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the work of the past administration was wrong. began in the bush administration and enhance them so that we can move forward as a nation. this proposal is divided into three main categories. protecting the american people, critical infrastructure. i will talk about some of the proposals rather briefly and then i'm happy to explore them in the question and answer session. one of the things the bill does is gives dhs much clearer authority to work in a voluntary way with the private sector. the government has some of the answers. dhs can help the private sector. it speeds information sharing. so we can have real situational awareness of what the threats look like. it creates a framework similar in many ways to that which the committee included in this bill that would bring private-sector efforts to bear. provide benefits to the companies that identified a set of risks, cyber security risks to be identified by dhs. a very, very similar approach. the bill does in number of things. taking the ongoing work that has been moving forward t
the work of the past administration was wrong. began in the bush administration and enhance them so that we can move forward as a nation. this proposal is divided into three main categories. protecting the american people, critical infrastructure. i will talk about some of the proposals rather briefly and then i'm happy to explore them in the question and answer session. one of the things the bill does is gives dhs much clearer authority to work in a voluntary way with the private sector. the...
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>> i'm sure the administration will go after the other masterminds. i'm sure obama will continue with a heavy focus on afghanistan and other parts of the mideast. i think one of the things the administration will have to pivot, dhs and department of homeland security, one of the challenges for the administration in the coming days, all of the resources are focused on tornadoes, fema. they'll have to do a pivot and dhs will have to get ready and raise dhs to the highest alert level because as alan was saying, you really in the next week or two have a high risk of terrorist incompetent incidents in this country. al qaeda will be looking. there will be extremists looking for their opportunity.i so they'll have to pivot and turn on a dime. >> let me circle back to something we spoke about earlier which is why the obama administration and his national security team really are putting the pressure on the cia to try to get osama bin laden bin now more than ever. this has to do with what could happen there in that region when we pull our troops out. >> that's
>> i'm sure the administration will go after the other masterminds. i'm sure obama will continue with a heavy focus on afghanistan and other parts of the mideast. i think one of the things the administration will have to pivot, dhs and department of homeland security, one of the challenges for the administration in the coming days, all of the resources are focused on tornadoes, fema. they'll have to do a pivot and dhs will have to get ready and raise dhs to the highest alert level because...
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the administration approach over time has not been to say the work of the past administration was wrong therefore we are going to do a different direction. we have tried to take a comprehensive national cybersecurity initiative which began in the bush and ministration and continue to add genes its efforts and enhance them so that we could move forward as a nation so this proposal does a number of things, divided into three main categories protecting the american people, protecting government and protecting critical infrastructure. i'm going to talk about some of the proposals in the last two categories briefly, and then i'm happy to explore them in the question and the answer session. within the protecting of the critical infrastructure, one of the things the bill does as the senator indicated this gives the dhs much clearer authority and responsibility to work in a voluntary way with the private sector. the government doesn't have all the answers but it has some of the answers and it can help the private sectors of it gives the mission and authority to help the private sector. it adds
the administration approach over time has not been to say the work of the past administration was wrong therefore we are going to do a different direction. we have tried to take a comprehensive national cybersecurity initiative which began in the bush and ministration and continue to add genes its efforts and enhance them so that we could move forward as a nation so this proposal does a number of things, divided into three main categories protecting the american people, protecting government...
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one of the incompetence of the carter administration, one of the few.so, for 30 years, fine, no risk of conventional war. which i'd were other things going on an ipod, terrorism, stuff like that. now have a situation where a government could come to power in egypt that will advocate that accord and potentially go to war with israel or with other countries. that's a lot worse situation than what we were facing six months ago. and i don't know what the obama administration is going to do about it, but that's what we're facing now. so we see these uprisings in other countries in bob rae and most recently. okay, so you have a shia majority people will buy a sunni monarchy. but the arrays have been trying to destabilize the country for a long time. the iranians see great opportunity in all this stuff to try to just omit unrest. and it is a false argument to say, well, these either are or are not iranian backed up raisings. it is a man who's back into. the fact is the more chaos you can produce in the system, the worse it gets for us. the arrays have their ow
one of the incompetence of the carter administration, one of the few.so, for 30 years, fine, no risk of conventional war. which i'd were other things going on an ipod, terrorism, stuff like that. now have a situation where a government could come to power in egypt that will advocate that accord and potentially go to war with israel or with other countries. that's a lot worse situation than what we were facing six months ago. and i don't know what the obama administration is going to do about...
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lorimer i would argue that the policies that were pursued after the bush administration launched this war on the world further endangered us made us less safe as americans created an al qaeda presence in iraq where there was none before and has had inspired a whole new generation of people to have an actual motivation to kill americans with the drone strikes that have killed civilians that night raids that have killed civilians and i think they realize that we really have to look at the ways in which the way that the bush administration responded to my lab and actually inspired more acts of terrorism around the world and more people to want to sign up to fight and kill americans and those are questions that a lot of people don't want to ask in the united states well that's exactly what we're asking here right now going to tell me do you think that we are perhaps less safe than we were you know did we do a greater disservice to the world oh i remember secretary of defense rumsfeld i seem to question if we're recruiting four or five for every one we kill tell me how we're winning and so
lorimer i would argue that the policies that were pursued after the bush administration launched this war on the world further endangered us made us less safe as americans created an al qaeda presence in iraq where there was none before and has had inspired a whole new generation of people to have an actual motivation to kill americans with the drone strikes that have killed civilians that night raids that have killed civilians and i think they realize that we really have to look at the ways in...
