walls, people walking up to us on the street, and i know it wasn't staged, to thank you for the role america played. i think it's going to be really hard five years from now -- not impossible. anything's possible. i'm certainly not an expert on the culture. i think it going to be hard for one of those young guys who was thing us and convince him to join some kind of anti-american jihad in the chinese year. >> on the other hand, they're really upset at some of the countries that turned their back at them. i hope that people in syria clearly know that this side of people on the united states are in charge of their as respirations. we clearly want them to be able to pursue peaceful as respirations and have a country that's prosperous. i think in the national interest of the united states it's critical that syrians say america was on our side and we want no part of these strange movements that would have us join an antisentiment. think think that's what look later if you'd explain with that or criticize it or share your thoughts in that regard? >> i'll let a couple of comments and let robert tal

graffiti on the balms people walking up to us in the street who weren't staged to thank us for the role america played even though some wanted to even do more in that regard, and my point is i think it's going to be really hard five years from now, not impossible. anything's possible. i'm not an expert on the culture, but i think it's going to be really hard for an islamist to go to one of these young guys thanking us, thought america was on their side and convince them to join some sort of american jihad in a couple years. on the other hand, they're really angry at the chinese, at some of the countries that turned their back at them. that's happening here, too, i hope. people of syria clearly know the american people, that this senate, that the people of the united states are on the side of their at perations. we can't decide who wins, who's in charge, how they balance internal con dplicts but we want them to pursue their peaceful aspirations and have a country that prospers. i think in the national interests of the united states, it's critical that future generations and syrians in the future

to america, our military enjoys the leadership of a secretary of defense who is singularly well- suited to advise the president and those of us in congress on the best ways to preserve america's role in the world. i am hard-pressed to name another person in government today who believes more in the importance of public service or in the deep gratitude we owe members of our armed forces. ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct pleasure to present to you the 23rd secretary of defense, the honorable leon panetta. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. i deeply appreciate the kind introduction and your warm reception and the opportunity to be here in louisville tonight. i am truly honored. this is a great honor to be at the university of louisville and to see such a large crowd gathered for this event. this is a great university. this is a great state. north dakota have a great basketball team. -- and you have a great basketball team. [applause] being here was a large audience makes me wonder how many of you thought that the speaker this evening was somebody named patino and not pantta. -- panetta. you are deftly getting an at- tonight -- defnitely getting an italian tonight an

the class clash of the soviet empire made china the second biggest superpower and hence the prime role for america's new enemy. a "time" magazine cover story implied a new cold war with china was on the horizon. and a deeply flawed report released by the special committee under congressman christopher cox suggested that the prc had been stealing nuclear secrets from the u.s. for decades. and the result was a major anti-chinese backlash from the u.s. especially in the national laboratories. the most visible victim of this was wen ho lee, a taiwanese-american scientist who was accused of passing design secrets of the w-88 warhead to mainland china. after he was fired without a hearing, and held in dreadful conditions in prison, the u.s. had to admit later that it had no evidence that lee committed espionage and also revealed the embarrassing fact that the w-88 technology china had could not have come from los alamos. during the lee controversy, chinese-american scientist whose had devoted their lives to strengthening american defense with their technological research were being interrogated as if they

we should ask ourselves -- will this be the moment right now when america abandoned its special role ld and transformed itsself from a superpower to a regional power? is this the point where america puts their privileges and entitlements ahead of their principles? in the latest budget, the administration in spending in every department while the military absorbs massive cuts. they do this knowing that our debt is sinking this nation and sinking it fast. they think that if they tossed the military over board, they might be able to stay afloat. that is a bunch of baloney. if you cut the entire defense department, we would still be running huge deficits. that is how much our entitlement programs cost and that is how expensive these programs have become. they now threaten our first and most sacred entitlement -- the right to safety, life, and liberty. despite this gloomy strategic outlook, i am not so pessimistic. i believe we can first protects and then restore our armed forces. i will not be a partner to the management of this great nations decline. i will not be complicity in the disma

i think that the role that america plays in that, the engagement of americans, it's why, you know, i'mo be speaking at women in the world this month. i'm go i think to los angeles next month to address the cedars-sinai's women's guild. i think coming back to talk to business leaders in may. i think there's so much interest in championing what we can do for everyone around the world. we've got three years to hit the millennial goal deadline. we set a target for 2015. and i think if we're working together, which is the point of these gatherings and these moments for reflection and for women working alongside each other, that we absolutely can reach that goal. >> sarah brown, thank you so much. diane von furstenberg, thanks to you. congratulations to both and i'll be see you in new york when i join the conference. >> happy women's day. >> happy women's day! >>> we have news out of iran today. the international atom inenergy agency saying that satellite images now show an apparent cleanup effort to remove radioactive traces at the military facility. inspectors say that iran is trying to de

