god bless our veterans and troops and god bless the united states of america. please rise and join the united states army band and singing "god bless, america appear, ♪ god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide our through the night with the light from light the mountains to the paris to the ocean god bless america my home sweet home god bless america my home sweet home ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as we retire the colors. retired the colors! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [stirring patriotic marching music] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> this concludes the veterans day observance. please be seated for the departure of the president of united states and thank you for joining us to honor all two- suitwho served. [applause] [no audio] [no audio] [applause] ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> decorated veteran and best- selling author finally recognize and comes to terms with his post traumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i told this guy about my sy

and as you can see this is the largest gathering of veterans in the united states of america on novemberony, thank you very much. thank all of you for being here. first of all, what a joy it is to be in one of the greatest communities in america. branson, missouri, beautiful place nevada here in the nest of the ozarks. some of the most hospitable people in the world. i get to be on the stage with one the greatest american patriots that breathes american air today, tony orlando. >> thank you. >> mike: the best. >> i have a very special honor for you. those are the veterans here who have been here for the last 18 years. and many of them come back year after year. every year we have given a token of our appreciation, a medal of freedom. and some of the people who have received this before you, you will receive this now, and it's going to be a great honor to give it to you. because in the line of great people, such as gerald ford who came and received this medal, bob hope, who was the first recipient, if you remember. [ applause ] >> john mccain, president eisenhower received it because we f

you kept your word and as you can see, this is the largest gathering of veterans in the united states of americavery much. [applause] >> thank all of you for being here. first of all, what a joy it is to be in one of the greatest communities in america, branson, missouri, a beautiful place nestled here in the ozarks and some of the most hospitable people in the world and i get to be on the stage with one of the greatest american patriots that breathes american air today. tony orlando. >> thank you, governor. i have a very special honor for you. those are the veterans who have been here for the last 18 years and come back here. and every year, he we have given a token of our appreciation, a medal of freedom. and some of the people who have received this before you, will receive this now and it's going to be a great honor to give it to you because in the line of great people, such as gerald ford, bob hope who was the first recipient as you remember. john mccain, and eisenhower, he did so much for our country and barry eisenhower. and ross perot and tonight it's your turn and i'd like to bring some

of it. [applause] you see, the reason the line running for president, is because i want to unite the united states of americaican dream conference is because you want to defend the american dream. the founding fathers, they did their job. we've got to do our job. souci informed come stay involved and stay inspired. they want you to believe the we can't do this, but i know in my heart we can do this. stay inspired. many things have inspired me to get on this journey. one of the things that has inspired me to get on this journey started 12 years ago when my first grandchild was born. i now have three grandkids and it's for the grand kids and all of the other little fees' is that you here to defend the american dream. we are going to be all right. and it's not about us. it is about to them. which is why we are doing what we do and why i am on this journey i remind the larger greatest presidents and how he inspires this nation ronald reagan when he is to discard the united states of america is that shining city on the hill but in the last three years that shining city on the hill has led down to the side of the

>> i would ask them what commitments is pakistan willing to make to assure the united states of america that they are a friend or a foe and be specific about that. will they make commitments relative to the commitment of that military if we have to make commitments? are they willing to come to some regional agreement about what we need to do? we need a regional strategy in that area of the world, such that all of our allies, when we work together in order to come up with those things that will be mutually beneficial to everyone. those are the questions that need to be asked. >> pelley: governor perry, why is pakistan playing a double game, saying that it supports the united states one moment and then supporting terrorists who are killing american troops the next? what's going on there? >> i think we're having an interesting conversation here, but the deeper one that the speaker makes a reference to is the whole issue of foreign aid. and we need a president of the united states working with a congress that sends a clear message to every country. it doesn't make any difference whether it'

of it. the reason i am running for president is because i want to unite the united states of america, not dividees of america. here is how we -- here is what we need to do. we need to stay informed. stay involved. the reason you are here is because you want to defend the american dream. the founding fathers did their job. we have to do our job. stay inspired. they want you to believe that we cannot do this. but i know in my heart that we can do this. many things have inspired me to get on this journey. one of the things that have inspired me started 12 years ago when my first grandchild was born. i now have three grandkids. it is for the grand kids and all the other little faces that you are here to defend the american dream. we're going to be all right. it is not about us. it is about them. that is why we are doing what we do and why am i am -- why am i -- why i am on this journey. i am reminded of one of our greatest presidents and how he inspired this nation, ronald reagan. when he is to describe the united states of america, as such shining city on a hill. and the last three years, that shin