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the obama administration is allowing on average more drilling than the bush administration did. in fact, the obama administration approved more leases in 2010 than the bush administration did in any year except one of his presidency. again, in moving forward in reissuing permits which the administration has already begun to do, this bill helps validate president obama's leadership on this issue. the real issue at hand are the oil -- are the subsidies the industry continues to receive. as long as we continue a policy of using taxpayer dollars to artificially pick winners and losers in the economy, the winner here being big oil, the loser being american taxpayers, we will continue to hurt energy security, destroy jobs, and continue to put our environment at risk. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. fleming: i thank the gentleman, mr
the obama administration is allowing on average more drilling than the bush administration did. in fact, the obama administration approved more leases in 2010 than the bush administration did in any year except one of his presidency. again, in moving forward in reissuing permits which the administration has already begun to do, this bill helps validate president obama's leadership on this issue. the real issue at hand are the oil -- are the subsidies the industry continues to receive. as long...
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it's the to do list that the administration brought forward to the senate what the administration was going to do to ensure new s.t.a.r.t. would not threaten our deterrent capability. since it is the president's own to-do list, it should not be at all difficulty for the president to comply. the -- i think everyone who has concerns with what occurs if we implemented new s.t.a.r.t., but did not undertake modernization would support this. i thank the chairman for this, support the amendment, and i encourage all members to do so. >> mr. chairman, yes. >> the gentlelady from california, ms. sanchez recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. i support mr. larson with respect to this issue. i think, you know, if you look back at history, even though there were agreements in place, specialically with russia, the fact of the matter is in 1991 in the immediate aftermath of the cold war, then president george bush announced that the u.s. would dramatically reduce arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons which led the soviet union to take similar steps dramatically increasing united states security. e
it's the to do list that the administration brought forward to the senate what the administration was going to do to ensure new s.t.a.r.t. would not threaten our deterrent capability. since it is the president's own to-do list, it should not be at all difficulty for the president to comply. the -- i think everyone who has concerns with what occurs if we implemented new s.t.a.r.t., but did not undertake modernization would support this. i thank the chairman for this, support the amendment, and i...
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the administration wants americans to believe that the administration has seen the light. but, you know, republican representative doc hastings, member of the house of representatives, has already called their bluff. representative hastings is the sponsor of legislation that would allow more energy production, more energy production off the coast of alaska. and he said that it is -- quote -- "ironic," he said, "that the white house is now supporting this idea." he said because the white house just recently opposed the idea when he introduced it in the house ohouse of representatives. now, you know, the associated press was even more direct. they said that all of the administration's ideas had come -- all of the administration's ideas had come from three bills that were passed by the republican-controlled house down the hall. and the associated press said that the white house had opposed every single one of these bills. so despite acting against the production of more american energy just a week ago, the president now wants us to believe that he supports it just because thi
the administration wants americans to believe that the administration has seen the light. but, you know, republican representative doc hastings, member of the house of representatives, has already called their bluff. representative hastings is the sponsor of legislation that would allow more energy production, more energy production off the coast of alaska. and he said that it is -- quote -- "ironic," he said, "that the white house is now supporting this idea." he said...
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the last part of this administration would amend the u.s. code so that all future reductions would require the involvement of congress -- >> gentleman's time has expired. >> okay. i would urge adoption of the amendment. i yield back. >> if you'd like to be recognized, please raise your hands so we can get you down on the list. yield five minutes to gentleman from washington, mr. larsen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i speak in opposition to this amendment and ask my colleagues to oppose it. this amendment ties a president's hands now and into the future on how to manage our nuclear arsenal at a time when we are finally see cooperation from other countries on nonproliferation. this amendment attempts to halt the retirement of any nuclear system under new s.t.a.r.t., and the retirement of nuclear systems under new s.t.a.r.t. is obviously one the two major portions of the treaty. so this amendment is an attempt to rewrite the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty through the defense authorization act. it is not an attempt to implement the new s.t.a.r.t. trea
the last part of this administration would amend the u.s. code so that all future reductions would require the involvement of congress -- >> gentleman's time has expired. >> okay. i would urge adoption of the amendment. i yield back. >> if you'd like to be recognized, please raise your hands so we can get you down on the list. yield five minutes to gentleman from washington, mr. larsen. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i speak in opposition to this amendment and ask my...
