the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6102, a bill to amend the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010 to extend the authority of the secretary of the navy to enter into multiyear contracts for fa-18-e, fa-18-f, and ea-18-g aircraft. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from mississippi, mr. taylor, and the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from mississippi. mr. taylor: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. and ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. taylor: madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 6102, a necessary amendment to section 128 of the fiscal year 2010 national defense authorization act which granted permission for the secretary of the navy to enter into a multiyear procurement contract for t

at the end of the day, although the fdic did not have to impact the insurance fund, the fed did not have to provide direct assistance, ultimately the taxpayers will be impacted by the diminution and -- in revenue that would otherwise have been collected from wells when and if they utilize these tax loss carry forwards. the point at the end of the day is not that that method was utilize but the characterization of it as not government assistance. it was a different form of government assistance, that's all. it was a delayed form of government assistance, but at the end of the day, the taxpayers will have less revenue, which is the same as expending the same amount of money effectively over time. i guess i was interested by some of the things mr. steele that you said to our staff in the interview they conducted with you. one of the things he said was the resolution process, you believe, should be mean-spirited with all parties playing a price as a pedagogy or methodology for resolution. i think people should not be too big to fail, but given the concentration issue, how should people fail

top to any to russia was of the world are to be find in the arctic on the north the regions the second is that climate change is happening three times faster in that part of the world as well on the melting of the ice in greenland and in the north and reasons could have a dramatic impact on the rest of the world and then of course the third reason is that with the melting of the ice we could almost say unfortunately there will be new shipping routes opening up which will link asia to europe and america in a way that it will shorten the distance by almost a half and have a name park on the world trade almost like the sure wish come out of the one hundred years ago and in all of this you are absolutely correct the concerns for the in the moment and the pressure away show if this is. of the ocean on the long resources is of paramount importance the corporation among the countries in the region russia my own country and the united states canada on the all the nordic countries is absolutely crucial because we have to balance how we all wish the arctic with the environmental sustainability t

with the passing of the colors, the legacy is also past, well as the responsibility for the continuedplishments of the mission. we would like to invite the vice-president and secretary to witness the passing of the colors. >> with this change of command comes a change of responsibility. the colors will be passed from acting -- wilson to -- the sergeant major is the custodian and represents all the men and women within the units. he passes the colors to the outgoing commander. the outgoing commander pass the colors to the presiding officer, symbolically relieve coast -- relinquishing command of the unit. the presiding officer passes to the incoming commander, charging him with the duties and responsibilities of command. the new commander then passes the colors to the new command sergeant major -- major, entrusting him with care and protection of the unit and its legacy. by authority of the president and the congress of the united states of america, the underside -- undersigned assumes command effective for september, 2010, general of united states army, commanding. >> ladies and gentle

, a lot of the focus is always on did the government do the right thing in the grips of the crisis, the real question for me has always been, how do we get in the position where we face such draconian choices an one of the things that struck me as we reviewed our case studies is the failure of regulator supervisors to identify and contain systemic risk in too big to fail institutions before the crisis hit. yesterday, we looked at wachovia, where assets grew from $250 billion to $7,802,000,000,000 by -- $782 billion and an aggressive growth rate of 17%, tangible asset to tangible equity ratio of 23-1. the acquisition of a big book of pay option arms from golden west, which in and of itself was three times tier one capital. but no progression by the fed or the occ of the systemic risk, in fact, no downgrading of the institution until july of 2008. similar fact pattern at lehman, even though we realized the fedoras not the prudential supervisor, but again i'm talking in a larger sense, very aggressive growth, leverage of 39-1, let me just ask you, why such a bigamist and i want to put this

and see how the geology of the city affects the environment. their special problems and issues that arise we will try to answer questions as we go, particularly related to how the environment release to the underlying geology of the city. those are questions that rarely get asked. this is a chance for you to join us and ask your questions as well. welcome, frank. i see that you brought a big aerial photograph with overly geology. >> it is a big google map with overly geology. the different colors depict the different formations or deposits beneath san francisco. san francisco is a young environment. it is a relatively young environment. the basement rock beneath san francisco is known as the franciscan complex or formation. it is throughout the city, most notably twin peaks, edge hill, telegraph hill. every once in awhile, you hear about those who make the news with a rock fall or landslide. usually occur in the telegraph and twin peaks. . above the rock are the soil deposits. the most common is dune sand. it is nothing but rocks that has been

