-- soviet union. it was not obvious that the russian leader would demand russian independence from the union. one could argue that yeltsin was acting against russian national interests in his role in breaking up the union, but he was desperate to get himself inside the kremlin and gorbachev out of it. yeah. you go first. >> george, i'm a student. i have a question. you seem to imply that the collapse of the eastern bloc was partly due to russian unwillingness to engage them using their military and the inability due to being bogged down in the war in afghanistan. in effect, that they'd lost their credibility using hard power through military force. do you think that this, that there are any lessons that can be learned and applied despite the differences in context to the current situations with america's inability to productively engage both its allies and russia? >> well, it's interesting reading politburo minutes and discussions of gorbachev with the afghan leaders and gorbachev's telling them, you

credit union. cotler is a graduate of the naval academy, and it is 35 years naval career, he him on other things come into the enterprise battle group and was commander of the second fleet striking fleet atlantic, running navy federal credit in you must seem like a piece of cake compared to running battle groups. and he left the navy with the rank of vice admiralty or now he is at a credit union, he is a member of the president's advisory council on financial literacy. serves on the board of the national association of federal credit unions, and i need to disclose this. he also serves on our board, consumer federation of america, but i will reassure you, aaron, that he will cede no special credit in the session. erin constantine is a senior vice president of the consumer and small business because the group at wells fargo. where she is responsible for all products and marketing for consumer mass marketing, market savings accounts as well as special segments. she's been at wells fargo for 14 years.

the european union ukraine summit. when i was in [unintelligible] i had heard that the european side refused to enter the statement concerning the identity into the declaration and i am greatly concerned about that because i believe this is not a matter that could be questioned. furthermore, i learned that the eu delegation refused to lay a wreath on the monument to the victims which is currently customary and this worries me greatly. >> i think it was a successful meeting in the ukraine. to be frank with you, they have to do more if they want us to help the more. i want to tell you very frankly that i have been spending more time working on ukrainian issues than most of the member states. to show the attention that we give the notion that we want to be closer. this is the most advanced status we give to a company -- to a country. there was, in fact, some discussions, but if you look at the final conclusions, it is clearly reaffirmed that ukraine is a european country. ukraine is bound by the same european values and t

but her battles with the union are not resolved yet. and we'll see more about how that played out when john's series continues later this week. >> brown: next, theft and security in cyberspace. a frontpage story in today's "wall street journal" details a couter attack against financial giant, citigroup, that may have resulted in the theft of millions of dollars. the company has denied the attack took place. but the journal says the fbi is investigating and linking the crime to a russian cyber gang. and in washington today, president obama named a new national cybersecurity coordinator. howard schmidt will oversee the government's efforts to secure its own computers and work with companies in the private sector. we look at all this now, with: and james lewis, director and senior fellow of the "technology and public policy" program... at the "center for strategic and international studies" here in washington. >> brown: let's start with the report of the attack on city group. not a lot of details we don't know here. how common are attacks

and calling on the soviet union to do something. and so i stirred myself to write a memo to brzezinski, national security adviser and i sit here is -- why don't we do this, let's have carter write a letter to the editor, in which he explains we have a democracy that we don't have one party, we have as many parties as people appear to have, but certainly we have to and there's a difference between two and one. let's give them a little lesson in democracy. let's write this letter, take it down to the corner post office box mailbox, put it in the mail of course through the state department we will let them know that it's coming but let's see what they do. and brzezinski veldt this is a terrible idea. i wrote the letter. we were ready to go and he checked with the state department and normally i attended to be on vance's site of the split in the carter administration. this time i was very much on brzezinski's cited the state department put the caboshed on this idea and it never happened because they were worried about the affect of ques

so the union army decided, let's build a place for them at arlington. so they build -- they established this here on the old lee plantation. as many as 1500 slaves came to live here in the spring of 1863. early 1864. and they stayed here one generation to the next generation to the next generation. three generations. the last slave, former slave left friedmans village in 1900. >> and so that's why they are very here amongst the soldiers, but that's way they say citizens? >> yes. it became a military cemetery, but there are also people who were not in the military. they were citizens. they were civilians, and in a way to call a slave, a former slave, a civilian or a citizen with voting rights, with rights of owning property, is for that time one of the greatest honors you could bestow on them. so that is chiseled here on their gravestones in the section of arlington cemetery. and you can see the slave section of the cemetery stretches on and on over down this hill over to the next one. there are thousands of slaves buried in this part of arlington. >> ar

