host: we want to welcome kurt volker, a former u.s.mbassador to nato and we focus on libya and nato. good morning. the me begin with an editorial this morning talking about the be a stalemate from "the washington post. what is your response? what is the u.s. mission in libya? what is the role of nato? guest: there is a mismatch between what we want to see happen, gaddafi out of power. in libya, he has the preponderance of force at his disposal. the rebels are disorganized and poorly armed. that is that the mission nato takes on. even though we knew the problem, all we could agree on was to say we could protect civilians. nato made a decision by consensus to get germany and turkey on board only to protect civilians, but that is not enough to make a strategic difference on the ground. host: limit of back to what the president, prime minister cameron, and president sarkozy said. they added it -- "it was the libyans that rose to take back their country and they must remain in the lead." can you be kind of pregnant? should we be in or out?

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kurt voljker -- volker on libya. and dennis >> "washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. supreme court justices anthony kennedy and stephen breyer testified before a house appropriations subcommittee on thursday about their budget for 2012. topics included the winding down of renovations to the supreme court building in changes to a visitor access, as well as security for the high court and federal judges in general. this is an hour and a half. >> please give my regards to justice thomas and my colleagues as well. it seems strange that he is not here this year, but anyway, we appreciate so much that you all are here. we look forward very much to meeting with you and we will do our best to meet your resource needs this year. an independent judiciary trusted and respected by all u.s. citizens and committing to fairly and expeditiously resolving difficult and controversial question is fundamental to our nation. although the supreme court budget is not large and compared to other programs, i am pleased that you are here today because outside the confirmatio

information out to the local school districts so that they do what their state has said they will do >>kurt volker examines the nato alliance in libya and political unrest in other countries. someone will talk about the 2010 census figures that show only 45% of americans were working in 2009, the state of the u.s. economy, in the future of job creation. washington journal by that 7:00 eastern on c-span. -- life at 7:00 eastern on c- span. >> the budget debate in washington is the focus of the weekly addresses. president obama outlined his deficit reduction plan. then you will hear the republican addressed by senator tom coburn. he discusses the plan passed friday by the house, which was sponsored by budget committee chairman paul ryan. it also aims to cut the odds -- government spending. >> this week i laid out our plan for the fiscal fitch -- future. it reduces spending and brings down the deficit, putting americans back on track for paying down our debt. we know what the challenge is so critical. if we do not act, the rising tide of borrowing will damage our economy, costing us jobs and risking

kurt volker examines the new alliance in libya. and dennis couchon talks about the 2010 census figures. the future of job creation. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> next, a ceremony honoring former senator bob dole. after that, first lady michelle obama and jill biden. then another chance to see a discussion on military family support programs. on tuesday, bob dole was honored for his role in creating a war memorial on the national mall. it was attended by a tom brokaw. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> senator dole, and senator elizabeth dole -- it is an honor to see you here today. i am peggy o'dell, and it is my pleasure to welcome you here today. the national park service has been entrusted with the care of the memorial that commemorates the service of 160 members of our armed forces and the ultimate sacrifice of 405399 americans during world war ii. thank you for joining us to honor one of those warriors, one of our nation's true patriots, a citizen, a soldier, and a statesman who served this nation honorably and wel

we will also talk to kurt volker, a senior fellow at hopkins and we will talk about the nato alliance with libya and other middle east countries. we will also talk with dennis cauchon from "usa today" about the u.s. census and how many people are actually working in this country and the impact on the economy. that is tomorrow "washington's." journal we will see you back here tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, a house hearing on be muslim brotherhood. and a senate hearing on the safety of killing or near capacity in the united states. now a house intelligence subcommittee hearing on the muslim brotherhood in egypt. founded in 1928, the group is the oldest and largest islamic political groups. witnesses included an egyptian born islamic scholar and all others of two books on the muslim but of it. -- and an egyptian born islamic scholar and author of two books on the muslim brotherhood. >> the first order of business is to welcome my ranking member michael thompson and members of the subcommi