the giants on wednesday, so we need to take the teacher awards ceremony with the san francisco united institute. thank you for coming out to the ball game. >> tickets to the asian art museum. >> asian art museum vip tickets during wonderful. thank you. our october teacher of the month is karen from galileo academy of science and technology. she is our map and academy hospitality tourism. susan's fired by one of her students who was missing class, not connected to school, and did not seem to care. she joined her academy of hospitality and tourism class and stay connected to her, even when she left for a bit to continue busy to attend a continuation high school to catch up on credits. she returned with a new spirit and commitment to graduate. karen will be here and will be most proud. karen, congratulations. [applause] >> thank you. it is an honor to be up here. first, i have to thank my husband who supports us every day and never says, "when are you going to be downgrading those tests?" for "are you done with that lesson plan?" or "you are leaving today to drive eight kids to disneyland?" to my

nearing an end with more i'm joined by robin wright journalist foreign policy analyst at the united states institute of peace and the woodrow wilson center distinguished scholar robin welcome. it's nice to be with you great to have you thank you for joining us tonight what's the latest right now with libya and scott and mr get up. well the uprising of you has reached a bit of a stalemate could obvious forces did try to take some of the nearby towns that are held by rebels and was unsuccessful but. the rebels have also been unable to penetrate tripoli and so there's a bit of a standoff in terms of the military situation in terms of the international community the noose is tightening around colonel gadhafi but it still could be a very long time before you go one of the key questions in is to what degree the financial squeeze a success corian making it very difficult for his government to function or to what degree does the rebel force. amass all around tripoli and manage to make some kind of inroads that does not work imminent so we may be in for our a longer drama than resigned either neighboring tun

united states. the financial institution is clearly not the retail sales activity yet the recent internet posting would be that it is not about the permitted -- at an issue but rather an attempt to -- the will of the voters to prevent banks from locating on the street. >> i'm. >> can i put this in the record, though? >> next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is patrick curly. i'm here in support to have bank opening up. i think there shouldn't be a problem with it. i think any bank trying to open now during these hard times is worthwhile. thank you. >> do you have a speaker card, sir? thank you. next speaker, please. >>> good evening. my name is john. i'm here to support the project. i would like to see chase moving into this corner. it is one of my little areas. i live over in the -- area. i'm all over the city and i drive down that area all the time. i go to kelly moore. it is good to see the -- it is a win-win for the city. it is going to bring 10 people or more. whatever the other speakers are saying. the representative for chase. i'm supporting the project. -- also for the owner to have a spot fo

group of countries but getting it legally basically getting the legal justification from institutions like the united nations and the arab league both of which we saw today. in many cases this is a blueprint for what an obama administration how they would have handled a rwanda or sudan. >> let's take a close are look at what the coalition forces were aiming at. more than 20 tar fwets the pentagon identified 11 of them around tripoli and other towns in western libya. joining us now we tired u.s. army general barry mccaffrey. >> very impressive operation. 1110 toma hawk missiles joined by one british submarine. the notion is create a benign environment so the british and french fighter bombers can get in and establish the no fly zone and the question is will they or will they not operate against the center of gravity tanks, armored artillery or not. >> that begins to sound like a war when you describe it that way. >> is this a de facto attempt of forcing a regime change? >> i hope so. he is a threat to his own people. he is hated by the arab league. enough for them to endorse this action which is highl

reported in the back to say libya no fly zone as member states decide to ask new institutions counterproposal structure believes united in calling for gadhafi to go to meanwhile libya still gripped by chaos amid the constant shift of power. and staying with libya in less than a minute from now it's time spotlights and snide old going off discusses with his guests if colonel gadhafi could survive the uprisings in that country. we'll. bring you the latest in science technology from around russia. we've got the future coverage. if. how again a welcome to spotlight the information on r.t. i'll bring of entry my guest is misael goostman. he's a scale mommer khadafi is becoming the bad guy all over the world media state leaders are denying him support and are turning towards the opposition some even offering military help but within libya itself colonel still enjoys significant support and insists kill rather die in the name of the revolution than surrender so who is mr gadhafi here is the man who knows him personally. a military coup which began in libya's second largest city of benghazi forty years ago brought the young m