the union expects to vote this fall. but ri says that whether her plan passes or not, shell's find new ways to remove ineffective teachers. >> woodruff: that was in 2008. since then, contract negotiations are at a stalemate. in fact, both sides had hoped to reach a deal by the start of this school year. but as of this week, there are no new signs of progress. in our final installment tomorrow, john looks at how rhee is faring in her third year amid anger over her style and recent layoffs. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: the senate passed a health care reform bill-- 60 to 39-- down party lines. lawmakers will now try to work out differences between the senate measure and a house version. and a huge snow and ice storm spread across more of the midwest on one of the most heavily traveled days of the year. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari. >> sreenivasan: on our web site tonight, you can compare the house and senate health care reform bills that

the collapse of the soviet union is more predictable.ng one could have conjured for a couple of years. it strikes me as an event that one to plan for. -- it strikes me as an event that one could planned for. there is a continuation of the world economy. nato was extremely important in getting together with europe after the fall of the central front and the berlin wall. i never would have predicted that nato expansion would have gone to the degree of the crane detaching from the soviet union. -- i never would have predicted that nato expansion would have gone to the degree of the ukraine detaching from the soviet union. it would have seemed very unlikely. i am not going to cry about that. things happen in the world that tell us that we are wrong. policymakers and scholars are quite united on this. maybe they were not. but i do not know. those dealing with the day to day may have had a better perception i. it is critical when things that you believe turn out to be false. you have to deal with that and figure out where to go from there. >>

the union navy was off the coast. if he could get to the coast the union navy would help supply his troops. in the meantime they would have to live off of the land. the land between atlanta and savannah. he worked this all out. he sent telegrams before she cut off the telegraph lines to the department of agriculture in washington asking for information on the produce of the farms between atlanta and savannah so he could find out if there was enough to go on and general grant said of him he bones all the time, boning meaning studies. he bones all the time. images, he did. he boned up the produce of georgia so he knew he could do this. then he arranged to send all the tricks he did not need particularly those in poor physical condition back north. he sent them to tennessee by the last trains he let go and he was left with 62,000 troops of which nearly 60,000 were infantry. the rest were calvary. then he arranged to have all the railway lines torn up and to make sure the state torn up between north and south, he had one

union and allies.e one thing he never got straight was the enormous force deployed by anti colonial movements, in vietnam especially but in other places. it's hard for young people to recall how the towering influence of third world leaders just 30 years ago, and movements that obsessed the united states, again vietnam being a particularly good example. but atchison and ken and most of the people of their generation didn't believe that colonial people could raise a finger in their own defense or cause major problems. racial discrimination or racial prejudice was sometimes also involved with this. it was something entirely new in the world that you would have a 30 years war from 1945 to 75 that was fundamentally an anti-imperial war when all was said and done. anyway, one's crital ball from the stand point of atchison or kenen would have been predictive of the containment of the soviet union and they would have been flabbergasted if someone told them you would fight two major washes in korea and vietnam

has 3 million jobs dependent on the european union, has 750,000 companies with a european union that if he wishes, then let him do it but i believe that all of the british nation sees the importance of our relationship in europe. >> could the prime minister say we are now training afghans and in the use of robotics and other equipment to do with the ied's? and it as we start to draw down and withdraw, if we leave the afghans with the necessary equipment to do that job? >> yesterday i saw our british forces training the afghan forces in the hands of equivalent necessary to detect ied. most of the work we're doing with the robotic equipment on ied's is done by british forces. but over time, it must be our aim to train the afghan forces so they can take responsibility for the security of these districts and provinces. and that i believe is the proper strategy for afghanistan. and i hope that there will be all party support for it. >> given the disclosure today of documents confirming the great strides in developing its nuclear weapon capability, it is not the reality that the european u

