william tecumseh sherman save the unit -- union effort. i can't think of anyone at the time it could have done that. probably the best that the union army half. i want to skip to the fourth person and go to the most recent and controversial and get back to matthew ridgway. that is david petraes. when david petraes, after the disastrous election for george bush in 2006, the resignation of donald rumsfeld, the idea that something had gone wrong in iraq, and there had to be a new strategy. the study group had basically been ambiguous. we have to do something different. maybe we should send troops. there was a small group of scholars. seminarian gains in the military. around all of this group of scholars and soldiers, one name kept popping up, david petraes. i knew counterinsurgency strategy. what bush dare to gamble and surge. 28 percent of the american people supported the iraq war, the low point in the beginning of 2007. if you think that is normal, 73 percent supported it when the statue fell in april 2003. the national move could be best

the name is william tecumseh sherman. i was in atlanta last night, that is enough. what i already heard from people, the story of sherman, what he did is one thing, who he was in an interesting man. love him or hate him he is an interesting character who makes for good story. not the nicest guy in the world and i don't try to gloss that over. he understands what total work is. a lot of people in the 1860s thought of it as the spat between gentlemen, you stood up with honor and face your fellow and all of that stuff that had gone on for hundreds of years and sherman understood it has changed and he was right. the idea of using chermac as a pivotal character all the way through this series got very interesting to me because he's a lot of places they're very important during the civil war and the first one of those was shiloh. so the book blaze of glory deals with charlotte, each on the 150th year of the event. last year was shiloh, 1862. when i got into the research i was surprised. i knew he would be a character and then there was the other character, the pivotal con

william tecumseh sherman saved the union effort. >> on "after words," military historian victor davis hanson talks about five generals that he says single handledly -- single-handedly reversed the war in their country's favor. >> michigan senator carl levin outlined new legislation aimed as cracking down on intellectual property theft by china. the bill would require the president to block center imports. witnesses discuss the impact of chinese cyber attacks on u.s. businesses and human rights groups. >> committee will come to order. thank you very much, senator gorton, for joining us, co-chair congressman smith and senator levin. i appreciate your being here and especially your work on these issues and your legislation which i know you will be talking about to hold china accountable for cyber theft. i thank the staff for its tireless efforts for the work they do on human rights and rule of law, and congressman smith and i have co-chaired this commission and appreciate the good working relationship there and with staff. we know, and senator gorton and i just spoke about this, how the

william tecumseh sherman saved the ever i cannot think of anybody of the time who could have done that. sp back the hearing will come to order and we will welcome the witnesses. apologize for being late but thank you for being here and your preparation today. over colleagues are coming in from across the country this afternoon we will be joined as me perceived. we will hear from several witnesses about the medicare prescription drug program and the vulnerability of waste fraud and abuse. medicare as we know is a critical component of health care of our nation and prescription drug programs which you know, as part d began in 2006 now in the seventh year the overall abuse program has been positive more than 31 million citizens participating. of but to ensure a $60 billion per year program works efficiently. but unfortunately medicare part d is not as effective cory efficient as it could be when it comes to prevent waste and fraud in each year listing overpayments and underpayments was the and documented expenditures with the mistakes made by each agency and its total of the fiscal year 2

. >> william tecumseh sherman saved the union effort i cannot think of anybody at the time who'd coulddone that. >> ag for coming. we tried to say as a newsboy very much in it today. marchese his name in the paper a lot lately winning two pulitzers about vice president cheney from "the new york times" best seller also chosen as the book of the year and works for the "washington post" and "time" magazine and the course he had the first jury about edward snowden. rights over here david sanger rick at the times 30 years? he has worked at one place blonder than anybody on this panel. [laughter] said he has two books about the bombing administration the most recent of course, is you had information in that book that had not been known before see you have experience of that kind of thing then james lewis is senior fellow here at csis the eighth knowledge expert on cybersecurity and in and out of government most of his career and has a ph.d. from university of chicago. of very long with the may for all of these gentlemen but i just want to ask you to start off with the threshold. >> with a vi

william tecumseh sherman save the union effort i cannot think of anybody in the time who could have donehat. >> military historian victor davis hansen talks about five generals he says singlehandedly reverse the direction of the war to their country's favre, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern. "continues. journa: host: our cameras are in front of the supreme court awaiting the decision by the sub -- by the justice is dealing with the issue of gay marriage. you consider a public outside the court and have been allowed inside. our cameras will be up there to cover the announcement by the justices and the press conferences that take place usually right there before those microphones after the announcements are made. we want to come back inside are still were congresswoman sheila jackson lee is back at our table, a democrat from texas, to talk about what the court digester day. guest: good morning. host: 85-4 decision to strike down section four of the voting rights act. what was your thoughts? guest: my voice was joined by throngs of americans who were frustrated, enormous the disappointed. hav

william tecumseh sherman saved the union ever.not think of anybody in the time of sheridan who could have done that. >> victor davis hanson talks about five generals who he says single-handedly reversed the direction of the war to their country's favor. part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >> democratic congressman ed markey has won the special election to take john kerry's senate seat. he beat out republican gabriel gomez with 57% of the vote. mr. markey was elected to the vote in 1974. our coverage is courtesy of wbz tv. ♪ ♪ >> thank you all. .hank you all for this evening this victory belongs to you. it belongs to your families. i am deeply humbled, and i am profoundly grateful. thank you so much. [applause] election is about your hopes, your dreams, your families, your future. and i know that. and i'm going to remember that. begin by thanking my beautiful and brilliant wife, susan. [applause] tomorrow is our 25th wedding anniversary, and i am going to have to get her a very special present. [applause] i want to thank my b