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to implement not only security council resolutions, but the measures and authorities given to us by congress. inside the un, in the short term there is scope for tightening enforcement and implementation of 1949 and previous resolutions which are having a significant and packed. we are regularly getting support of countries from nigeria to asia in blocking and intercepting iranian arms shipments. there is a panel of experts. there is a sanctions committee, all of which can help tighten enforcement on existing measures. it needs to be acknowledged that china and russia work with us to pass that important resolution. they have implemented it to the letter. we have asked them to do more. russia has dealt with the s300s, which is above and beyond the resolution. china, we are asking them not to make investments. we are receiving good response to that sort of request. in terms of a new resolution in the short term, i think that is unlikely to be viable. obviously overtime and a given response to actions that iran may take, we will continue to keep multi-ethnic -- multilateral action on the table.
to implement not only security council resolutions, but the measures and authorities given to us by congress. inside the un, in the short term there is scope for tightening enforcement and implementation of 1949 and previous resolutions which are having a significant and packed. we are regularly getting support of countries from nigeria to asia in blocking and intercepting iranian arms shipments. there is a panel of experts. there is a sanctions committee, all of which can help tighten...
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to implement not only security council resolutions, but the measures and authorities given to us by congress. inside the un, in the short term there is scope for tightening enforcement and implementation of 1949 and previous resolutions which are having a significant and packed. we are regularly getting support of countries from nigeria to asia in blocking and intercepting iranian arms shipments. there is a panel of experts. there is a sanctions committee, all of which can help tighten enforcement on existing measures. it needs to be acknowledged that china and russia work with us to pass that important resolution. they have implemented it to the letter. we have asked them to do more. russia has dealt with the s300s, which is above and beyond the resolution. china, we are asking them not to make investments. we are receiving good response to that sort of request. in terms of a new resolution in the short term, i think that is unlikely to be viable. obviously overtime and a given response to actions that iran may take, we will continue to keep multi-ethnic -- multilateral action on the table.
to implement not only security council resolutions, but the measures and authorities given to us by congress. inside the un, in the short term there is scope for tightening enforcement and implementation of 1949 and previous resolutions which are having a significant and packed. we are regularly getting support of countries from nigeria to asia in blocking and intercepting iranian arms shipments. there is a panel of experts. there is a sanctions committee, all of which can help tighten...
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gates biggest such as the internal paper we are imposing on ourselves, its paperwork impose on us by the congress. the secretary has us now putting how much a report to congress costs on the cover of the report. when we send it over now. the real losses there are paperwork we impose on industry which has two costs. first is of course we impose paperwork cost in industry and then they bill us for it. end up paying for it. secondly, >> i'll just touch on a few things here. i'll focus on afghanistan although you can say the same thing about iraq, libya, the japanese effort and so forth. in afghanistan this is going to be a very important spring and summer for us. last summer was the summer of the uplift where we brought in a larger force of, rotate the force that was there and rot in a much richer set of enablers. it was a logistics miracle last summer, so that we achieved what the president wanted us to achieve which is the acknowledgment of the uplift by august. that force has not been there for several months, and is by far and away the most capable force that we've had in afghanistan and the tim
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probable cause that would enable us to utilize a more intrusive investigative powers given to us by congress. if that standard was to change, it would severely inhibit our ability to make those probable cause showing to the court in order to continue the investigation as, as is warranted. >> let me ask you specifically along that line, if you think the legal standard to be taken information through a pen register and trap and trace order should be increased to probable cause or 2703-d standard? >> no. for the same reasons as i stated before. >> okay. do you agree that the change like this would be unworkable and burdensome? i think you've answered that, that it would be burdensome? >> i would have to look at the particular provision and look more closely at it to answer that particular question. >> i think, i have more questions but i think my time's up. so i'm going to leave for a few minutes to go to agriculture but i'll come back. >> thank you, thank you very much. i yield to senator. >> thank you, mr. mueller. i remember like yesterday when you came on board as for all of us, with all of
probable cause that would enable us to utilize a more intrusive investigative powers given to us by congress. if that standard was to change, it would severely inhibit our ability to make those probable cause showing to the court in order to continue the investigation as, as is warranted. >> let me ask you specifically along that line, if you think the legal standard to be taken information through a pen register and trap and trace order should be increased to probable cause or 2703-d...
