with the solomon amendment, and for many, many years dod agreed with us. after the third circuit, i thought it was appropriate to go back to our old policy, which previously dod had thought complied with the solomon amendment. when dod came to us and said, no, the third circuit hasn't changed matters because we're going to take this to the supreme court, and we want the law schools really to ignore what the third circuit said, dod and we had some discussions, and we went back to doing it exactly the way dod wanted it to. >> let's get more basic about it. the military, you stopped complying and that season was lost before the military realized frankly you never conveyed that to them in a straight up way like i think you should have. you just started giving them a run around. the documents we have gotten from the department of defense say that the air force and the army says they were blocked, they were stone walled, they were getting the run around from harvard. by the time they realized that you had actually changed the policy, that recruiting season was o

solomon, i agree with you with afghanistan and the war and everything. i am surprised more people are not screaming about whyyare we over there and spending all this money. does that have something to do with oil? is there a pipeline that will be coming from the north through afghanistan and pakistan? i did hear it, but i have never heard it in the neww or anything. i ammjust wondering, is that true? guest: wars have been for a lot of reasons. others have documented, in the 1980's there was a great deal of interest from the u.s., and in the 1990's, in securing for u.s. oil interests, pipeline axis from the central asian republic to a water port in pakistan. i would not put too fine a point on that. right now, this is the war that keeps going, and is much more to start one. -pif you think about the amountf money being spent that is going around to all kind of military contractors, and let me remind you, we are organizing around the country to block the $13 billion supplemental that is now being moved to the house by the obama administration. you might rem

host: norman solomon will join us in about 15 minutes. kathleen wright says, can we declare bankruptcy? we get 60% of the revenues from oil leases. james, from detroit, good morning. caller: the president is trying everything he can to clean this mess up. the banks are not lending. -- they're not lending money to banks. even when we bail out these companies they're not hiring people because in the stock market news that they say the banks are afraid, or the corporations are afraid, or the businesses are afraid to invest in new inventory, or to hire new people. that is not the president's fault. the president is doing everything he can to stimulate the economy it is the corporations. people need to understand that if you want to talk about patriotism, we need to go after the corporations and ask them -- where is your patriotism, corporate america? you have takkn all the money from the bush years, you have plenty of capital. why aren't you taking that and investing back in our country, our people, who have supported you all of these years?

the solomon amendment . after a federal appellate court had made a ruling finding that the statute was unconstitutional, elena kagan went and returned to harvard's prior policy of not granting the military equal access. she tried to explain that she really wasn't violating the statute, that she returned to a policy that she believed the department of defense had okayed basically for a number of years before that court challenge. >> woodruff: it came down to, in part, it came down to deference to a circuit court, an appellate court ruling, that said was the reason she changed. why are they spending time on that issue? we've heard a number of different issues brought up: gun rights cases is another. we've heard several of the republican senators bring those up. why are they ticking... picking these particular issues? >> basically they don't have a whole lot to go on. she's not been a judge. they don't have cases that they can look at to try to discern how she will be as a supreme court justice. they found area

i was at solomon almost 20 years ago trying to put in a new compensation system. it can be very difficult. i do not retract any of those earlier remarks. i agree with them. >> it was said that it w a great idea, but they are not core to like it. it seems to me -- iant to go back to what happened at moody's to some extent. 100 years ago, john moody started trading railroad bonds, which you know a lot about. they are relatively simpl instruments. now they are raiding complex instruments. maybe i should turn to mr. mcdaniel is on this question. some of the -- some of them are skewed in favor of your property rating. in your pricing, i ve learned from our investigation, our nds on residential mortgage-backed securities, you charged basis points on this and that were rated senior and 3.50 basis pots for the tranches that were rated subordated. it sms you should put less in the supported tranches. it is similar to a difficulty that we discovered in the mortgage-brokerag situation where mortgage brokers were sotimes compensated atwe the percentage rate for generating a m

i was at solomon almost 20 years ago trying to put in a new compensation system. it can be very difficult. i do not retract any of those earlier remarks. i agree with them. >> it was said that it was a great idea, but they are not core to like it. it seems to me -- i want to go back to what happened at moody's to some extent. 100 years ago, john moody started trading railroad bonds, which you know a lot about. they are relatively simple instruments. now they are raiding complex instruments. maybe i should turn to mr. mcdaniel is on this question. some of the -- some of them are skewed in favor of your property rating. in your pricing, i have learned from our investigation, our nds on residential mortgage-backed securities, you charged basis points on this and that were rated senior and 3.50 basis points for the tranches that were rated subordinated. it seems you should put less in the supported tranches. it is similar to a difficulty that we discovered in the mortgage-brokerage situation where mortgage brokers were sometimes compensated at twice the percentage rat

