let me tell you from the outset the president and the administration are as committed to delivering onive health reform out as they have ever been. the president is very determined that not only does this need to happen for the citizens of this country, but it is essential for the economy of this country. every day that goes by and every report that comes out reinforces his notion of how intimately what is going on in the health- care system is tied to our economic survival and our economic progress. this is not about a legislative victory or approving -- or proving a point as he said i thought, very eloquently in the state of the union address. it is not about his political standing or you would have chosen something else to start with. he feels strongly, i feel strongly that this is one of the determining issues about the future of our country, about how prosperous will be in a global marketplace and how healthy are citizens will be in this competitive world in which we live. we know a lot about the human stories. the monsoor paying for hospital bills because of a pre-existing condit

when you come to town, you want to make a splash at the outset. you cannot change it overnight and as you said, one man cannot change it. tavis: but it is not disrespectful that one man cannot change it. it is the people that were inside that dome over your shoulder, they can not change either unless they have the courage to change it. if they make a decision that corporations can spend whatever they want. corporate money is free speech. the only people that can change that in washington is congress. congress -- the supreme court interprets the rules, and congress writes the rules. they have the power to rewrite this. why in the world would congress rewrite these rules when they are the beneficiaries of a lot of this money. >> you put your finger on it. that is the heart of the problem. congress cannot change the whole ruling that the supreme court issued. i think they can do a lot of creative things to limit the impact of it. your point is exactly the right point. the beneficiaries -- there are only 535 clear beneficiaries in the system. that is 4

it has to have been conducted properly at the outset. the right does apply.set -- if your goal is to prosecute criminally, you need to be mindful of that from the outset. ultimately, it was admitted. but there was a period of time when it was suppressed . >> let me ask about the matter of interrogation. i want to put aside the issue of torture, because i do think that what ever else you could say about the obama administration, torture and water boarding seems to be off the table. what has come up a great deal in recent weeks because of the underwear bomber is the issue of why we interrogate people >> contemporary intelligence information that we can act on quickly to stop further attacks or is it to gain evidence that we can use to prosecute this person? how should law enforcement or intelligence or any sort of government officials handled these interrogations' with those goals in mind? or is this a false choice between these two areas? talk, if you would, of the question of interrogations' in context and how to to deal with the competing goals. >> if it is

like we were saying at the outset. i've heard people estimate 250,000 jobs. r people say a little bit more. at least democrats say a little bit more. but there's no question that with the -- what the democrats have decided to go and do here is small ball. something that they think they can pass but rather than the sweeping approach they've taken to health care, and energy, they want to do this one step at a time. gwen: last night, we saw in the senate, and another what you would think would be a slam dunk idea, which was to extend jobless benefits, which are about to expire this weekend, ran up against a wall. >> there's a senator named jim bunning from kentucky. republican senator. gwen: a retiring -- >> not running for re-election and also always at odds with his own party leadership. so this is a guy who flies solo and does his own thing. who has a reputation sometimes for being a little bit eccentric and he's holding up this bill. because he's afraid it's going to add to the deficit. very popular bill on both sides of the aisle to extend unemployment benef

right at the outset, i will say that although this book is about the school system's ability it is extremely entertaining. don't let the subject put you off. one of the best things is the voice he has written in a formal and extremely engaging style so i seriously urge you to read the book. but to begin, we're right hear the morning after the "state of the union" speech many of the topics in the book relates very closely to the speech. so right off the bat i asked what they made a bit this rudbeckias aire particulate speaker on the economic issues he reinforce something i talk about in the book. there is a fundamental difference between the structural deficits and short-term deficits. those were largely inherited by barack obama and we need to recognize some level of short-term deficit is understandable because we're in a recession, the two undeclared wars in the number of bailouts. and unemployment is very high. we made it clear he wants to take steps to get the economy growing on a consistent basis and bring down unemployment. he will propose a number of tax cuts as well as spending increa

i have a few prepared remarks to bigot one thing that i wanted to say at the outset is of course we have all been i'm sure pay attention to the tragedy that has occurred in haiti. and one of the things that interests me about to guantanamo is particularly in their early years we had the base in the early 1900's there was an earthquake in her in jamaica and president theodore roosevelt dispatched relationships with doctors and nurses on board to jamaica, the governor of jamaica who was a bit of an idiot didn't like the of u.s. interference but nevertheless we provided the very quick medical assistance and needed supplies. guantanamo is serving that function even as we speak. one of the first ships to arrive in haiti after the earthquake i read in "the new york times" this morning was the military ship in the coast guard that was based at guantanamo and i also understand that a number of people who have been rescued who were injured in the earthquake including the spanish ambassador to haiti have been taken to guantanamo for medical attention. so this is something that i think if and when

