and then when the talk of, quote, unquote, revisions came out, it scared people that thought perhapss are not improving as much as, even though it's been fractional in terms of the number of jobs lost in perspective, they thought it would be better than that. the term revision spooked a number of traders on the floor today. >> interesting big gross comes on the show, david faber, and says we're not expecting any defaults, certainly not from the developed countries like the u.s., japan, britain. yet these worries continue into crease over the amount of debt on government balance sheets. >> absolutely. a lot of people don't want to use the default word. ultimately, maria, that's what this is all about, pricing in increased risk because of the possibility of default. you're talking about countries where the revenue they're taking in, you know, and the interest expense they are bearing because they issued enormous amounts of debt to try to resuscitate their economies when the markets went south a couple years ago, are very, very large. as much as 50% of revenues in some of these countrie

but i don't accept the phrase that the agreement is quote-unquote crumbling in our hands and seems to me not justified by the evidence that is available. >> let me ask you, do you have a view on whether more could be done to try and govern afghan through the existing tribal structure, the way tribes govern themselves is not what i would approve of, not totally good at human rights, for instance, but the pashtun tribe clearly gives no allegiance to the government and are disenchanted, and things with the corruption at the central government level and is that not an element in the complex strand of the country we ought to take more account of. >> it's a very important level. as i have head several times and remember, the pashtun are 35 to 40% of the population, and 60 to 65% are not and president karzai is a pashtun and differences within the pashtuns are as great as, those between them and other, because within the pashtuns there are many, many different communities. point one. point 2, i think that we have to remember that we are not living in 1979. 30 years, 31 years of civil war, ef

this violates the basis on which this administration came into office and campaigned, fair enough, unquotee administration actually admit that they had violated a key campaign pledge. i think that no bid contracts by the government are always a bad idea. >> a spokesman for senator clair mccaskill, the missouri democrat who chair as subcommittee on government contracting told fox news today she is continuing to investigate the circumstances behind this contract. in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> bret: we'll take a look at the president's budget and the massive federal spending with the fox all stars. that starts in three minutes. at the first sign of a cold... ( sneezing ) i didn't take zicam cold remedy... but i did. zicam reduces the duration of a cold. ( sneezing ) no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... can you do it by 3:00 ? yes, i can. how about 2:00 ? hmm... ( sneezing ) ( moaning get over your cold faster. now try new throat-soothing liqui-loz and great-tasting zavors. >> we simply cannot continue to spend as if deficits don't have consequences. as if waste doesn't matter. because

there's a secret debt of $40 billion that's unaccounted for that greece just, quote, unquote, discovered. so i mean, to put that into context, what greece is being asked to do right now is reduce their debt by $40 billion. this is an additional $40 billion. even if they execute precisely, they're still going to be in the same situation that they are today. so i started thinking to myself, well, if this is happening in greece, where else could it happen? it could happen in spain, it could happen in portugal, it could happen in any of these countries. i think we have the spain cds spreads coming up perhaps? maybe we don't. but the bottom line is the cds spreads were a blowout. there we go. >> i translated one from this newspaper -- i'm looking at the cds spreads and what really shocked me was when you look at the lehman brother spreads in september before they went under and the greek cds spreads now. >> how can you compare apples to oranges? how can you compare sovereign spreads to corporate? >> why not? they both own money? >> but a corporate buyer can't just issue or tax. a government c

a reserve of talent that afghan society needs to draw upon in order to prosper and succeed, unquote.t one particular example of how women can help afghanistan to prosper because when women are allowed to work, they invest up to 90% of their earnings in families and communities. that's twice the rate of men. and it has a powerful multiplier effect. so, mr. speaker, improving the status of women has been a central part of the smart security platform, which i have been urging for afghanistan. i'm convinced that smart security would do far more to win the hearts and minds of the afghan people than military action. that's why i oppose president obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to afghanistan. we don't need more troops. we need a new strategy. this new strategy must focus on economic development, humanitarian aid, better education and health care and human rights. we must encourage and we must help the afghan people to build a better future and show that we, the united states, are on their side. certainly women's rights must be at the heart of this new strategy. in fact, advancing w

once used for political hay, quoted her as having called her own youngest child her retarded baby, unquotey, her credibility is so slight, she's probably just guaranteed mr. emmanuel his job for life. perhaps her real intent has failed. she was trying to divert attention from her latest skeevy scandal in which she has used $63,000 worth of contributions to her political action committee to buy copies of her own book wholesale from her publisher and then give them to donors. the blog hot air, one of the greatest sources for soffestry on the web, says this is no big deal because it would only involve 4,700 books. the number of books is not the question. it's the royalties on the books. at her publisher, harper collins, division of news corp, an author can set themselves up as a special sales client, buy their own book in bulk, and then the author gets a 10% royalty on the deal. in other words, there's a way for sarah palin to tithe all the donations to her political action committee and keep it for herself. it's only $6,300. and, of course, this is not the kind of person who would do somethi