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here's the very building. here is the intersection of the water and the land. the area where the ferry building is now was what? >> it was silt. to create the embarcadero, they had all of this exposed rock. they decided to mine telegraph hill for the rock and build a levee and bill in behind the levee. they blasted the rock. it was illegal but they did it anyway. they took the rock and built a rock dike all along here. beneath the fill the latem are of this mud with the consistency of jello. that layer may be as thick as 110 feet. >> is bad dyke founded on the mud -- is the dike founded on the mud? >> it is. when they dumped the rock into the bay mud, it was like dumping rock into jello. it went down into the mud so that they could build off of that. it then took the angle of repose. it is stable. san francisco came and built piers on piles over the top into the water. >> the piers are built up over the water. >> refusal is when you cannot advance the pile anymore. this is under the bay mud over there. they meet refusal. they gain support and bearing on top. sa

today the former secretary of state weighed in on the buzz around the tea party. >> i think the the tea party movement and still i think it's a movement and not a party, has tapped in to an anger that exists throughout the country and they aren't just mad at the president and his administration, they are mad at democrats and they are mad incumbent republicans. >> reporter: he uncled his party to support immigration. he said generally people who come from foreign countries are what is keeping the country's lifeblood moving forward. >> researchers say they have found a possible new treatment for adult was hard to control asthma. according to a study the drug worked as well as the asthma drug. the find came at a price though. sciencists this spend almost a million dollars of taxpayer money on the study. that after a drug maker refused to donate its asthma drugs for the study. >> a series of car bombings in iraq kill dozens. just what they were targeting. >> the president of iran in new york city and he makes i strong statement. >> also police in the east bay find three pipe bombs. where th

the gloves come off in the german parliament as the opposition and the government debate next year's controversial budget. the u.s. tries to keep the latest round of middle east peace talks moving. britain gets ready to greet the pope. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the german government and the opposition had some fears exchanges in parliament wednesday over the coalition's budget for next year. the opposition says the austerity plans are socially unjust. the government says the cuts are fair and necessary. chancellor angela merkle was forced to defend her record on the economy, unemployment, and inflation in the face of biting criticism. >> there was a tough job awaiting chancellor merkle on wednesday morning. she had to defend the biggest spending cuts in german postwar history. the chancellor started by drawing attention to previous government shortfalls. >> it was not individuals living beyond their means. it was those in charge who could not muster the energy to ensure this country's future. that is what we are changing. >> she also pointed

watch the lady in the beige jacket walking in the street ignoring the signs, until the police officehe seems confused when she is told the side walk is closed. and this guy who bypasses the side walk closed sign and casually begins to walk past the officer. if there is a sign that says sidewalk closed there is a pretty good chance there is a reason for it. if you ignore the warning signs and you get injured, you cannot blame anyone but yourself. san francisco, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >> we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. bay bridge approach looks so much better than yesterday dozen in? we'll be right back. b-a-c-c-a-l-a-u-r-e-a-t-e. baccalaureate. correct. [ audience groans ] since this competition has been continuing for 48 hours and we have yet to eliminate anyone, it is the decision of this board to declare all 20 contestants winners. you have all competed admirably. admirably. a-d-m-i-r-a-b-l-y. admirably. [ male announcer ] at&t is making high speed internet affordable for only $14.95 a month with select services.