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there are a series of measures my predecessors have used in the past that would give congress more time, but those measures did not by us as much time in the past because our debts and deficits are so large that. they will buy us an additional few weeks if congress does not act. even resorting to those measures does create risk to adding uncertainty. we will do everything we can make sure we meet our obligations and encourage congress to act in a timely manner. >> mr. saturday, united states dollar is viewed as the most critical -- credible global currency, and if we default and did not extend our that's silly, what impact of that out on the reputation of the dollar and our economy? >> it be catastrophic. you would call into question the willingness of the government of the united states to meet its obligations. he will shake the basic foundations of the entire global financial system. i am totally confident congress will act to avoid that. to think about it in a direct sense, the borrowing cost permanently for all americans. every business for a long period of time would raise a much higher cost of borrowing. every
there are a series of measures my predecessors have used in the past that would give congress more time, but those measures did not by us as much time in the past because our debts and deficits are so large that. they will buy us an additional few weeks if congress does not act. even resorting to those measures does create risk to adding uncertainty. we will do everything we can make sure we meet our obligations and encourage congress to act in a timely manner. >> mr. saturday, united...
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i asked what they would call it, and he said we do not know, but there will be means by which congress uses its established powers to involve itself directly in the appropriations process. do you agree? and this is a ban on your marks that is largely semantic and not actually practical -- a ban on earmarks that is largely semantic? >> this is real. i have been here for 30 years. before, everything was done competitively. i do not think we are going to see earmarks in the near future as long as we have these large deficits. the american people, i think, want us to make some sacrifice. i think it is wrong, personally, that we cannot help our districts. what democrats did was we put in a limitation that said private companies cannot receive earmarks, but you still can help your community colleges, local governments, your state, the nonprofits that are doing important work. they have said completely gone. there is a distinction here. and earmark is something that goes to somebody specific district without competition. you could have a pot of money, state and epa, for waste-water treatment plant
i asked what they would call it, and he said we do not know, but there will be means by which congress uses its established powers to involve itself directly in the appropriations process. do you agree? and this is a ban on your marks that is largely semantic and not actually practical -- a ban on earmarks that is largely semantic? >> this is real. i have been here for 30 years. before, everything was done competitively. i do not think we are going to see earmarks in the near future as...
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it's not just the internal paper we impose on ourselves, but sometimes it's paperwork posed on us by the congress, and the secretary hows us putting how much the report costs on the cover of the report when we send it over now, but the real losses there are paperwork we impose on industry which has two costs. first is, of course, we impose paperwork industry, and they bill us for it so we end up paying for it. secondly, it is a barrier to entry for those who are not in defense work whom we want to do defense work, and we're cop standpointly trying -- constantly trying to renew and refresh the defense faces with new technology and people and so forth and it's important to have an open defense system that is attractive and is not so exotic to sell to that companies, particularly small companies, can't do it. we don't have enough good people in government doing this kind of work. that's why secretary gates made this an exception to the general tightening up of hiring we're doing in the department. we oversteered in the 1990s, and these are not bureaucrats i'm talking about. these are people at the e
it's not just the internal paper we impose on ourselves, but sometimes it's paperwork posed on us by the congress, and the secretary hows us putting how much the report costs on the cover of the report when we send it over now, but the real losses there are paperwork we impose on industry which has two costs. first is, of course, we impose paperwork industry, and they bill us for it so we end up paying for it. secondly, it is a barrier to entry for those who are not in defense work whom we want...
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and so to the extent that anything could have happened, any reforms could have been done by congress, congressman used d.c. to make a point about what their politics were and kind of bill after bill after bill to reform government in d.c. and give local people more control died on the d.c. committee of the house of representatives. so things start to loosen up in the 1960s and there is a relationship between the kind of flowering of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and opening up a possibility for home rule in d.c.. >> yes, sir. >> played a very important role in redemption during and after construction. why did they play a similar role in -- [inaudible] >> did violence play a role in the redemption of washington's city? >> know, so that is an interesting question. and no, there was not -- there were periodic -- the answer is no. there were sort of episodes of racial violence but actually they didn't connect to the redemption that i'm talking about, the kind of changing form of government. one of the things i want to highlight i talking about washington's redemption in those terms is that actual
and so to the extent that anything could have happened, any reforms could have been done by congress, congressman used d.c. to make a point about what their politics were and kind of bill after bill after bill to reform government in d.c. and give local people more control died on the d.c. committee of the house of representatives. so things start to loosen up in the 1960s and there is a relationship between the kind of flowering of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and opening up a...