importantly, apropos to what you were talking about, remember the income tax increases on the quote, unquote, rich. two-thirds of the people paying the rate increases in 2011 are exactly the small businesses that barack obama says he wants to help. >> politically, politically, do you think there's a cans the white house will turn on this if the economy remains weak enough there's little job growth the rest of this year? >> i really do. i think that almost no one believes that raising capital gains and dividends and small business taxes if we still have high unemployment. i don't think anyone can argue that's a good thing. >> so you really think there could be politically a chance the white house could turn on this? you seem skeptical, paul, but i think they may see the light on this. >> i think their calculation is that, you know, job creation is a lagging indicator coming out of a recession and i think they're going to start to eat into the unemployment figure. >> and get some reduction. >> yeah, they're going to take credit for that and i think they're going to, with that, do better in the

however authentic and meaningful and heart felt her original sentiment was, she is taking a, quote unquote, politically correct point of view. she is trying to in the eyes of folks like limbaugh and beck restrict their free speech. this is not a tack you can take with those folks and by the way it's not a tack you can take for the libertarian wing of the republican party that forms the tea party folks who are paying to hear her speak at their annual convention so, you know, politically it doesn't make any sense for her and that i think is why you're seeing this supposedly authentic politician become just yet another conventional politician. >> her fans have, some of them, split away from her over the way she treated them on her book tour and endorsing john mccain. somebody will hear eventually that she's been giving money politically to lindsay graham who is the bane of the tea party and here she is once again using her child to try to beat up the white house when it's clear she doesn't care when her political buddies and fox colleagues are far more guilty of the same offense. is there a t

these folks high and dry after we pushed the soviets out of afghanistan that we would be in, quote-unquote, mess that we're in now? second part of that question, i hope it's not loaded, clearly northern alliance, the folks -- before we went in and took kabul, et cetera, these folks were pretty skeptical about the commitment that the u.s. had. what are these folks doing? when i say these folks, i mean, us the united states, doing to make sure that we maintain that -- our credibility? a lot of folks say, hey, the usaid et cetera and i'm sure afghanistan and i have a long memory i'd be thinking about hey, these folks left us before. what's going to stop them from doing it before they exerted their will for lack of a better term? >> let's start with seth jones. >> that's a great question. i can't tell you how many times i got asked that question and continue to get asked questions by afghans pakistanis in that region. i think it was a problem that the u.s. and ultimately the soviets got out of afghanistan. because what we saw is the central government collapse by the early 1990s. and afghanist

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the kind of dog and pony show from the standpoint of journalists, quote, unquote, journalists invitedo come and accepting the rules that there would be no questions. 6 course i certainly am thrilled i wasn't invited because i wouldn't attend such a thing, i'm sure you wouldn't either. so that was tiger kind of wanting to control things. and also scheduling this, i know he is supposed to go back into rehab, scheduling it on friday to steal the spotlight from a golf tournament sponsored by accenture, one of the sponsors that dropped tiger woods. i couldn't help but think, jeff, that this was a stick it to accenture moment for tiger woods. so even as he is coming clean and apologizing profusely and really laying it out there as bad as it could get for him, there is still, i think, were glimpse of tiger woods which may be good or bad depending on how you look at it and how he is recovering. has he changed? i certainly hope for his sake he has. but there were those little moments where i wondered about that. >> all right, let's turn to vancouver where you are. and the olympics. very impres

every time he's unquoted about this i don't think he's like how it came out here is a very complicated relationship. he never really reconciled with his father. he went to his deathbed and there is a bit about that in the book. but people who were there at the deathbed say leary thought you reconcile but from jack's point you never really did. that's my understanding but i did not talk to him. >> were there any musicians of the way great: dead team gap? >> it didn't start out with the acid rock soundtrack but it quickly became back. the music side of this, when the movie is made and by the way it might be, getting some calls -- but anyway, the sound track would be incredible because john lennon read the psychedelic experience and robert mansoor who should be on the cover of this book because he was the other member of the harvard psychedelic club but he's a big part of the book. when lenin had his first lsd trip he was using as a bad the book that they had wrote and then he wrote a song tomorrow never knows, which is the last song on i think revolvers which was really and i have my chr