, as i see the headlines and the way the politicians play here in the capital. i agree to one of the viewers who say america is a beautiful country, beautiful land. and i think one problem here is the politicians and of course i include the courts. i think the courts -- should call the attention to the president for total reform. host: off of twiiter this morning -- we will talk about some of the institutions and about 15 minutes, specifically the iraqi government. he may remember the name, as a helped draft the iraqi constitution. he will be here to talk about the condition of the government and what goes ahead as the government establishes itself. "usa today, what their editorial page. -- "usa today," their editorial page -- las vegas, nevada. republican minority caller: thank you for taking my call. thank god for c-span. i do think we need to turn the page but the page needs to be turned in our country. i work in the construction industry and a lot of times when i work with minorities they are always saying americans deserve what we get, we deserve to lose, i

>> frsh the pressure from the f.b.i. my own case, the f.b.i. hounded me, hounded me about being an informant on the black panthers, which was the subject of my reporting at that time for the "new york times." >> warner: and how would they go about it? >> well, they call you on the phone and they start off by saying, "listen, all we want you to do is just, you know, what people are saying --" they make it seem like it's so innocent, that it's really nothing, that you're not really spying. you're helping us out, and that they're on your side and make it very engaging. and if you don't have that line there that says, "no, that's not what i do," you can get roped in. >> warner: now, the records that the newspapers knot ahold of show nothing about his motives whatsoever. there is something in the articles about he was under some financial pressure. he had also been a cop in the past. was the f.b.i. good at honing in on any potential point of vulnerability like that? >> that he was-- see, this is the thing. they wanted everything. so they were-- they

the majority of the frightening scenarios on the future of the arctic have no grounds whatsoever their goal is to provoke clashes among the arctic states and so that those who make the predictions can fish for something in the murky waters but i am absolutely sure that all the existing problems including the ones over the continental shelf can be resolved in a manner of partnership and according to the law the five know the neighbors who fish in these dark cold waters are russia canada the us norway and denmark at stake now are massive amounts of untapped oil and gas estimated to be over twenty percent of what the planet has to offer but many fear that a territorial crisis over the arctic which for millenia has been a vast quiet block of ice could suddenly start to boil and for the people who call this tranquil place home an invasion of industrialization is on the horizon for many years people thought the arctic was this frozen wasteland that no one lives here no one survives here is a place for polar bears and eagles and the reality is that the arctic is a vibrant place with rich natu

i was able to see the crew move the cones off to the marin side. we will watch as the clouds roll in and we are following san jose as well. a crew on the scene, alma den expressway and the scene of a deadly accident that occurred overnight. the expressway is closed and all the way south to o' grady drive. a rekrout for the local pd, but it looks like camden may be the most direct avenue. >> new this morning, we are getting word that as many as nine americans are dead in afghanistan. some are american service members and one was a civilian. no reported enemy fire at the time. also today is day 83 without a budget. talks were supposed to resume and governor schwarzenegger called in sick. the last meeting took place on friday. talks should resume today, but we are waiting to see if that's going to happen. the state is $19 billion in the hole and this is the longest delay in state history. baseball playoffs are a week away and the giants are leading the pack. the division series playoff tickets go on sale at 10:00 this morning. you can buy them at sf g

the good news the day after the explosion. they tested the section that runs through south san francisco and found no leaks. public documents show another high risk pipeline runs for eight miles between livermore and a four-mile section in fremont, also considered at risk. we have a map of the major gas pipelines in the area on nbcbayarea.com. it's a link to the pipeline and hazardous material safety administration. i just checked that link. the website owned by this agency works fine. the pip line is returning irregular results. they did not expect linkage. people are wanting to know if the pipeline exists. it's a very, very small government agency. be patient. >> it's cool to look at. making oakland neighborhoods safer. there is a push to get more police officers and neighborhood patrols on oakland city streets. kristi smith is live in oakland with a plan on how will it affect neighborhoods. kristi? >> this will put 63 beat officers back on the streets of oakland. essentially restoring most of the position that is the counci