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the bush administration policies, the obama administration policies. do we have the opportunity now with bin laden on the rethink the policies we're going to use. an example that policy should be kept the same. what would you do differently in terms of terrorism policy going forward? general mukasey, would you like to start? >> what would i do differently? at the beginning, i said we need an interrogation program that is classified and administered by the c.i.a. that's one thing i would do differently. another is to have a coherent detention policy so we know who we detain, who we kill and on what basis. third, and we haven't talked about this at all really, and it has to do with the commissions opposed to -- it is a binary choice now. i don't know that either one is attractive. i don't think the mill is really in place to run a parallel justice system. we have had paramilitaries before but never long-term. i think we ought to re-reform that. -- reform that. >> john? with a forward-looking -- >> gaze. >> forward-looking. ok. now that i'm not there, i ca
the bush administration policies, the obama administration policies. do we have the opportunity now with bin laden on the rethink the policies we're going to use. an example that policy should be kept the same. what would you do differently in terms of terrorism policy going forward? general mukasey, would you like to start? >> what would i do differently? at the beginning, i said we need an interrogation program that is classified and administered by the c.i.a. that's one thing i would...
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wish the obama administration would keep on their track of people opening secret prisons around the world detaining people indefinitely in guantanamo bay perhaps maybe they should even revert back to the bush days and start torturing people like i don't think it's a reversion i'm not sure i the obama destruction used information during the untanned enhanced techniques to get this lead i mean that was that's been widely reported everywhere today if that's the case and it took going that step to get to bin laden then absolutely we continue to use those methods so that we can get the next bin laden and certainly as lauren said the threat is not over the war against terrorism the fight against international terrorism islamic extremism continues today and this is just one small victory i think for the day united states can be excited about happy about that do you think that in that. the bush administration has been vindicated if they got the nickname for the guy that was the courier how many years back it took them four years after mohamed admitted it to get the guy's real name you know
wish the obama administration would keep on their track of people opening secret prisons around the world detaining people indefinitely in guantanamo bay perhaps maybe they should even revert back to the bush days and start torturing people like i don't think it's a reversion i'm not sure i the obama destruction used information during the untanned enhanced techniques to get this lead i mean that was that's been widely reported everywhere today if that's the case and it took going that step to...
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or george bush's administration or the next administration they are run by the corporatists by the globalists by the elitist look at facebook who just infused hundreds of millions of dollars into them well it's pretty simple it was goldman sachs look who's on your bomb administration people like geithner and bernanke you who they work for goldman sachs these are the true power brokers of this world and in this is what i want to ask you with when a situation which he's kind of things i'm completely different and this is not about the united states wanting to kind of infringe on china as laws to allow a free middle and it's not the united states getting to have control over the internet so that you have a way that well that's why i'm totally against neutrality when the f.c.c. and in december a power grab the internet without authority from congress three unregulated elected bureaucrats democrats alike to themselves internet overlords i'm totally against that i'm totally against the kill switch as he is the i don't want the government involved the intern
or george bush's administration or the next administration they are run by the corporatists by the globalists by the elitist look at facebook who just infused hundreds of millions of dollars into them well it's pretty simple it was goldman sachs look who's on your bomb administration people like geithner and bernanke you who they work for goldman sachs these are the true power brokers of this world and in this is what i want to ask you with when a situation which he's kind of things i'm...
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in the end, the administration must reach a decision. the provision this amendment proposes to remove is the final deadline that the administration must meet and one that should be firm to ensure that decisions are made in a timely manner and that no defacto moratorium or per hit torium is instituted. this amendment, if adopted, would further delay offshore energy production. it would continue to allow the department to impose a defacto drilling moratorium that could cost thousands of jobs and allow higher prices on energy with less supply. i oppose this amendment and urge my colleagues to vote no. and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. holt: may i ask the chair the time remaining? the chair: both sides have three minutes remaining. mr. holt: mr. chair, the -- my friend from colorado talked about the harm that this bill would do and why it's important that the application be approved even if the review is not complete. even if the review is not yet done right. i wonder
in the end, the administration must reach a decision. the provision this amendment proposes to remove is the final deadline that the administration must meet and one that should be firm to ensure that decisions are made in a timely manner and that no defacto moratorium or per hit torium is instituted. this amendment, if adopted, would further delay offshore energy production. it would continue to allow the department to impose a defacto drilling moratorium that could cost thousands of jobs and...
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bush administration's policies and the obama administration's policies. in fact, we did a lot of things as a count ry right after 9/11 out of fear, ignorance. we were not well educated about the threat of al qaeda. that we later came to our senses about. and to his credit president bush was already starting to move in the direction that president obama ultimately moved, whether president bush would have gotten there with more time i don't know but i do think that it's not accurate to talk about this as a bright line that changed when president obama came into office. he did some very important things. closing the secret prisons and establishing a single standard for interrogations. but president bush had already started down that road by ceasing waterboarding, by talking about how we can go about closing guantanamo. so i think we ought to talk about what we're going to do next. but we should do that in the context of some historical accuracy about the ark of this policy even within the bush administration. >> i think we turning to questions i would like t
bush administration's policies and the obama administration's policies. in fact, we did a lot of things as a count ry right after 9/11 out of fear, ignorance. we were not well educated about the threat of al qaeda. that we later came to our senses about. and to his credit president bush was already starting to move in the direction that president obama ultimately moved, whether president bush would have gotten there with more time i don't know but i do think that it's not accurate to talk about...