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used to balance the career budget. as we are all aware, the stimulus bill approved by congress and president several years ago has expired. at that provide it is significant money to the general fund to balance the budget, $47 million. those funds will not be available to us next year. they expire and we have to absorb that loss. at the bottom of this page, there is the hospital fee. we talked about this a lot during last year's budget process. $88 million of this one time, time-limited revenue was assumed that the current year budget, and that program is scheduled to expire. we had it to major losses of revenue, one from the state, one from the federal, offsetting the majority of the good news we're seeing here and our local revenue picture. in the middle of the page, there is the conversations about the state again, these projections assume $30 billion of losses and the ultimate impact from the state may well be unknown to us. until well after we adopt a budget luckily. supervisor wiener: could you talk about that state assumption? i know that in years past we have underestimated, sometimes we overestimate. what is the
used to balance the career budget. as we are all aware, the stimulus bill approved by congress and president several years ago has expired. at that provide it is significant money to the general fund to balance the budget, $47 million. those funds will not be available to us next year. they expire and we have to absorb that loss. at the bottom of this page, there is the hospital fee. we talked about this a lot during last year's budget process. $88 million of this one time, time-limited revenue...
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israel as it is tied to the american economy seventy five percent of the granted by congress to israel must be spent in the us thereby supporting the us arms industry and that's. as you well know is a strong lobby within the us and damages the israeli arms industry. and other damage to their industry is the restrictions on exports that come from our own with the usa congress requires that israeli exports through third third countries must be approved by the us picking up on something you say that you claim israel in fact is said to lose out financially by accepting over the exception is one in this to the million dollars in funding from the us to produce a new missile system why wouldn't lose money by accepting this money i don't get your reasoning here. so indeed he's going to get ok well we had some we had some thoughts from tel aviv tonight anyway i. hope our viewers at home caught up with what we were talking about all right and let's move on and. bring you the latest on of course the breaking news story the explosion at the net frustration in minutes correspondents across from the very latest that we've
israel as it is tied to the american economy seventy five percent of the granted by congress to israel must be spent in the us thereby supporting the us arms industry and that's. as you well know is a strong lobby within the us and damages the israeli arms industry. and other damage to their industry is the restrictions on exports that come from our own with the usa congress requires that israeli exports through third third countries must be approved by the us picking up on something you say...
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about freedom house democratic and republican institutes in fact a war financed by the united state department and us congress gave this carefully leaked media report these two believed the only country that was so l.-eb or wait a minute it was only be a mission from this carefully report triggers a very counter-intuitive question if for any peaceful uprising to be successful in muslim and arab world had better be paid guided and coordinated by the united states otherwise if it is not american led then their peaceful uprising can turn into a violent one like it happened in libya to be successful in northern ireland you'd better make sure that your political opposition carefully selected pure and trained financed and guided by the united states. russian security forces have reportedly killed a terrorist suspect and eight hundred to one of the suicide bombers. most conventional talks in order for minutes inside to head off the terror operation. and get headphones i mean radicalism in the banking and writing and this and. that in a culture that wants. two cars were stopped at the checkpoint in dagestan but when
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congress' insistence. i'm proud to say that since our inception, december of 2008, we've made great process to filling the goals set forth by us from congress. we issued nine quarterly reports, 13 audits, secured civil or criminal charges against more than 50 individuals, 18 different defendants convicted of t.a.r.p.-related fraud, and our investigations help assist in the recovery of or prevention of loss of fraud from making sure tarp is an agency that will more than pay for itself. as importantly, we helped bring transparency and accountability to a program desperately in need of them. treasury through t.a.r.p. made a series of promises both to wall street and to main street. unfortunately, it's track record has been nixed. it's been filled with promises to wall street in record professability of the nation's largest banks, but, unfortunately, it's failed to live up to promises to main street. first, the promise to restore lending. such an important part of any economic recovery has gone unfulfilled. when treasury gave out hundreds of billions of dollars to banks, it did so without any policy in place to accomplish that goa
congress' insistence. i'm proud to say that since our inception, december of 2008, we've made great process to filling the goals set forth by us from congress. we issued nine quarterly reports, 13 audits, secured civil or criminal charges against more than 50 individuals, 18 different defendants convicted of t.a.r.p.-related fraud, and our investigations help assist in the recovery of or prevention of loss of fraud from making sure tarp is an agency that will more than pay for itself. as...