the bush administration. i think america has played that role in the past. that's a legitimate role for america to play.here are some things we can't fix. i don't think there's a potential move for us that's going to make us safer in attacking or encouraging an attack. >> you can keep it from getting hotter. last word. >> we don't know the half of it. but we do know we've been involved with iran for years. so it's terribly hard to congressmen tat on this. >> you have so little information. >> and benjamin netanyahu could be playing a game with us. we don't know. >> that is the truth. we don't know. but i appreciate your dissecting some of of it with me. as we accept not knowing, we may make smarter decisions sometimes. the panel stays. after this, the state of our country. how is our obsession with security creating dangers that are worse than the enemy we fear. our specialist david you thinker at the table after this. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains o

and i think that sort of drawing in the warm feeling of america, is a reminder from the '70s to '80s, people did feel better about america and america's role in the world. there was a lot of self-doubt. jimmy carter called it malaise in the 1970s. and i think these commercials both really tapped very effectively into the change of the american mood. >> we're talking a darrell west, the author of "air wars," coming out in its sixth edition. one of the massage from your book is that the ads need to reflect the times. obvious point, but if you can elaborate on that. >> it's important to keep that in mind because a lot of people think you can advertise anything and basically persuade the people that people are kind of stupid, it's easy to manipulate and mislead them. but when you look at the history of campaign advertising, often times, the most effective ads play into some public value or public opinion that is out there. it's hard to create that value through advertising if it doesn't already exist. and so the effective ads really kind of rest on public opinion research to find what it is the public is worried about, what they are afraid of,

the leading authority on early italian painting. berenson played a crucial role in bringing authentic works by raphael to america. the first raphael collector was a woman. isabella stewart gardner of boston brought together one of the finest collections of old master paintings in america. from her father and husband she inherited two fortunes and traveled extensively abroad. she was deeply influenced by what she saw. in the outskirts of boston, she built fenway court, inspired by venetian palazzos she had visited. she placed her works of art in settings meant to evoke their original environme. isabella gardner identified with isabella d'este, the great patron of the arts in the renaissance, whom she saw as her precursor. like isabella d'este's, mrs. gardner's ambition was to obtain a raphael for her collection. the kind of raphael she wanted was, naturally, a madonna. the one she coveted was the so-called "small cowper madonna," then in an english private collection. berenson said he moved heaven and earth get the painting for her, but was ver successful. mrs. gardner had to be satisfied instead with a portrait by

the rebuilding of our own nation. america must be restored to her proper role in the world. but we can do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves. >> c-span.org/the contenders. >>> this is c-span 3, with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past prachl programs at ourer withsi er wiw. >>> the military's northern and southern commands oversea u.s. military operations in the western hemisphere. tuesday morning at 9:309 eastern, the senate armed services committee looks at the 2013 budget and what it means for the northern and southern commands. that hearing will be live here on c-span 3. >>> washington pos of this year's political ads have been negative. the new america foundation recently looked at the adverti. two speakers at the event talked about the role of opposition research in negative campaigning. this is half an hour. >> we're going to go to michael and alan, who are the archaeologisifcoming up with so

the region. and as we fox on strengthening our partners in south and central america, what additional role can we play to increase the operation and also as i've done in the past, i would like your opinion on releasing the names that train in winsec. >> thank you for your support and continued support. it remains a very, very important organization for us. we have had almost 14,000 people trained and educated in winsec over the last 12 or 11 years and we find, and i've talked with many of the graduates that many could through the institution. we find that two things, one it's not only a partnership with the united states, and an understanding as we work through winsec of the respect for civil authority as chairman you asked that we address respect for human rights and respect for the rule of law and other training capacity. so, it's that partnership with the united states and our ability from a military standpoint to work with them. but, i also and they also mention that the partnerships that they form with one another from this institution is very important as well. and as we lock to the situati

