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

as a supreme court unanimous ruling on the solomon amendment -- in order for a law school and its maturity to receive federal funding, the law school must offer military recruiters the same access to its campus and students that provides to the non-military recruiter receiving the most favorable access. amendment are factually false for two primary reasons. dean kagan admitted to break laut in a letter she wrote to the harvard law school community. to abbreviate her clarity, although the court's decision meant no injunction applied. my hope in taking this action is that did the department would choose not tonforce the solomon amendment. as the military has long known, hope is no method. in dean kagan's case her hope demonstrates a total disregard for the rule of law. second, separate, but equal is quite simply n equal. full-time students who act as part-time volunteers will never be able to compete with harvard law's paid full-time staff and the institutional mite it brings to bear. as the harvard law school veterans association indicates, quote, we possess neither of time, nor resources n

the solomon amenent came out in 1996. in 1998, we got an inquiry from, i think it was the air force, asking us to explain w we thought we complied with the regulations. we sent him a letter, and they said this seems tok. and it was like that until about december, 2001. not surprisingly, a few months after 9/11, when perhaps with new members or because perhaps of the new environment, we got another letter saying we no longer see how this constitutes the requisite access and we're going to recommend tohe department of defense that the fund being cut. so i consulted at great length to the president of harvard, larry summer, and the general council and student groups of all sorts and faculty members on the placement committee and we tried to respond to that letter, that we're not satisfied and cut it short, i guess, in july of 2002, we said okay, we'll let them use the ocs, and then issued a statement to the student body in august explaining the history own what was going on, and said you're still free to express your views o

miss kagan knows better because she first challenged the solomon amendment in the third circuit. she made this argument. but when congress strengthen the law in 2004 to mandate equal access, miss kagan knew that argument was no longer plausible because when she challenged the solomon amendment in the supreme court, she changed the argument, claimed instead that harvard did not need to allow military recruiting at all. the supreme court flatly rejected her theory unanimously, calling it, quote, rather clearly not what congress had in mind, closed quote. despite the clear record, at her hearing, miss kagan returned and again claimed she believed that directing the military to work through a student group and n the campus recruiting office was good enough to comply with the solomon amendment. in other words, she argued before this committee what she did not argue before the supreme court, because she knew that was not a plausible argument for the court. the bottom line is this, when miss kagan chose to block military recruiting, the law was crystal clear she knew she was defying the

miss kagan knows better because she first challenged the solomon amendment in the third circuit. she made this argument. but when congress strengthened the law in 2004 to mandate equal access, miss kagan knew that argument was no longer plausible because when she challenged the solomon amendment in the supreme court, she changed the argument, claimed instead that harvard did not need to allow military recruiting at all. the supreme court flatly rejected her theory unanimously, calling it, quote, rather clearly not what congress had in mind, closed quote. despite the clear record, at her hearing, miss kagan returned and again claimed she believed that directing the military to work through a student group and not the campus recruiting office was good enough to comply with the solomon amendment. in other words, she argued before this committee what she did not argue before the supreme court, because she knew that was not a plausible argument for the court. the bottom line is this, when miss kagan chose to block military recruiting, the law was crystal clear she knew she was defying

they had, as you know, upheld the solomon amendment 8-0. and i think based on the history we could expect the supreme court to affirm that statute in my personal judgment. but the -- and so you told the supreme court they should not take the case up. one plaintiff did ask that it go up. and you contended that the ninth circuit was a better vehicle and the ninth circuit case had shortly before that moment, had already been remanded to the trial court to conduct a significant trial that was contrary to the position that the department of defense had been taking. and, indeed, it would be difficult if not impossible to force the don't ask, don't tell law if you have to have an individual trial in all of these cases. so it was a severe damaging blow to the department of defense and the ninth circuit law would control 40% of america. it's the biggest circuit of all. and so, the result was neither case was appealed on the law, and the position which was contrary to the consistent position of the military and it undermined their ability to have i t