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about freedom house democratic and republican institutes in fact a war financed by the united state department and the us congress give this carefully leaked media report he's to believe that the only country that was so ill never wait a minute it was. a mission from this carefully poor triggers a very counter-intuitive gesture if for any peaceful uprising to be successful in the muslim and arab world it better be a guided originated by the united states otherwise if it is not american left. then the peaceful uprising care turned into a violent one like it happened. to be successful no violent you'd better make sure your political opposition carefully selected rude trade violence and guided by the united states. russian officials have confirmed one of the figureheads for islamic radicalism in southern russia. and their son has been killed in the same region security services have surrounded the building which is hopping an unknown number of militants there reports of heavy gunfire on things of course is correspondent. following the latest developments. well everything happened on sunday night two cars were stoppe
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freedom house democratic and republican institutes in effect a war financed by the united state department and the us congress we have this carefully leaked media report these two believed the only country that was so l.a. ever and wait a minute was we be the mission of libya from this carefully report triggers a very counter-intuitive question if for any peaceful uprising to be successful in the muslim and arab world it better be paid gaiety and coordinated by the united states otherwise if it is not american left then their peaceful uprising can turn into violent one like it happened in libya to be successful in nonviolent you'd better make sure they show political opposition carefully selected clear and trained financed and guided by the united states. russian security forces have reportedly killed a terrorist suspect. since on problems and all four minutes inside that. entire operation washington something. none of the figureheads. has been reaching. and the son is among the dead. two cars were stopped at a checkpoint in dagestan but when the driver refused to open the car and opened fire the police fired
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hollow words paying lip service to fiscal responsibility have been used by too many in congress for far too long. hall of-- new hampshire familiet around their tables and find ways to make their family budget work. with limited resources, they make hard choices to distinguish between wants and needs. it is time for our federal government to do the same. that's why the first step that we should take is to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. almost every state in the nation is required to balance its budget, and our federal government should be no different. last week, i was proud to join with all 46 of my republican colleagues in supporting such an amendment that caps spending, requires the budget to balance and makes it more difficult to raise taxes. i ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to join us in passing this important measure and to put this vote to the states for ratification. i appreciate that amending the constitution is no light matter, but our founding fathers could not have anticipated how unwilling members of congress would be to actually pass
hollow words paying lip service to fiscal responsibility have been used by too many in congress for far too long. hall of-- new hampshire familiet around their tables and find ways to make their family budget work. with limited resources, they make hard choices to distinguish between wants and needs. it is time for our federal government to do the same. that's why the first step that we should take is to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. almost every state in the nation is...
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are equipping all shuttle buses with satellite tracking equipment and video congress to help us deal with complaints on a case by case basis no matter how own press of these plans are it's still unclear how this big brother approved will affect the situation on the roads but with the rising number of shuttle bus relates deaths and injuries it may be one small step cutting down the carnage there is a lot. to see. some of this hour's other world news now revere and hindu spiritual leader as buried in india drawing a crowd of nearly half a million including top politicians and celebrities. baba was one of the religions most important figures many people believed he was a living god but others saw the miracles he supposedly performed as merely stunts baba who was eighty five died of a heart attack on sunday. ivory coast a new government has launched an investigation into its alstad president a statement said laurent gbagbo is accused of crimes and fans is but didn't give any details he was arrested by forces loyal to the new president. after five months of post-election conflict babo refused to cede power even thoug
are equipping all shuttle buses with satellite tracking equipment and video congress to help us deal with complaints on a case by case basis no matter how own press of these plans are it's still unclear how this big brother approved will affect the situation on the roads but with the rising number of shuttle bus relates deaths and injuries it may be one small step cutting down the carnage there is a lot. to see. some of this hour's other world news now revere and hindu spiritual leader as...
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never going to use that leverage unless he because of the control of the zionist lobby in congress he's never going to use the leverage even if he wants to until he is pushed to do so by informed public opinion one might say by demonstrations of real democracy in action the problem in america and frankly in europe but most of all in america is that most citizens are too uninformed and misinformed to do the pushing and that is frankly because the media has been complicit. with zionism in suppressing the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of the conflict so i think it's very simple and what about the present what about these these these demonstrations and conflicts that we're seeing in the middle east at the moment what's your view of how that may just cope with that i think generally speaking the coverage has been ok. but. the whole thing is exciting but also frightening to me because i think the message that all the autocrats of go from mubarak's departure. is it are people take to the streets and start very straight and shoot them. i mean that's what seems to be happening but i think the key frankly is in egypt and i tell you what. i think th
never going to use that leverage unless he because of the control of the zionist lobby in congress he's never going to use the leverage even if he wants to until he is pushed to do so by informed public opinion one might say by demonstrations of real democracy in action the problem in america and frankly in europe but most of all in america is that most citizens are too uninformed and misinformed to do the pushing and that is frankly because the media has been complicit. with zionism in...