the role of sports. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? should the city spend money to keep the 49ers'? >> i am thrilled about the america's cup. it will not just be an economic boom that creates jobs and long- term economic development. it will help us shore up our aging and deterioration appears -- deteriorateing piers. it will help us clear of deferred maintenance. it will be a >>> promotion for the city. people will see the panoramic views of san francisco and want to come here. i would very much like to see forty-niners stay here. what that means, we will have to talk about it. i am not a big fan of massive public subsidies to sports teams. i think we should work hard to keep them here. >> we're almost out of time. are there any other issues or concerns we have not discussed? are there any other specific issues you plan to concentrate on throughout your turn? >> a couple that come to mind. i introduced in control legislation to make it easier for tenants displaced by fires or earthquakes or other disasters to find below market replacement meant -- rent while their apartments are be

maybe that's not the role of campaigns anymore, but in the terms of the decline of their role in america, but it's playing to their fears and grievances. i would argue rick santorum most stridently in the long lineage of right-winged demagogues -- >> what do you think of mitt romney? is he to your mind, you know -- is he the center of the republican party? is he on the right? is he -- he ran in just four years ago as the right wing alternative to john mccain, but he is now seen as a moderate. hasn't the party shifted. >> fareed, here's what i think happened. between 2002 and 2008 there were many close elections, gubernatorial elections in the united states, in which the republican lost narrowly. so had a few more of those elections gone a different way, we would be looking at an entirely different set of candidates. what i'm saying is that politics is extremely contingent. we try to draw out these larger lessons. you know, this person is moderate. it all depends on what are the things, what are the controversies that happen to blow up at a given time? mitt romney tried to offer a minimal

one of the most important stories it seem to me is to help people understand the role that women have played in shaping america the african-american experience. >> reporter: the new museum is in a work in progress on 14th and constitution. president obama turned out for the groundbreaking late last month. one important acquisition, a blazer worn by tennis great althea gibson. >> one of the things that is so powerful about building a new museum is trying to think about all the array of things that people should remember. >> reporter: some of of the amazing fashion donations come from a now

speaking chinese ] >> translator: as was pointed out in my testimony today, the united states of america plays an extremely important role in all of this. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: i very much hope that the united states of america will help china to make amends and to make a change. >> thanks. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: the suffering of my husband and my family showcased a widespread problem of human rights abuse in china and i repeatedly requested to meet the highest leaders in the united states, president obama, vice president biden, and also, secretary hillary clinton. i wish i can meet with them and i also hope that embassy in china can send a delegate to meet and to, at least, verify whether he's alive or not. and i really hope that the highest level of leaders in the united states with can pressure china to release them unconditionally so all the families can be united sooner. thanks. [ speaking chinese ] >> translator: i firmly believe that 1.3 begin chinese people still don't have the basic human rights right now and if this situation continues in china, the whole human civilization won't have

migrated from the old world to the new world during the formative stages of european colonial expansion in the americas. this suggested a cultural role for african peoples in the colonial involvement than we've even begun to imagine. several sources state, for instance that, between 1492 and 1776 or roughly the first 300 years of what we understand to be the colonial period of american history, 6.5 million people crossed the atlantic from africa and europe and settled in the americas north, central, south america and the caribbean only 1 million were european. the others were african. i know you all studied that in your history books. the overwhelming majority of the people involved in the making of colonial america, not just the united states, central america, south america and the caribbean, the overwhelming majority of the people involved in that were aft africans. the ratio of africans to europeans would come from the old world to the new was still three to one. so those of us involved in the study are faced with two sets of intellectual challenges. the first, s. to set the record straight about the african experience in the west

sanchez, i work for the council for -- [inaudible] what do you think of what the future role of the u.s. basis role in central america- [inaudible] do you foresee, for example, flying out uavs of el salvador to look for narco airfields, or do you foresee that you will expand a presence there to look for drug trafficking organizations? thank you. >> i think that those locations have remained critical to the support to address the problem. and the issue as you look at the aircraft that are patrolling, they only have so much fuel on the aircraft. and so the closer you can get to the location where they need to patrol and operate from that location means you have more time to spend looking for that traffic. the more transit time you have, the less time you have there. and that's why the value of these locations has been important to that overall international effort to counter the traffic through the maritime environment. and be i find within joint task force bravo in honduras it provides support there, but it also provides the ability to support parts of our government as well as other governments in addressing directly

people walking up to us on the steet and thanking us for the role america played. and my point is, i think it's going to be really hard five years from now -- not impossible. anything is possible and i'm not an expert on the culture. but i think it's going to be hard for an islamist to go to one of these young guys who was thanking us, who thought america was on their side and convince them about an american jihad. they're really angry at the chinese, at some of the countries that turned their back on them. i think that's happening here, too, i hope, that people of syria clearly know that the american people, that this senate, the people of the united states, are on the side of their aspirations. we can't decide who wins and who's in charge and how they balance all these internal conflicts that they have. but we clearly want them to be able to pursue their peaceful aspirationings and have them have a country that prospers. it's critical that future generations say america was on our side. we don't have a problem with the american people and we want no part of these