. >> lehrer: then, we talk to deborah solomon of "the wall street journal" about today's report from the administration's pay czar on executive bonuses given out at the height of the financial crisis. >> brown: judy woodruff reports on disillusioned democrats a year and a half into the obama administration. >> if you are elected as moses who is going to take everyone to the promised land, then you're bound to disappoint people. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks present their weekly analysis. >> brown: paul solman wraps up his series on europe's economic woes with a look at spain's unemployment problem. >> lehrer: and ray suarez interviews robert mccrum about how english has become the first worldwide language. >> if you said in say 800 or 900 b.c. in 2010 people would be discussing a global language, they would have looked at you in disbelief. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for

that particular van to jersey city where it was last rented to an individual by the name of muhammad solomon. salomé was part of a small cell of islamist terrorists incensed by america's support for israel. the attack on the world trade center was their declaration of war. salomé was arrested. the trail led to a storage facility packed with bomb making equipment. but the real mastermind the bomb maker ramzi yousef had fled to pakistan on the night of the world trade center bombing ramzi yosef was basically the lead explosive instructor. in afghanistan teaching other folks to be teachers of buildings off bombs. and you could certainly see a bomb or signature between beirut and the ninety three trade center. solemn a's amateurish attempt to reclaim his cash deposit would end in a record two hundred forty year jail term. but there was nothing funny about useless plan for the twin towers. the bomb van was deliberately parked near one of the towers key structural supports. his aim was to bring down both towers. if we got a good blow by sunday night two days after the bombing the slurry foundation

solomon saw him and said would be doing here he jumped out of the policand tw and a woman called police. >> and didn't know that this had happened previously. it didn't seem like a defense professional. >> please say that the sec is using a 10 year-old boy to scattered if anyone was inside. police made her using a 10 year- old boy i heakaran >> for the marathon pilots looking like we're gonna have some cloudy skies. temperatures kind of on the police said.on te it is a gorgeous day today temperatures comfortable. sixties and seventies around the bay. upper 80s in antioch 93 degrees. san jose 97 degrees. almost a mile althe while almosl today of what we had todanext w ology know what to and expect for next week. >> a brush fire in a rural area. burned about 25 area acres. six vehicles. the fire was reported around 6 this afternoon. one firefighter suffered heat exhaustion. it is not clear yet how the fire started. this started about 2:00 p.m. near highways to a d in 257. the fire stretched to about 5 a. before the crews managed to put it out. >> yesterday a pipe bomb was found and detona

they had, as you know, upheld the solomon amendment 8-0. and i think based on the history we could expect the supreme court to affirm that statute in my personal judgment. but the -- and so you told the supreme court they should not take the case up. one plaintiff did ask that it go up. and you contended that the ninth circuit was a better vehicle and the ninth circuit case had shortly before that moment, had already been remanded to the trial court to conduct a significant trial that was contrary to the position that the department of defense had been taking. and, indeed, it would be difficult if not impossible to force the don't ask, don't tell law if you have to have an individual trial in all of these cases. so it was a severe damaging blow to the department of defense and the ninth circuit law would control 40% of america. it's the biggest circuit of all. and so, the result was neither case was appealed on the law, and the position which was contrary to the consistent position of the military and it undermined their ability to have i t

you don't need the wisdom of solomon for that claim. you really don't. you don't need the wisdom of sol upon for a claim involving a motel on the beach where the beach is pristine but you can't fish. that's an easy claim. proximity is going to be the problem here. proximity. how far from the beach does a steak house that's lost 30% of its business because of a downswing in tourism -- it's precisely the question posed by congressman stearns. what constitutes an eligible tourist claim? now, i've got some great help on that from mr. malone, from alabama, who i've met with on a couple of occasions, who's thinking this problem through from the perspective of tourism in alabama. governor christ in florida has reminded me about the panhandle and the influence of this disaster on the florida coast. but what i'm going to have to decide, you see, as part of this gulf coast claims facility is what constitutes a direct claim, a direct claim that is immediately payable? and how far attenuated may a claim be from the spill? the overall impact of the spill undoubtedly

knowing this, the solomon swear the testimony you're about to give this the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god. yes sir, i do. >> thank you. >> i am representing mr. williams. can you spell your name? be as in boy, i cik-c-k-f-o-r-d. put my name is michael williams. >> by whom are you employed? >> transocean. >> and what position do you hold with transocean, sir? >> chief electronics technician. >> and how long have you been the chief electronics technician? >> approximately six months. >> prior to your becoming chief electronics technician, what was your positions within transocean? >> electronics technician prior to that for a period of one year and prior to that i was a roustabout. >> and how long were you a roustabout, sir? >> with transocean, two years. >> were you a roustabout with another company as well, sir? >> no, sir. >> did you have any other oil and gas experience outside of transocean? >> none. >> ok. as chief electronic tech, can you please briefly describe your job responsibilities on board the deepwater horizon? >> first and foremost job

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