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congress and its collections. the library was established on this day in 1800. .. to ask us anything and everything about books by calling us at eight thundermac 282665 or reach us on the e-mail on bookguys.com. we are glad you're with us for the c-span edition of the book guy. ♪ >> hello everybody. welcome to washington, d.c. where we have a distinguished boring looking panel of guys with great here but we are going to talk about exciting things, the encyclopedia the library of congress. it's an oddity no building with the title library can possibly be as or need as the main building to its the national library the was resurrected after an 1814 burning by one man who sold his personal library to get it going again. while it is the library of congress, scholars from all over the world come to use its vast research capabilities perhaps honest of all except in washington only one of the libraries of congress was a professional librarian. most of the others were political appointments at various occupations. with us on the program to talk about the library as well as the services and encyclopedia of the library of c
congress and its collections. the library was established on this day in 1800. .. to ask us anything and everything about books by calling us at eight thundermac 282665 or reach us on the e-mail on bookguys.com. we are glad you're with us for the c-span edition of the book guy. ♪ >> hello everybody. welcome to washington, d.c. where we have a distinguished boring looking panel of guys with great here but we are going to talk about exciting things, the encyclopedia the library of...
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congress those they say that they want. to tell us that he and others brought a resolution the u.n. security council's vetoed by the states which is sort of thing that these numbers of congress you know in fact i don't want to go even further i mean that's not enough many of them i think that actually funding withheld so they want to go we don't want that but it is the interest in regard to israel i do want to address some of the other issues that that these lawmakers had with the united nations they're very focused on people that don't share the same views as the united states who are part of the united nations i want to play you some of that comment that came out of today and life a lot of us believe the u.s. should not fund united nations in a way that that it. not giving it to an organization that promotes communist china the world's worst human rights abuse or have a veto power over what it does as you know brothers and sisters are illegal in china we know that cuba for example is a state sponsor of terrorism we know they are harboring terrorists united nations is being used as a as a vehicle perhaps to se
congress those they say that they want. to tell us that he and others brought a resolution the u.n. security council's vetoed by the states which is sort of thing that these numbers of congress you know in fact i don't want to go even further i mean that's not enough many of them i think that actually funding withheld so they want to go we don't want that but it is the interest in regard to israel i do want to address some of the other issues that that these lawmakers had with the united...
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there are a series of measures my predecessors have used in the past that would give congress more time, but those measures did not by us as much time in the past because our debts and deficits are so large that. they will buy us an additional few weeks if congress does not act. even resorting to those measures does create risk to adding uncertainty. we will do everything we can make sure we meet our obligations and encourage congress to act in a timely manner. >> mr. saturday, united states dollar is viewed as the most critical -- credible global currency, and if we default and did not extend our that's silly, what impact of that out on the reputation of the dollar and our economy? >> it be catastrophic. you would call into question the willingness of the government of the united states to meet its obligations. he will shake the basic foundations of the entire global financial system. i am totally confident congress will act to avoid that. to think about it in a direct sense, the borrowing cost permanently for all americans. every business for a long period of time would raise a much higher cost of borrowing. every
there are a series of measures my predecessors have used in the past that would give congress more time, but those measures did not by us as much time in the past because our debts and deficits are so large that. they will buy us an additional few weeks if congress does not act. even resorting to those measures does create risk to adding uncertainty. we will do everything we can make sure we meet our obligations and encourage congress to act in a timely manner. >> mr. saturday, united...
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as i previously stated before, many of us in congress were disappointed by the administration's handling of the recent draft resolution of the u.n. security council that criticized condemned israel. the administration cede over and over again, including to this committee, that the security council was wrong. that it was the wrong place to address final status issues but you repeatedly refused to publicly commit in advance to veto that resolution leaving israel essentially twisting in the wind. then we found out, not directly from the administration, but from the press, that you had reversed your position and were trying to get a security council statement criticizing israel instead of a resolution, and then when the statement was rejected and it came up for a vote, you issued a really astonishing explanation of votes and not only did not support israel but actually joined in the criticism. many of us were extremely disappointed that the administration thought this appropriate let alone acceptable. as i previously stated in 529 short words, the administration undid all the good that had b
as i previously stated before, many of us in congress were disappointed by the administration's handling of the recent draft resolution of the u.n. security council that criticized condemned israel. the administration cede over and over again, including to this committee, that the security council was wrong. that it was the wrong place to address final status issues but you repeatedly refused to publicly commit in advance to veto that resolution leaving israel essentially twisting in the wind....