frame, and when i saw him he had that many radio address is i thought to myself you know, from the outset after the 76 convention to be on the air that much and then having read in your book the fact he was also writing a biweekly newspaper column he was traveling around the country dozens and dozens of different speeches he was the thing from the convention on word. it would seem to me what must have happened at that time was campaign staff said we are not letting this go. from the moment to leave the convention do all these things to position yourself to run for the presidency. was it that purposeful or was it more by happenstance? >> as a matter of fact it is the campaign after 1976 pretty much dissipated the staff went their own way with exception of peter hanford and mike deaver managing the political affairs and commentaries and syndicated columns of governor reagan's but there wasn't a grand plan that started after the convention of 76 for him to mount another challenge or third challenge for the republican nomination of 1983 the nomination was all separated and a lot of the stuff

. >> i mean, as i alluded to at the outset, i think will are lessons learned from. it -- as we go into it and as we go into a declaration period and consolidation we need to be more vigilant about the affect on the industrial base. the have a jilty emerged in the last cycle, the debt on raytheon and lockheed, known but only a focus late in the game. this goes back to more monitoring of this. i will say it was inevitability and the question you have to ask yourself, do we have a sufficient number of robust competitors in the core sectors in the industry? i think we kind of came out of it and the answer, youn the maj. >> all right. other questions? i'm having trouble seeing hands, because actually the lights are more bright than your faces. so -- i think there's one in the back, and then we'll come over here. so -- yes? >> hi. aye maim is rod from the -- institute. my question is pertain og to some of the issues addressed around bringing in really third and four tier suppliers or attracting new suppliers that are capable of addressing some of the emerging needs. suppli

as i noted at the outset of my remarks, the house last voted on native hawaiian recognition in 2007. i want to reiterate today, mr. speaker, that we will be voting on a different bill today. the 2007 legislation was rewritten. i believe the changes today are so fundamentally different from those that those members who voted yes in 2007 should take the time to reconsider their vote. and there is another compelling reason for reconsideration. when the governor of hawaii, the state that is impacted, has gone from an enthusiastic supporter of the 2007 bill to not supporting this rewritten bill. i hope many of my colleagues will recognize this dramatic change from just under three years ago. the governor remains a committed supporter of native hawaiian recognition. her position has not changed. it is the bill that has been fundamentally changed and rewritten. like the governor who supported the 2007 bill, they, too, have good reason to oppose this rewritten version today. now, mr. speaker, before concluding my opening statement, i want to take a moment to publicly state that i have a grea

. >> rather than start at the outset talking about legislative process and what's going to happen in the senate and the house and this and that, what i suggest is let's talk about the substance-- how we might help the american people deal with costs, coverage, insurance and these other issues. >> holman: but senate majority leader harry reid reminded alexander of the g.o.p.'s past use of reconciliation on significant pieces of legislation. >> lamar, you're entitled to your opinion but not your own facts. no one has said... i read what the president has online. no one has talked about reconciliation, but that's what you folks have talked about ever since that came out, as if it's something that has never been done before. >> holman: and the brookings institution's mann sees it being done again soon, with the health care bill. >> after the summit, where it became crystal clear that republicans want to "start over and go step-by-step," that they're in no mood to negotiate changes to the underlying bill, that it's on the democrats' shoulders to get it done. >> holman: and when it comes to

. >> so that goes along with what i said at the outset her, that no one could know where this is, right have to be from the area to know where they wanted to put morgan, right? >> yes, it's an area that you have visited before or you live in the area and know the area very well. it's really quite remote. you know, the farm is a 700 acre farm and just to get to the area, there are really no roads to the area, so you have to go across pastures and there are fences and there are streams on the property. even a subdivision backs up on one side of it, but the subdivision has lots that are 15 and 20 acres per house. so it's not easy to get to, regardless of which direction you come to. >> dan, did you travel this yourself? did you go to the area. >> we were pretty insistent when we went to charlottesville last tuesday that we wanted to see morgan's remains and we were not able to do that, but the police did comply and the flew us in the virginia police state helicopter and flew us over the area so we could see the work that was being done. >> how difficult was it to see basically the crime sc

let me tell you from the outset the president and the administration are as committed to delivering on comprehensive health reform out as they have ever been. the president is very determined that not only does this need to happen for the citizens of this country, but it is essential for the economy of this country. every day that goes by and every report that comes out reinforces his notion of how intimately what is going on in the health- care system is tied to our economic survival and our economic progress. this is not about a legislative victory or approving -- or proving a point as he said i thought, very eloquently in the state of the union address. it is not about his political standing or you would have chosen something else to start with. he feels strongly, i feel strongly that this is one of the determining issues about the future of our country, about how prosperous will be in a global marketplace and how healthy are citizens will be in this competitive world in which we live. we know a lot about the human stories. the monsoor paying for hospital bills because of a pre-exis

