> sure, i've been sticking with people and

these are the founders of google -- and their ceo, eric schmidt.a coming from that. the next call is from travers' city, michigan. john on independent line. caller: thank you for c-span and caller:çó i'd like the education and understanding of the free society. it is my understanding that google went into china understanding that they were -- i guess the word is compliant with the censorship and restrictive regime said as a condition for doing business in china. therefore, to me, minnow, when you go -- you know, when you go swimming with sharks reminded didn't. host: here is an editorial about the same thing. anymore reaction? caller: that sounds to me -- i mean, that's good. it is a good thing that everybody, and myself, got to hear it. but once again, this seeking of the undoing of things like google and it being the access point for people to do hacking and destructive activity, or at least potentially so, given the general nature of the communist threat -- it comes as no great surprise. if google decides to get out, so much of the better. but g

background on google that was founded in 1998 by larry paige and sergey brin and the chairman is eric schmidt also an advisor to president obama. he incorporated in september of 1998. it also has annual revenues of some 5.94 billion. how much of that income comes from their china operations? >> guest: very little. about 1%. they've about 300 million i believe market share in china. that's not that significant. what is significant is that china is now the largest internet market in the world. their 30,060,000,000 internet users and that number will double over the next decade if not sooner. so by leaving its market, while right now it's not a big part of china's revenue, it is a big part of the internet revenue that they can expect in the future. they also are putting up as the potential billions they could make in china on their phone market, with their new android platform. >> host: let here from viewers. detroit, charlie, democrats line for the nine. hello there. detroit, you're on the air. >> caller: good morning. good morning to the guest. google makes the revenue with advertisements. som

we brought three tech delegations to iraq, including a recent visit by eric schmidt, the ceo of google who announced that his company will launch an iraqi government youtube channel to promote transparency and good governance. and we're sending a team of experts to the democratic republic of congo this spring to begin the process of bringing mobile banking technology to that country. in addition is not only the invention of new technologies -- innovation is not only the invention of new technologies. it is also any breakthrough idea that transforms lives and reshapes our thinking. but one person's belief that poor women armed with credit could become drivers of economic and social progress. homeless women in south africa who refused to be deterred by their circumstances and organized themselves to gain access to loans and materials that enable them to build their own houses and eventually whole communities that they now help lead. or the insight between conditional cash transfer programs, which integrate efforts to fight poverty and promote education and health. these innovations have

schmidt: thank you, mr. speaker, last friday almost a half million folks gathered at the capitol to he are mind us once again that all life is precious and that the unborn are guaranteed the right to life. . while abortion has been allowed in this country for the past 37 years, americans make it crystal clear they don't want their taxpayer dollars being used. the hyde amendment stopped federal funds from being used to pay for abortion. the current bill passed by the senate will erode this. this bill will change that longstanding law and allow for tax dollars to be used for abortion. mr. speaker, the american people do not want their money to be used to pay for abortions. as we continue to debate the health care bill, we must honor their wish. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? mrs. capps: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ord

schmidt of ohio. mr. mcclintock of california. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from ohio, mr. ryan, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. ryan: thank you, madam speaker. it's an honor, again, to be on the floor of the house of representatives to talk about the issues of the day that are here and talk about changes that have happened in our country over the course of the last year due to the leadership of president obama and the democratic congress. and i know in today's world and today's media-driven world where we like to talk about and have fights about different issues and let those fights kind of permeate society, sometimes it's very difficult for us to, as leaders in the country, to talk directly to our constituents and to the american people about some of the changes that have been in place. if we look at just a little over a year ago when, in the fall of last year, october of 2008, i guess it would be, the difficulties facing our country. on the econo

we brought three tech delegations to iraq, including a recent visit by eric schmidt, the ceo of google, who announced that his company will launch an iraqi government youtube channel to promote transparency and good governance. and we're sending a team of experts to the democratic republic of congo this spring to begin the process of bringing mobile banking technology to that country. in addition is not only the invention of new technologies -- innovation is not only the invention of new technologies. it is also any breakthrough idea that transforms lives and reshapes our thinking. but one person's belief that poor women armed with credit could become drivers of economic and social progress. homeless women in south africa who refused to be deterred by their circumstances and organized themselves to gain access to loans and materials that enable them to build their own houses and eventually whole communities that they now help lead. or the insight between conditional cash transfer programs, which integrate efforts to fight poverty and promote education and health. these innovations have

they met with sarah palin, two of mccain's advisers, mark salter and steve schmidt.things they discussed with her late in the meeting was the importance of her understanding that even though she would remain the sitting governor of alaska, she needed to understand her focus needed to be on the the national campaign. she was basically an appendage of the campaign and would not get back to alaska until there -- unless there was some sort of natural disaster, and she did not to be focused on her home state needs but on the national ticket. on the point of view of the kaine staff, she did not of a -- up to that from the point -- from the point of view of the mccain is that, she did not live up to that. there were concerned that there was an absence of mccain-palin and yard signs in alaska. it is spent the time complaining to a -- the campaign they spent -- they spent atime complaining that there was not enough of an effort in alaska. she was not being allowed to talk to local reporters, and like a lot of governors, she would give out hurt mobile or two local reporters --

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in the end, so much of what we do is going to boil that schmidt it was dented digit, and it boils down to how leaders lead, have the lead in times of change, and you're going to grow up learning leadership as things change. when i grew up, we sought a status -- not a status quo, but a steady state want to go to the point where it just ran almost buy it so. and those days are far behind as. you're going to grow up and -- you are growing up learning leadership in a time of change, constassed every spectrum. whether it is education, the cyberworld, the cultural world, the language world and i would encourage everyone of you, to figure out how to speak a second one was. how many of you do? watling which is? [inaudible] >> sagan? [inaudible] >> you learn all those in america? >> two of them. >> i would just encourage that, because it's not just the language skill. it's the cultural understanding that comes along with it. and is going to be more and more of that requirement. one of the things i learned very early in my career, that people all over the world appreciate us as americans, actual

[cheering] and congressman gene schmidt from the great state of ohio, and i represent cincinnati, the birthplace of the right to life movement. [cheering] for 39 years ago dr. jack wilky was sitting at the table with his wife, barbara and she was concerned about the issues of abortion. they said we have to do something and she said jack, every child has the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness born and unborn and he said barbara, that is the name of the movement, right to life. i tell you said because everyone of us has the power to make a difference. the power of one multiplied by hundreds of thousands of you today here marching on washington, reminding us that the constitution says we all have the right to life. finn -- thank you for your courage, your vacation and most of all for love in america and loving our lord. god bless you, god bless the united states of america and god protect the unborn. [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon. im glenn thompson from the state of pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] it is an honor to join so many champions here fighting to defend