the credit unions a rating, you put in your zip code and up will come a credit union in your area that has a good rate, that will treat you honestly. so it's something you should all check out. the site has just started up, i have been monitoring it and i have to tell you, the person running it obviously knows what they're doing. >>. >> larry: give it again. >> credit card connection.org. >> larry: thank you, szue. we'll be back with more of suze orman. some pharmacists only dispense prescriptions. your walgreens pharmacist also dispenses wisdom... to help you make the right health care decisipds. like understanding medicare part d. we'll walk you through a free plan comparison report... to guide you to the most cost-effective... and comprehensive plan, whether you're new to medicare part d... or you've been covered for a while. so stop in and stay well. cheese! walgreens. there's a way to stay well. >> larry: by the way next tuesday, a huge show for you, the cast of the new movie "nine" will be here. fergie and kate hudson and nicole kidman. the broadway production of "nine" won five

the union is now suing to overturn the layoffs. despite the standstill, rhee has some backing on the city council which has oversight of the schools. >> i don't believe she overhired with the intent then of firing teachers that she didn't want there. i don't think that's what happened. and even if it did, so what? you know -- you know, michelle rhee is in charge of the schools. >> reporter: even supporters like jack evans are worried. >> yet we are sitting here in a chamber where the tensions couldn't be higher. we cannot -- we cannot continue to have this craziness. >> you clearly don't trust the stakeholders, it's obvious the stakeholders don't trust your office, so how do we repair this? >> i will fully do my part to the extent that people have suggestions about how we move forward, some of the difficult decisions that we make will, indeed, cause some people to be unhappy, but we know we have to push forward on those decisions because they are right for schools and kids. >> reporter: rhee remains confident that, in the long run,

e union expects to vote is fall. but says that whether her plan passes or not, ell's find new ways toemov ineffeive teachers. >> woodruff: that was in 28. since then, contract negotiatns are at a stalemate. in fact, bh sides had hoped to reach a de by the start of this schl year. but as othis week, there are new signs of progress. in ourinal installment torrow, john looks at how rhee is faring her third year amid anger over her style and rent yoffs. >> bwn: again, the major delopments of the day: the nate passed a health care reform bill-- 60 to -- down rty lines. laakers will now try to work out differences beeen the senate msure and a house versio and huge snow and ice storm spad across more othe midwest on one of the most heavily traveled ds of the year. the newshours always online. hari sreenivan, in our newsro, previews what's there. hari. >> sreenivasan: onur web site tonight,ou can compare the house and nate health care reform bil that democrats will try to reconcile after the hoday break. that'sn our "rx for

tsa to join unions.hreveport, louisiana, trevor on our republican line. caller: how were you? host: fine, thank you. go ahead, you are on. caller: i am one republican who actually thinks president obama is doing a decent job on this issue. i just really think he is showing a certain amount of strength, and standing tall on this issue and i think this is something we should be proud of. committed to what he called a war of necessity in afghanistan. i think it was very important -- he committed more troops in the area and he is doing his best to protect us in this dangerous world. host: all the christmas day and said specifically, how do you thing he had shown strength? caller: he got all of the information in the first couple of days and process it, like it likes to do, and after all the facts were presented the came and gave his speech. which, i hate to say, a few days sooner president bush broke on the issue bomber when he tried to do the same thing. president obama action made a statement sooner than p

negotiations with the teachers' union. >> ifill: that was back in 2007. since then, the city council did in fact give michelle rhee more power over the school system but rhee and the teachers' union have still not reached a deal on a new contract. and the chancellor decided to remove the principal of anacostia high school one of several dozen she eventually replaced. in john's next installment he looks at rhee's plans to close some schools and early resistance to that. >> brown: the major developments of the day. senate democrats won a key procedural vote to clear the way for approving their health care reform bill by christmas. much of the east coast struggled back to life after a weekend blizzard paralyzed state after state with record snow. the newshour is always online . hari sreenivasan in our news room previews what's their. >> sreenivasan: on our website tonight more from ray on the outcome of the climate summit and what happens next. extended excerpts of margaret warner's interview with the former iranian revolutionary guard member. a behind the s