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this evening, we recommend that the board adopt the administrative law judges proposed decision in the district's certified layoff hearing. we also seek your approval to send final notices that services will not be -- that services will not be required pursuant to the administrative law judge's proposed decision and in accordance with the education code. as you recall, the board adopted a resolution to initiate these layoff proceedings at its march 1 meeting and at that time the board approved a reduction of 279 certified f.t.e.'s, full-time equivalents, 139f.t.e.'s were in administrative services and 140 were in instructional service. in accordance with the provisions regarding certified layoffs, the district held a certified hearing on april 4th and 5th of this year and as a result of the hearing, the administrative law judge issued the proposed decision that's before you. the district now seeks approval based on this proposed decision and the relevant provisions of the education code to issue final notices for services that will not be required for the 2011 and 2012 school year. exh
this evening, we recommend that the board adopt the administrative law judges proposed decision in the district's certified layoff hearing. we also seek your approval to send final notices that services will not be -- that services will not be required pursuant to the administrative law judge's proposed decision and in accordance with the education code. as you recall, the board adopted a resolution to initiate these layoff proceedings at its march 1 meeting and at that time the board approved...
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the number of bank failures has continued under the obama administration from the bush administration is a little difficult to put your finger on the exact date of these things, but both administrations have been involved in the bailout and both of them very much tried to stabilize the system. host: we have an e-mail from manassas, virginia. guest: the sec oversaw the investment banks. they were the regulators for merrill lynch, bear stearns, lehman brothers, and all of those companies that manage to a huge amount of trouble. the only two that survived in the independent former morgan stanley and goldman sachs, but both of them changed their legal status so that they moved out of the sec and became banks under the federal reserve. the sec proxy oversight has been greatly criticized -- the sec's oversight has been greatly criticized for letting them use an enormous amount of leverage in their trading. a lot of questions have been raised about cox and the sec because they have lost a lot of power in the ways that investment banks changed into banks or were acquired by banks. host: louis
the number of bank failures has continued under the obama administration from the bush administration is a little difficult to put your finger on the exact date of these things, but both administrations have been involved in the bailout and both of them very much tried to stabilize the system. host: we have an e-mail from manassas, virginia. guest: the sec oversaw the investment banks. they were the regulators for merrill lynch, bear stearns, lehman brothers, and all of those companies that...
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what -- and i probably -- it's a much broader question but i know the administration is grappling what the right approach is on. any update? >> to express at this moment anyway deep disappointment with the fact that president salla in yemen chose once again not to follow through on his commitment to make a peaceful transfer of power. this is an issue which we worked closely with the gulf coast council and states will continue that but this is a very fragile moment as you said and we'll do everything we can to encourage movement in the direction of a peaceful transition. there's a lot at stake here in yemen. >> congratulations. >> thank you >> thank you, senator rubio. i will be relinquishing my gavel to senator menendez, who's our next questioner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ambassador, thank you for your service to our country. and i appreciate what you've done over a long period of time. let me start off by saying something positive on the state department. i've been one of those who have been pressing really hard about our sanctions regime on iran. and i'm very pleased to see that t
what -- and i probably -- it's a much broader question but i know the administration is grappling what the right approach is on. any update? >> to express at this moment anyway deep disappointment with the fact that president salla in yemen chose once again not to follow through on his commitment to make a peaceful transfer of power. this is an issue which we worked closely with the gulf coast council and states will continue that but this is a very fragile moment as you said and we'll do...
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in july the obama administration is planning to a draw. begin withdrawal of troops from the camp three and also it is the beginning of transition of security responsibilities to security forces. have to have been allowed in scaling now the critical software here in the united states as well they're there they're trying to convince and ministration to call it mission accomplished. leave afghanistan but i think that'll be very much huge mistake because i've been alarmed and it's gone but the terror infrastructure and the ideology is still there as we saw the taliban announces july first spring offensive and we've seen a spike of violence all across the country and there are even foreign fighters in eastern afghanistan fighting so if the united states prematurely that would be very much huge mistake that washington abandon afghanistan in one thousand eight hundred nine and when it comes to the relations between the united states and pakistan there are also misconceptions. did elations will improve if the united states withdraw from afghanistan
in july the obama administration is planning to a draw. begin withdrawal of troops from the camp three and also it is the beginning of transition of security responsibilities to security forces. have to have been allowed in scaling now the critical software here in the united states as well they're there they're trying to convince and ministration to call it mission accomplished. leave afghanistan but i think that'll be very much huge mistake because i've been alarmed and it's gone but the...
