but at the outset, a big range at the outset, but as the war proceeds, there are a lot of guys into the war, i want nothing to do with slavery. one in particular. i think he's 8919, from ohio, and he enlists. he and his father are quite close. also very active or very enthusiastic in this sort of borrowing of the democratic party sometimes called the culprits. most opposed. that is heavy interest. midway through the war. 1863 with the emancipation proclamation to may still not sure that it's a good idea. is that what he signed up for, but pointedly, but he's not happy about it. again, he stays in the south tornadoes through experiences no one at home can even imagine. by the end of the months, by the end of the tories writing of his father and uncle to reeducate them. that will point he writes his father. he said, you think that i have turned against my country. i think you have missed a considerable. when everyone has to take down slavery. and then the very end of the war, how he treats the ending, yes, we are free, free, free, free from the blight. we are free. that is 180-degree turn

so we've been working with dod from the outset on the design of the dib pilot, have been working with them on the initial -- the initial aspects of it. and now as the decision was made toex decision was also made that it's more appropriately located within the dhs. >> the bill are provides the authority to dhs to set risk based performance standards for critical infrastructure. do you believe that we can achieve great progress in improving our cyber security in this country absent that authority? >> i think it makes it tougher. we have, as i said in my testimony, the basic authority under the homeland security act. we have authorities by various presidential directives. but nowhere do we have explicit authority to establish on a risk base level, on a risk base basis the protection necessary for critical infrastructure. >> finally, i think that a lot of people are unfamiliar with a lot of the work that the department has already done in the area of cyber security including the fact that there is a 24-hour seven day a week national communication integration center. i believe it's called

nevertheless, from the outset, we have made clear that our response has been guided by three fundamental principles. first, we oppose the use of violence and repression by regimes against their own people. second, we have supported the exercise of universal rights, freedom of expression, right to peaceful assembly, right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. the prohibition against discrimination and the right to vote through genuine elections that express the will of the electorate. and third, we support political and economic reforms. that can meet the legitimate aspirations of ordinary people throughout the region. these basic principles have shaped our response to tunisa, egypt, libya and now syria. the violence there has become increasingly dire and o outrageous. the assad regime has ignored every warning, squandered every opportunity and broken every agreement. we are forging an international consensus that the assad regime's brutality must end and that a democratic transition in syria must begin. although china and russia have r repeatedally blocked, delivering a clear m

i vow to do the best job i possibly can for the city and i have -- as i have done from the outset of my city career. i will continue to draw inspiration and guidance from the black woman in our history and culture who have paved the way for me and others with their relentless fight against prejudice and intolerance and hate. there consummate energy, intelligence, and courage and their unshakeable persistence, unflinching sacrifice and unwavering faith. i have angels on my shoulder and they're my sisters. thank you and i wish you a happy and joyful black history celebration. [applause] thank you. >> thank you for those profound words. now, for all of you whose names were mentioned by naomi in her remarks, we split up the list so she covered half the room. i am not going to announce it. there are a few other people. mohamad in the public works department, rhonda simmons, give them all around of applause as well. at this time we have a special presentation. for naomi. bill hoskins. [applause] >> did afternoon. >> this is a treat to be able to present this to our keynote speaker. and on b

the outset of the movie my character and adam's character were the last childless singles in our group. we were looking at the toll that children took on the romantic relationship. early on in the film is jason's birthday. we have to bring all of the food and the wine and cake. i am the only one that brought any presents. they are all running around and screaming and nobody has brought the gifts. it is trying to show the strain and stress of the first year of being new parents. there is no time for anything. you may or may not have time for your friends. it is the reality of losing your friends for a bit when they first become parents. missing out one-on-one time with them and wondering if bay will ever come back to you or you will ever get to go out again to dinner. all of that stuff that happens when you become parents. tavis: have you been asked whether or when you and john will have kids? >> a lot. tavis: i did not want to ask. this is my word, not yours. how empowering was this for you as a screenwriter, as a director, more importantly as a woman doing all of that. as a woman doin