one was to deal with the issue of a monetary union. a currency common currency in ways that perhaps amounted to spin or finesse but at least there was an agreement that saudi arabia would be tasked with this point forward dealing with the technical procedures, the rules, the regulations, the policies, the administrative systems that would be required when and if a common currency comes in to pass. they were able to lighten the seriousness of this by comparing themselves again with the european union, which now has, correct me if i'm wrong, 29 million members and only 17 of them, the most recent, i think, being slovokia having signed on to the euro. and countries like great britain wanting to have both. and accept the euro. questions of dignity, pride, national honor, emblematic, symbolic traditions and institutions and beliefs and practices are sometimes the last and the hardest and the slowest things to die. so there's comparable reservation on some. omar has a similar degree of pride in its independence and its national sovereignty a

assurance with the deputy prime minister that she will use her considerable influence with the trade unions to ensure this damaging strike is called off as soon as possible? >> i think both the prime minister and the transport secretary has said that they, like i'm sure everyone in the whole house, will want to see there not be a strike taking place. this is important not just for those who have got travel plans over christmas to go abroad to see their families or to have their families joining them he. it's also important for the long-term future of b.a. and i hope when the talks take place this afternoon, they will reach a settlement. >> thank you, mr. speaker. we wish the prime minister well in the current talks in copenhagen. i know we need a united position with our european partners to reach agreement in those vital talks. how much harder does my right honorable friend think it would be to reach such an agreement if we were isolated in europe and does she share my concern and divisions and the group of allies of the party opposite in europe and the fact that over half the group oppose

and battlethe teachers' union over a new contrt. t some believe rhee's latest actions pose a thrt to her larger reform effort yes. in the back. >> repter: even as teachers across the count were losing bs, rhee hired 994 new teachers bween spring and ll. that's double the mber d.c. usually adds. but by fal the picture had changed. in oober, rhee declared a budget shortfall of nely $44 million with nearly ha coming from msummer cuts by the city council, tn came the layoffs, called a duction in force or rif follow by an explosion of accusations. >> think the way this was coucted -- there are going to beany lawsuits. >> reporter: geoe parker is president of t teachers' unio i think to some degree, the ght have been an intentional effort to target some tehers to get ridf them and the way u do that is that you go out and you hire additnal teachers cause somewhere down the lin you intend to use those tehers toeplace certain targeted teachers. >> reporter: fueling parkes suspicions are public commen by rhee and her team. early last year, he

the soviet union, i'm sorry. the soviet union nato and baker says while that's a fantasy.s take an world of reality. in gorbachev keeps saying why do we think about this. so it comes up, but it's never really, it's never taken seriously in the west. and baker later then says to the public. you know, if russia embraces democracy and free-market we should include it. so that's an interesting open question. and where he finally came down in the book is i don't, i finally come down on nato expansion. you were talking a scholar's positions on it is that i can see two different cases for nato expansion said they lead you to different endpoints. either you say that nato post-1990 whatever it might be called has really become a development agency. as a political organization to help new democracies develop, become more like us to provide the most security, advice, and an acceptable game. that i find justified particularly because there are calls from the people of poland and the czech republic and so forth for it to happen. later as well. but then in that case they should be offer

negotiations with the teachers' union. >> ifill: thatas back in 2007. since then, e city council did in ft give michelle rhee more power over the school syst but rhee and the teachers' ion have still not reached a deal on a new contract d the chancellor decided to remove the principalf anacostia high schl one of several dozen she evenally replaced. in john's next installnt he looks at rhee's plans tolose some schoolsnd early resistance to that. >> bwn: the major developmentsf the day. senateemocrats won a key procedural vote to car the way for approving their alth care reform bill by christs. much of the ea coast struggled ba to life after a weekend blizzard paralyz state ter state with record snow. the nehour is always online . hari sreenivan in our news ro previews what's their. >> sreenasan: on our website tonight mo from ray on the outcome of the climate summi and whatappens next. extend excerpts of margaret warner's intervi with the former iranian revolutionary guard meer. a behi the scenes blog post from newshour education correspondent john merw

i know that the european union will play its part. we look forward to successful negotiations in copenhagen and i hope that despite droughts expressed about some parts of the opposition that there will be all-party support for that deal. >> ms. ann macintosh. >> in july, 2007, the prime minister promised no local authority would be out-of-pocket in recovering from the summer floods. collectively they had a shortfall of 50 million pounds. what promise will he give the people that they will similarly not face a shortfall in the recovery from the floods this year? >> mr. speaker, i understand from the secretary who is with me on the bench that 100% of the cleanup costs were made available but i also understand the environment agency and the local district council have developed proposals for a flood defense scheme and are working out proposals to secure funding for that scheme. i have to say investment in flood management is higher than ever. we saw the benefits of it in carlisle and in surrounding areas as a result of flood defense inve