final member of our distinct panel is jon temin, the director of the sudan program at the united states instituteof peace. is a frequent traveler to sudan, and specializes in such issues as development in peacekeeping conflict resolution. he holds degrees from swarthmore college, and johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. i've invited each of them to make presentations about, roughly about 10 minutes or so to leave ample time for your question and answer. thank you very much. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to be back at heritage. and have an opportunity to share some views of the evolving situation in sudan. and nice to be with ezekiel and john. first, any discussion of the current situation in sudan has to note the invite and which is taking place, your 200 years where there's been favoritism to a small arab muslim minority in the northern nile. and marginalization of all other segments of sudan society. the society that is enormously divided. one anthropologist has said that there are close to 600 different ethnic groups and tribes, and more than 501 which is spoken in sudan. an

the biggest oil producers in the world and also according to the american petroleum institute crude supplies to the united states fell unexpectedly and this is also contributing to this is limiting gains on most stock markets especially in the united states and in europe but for russia it's actually quite a favorable factor because russia is very well centered and most them do stocks were driving the markets forward and we got more business with you in about ten minutes time and we did we'll see them thank you for that update well also still to come later in the program america's foreign policy goes under the microscope. futures defense secretary good guys as the president to again send a big american land army into asia. or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards world news now though in brief let me bring you up to date on the top stories coming into worst the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two wounded. in a shootin

the aspen institute in the united states as branches, one in italy, one in france, the italian one ishe biggest. i write for them regularly on line. i read in english and they translated for me. they have these ties around the world. that is a huge source of power -- soft power. >> who paid foraspen? >> i don't know exactly. i think they have dues-paying members. heritage had no federal money of any kind and i found that good. i am not sure about aspen. >> you lost your microphone. pick up and put it on because viet audience will wonder what happened. >> you get to meet the leaders around the world. if you meet someone, you can speak frankly to them. i have met the italian coalition partners and aspen event in rome and the fact that i have met the person trying to unseat silvio berlusconi, the fact that i right in there, this is the soft power about being an american of broad that are positive. >> go back to rocky river, ohio. >> it is about one hour from cleveland. it is on the link between toledo and cleveland, on lake erie. >> what were your parents doing? >> they are wonderful peo

the aspen institute in the united states has branchion -- branches. there is one in italy, one in france. the italy one is the biggest and i write regularly a column for them on line. i write it in english and they travis pastrana late it for me. but they have these ties around the world, some of these think tanks and that's a great source of soft power. brian: who pays for aspen italy? >> i don't know exactly. they have dues-paying members but i think they do get some federal funding. i know companies like herityage didn't. i liked that because that's another paymaster that can get on your back and you don't have to worry about that. i'm not sure about aspen. brian: you lost your mike. pick that up if you would and clip it on there. the audience is going to wonder what happened. >> oking. if the fram government does fund that i would say that's a very good use of our money because you get to meet the leaders around the world. if you don't meet them, you don't understand their talking points. the fact that i know fini, now trying to ub seat berlusconi

according to the national cancer institute, one in every thousand women in the united states is diagnosed with cancer during her pregnancy. some 3,500 every year. why? some experts believe women having babies later in life may be a reason. in fact, a 2009 swedish study found the number of breast cancer cases associated with pregnancy has more than doubled in the past four decades. in the past, doctors have recommended terminating the pregnancy or delaying treatment. but that has changed. many cancer drugs are now safe for women to take during pregnancy. >> we understand that certain chemotherapies are safe as well. women can carry the pregnancy through, it's a very good option for them. >> reporter: lisa chose to have a lumpectomy and followed with chemo in her second trimester. >> i don't have control over how long i live. i do have control over how i live now. and having children is such an important part of that, for me -- for my husband and i. >> reporter: she says it's also important to keep balance in her life. but her treatment is far from over. >> once the baby's here, then she'll

united states congress. but to say to americans that he is relying on a collection of dictators called the arab league and a corrupt institution called the united nations -- he did not get around to consulting the congress. that is it fundamentally false model of american government. [applause] people ask how quick you could start turning things around. we are working on a project from the first day. all of you who have watched inauguration's know that the president goes inside to have lunch with the congressional leadership after the inauguration. what if there was a one hour break in the president went into a room in the capital and signed executive orders that were already discussed and on the internet that had already been drafted by veterans from the reagan and bush administrations? you could do this within minutes to begin turning the government around. the first executive order might be to abolish every bizarre -- czar in the white house as of that minute. [applause] the second executive order might be to reimpose ronald reagan's mexico city policy and abolish any federal money going anywhere in the world to pay for abo