so what happens in egypt is really important, and he, at the outset, he basically got that right. ow, it didn't work out so well because the egyptian military turned out to be the feckless and useless and counterproductive and not a lot we been able to do down there, but the theory of the case was right, and i think he deserves credit for that. but across the region he became also a lot more complicated. in bahrain, where you had a good, one quarter of the population of the country in the streets occupying that circle, he took the other approach, which was to back the king and the royal family against the demonstrators. and that kind of tension between, on the one hand, promoting our values in egypt, and on the other hand, protecting our interests in the oil-rich persian gulf, allow, not standing up to the saudis when they send their forces in to suppress the demonstrators was, you know, i think in a way you could justify it was the right judgment at the time, but it really did create this kind of tension between our values and our interests. which we can get away from. it's always

secondly, as senator leahy indicated at the outset it was, of course, the attorneyholder, stevens case be dismissed with prejudice while he learned of a portion of the nondisclosure in this case. eric holder did not shirk from that responsibility.i know eric personally and professionally and have for years. likewise, deputy jim cole. likewise, the assistant attorney general of the criminal division, lanny brewer. they are menintegrity. and i do not believe the stevens case not withstanding that the public should labor under the notion that what happened in the stevens case happens as a matter of course. >> mr. schuelke, i agree with you that the attorney general is entitled to credit for after the fact in inthe charges. unfortunately, the damage to n senator stevens and to the adversarial system of justice had already been done and there's nothing that the attorney general or anyone else could do to undo it. and so i know you -- let me just ask in conclusion, since time is short here. in those instances where the character and integrity and professional responsibility of overcome their

>>neil: governor, do you get a sense that the economy could slip as we mentioned at the outset, china is looking iffy, the global committee, and the wind the president thought would be at his back could be a serious head wind? what do you make of that? >>guest: well, for the good of the american people and eight million people of virginia, i am rooting for the president, and i am rooting for america, we have been if this, now, over 8 percent, for three years every month but for the first month of the president's term, and we have another $5 trillion in debt diagnosis his term, more than any president in american left, so, some of the policies have not helped but i want us to recover and cut the unemployment rate and if you look at the states governor ended by republican governors you see the rate drop. i am rooting for america, but, at the same time, if the economy does slow down that certainly is going to even enhance the jobs, job development and taxes and regulation is going to be the top issue on americans' minds in november. >>neil: if to see you, governor, be well. never mine ga

at the outset, the only naval bases that the union had available to do this were at the extreme ends of the blockade. here, in hampton roads, virginia, and 1,000 miles to the south at key west, florida. ships blockading charleston halfway between the two had to steam about 500 miles north or 500 miles south to get more coal. burning up about half of what they could carry to make the trip. for the long run this would not do. they needed a closer refuge. if a blockade was to become effective. and this led to several efforts to grab sections of the confederate coastline. and the first such effort took place on the carolina capes. the geography of the carolinas made it a natural sanctuary for both blockade runners and armed vessels of the confederacy. the barrier islands offered natural protection to the north carolina sounds. and the several inlets into the sounds offered the confederates sanctuary for their blockade runners, but also a hiding place for privateers and commissioned commerce raiders. ideally suited was this area to this activity it was used both during the american revolu

i quote that i read in my oral remarks here at the outset of the testimony, quoting the roman historian pliny said the best after that ever is the first first aid after that i would have that kind of goes downhill. there is no identifiable group that would succeed him. and so, that would be kind of a vacuum i think, that would lend itself to extremists operating in syria, which is particular travel some the might of the large network of chemical warfare, weapons storage facilities and other related facilities that are in syria. >> i agree. i have a concern that al qaeda and iraq is moving towards syria and consolidating themselves are now. do you have any incidence of that >> yes, sir producing evidence of extremists, sunni extremists. i cannot think of them specifically as al qaeda, but similar ilk who infiltrating oppositionist groups. in many cases probably unbeknownst to those opposition groups. >> just to shift gears, before shooting and other recommendations regarding information sharing. but status of that? can you tell me a little about the counterintelligence community and what