invading the drug is still the same with the countries remaining the world's largest opium producer the narcotics pulling apart an already fragile nation for hundreds of thousands living in poverty and insecurity opium can be the only solace police who are fighting afghanistan's drug war at home have their own b. minutes to contend with as artie's pulled a sliver reports. abdulrahim used to put people behind bars for doing drugs now he's been put there himself because the former army commander denies the charges he insists he never swayed from the white side of the law because. we saw a truck driving on the main road something made me suspicious and i checked out the cargo we found narcotics heroin in some drugs but what for him claims he didn't expect to find a driver who told authorities he was involved in drug smuggling. by himself is guarded by another policeman if. he's been taking drugs since he was twelve and went for treatment only recently after the prison warden found out he's in good company according to a recent u.s. congress report nearly half of the afghan police are doing

at the markets now in moscow the r.t.s. to minimize the start of the day on a negative note both dollar and point two percent and the two shares the leading the drop and russia's biggest private bank alpha banking increased its net profit to almost three hundred million dollars in the first top of the ski year. moving on to your door to east the big story here's seeing its biggest fall in more than four months and worries that they have banks need to raise more capital torture declined more than five percent on the dax opted said it may sell eleven to learn dollar's worth of shares to use hit all the european stock markets. russia and india will stop the joint production of medium range transport across the equipment involves hindustani aeronautics and to russian companies transporting someone to the bottleneck support each country will invest three hundred million dollars into ventures show capital medium range transport aircraft so widely used for congo they plan to build two hundred jets initially one third being sold in

war two the families of the enemies of the people lived in the bomb shelters accompanied by the noise of the woodworking machines. the bush doctrine a staff of some thirty carpenters catered to the house's top notch inhabitants anything that the tenant wanted us to meet news blocks floors. but they always expected us to show up as soon as the ordered us to come from. the basements of the house have undergone no changes since the one nine hundred thirty s. even the doors of the now nonexistent service lives that were used to move dust bins are still there. sounds ten years ago there was a big hole here some of the ground had been flushed away when they were building a sewage pipe a few other young man and i went down to a depth of twelve metres we saw there was a sunken underground been sucking in water and soil to be awarded later but it was blocked with concrete. is a professional digger he makes maps and charts of the capital's underground service lines archaeologists and rescue workers turned to him for help. while house on the embankment was still under construction your political

the boat approaches the nest the noise of the engine scares the bird away. to get into the nest just steal the eggs as a result the sets this room and. reserve is called the floating venice of russia for its calm and beautiful nature. people come here every year to find a quiet place under the sun and in peace. the dusk descends on the river and maybe duck enough to see a spectacular sea talks of swans flying into the sunset. we'll. get.

of information in the principles of the relationship, say the shareholder and the firm, and the agency work for the principles, say the firm's managers. says the agent generally has more information than the and because the principles are not perfectly aligned, much depends on the contrast between the principal and the agent and in particular about the contract. currently structured incentives were pervasive in the crisis. compensation practices at fincial institutions, which often tied bonuses to short-term results and made insufficient adjustments for risk, contributed to an environment in worth -- in where excessive risk were taken. serious problems with the structure of incentives also emerged with the model for the subprime mortgage market. to satisfy the strong demand for securitized product, but the mortgage lenders and the receipt package the loans for investors were compensated primarily on the quantity of projects they moved to the system, not equality. as a result they pay less attention to credit quality and many loans were made without sufficient documentation. conflict of

claim that it was the germans that executed the polish officers the theory that it was the nazis the kill them was based on this discovery. i'm told and north of saying is a former political prisoner whose father belonged to lenin's in a circle. he sent up a goon like museum commemorating the victims of political repressions. a friend who worked at the institute of forensic studies told how evidence in the counting case had been faked in the soviet union in one nine hundred forty four. not the woman was on duty at that chimey she saw the remains being hauled out of boxes you see in the pockets being stuffed with newspapers and letters bearing falsified dates the aim was to create the impression that all that had happened in one nine hundred forty one rather than in one nine hundred forty in all the evidence it was supposed to demonstrate that nobody but the germans were to blame. around the same time a man hunt was underway to spot locals who believed that the poles had been executed by the n.k.v.d. needless to say they also met a tragic fate yet if i had believed the russians had ki

