there's no reason to challenge the united states of america. what we look forward to is a close relationship, a close working relationship, which is a win-win for both count rise. and china has no ability to challenge the united states of america. you know, whether it's militarily or economically. >> rose: at this time. >> well, charlie, even in the longest time... well, china would take china's modernization would take another 30, 40 years to come. but even way beyond that time, look, china over the last 5,000 years of chinese history, we had our share of warfares and they were all very painful. people, wise men like con confucian has said "peace above all." and to be tolerant above differences, to be inclusive. to allow differences of view to seek consensus. chinese people value these. these are the basic values of china so you will not see china when they were even more successful to try to seek hegemony, let's say. you know, 500, 600 years ago in the ming dynasty china's economy was 30% of the world economy. >> rose: right. >> but they sent

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why do they have a problem with making things here in the united states of america and protecting american jobs? that's one of the best reasons to support this bill. in addition to saving utility costs for families and small businesses, it's about creating jobs in the united states of america. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for three minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker, and i appreciate my friend from massachusetts permitting me to speak on this. i could not agree with him more. i did spend a month working in oregon to deal with people who are concerned about the economy. i had a meeting just last friday with over 200 people, including executives, presidents of two of our local electric utilities. i met with electrical contractors. i've met with utility contractors, with unemployed union workers. mr. speaker, i will tell you not only is the initiative that under the recovery act putting people to work in connecticut -- in north carolina and i

the goal is how do we help 50 million school children in the united states of america get a great education? so ultimately, we have to have a couple of other tools, like engaged, robust curriculum. like a real focus on teacher development. like a real overhauling of the teacher evaluation system. and if we look at what the countries that have outcompeted -- that outcompete us do is that there's a huge investment in teachers as well as looking at accountability. accountability essential. accountability to the bottom to the top. but not the whole story. >> be specific then, michelle. in washington, d.c., you closed schools, you fired teachers. a lot of controversy around that. randi, do you believe in accountability, what happened in washington, michelle, you start, when you did fire teachers and close down schools that weren't performing? >> we got a tremendous amount of pushback. i think the superintendent bobb knows this as well.

>> the united states of america, the national labor relations board... >> the united states of americaation and the internional longshoremen's and warehousemen's union certification. following the submissions of the final enquiry to the president of the united states by the board of enquiry, it is hereby certified that pursuant to section 209b of the labor management relations act, the national labor relations board conducted a final offer ballot among the employees. >> "the number of eligible employees." that's us. >> all: yeah. >> "26,965." >> yeah! >> "the ballots marked yes: zero." [cheers and applause] >> "the ballots marked no: zero." [cheers and applause] "the ballots challenged: zero. total ballots cast: zero," and that's the end of that bright idea. [applause] so, nancy, she looked like a million dollars. we got married. we had robbie. life was good, eh? two more trials. first one: same case, same witnesses. this time: guilty, me and my lawyers. i got five years in jail. i was out on bail. i happened to say that i thought there should be an immediate cease-fire, because we're

america. you have large corporations who get all kinds of government loans like halliburton, they've moved away from the united stateserica. and i'll be damned why we are giving government contracts to corporations that don't even want to be in the united states of america. so i think there's a lot to be done by saying to the very wealthiest people at a time when the income gap between the very rich and everybody else is growing wider, that they have got to -- we have got to do away with all of those tax breaks and ask that they pay their fair share of taxes. [applause] and on that note, let me just give you one example which will no doubt cheer you up. exxonmobil is the most profitable corporation in the history of the world, and we pay $3 or $4 a gallon of gas a few years ago, those guys were doing just fine. last year, in truth, exxonmobil had a bad year. it's a recession, they made less year than they usually did. shocked to know that they only made $19 billion in profits. it was a bad year, but, hey, tough times. you heard about the tough times here. they only made $19 billion, but, for exxon mobil, there was so

obstacle to democratization in the muslim world today as we stand in this very moment is the united states of america. and their allies in the west because they are the ones who count on and rely entirely on regimes that are this party that are corrupt and simply because these regimes so of their best interests democracy in our part in this part of the world is not in favor of the best interests as seen by those who are in power in washington and in the major capitals of western europe ok if i could go back to denver nader if if let's say in an imaginary world really imaginary that all of these these dictatorships that are so close to the united states and vice versa there could be right it's close and if we had open free unshredded elections do you think radical islamic movements would come to power instantly across the greater middle east. i'm not radical i think many of the mainstream political islamist movements would come to power in the early elections but over time if your hypothetical scenario were to take place i think over time. muslims within the broader muslim world will have the opportun