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there are a series of measures my predecessors have used in the past that would give congress more time, but those measures did not by us as much time in the past because our debts and deficits are so large that. they will buy us an additional few weeks if congress does not act. even resorting to those measures does create risk to ding uncertainty. we will do everything we can make sure we meet our obligations and encourage congress to act in a timely manner. >> mr. saturday, united states dollar is viewed as the most critical -- credible glob currency, and if we default and did not extend our that's silly, what impact of that out on the reputation of the dollar and our economy? >> it be catastrophic. you would call into question the willingness of the government of the united states to meet its obligations. he wl shake the basic foundations of the entire global financial system. i am totally confident congress will act to avoid that. to think about it in a direct sense, the borrowing cost permanently for a americans. every business for a long period of time would raise a much higher cost of borrowing. every family,
there are a series of measures my predecessors have used in the past that would give congress more time, but those measures did not by us as much time in the past because our debts and deficits are so large that. they will buy us an additional few weeks if congress does not act. even resorting to those measures does create risk to ding uncertainty. we will do everything we can make sure we meet our obligations and encourage congress to act in a timely manner. >> mr. saturday, united...
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by the united state department and u.s. congress you this carefully leaked media report used to believe the only country that was so eleven had when a medic who was only being a mission ofeibea from this carefully report triggers a very counter-intuitive question if for any peaceful uprising to be successful in muslim and arab world it better be paid guided coordinated by the united states otherwise if it is not american led then they peaceful uprising can turn into violent ones like it happened in libya to be successful and no violent you better make sure that your political opposition carefully selected your and trained financed and guided by the united states. russian police say around two hundred militants have been killed in security raids in north caucuses over the past few months the region has been the main terrorist hub for any attacks carried out by the head of the chechen republic explain to watson what drives young people from the caucasus to join extremist groups. because it is something that no one understands i spoke to a man who was to become a suicide bomber to sacrifice his life i asked why he wanted to do i
by the united state department and u.s. congress you this carefully leaked media report used to believe the only country that was so eleven had when a medic who was only being a mission ofeibea from this carefully report triggers a very counter-intuitive question if for any peaceful uprising to be successful in muslim and arab world it better be paid guided coordinated by the united states otherwise if it is not american led then they peaceful uprising can turn into violent ones like it...
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but when the secretary of defense is being questioned by members of congress and that phrase is used, i would interpret it as i assume secretary gates interpreted it, that is to say military personnel. no special operations. >> brown: is that within the community or within the military? i think the public understands the difference? >> i don't know what the public understands, but i think it's a significant difference from the standpoint of defining what our policy and posture is. >> it is one of the roles the c.i.a. plays. you put uniformed military personnel in a country and that has diplomatic and legal repercussions. it's a military action. where as you insert c.i.a. officers and despite the fact that it's been now made public, there's the ability to operate without there being an overt or obvious u.s. hand. so i agree that when secretary gates says boots on the ground he means uniformed military personnel. but what we have is potentially a handful of people that could be denied. >> brown: once they're there, does that necessarily help lead toward military involvement? or can they
but when the secretary of defense is being questioned by members of congress and that phrase is used, i would interpret it as i assume secretary gates interpreted it, that is to say military personnel. no special operations. >> brown: is that within the community or within the military? i think the public understands the difference? >> i don't know what the public understands, but i think it's a significant difference from the standpoint of defining what our policy and posture is....
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congress. >> this week, our guest is the chief technology officer of united states. if you would start by telling us who you are? >> i report directly to the president and in my capacity as chief technology officer. i am a senate-confirmed position. i work with the president's science adviser. the job was created by our president because he felt that too often our policy discussions failed to capture the full potential of technology, data, and innovation, and so he challenged me to complement the traditional capabilities, but think about how they could leverage other priorities with particular emphasis on the skillet and entrepreneurship and innovation. that is in the bulk of it. it has been to ensure that any piece of paper that comes before the president is properly vented to see whether or not we can engage interagency collaboration. >> let's start with one big technology and the front burner. at&t buying t-mobile. >> it is difficult to comment on a specific merger. the problem is from a decision making standpoint, this is up to the fcc. and not able to comment specifically, but i can talk about
congress. >> this week, our guest is the chief technology officer of united states. if you would start by telling us who you are? >> i report directly to the president and in my capacity as chief technology officer. i am a senate-confirmed position. i work with the president's science adviser. the job was created by our president because he felt that too often our policy discussions failed to capture the full potential of technology, data, and innovation, and so he challenged me to...