>> the tradition is that the hope -- the tradition is the host of the meeting.always play a central role in setting the agenda. >> thank you. >> mr. neal, it is short term. >> thank you. mr. secretary, you can sense the frustration that people feel. i do want to recount for the record that nicholas brady was the first secretary of the treasury. -- the for secretary of the treasury dealing with china. i think we recognize the opportunity for more exports from the united states to china to help drive our economy. along the same lines, one of the frequent complaint we hear is the force of partnering, which also has the impact of driving down opportunity to nurture those markets. that is particularly prevalent in financial services, as you know. would you care to offer some insight on that? >> want to reinforce the basic problem. in many ways, china has pursued a strategy that has this is a feature to it. if you want to come cell in our market, we want you to come produce here. we want you to come establish a joint venture with chinese companies. we want you to tran

acting logically in the end of the day in the one nine hundred in the war started the to make an embrace you need a nine hundred thirty nine nine hundred thirty nine guinean in one thousand eight hundred nine and ninety three did it did what did you make them special to say yes logically it was a logical decision ok the point is they miscalculate the it was perfectly clear in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine that the soviet union full with britain and france it was going to have to do most of the fighting because britain had virtually no all me ready to commit to the continent the french had that national and which they're not going to come out from behind and in any event the germans are going to go east against poland so it's clearly the soviet army which is going to have to do most of the fighting and which. yeah but of course he miscalculated his basic calculation was that the germans were going to fight the british and french was going to be like the first world war soviet union was going to be out of it all it would have a generation to get on with its own peaceful development

this island was occupied by the land of the rising sun and the korean diaspora in the second is the largest of all russia we know that all this half a million koreans living in every way across russian mainland but the biggest chunk of this diaspora is living in here in the cycling region and we did a report with inside on the tragic story of these labor migrants in this part of russia let's have a look at this report right now. korean team that prefers to be court judge a court or russian style this nineteen year old man worked in saddam's school mines for more than four decades ago was under two different political regimes he still remembers the night his life changed completely nor you are not nice. soldiers came to our village in korea in one thousand nine hundred three and dragged me and some of my family out of our house they said they were taking us to sakhalin to work in a mine and promised we would only be there for two years but as you can see i'm still here. you came lives in a small mining village in eastern sakhalin home to several hundred people who share his story kor

the call building, the examiner, and the chronicle. and the three major papers at that time all wanted to be at this intersection. this building has been enlarged and a number of stories added so you can't see the historic character from this building from what it looked like in 06. it survived a fire as most steel framed buildings -- i'm sorry. survived the earthquake as most steel-framed buildings did. here is the chronicle building. it also survived the earthquake. the chronicle building is made up of two buildings in front. at the time of the '06 earthquake they were building the rear annex, which was the tallest building west of the mississippi. this building survived until the fire came. the fire did a lot of damage here. there is the examiner building. it also survived the earthquake, and the fire came. >> really interestingly, steel-framed buildings were a newish thing in the turn of the century. how many do we have in the city? >> from that vintage, that are actually still here, we probably have 30 or 40. but what was interest

given the economic challenges facing the government and the nation, the $25 billion increase in the of the a's budget underscores the president's commitment to transforming the va and fixing consistent problems that have plagued this department over the past decade. we in the department need a sense of urgency that matches the president's, that meant. we are developing it. -- commitment. we are developing it. this includes changing priorities, getting better results of the funding we have been provided, and generating new businesses that attract the money, and produces the biggest gains for veterans. we implemented the largest student 8 -- student aid package of its kind since the original g.i. bill of 1944. we have an additional 28,000 veterans and family members enrolled in -- 3 and 28,000 veterans and family members enrolled in colleges. [applause] >> now, when you and crude -- and include the montgomery gi bill, that number goes up to nearly 600,000 veterans in families -- and family members in classrooms preparing for the next phase of their lives. [applause] >> we need their inge