. >> i recognize the -- at the outset that more violent and afghanistan-pakistan comparisons have to be treated very carefully, but, i would say from my time with the responsibility in the area i am -- have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the beginning of the end of terrorism, in northern ireland was marked when and only when we established cross-border cooperation between north and south, and, in the same circumstances, that we have got here, can you tell us as far as the british government is concerned, we have the announcement, pretty well at the same time the committee was in afghanistan, and the prime minister made the statement in the house when he came back, and he was at the same time as us in afghanistan and pakistan, made an announcement about bilateral financial support to the pakistan authorities and for counterterrorism purposes and, read the statement in hansard and i wouldn't expect to you give any details, but, can you tell us, in broad terms, how that is going, and whether it is going to be expanded, and, i just simply would make the point, the sum of money that t

the american red cross and community and chest so that hoover could well have thought he could at the outset rather that he could count on organizations of that sort his difficulty came in believing that long past the time where it was credible when his own advisers, the head of his own relief organization told him it wasn't working, that there were people suffering out there. on your other point with respect to the economic damage that was done to hoover, what happened in the 1932 election is that governments in power throughout the world are thrown out of office and this is true of the labor government in australia and it brings down a year early the ramsay macdonald labor government in great britain. so, anybody who is in power at a time of economic disaster, any party that is, any government that this is a vulnerable and likely to be blamed for the hard times. >> garrey? harrison and tyler came because the depression in part. they were the beneficiaries. >> one of the nice things about finishing the book was that i know longer had to write about tariffs, the abolition of the van buren su

and a sense that we paid a horrible price not only a loss of life in the way it was mishandled the outsetr eye off the ball and putting us a much different and dangerous position than afghanistan. host: vice-president joe biden yesterday. the front-page of "the washington times." an exclusion -- exclusive -- host: 5 more minutes of your calls. larry, go ahead. caller: as far as the lady who said she studied what dick cheney wrote the -- i don't have to study reptile's for a year to know a snake when i see it. as far as the trials, go ahead and have them in new york. that is where they hit them. bring them to trial in new york and let the people of new york city tried them and execute them right there in new york. that is where they hit and that is where they should be tried. host: honolulu, jack, republican. well compared caller: yes, sir. how were you? i have a couple of things to say about cheney. number one, he is a great businessman and, number one, we have to look at the future of the country as a whole. what he did for the country is he looked at the whole stand point in which we ar

the hearts of the story is what is set at the outset, the trust that had developed between the individuals. gorbachev said othere was a trut factor that develop between himself and george bush and was able to pave the way toward that kind of relationship where neither one would take advantage of the other. that went to the hearts of the matter. [unintelligible] >> you are absolutely right. you think when you read your history books, 40 pages outlining this and that. it all happened in 12 seconds in terms of two or three senses. >> i was going to ask you when you did not go into baghdad. then the helicopters took off and did not dump on the kurds in the north. there were all these decisions that have to be made after word spirit or the may by the secretary of defense? >> the president was involved. i think it was operation hope. i forget the exact man. she is referring to saddam hussein was attacking the kurds in northern iraq and so there were no-fly zones. they were preventing the attacks of the kurds in that situation. we were not going to get involved in internal politics of baghdad. ye

let me tell you from the outset that the president and the administration are as committed to delivering on comprehensive health reform now as they have ever been. the president is very determined that not only does this need to happen for the citizens of this country but it is essential for the economy of this country. every day that goes by and every report that comes out reinforces his notion of how intimately what is going on in the health-care system is tied to our economic survival and economic progress. this isn't about a legislative victory or proving a point. as he said eloquently in the state of the union address, clearly it isn't about his political standing or he would have chosen something else to start with. he feels strongly and i feel strongly that this is one of the determining issues about the future of our country and how prosperous we will be in a global marketplace and frankly how healthy our citizens will be in this competitive world in which we live. we know a lot about the human stories, imams who are paying for hospital bills because of pre-existing condition and

steve asked at the outset what can change things. competition works, man. the same thing from the company regardless. you talk about the 2000-page bill that the house passed. you had 159 amendments in there. how many pages to the 159 and and and take up? when you make a law, to have to put in everything specified by the particular amendment. guest: there was an amendment process, but the amendments are not inconsequential. on president obama's website, he has an 11-page pdf werke lists some of the amendments that he would add to the senate bill --. where he lists some of the amendments that he would add to the senate bill. those are good amendments that would get rid of waste, fraud, and abuse. but the bill we are getting from the senate is almost unprecedented. sure, there are a lot of amendments there, but there is the dense this -- denseness -- if you want. all those pages to figure out what is going on, it is difficult --. if you want to read all those pages to figure out what is going on, it is difficult. as a fellow mentioned earlier, there are things

