. >> on "newsmakers," thomas donahue president and c.e.o. of the chamber of commerce marks the 100 anniversary of that organization. >> this year's student cam competition asks students across the country what part of the constitution was important and why. >> i [inaudible] >> 100% disabled veteran. i've been coming here for maybe 30 years. >> fight for our post office. several members of my family work for the post office as long as i can remember. so i'm not sure what they would do. >> there's something that is so inexplicitly powerful about a [inaudible] other human beings. >> i read somewhere that 60 million americans don't have access to internet. what are they supposed to do? /♪ >> the united states postal service enables you to send a hand written note from florida to california in just a couple days. our founding fathers recognized the need for a postal service. however, the increasing popularity of the internet the post office has suffered some heavy blows due to part it could be attributed to the government front load the retiremen

. >> "newsmakers," thomas donahue, marking the 100th anniversary of that organization with a discussion about the u.s. economy, employment, taxes, and trade. newsmakers, today it 6:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span. leon panetta told congress on thursday that all options remain on the table in removing the syrian president from power. secretary panetta said that syria is not libya and lacked a unified opposition, making it difficult for the u.s. to decide who the hell. martin dempsey also testified at the hearing. this is one hour 45 minutes. >> the secretary has a hard closed time at 12:30, so we are going to be as expeditious as we possibly can here. the house armed services committee meets today to receive testimony on the security situation in syria from the secretary of defense, the honorable leon panetta, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. thank you for being here today. the syrian conflict is now in its second year and the situation remains both uncertain and dire. as we convene, a tenuous cease- fire is in place. comes on the heels of horrifying viol

. >> thomas donahue, president and ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce marks the 100th anniversary of that organization with a discussion of the economy, employment, taxes, and trade, and our will in business -- our role in business and the economy. on tuesday, representatives from the gsa testified before a congressional committee about how an agency office was able to spend more than $800,000 on a las vegas conference, and thousands more on various work- related trips at taxpayers' expense. ago, the inspector general did a scathing report on the gsa that cost taxpayers nearly a million -- nearly a million dollars. the lavish vacation, the spending -- i appreciate representative cummings on the oversight committee as well as chairman eisa for discussing those lavish expenditures and the wrongdoing in the las vegas vacation. the purpose of this hearing is to talk about a systemic problem, how deep it goes. the corruption. the fraud. the waste. it is not just within the western region, but within gsa as a whole, and possibly within oth