he said united states is ready to coordinate closely with international financial institutions such as world bank to extend support to middle east and north african nations. >>> now to new zealand. the grim search for survivors of last week's devastating in christchurch continued -- earthquake in christchurch continued on friday. authorities say the search is focused on the collapsed building where many people are believe to be trapped. 163 people have been confirmed dead in the quake. the number of dead and missing is expected to total about 220. police are trying to identify the remains of those recovered. a japanese rescue team along with teams from new zealand and china, continue search operations at the site of the collapsed ctv building. it housed a language school attended by international students, including japanese. a disaster relief task force says work to remove debris at the site is nearing its end. >> we expect the ctv operation to be completed within the next two to three days. >> meanwhile, many family members of the 28 missing japanese are returning to japan. >>> among

the risk of the united nations security council would have been shown to be little more than empty words crippling that institution's future corrode iblt to upload global peace and security. so while i will never minimize the cost involved in military action, i am convinced that a failure to act in libya would have carried a far greater price for america. now just as there are those who have argued against intervention in libya, there are others who have suggested that we broadened our military mission beyond the task of protecting the libyan people and do whatever it takes to bring down qaddafi and usher in a new government. of course, there is no question that libya and the world would be better off with qaddafi out of power. i, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal. and will actively pursue it through non-military means. but broadening our military mission to include regime change would be aistake. the task that i assigned our forces-- to protect the libyan people from immediate danger and to establish a no fly zone-- carries with it a u.n. mandate and international support. it's also what

stuff, and william are doing here is to provide a catalog of the policies that have been instituted in the united states and across europe over the 50 years that have led to the erosion of the three ingredients that drive economic growth and simply to give you an example the idea of housing for all which has been a mainstay of american policy for republicans and democrats. it sounds like a great idea we want everybody to have shelter over their heads but in principle the manner in which it's been executed has been led clearly to a situation is of prime crisis, the idea of keeping interest rates historically low, the idea of having a policy of subsidies and guarantees that clearly induced behavior that led to the supreme crisis. >> host: when you talk about what was done wrong in america and other western nations as well, part of it is that we live for today, we go for the free lunch. the elaborate on that. >> host: i think what we are also facing right now in places like the united states is the competition over the sort of test between the current generation and the future generation. we have to

what i'm arguing here is really to provide a catalog of the policies that have been instituted in the united states and across europe in 50 years that led to the erosion of the three key ingredients that drive the growth. very simply, and to give an example, the idea of housing for all, housing policy for all which is a mainstay of american policy both republicans and democrats. it sounds like a great idea. everybody wants shelter over their heads, but in principle, the matter of which-executed is bad. the idea of keeping rates low, a policy of subsidies and guarantees have clearly endeuced behaviors led to the subprime crisis. >> host: when you talk about what we've done wrong in america and other western nations as well, part of it is we live for today. we consume. we go for the free lunch. elaborate on that. >> guest: yeah, i think what we're also facing in places like the united states is the competition or the sort of test between the current generation and the future generation. we have to decide whether there are going to be sacrifices which are what i'm arguing in the book, sacrifice

and what i am arguing here is we need to provide a catalog of this policy that has been instituted in the united states and across europe over the past 50 years that has led to the erosion of these key ingredients that drive to economic growth and simply to get into the more detail on this but to give you an example, the idea of housing for all, housing policy for all which has been a mainstay of american policy both for the republicans and democrats, on paper it sounds like a great idea we want everybody to have a shelter over their heads but in principle, the manner in which an executor's has led clearly to a situation we've had dubbed crisis, the idea of cutting interest rates historically low, the idea of having its policies of the city and guarantees are clearly induced the eight years that have led to the sub primm crisis. >> host: when you talk about what was done wrong in america but also other western nations as well, part of it is that we have moved for today and consumed, we go for the free lunch. the letter read on that. >> guest: i think what we are also facing right now in places l

the only thing standing in the way of them doing it today here in the united states is that added remnant of our democratic institutions from unions that elect their leaders their democratic institutions the local governments that are like their mirrors and commissioners that the governor of michigan wants to do away with. the good news is more of us than there are of them every two years we can vote the lapdog politicians out of office but the billionaires have a plan to prevent that too and therein lies what we're seeing in wisconsin and ohio and elsewhere the final piece of the post the destruction of our democracy the final piece of the puzzle started with the supreme court's citizens united decision that armed these corporate radicals with the ability to dump millions of dollars in undisclosed money into our elections poor it in to prop up politicians on their own dime and inject these dummies into political campaigns funded by corporate war chests it gave these radicals and the political party that they've co-opted over the last thirty years the republican party the upper hand in our nation's elections as we also