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the waste the nature weapons bill the president signed may of 2009 was predicated on the premise of the,ja o report that we have over spent by nearly 300 million and 17 major weapons systems. what do you think a plausible goal is in terms of reducing out lays in future major weapons systems in other words if we could unscram tbl egg from the theory. it would have saved about 300 billion dollars. what to you think we'll gain in terms of avoiding cost over runs if we properly implement the law and the present stein in 2009. it's - gentlemen, just hold up. you'll get your remaining time. they've just announced a vote on a motion adjourn, i'm going to pause it's the chairs intention to continue the hearing so those that need to make that vote, go do so. thank you very much. we'll give you back that half a minute or so. >> of course, mr. chairman. it's hard to set a target. i hate to set a tar the get to fail by so much. i think under doctor carters leadership and with the committees legislative stance i think we've put in place things that allow us to do that. we're putting far more contrac

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they believe that the government has the consent of the government. only 6% believe -- of the mainstream agrees with that view. the progressive income -- the progressive transformation is perhaps incomplete. is it possible that they are coming to wake up to what is going on? we add the conflict of tipping points about debt, spending, taxation, moral issues, bailouts. it is a moral issue for most people. there is something about the united states -- its politics are unique. most of the time, issues are shoved to the background. policies are local. a handful of policies rise to the national agenda. everyone's a while it looks back and takes a longer view -- every once in awhile it looks back and takes a longer view. this election has not been nationalized. it has been "foundationalized." the conventional wisdom is that a serious political realignment, bringing together politics with some understanding of the principles of the declaration and the constitution, is no longer possible. we seem to be seeing some indications of that possibility. is it possibl

that was the exception to the rule. the was the way to stimulate the economy. rule. if it becomes the normal rule, then we run a path that goes nowhere good. but i don't think that i would compare the actions taken on say the recovery act to the actions taken on the other measures that you're describing. >> i totally agree with you. i was just trying to point out we've got to work together -- there is no question that managing the debt and managing spending is critically important for the tough economic activities you need to get out of the recession. that's -- to meet its basic economics and i fully support those policies. what i'm suggesting the ways you can't use this always and you need to recognize that now the deficit is being -- is a drag on our economy an that is part of the equation as we develop the next round of fiscal policies. >> it's always hard to change gears. >> thank you, thank the senator for his strong state that as well. >> senator begich. >> thank you. i want to thank you for your willingness to serve and go through these hearings and once

the value of facing the challenges of the future with bravery.se are values that are very much shared between the american people and the chilean people. >> charlie: what is the legacy of general pinochet? >> he's part of the past. i think that he will -- he will always be blamed for the human rights as that took place in his government and that is something which is unforgettable, and also, i think that it's unforgiveable, because what happened in terms of human rights -- >> charlie: did he ever accept responsibility for that? >> he never accept publicly responsibility, but i also have to tell you that even though he interrupt our democratic life for 17 years and his government committed a lot of human rights abuses, there are other areas -- >> charlie: other people died in -- >> there are other areas where he was able to modernize the economy. to open the economy. to establish an economic system much more open and competitive and therefore some things were very positive for the future of the country. the best proof of that is that when the demo

the blood going across the street to the fire department. we will miss you. -- good luck going across the street to the fire department. we will miss you. [applause] >> well, when all of these folks have received awards and said goodbye, you sit in those seats and think someday that will be neat if you live long enough. i have lived long enough to be thrown out orszag on my way. [laughter] it was not quite thrown off. but mayor newsom thought i did not have the big enough challenge down here and should move on to something else. after 16 years, when i open an agenda or review things, it does become quite easy compared to the first few years. he was right there. many thanks for the lunch today. thank you for the people you invited. i really appreciate that. to every speaker, i appreciate that. i know how hard it is to give a time. thank you. tom representing the fisherman's wharf area, i love fisherman's wharf. i like to see how wonderful everybody is down there, all of the staff and people. it is a great spot. i am so glad to a been a bigger