these folks -- dry after we pushed the soviets out of afghanistan that we would be in this quote unquote to mess we're in now? second part of that question and, i hope it is not loaded, clearly north alliance before we wind in these folks are pretty skeptical about the commitment the u.s. had. what are these folks doing, to make sure we maintain our credibility? a lot of folks say the usaid etc., but i am sure in afghanistan and i have a long memory i'd be thinking about these folks have been two this report and what will stop after they've exerted there will? >> guest: that's a great question. i can tell you how many times i got asked that question in continue to it asked by afghan, pakistan and the region. i think it was a problem that the u.s. and ultimately the soviets got out of afghanistan because what we saw in the central government collapsing by the early 1990's and the afghanistan moving to a direction literally of anarchy, competition among warlords and their militia forces. as the u.s. played a more direct role in brokering an agreement and trying to settle the disagreements

shall preempt federal or state authority over native hawaiiians or their property under existing law, unquote upon recognition, the entity will have no land akin to ind can country over which you could exercise jurisdiction. since some inherent powers are tied to having such land, like certain regulatory authorities, the entity will not be able to exercise those powers. finally, the negotiations process will further modify the powers and authority of the governing entity by virtue of the negotiations themselves. therefore, mr. speaker, i request that those members who have some trepidation about voting for the amendment in the nature of a substitute reflect that we believe, those of us who support it, and it was certainly my intention in offering the amendment, to address those concerns in a positive away and in a legislatively viable way. i would ask at this time in closing, mr. speaker, that those members who come to the floor to vote tonight consider voting for it and i earnestly solicit the favorable attention of all members in votes for the amendment in the nature of a substitute. with t

reports that is no reason to track conference expenditures because there are no spending restrictions unquote planning in sponsors conferences without any consistent approval or tracking process. when combined with inconsistent conference cost and attendance numbers, dhs needs to develop better management controls to ensure that conferences are funded and attended for only mission critical purposes and that cost are minimized to the greatest extent possible, unquote. the department needs clear, inconsistent conference planning and guidance. the department must define terms such as conference, retreat, training, ends outside activities in a uniform manner so that all of the organizal elements are on the same page. limited departmentwide do exist for determining or minimizing the number of employees or for standards justifying attendance. but the only test that appears to be in place for determining the necessity of travel is whether funding is available. this must be fixed. they have one mission to secure the nation from the many threats we face. fulfilling the commission requires the departme

of the current pope to insist that gay people are simply, as he put it, i objectively disordered, unquote. he doesn't quite explain why or how. he has even gone so far as to say that even if it gay men are utterly celibate, if they obey the church's teachings and highly, if they never have sex with another man they still cannot be priests. his directive recently in a last gasp of effort is simply to say that we don't care whether a gay man adheres to the exactly the same rules as a straight man in the priesthood. he still somehow sick, too sick to serve god. in my view, that particular directive, which i think up until then there are some arguments that seem to fall apart, that itself is not an argument. it is an act of bigotry. it is an active stigmatization. and this, by the way, and this perhaps is where feeling does creep in, by george engaged over the last decade and a grotesque cover up and commitment of sexual abuse of children, at a greater extent than any other institution that we know of. if it were a secular institution the police would've gone in and shut it down. but nonethel

for reasons which he explained to us in his evidence, he now argued that, quote, a reasonable case, unquote could be made, quote, that resolution 1441 is capable in principle of revising the authorization in 6, 7, 8 without a further resolution. >> uh-huh. >> but at the same time he coupled this with a warning that, quote, a reasonable case does not mean if the matter came before the court i would be confident that the court would agree with this view. to give evidence to us through sir michael wood and ms. elizabeth wilmshurst. they were continuing continuing to argue that the invasion could only be lawful if the security council determined that a further material breach had been committed by -- i emphasize the word "further" because 1441 established that iraq was in breach but the argument was about firebreak and whether you had to have a determination of a further break. when it became clear that we were not likely to get a second resolution a further resolution, he was asked to give what he described as a yes or no decision. especially because clarity was required by the armed forces. c

and the u.s.a., unquote. mr. speaker, i spoke last night to secretary clinton about this case.it is being followed carefully at the highest levels within the u.s. system with a great deal of concern. recent events has shown the importance of the u.s.-u.k. relationship and the fight against terrorism. equally, the authorities to protect their intelligence has been absolute throughout this case. we will work carefully with the u.k. in the weeks ahead to cuss -- u.s. in the weeks ahead to discuss our shared goals and commitments. mr. speaker, mistreatment of prisoners and torture violates the most principles of this country, never mind our national and international legal obligations. there is a fundamental commitment on the part of myself, responsible for the security and intelligence service, and my friend, the secretary of homeland security, and the heads and staffs of these agencies to uphold the highest standards of conduct, not just for ourselves but the countries with home we cooperate. a wide range of allegations have been made during the course of this case. today, some o