the republics emerged through the whole soviet union, 1991 the soviet union dissolved and left behind for a nuclear states with large numbers of nuclear weapons. kazakhstan and belarus had 6,000 nuclear weapons. missiles and so forth. those states were impressed that they were nuclear powers. and ukrainian government said we're now in nuclear-powered and we can sit at the head table and we're part of the world stage and this is a very big deal. and an enormously important and i noticed achievement bill clinton's secretary of defense spent five years lobbying the ukraine and having dealt -- nuclear-weapons is a bad idea they're hard to take care avandia genoa to be a target on the american list in virazole list that will persuade you not to have nukes. he worked the complicated transactions were the deal was the ukrainians would return the nukes to russia and would provide fuel for the reactors in the ukraine and similar types of transactions the attitude was different. they wanted the nuclear stuff out. but after five years bill perry and day dedicated diplomats convince them to turn

and the soviet union. baker says that's in the realm of fantasy. he keeps saying, why don't we think about this? it comes up but it's never taken seriously in the west baker then says where i finally come down in the book i find that justified or you say no, nato was and is all it should be in a military alliance. the point of a military alliance is to create security for the members. i can see the just if i indication for not expanding but i can see the way for expanding. but it should be carried through to the end. >> if one looks at the definition of great nations, one of the criteria along with a great beforeder is a vibrant strong economy. if we look at times that have changed with our great nation, brought to our attention, both a long term deficit trend as well as a short term blow to our economy. i should ask, should that date be a piece along the lines of berlin wall 9/11 that have fekted our nation that way. it's important if you are an analyst to set benchmarks. if you think i want to start rethinking fundamentalist moments. the reason i

the credit unions a rating, you put in your zip code and up will come a credit union in your area that has a good rate, that will treat you honestly. so it's something you should all check out. the site has just started up, i have been monitoring it and i have to tell you, the person running it obviously knows what they're doing. >> larry: give it again. >> creditcardconnection.org. >> larry: thank you, szue. we'll be back with more of suze still to come, queen latifah. don't go away. while i was building my friendships, my family, while i was building my life, my high cholesterol was contributing to plaque buildup in my arteries. that's why my doctor prescribed crestor. she said plaque buildup in arteries is a real reason to lower cholesterol. and that along with diet, crestor does more than lower bad cholesterol, it raises good. crestor is also proven to slow the buildup of plaque in arteries. crestor isn't for everyone, like people with liver disease, or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. simple blood tests will check for liver problems. you should tell your do

has 3 million jobs dependent on the european union, has 750,000 companies with a european union thathe wishes, then let him do it but i believe that all of the british nation sees the importance of our relationship in europe. >> could the prime minister say we are now training afghans and in the use of robotics and other equipment to do with the ied's? and it as we start to draw down and withdraw, if we leave the afghans with the necessary equipment to do that job? >> yesterday i saw our british forces training the afghan forces in the hands of equivalent necessary to detect ied. most of the work we're doing with the robotic equipment on ied's is done by british forces. but over time, it must be our aim to train the afghan forces so they can take responsibility for the security of these districts and provinces. and that i believe is the proper strategy for afghanistan. and i hope that there will be all party support for it. >> given the disclosure today of documents confirming the great strides in developing its nuclear weapon capability, it is not the reality that the european union

gives the credit unions a rating, and you put in your zip code, and up will come a credit union in that area that has a good rate, and that will treat you honestly. so it's something you should all check out. the site has just started up, i have been monitoring it and i have to tell you, the person running it obviously knows what they're doing. >> larry: give it again. >> creditcardconnection.org. >> larry: thank you, suze. we'll be back with more of suze orman. still to come, queen latifah. don't go away. not really. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service shipping's easy. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that's not complicated. no. come on. how about... a handshake. alright. (announcer) priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. sun life financial has never taken government bailout money, yet no one knows our name. ♪ get down tonight that's about to change. so you'll pay for the tour, but i have to change my name? no, you're still kc, but from now on, they will be the sun life band. it's funky.