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well i think what's going on first of all is that we're on the eve of an obama administration reset american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but using the example of egypt shows how he wants to really gauge the leverage that the united states exerts over some of its military partners in this case namely egypt i think the stage is being set for this reset with a kind of a good cop bad cop routine within the the american administration some people are acting as the good cops kerry perhaps clinton. tending to their traditional allied relationship with pakistan and emphasizing you know that this codependent relationship is still central and very important while others obama himself. gates and mullen are emphasizing the harder and in their bad cop role emphasizing. an attempt to put america in the driver's seat and to use their our military aid and leverage. to pummel the pakistanis into. a more compliant relation
well i think what's going on first of all is that we're on the eve of an obama administration reset american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but using the example of egypt shows how he wants to really gauge the leverage that the united states exerts over some of its military partners in this case namely egypt i...
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why it took the administration so long to figure it out is a mystery to me so the obama administration is now negotiated an action plan that address its concerns regarding the labor situation in colombia. you would think that we would have clarity once the steps in the action plan are fulfilled, the administration would submit the agreement to congress for its consideration. but we do not have this clarity. there has been no clear answer to this very simple question. instead, there seems to be more preconditions on submitting the agreement that are not even related to the agreement itself such as extension of trade adjustment assistance and permanent normal trade relations with russia. now, this is very odd. most economist wos agree there are like -- would agree there will be few workers who will lose their job because of the implementation of the colombia trade agreement. afterall, the u.s.-colombia trade agreement will result in almost no growth in imports in colombia. this is the case, as almost all colombian products entered the united states duty free over the past two decades on
why it took the administration so long to figure it out is a mystery to me so the obama administration is now negotiated an action plan that address its concerns regarding the labor situation in colombia. you would think that we would have clarity once the steps in the action plan are fulfilled, the administration would submit the agreement to congress for its consideration. but we do not have this clarity. there has been no clear answer to this very simple question. instead, there seems to be...
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whereas, as a result of the certified layoff hearing, the administrative law judge issued a proposed decision attached hereto as exhibit a dated may 2, 2011, proposed decision which authorized the board of education to reduce the certified staff of the district by a total of 79 full-time equivalents, now, therefore, be it resolved that -- 279 -- i'm sorry. i'm sorry, 279 full-time equivalents. now, therefore, be it resolved that the proposed decision set forth in exhibit a is hereby adopted as the decision of the board ofployed for the ensuing 2011-2012 school year and be it further resolved that the district superintendent or his designated representative is hereby directed to send final notice that services will not be required for the 2011-2012 school year, to the certified employees identified in exhibit b in accordance with education code sections 44949 and 44955 and the proposed decision, be it further resolved that this resolution and the adoption of the proposed decision is effective immediately. president mendoza: thank you. i have one public speaker signed up. mr. trey? >> t
whereas, as a result of the certified layoff hearing, the administrative law judge issued a proposed decision attached hereto as exhibit a dated may 2, 2011, proposed decision which authorized the board of education to reduce the certified staff of the district by a total of 79 full-time equivalents, now, therefore, be it resolved that -- 279 -- i'm sorry. i'm sorry, 279 full-time equivalents. now, therefore, be it resolved that the proposed decision set forth in exhibit a is hereby adopted as...
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it we give credit to the current administration for making the decisions they made and clearly, the bush administration is the one that developed and nurtured those capabilities. >> all right. defense secretary, thanks for being with us, sir. >> thank you, sean. >> should the white house release the photos of an executed osama bin laden? karl rove reacts live. did the u.s. take sensitivity too far by giving osama a religious burrialg? lindsay graham says, absolutely. he joins me next. my ne is mike, and i quit smoking. i knew for years before i qu that i needed to quit, and i went ne to find a way. ♪ chantix -- it's a non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. whileou're taking the medication, for the first week, you can go ahead and smoke. [ male announcer ] prescription chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. [ mike ] when i was taking the chantix, it reduced the urge to smoke. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostiliy, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. i
it we give credit to the current administration for making the decisions they made and clearly, the bush administration is the one that developed and nurtured those capabilities. >> all right. defense secretary, thanks for being with us, sir. >> thank you, sean. >> should the white house release the photos of an executed osama bin laden? karl rove reacts live. did the u.s. take sensitivity too far by giving osama a religious burrialg? lindsay graham says, absolutely. he joins...
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the context of this amendment must be considered within the past administration cuts to this ogram. i absolutely agree with the ranking member that the problems with the program must be resolved. they can't be resolved unless we focus on the program providing additional funding. the administration cntinually cut the program in the past budget request slashed by $445 million in 2010, $185 million in this year's budget request reduction, and the outyear spending is a billion dollars less than projected a year ago. we're only restoring $100 million. i appreciate the ranking member's statement of general saying there's a bunch of other places to put the money, but the ranking members amendment doesn't put it someplace else, but puts it in the national guard, and we support that, and that's why the second amendment was offered. the restoring the $100 million back to the program and honoring the ranking members vy valid stement of where the money would go in support of our national guard is why the second amendment is offered. it accomplishes both. it restores a portion, only a portion of
the context of this amendment must be considered within the past administration cuts to this ogram. i absolutely agree with the ranking member that the problems with the program must be resolved. they can't be resolved unless we focus on the program providing additional funding. the administration cntinually cut the program in the past budget request slashed by $445 million in 2010, $185 million in this year's budget request reduction, and the outyear spending is a billion dollars less than...