the pegs on the back of the chair are cutting some kids. for more information on the recall including a list of all the toys involved, sit laid out for you the foxnews.com. new york city has to change a quarter million street signs because the feds say those that are up could endanger lives. what is wrong? federal highway administration says the signs in all capital letters are more difficult to read and drivers keep their eye off the road longer and are at greater risk of getting into a crash. they want the city to switch to upper case and lower case signs. all the fonts have to match all the numbered street signs in all of new york city have to be changed. the cost? $27 million. but we have plenty of money these days. it will only take about seven years to change them all. another wrinkle in the relationship with russia. some lawmakers want to keep dozens of high ranking russian officials from setting foot on american soil. stay tuned. [ male announcer ] you're at the age where you don't get thrown by curve balls. ♪ this is the age of kno

i suppose we could do the permit with the exception of the repairs to the foundation. or the permit holder could withdraw the permit. i did not hear if he was interested in doing that. an we carve out the foundation? >> i am not aware of the details of the basics of the appeal, but the relevant factor for this board is that the exemption for the entire project has been appealed to the board of supervisors. board practice in the past has been to continue an environment to wait for the environmental review to be finalized, until there is a final environmental review on the project. the board cannot review this project. i think mr. sanchez is correct that one option would be that if the appellate does not want to wait until the 22nd he can withdraw his permit. i think that if the board were to deny the permit that we would face the want-year bar problem. -- the one-year bar problem. the recommended process absent a withdrawal on the part of the appellant would be to continue this. otherwise, we need the board of supervisors determination on the ceqa issue. president peter

in the run-up, the country is taking stock of the achievements of the past two decades and the challenges that still remain. one of the key steps in the process of reuniting east and west germany was the margin of the nation's military complexes. from standing armies to weaponry. the process took a major step forward when 20 years ago the east german people's army was officially disbanded. all of its generals and top officers quietly entered retirement. in their place, the military leadership of the former class enemy began shipping an all- german military, and that meant closing down dozens of east german bases. but some of the military hardware from the communist east was taken over by the new german army. the last of it has just been phased out. >> it is a special day at these barracks. the troops are brought to attention to say farewell. the military sendoff is not for an officer or visiting politician, but for a vehicle. even the base commanders are taking part. but this is not just any old truck. it is the last bit of east german military hardware still in the inventory of the milit

on the race for the billions of tons of oil and gas in the new jim. world leaders to tackle global poverty middle east peace and roll security at the u.n. millennium summit in new york on the sidelines of russia and nato back to discuss cooperation on missile defense of arms limits in europe. and a russian martial arts fighter the history of violence and extremism is seeking political asylum in norway. escaped from a psychiatric facility last month. and up next we get an inside look of what it's like to work for the most wanted man on earth osama bin laden no one but not in reveals what was happening behind the scenes and why he's now encouraging extremists to give up violence. i'm in london today saying whether a leopard really can change its spots i'm talking to no man but not who is a former senior leader of the libyan islamic fighting group he spent several years with bin laden in afghanistan and in siege on in the one nine hundred ninety s. but he now advises on counting extremism for the quilliam foundation in london mr bennett and thank you ver

the policy of the u.s. should not be built on a platform of apologies, corrections, and reset buttons. we will not confront and defeat the terrorists threat by a backing out on america's commitments. we have played a high cost these past years at war and our military personnel and their families have paid the highest price. how should we address these challenges, these debates that has shown the issues. we of decisions to make about our path forward and these will be made an environment in which we are 41 cents against every dollar that we spend this year. we must work together to identify our national security priorities and military and economic superiority. this americans found it with a choice, maintain its greatness is a choice as well today, we choose to do what needs to be done, to do what we know to be right hand to never except the next best thing for our families, our country, where for freedom. these are articles of faith worth fighting for to the last four. you have done it and our troops have r