state of the union address. i think it was two years ago. he started by saying, the united states of united states of america, no student should go -- to college and he said he promised he would take definitive action to reduce the burden and he has. since being elected he has doubled the pell grants. recently issued executive order that made student loans, made access easier to pay back. you know that's it. that is real change and i think that just shows how big it is in this election. you folks on the other side who are saying we want to cut, cut, cut and referred everything the president has done. that hurts the students here across the country. that is why the election matters and that is why we have to get the president in for a second term. [applause] >> this next question is for mayor nutter. can you talk about some of the programs that may college make college your affordable? >> sure. when melody talked about not only at the secondary level but the race to the top grants having impact -- race to the top program having an impact on the k-12 experience. certainly see many colleges and universities trying to get away from the loans. we h

so let there be no doubt, in the asia pacific in the 21st century, the united states of america is all in. >> obama met with australian prime minister julia gillard on wednesday. they agreed to expand the u.s. military presence in australia by stationing 2,500 u.s. marines there. obama says the deployment is important for maintaining security in the pacific and the south china sea. observers believe the move is part of a u.s. military realignment aimed at countering china's growing military power in the region. >>> italy is in desperate need of being pulled back from the brink of an economic disaster. the country now has a new government. to find out more about that and how it's affecting the marks, let's go to auch eed da. >> that's right. the cabinet is made up of entirely technocrats. mario monti has been officially sworn in as italy's new prime minister. he now faces the urgent task of reforming the debt-ridden country. the inauguration ceremony took place in rome on wednesday. monti is a well known economist. he was appointed to succeed former prime minister silvio berlusconi who

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last i checked, long island was part -- albeit sometimes regrettably -- part of the united states of america? mr. levin: part of the quirin case in which one of detainees was -- mr. mccain: captured in the united states of america. that's the fangts of the case. facts of the case. i am afraid we have to move to the merkley amendment. mr. levin: according it a unanimous consent agreement which was entered into -- the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i understand that senator merkley was going to be recognized next to offer his amendment. sthafs according to the u.c. i understand the senator from new hampshire -- i don't know how long he needed to make an unanimous consent request -- am i correct? i've been corrected. according to the existing unanimous consent -- mr. mccain: could i ask the indumindulgence of the senator m oregon that the senator from south carolina be allowed two minutes and the senator from new hampshire be allowed five minutes? would that be all right with the senator from oregon? i thank you for your courtesy. i say to the senator from illinois, th

hidden away somewhere, social security is the largest creditor of the government of the united states of america. almost $2.66 trillion our debt. if we cannot honor our debt, and if it get as heck of a lot bigger, there is a question about that, how are we going to honor the social security bonds and pay future benefits? so, i would make reverse argument that many of them made in arguing for it, i think fiscal discipline, forcing both sides to drop the hard and fast positions, would be beneficial for everything i care about, and most americans need. >>neil: i know this is all, we are getting different things, inquoted from congressional officials and not that i believe everything printed out there, one has it that there was real close, sort of, progress, on a key element on debt commission, but democrats said halfway through a preliminary to secure a deal, $1.3 trillion cut in spending over 10 years, the republicans sort of walked away from what would have been $3 billion in tax revenue, the democrats wanted more than that and the republicans were looking at only $3 billion and i assume the repu

he will use it against the united states of america. this isn't just an idle threat. esident obama has failed the american people because for 2 1/2 years he gave iran the luxury of time. he met with them with no preconditions. it's the doctrine of appeasement. he has changed the course of history because at the time when we needed a leader most, we didn't have one. that's what i'll do differently as president of the united states. i'll lead. >> i want to -- we're going to continue this, but we have another question from paul wolfowitz. >> i'm a visiting scholar tt american enterprise institute. my question is about development assistance. under george w. bush, who was a conservative republican, the united states spent billions of dollars to fight aids and malaria in africa and elsewhere and set up the mill lunn yum challenge corporation to encourage governments of poor countries to pursue policies that promote economic growth and job creation. do you believe those are still wise expenditures or do you think that we can no longer afford them? >> senator santorum? >>s a

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