i think there was a sense of holding their breath at the outset until the actual laying on of hands by mao. >> that makes sense. >> this experience on the other side, it was one of the most amazing things that i encountered walking around beijing. the number of small children who were frightened to death at the sight of me. this hairy character with a big nose, they would literally bury their faces in mama or grandma's skirt and go away crying. as i walked along one wall of the little villages that were surrounded by a wall with every block or so having an entrance, as i walked along that wall, i could see through the opening that there was a crowd of about 50 youngsters on the other side of the wall following me along. i could only see them every time there was an opening in the wall. we were from mars as far as they were concerned. the strangeness of the experience both ways. >> just for those of you who can't get enough of it, it's available on the website and there is a version of the chinese subtitles there as well if you have chinese friend who is are interested in watching. >> b

companies their workers and shareholders receive the benefits from the outset of russia's long-awaited wto membership. i'll be pleased to respond to any questions that the committee may have. >> thank you. >> chairman baucus, senator kyle and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on a subject that i feel is of critical importance, the opportunity to grow the u.s. economy and u.s. jobs by establishing u.s. trade relations with russia. i'm a u.s. citizen born and raised in new york, i joined ge in 1991 and for the past 13 years have been living and working in russia. for the peace six years, i have served as chairman of the chairman of commerce in russia. so i've been in a unique position to witness firsthand the dramatic changes russia has undergone in such a short period of time almost 1.2 million in u.s. origin ofrds in russia, up from 410 million in 2010. it's suppliers in the united states and we believe that our sales with pntr could triple by 20 to. russia is looking to -- ge health care will see tariffs fall from 15% to 4.3%. some

so, one point i want to make at the outset it is complicated, it is a big topic, and the stories should not only include nixon and kissinger's management of the conflict but the story of the entire war on both sides and all the complexity from 1969 to 1974. from -- in the study of nixon and kissinger it was to a large extent a secret war, that is many of the decisions, key decisions they made were, had secret strategies associated with then and secret purposes. secret -- some extent kept from certain advisors, known only to very small circle. the disadvantage of that is that for some of the issues it's difficult to figure them out, what did they intend? on the other hand it makes research easier because you can listen to tape, look at documents, especially those between nixon and kissinger and get a pretty good understanding of what they intended because they were the ones who were making the policy. more than of course bureaucrats and advisors. considering time constraints, i think the best thing for me to do in this opening statement is to outline the major historeographic issues and

civil rights and civil liberty standards in all of its cyber security programs and initiatives from the outset and we're pleased to see these in the draft bill. now administration and private sector reports going back decades have laid out cyber security strategies and the need for legal authorities. in addition to other statutes the homeland security act of 2002 specifically directed dhs scurity of nonfederal networks by providing a analysis and warnings, crisis management support, and technical assistance to state and local governments and th private sector. policy finish it if i was have had to supplement the existing e this administration cyberspace policy review in 2009 echoed in large part a similar review by the bush administrationecr grou including the csi study led by jim lewis, one of yourses today. still, dhs executes its portion of the federal security have failed to keep up with the responsibilities with which we are charged. to be sure, we have taken significant steps to protect agai cyber threats. but we must recognize that the current threat outpaces existing authorities. our n

every committee is subject to the possibility of audit that really has the protective effect from the outset and since we're not endeavoring to audit all of them, we're not trying to catch every possible violation. we are, as i understand this process, it's more to have everybody involved in the process know that there is a chance that they will, in fact, be audited randomly as well as audited if there is a specific cause, reason for concern about them. so i would share with commissioner hayon the idea that this allocation of tight resources seems like a reasonable one although i appreciate thinking about what the purpose of all this is. seeing no further comment from the commissioners or from the public, why don't we proceed to the selections and perhaps the two members of the public would help us by splitting up the work. sir, would you be willing to read for the first group, read the names of the organizations that are in here. ms. shaikh will explain what she would like you to do. >> absolutely. >> as i hand these little pieces of paper to you, you will read off the committee name and yo