guest: is that a union that he is in there? -- caller: is that a union?ller: how long have you been airline pilot? airlines guest: pilot for 32 years and pilot -- airline -- caller: when ronald reagan busted the unions -- guest: i was on strike for continental airlines. i live in those days of the strike, one that was determined to be illegal and we have also seen what happened since, that the profession has recovered. they are represented and have become a strong union in their own right. this country moves forward by recognizing its mistakes, just like my profession does. host: arlene of the democrats' line. good morning. caller: my statement is physicians have different agencies that report on them as far as safety. and the mistakes that they make, so that the public can be informed about what doctor they are seeing and what kind of medicine. because airline pilots are responsible for so many lives in 1 second, but there is no agency reporting any plan and flight, and the customer can look up that pilot and find out of the one to travel with them. if t

alexander the great to the soviet union. i appreciate the job you're doing. and we want to try to give you all the support that we can here. as a member of the intelligence committee, i have little insight about some of the challenges that you have that maybe others don't know. but i would like to take my remaining time and yield to the gentleman from california, row backer. >> ten seconds. >> mr. chairman, it is my understanding that those who did not get a chance to ask questions would get five minutes. >> time for the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from tennessee. >> point of parliamentary inquiry. >> state your point. >> is that point that i just made not correct? >> the point -- mr. gallagher was entitled to five minutes. -- just listen for a second. i was told that he sought one minute. i am now recognizing -- i now

has 3 million jobs dependent on the european union, has 750,000 companies with a european union thathe wishes, then let him do it but i believe that all of the british nation sees the importance of our relationship in europe. >> could the prime minister say we are now training afghans and in the use of robotics and other equipment to do with the ied's? and it as we start to draw down and withdraw, if we leave the afghans with the necessary equipment to do that job? >> yesterday i saw our british forces training the afghan forces in the hands of equivalent necessary to detect ied. most of the work we're doing with the robotic equipment on ied's is done by british forces. but over time, it must be our aim to train the afghan forces so they can take responsibility for the security of these districts and provinces. and that i believe is the proper strategy for afghanistan. and i hope that there will be all party support for it. >> given the disclosure today of documents confirming the great strides in developing its nuclear weapon capability, it is not the reality that the european union

in fact, i read the "daily globe" and the "daily union." and the national intelligencer. i read those papers pretty much like that would be reading the new york times and the washington post today. i read them day by day by day, calling it. >> at your computer? >> is not convenient to do it on the computer because of the print out requirement. it is difficult to read up broadsheet newspaper. you have to print out portions of the page and you cannot put them together. i went to the library of congress and read it there, printed out columns, put them in order. and then read them again, and magic marker them, and put them into piles and figure out how the narrative goes. and then of course letters. all polk's letters are being published. and polk kept a diary during his presidency. he poured his heart into the diary. he told his diary of what he was really thinking and feeling. he was feeling beset by his political opponents a lot of the time. i was able to get all light on it that way. >> i want to come back to that. pay the picture of him physically as a person. >> not an

several unions tried that. apparently, they were trying to get $100 billion loan from the united states and from others back at the time when the soviet union was in so much trouble and there have been articles written , information provided that seem to indicate that the u.s. may have told the soviet union, you know, we know that in the past when these things have occurred, uprisings have occurred in poland, you just roll in the tanks and you crushed them. but if you do that, probably not going to loan you that $100 billion to keep you afloat. that's what happens when foreign countries are owed massive amounts of money by another country. they get to dictate to you whether or not you will preserve and protect your union. and everyone in this body took an oath to do that. to follow the constitution. we're supposed to protect this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic. and yet, we are going out and begging the chinese to keep buying our debt. there are indications that the federal reserve, although they

1989 the cold war ends and the soviet union goes broke and can no longer support forces in the amoco led neighboring states and cannot support them so the threat of the neighboring countries begins to go away. ben he decides to change things. he decides to abandon apartheid and nuclear weapons by the time he made this decision south africa had assembled six. but in 1989 the clerk began to unwind the whole process two years later would be for florida parliament and said here's what they cost here is how many people are involved and they call on the international atomic energy agency. they agreed and they were taken apart they recycle the energy and south africa ceased being a nuclear state.