i give you all that credit at the outset of the hearing. what is the status of that work?> well, it's ongoing. we turned a believe 15 cars out with 20 and the q. and were very confident that we'll have our 80 cars in the locomotives out by 2011. as i stated in my remarks, this is ten trains sets that we can put on the system. some of our trains on the northeast corridor and some of our corridors were turning people away. so this will be very good input to very good use. >> where is that rehabilitation work being done? >> is being done in our facility right at the way here and bear, delaware and also in beech grove, indiana. >> okay. well, the work ahead of amtrak is enormous. you've been underfunded for at least eight previous years. there are two years of the previous administration when the congress was presented with a bankruptcy budget for amtrak. whether bush omb said it's our intention to put amtrak out of business, break it up, so it's part. congress said no. by very strong majorities, bipartisan votes, we restored amtrak's funding, but only as i sat at the time, en

now, i want to say right at the outset before i get david to tell us more about this that although this book is about fiscal sustainability, it's extremely entertaining. don't let that subject put you off. i think one of the best things about the book is the voice. david has written this in a sort of informal and extremely engaging style so i do seriously urge you -- urge you to read the book. well, david, to begin, we're right here on the morning after the state of the union speech. many of the topics in the book relate very closely to the speech. so i can't resist asking you right off the bat, what you made of it? >> well, first the president obviously is a very articulate speaker. on the economic issues, he reinforced something that i talk about in the book. there's a fundamental difference between short term deficits and structural deficits. that the current short-term deficits largely were inherited by barack obama. and that we need to recognize that some level of short-term deficits are understandable because we're in a recession. we've got two undeclared wars. we've had a number

let me tell you from the outset the president and the administration are as committed to delivering onealth reform out as they have ever been. the president is very determined that not only does this need to happen for the citizens of this country, but it is essential for the economy of this country. every day that goes by and every report that comes out reinforces his notion of how intimately what is going on in the health- care system is tied to our economic survival and our economic progress. this is not about a legislative victory or approving -- or proving a point as he said i thought, very eloquently in the state of the union address. it is not about his political standing or you would have chosen something else to start with. he feels strongly, i feel strongly that this is one of the determining issues about the future of our country, about how prosperous will be in a global marketplace and how healthy are citizens will be in this competitive world in which we live. we know a lot about the human stories. the monsoor paying for hospital bills because of a pre-existing condition a

. >> rich: we told you at the outset nc state has had trouble holding on to the basketball and finishing. boston college a very slow start in this one. they have come roaring back. but they had such a deep hole to dig themselves out of that they still find themselves down 7 here with a minute and 46 left. >> robin: if their press can be effective they can force another turnover. right where they need to be with very little time off the clock. >> rich: good at the hoop. big rebound for her. >> robin: straight back up. >> rich: brown. >> rich: down low. nine-point game. brown. stays with boston college. you can't expect to win a basketball like that and right now nc state is 38.7 seconds away from picking up a big, big win here in the final couple weeks of acc play. hould ing totototototototototoo >> rich: right now up 67-58. how about beal off the bench. two big plays in this one. >> robin: athletic move. tipoff by ellison mokely. the season they are over 78% in acc play. >> robin: averaging about 68% fr from the free-throw line. keeps the streak alive, doesn't she? >> rich: 12 of 12. fir

so rather than start at the outset talking about legislative process and what's going to happen in the senate and the house and this and that, what i suggest is let's talk about the substance, how we might help the american people deal with costs, coverage, insurance, these other issues and we might surprise ourselves and find out that we agree more than we disagree. and that would then help to deck at a time how we move forward. it may turn out on the other hand there's just too big of a gulf and then we'll have to figure out how we proceed from there. so that would be my proposal. and what i'd like to do then is to start first with something i heard everybody agree on, every single speaker, and that was the issue of cost. it is absolutely true that if all we're doing is adding more people to a broken system, then costs will continue to skyrocket and eventually somebody is going to be bankrupt, whether it's the federal government, state governments, businesses or individual families. so we have to deal with costs. and i haven't heard anybody disagree with that. now, i've already indic

don't get me wrong at the outset, i'm not talking about waiving or dispensing or looking the other way. i'm not talking about loosey-goosey regulation which got us into the mess we're in, shoddy underwriting and poor credit. what i'm talking about are realistic approaches to difficult problems and look into our past to understand the answers for our future. i want to talk about rule 114, which is called mark to market. mark to market is where an appraisal of an asset held by a bank is apraised at what it would sell for today, in many cases because of a difficult real estate market in both commercial and residential, those values are dramatically depressed. in most cases below the loan that's against them. the asset deteriorates. the asset side of the balance sheet of the bank deteriorates. you have difficult problems. in the late 1980's and earl lip 1990's -- early 1990's we had something called the resolution trust corporation, the r.t.c. it was kind of a bad bank that took the assets of the failed savings and loans around the united states. we waived mark to market for three years, h