we it should serve as a message to the world that the united states of america intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in this young century. from this desk, seven and a half years ago, president bush announced the beginning of military operations in iraq. much as changed since that night. a war to disarm a straight became a fight against an insurgency. terrorism and sectarian warfare, threaten to tear iraq apart. thousands of americans gave their lives. tens of thousands have been wounded. our relation as broad were strained. our unity at home was tested. these are the rough waters encountered during the course of one of america's longest wars. if there has been one constant amidst these shifting tides, at every turn america's men and women in uniform have served with courage and resolve. as commander-in-chief i'm incredibly proud of their service. and like all americans, i'm awed by their sacrifice. and by the sacrifices of their families. the american who is have served in iraq completed every mission they were given. they defeated the regime that had terrorized its people

the word democracy has actually become a dirty word in much of the arab world because the united states of america has waged wars on afghanistan on and supports is a which is an up out of democracy a democracy exclusively for the oppressive community that little the lands of the palestinians and because of this when this is done in the name of democracy and when israel is hailed as the only democracy in the reason when it is a war criminal then the word democracy becomes a dirty word and not. many people think much of democracy although as a matter of principle democracy as a system of governments is a good system not the best but it is a good system to show you when to jump in there i'd like to. do first of all were guarding what as i'm just sad with all due respect i think he's way out of date on this i agree there is a lot of opposition to u.s. actions especially the invasion of iraq and so forth but there has been extensive polling that has shown that that really doesn't translate into a dislike for democracy that support for the idea of democracy and democracy in their own countries is growin

>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention to the commissioners. president marshall: present. vice-president mazzucco: present. commissioner dejesus: present. commissioner chan: present. >> james hammer is excused this evening. all seceded is the assistant chief of police and also as someone from the office of citizen complaints. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. this is the meeting of the san francisco police commission for wednesday, september 22. we have a lot of items tonight in closed session. we will get to them as quickly as possible. we will move things around a little bit. he will call item one. >> item 1 is general public comment. this is where members of the public may addressed the commission. these are items that do not otherwise appear on the commission. >> you have three minutes. >> members of the police commission, i am the director of san francisco open government. i happen to be a

god bless you and god bless your families, and god bless this great united states of america. [applause] >> president obama formally announceded are -- the end of the combat mission in iraq. he spoke for about 20 minutes. >> we have been through a decade of war. we have endured a long and painful resession, and sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation, a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity, may seem beyond our reach. but this milestone should serve as a reminder to all americans that the future is ours to shape . if we move forward with confidence and commitment. it should also serve as a message to the world that the united states of america intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in this young century. from this desk, president bush announced the beginning of military oprages in iraq. much has changed since that night. a war to disarm a state became a fight an insurgencey. terrorism and sec tarne -- sectarian warfare threatened to tear iraq apart. thousands of americans gave their lives. tens of thousa

philadelphia, that's not a future i accept for the united states of america. uture that joe sestak accepts for the united states of america, and if you don't accept that future for this nation, then we've got to have your help in this election. >> welcome back to "hardball." that's president obama up in pennsylvania, late this afternoon, campaigning for u.s. senate candidate, joe sestak, the longtime admiral. how can democrats compete with the energy of the tea party that's brought the voters on the right to their feet? u.s. congressman kendrick meeks, a democratic nominee for the senate down in florida. congressman meeks, thanks so much for joining us. i've got show you something that's fairly disheartening. dale peterson, he's a republican from alabama. and he's running an ad -- well, let's talk about some of the tough ads running -- about losing. here he is on saturday the values voters summit. let's listen to this character. >> until we get rid of berry or barack or i haven't seen the feet on the birth certificate, so i don't know what is he. i may get arro

extend my special thanks to his excellency, president barack obama, the president of the united states of america, who has reaffirmed in his statement before the assembly two days ago, the two-state solution and the necessity for a freeze of settlement activities as well as to establish an independent state of palestine that would enjoy its full membership in the united nations next year. on this occasion, we reaffirm our readiness to cooperate with american efforts in order to lead the political sources and to reach a comprehensive just and lasting peace in the region. we also believe there is need to pay special tribute to the united nations that has preserved our call and has extended a helping hand to our people, adopted resolutions and solutions that have constituted a basis that cannot be bypassed in the search for comprehensive peace. we call upon the united nations to continue playing its essential role until right is upheld and our people have regained their usurped rights and peace prevails in our entire region. we would like to reiterate our greetings and appreciation for your tireless