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us here today. >> reporter: the decision wasn't exactly welcomed by many in congress. as the chairman of the joint chiefs and the secretary of defense tried to explain. >> we believe that our allies actually have the capabilities to continue to degrade his military capabilities. >> reporter: it's no secret that gates wasn't crazy about the libyan operation from the get go. miramar gaddafi has dug in. and government organized a protest yesterday. >> you keep talking about human rights, but you keep bombing our citizens. we are here not afraid. >> reporter: some apparently are afraid. miramar gaddafi's inner circle is cracking with another top official fleeing, joining the foreign minister. the miramar gaddafi government tried to explain his absence. >> he has diabetes and high blood pressure. we hope that he will recover and if he of course decides to come back, he is most welcome. >> reporter: and to the east where rebel leaders struggle against better equipped and better trained forces, the question lingers, will the united states or another country step in and provid
us here today. >> reporter: the decision wasn't exactly welcomed by many in congress. as the chairman of the joint chiefs and the secretary of defense tried to explain. >> we believe that our allies actually have the capabilities to continue to degrade his military capabilities. >> reporter: it's no secret that gates wasn't crazy about the libyan operation from the get go. miramar gaddafi has dug in. and government organized a protest yesterday. >> you keep talking about...
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by the united state department and u.s. congress you have this carefully leaked media report used to believe the only kountry that was so l.-eb or wait a minute who was only being a mission of free beer from this carefully report triggers a very counter-intuitive question if for any peaceful uprising to be successful in muslim and arab world had better be paid gaiety and coordinated by the united states otherwise if it is not american left then they peaceful uprising can turn into violent ones like it happened in libya to be successful and nonviolent you better make sure that your political opposition carefully selected girls and trained financed and guided by the united states. russian security forces have reportedly killed a terror suspect related to one of the suicide bombers from last year's moscow metro attacks in all that four militants are dead after a large scale anti terror operation in russia's southern republican doug a start one of the figureheads for islamic radicalism in the region a man widely known as emir his son is among the dead in a question of reports. two cars were stopped at a checkpoint in dagestan
by the united state department and u.s. congress you have this carefully leaked media report used to believe the only kountry that was so l.-eb or wait a minute who was only being a mission of free beer from this carefully report triggers a very counter-intuitive question if for any peaceful uprising to be successful in muslim and arab world had better be paid gaiety and coordinated by the united states otherwise if it is not american left then they peaceful uprising can turn into violent ones...
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congress could close the corporate tax loopholes that allow companies to ship us jobs overseas by the millions they could get our students a jet debt into a job but more importantly to fix the problem for good we need to build a new dam dam with a solid foundation of a protective trade policy that allows us industries to prosper and not have to compete with cheap labor around the world but damn piece together by a reasonable tax policy that helps grow the middle class and not just the top one percent of wealthy americans or the four hundred oligarchy a damn that's not the pen and upon the military industrial complex and was wars around the world like george bush brought us a dam that's agile and can bend and move according to the pressure behind it in other words a dam built by lawmakers who know what's best for america and aren't afraid to tell their corporate owners go. we need to give ben bernanke you rest and call on congress to fix our economy by rolling back reagan's insane taxing and borrowing policies and clinton's failed so-called free trade policies that's the only way to ke
congress could close the corporate tax loopholes that allow companies to ship us jobs overseas by the millions they could get our students a jet debt into a job but more importantly to fix the problem for good we need to build a new dam dam with a solid foundation of a protective trade policy that allows us industries to prosper and not have to compete with cheap labor around the world but damn piece together by a reasonable tax policy that helps grow the middle class and not just the top one...
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rural health clinics and urban health clinics that are funded and organized by the united states congress. we don't have to use money in this fashion to this private entity that has an agenda. i don't believe it's radical to say that this is one place that we could save money out of -- and a lot more. i don't think it's extreme. that's my best judgment, that if we don't have enough money, 40% of what we spend is borrowed, i don't want to borrow borrow $363 million this year to fund a program that we don't have the money for, and this is one that i think we could legitimately say does not have to have taxpayers' money and should be -- have its funding terminated. i also would support the resolution concerning the health care bill. it clearly is a piece of legislation that costs the taxpayers large sums of money, and it is not a piece of legislation that adds money to the treasury, as has been suggested. the congressional budget office has written a letter to me that stated explicitly that the administration is doublecounting the money, and if they weren't doublecounting the money they took from medicare to fund
rural health clinics and urban health clinics that are funded and organized by the united states congress. we don't have to use money in this fashion to this private entity that has an agenda. i don't believe it's radical to say that this is one place that we could save money out of -- and a lot more. i don't think it's extreme. that's my best judgment, that if we don't have enough money, 40% of what we spend is borrowed, i don't want to borrow borrow $363 million this year to fund a program...