spratt: madam speaker, at the outset of the 1990's the congress passed the budget enforcement act fora simp purpose, to make sure the agreement we passed was carried out. among the provisions was a new rule called pay-go, pay as you go. i can remember how our critics disdained to spend according to budget process instead of making hard substantive decisions that would dodge the hard choices we had to make if we were going to wipe out the deficit. by the end of the 1990's the budget was in surplus for the first time in 30 years and it was clear that the budget process would be put in place like pay gd, it played a big part in our fiscal success. republicans were in the majority in 2002 when the budget enforcement act expired and they chose not to reinstate pay-go because they knew it would impede passage of their tax cutting agenda. the budget plunged, as a matter of record, from the surplus of $236 billion to a deficit of $413 billion in the year 2004. when democrats took back the house, we made pay-go a rule of the house but first -- the first day we convened in the 110th congress. t

to steal any thunder but there is a recurring theme in the report that need to be mentioned from the outsetch in recent years to adds sexual assault and the military, much more remains to be done. thankfully, due to the work of this task force and others, we have a much clearer understanding of the problem. it is important that we make significant improvement to have the department deal with sexual assault and that we all do what we can to avoid inadvertently making things worse. sexual assault within the ranks is against the camaraderie that defines military culture. any sexual assault undermines the moral foundation of our armed forces and does irreparable harm to unit cohesion. hopefully, the hearing today will help us chart a legislative course to make progress in our goal to eliminate sexual assault in the military. we have with us two distinguished members of the task force. rather admiral iasello is a former chief of navy chaplains and served as one of the task force co-chairs. brigadier-general dunbar served as the senior military member of the task force. we certainly welcome you t

have passed a state budget that is not only balanced, but a budget that has been introduced at the outsetelines. for the first time in more than 40 years, the budget i propose to you this year, calls for lower general fund spending, than four years ago and it will bring total spending cuts and reductions this term to $5.6 billion. yes, we have chosen to be fiscally responsible. indeed, fiscal -- progress is only possible with fiscal responsibility. that's why maryland is one of only seven states in america that continues to retain a triple a bond rating a seal of fiscal responsibility certified by all three major rating agencies. [applause] as a result of the choices that we've made, the choices that we've made together in the face of adversity, the state of our state is stronger than most and in areas like public education, it is stronger than every state in the union. [applause] but this national economic downturn, the worst since the great depression has dealt crush and blows to joblessness, home foreclose and displacement to tens of thousands of maryland families. and although fourth

i established a goal at the outset of my term that i will not seek accomplished. ing system being developed by the part of public security. the system is under development and it did not make sense to procure a new system for the coast guard when we would have to replace it several years later. there are numerous areas where recant address material weaknesses and improve our representation to the auditors, we are doing just that. the final step in modernization involves congress. there are four actions i cannot take and the coast guard cannot take absent congressional authorization. one is the proposed roll right synchronized operations. -- world wide synchronized operation. one is the upgrade of the vice admiral to rebel. i lay out these intentions in february 2007. the request to allow full implementation of coast guard modernization is the passage of authorizing legislation so we can move forward. finally, i would like to talk about cutting readiness. -- cutter readiness. the current condition of our high endurance cutters is a serious concern to me. following e

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we felt we had to take that opportunity at the outset to gather the intelligence. it was not ideal.we did not have much information at 3:30 in the afternoon when the plane when the plant and at 1:00. we gathered information through the afternoon to do a better cushion interrogation the evening. we've found over a period of time that the miranda warnings can but often enough are not impediment to obtaining additional intelligence and the story continues. we have been successful, very successful in gathering intelligence over a period of time. we've teams, persons from various agencies most recent example being intelligence we've gotten from david headley arrested in chicago for his participation in the copenhagen plot, but also subsequently indicated his involvement in the mumbai shootings. as i say in this case as in all cases we will continue to provide and obtain i should say information intelligence from mutalab and that he would wish additional information on that -- been unmasking additional procedural question. you're not seeing an enemy combat and that comes into the united s

so rather than start at the outset talking about legislative process and what's going to happen in theand house and this and that, what i suggest is let's talk about the substance, how we might help the american people deal with costs, coverage, insurance, these other issues and we might surprise ourselves and find out that we agree more than we disagree, and that would then help to dictate how we move forward. it may turn out on the other hand there's just too big of a gulf. and then we'll have to figure out how we proceed from there. so that would be my proposal. and what i'd like to do then is to start first with something i heard everybody agree on. every single speaker and that was the issue of cost. it is absolutely true that if all we're doing is adding more people to a broken system, then costs will continue to skyrocket and eventually, somebody's going to be bankrupt whether it's the federal government, state governments, businesses, or individual families. so we have to deal with costs. i haven't heard anybody disagree with that. now, i've already indicated some sticks but i