now, i have long said that the immigration policy in the united states of america should be designed to enhance the economic, social and cultural well-being of the united states. that should be actually the policy of any sovereign nation in the world, should establish an immigration policy for the purposes of enhancing the economic, social and cultural well-being that have particular sovereign state. in this case, it's the united states of america. we should also understand that one of the essential pillars of american exceptionalism is the rule of law. if we have contempt for the rule of law, if we have some of the highest profile people in america openly speak about hiring illegals to take care of their home and at the same time advocate for the dream act which is amnesty for a specific class of people, we regard -- reward for illegal behavior, a magnet for bringing more children into the united states that are here illegally, that would be here illegally, and getting them to qualify under the dream act so they can go off and be funded partly by the taxpayers and go off to college.

god bless the united states of america. [applause] ["stars and stripes forever" playing] th [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] ♪ . . . flu >> in a sense, you represent the vows and issues of all black people in front of president bush preer preer-how do you represent the issues to president obama? >> the short of it. i always start with this, everything is a part of the black agenda. when someone comes to me and says what is the black agenda? they already told me. everything is. at the end of the day, it will disproportion natalie help our community. it doesn't talk about bringing down crack versus powder cocaine bringing down 101 to 1. we are always going to the president saying how do we fix it for everyone, not just black folk. >> it doesn't matter how good your education is if you don't have a place to live. you seen what has happened in our xhounity. tomb times kids are only getting potato chips. >> that might be the only meet that kid gets th

>> that is the way the united states of america works. when timothy mcveigh blew up the building in oklahoma city. >> where was he? >> in the united states of america. >> that it the dividing line. >> and made a division on what we will do with him. the most vicious criminal entitled to a trial or plea bargain. either he is entitled to the rights or not entitled to the rights. >> what if timothy mcveigh got away and went overseas then say wait until he comes back or take out the threat. >> we take out the threat. >> but you are not going to shoot him when gets off the plane, arthur. >> right now they have the ability to shoot him when gets on the plane. >> shepard: if he gets here then they don't want to deal with the rules of law. this is nation of rules. the law as rules. if he sends up in the system you have to give up the evidence. that is the rule. >> it is the rule. >> if he wants to come back to the united states and declare his innocence to all the charges he is free to do that and once he does that then all the protections of the

you could be helping the second black president of the united states of america and next time she might be a woman. >> reporter: in the district karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> sherrod's speech was part of a new features sundays with the met aimed at highlighting achievements of individuals who have made a notable -- notable contribution to the nation and to african american legacy. >>> gunfire in downtown frederick and when the dust settles, a man is dead but questions about how he died. police were called three times to a home to break up a fight between a man and woman. on the third visit officers found a woman hurt and olivier co with an holding a rifle and police cowan with a rifle and police say he shot and they shot back. >> the gunfire was heard by officers summoning and at this point everything of that nature is still under investigation by our criminal investigation division and some of those determinations are yet to be made. >> an autopsy will determine whether cowan shot himself. >>> to virginia now where a leesburg man faces murder charges in the death of his wife. poli

and that is what we are celebrating. 77% of our waste is being diverted, highest in the united states of americahattering our hopes and expectations of reaching that 75% milestone and giving us so much mentum -- momentum and enthusiasm that that goal, talk about a truly 20% city, is proving this can be down, right in front of us. let me end as i began -- enthusiastically. i do not think this is a big deal. i know this is a big deal. the more i tell, not just the state, but the country, and i see folks all around the world, and they are dumbfounded by what the city has accomplished. you know how cities really operate? what you do not want to understand is what goes on and goes down here. this is about waste water. this is the stuff that lies beneath the surface, and at the end of the day, it is the stuff that really matters because at the end of the day is the work that these guys are doing behind me in this building. jobs, the new economy, these mandates that brought people together, not divided people. no, garbage police are not out there. the business community did not disappear. quite the con

celebrate the civil war that it was, after all, an illegal rebellion and if it had succeeded the united states of america, as we know it, the country that is more than once stepped up to save the free world very well might never have come to be. mcginty's mail bag only came to be because you time hundred took the time to drop us a line. that's our report. i will be back here tonight at 11:00 along with anita and tonight, $25,000 on the line for a local university and it all hinges on the ability to perform the scene from hawaii 50. see the university of maryland ban the rendition tonight at 11:00. and log on anytime to wusa9.com. we will see you a bit later. have aggrade great evening. bye-bye. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the most-watched entertainment news magazine in the world. sarah palin's "dancing" debut. >> a lost hard work and passion. >> will she make the first front-row appearance. what we've learned. inside bristol's rehearsal back home. >> this is an "e.t." exclusive. >> from wasilla, alaska. >> will sarah's daughter bust loose tonight? >> i think i'm coming oust my shell. >> florence, k

. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. please now direct your attention to the roll call of the police commission. commission president joe marshall? president marshall: present. >> commission vice-president, mazzucco? vice president mazzucco: present. commissioner chan: present. commissioner kingsley: present. >> thank you, commissioners. also see it with the commission is the assistant chief of police. mr. president, you have a quorum. president marshall: thank you, lieutenant. this is a regular meeting for the san francisco police commission, wednesday, september 1. let's call item no. 1 and get that out of the way. lieutenant reilly: item 1 is approval of the minutes, for the regular meetings may 12 and may 19, 2010. president marshall: commissioners, in your packet you have the meeting minutes. if there are no changes, we will accept a motion. >> so moved. >> second. president marshall: without objection, s

and may god bless the united states of america and all who serve her. >> from the oval office, president obama. in simple words saying "the american combat mission in iraq has ended." "this is it, it is time to turn the page and put the responsibility for iraq primarily in the hands of the iraqis," george. >> that's right. he doesn't want his presidency defined by war. saying all american troops will be gone by the end of next year. reasserted that american troops will start to come out of afghanistan next summer. that's a hard commitment. and he said his central mission, fixing this economy. >> and of course while praising the troops who have fought so long, so hard. we're going to return now to our regular programming. but they'll be much more analysis of this later on "nightline" tonight. you'll have more tomorrow morning on "good morning america" and you can always get the latest anytime at abcnews.com. for george stephanopoulos, and for dan harris, i'm diane sawyer in new york. for all of us at abc news, good night. >>> there is frightening moments in berkeley this morning. a mounlt

of the john birch society will speak today. john mcmanus will address the unite in action group. that is on c-span 2 at 11:00. >> at long last, the united states of america joins every other industrial nation in the world that says health care is a right not a privilege. >> senators and congressmen have been holding a town hall meetings in their states and districts and we have covered them. watch them on line at the cspan video library. it is all searchable and free on your computer any time. a briefing now on the social security and medicare trustees' report. several former public trustees discuss the findings of that report as well as the current state of u.s. healthcare. this hourlong event is hosted by the u.s. center for policy analysis. >> good morning, i and john goodman, president for the u.s. center for policy analysis and i want to welcome all of you here today. one of the most confusing things about the health reform law that congress passed in the spring is how it will affect senior citizens and others on medicare. in general, the media has done a poor job of covering this issue. now that we are in an election, i understand their tv commerci

. >> what is being planned by reverend terry jones and followers in florida, the united states of america, before the publics burn the holy koran, not only with the feelings of the islamic but i am also certain the feelings of the followers of other faiths can threaten peace and security. >> in the gaza strip, the hamas prime minister vowed allegiance to the koran and called pastor jones a criminal liar. in the u.s. clergy were quic to condemn the plans as well. >> i say shame on you. >> bearingwitness against your neighbor is against the koran and bibles. we have to be here. >> even president obama weighed in on the safety of the u.s. citizens abroad. >> ts stunt he is talking aboupulling could greatly endanger our young men in women in iraq and afghanistan. >> mission's experts say these kinds of events can be catastrophic for christians in muslim lands. >> christians arou the world will suffer. there is almost no doubt about that. we will most likely see christians killed because of these koran burnings. that is a huge weight of responsibilityor this church to bear. >> many american ch