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 278 and the nays are 147 and the amendment is agreed to. the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. those in favor signify by saying aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. accordingly, under the rule, the committee rised. -- rises. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has been under consideration h.r. 830 and reports to the house a resolution. i record the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole on the state of the union reports the committee has under consideration the bill h.r. 830 and pursuant to house resolution 150 reports the bill back to

cave, as deputy director of the complex institution unit at the fdic, is how do you incorporate consumer protection into your risk assessment that these large institutions, particularly those over $10 billion, were you no longer have authority responsibility for direct compliance examination? >> i would be happy to answer that question. fdic we do safety and soundness and consumer protection to go hand in hand. we have made changes in our structure, recently creating a new division -- consumer protection -- to continue to give that a very -- very much focus, as necessary. it is an important issue. i think the reason for closure situation highlights the fact -- foreclosure situation highlights that what can happen on consumer issues can have an impact for the large institutions, and it goes to show the importance they have with structures and controls in place to deal with those issues. again, regulators are looking to ensure that those are in place, because they very much could have risks created for these institutions. >> how will the actual supervision change going forward? i assume th

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 230, the -- e speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 241, the nays are 179 the previous -- are 179. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the preponderance of the chair, the ayes have it. >> mr. speaker, on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes bylectronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the nationalaptioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of reprentatives. any use of the closed-captioned covera

united kingdom or in canada or germany. you want there to be a level playing field across the institutions. that is a challenge to achieve in practice but it is important to try to do that. >> there have been calls for a down payment requirement of as much as 20%. some examples renown. middle-class families in the u.s. i do not think are able to satisfy that hide down payment requirement. median single hand -- single- family homes cost an average $170,000 in 2009. median household income was approximately $55,000. if the family earned that median income, it would take them a great deal of time to save $34,000 to put toward the home. when you consider instances where the same family has reimbursed medical expenses or college expenses, how can we help ensure that families that fit this middle-class definition and these profiles could ultimately obtain a home? >> first of all as a bedrock principle, this is one of the reasons we focus on having fha continue to be a source of affordable, safe mortgages for low and some moderate income borrowers. that is an important but brought to ensure that t

he loves the institution of the united states senate. he passionately loves american history.e is a warming, caring individual. i have witnessed in be a great father integrates bows. he is a man whose work you can on a judge. i asked him to make a little thinner, a little younger, and we will see if he pulled it off. the un to melanie and your children, we thank all of you for being here today. i will speeded up, mr. president. [laughter] i can just feel it. let's go, let's get it moving. it is nice to go back to texas and nashville, isn't? one of the things -- i do not have any message today, but one of the things that you do hope to do, even if you are just renting space like we as senators and members of the house do, you leave something here, a hint of something that makes it a little different, shapes in a way, maybe makes it better. and what i hope that karen and i have done is left the senate with a mere suggestion, a hint of a return to this concept of the citizen legislator. of someone who comes to the senate from a regular job -- i do not know of heart transplants ar

loans a publisher of the trends journal and director of the trends research institute well one week ago as we sent the united states security council adopted resolution one nine hundred seventy three this gave the green line of course for the u.s. led coalition forces to launch air strikes into libya and they'll fly zone was then established and countries were authorized to use all necessary measures to protect civilians from moammar gadhafi forces america britain and france blazed in like you can say western cowboys and six days into the bombing campaign the allies have not clearly explained exactly what they're doing or how the war they started will ultimately end archie's marine important reports. operation odyssey dawn struck with weak minds. france and britain campaigned for the military offensive into libya but it was america that led the way by. firing hundreds of tomahawk missiles against moammar gadhafi is tanks compounds and libyan air defenses nearly one week after waging war no country has been able to clarify a clear goal or exit strategy for libya it is u.s. policy that gadhafi needs to go and

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] 1:45. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 237 and the ncaas are 182. the previous question is -- the anyways -- nays are 182. the previous question is ordered. the question son adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion -- >> madam speaker, madam speaker, madam speaker. i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. and members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of repre