at the outset again i think the proposals you're making makes sense to me. the question we have as a committee in the coming days is crafting a bill. and any good idea including this one can have unintended consequences. what are the effects of this thing? how does it work? how do you put it in place. i want to emphasize for my line of questioning while i'm supportive of this idea i want to raise questions of the practicalities how this would function and work. so i begin with that in mind. let me begin if i can 'cause observers and others -- and i'm sure we'll hear on thursday some of these issues and maybe some of the members here themselves they raised questions about how this prohibition on proprietary trading should be interpreted. how should congress, for instance, set the boundaries of proprietary trading? presumably a separate trading unit designed to produce trading profits would be prohibited. that's the presumption. but can we cleanly separate bank hedging behavior, which i presume is something we'd insist upon from profit-meeting trades. how do y

at the outset, it requires an institutional framework committed to having an independent central bankent to pursue price stability. this discourages the fiscal authority going to its bank and strengthens the bank a's ability to say no. the central bank policies provide a good example of the benefits that arise from the exercise of discipline of independent authority. during this time, high interest rate policies designed to lower the inflation were deeply unpopular, both among the elected officials and the broad public, but the federal reserve was able to exercise its independence and pursue a long-term goal with reduced inflation and change the psychology of the nation regarding its expectations about the inflation path. as a result, the united states has had nearly three decades of relatively low inflation. inflation is not an alternative to strong fiscal management. a government must provide credible, long-term plans to establish fiscal balance. the plan must be clear, have the force of law and its progress measurable so as to reassure markets but also the public that the country h

of our witnesses, but there is a recurring theme in their report that needs to be mentioned from the outset: while the department has done much is recent years to address sexual assault in the military, much more remains to be done. thankfully, due to the work of this task force and others, we have a much clearer understanding of the problem. it is important that we make significant improvements to how the department deals with sexual assault, and that we do all we can to avoid inadvertently making things worse in the process. sexual assault within the ranks is antithetical to the trust and camaraderie that defines military culture. any sexual assault undermines the moral foundation of our armed forces and does irreparable harm to unit cohesion. hopefully today's hearing will help us chart a legislative course to make progress in our assaults in the military. a legislative course to make progress in our goal to eliminate sexual assaults in the military. we have with us two distinguished members of the task force. rear admiral iasello served as one of the task force co-chairs. brigadier gene

have a prosperous state, if you want our kids to do well in school, they need to be healthy at the outsetn's health insurance continues to be expanded. we have a challenge. we think there are approximately 5 million american children who car -- currently qualify who are not yet enrolled. for the first time with the passage of the legislation last year, congress appropriated some average money and we're working diligently with partners, not only across my cabinet colleagues and government looking at the various programs that people enroll in that we might make it more an auto enrollment in children's health insurance, we would alert parents at a minimum but conceivably and roll folks, but working with states, our faith- based partnerships, with average organizations, and i am asking all of you when you return to your home areas, if there are ideas or strategies that you have about enrollment opportunities. what we know is that some parents still have no idea that they may be eligible. others have listened to the discussion, we have heard this a number of times about health reform. they hav

because at the outset, i mean, it was more a mission of when i told them my work experiences that i say, because none of them would have allowed my access. so what i said was -- and actually, they asked me very few questions. that was a concern of mine. why would i be trying to cutlet us the in arizona where i never saw another white person in the field. >> that's what i asked you. do you view yourself in a similar fashion as the guy who got grabbed trying to wiretap the phones in senator -- or whatever they were trying to do in senator landrieu's office? >> well, he was trying to commit a felony, right? >> yeah. >> i don't think i was trying to commit a felony. what i wanted to experience and get access to is what it's like to work in these jobs. now, if i had believed that the poultry plant, for example, was very interested in having americans that eat chicken know about what goes on in these plants, i would have had no problem, this is what i want to do, because we want everyone to know what happens in these huge slaughterhouses. >> and as soon as they figured out what you were up to

. >> from the outset of the administration we recognize that china is an important actor in the effort achieve denuclearization of the peninsula. and we've had intensive discussions in a variety flora and strategic dialog and secretary clinton's visits to china. president obama's visits to china and my own visits and i'm quite confident that the chinese share our strong conviction that a nuclear north korea would be an enormous danger to all and very destabilizing for the region. we continue to have a vigorous dialog how we think the measures we adopted under resolution 1874 should be adopted. there are many positive steps that china has taken to implement those things. and there are issues that we continue to work out together as we try to resolve some of the ambiguities around particular transactions or activities. but i think we have seen a clear indication on china's behalf that it takes this seriously. that it understands the importance of sending an unambiguous signal to north korea about the need for denuclearization and we look forward to continued dialog on these issues in the