within 24 hours of the court enjoining enforcement of the solomon amendment, ms. kagan again banned military recruiters from access to harvard's office of career services. she was not required to do this because the third circuit does not include massachusetts. she kept the ban in place even after the third circuit stayed its own injunction while it was being appealed to the supreme court. in other words, ms. kagan denied military recruiters access even though the law still required access. she could have opposed the military's policy in various ways but chose to do so in a way that undermined military rekraouplt during wartime. a recruitment ban was lifted only after the professor of harvard university stepped in and overrode ms. kagan's decision. ms. kagan then joined a group of law professors filing a brief with the supreme court. to its credit "fair" agreed with the government about the proper reading of the solomon amendment but ms. kagan and her fellow professors urged the court to read the statute in an artificial and unnatural way that actually contradicte

captioning institute] [captions coppright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tomorrow morning, norman solomonon president obama as relationship with the progressive and liberal wings of the democratic party. recent u.s. sanctions against iran mean for that country's nuclear program and its future relations with the rest of the world. after that, bradley belt, a former executive director of the pension benefit guaranty corp., will discuss the federal government's ability to offer federal protection for private sector pension plans. calls. "washington journal, all live sunday aunt's c-span -- on c- span. >> tomorrow, congressman spencer bachus, the financial services committee ranking member talks about the financial regulations bill and how it may alter the and into committee. the conference committee's opening day was on thursday and they plan to continue next tuesday. he is interviewed by dennis brady oo "the washington post." that is sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> should the federal communications commission regulate the internet? two views on "the communicators, "

king solomon, as you may recall, is rightly viewed as one of the greatest justices, present company excepted, and he is just as famous because he nearly threaten to split the baby, not because he did so. when the king threatened the governor, the french, as usual, followed that. everything was quite well accomplished without the loss of blood, and henry quite carefully ordered his troops to treat all of the inhabitants with mercy. i mention that as i mentioned as well the incident where he ordered his old friend killed for stealing of an item. every action that shakespeare has given us shows the thoughtfulness that he brought to this and his high regard for the rights of his subjects. i should point out, just highlight how generous the king was, that under the laws of war in the middle ages, since the city was to be taken by assault, and a license was condoned. there were no circumstances, where it was not permissible. you could even do reccnciliation. he spent most of his time trying to talk about the killing of a few french pows. as he it rightly averted, there were palpable justifications

she encouraged the supreme court to strike down the solomon amendment. her thesis is about socialism. we are to expect she is moderate? host: 1 and the point. final comment on the release of these documents. what else is coming? guest: i think that we are going to hear more of her voice. documents written to her. i think what we will see will run the gamut. it is unlikely that we are going to find anything that is a huge surprise. she worked for the clinton white house. it is clear what her politics work. no one would have expected president obama to nominate someone who does not share his agenda and his world view, but whether or not she is extremist is in the i of the beholder. there might be something in the next document that will tell us something about that. host: thank you for being here. a couple of program notes, 11:40 president obama's troubles to maryland for a health care -- travels to maryland to speak to senior citizens on health care issue. they have a big sell job, trying to make things clear for folks who are not clear about those laws t

i was at solomon almost 20 years ago trying to put in a new compensation system. it can be very difficult. i not retract any of those earlier remarks. i agree with them. >> it was said that it was a great idea, but they are not re to like it. it seems to me -- i want to go back to at happened at moody's to some extent. 100 years ago,ohn moody started trading railroad bonds which you know a lot about. they are relatively simple instruments. now they are raiding complex instruments. maybe i should turn to mr mcdael is on this question. somef the -- some of them are skewed in favor of your property rating. inour pricing, i have learned from our investigation, our nds on residential mortgage-backed securities, you [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] and 3.50 basis points for the tranches that were rated subordinated. it seems you should put less in the supported tranches. it is similar to a difficulty that we discovered in the mortgage-brokerage situation where mortgage brokers were sometimes

satellite corp. 2010] tha them the busy dom of some mon, the courage ofester, and -- the wisdom of solomon, the courage f esther. bless president obama and his family a all the leaders of this great nation in your son, jesus christ. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the chamber her approvathereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentlewoman from north carolina, congresswoman foxx. ms. foxx: please join me in the pledge to our wonderful flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the unitestatesf america and to the republic for which t stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: without objection, he gentleman from georgia, congressmanohnson, is recognized for one minute. mr. johnson: madam speaker, it is my great hon to welcome our -- to welcome our guest chaplain, bishop miles e. fowler, to the house of representatives, ani thank him for offering his beautiful and thoughtful prayer to us this morning. bishop f

her decision to punish the military and would be recruits for a policy don't ask don't tell and the solomon amendment enacted by members of congress and signed into law by president clinton. despite this relatively thin paper trail, there are warning signs that she may be exactly the results-oriented justice president obama is looking for. consider, for example, the judges that ms. kagan says she most admires. ms. kagan has called israeli supreme court justice her judicial hero. justice barack is someone widely acknowledged as someone who took an activist approach to judging. described as creating a degree of judicial power undreamed of even by our most aggressive supreme court justices. ms. kagan identified thurgood marshall as another one of her legal heroes. justice marshall is a historic figure in many respects. and it is not surprising that as one of his clerks, she held him in the highest regard. his judicial philosophy is not what i would consider to be mainstream. as he once explained, you do what you think is right and let the law catch up. he might be the epitome of a results orie