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. >> woodruff: we get two views of the obama administration's stepped-up criticism of china's human rights record. >> brown: from ukraine, special correspondent kira kay explores lessons being learned about fulfilling the promises of the 2004 revolution. >> from the failings of the orange government and the subsequent return of authoritarian concerns comes a warning for current activists in the middle east. democracy building is harder than it looks. >> woodruff: and we get the details of the microsoft deal to buy skype for $8.5 billion. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is tough right now, everywhere. >> we pumped $21 million into local economies, into small businesses, communities, equipment, materials. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. >> moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. pacific life--
. >> woodruff: we get two views of the obama administration's stepped-up criticism of china's human rights record. >> brown: from ukraine, special correspondent kira kay explores lessons being learned about fulfilling the promises of the 2004 revolution. >> from the failings of the orange government and the subsequent return of authoritarian concerns comes a warning for current activists in the middle east. democracy building is harder than it looks. >> woodruff: and we...
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that said, the administration is doing two things. they are providing breathing space for pakistan to save face publicly. they are not being overly harsh. they are allowing some wiggle room for the pakistanis to address this. but behind the scenes, you become extremely tough in your lines, and demands, delivering on other al qaeda leaders, taliban leaders in pakistan. frankly, holding the money that we have allocated for pakistan over their heads. we have to be real allies here, but if we continue to find these egregious cases of complicity, we are going to not only have to cut off funding, but some other harsh thing that you may not like. at some point, we need to have that conversation. no doubt, the administration is preparing for that. host: the pakistani president to address parliament on the bin laden raid. this being reported by the bbc. in this address to the pakistani parliament, what does the prime minister have to say in order to reassure his people that his folks did not know that bin laden was there? and what does he say i
that said, the administration is doing two things. they are providing breathing space for pakistan to save face publicly. they are not being overly harsh. they are allowing some wiggle room for the pakistanis to address this. but behind the scenes, you become extremely tough in your lines, and demands, delivering on other al qaeda leaders, taliban leaders in pakistan. frankly, holding the money that we have allocated for pakistan over their heads. we have to be real allies here, but if we...
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i think it's fantastic that the administration set up the task force. i want to review the current situation. because most people are not aware of this. according to the energy information agency, under the u.s. department of energy, as of a week ago, a week iago, the u.. crude oil reserves were higher than at any point in the eight years of the bush administration. our total petroleum imports are at the lowest level since 1997. in the gulf of mexico, we have larger production now than at any point in the last two decades at 1.64 million barrels a day. double the production in 1992. yesterday, though, the average price about pump was $3.96. there must be a dramatic increase in the demand that drives the increases. but that's not the case. so it seems like there's something that smells in denmark. can cow tell us speyou tell us w the fraud group, an aggressive way of pursuing fraud from friction, getting to the bottom, how to e ploex manipulation, collusion and fraud. and tell us how congress can assist in this effort. >> there are market forces at work.
i think it's fantastic that the administration set up the task force. i want to review the current situation. because most people are not aware of this. according to the energy information agency, under the u.s. department of energy, as of a week ago, a week iago, the u.. crude oil reserves were higher than at any point in the eight years of the bush administration. our total petroleum imports are at the lowest level since 1997. in the gulf of mexico, we have larger production now than at any...
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the administration doesn't know what to do with the photos or pakistan. have to think of the long-term ramifications if you're president. is the world becoming more or less safe? does the action make us more or less safe? temporarily it makes us less safe. if it was only about killing obl, then you are okay. terrorists will retaliate, but should it play a role if we kill him or not? no. justice needs to be serve and it was. did anybody think this through? they keep saying they did. i believe they did. we put accusations in america that say they are not a friend of ours. does it make us more or less safe? nukes, no you cans nukes. pakistan in trouble. more or less safe? we kill him, don't capture him. that was the right move. more safe or less safe? photos, more safe or less safe? what would have happened if we released the jfk death photos a week after his death? we waited 25, 30 years. by releasing the photo, does it make us more or less safe? don't answer as a citizen. answer as a president. if he answers too many times the wrong way, you have to ask yo
the administration doesn't know what to do with the photos or pakistan. have to think of the long-term ramifications if you're president. is the world becoming more or less safe? does the action make us more or less safe? temporarily it makes us less safe. if it was only about killing obl, then you are okay. terrorists will retaliate, but should it play a role if we kill him or not? no. justice needs to be serve and it was. did anybody think this through? they keep saying they did. i believe...