more quote unquote showing his true colors, meaning he was definitely up partisan piggy deftly was on the side of the black vote that because remember, then senator obama grunts as somebody who is above the fray, somebody who can be an honest arbiter or umpire in terms of race matters, even though he happens to be black. and probably the greatest example of obama as umpire is the famous race speech in march 2008. that was the speech that the president made while he was still a senator when his association with the trinity church is a 20 year association with the trinity church in chicago and its pastor, jeremiah wright, threaten to be real his candidacy, because bloggers had gotten videotape of jeremiah wright basically harshly criticizing u.s. domestic and foreign policy. and they said if this is obama's preacher, then obama must share these same beliefs. so what obama did was give a very, very good speech on race that was perceived as being extraordinary. and he basically said, he parsed very, very well. he said on one level he disagreed with right, but on another level he could und

that it can't win in afghanistan, but hopes the surge will allow it to disrupt and degrade, quote unquote, the taliban. which really means containing the taliban in urban areas and to the afghan security forces are up to speed. but of course all the surge troops will not be in place until the fall of next year, giving them only nine short months until the withdrawal begins. the afghan forces are small, corrupt and incompetent, drug routes and will take much longer than even the five years that karzai has testified for them to be able to secure the country by themselves. the problem in afghanistan, contrary to what people believe is, that you can't conquer afghanistan. it has been copied many times that the problem is so doing it and controlling it, which he really has been. i think you have to go probably back to the persian-cyrus to find anyone who is actually controlled afghanistan. one reason for that is there a desperate groups living spread out and it's very difficult to control this type of -- this type of collection of different people. now of course, we're only going to drink 240,

it's going to have to be part of a, quote-unquote, grand bargain. >> yep. >> which would include tough statutory budget controls, round one of social insurance reform, you know, round one of spending reprioritization constraint and round one of tax reform. >> so you can imagine this coming out of a budget commission. this is the kind of thing that would -- >> yeah. >> next question, sir. okay. you're next, sorry. >> charles clarkson. i'm an entrepreneur. following up on the pearl harbor thing, we passed the draft of one vote one week before pearl harbor. what's your thought about -- if ever there was an argument of the fiscal commission being subject to budget reconciliation needing 51 votes, can that help. >> the fiscal commission or healthcare reform? >> well, either one. of i'm more focused on the fiscal -- >> you raise an interesting point. i think you could raise it in the fiscal commission in budget reform with a straight phrase. that's an interesting concept. the purpose of it would be to provide more fiscal discipline, all right? on the other hand, if you tried to do healthcare

for my benefit defined freedom for all time when he said, quote, freedom is participation in power, unquotek that's what he stood for, and he knew that without freedom being participation in power it was very unlikely that justice and peace would follow. and i hope that you'll take this great opportunity this evening through the conduit of c-span and other tv here and other press in elaborating the extraordinary life of howard zinn about whom noam chomsky said, he had this amazing contribution -- and i'm quoting him -- he had this amazing contribution that he made to american intellectual and moral culture. his powerful role in helping the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement. end quote. he was a man who thought, a man who experienced, a man who demonstrated, a man who motivated, a man who thought for himself, a man who we must always remember in action on the ground. the zinn institute for peace and justice, i hope you'll consider it. thank you very much. [applause] >> one more time for ralph nader, everybody. [cheers and applause] clap your hands if you never want ralph to be r

you don't have to resort to quote-unquote enhanced interrogations. mr. lungren: will the gentleman yield? mr. reyes: with that i'll reserve. mr. lungren: facts are difficult. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. mr. dreier: i presume my friend is the last speaker on his side. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. yesterday at the white house, speaker pelosi said that people sitting around the kitchen table don't care about process, they care about results. well, the fact of the matter is this has been an extraordinary sloppy process, and as we've just seen from the exchange that has taken place, it looks like we have the potential for very, very serious far-reaching results which could have been devastating had we included the mcdermott language in this measure. now, mr. speaker, as we look at this pattern, it's unfortunate. i think we made history here today by having the third rule considered for the first step of legislation. it's taken eight months for us