. >> thank you, ranking member and i have to say at the outset that the chairman of the committee said something not too long ago that i think seriously undermines his credibility in this entire document when he said that if he had a dollar for every political consultant that advised him not to introduce it he would pay off the deficit. i didn't realize there were that many political consultants in the world. if there were, that's a big problem we need to address. million dollars. might get closer. mr. chairman, our budget, any budget is a statement 6 our nation's values and priorities and the republican budget once again fails to meet the american standard of balance, fairness and shared responsibility. next week democrats will unveil a balanced deficit reduction plan where everyone pays their fair share and responsibility doesn't just fall on those who can least afford it. today we will offer amendments to reduce the deficits by returning to clinton era tax rates for incomes over $1 million, and by eliminating taxpayers subsidies for big oil companies making record profits. returning

and as i said at the outset of the budget, it's a painful budget because i wish that we could do more, including on the legacy wells and on the conveyance issues for alaska. the priority that i've placed on the legacy wells, i think you can see evident in terms of the investments that we made from the american recovery act, the stimulus package, which helped us move forward with the plugging and abandonment of some of these wells. >> we got three. >> well week did then in the recovery act. >> and we proposed an additional three in the 2013 budget. but i recognize there's more to go, close to 40 more that we have to get done. i hope we can find a way to get it done. the same is true with the alaska conveyance. if we could put more money and get it done a lot faster, we'd be happy do that. we'd be happy to work with you to tell you what the plans are given the fiscal constraints we face. if there are other ways which we can get to the same end, which we both agree on, we both agree we need to get both of these things done, we'd be happy to work with you on that. >> well, we need an acti

i want to thank you at the outset by saying the personnel were there immediately and helping for it and the effort and even for a request by the governor or a declaration. the numbers are staggering. 23 people lost their lives including 18 across my district. and it's not over yet probably. 222 are if the hospital. 48 counties affected by the storms. 29 have been declared disaster areas by the governor. 1500 are still without power. 260 without any water. almost 400 guardsmen have been deplied to secure the areas hardest hit and clear the routes for emergency responders. as i said in west liberty, nearlily every building in this county seat has been destroyed or damaged including the courthouse. there is no police department. and while my people are resill jent, there is a need and are overwlel ammed. on monday, as you know, i requested the president to approve a request by our governor or our federal emergency declaration. it seems that fema is working diligently to evaluate the information at its disposal and the president made a disaster declaration last night, thank goodness, to pro

>> well, at the outset, justice department opr led the investigation. we participated and contributed to that investigation to the extent that individuals within the bureau were implicated, we, along with justice, investigated that. there is at least one individual who is still going through the opr process, let me just put it that way, and i cannot certainly openly but -- i can teyou that that process is monitored but it goes through our process when a person has an opportunity to respond to the charges and the findings, and that process is under way, and then at the end, when it's resolved we take a look at it and determine what lessons need to be learned. what is the appropriate punishment for -- for whatever wrongdoing was undertaken, and do as well do in every case when we find that a person does no adhere to what we expect in the fbi. >> i would just ask if you would share the final result of that investigation and your actions with this committee. >> i'd have to look into that, but i would expect that we would report to you on what we have done.

enough misconduct that occurs in the core areas that we would be well-served to focus on that at the outset in the first period of our bureau. we want to get that cleaned up. then we can work on trying to define around the edges a little more clearly. >> okay. there have also been concerns today and in the past about whether your rules -- the prohibitions on unfair -- unfair and deceptive and abusive practices would threaten the solvency of the financial system or financial institutions. the legislation as first obama administration included a requirement that a plain vanilla product be offered, side by side with any other -- any other product offered by a financial institution. and that was shot down. it -- there were gales of protest. and the law was -- there was a sentence or two placed in the law that there was no requirement to be given to any financial product. so it is only your authority then to prohibit unfair practices, right? you are not allowed to require any financial institution to offer a product that might be unprofitable for them? >> well, one of the mandates in the law is

both of these issues, and we agree with you that both of them need to get done, and as i said at the outset of the budget, it's a painful budget because i wish that we could do more, including the legacy wells and on the conveyance issues for alaska. the priority i placed on the legacy wells i think you can see evident in terms of the investments we made from the american reinvestment recovery act, the stimulus which helped us moved forward with plugging abandonment of the wells. >> we got three. >> well we did then in the recovery act and proposed an additional three in the 2013 budget but i recognize there's more to go, close to 40 more we have to get done and hope question find a way of getting it done and the same thing is true with alaska conveyance. if we can put more in to alaska conveyance and get it done faster we'd be happy to do that. we'd be happy to work with you, tell you what the plans are, given the fiscal constraints we face and if there are other ways to get to the same end, which we both agree on, we both agree we need to get both of these things done. we'd be happy to wo