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how do you think the administration is handling this? are you pleased with the way they're doing it? >> well, my goodness. the close coordination between the intelligence community and our special operations forces is absolutely perfection. it's been a truly a joint operation which speaks well to the capabilities that have been developed over a period of time. i would have to add that the decision by the president was, in my view, the right decision. >> schieffer: what do you think about the way they've handled this information? they seized this big cache of documents. some people say maybe they should have kept some of that to themselves at least for a while. >> well, i wasn't there. so i can't say precisely what my reaction would be. but looking at it from afar, it seems to me that most of the information about the intelligence has come out of the white house by people who later have had to change their mind because of the fog of war and not out of the pentagon. of course the people in the pentagon worry about the lives of the men and w
how do you think the administration is handling this? are you pleased with the way they're doing it? >> well, my goodness. the close coordination between the intelligence community and our special operations forces is absolutely perfection. it's been a truly a joint operation which speaks well to the capabilities that have been developed over a period of time. i would have to add that the decision by the president was, in my view, the right decision. >> schieffer: what do you think...
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debate, s osama's death and the intelligence behind him vindicate the bush administration's counter-terror policies. with us the cia in the bush administration, michael hayden, michael chernoff, and rudy giuliani. finally the political impact, the ultimate commander in chief for obama. is it a game changer for 2012? the first republican field holds its first debate. our round table votes in. bob woodward, presidential historian, doris kearn goodwin. and political strategist, mike murphy. >> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good morning. the raid on the compound in abbott abbottabad, pakistan, provided a treasure troef of data, showing that bin laden had remained highly active in directing al-qaeda in the decade since 9/11. among some of the items released yesterday afternoon, five videotapes, never before seen images of bin laden, giving practices to the american people, and one showed a bearded bin laden huddled under a blanket flipping through what appeared to be news footage of himself on television. the audiotapes were not released to the u.s., so as
debate, s osama's death and the intelligence behind him vindicate the bush administration's counter-terror policies. with us the cia in the bush administration, michael hayden, michael chernoff, and rudy giuliani. finally the political impact, the ultimate commander in chief for obama. is it a game changer for 2012? the first republican field holds its first debate. our round table votes in. bob woodward, presidential historian, doris kearn goodwin. and political strategist, mike murphy....
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and the worst part about hearing once again from all the old administration hands? >> i have a personal relationship with a lot of the seals and seal team six (audience reacts) >> jon: it made mer that first uncool thing i've ever heard about seal team six. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause). >jon: welcome back. so way back in 2003 on this program we introduced a segment devouted to rounding up various news items about the homosexual agenda which we called "gay watch." (cheers and applause). >> jon: the title... (laughter) forgot i started this show 43 years ago. (laughter) anyway, the title, of course, a play on "by a watch" and the title worked on a lot of levels but that show's been off the air for like 20 years now so we need a more contemporary cultural reference for the segment so... no. no. i think... actually, that's been off the air for five years. maybe something a bit more hip. (laughter) meh. i need something newsy that ca can... hmm. okay. (laughter) okay. closer. no. no. i don't even know what that is. (laughter)
and the worst part about hearing once again from all the old administration hands? >> i have a personal relationship with a lot of the seals and seal team six (audience reacts) >> jon: it made mer that first uncool thing i've ever heard about seal team six. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause). >jon: welcome back. so way back in 2003 on this program we introduced a segment devouted to rounding up various news items about the homosexual...
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the bill before us today. h.r. 1230 simply tells this administration that to go through with the lease sales already authorized by a previous administration, in other words, all these lease sales had gone through whatever process they had to go through, three of them were in the gulf of mexico, one on the coast of virming. we are simply saying, let's send a signal to the international markets that america is serious about becoming less dependent on foreign oil and we to that by saying, this administration should go through with these lease sales. which i might add, mr. chairman, we have heard about the loss of revenue from the other side of the aisle, these lease sales themselves would provide the general fund with $40 million other the next 10 years. so this is a very -- what we're doing, which is ironic, we're telling this administration to do something, it should be doing by law anyway. that's what this is. i urge my colleagues to vote on this bill. we can have other discussion on the other bills in ensuing days. as far as the discussion talking about big oil, i don't know how many --ic probably count the n
the bill before us today. h.r. 1230 simply tells this administration that to go through with the lease sales already authorized by a previous administration, in other words, all these lease sales had gone through whatever process they had to go through, three of them were in the gulf of mexico, one on the coast of virming. we are simply saying, let's send a signal to the international markets that america is serious about becoming less dependent on foreign oil and we to that by saying, this...
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the other villian is the obama administration . it is sitting there and criticizing and attacking the oil industry. every policy has been anti-oil production and gas production and there is no question in my mind that those kinds of policiless increase the gas paid at the pump. >> one thing i forgot to mention is the mideast turmoil . i tell you what, in the short term at least, it seems that the obama administration policy can't make that big difference. they are hostile to drilling, but those prices haven't redouced the current supply of oil? >> paul, look, if we were drilling for the last two or three or 10 or 20 years, we would have a greater supplis and importing less oil. there is no question that ben bernanke's monetary policy explains over the last 25 years, price of oil rises when you have a weak dollar policy. >> oil is priced in dollars. so when the dollar is weak anything priced in dollars goes up. >> well put. >> kim, what about the politics of this? the president taking on and blaming speculators and traders and so on?
the other villian is the obama administration . it is sitting there and criticizing and attacking the oil industry. every policy has been anti-oil production and gas production and there is no question in my mind that those kinds of policiless increase the gas paid at the pump. >> one thing i forgot to mention is the mideast turmoil . i tell you what, in the short term at least, it seems that the obama administration policy can't make that big difference. they are hostile to drilling, but...