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 19 0rk the nays are 239 and the motion is not adopted. the question son passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the ayes have it. >> recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro te

he loves the institution of the united states senate. he passionately loves american history. a warm and caring individual. i have had the upper to be to what is being a great father and spouse. he is a man whose work even all judge. i imagine i am a little thinner, a little younger. we will see if he pulled it off. [laughter] thank you for being here today. i will speed up, mr. president, i know. [laughter] i am just feeling that, "let's go, get it moving." it is nice to go back to asheville. messagehave any sort of today, but one of the things you hope to do, even if you are just renting space that we as senators and members of the house, you leave something here, a hint of something that makes it a little different or shapes it in some way, maybe makes it better. what i hope that karen and i have done is left the set with -- left the senate with a return of the concept of the senator -- of the citizen legislator. of somebody who comes to the senate from a regular job. heart transplants are not a regular job, but they're not a political job. who come here for a time with no

and i said that within the halls of the united states congress and within the halls of our institutions you can see the pictures of founders like jefferson and madison hanging from the walls to remind us of what we've endured, what we enjoy and what we must return. and i told the afghan national assembly women that one day their daughters and granddaughters would look down -- look up and see on the walls their portraits hanging in a free afghanistan that was a beacon itself to those who were oppressed. because they will be free and because we will honor our duty not to seek miserly to hold our own freedom for ourselves but because we will follow what lincoln said in seeking to ensure freedom for the enslaved, we will continue to stand with them. we will continue to stand with the afghan people. we will continue to honor the commitment of the solemn word of the united states that she gave to that country, and one day we will look back and we'll be proud of the votes we will cast today. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady

united states. it's important across the institutions we meet the commitments that we make, because if we don't, we'll lose influence, seed the markets, and deprive the institutions of things critically important to americans. >> thank you. >> thank you, madame chair. as you know, billions of dollars of assistance have been provided over the past four decades by the bank. yet, economic development has eluded many of the recipient countries. while there are many reasons, there are concerns that the government benefit directly or indirectly from much of the foreign assistance and intended for more worthy purposes and projects. now we are face with fund the capital banks by $2 billion over the next five years. can you explain the plan to bring the committee before congress so they can be debated. will it include reforms to banks and benchmarks that must be met before the funds to be released? >> absolutely. thank you for raising that question. let me explain how we do this as a country and government. this is how we have done it over time. republican administrations, democratic administrations. so what w

institutions. the transition into a legitimate government will be a difficult task. while the united states will do our part to help it will be a task with the international community. more importantly, a task for the libyan people themselves. in fact, much of the debate in washington has put forth a false choice when it comes to libya. on the one hand some question why americans intervene at all. even in limited ways. they argue that there are many places in the world were innocent civilians have our portal violence of the hands of the government. america should not police the world with an innocent civilians-facing brutal violence from the hands of their government. it is true that the americans and we should not use or government military at all times we always must measure or interest against the need for action. that cannot be an argument for never acting on behalf of what is right. in this particular country, led the a lot at this particular moment, we were faced with the prospect of--libby of-- of looking at the horrific violence on a terrible scale at libya. and international

cave, as deputy director of the complex institution unit at the fdic, is how do you incorporate consumer protection into your risk assessment that these large institutions, particularly those over $10 billion, were you no longer have authority responsibility for direct compliance examination? >> i would be happy to answer that question. fdic we do safety and soundness and consumer protection to go hand in hand. we have made changes in our structure, recently creating a new division -- conmer protection -- to continue to give that a very -- very much focus, as necessary. it is an important issue. i think the reason for closure situation highlights the fact -- foreclosure situation highlights that what can happen o consumer issues can have an impact for the large institutions, and it goes to show the importance they have with structures and controls in place to deal with those issues. again, regulators are looking to ensure that those are in place, because they very much could have risks created for these institutions. how will the actual supervision change going forward? i assume there wi

united states. the hudson institute did a very interesting study showing private aid for religious organizations, charities, and so on are now much greater than official later from the u.s. government. this is happening all over the world. the united states is one of the most generous countries in the world, it is just americans do not put too much confidence in the government's ability to promote development objectives. host: our guest has been ian vasquez from the center for global liberty and prosperity at the cato institute. kato -- catoinstitute.org is the website. 45 minutes left in "washington journal." we turn to health care. our guest will be michael doonan who runs the health policy format brandeis university. plenty of time for your calls on that. >> we will hear about the news coming up at noon eastern time when c-span radio rears the five network tv talk shows. topics on the programs today include the earthquake aftermath in japan, u.s. response to the situation in libya, and funding the federal government. at noon, nbc's "meet the press" repairs and his guests include structure of new york an