. >> and you are bringing it to the united states of america? here in the great city and county of san francisco? and your idea is to do what? and what should we expect? why should we show up at slow food nation? food demonstrations? farmers. >> victory garden. well,>> what is this conference to you? what are you expectinging to get out of it? >> who is presenting? how many people are going to participate? why is it so important that everyone here and everyone watching at home participate in this? >> it is important that we see who is here, who is in this country? who believes in this set of values that we are talking about and we are empowered by that. it was something amazing going to italy, to the event they call taramadre. they have 5,000 farmers from 131 countries come. everybody looked at each other, they said oh, we all understand this. we are all here because we care about the land. it lifted us all up. this country is so huge. there are little pockets of people doing amazing things across this country. we want to bring them together to m

america. >>guest: start with the fact that the united states is chasing businesses out of this country with our highest corporate income tax. we have talked about this. this cannot continue. we have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world so businesses are going to places like india and china and indonesia where they can get a better deal. our corporate tax rate is twice as high as the rest of the world. we talked about that in the wall street journal today. the president is saying, have a special tax on american companies like ibm and microsoft and general electric, that have plants and facilities overseas and have a special tax on them so when they bring that money back to the united states they have to pay higher taxes. the problem with this is the companies like ibm and microsoft are saying if you put this on us we will not bring the facilities back but we will move more facilities abroad. >> that is one part of the proposal but there is another part and i will use the example used by fox a few minutes ago, if i am a multinational company and i fire an irish accountant and hire a

god bless the united states of america thank you. [applause] ♪ [country music plays] ♪ >> i know you can make a big difference in america. >> thanks for being here. goo>> what do you think about hm running as a write-in? ♪ >> thanks, everybody. >> she certainly have the right to do that. i ended up running outside the box. happy birthday. >> thank you so much. >> do not tell your mother. >> i thought you were handing me a teacher this time. >> i want to get back to io was soon. i want to get back to delaware soon. thanks for letting me do that. >> we love you, sarah. >> i came from nebraska. >> thank you for being here. >> do you know julia's mean? >> yes. -- julius mead. >> yes, i used to babysit his kids. how do you know him? >> we met him. you were in washington, d.c., and he said i saw her just two weeks ago. i think we need to rein in the federal government. >> do you feel empowered after all this? >> there is a platform at a national level. >> you want to get in here? >> i have got to make it work. >> i have got it. >> thank you

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, in liberty and justice for all. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. if you could now please address your attention to the roll call of the commissioners. commission president, joe marshall, commission vice president, thomas mazzucco, commissioner petra dejesus. also with us tonight is chief gascon. mr. president, you have a quorum. but president marshall: this is the meeting for september 15, 2010. lieutenant, please call item no. 1. secretary reilly: the monthly statistical support for the period of january 1, 2010 through july 21 -- 31, 2010. president marshall: commissioners, any question about the items on the consent calendar? seeing none, i will entertain a motion for approval. thank you very much. lieutenant, item number two, please. secretary reilly: item two is for general public comment, where members of the public address the commission for a time period determined by the chair on items that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the

the reason this bill works is for the first time united states of america all of us are in the same pool. that reduces the cost of health care. what the insurers are saying, if you slice off this small, tiny but rather troublesome part and regardless of preexisting conditions, we have to in fact give them health care, we just don't know what that will cost. all i can tell saw that that reinforces, validates the way in which the health care bill is structured to include the largest pool possible, virtually 90-some% of the american people. >> president obama's own medicare and medicaid, it's going to cost much more money than was projected. it is absolutely irresponsible to say that this is a republican set up when over 35 democrats voted against the bill in house, that eleanor knows. congresswoman knows. i want patricia a to find me ten districts in the country where someone is running ad brag can that they helped pass health care reform, because it is part of the economy. people are outraged not just about jobs but really nervous about all the spending. health care of of the biggest tick

this program, arguably, is the most successful stimulus program in the united states of america, and i can back that up. this is a program that hires from the private sector does proportionally and benefits if the private sector does proportionally. this is a program that helps small businesses. for all of the rhetoric coming from washington, d.c., and sacramento and up and down the local municipal calls up and down this state and around the nation, here is a program that works. this is an interesting fact that underscores it -- congress, wisely and appropriately extended unemployment insurance. what is unemployment insurance to a family in california? it means you receive $450 a week. not to work. you are looking for work, but you receive a $450 check a week to work. congress, wisely, extended that. a lot of republicans opposed it because they said we needed to find a way to fund it, but in principle, they understand the importance of unemployment benefits. here's a program where people in the trenches receive $447 a week to work. let me repeat that -- we can hand out $450 a week no

regardless of where he got these crazy ideas from, the fact of the matter is, if this is the united states of america we all have freedom of speech he had a right to do it. she not say it's because he's representing united states or president or what have you. that's only in his mind. but nonetheless, he has right to do it. so my thing is, why are people bashing him saying, you can't do it. but to have a crucifix is held up to be okay because it's a piece of art. and as the christian and catholic i'm totally insulted. >> last word. >> if less attention had been given to the atrocities that are visited upon women in the name of islam. >> thank you. >> as has been given to the location of the mosque, just imagine if we had had three or tower weeks discussion like that. we could actually be saving helping liberate women. >> actually, miss ali says, she thinks we should have a jihad of sorts ourselves to try to educate islamic immigrant women and tell them there are other ways you can be thinking. there are -- you don't have to go in to a forced marriage. you don't have to be -- have your genitals mutila