to put with a particular terrorist group but does present a threat as an international terrorist, unquote. the close call we had on christmas day demonstrates the need for tough lays like the patriot act. they appear to be stepping up their efforts against us. our national security is at stake and so are the lives of thousands of innocent people, both americans and visitors to our country. our law enforcement officials must be provided with the needed tools to keep us safe and we in congress cannot drop the ball on our national security. we must re-authorize these provisions now. for too long, opponents of the patriot act have transformed it into a grossly distorted caricature that bears no relationship whatsoever to the legislation itself. the patriot act has been misused by some as a spring board to launch limitless allegations that are not only unsubstantiated but are also false and irresponsible. the fact remains that the u.s.a. patriot act is vital to maintaining america's safety. the white house and attorney general called for extension of the three expiring provisions of the patrio

now the these folks high and dry after we pushed them in afghanistan that would be in this quote, unquotemassacre in now. second part of that question again i hope is not loaded. clearly, the north alliance when we take kabul, these folks were were -- what are these folks doing, not the united states, to maintain our credibility? a lot of folks they do usaid et cetera. but i'm sure was afghanistan and i had a long memory i'd be thinking about to these folks left before. what's going to stop them? they've exerted their will for lack of a better term. >> guest: that's a great question. i cannot tell you how may times i got asked that question and continue to get out of the question i by afghans, pakistanis and others in the region. that figure was a problem that the u.s. and ultimately the soviets got out of afghanistan. because what was i was central government collapsed by the early 1990's in afghanistan move into a direction, but anarchy. competition among warlords and militia forces. at the u. s. bennett, played a more direct going broke or in an agreement and trying to settle disagre

has established ownership stakes in many companies, and it has been involved in intervention quote unquote in a variety of ways that are really a break in a long-term trend. we've had a long-term trend and a less involvement in the economy but that trend has been broken, often with discomfort on the part of governments that felt that they were really required or compelled to take this action. the question we face today, as the economic crisis is certainly not over, but it is updating and there is a return to more normalcy normal say, whatever that means. the question is where do we go from here? what assistance should government be providing going forward? should we go back to the previous model? this just being a temporary introduction, or to break in that model, or is there some new role of government assistance that we should be pursuing going forward? in order to discuss this question, we have a distinguished panel, and you all know who most of them are, but very briefly we have montek ahluwalia who is the deputy chairman of the planning commission of india. dominic barton, the world m

unquote. further troubling is the revelation of several instances in which the ipcc relies on nonpeer review work mainly from left wing pressure groups. as "the wall street journal" reports in an article from january 18 entitledded climate change claim on glaciers under fire. the citation of an environmental advocacy group as a source within the ipcc report appears to be a rare but not unique occurrence. that same chapter on asian climate impacts also cited work from the world resource institute which describes itself as an environmental think tank. most of the thousands of citations supported the rest of the voluminous ipcc report were from scientific journals. now, let me add also that professor bob watson -- bob watson was the predecessor of pachauri. he said it is concerning that these mistakes have appeared in the ipcc report, and he further goes on to say that dr. pachauri must take full responsibility of that. i think it's kind of interesting, those of us who have been stuck here in was

for reasons which he explained to us in his evidence, he now argued that, quote, a reasonable case, unquote, could be made quote, that resolution 1441 is capable in principle of reviving the authorization in 678 without a further resolution. but at the same time, he coupled this with a warning that, quote, a reasonable case does not mean that if the matter ever came before a court, i would be confident that the court would agree with this view. so that point, lord goldsmith had to a degree, parted company with the legal advisers in the foreign and combo of office. also given evidence to us. they were continuing to argue that the invasion could only be lawful, if the security council determined that a further material breach had been committed by iraq that i emphasized the word for the, of course, because 1441 and established that iraq was already in breach, that many argue it was about the so-called with you to have a determination of further material breach. lord goldsmith told us that when it became clear that we're not likely to get a second resolution, a further resolution, he was asked

. >> right now, the epa is conducting an investigation to see if there is that, quote, unquote, healthy posted on that. this is what is happening in mossville, louisiana. back to you. >> unbelievable. a great investigation there from sanjay. be sure and tune in to cnn on saturday, march 20th, 8:00 p.m. eastern. "toxic towns usa," and he will look at how their issues have been handled or mishandled by a broken government. top stories coming your way in 90 seconds. >>> good morning to you. welcome to "american morning" on this friday, february 26th. glad you are with us and i am kiran chetry. >> and i am christine romans in for john. now, 3 feet of snow and counting in parts of the northeast. new york city public schools are closed and it's a travel mess, even if you see sun right now this could affect you. we will have the latest travel warnings and delays as well. >> and we will talk more about what is next for health care reform. the majority party still try to go it alone? we are digging deeper with candy crowl crowley. >>> this morning, we focus on health care and the growing number