institutions. ah, but there's a lot at stake and i think the united states cannot afford to look the other way. i think it needs to help be part of an effort to try to rebuild and reconstruct the country. >> you said, "historic responsibility", what's the us's historic responsibility to haiti? >> well the u.s. occupied the, the country for almost 20 years in the early part of the 20th century. ah, it supported, ah, dictatorships, the duvalier dictatorships for a long stretch of time. so, it has been very, very involved in haiti. there's always been this kind of concern about haiti that former u.s. officials used to talk about this as a nuisance that was close to the u.s. shores. and so, i think that, ah, there has to be a responsibility given that history and a commitment to try to see this country through a very, very difficult period. >> i was on the american secretary of state's plane back in 1994 when he delivered a then democratically elected president, ah, jean-bertrand aristide back to haiti. ah, aristide, of course, has not turned out to, did not turn out to be a good president for hait

united states. the military is a powerful institution. it has goo people that are well educated. they plan and work ahead. it is a long-term institution. sometimes the force of military planning the logic in assembling the fact overwhelms other elements of u.s. policy. it is well understood inside the administration that the military role has to be limited and under civilian control and isit is. host: general clark is our guest. politicao is reporting the president is resisting pressure to deliver an oval office speech. do you think the president should stand up before the american people and have an oval office address to explain his position? guest: i am glad he has not done it. i would advise him to do it if i was in opposition. when you put in forces like we have over libya and you do use military power you can slide down a slippery slope to a full- scale ground force intervention. one of the quickest ways to start that slide is to make this an obama's vs gaddafi fight. and so everything the president can do to prevent that from happening is a good thing. this is not the pres

united states. the military is a powerful institution. it has good people that are well educated. they plan and work ahead. it is a long-term institution. sometimes the force of military planning, the logic in assembling the fact overwhelms other elements of u.s. policy. it is well understood inside the administration that the military role has to be limited and under civilian control and iit is. host: general clark is our guest. o is reporting the president is resisting pressure to deliver an oval office speech. do you think the president should stand up before the american people and have an oval office address to explain his position? guest: i am glad he has not done it. i would advise him to do it if i was in opposition. when you put in forces like we have over libya and you do use military power, you can slide down a slippery slope to a full- scale ground force intervention. one of the quickest ways to start that slide is to make this an obama's vs gaddafi fight. and so everything the president can do to prevent that from happening is a good thing. this is not the president o

united states postal service is a unique business. it was actually created by the then states congress, and it is one of the few institutions that is explicitly provided for in the united states constitution. government has done a pretty good job over the last 236 years in guiding the post office in providing universal service six days a week. it is the night pretty good job -- has done a pretty good job, as some of our polling has indicated the postal employees are some the most trusted public employees in the united states today. i would like to point out with respect to the suggestion that opm is correct in their assertion that the overpayment does not exist, for the benefit does not exist, for the benefit of new members and especially, i just want to lay out the history of opm de 9 obligations, and what the results have spent. going back to 2002, the fund was long to be overfunded by opm by $78 billion, and we, in congress, had to go back and tell them they had to straighten this out. then, in 2003, they attempted to make the postal service pick up the responsibility for military service pension obligations for postal service employees. h

it was actually created by the united states congress, and it's one of the few institutions that is explicitly provided for in the united states constitution, and the government's done a pretty good job over the past 236 years in guiding the post office. in providing universal service six days a week and has done a pretty good job as some of the polling out there has indicated that our postal employees are the most trusted public employees in the united states today. i would also like to point out with respect to the suggestion that opm is correct in their assertion that the overpayment does not exist, i just want to for the benefit of the new members especially, i just want to sort of lay out the history here of opm denying only bases and what the results -- obligations and what the results have been. going back to 2002, the postal service pension fund was found to be overfunded by opm by $78 billion, and we in congress had to go back in 2003 and tell opm you've got to straighten this out. so there was an overpayment there of 73 billion. then in 2003opm attempted to make the postal service pe