[unintelligible] when the united states of america thinks these countries are responsible countries. >> leading human rights organizations are questioning the contemplation of the north to lethbridge -- to let the south go. here and in sudan, one thing seems clear. nothing will work unless the sudanese sort out their prominence. bbc news, khartoum. >> in other news, britain has raised its threat level to substantial, the third highest on the scale to alert the possibility of the possibility of a terrorist attack. they said there was a strong possibility that groups would attack the british mainland. in burma, a pro-democracy leader has been included on of the list for the first general election in 18 years. she is currently under house arrest and was initially excluded from the an electoral roll. and man suspected of masterminding a plot to hijack a plane and crashed it in at singapore airport is back in custody after being returned to malaysia. the alleged head of the singapore -- network was arrested. he escaped singapore by stealing through a toilet window. pakistan says it will pu

like they're supposed to do no i don't i don't really think of more as that i think the united states of america why would that be well they've got that got all of power in the world have got the money they've got the influence money talks right on each orks and i don't anything you know. who i mean for the common people you know it but it will come on the streets or whatever i mean what are they going to do. you know it's just more or less you know they get face time and they're going to be like oh yeah we did this do that or whatever but it's nothing if we all stopped believing in that what's really the other option i guess i mean if martin luther king said you know it is the i have a dream or that avenue i nightmare yet a dream so i think that what we all hope for is that we don't have that fatalistic view that we hope there's always a possibility to change the bottom line is that the un's agenda is important to the peoples of the world whether or not they're actually able to do anything about it remains to be seen until then we've got a lot of traffic. we're going to take a short break here

>> i pledge allegiance to the united states of america, to the republic for which is stands, one nation under god for liberty and justice for all. supervisor chiu: colleagues, we have a lot of meeting minutes to approve from july 13th, 20th, 27th, august 3rd and the 10th and then from the special meetings of the budget and finance committee of july 1 and july 9. can i have a motion to approve? >> motion by supervisor maxwell, seconded by supervisor mirkarimi. minutes are approved. >> i have no communications, mr. president. supervisor chiu: call consent agenda, items one through 12. >> these items require a single role call vote >> colleagues, would anyone like to receiver any items from the consent agenda? supervisor mar? supervisor mar: item number three. supervisor chiu: any other items? if we could take a role call vote on items 1 had-through except for item 3? >> there are 11 ayes. supervisor chiu: those resolutions adopted, ordinances passed and aprood. item three? >> it is a resolution authorizing a lease and license at dr. carlton b. goodlett place. supervisor chiu: supervisor m

just a huge contingency, 1,500 men and winl over there, more than any other state in the united states of america. you all know the price that we paid in iraq. we lost more soldiers per capita than any other state in the country. you all know what's happening in afghanistan now with the recent stradge diwe've experienced. the difficulties you're having there is you're dealing with a government that's largely corrupt, a government not respected by its own people. i think the mission for our national guard is what we have to do, to train the iraqi military and police forces to defend themselves. we can't do it for them. they have to do it for themselves. and my view is that as soon as we possibly can, we're working on it now, i don't have a date for you, but i think we have got to start bringing home our troops from afghanistan. [applause] let me do this. let me conclude by mostly thanking all of you for being out here, this was a great discussion. i thank you all for your really good questions. there are a couple of people i want to meet with after the meeting to see if we can help them. i thank o

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, when nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. please direct your attention to the roll call of the commissioners. commission president joe marshall here. vice president mazzucco: here. commissioner kingsley: present. commissioner hammer: present. president marshall: this is a regular meeting of the san francisco police commission september 8, 2010. please call item one. >> item 1 is approval of the minutes. this would be for the regular meeting of august 18, 2010. president marshall: the minutes from that meeting are in your packet. if there are no additional changes come a motion for approval. without objection, so ordered. >> i and two -- approval of consent calendar, under which we have department bulletin no. 10- 212, general ordered 6.09 -- can't is getting weapons at the scene of a domestic violence incident -- confiscating weapons at the scene of a domestic violence incident. president marshall: do we have a point perso