homeland security spokeswoman amy kudwa says they're, quote, very active working on a deployment man, unquotea deployment plan, like put them at the airports? a tsa spokesman says it's in the process of accepting delivery, and that it is staging for their deployment. whatever the hell that means. he also says they're working closely with airports to install these units. we pay these people to say this stuff. some of the nation's busiest says they would include new york as jfk, laguardia, chicago's o'hare, washington's dulles. the machines are in storage. to mark the anniversary of the stimulus bill, homeland security secretary janet napolitano inspected a scanner at washington's national airport. they've been in use there for more than a year. got to protect the policy tilgz, you know. late this afternoon in response to the embarrassing nature of this story leaking out, a homeland security official says they think they can get them installed by the end of june. pass me an airsick bag. here's the question -- what does it mean if the government hasn't installed a single airport scanner paid for

with open hearts, parts and pieces minicar parts were damaged or was modified or home made cards, unquotere craft response? >> i think it is particularly damaging to the recall process, that would manufacturers comment and as mr. dwyer has done here and blame the individual parents whose child either with diaper was hurt, it basically says to every other parents using that crib, i'm sure you don't need to worry about your crib because you're a smart parent who's using it correctly. and so i think that kind of language, especially after the cpsc has been negotiating with them the press release and come to an agreement of what's going to be said about it than the company comes out later that day or the next day with those damaging comments. i think again both discourages parents from participating with the recall because they think there's must be okay because they honestly put it together right and downplays the problem. i mean all that list of things, if that crib was a fallen apart, parents wouldn't have to do any of those things. so, if the crib i think were here to talk about. and not

wrong to force people to, quote, lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens, unquotes set to begin a year-long study into how it can be repealed without causing major problems. critics say it's a bad idea to change the policy now while the u.s. is involved in two wars and faces the ongoing threat of terrorism. senator john mccain says he's deeply disappointed and says while the policy has not been ideal, mccain says it's been effective. his word. meanwhile, a poll from late 208 suggests more than 80% of americans believe that openly gay people ought to be allowed to serve. -- including, and this makes no sense, dozens of service members who speak arabic, a highly prized skill. our government at work. here's the question -- post a comment on my blog. now, since congress has to eventually sign off, i'm sure we can -- >> could take a bhil. >> yeah. yeah. >> jack, thanks very much. >>> the pentagon's don't ask/don't tell policy dates back to 1993, when president clinton was struggling to find a compromise. david gergen is a former adviser to president clinton. he was on h

so i'm not sure what they have in mind in terms of being quote unquote under occupation. i mean, the politicians, believe me, are all iraqi at all are making the decisions that there are few of us who try to be helpful and arriving at decisions. but these are iraqi decisions. so i'm not sure i share the premise of the question there. i will say that, for example, today grand ayatollahs astarte put out a statement urging everybody to vote and urging that all people should be prepared to vote. i lose track of time but i think was two weeks ago i was in anbar and i met with all of tribal leaders come most of whom are sunni. and they told me that they've had the word out through their own network that everybody should go. i met with another group of tribal shieks at my home for lunch the other day. in fact, just before i came here. and they, too, had the same message to all their voters. one of the people actually banned for fastest bass connection to a guy named also had a statement to the effect that people should vote. so i would assure the questioner in beirut and maybe l

in to government-run monopolies where the other side can declare that they're giving away, quote-unquotesumers in charge in a marketplace in conjunction with their doctors. giving them good information about what stuff costs, what the quality measurements are and let them decide what's right for them and their families. not the federal government. [applause] >> in minnesota, we did this with great success. i'll just give you one example. we said to our state employees -- i said to our state employees, by the way, the cost of the program are out of control. breaking the financial backs of everybody involved. and i said, look, we'll have a new system. you can go anywhere you want. but if you choose to go somewhere that's extra expensive and has really poor results, you're paying more. and if you choose under the program the government is paying for to go somewhere with good results, that's more efficient, with better results, you'll pay less. guess what they did? 90% of our government employees in minnesota, state government employees, migrated to higher quality, more efficient healthcare