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people living here in the nation's capital responding to congress's new budget the places a slew of restrictions on d.c. by preventing him from using funds for abortion and for needle exchange programs as well as implementing the republican school voucher program in the district gray took to the capitol to protest and was willing to and did get arrested for after seven hours gray and others were released from jail well done mr mayor the bad ikea . the global furniture giant up to in virginia try to discriminate against workers and group anyone from unionizing despite massive profits at this particular ikea factory workers have seen their wages and benefits. and now six employees are filing a lawsuit against the corporation for discrimination to see just how bad the situation is for american workers that i and in general figure that the average i.q. worker in sweden that's the headquarters of the company and where the biggest factories are that average worker gets five weeks vacation and makes one thousand dollars an hour. but in third world america yeah average ikea worker only get. twelve days vacation and makes eight dollars you
people living here in the nation's capital responding to congress's new budget the places a slew of restrictions on d.c. by preventing him from using funds for abortion and for needle exchange programs as well as implementing the republican school voucher program in the district gray took to the capitol to protest and was willing to and did get arrested for after seven hours gray and others were released from jail well done mr mayor the bad ikea . the global furniture giant up to in virginia...
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us here in washington for an artsy washington d.c. from tough questions as you saw posed by members of congress many of whom feel they've been left out in the cold when it came to making the decision to get involved in libya in the first place how compelling was that testimony and how will it shape what happens next joining me now for more is former senior intelligence officer for the cia dr meal not go away he's also the author of this book are necessary in gage meant reinventing america's relations with the muslim world hey there dr not go away let's start out with this decision to get involved in libya was it a good one or a bad one. i think it was unnecessary war i think the libyan movement started as a dissolute movement demanding the end of the oppression of the regime used heavy weapons against them and it seemed in order to stage the million the west decided wisely to get in by a lender limited what but answer not a lie we just heard some news that came down today at least forty civilians were killed by the airstrikes by the west in addition there's new information that we really don't know who these rebels are and that appar
us here in washington for an artsy washington d.c. from tough questions as you saw posed by members of congress many of whom feel they've been left out in the cold when it came to making the decision to get involved in libya in the first place how compelling was that testimony and how will it shape what happens next joining me now for more is former senior intelligence officer for the cia dr meal not go away he's also the author of this book are necessary in gage meant reinventing america's...
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rural health clinics and urban health clinics that are funded and organized by the united states congress. we don't have to use money in this fashion to this private entity that has an agenda. i d't believe it's radical to say that this is one place that we could save money out of -- d a lot more. i don't think it's extreme. that's my best judgment, that if we don't have enough money, 40% of what we spend is borrowed, i don't want to borrow borrow $363 million this year to fund a program that we d't have the money for, and this is one that i think we could legitimately say does not have to have taxpayers' money and should be -- have its funding terminated. i also would support the resolution concerning the health care bill. it clearly is a piece of legislation that costs the taxpayers large sums of money, and it is not a piece of legislation that adds money to the treasury, as has been suggested. the congressional budget office has written a letter to me that stated explicitly that the administration is doublecounting the money, and if they weren't doublecounting the money they took from medicare to fund this
rural health clinics and urban health clinics that are funded and organized by the united states congress. we don't have to use money in this fashion to this private entity that has an agenda. i d't believe it's radical to say that this is one place that we could save money out of -- d a lot more. i don't think it's extreme. that's my best judgment, that if we don't have enough money, 40% of what we spend is borrowed, i don't want to borrow borrow $363 million this year to fund a program that...
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congress. >> i am going to test the heat output of each of these levels by using this infrared thermometers. celsius. you're hot you're hot when you're not you're not. radiate far less heat than the other type of bulbs. i will place its two ice-cream cones under two bulbs that are similar in light of what are the green one will be under and led light and a red one will be under a standard incandescent floodlight. i will set the timer for 10 minutes. let's try it and see what happens. ♪ >> which i scream, would you like to eatt? [mission impossible music] >> it starts with the core technology of the light emitting diodes. it was invented by hewlett packard 4 calculated display screens many years ago. through the evolution of technology, white led's or invented which we use today which are very he efficient way to create light. i think there is a few big advantages which is why we are selling them. first of all, they save a lot of energy and are buried in efficient. they contained no mercury so when you look at hazardous materials, the other white light sources contain hazardous materials. the
congress. >> i am going to test the heat output of each of these levels by using this infrared thermometers. celsius. you're hot you're hot when you're not you're not. radiate far less heat than the other type of bulbs. i will place its two ice-cream cones under two bulbs that are similar in light of what are the green one will be under and led light and a red one will be under a standard incandescent floodlight. i will set the timer for 10 minutes. let's try it and see what happens. ♪...