let me just say at the outset again, i think the proposal you're making makes sense to me.the question is we have is the committee in the coming days is crafting a bill. and any idea including this one cannot unintended consequences, how does the work, how do they put in place. i want to emphasize from island of questioning although i'm in support of it i want to race and questioned about the practicalities of how this would function. i begin with that in mind. let me begin if i can with observers and others i'm sure we'll hear on thursday these issues. maybe the members are themselves have raised questions about how this prohibition on proprietary trading should be interpreted your how should congress for instance that the boundaries of proprietary trading, presumably a separate trading unit designed to produce trading profits would be prohibited. thus the presumption. can we clearly separate bank hedging behavior, which i presume is something that you would insist upon for profit media and trade. how do you separate those activities. for regulators have a difficult time e

right from the outset we tried to deal with that. nd i did something else, and i think jack straw mentioned this to you in his evidence, i sent jack to talk with the eye irani. a very big lesson in this for me was that we tried very hard with the iranians, tried very hard to reach out, in a sense make an agreement with them to give them a strong indication that it wasn't the american forces were not there having done iraq to move through to iran or any of the rest of it. and one of the most disappointing but also, i think, most telling aspects of this is that the iranians, whatever they said from the beginning, were a major destabilizing factor in this situation and quite deliberately. >> thank you. >> i think, roderic. >> can i just briefly follow through on that point and then raise another. hindsight's a wonderful thing, and with all the wisdom of hindsight i suppose it seems pretty obvious now that al-qaeda would seek to exploit conflict in iraq and that, indeed, the iranians would as well. as you just said, they had a destabilizi

so rather than start at the outset talking about legislative process and what's going to happen in thenate and house and this and that, what i suggest is let's talk about the substance, how we might help the american people deal with costs, coverage, insurance, these other issues and we might surprise ourselves and find out that we agree more than we disagree, and that would then help to dictate how we move forward. it may turn out on the other hand there's just too big of a gulf. and then we'll have to figure out how we proceed from there. so that would be my proposal. and what i'd like to do then is to start first with something i heard everybody agree on. every single speaker and that was the issue of cost. it is absolutely true that if all we're doing is adding more people to a broken system, then costs will continue to skyrocket and eventually, somebody's going to be bankrupt whether it's the federal government, state governments, businesses, or individual families. so we have to deal with costs. i haven't heard anybody disagree with that. now, i've already indicated some sticks b

the budweiser shoot outset to air this saturday night on fox 5 from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. has been moved to my 0. we'll have complete coverage of the winter storm here on fox 5. >>> a soldier and a student sharing a long-distance love and american pies tracking terrorists in paris are among the new movies opening this weekend. what is worth your money and time. joining news you kevin mccarthy. >> how are you? i'm dog great. getting ready for the big storm. >> i hear we're getting a the bit of the snow this weekend. >> you think anybody will venture out to the movies this weekend. >> probably not. that's why i do the reviews. i have some dvd's to recommend as well. >> let's start with dear john. nicholas sparks sells a lot of books. he is one of those guys that his books are okay. >> i loved the notebook, the movie. i didn't read the book. i've talked to nicholas spark before. he was a great guy. >> as have we. >> i loved the notebook, the film. walk to remember, nights in rodanthe were okay. dear john tells the story of a couple. he is on leave from the army and he meets he

we felt we had to take that opportunity at the outset to gather the intelligence. it was not ideal. we did not have much information at 3:30 in the afternoon when the plane came in at 1:00. we gathered information throughout the afternoon to do a better interrogation that evening. we have found over a period of time that the miranda warnings can but often are not an impediment to obtaining additional intelligence. and the story continues. we have been successful, very successful in gathering intelligence over a period of time with teams, persons from various agencies, the most recent example being the intelligence we got from david headley who was arrested in chicago for his participation in the copenhagen plot. but also subsequently indicated his involvement in the shootings. in mumbai. as in this case, as in all cases, we will continue to try to provide and provide -- or obtain, i should say, information from mutalab. >> we will ask that. i'm asking the general procedure question. you're not saying that an enemy combatant that comes in to the united states has been ruled by the su

i established a goal at the outset of my term that i will not seek accomplished. the solution lies in the transition to new financial accounting system being developed by the part of public security. the system is under development and it did not make sense to procure a new system for the coast guard when we would have to replace it several years later. there are numerous areas where recant address material weaknesses and improve our representation to the auditors, we are doing just that. the final step in modernization involves congress. there are four actions i cannot take and the coast guard cannot take absent congressional authorization. one is the proposed roll right synchronized operations. -- world wide synchronized operation. one is the upgrade of the vice admiral to rebel. i lay out these intentions in february 2007. the request to allow full implementation of coast guard modernization is the passage of authorizing legislation so we can move forward. finally, i would like to talk about cutting readiness. -- cutter readiness. the current condition of our hi