america or it will become. but i think it's real watch to say the committee least this theory of course and yet from the russian america kind of russia plays a very very small role in the middle east and. not like the soviet union and i think that the middle east will continue to be the most volatile. in today's world and something that will present a lot of huge challenges including the challenges to the revolution are immense and says sort of that a lot of westerners harbor and a lot of russians despise and. kind of that's i think. kind of as more and more kind of results started to appear kind of their thank you thank you very much jeffrey thank you thank you both for coming in just to remind you that my guests on showbiz tonight were under is the local and queen she felt pressure profiled by geoffrey taylor cost her correspondent of the atlantic magazine and that's it for now for all of us here spotlighted will be back with more first hand comment from what's going on in it outside michele until then stay on i'd say it's a cute. all . the.

what do you think of the future role of the basis quintessential america and honduras and therefore -de for c for example marco airfields or do you foresee the extended presence to support the organization's? thank you. >> i think those locations have remained critical to the support to address problems and the issues you look at aircraft that are patrolling they only have so much fuel on the aircraft, so the closer you can get to the location they need to patrol and operate from that location means you have more time to spend looking for that traffic. the more transit time the last time you have there and that's why the reason to the kuhl value of the locations have been important to but overall international effort to counter the traffic through the maritime environment and i find in the joint task force bravo and honduras it provides support but also the ability to support parts of our government as well as other governments in addressing directly to the trafficking through those regions. we are not involved in any operations, we just provide support and also helps respond to disas

analysts say the system works in a way to avoid any real change in the way america's government and special interests play special role the extended primary process we have in the u.s. gives special interests like. military contractors or others it gives them time. time to monitor the election process and put in resources to attack anyone who's not going to use it are going to give so should have a rules favorable to them so it does make it hard for an outsider to surprised establishment some believe congressman ron paul would fare better as an independent as his distinctly anti-war rhetoric distances him from the other republican frontrunners political experts say someone like paul stands no chance of winning the nomination because at the end of the day the two parties always deliver mainstream candidate. presented with just two choices many americans vote not for who they see as president but i guess the one they don't like a lot of people don't necessarily vote for who they like a lot of people so republican if they don't like the democrats or bill so democrat because they don't like what they're scared of the repu

i think here it needs the cooperation of sudden regional players and without admitting it america does need the regional cooperation of iran it does mean iran to play a certain role so i think because of the weakness now the different position america is in yes it might be willing to take a different approach to really talk about this sort of situation in order to defuse or tackle out of oils in the region well it's an expert on middle east risk her life in beirut thanks for coming out. let's go to some other international headlines for you in the arts world update now starting with the ordered a missile defense system to be prepared in response to north korea's rocket launch next month tokyo will deploy them at near the island of okinawa in order to shoot down the rocket if it threatens japanese territory the u.s. and its allies of north korea to cancel the launch calling it a threat to diplomatic efforts there are also concerns that pyongyang is technology could be used for long range missiles in the future. tens of thousands of protesters have hit the streets of yemen demanding their ex president be put on trial. a step down from office last month in exchange

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easing the tensions of the cold war at that time, and he did this at the same time that he was helping restore america's confidence and role in international affairs following the collapse of cambodia and the fall of saigon. he was also able to focus the attention of the world and his country on other important matters. he persuaded israel and egypt to accept an interim truce agreement, the first ever for the two countries. he was the first president to begin to emphasize the need for regulatory reform and the first president to call for a national energy policy. he was an early supporter of majority rule in south africa, and he was a strong proponent of equal -- equal rights for women. did he accomplish everything that he set out to accomplish? no. but he reversed our course, and he moved the country forward against strong and difficult headwinds. if there is a tragedy in president ford's brief term as president, it is not based on anything that he did while he was in the white house, nor is it based on anything that he didn't do. no. the tragedy of president ford's service is that the american people did not give him a f

the president could do better. >> i believe in president obama's vision for america and the role public education plays. what i don't want is someone running in the office of president who has a very different vision for public education. >> i interrupted you. >> this is interesting. maybe it's a vision for what we are going to see in november that clearly liberal ranks have not been all that happy with president obama but maybe we're seeing a broader effort. once you look at the alternatives then maybe president obama seems a much better choice. >> if these folks get fired up and the unions get fired up and more traditional democrat constituencies get fired up, will its impact be diminished this year because of the superpack money? because so many ads are on the air and because of social media? >> i don't think the is going to be diminished. this is more of the same of the way elections usually work. the corporations complain about the unions but they are able to raise tremendous amounts of money for their candidates. the unions provide the manpower and woman power on the streets, working the phone ban