unquote.many in my home state recognize this problem and consequently support for stem programs is growing in delaware. governor jack marquel recently released a stem education program in delaware to bring together higher education representatives and others to focus on innovative stem programs and curricula that engage young people in delaware in stem education. the council will consist of federal grant applications for stem-related programs and support effective professional development programs in stem areas. in stem-focused schools across delaware, students are learning how to extract d.n.a. from fruit, build robots that can throw balls, perform forensic investigations, make slime and lip balm, and more. it is through these types of comprehensive, hands-on activities that we will get young people interested in tackling and learning stem subjects and eventually pursuing stem-related jobs. the e-squared for innovacation aght is just the program we need to bolster these activities in delaware

in to government-run monopolies where the other side can declare that they're giving away, quote-unquote, free stuff, the direction we need to head is to put consumers in charge in a marketplace in conjunction with their doctors. giving them good information about what stuff costs, what the quality measurements are and let them decide what's right for them and their families. not the federal government. [applause] >> in minnesota, we did this with great success. i'll just give you one example. we said to our state employees -- i said to our state employees, by the way, the cost of the program are out of control. breaking the financial backs of everybody involved. and i said, look, we'll have a new system. you can go anywhere you want. but if you choose to go somewhere that's extra expensive and has really poor results, you're paying more. and if you choose under the program the government is paying for to go somewhere with good results, that's more efficient, with better results, you'll pay less. guess what they did? 90% of our government employees in minnesota, state government employee

so i'm not sure what they have in mind in terms of being quote unquote under occupation. i mean, the politicians, believe me, are all iraqi at all are making the decisions that there are few of us who try to be helpful and arriving at decisions. but these are iraqi decisions. so i'm not sure i share the premise of the question there. i will say that, for example, today grand ayatollahs astarte put out a statement urging everybody to vote and urging that all people should be prepared to vote. i lose track of time but i think was two weeks ago i was in anbar and i met with all of tribal leaders come most of whom are sunni. and they told me that they've had the word out through their own network that everybody should go. i met with another group of tribal shieks at my home for lunch the other day. in fact, just before i came here. and they, too, had the same message to all their voters. one of the people actually banned for fastest bass connection to a guy named also had a statement to the effect that people should vote. so i would assure the questioner in beirut and maybe l

i'm not trying to bring up -- i know it's the quote/unquote race card.problem is diversety in the parties. i enjoy being a democrat because i believe the democrats represent america. which is all races, all religions. but i think it's kind of fshfsh if everybody -- if everybody opens their eyes -- the problem is the tea party people and the republicans other than michael stee steel, they're all white. that's the problem. forget about everything else. there's a problem when you have a party, the tea party people and the republicans and they're all white. i don't even -- i even personally agree with a lot of the thing that is the republicans say but there's no way i'm going all white. host: i think we got your points. ifrpbltsdz let's talk about the jobs point. she's absolutely right. the first month president obama was in office, americans lost 700,000 jobs. you can't blame president obama for that. that was the previous administration's economic policies. most voters agree that president bush did get us into the economic mess that we're into today. howev

10, that number goes up even higher to 73%. 73% is the rate that cms got when it used the, quote-unquotemost stringent criteria for calculating the error rate. that criteria that's supposed to be using. so question number one, how do you explain sitting on these numbers especially when this country is in the midst of healthcare reform discussions regarding legislation that would delegate more authority to the department on a broad range of financing and delivery system changing and new payment models? >> well, senator, i think a couple of things. first of all, i think that we took very seriously the previous criticisms by the inspector general that the previous administration under hhs was not being accurate about its payment rates. >> i agree with you. >> and i'm pleased to hear that. so that the change this year using the criteria that we agree should have been been used for years was a new system. i'd like to also -- i know you are well aware of this since you follow this closely but just to make this clear to other committee members. an error rate is not a fraud rate. there are diffe

know that much has been said over the last two months about this young man's right to run, quote unquote i have not endorsed anyone in this u.s. senate race, but i am willing to listen to all of the candidates who are potential candidates and make an informed decision. in the end, if he runs whether you support him or not, let me be perfectly clear, everyone has the right to run. [applauding] many years ago my father and many of your parents and grandparents fought valiantly and shed much blood, sweat, and tears to ensure the rights of all people to vote and to fully participate in this democracy. i'm not just referring to our keynote speaker, because you know and i no there has been een some whispering about our governor, a former caucus member and whether he cannot or should run for governor again this year. my friends, i have always believed that the people and only the people should decide who represents them. so therefore -- [applauding] so therefore, my brothers and my sisters, in the true spirit of democracy let us give a warm welcome to our keynote speaker harold ford, jr. [appla

i progress to the point of actually launching individuals here, unquote. you agree with that statement? >> senator, we had some information that they have ambitions to attack the united states before that point. >> and, you know, this strikes me as an area of strategic intelligence and perhaps the failure of strategic intelligence. and it's important i think that we acknowledge and address patch. and as part of this, even as we simultaneously work on how to improve the so-called connect the dots tactical capabilities. i just think it's important to see that as part of what happened. ct adviser brennan also said al qaeda is looking in africa for recruits and that the government is very concerned about this and is following up. i'd ask both the directors blair and panetta, where in africa do you see this occurring and are you concerned? we have a good enough handle on this threat tactic wise facts >> u.s. areas of principal concern are somalia and, you know, we have intelligence that obviously there are individuals that are going to somalia, some cases u.s.