he reiterated that in his state of the union address. and yet this bill as we know cuts $470 billion out of medicare in the first ten years and when it's fully implemented, it cuts over a trillion dollars out of medicare. in the first ten years, years, $135 billion out of hospitals. $120 billion as i said earlier out of medicare advantage.

government in afghanistan al lived the soviet union, barely. it's not a parallel, we want to spend a lot of time thinking about it. i do not think there is a downsizing the mission alternatives. if we go to appear counter- terrorism, it will not work. as an intelligence professional who spent a great deal of time trying to persuade people to commit treason, they will not do it if they do not think you're going to be around to give them the check when they come back from their mission. it does not work that way. >> this morning, ambassador benjamin gave an end -- gave an interesting talk. during the course of the 15 minutes he failed to use three words that you used in the first five minutes which were global islamic jihad. to what level was this broader ideological struggle, how this resonates within the current

the collapse of the soviet union is more predictable.ng one could have conjured for a couple of years. it strikes me as an event that one to plan for. -- it strikes me as an event that one could planned for. there is a continuation of the world economy. nato was extremely important in getting together with europe after the fall of the central front and the berlin wall. i never would have predicted that nato expansion would have gone to the degree of the crane detaching from the soviet union. -- i never would have predicted that nato expansion would have gone to the degree of the ukraine detaching from the soviet union. it would have seemed very unlikely. i am not going to cry about that. things happen in the world that tell us that we are wrong. policymakers and scholars are quite united on this. maybe they were not. but i do not know. those dealing with the day to day may have had a better perception i. it is critical when things that you believe turn out to be false. you have to deal with that and figure out where to go from there. >>

he was also a union coal miner.when i left we had john deere, caterpillar, farm supplies, general motors. i was a hell of a marine. i was a leader, not a lieutenant, but a working-class marine. i did not know what we were fighting for. our middle class jobs were being shipped overseas. we are saying put americans to work and americans will take care of everything and health care should be afforded to every american. have a great day, put americans first, bring back the middle class. host: that was marked calling from florida, just off of the night shift. we have a twitter -- tax breaks for u.s.-made goods, tax credits for families under $120,000, fast turn infrastructure projects, credit for real small businesses. caller: i wish i was articulate as that guy from florida, he is a good spokesperson. i am 55 and i would gladly do manual labor. host: what are you doing now? caller: home remodeling and repair. i have got to compete with so many latinos. not being racist, but i cannot compete with what they work for. i am

so there's no way to paint us as the soviet union. so that's very important. i think it's important to all of our coalition partners to stress our long-term strategic commitment with afghanistan. many of our coalition partners are there because they believe it's important. others are there because they believe that either the nato alliance or the relationship of the u.s. is another factor and i think that's very important. but stressing the consistencesy of our commitment, i think is the most key point. >> and general, you don't think that the deadline, 18-month deadline, affects the commitment in others, other nations? >> i believe if we put the perception of that, because, in fact, i don't -- i don't view july 2011 as a deadline. i stview that as a point at whi time the president directed we will reduce combat forces but we will decide the pace and scope of that based upon conditions at that time. so i don't believe that is a

in "the washington post" story highlighting union opposition, the author writes that unions raise these concerns. quote -- "legitimate concerns about expanding the size and scope of o.p.m. beyond its capacity." so there are already concerns from a former director and more than 5 mil million federal work, retirees and dependents that o.p.m. is not equipped to handle this new responsibility. that alone should make any member pause before signing on to this so-called broad agreement. but i also think that it's important that members are aware of some of the challenges the office of personnel management faces with its current responsibilities, without loading it down with a lot more. because being human resources department for the federal government is obviously no easy task. in fact, i would imagine it's a pretty thankless job that entails a lot of long hours. so, please don't misconstrue any comments as an attack on o.p.m., its director or any of its employees. they do the best job they can under difficult circumstances. but they're going to have real problems if senator reid's compromis