speaking not only economics but to citizenship, conservation, and america's role in the world. furthermore, whereas obama's speech avoided what jim caesar called foundational concepts, t.r. framed his call for ambitious reform as all consequential american reformers have in the fundamental principles of the declaration, the constitution, and the connection between them. the 1910 speech was delivered at the dedication as bill mentioned at the john brown -- of the john brown battlefield. t.r. condemned the violent tactics of brown's fight in bloody kansas. he compared that fight to the socialist of his own time, but he acknowledged that that fight was aroused by the country's rank hypocrisy. he said in name we had the declaration of independence in 1776. but we gave the light by our acts to the words of the declaration of independence until 1865, until the enactment of the 13th amendment. so, roosevelt argued, the industrial revolution, a crisis no less great than the civil war, he insisted, required a fundamental re-alignment of declaration and constitution. indeed, a more funda

securities and exchange commission commission and then as the regulatory conflicts management executive at bank of america. in her current role cindy was the force behind launching the center for quality and served as organizing board for the public quality auditing firms and cpas and independent public members as well. cindy has twice been honored by directorship magazine as one of the 100 most influential people on corporate governance and in the boardroom and in 2010 accounting today named her one of the most influential people in accounting for the fourth consecutive year. cindy's a frequent guest speaker and panelistic business community events and has been interviewed or quoted by media outlets including fox business channel, "usa today," "washington post," "wall street journal," "financial times," reuters, dow jones, "bloomberg news" and others. cindy served on the national association of corporate directors, 2010 blue ribbon condition on the audit committee, and the nacd 2009 blue ribbon commission on risk 2k3w06 governance. if i could get your attention, please, i would like to turn the mike over to cindy fernelli. t

real much to say the middle east is the area of course if you from the russian america kind of russia plays very little very small role in the middle east and. like the soviet union and i think that the the the middle east will continue to be the most volatile. in today's world and something that will present a lot of you challenges including the challenges to the revolution or amanda says sort of that a lot of westerners harbor and a lot of russians despise and. kind of that's i think. kind of as more and more kind of results started to appear kind of their thank you thank you very much jeffrey thank you thank you both for coming in just a reminder that my guests on showbiz tonight we're under is all a tough and when she felt the pressure profile i don't jeffrey taylor lost her correspondent from the atlantic magazine and that's it for now from all of us here at stoplights will be back with more first hand comments on what's going on in and outside michele until then stay on r.t. it's a cute. come . on. mother mission free the cretaceous three per store charges three the arrangement three per three per studio type pr

the rebuilding of our own nation. america must be restored to her proper role in the world, but we do that only through the recovery of confidence in ourselves. >> cspan.org/thecontenders. >> the two generals in charge of military operations in the western hemisphere testified before the senate armed services committee today. they talked about iran's relations with venezuela, drug trafficking and border security. this is two hours. >>> good morning, everybody. the committee meets this morning to hear from fro distinguished military leaders to discuss security in our hemisphere. general doug frazier, the commander of u.s. southern command and general charles jacoby jr., the commander of u.s. northern command and commander of the north american aerospace defense commander nor rad. this is general jacoby's first appearance before the committee as commander, and we look forward to working with you. general, many in your new position, general frazier, this is likely to be your last posture hearing and we greatly preached your testimony and advice over the past three years. i appreciate your 37-plus years of service in the

. >> talk about the role of sports and in the city's future. you have thoughts about the america's cup, the 49ers? supervisor kim: i am a fan of the forty-niners and are giants and are warriors. i want them to stay in the area. one thing i love about the giants is it is so easily accessible by caltran and muni, and i hope to see that infrastructure build for the forty-niners if the state. the same thing for the america's cup. we have to make sure as we build infrastructure for major sporting events we are keeping in mind the needs of san francisco and what they would like to see come out of these events. it is great if it creates jobs and helps to raise our tax base. >> slightly unrelated, but i am curious how you feel your work -- how your work with the school board has prepared to for being a supervisor? supervisor kim: i will say this about the board of education. when i ran for the board of education, i really wanted to represent and make sure i had to be -- had to have a voice in the system. what really surprised me about being on the school board was how much i enjoyed it. i