the on page 10 it goes up even higher 73% is the rate to the asea mascot would use the quote-unquote most stringent criteria for calculating the error rate set so how do you explain sitting on these numbers especially when the country is in the midst of health care reform discussion regarding legislation that would delegate more authority to the department of a broad range of financing and delivery system changes and new payment models? >> a couple of things come a first of all, i think we took very seriously the previous criticisms by the inspector general of the previous administration under hhs was not being accurate about the payment rates. >> i agree. >> i am pleased to hear that. it changed this year using the criteria we agree was a new system for our would also like i know you are well aware but just to make this clear to other committee members the error rate is not a fraud rates that is a different issue it could be as low as the doctor's signature not being legible but again rethink it should be accurate. we're working diligently under the new system we put out under the g

so i'm not sure what they have in mind in terms of being quote unquote under occupation.an, the politicians, believe me, are all iraqi at all are making the decisions that there are few of us who try to be helpful and arriving at decisions. but these are iraqi decisions. so i'm not sure i share the premise of the question there. i will say that, for example, today grand ayatollahs astarte put out a statement urging everybody to vote and urging that all people should be prepared to vote. i lose track of time but i think was two weeks ago i was in anbar and i met with all of tribal leaders come most of whom are sunni. and they told me that they've had the word out through their own network that everybody should go. i met with another group of tribal shieks at my home for lunch the other day. in fact, just before i came here. and they, too, had the same message to all their voters. one of the people actually banned for fastest bass connection to a guy named also had a statement to the effect that people should vote. so i would assure the questioner in beirut and maybe lookin

unquote. now, you get what that means. it means the two different gentlemen i've had over the last few weeks that approached me back in my district and said, well, one of them said, i'm not concerned at all about what you're doing about health care because i was part of a union, part of a big corporation, i retired, they got me a great health care plan, and i'm pleased with it and i'm not worried about anybody else. the other, as it turned out, had been part of the same union, part of the same company and retired and he was concerned and he said, tell me more about how i can keep my policy. well, for people like that, all they'd have to do is read this individual provision, so the gentleman who said, i'm not worried, i said, let me ask you, since this says here that you can't keep your coverage even if you like it if another individual is enrolled in such coverage, i have to ask, does anybody ever get added to your health care coverage from your union that you're -- that you were part of and retired from and now have this

with open hearts, parts and pieces minicar parts were damaged or was modified or home made cards, unquoteto the recall process, that would manufacturers comment and as mr. dwyer has done here and blame the individual parents whose child either with diaper was hurt, it basically says to every other parents using that crib, i'm sure you don't need to worry about your crib because you're a smart parent who's using it correctly. and so i think that kind of language, especially after the cpsc has been negotiating with them the press release and come to an agreement of what's going to be said about it than the company comes out later that day or the next day with those damaging comments. i think again both discourages parents from participating with the recall because they think there's must be okay because they honestly put it together right and downplays the problem. i mean all that list of things, if that crib was a fallen apart, parents wouldn't have to do any of those things. so, if the crib i think were here to talk about. and not tell individual parents may decide to fix the problem whet

stupidly and immediately the media came down on hand as sort of siding with african-americans for quote, unquote, showing his true colors, meaning that he was definitely a part of him. he definitely was on the side of black folks. because remember, then senator obama runs a somebody who is above the fray, someone who can be an honest arbiter or umpire in terms of race matters even though he happens to be black. and probably example of obama is as free speech in march of 2008 and i was a speech that the president made while he was still a senator, when his association with the trinity church, his 20 year association with the trinity church in chicago and its pastor jeremiah wright, threatened to derail his candidacy because bloggers have gotten videotape of jeremiah wright, basically partially criticizing u.s. domestic and foreign policy. and they said well, if this is obama's preacher, then obama must share the same beliefs. and so what obama does was get a very good speech on race that was perceived as being extraordinary. and he basically said, he parsed very well. he sat on one level he disag