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back up in the bush administration, into the bush administration, boom, down to 100,000 barrels of offshore production a day from 400,000 to 100,000 since the obama administration. nobody can argue that the obama administration is anything but violently opposed to the oil and gas industry. and they are doing anything they can so -- throw big roadblocks. and you wonder why the speculators are saying, $5 for the price of a barrel of oil is going up because they are speculating. you know how many millions of gallons of aviation fuel, a company like american airlines or united airlines or continental airlines, major airlines burns every week? you know what they have to do to stay ahead of increasing prices. they have to speculate on the futures on the price of fuel. there are plenty of people that are speculating because they say, let's see, what's going on in the world. we are finishing up on the war in iraq and has been out of the market for years and barely getting back in. we are sitting here with a moratorium on all the offwould shore domestic production and not opening up any further land
back up in the bush administration, into the bush administration, boom, down to 100,000 barrels of offshore production a day from 400,000 to 100,000 since the obama administration. nobody can argue that the obama administration is anything but violently opposed to the oil and gas industry. and they are doing anything they can so -- throw big roadblocks. and you wonder why the speculators are saying, $5 for the price of a barrel of oil is going up because they are speculating. you know how many...
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the gulf of mexico. as well as offshore virginia. that have been delayed and canceled by this administration, by the obama administration. h.r. 1229, putting the gulf back to work act, will end the obama administration's de facto drilling moratorium in a safe, responsible, transparent manner. and it puts thousands of americans back to work, increasing american energy production to help address the rising gasoline prices that americans are facing every single day. every single day. we see gas prices jump. and h.r. 1231, reversing president obama's offshore moratorium act, will lift the president's ban on new offshore drilling by requiring the administration to move forward on american energy production in areaing containing the most oil and natural gas resources. many organizations support the three bills i just mentioned. u.s. chamber of commerce, americans for tax reform, national taxpayers union, americans for prosperity, citizens against government waste, americans for limited government, national federation of independent business, the 60-plus association, american trucking association, and i can go on and on and on.
the gulf of mexico. as well as offshore virginia. that have been delayed and canceled by this administration, by the obama administration. h.r. 1229, putting the gulf back to work act, will end the obama administration's de facto drilling moratorium in a safe, responsible, transparent manner. and it puts thousands of americans back to work, increasing american energy production to help address the rising gasoline prices that americans are facing every single day. every single day. we see gas...
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this administration points to the work done in the prior administration toet to th point. i was in the white house from 2005-2009 and this was a top priority for me dealing with this issue. i will tell you we did not lose sight of this. this was a key goal of ours, not just because of the symbolism but because we knew that he was still operationally relevant, which is now coming down given the documents that have been found. he was an important figure for the global movement. bora ba was a big mistake. if we had a do over there, the leaders would have put more troops on the ground to assure that we had killed bin laden and a sure he did not escape. we allowed him to escape which led to a lot of years of frustrated hunting. i but not take the lack of progress as a symbol that we were not trying. a t of the starts and stops during the time between 2002- 2007 there about one of started to get more leads was really a dry hole. we were falling all sorts of leads possible. the unit at the cia was disbanded and that did not mean that we did not have enormous resources looking at t
this administration points to the work done in the prior administration toet to th point. i was in the white house from 2005-2009 and this was a top priority for me dealing with this issue. i will tell you we did not lose sight of this. this was a key goal of ours, not just because of the symbolism but because we knew that he was still operationally relevant, which is now coming down given the documents that have been found. he was an important figure for the global movement. bora ba was a big...
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bill, the federal aviation administration. ines. the primary conversation this week will be about the republicans' plan to kill medicare. people are talking a lot about that plan because there's a lot people have to fear. the republican plan would shatter a cornerstone of our society and would break our promise to the elderly and to the sick. would turn our seniors' health to profit-hungry insurance companies, would let bureaucrats decide what tests and treatments seniors get, and it would ask seniors to pay more for health care in exchange for fewer benefits. that's a bad deal all around. so it's easy to understand why the american people don't support it. democrats, republicans, and independents do not support the plan to kill medicare or to change it as we know it. i won't support it and though the republican house passed the medicare-killing plan almost unanimously, sometimes it's difficult to tell where republican party stands generally. also how quickly one prominent republican presidential candidate spun himself into cir
bill, the federal aviation administration. ines. the primary conversation this week will be about the republicans' plan to kill medicare. people are talking a lot about that plan because there's a lot people have to fear. the republican plan would shatter a cornerstone of our society and would break our promise to the elderly and to the sick. would turn our seniors' health to profit-hungry insurance companies, would let bureaucrats decide what tests and treatments seniors get, and it would ask...