so i turned it upsidedown and sure enough, saw what i expected to see, namely, "made in china." and i reflected, not for the first time, upon the extraordinary political creativity

so i turned it upsidedown and sure enough, saw what i expected to see, namely, "made in china." and i reflected, not for the first time, upon the extraordinary political creativity of president richard milhous nixon in having con tributed so mightily to opening up china and to reconfiguring united states foreign policy. and reflecting more broadly upon creativity as a theme in this remarkable president's politics. and it's upon the theme of creativity that i wanted to speak today, because it seems to me that in his economic policy, he was, in key respects, at least as creative as he was in his foreign policy. what were the contexts of the making of economic policy when he assumed the office on the 22nd? and the 20th of january 1969? they were contexts, i suggest, of quite formidable challenge both at home and abroad. the territory is familiar. i needn't run over them. the most important of them from my point of view is perhaps that vietnam had brought about by fiscal 1967 a deficit, or a current deficit in 1967 prices of $27 billion. which was within $200 million or $300 million

part of what we're trying to do here is take a vote that was turned upsidedown 30 years ago and bring it back into a way forward that at least provides the most basic services. we're not talking about things that -- that perhaps at one time some more idealistic people were coming in with a much broader idea about what we could do there. so let me get back to you on -- on this what the major projects are. and i'll give it to you in great detail. i would tell you that the afghan -- afghanistan infrastructure fund was an attempt to break out of surp to give more fidelity to you for your oversight. i have no reservations about providing this. if it can't stand the scrutiny that you give it, then we'll change it. >> well, and i understand. i do think that part of this, and maybe i'm being a little cynical here. i think part of this happened because major infrastructure was very hard to get the funds through the state department budget and generally congress, it's easier to get the funds from -- that's typically who's done this, as you well know. speaking of sustainment, we've got big proje

heartbreak as tornado survivors recall the moments before dawn when their lives were literally turned upsidedown. >>> plus five days before super tuesday, rim santorum opens a new line of attack on mitt romney, hitting at one of the his oldest weak spots. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> let's get to the breaking news. in the ohio school shooting in the last few mince 17-year-old suspect t.j. lane has now been formally charged with three counts of aggravated murder and two counts of attempted aggravated murder. there's also one count of felony assault. we're standing by this hour to hear from the football coach who is being hailed as a hero for chasing the suspect out of the school cafeteria where the shoot it is took place. let's go to ted rowlands right now standing by with more on what is going on. dramatic developments under way even as we speak. >> reporter: wolf, the charges just came down within the last few minuted filed by david joyce. it's three aggravated -- all against t.j. lane, the 17-year-old who still in the eyes of the law is a minor. we do expect that at hi