the sound of the met. through loud speakers in the streets and became a symbol of the leningrad stage a fast rhythm and. if it slowed it signaled a treat. by the first win to leningrad had no heating power. abandon tram stood motionless in the streets the water supply system froze and the pipes inside apartment. people had to get water from a hole in the nevada as ice. carrying the water was a big problem let alone to the sixth floor. because of water quite often they couldn't make it and had to go that. leningrad residence burned anything they could to try and stay warm. folks and furniture went into the stove firewood was very expensive. there were food shortages to residents were issued with rations a fixed of food rations were just a fifth of what they had been at the start of the war. a citizen was entitled to two lumps of bread a day weighing just one hundred twenty five grams each the bread was made from chemical wood pulp and milled wheat dust in order to survive people. and cookies made from wood

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when the president took office, the american economy, the envy of the world, was falling off the cliff. growth was declining at an annual rate of 6%. we were losing three-quarters of a million jobs every month. the american financial system was in freefall. people were wondering whether they should keep their money in banks, whether they should buy treasuries, the first time since the great depression that happened. that was the reality when this president came into office. and there was no way out of that except for the president working with the fed and the congress to dp take aggressive, strong, bold actions to arrest the freefall and start the economy growing again. and that's what he did, and that's what's happened. but these things -- these recessions doesn't capture it. crises caused by financial crises, they take time to heal. we have a lot more work to do, and rks again, our responsible is to do everything we can to make sure we find ways to get washington to act, to strengthen private investment, get people back to work. >> lehrer: is it correct to say, had there been a diffe

newshour, the shutdown of the b.p. well; the debate over genetically modified salmon; the power of sarah palin; and the murder of another journalist in juarez, mexico. t first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman in our newsroom. >> holman: the u.s. recession officially ended back in june of 2009. the national bureau of economic research reported today the recession lasted 18 months. that makes it the country's longest downturn since world war ii. president obama took note of the finding during a town hall meeting in washington, broadcast on cnbc. . >> even though economists may say the recession observationly ended last year, obviously for the millions of people who are still out of work, people who have seen their home values decline, people who are struggling to pay the bills day-to-day, it's still very real for them. >> holman: the president also rebuffed claims his economic policies were "anti-business," and he repeated his opposition to keeping tax cuts for better- off americans. he said it would only

look at the manure coming out of the building from the foundations, the door. this isn't something that just happened overnight. that manure pile is about seven to eight feet tall. it's seeping out through cracks. so number one, you have too much manure. it's flowing out of your buildings. you got cracks. you got dead mice. you got dead chickens, maggots. that stuff just didn't happen. i agree you're a big operation, but with big operations some big responsibilities. how did you clean up your act if you started clean an now you cleaned up your act? >> in the case -- if i could just kind of go one at a time here on the photos. the one that shows the door being gapped open with the manure, these houses, as you can see, it's a house that's basically 18 foot at the eaves. it's a two-story structure. >> sure. >> the hen population is in the top story. the building is designed to have these manure pits and i know this is -- has got a lot of press, but this is a standard practice in the industry to have manure underneath the birds and then to be taken out. the problem

are responsible analysis shows the majority of the frightening scenarios on the future of the arctic have no grounds whatsoever their goal is to provoke clashes among the arctic states and so that those who make the predictions can fish for something in the murky waters but i am absolutely sure that all the existing problems including the ones over the continental shelf can be resolved in a matter of partnership and according to the wall. well arctic is about done local and russia as the biggest arctic state is there to encourage it and this is what all the participants all the forum was stressing not russia actually demonstrated the power of the dialogue just recently one with another optic state with no weight when they signed an agreement. and i really wish had long been disputed for over four decades i'm sorry. can you give me. yes we can hear you think twice might have lost the signal with the most post you. might get back to you as soon as we're getting. all right we'll get back to you i will get back to our teens are you cutting out from the international forum in moscow and w