i established a goal at the outset of my term that i will not seek accomplished. olution lies in the transition to new financial accounting system being developed by the part of public security. the system is under development and it did not make sense to procure a new system for the coast guard when we would have to replace it several years later. there are numerous areas where recant address material weaknesses and improve our representation to the auditors, we are doing just that. the final step in modernization involves congress. there are four actions i cannot take and the coast guard cannot take absent congressional authorization. one is the proposed roll right synchronized operations. -- world wide synchronized operation. one is the upgrade of the vice admiral to rebel. i lay out these intentions in february 2007. the request to allow full implementation of coast guard modernization is the passage of authorizing legislation so we can move forward. finally, i would like to talk about cutting readiness. -- cutter readiness. the current condition of our high en

let me say at the outset, i do not believe that health insurance companies should be exempt from our nation's anti-trust laws. as one of those -- as one of those who believes and hopes those applauding would join me in supporting the idea of buying health insurance across state lines, when we reach that accomplishment i think it is appropriate for us not to have a federal anti-trust exemption. when health care has been primarily in a very real sense exclusively the province of the real states, under their jurisdiction, the attorney generals of the states have retained the ability to enforce the anti-trust laws of those states. and so we're entering a new era, i would hope, where we would be able to purchase, if in fact this one republican idea finds its way into legislative enactment, finding an opportunity to extend the universe of decisions that might be accessed by individuals or their employers by way of insurance policies that may be available in other states. my intention is to vote in favor of this bill. however, my concern is that the bill before us is not nearly as good as i

we felt we had to take that opportunity at the outset to gather the intelligence. it was not ideal. much information at 3:30 in the afternoon when the plane came in at 1:00. we gathered information throughout the afternoon to do a better interrogation that evening. we have found over a period of time that the miranda warnings can but often are not an impediment to obtaining additional intelligence. and the story continues. we have been successful, very successful in gathering intelligence over a period of time with teams, persons from various agencies, the most recent example being the intelligence we got from david headley who was arrested in chicago for his participation in the copenhagen plot. but also subsequently indicated his involvement in the shootings. in mumbai. as in this case, as in all cases, we will continue to try to provide and provide -- or obtain, i should say, information from mutalab. >> we will ask that. i'm asking the general procedure question. you're not saying that an enemy combatant that comes in to the united states has been ruled by the supreme court to b

passed, a state budget that has not only been balanced, but a budget that has been introduced at the outset as within the limits of spending affordability guidelines. for the first time in more than 40 years the budget i proposed to you this year calls for lower general fund spending than four years ago, and it will bring total spending cuts and reductions this term to $5.6 billion. yes, we have chosen to be fiscally responsible. indeed, fiscal -- progress is only possible with fiscal responsibility. that is why maryland is one of only seven states in america that continues to retain a aaa-bond rating, a seal of fiscal responsibility certified by all three major rating agencies. [applauding] as a result of the choices that we had made, the choices that we have made together in the face of adversity, the state of our state is stronger than most. in areas like public education it is stronger than every state in the union. [applauding] but this national economic downturn, the worst since the great depression, has built crushing blows to a joblessness, home foreclosures, and displacement to ten

at the outset it requires an institutional prime minister work committed to having an independent central bank with price stability. this discourages the fiscal authority from turning its central bank and should it do so it strengthens that bank's ability to say no. the united states the federal reserve policies in the early 80s i think provide a good vivid example of the benefits that arise from the exercise of this independent authority. during this time, high interest rates policies designed to lower the inflation were deeply unpopular both among the elected officials and the broad public but the federal reserve was able to exercise its independence and pursue a long-term goal which systematically reduced inflation and changed the psychology of the nation regarding its expectations about the inflation path. as a result, the united states has had nearly three decades of relatively low inflation. growing inflation is not an acceptable alternative to strong fiscal management. a government faced withing debt levels must provide credible, long-term, plans, to establish fiscal balance. the p

. >> i mean, as i alluded to at the outset, i think will are lessons learned from. ion we need to be more vigilant about the affect on the industrial base. the have a jilty emerged in the this goes back to the monitoring point. it was an inevitability. do we have a sufficient amount of robust competitors in the core sectors in the industry? with special exceptions, the answer was by m. large as it. we had enough competition as we could afford. >> i am having trouble seeing hands. the lights are more bright than your faces. i think there is one in the back and then we will come over here. >> my question is pertaining to some of the issues surrounding bringing in third tier and fourth tier suppliers or attracting new suppliers that are capable of addressing some of the emerging needs and suppliers that are bringing new and emerging technologies. could you speak a little bit about this? we wrote a paper about barriers to entrance to the market. what do you see as key barriers to entry and key barriers to attracting those kinds of companies that are developing emerging t