so that is the most powerful part of what their union symbolically means to me. my father was a professor for decades and now is in semiretirement. he is an economist and does work with aid projects, but basically he spends a lot of time importing software on the computer and traveling to mexico. my mom has been an early childhood educator, working with for year-old, five roles, then went on to teach teachers and become a dean. she has worked for many years in a bilingual school in d.c. helping to grow its program. she is about to retire, also. so i father is excited because he will have a travel partner. >> he used to have dreadlocks and weighed more. -- you used to have dreadlocks and weighed more. we will go back to that. what are you doing now? >> i do some consulting with the work i used to do, but i am pursuing a ph.d. at harvard in a joint program, so i will graduate hopefully in a year and a half with a ph.d. in african- american studies and have a significant body of training and statistics, and in political science. i had spent a dozen years in the inte

together the mujahideen that led to the overthrow of the soviet union but which the pakistanis feel we then walked away from helping them cope with, and they accommodated themselves. they went into a survival mode and maybe even solve some certain advantages flowing from those relationships and advantages that they were making lemonade out of lemons in order to obtain. i think your analysis is right, but we are dealing with a sovereign country that has a clear idea of who they think their overall enemy is, namely india. but who have slowly been convinced because of what's happened in sight of their own territory that they have to take action. and i think that will continue to lead to positive steps. >> thank you. senator feingold. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. it's an honor to have this distinguished panel of witnesses today. i am pleased the president said a goal for when we will begin

that is one of the points for the european union budget.stment managers, i don't see the link. we should not use one thing or the other. is important -- the financial markets considering what happened. it is problems. >> >> translator: i would like to tell you that when talking about the ambitions, our country, entered into the strategy. the prime minister announced measures for reducing the deficit and the markets with trepidation. i hope you respond to the question. i would like to ask the following question. apart from the follow-up to the commission with the public deficit, what can the commission do with these problems? when it comes to the strategy, how can we take account of national peculiarities to ensure such problems don't recur? >> these are precisely 12, for example the european community wide programs, we want every member state to put specific and objectives for each country taken into consideration. this is a specific situation today. grease will go on benefiting because it is one of the countries benefiting from those funds

at our school, they are not unionized.lmost all of our teachers are certified, but we're given some latitude to have teachers that are not certified. the real difference is not so much in unionization, but rather can we let teachers go when they are not performing. can we let a principal go if he or she does not share our vision? we make sure that everyone is held accountable. >> do you stay away from tenure? >> there is not a formal tenure policy. like most jobs,if you do your job well, you are encouraged to come back. if you do not do your job well, it is not serving the kids. >> tell us what a day is like for you and the internet. when do you first get on it? >> a day like today is typical. i wake up and reach for my cellphone and pull the e-mail down on my cell phone. >> what kind of cell phone? >> i use an old trio and i have been playing with an iphone, which i have enjoyed a lot. both have their strengths. i read e-mail first in the morning. >> i will see what has come in and wait until i get to my laptop to respond

let's look at the european union. last week the european union commissioner in charge of this issue said, and i quote, "the number of counterfeit medicines arriving in europe is constantly growing." "the european commission is extremely worried." in just two months, the european union sees 43 million -- million, hear me -- tak -- fake. i don't want american families to see these fears come to life here, and i'm -- i believe that if we do not pass the lautenberg amendment and were to pass the dorgan amendment that we would open the floodgates. the european union's experience all proves my scerns, not alleviates them, like the other side would suggest. you know, here's the problem. a $75 counterfeit cancer drug that contains half of the dosage that the doctor told you you needed to combat your disease doesn't save americans money and certainly isn't worth the price in terms of dollars or risk to life. let us not now open our national borders to insufficiently regulated drugs from around the world. it seems to me that re

binnun credit union or mimic some banks that do this? >> it is probably 50/50. roughly. >> can you, is it the larger credit unions that are more likely to do it? >> i think the larger ones are less likely to charge a fee. in the house meeting the second largest credit union showed up with in north carolina state employee. they do not charge fees on it so i think the larger credit unions are more apt to have programs similar to ours or similar to citi's. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. senator reed. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for your wonderful testimony. let me ask mr. carey, you have initiated the steps with respect to your policies as a result of any type of regulatory suggestion or is this just something that you think is good business? >> this has been their practice really sense we invented the atm, and we have never done anything. >> careful because someone invented the internet. >> i don't think there is as much dispute around this one as the other one but it has had essentially been our practice that