the risk of the united nations security council would have been shown to be little more than empty words crippling that institution's future corrode iblt to upload global peace and security. so while i will never minimize the cost involved in military action, i am convinced that a failure to act in libya would have carried a far greater price for america. now just as there are those who have argued against intervention in libya, there are others who have suggested that we broadened our military mission beyond the task of protecting the libyan people and do whatever it takes to bring down qaddafi and usher in a new government. of course, there is no question that libya and the world would be better off with qaddafi out of power. i, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal. and will actively pursue it through non-military means. but broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake. the task that i assigned our forces-- to protect the libyan people from immediate danger and to establish a no fly zone-- carries with it a u.n. mandate and international support. it's also wha

joining in the vote last night at the united nations security counsel to institute a no-fly zone. they wrote about how that decision was made and writing that at the start of the week the consensus around washington was that military action against libya was not in the cards, however, in the last several days, they altered its stance and successfully pushed for the authorization of military intervention against libyan leaders and what changed? josh writing that the key decision was made by president obama, himself, at a tuesday evening senior level meeting at the white house which was described by two administration officials as "extremely contentious." inside that meeting, officials presented arguments for and against attacking libya. obama ultimately sided with the interventionists. his overall thinking was described to a group of experts called to the white house to discuss the crisis in libya only days earlier. reporting of josh rogan in policy online. we expect president obama shortly at the white house on our companion network, c-span. on going now, secretary of state, incom

these institutions are the largest donors to afghanistan after the united states, and they have been critical to the success of such projects as the ring road and the uzbek afghan railroad. we need these critical enabling institutions and further u.s. support for them will ensure that they are able to continue to contribute a significant -- significantly as they have in the past. fourth, i also want to thank you for the substantial funding for the development of the afghan national security forces. the continued growth of afghan forces and quantity, quality, and capability is, needless to say, essential to the process of transition of security tasks from isap to afghan forces. and the resources you have provided for this component of our effort have been the critical enabler of it. in closing, the past eight months have seen important but hard fought progress in afghanistan. key insurgent safe havens have been taken away from the taliban. numerous insurgent leaders have been killed or captured and hundreds of reconcilible mid level leaders and fighters have been reintegrated into afgh

united states congress. but to say to americans that he is relying on a collection of dictators called the arab league and a corrupt institution called the united nations -- he did not get around to consulting the congress. that is it fundamentally false model of american government. [applause] people ask how quick you could start turning things around. we are working on a project from the first day. all of you who have watched inauguration's know that the president goes inside to have lunch with the congressional leadership after the inauguration. what if there was a one hour break in the president went into a room in the capital and signed executive orders that were already discussed and on the internet that had already been drafted by veterans from the reagan and bush administrations? you could do this within minutes to begin turning the government around. the first executive order might be to abolish every bizarre -- czar in the white house as of that minute. [applause] the second executive order might be to reimpose ronald reagan's mexico city policy and abolish any federal money going anywhere in the world to pay for abo

these institutions are the largest donors to afghanistan after the united states, and they have been critical to the success of important projects such as the ring road and use beck afghan railroad. we need these institutions and further u.s. support for them will ensure they are able to continue to contribute as significantlas they have in the past. fourth, i want to tnk you for substantial funding for the development of the afghan national security forces. the continued growth of afghan forces in quantity, quality and capability is needless to say essential to the process of transition of security tasks from saf forces to afghan forces, and the resources you have provided for this component of our effort have been the critical enabler o it. in closing, the past eight months have seemed important, but hard fought progress in afghanistan. key insurgent safe havens have been taken fm the taliban. numerous insurgent leaders killed or captured, and hundreds of reconcilable mid level leaders and fighters have been reintegrated into afghan society. meanwhile, afghan forces have grown in nu

the writ of the united nations security council would have been shown to be weak, crippling that institution's future credibility to uphold global peace and security. while i will never minimize the costs involved in military action, i am convinced that a failure to act in libya would have carried a far greater price for america. just as there are those who have argued against intervention in libya, there are others who have suggested that we broaden our military mission beyond the task of protecting the libyan people and do whatever it takes to bring down gaddafi and usher in a new government. of course, there is no question that libya and the world would be better off with gaddafi out of power. i, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. but broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake. the task that i assigned our forces, to protect the libyan people from immediate danger and to establish a no-fly zone, carries with it a un mandate and international support. it is also what the libyan