i have dealt with health care since 1993 with the clinton health-care plan. that is not what i have seen in the pulling of the years and recently, but it depends how you phrase the question. -- with the polling over the years. there are polls recently that americans eat less of a crisis now than in 1993. it is now and the low 50s as opposed to the 60s. if anything there is less energy for radical change now banned in 1993, but we have to look at the internal on those polls. this is also a moment where the public is concerned about deficits. the president is out there saying he is trying to get it under control. the program that will increase the deficit by $1 trillion or more in the next tenures may not be popular. so, do not cherry pick polls. host: let me go into detail about how the poll was conducted. here are more specifics. guest: this president even more than the clintons, when i came down to washington to work on the health care program, he has paid more to the economy. you and i both tony were part of the government health care plan, part of the fede

when clinton nominated ginsburg, here was a woman clearly qualified, distinguished background, at the time a judge on the d.c. circuit and even though many senators disagreed with her philosophically, nonetheless they said look, elections have consequences, presidents are entitled to appoint the nominee who shares their views, and at the end of the day the vote was 93-7 in favor of con firm mation. justice breyer who had a distinguished record, served as an aid in the u.s. senate and went on to become a judge on the first circuit was confirmed by 87-9. we look at the bush era where president bush appointed two people. first was chief justice roberts who was a judge on the d.c. circuit and had a distinguished career where he was widely acknowledged as one of the advocates of his generation. his 78-22. so there were a lot of senators who acknowledged his credentials, his unquestioned ability and confidence but because they disagreed with him phil softically, but refused to vote for him. justice alito, sitting judge on the third circuit, again, long distinguished record, served as a pros

the clinton erra failures are similar. their passion for mistreating terrorism not as an act of war but as an act of criminal justice, their refusal to accept the threats to america, meant that they couldn't cope with the world trade center in 1993 which was in part plotted by a prison ica prison. -- in attica prison. or deal with the bombing in saudi arabia that they blocked the fbi from going and finding out what happened. they couldn't take charge of the two embassies bombed in africa. -- or yemen where the ambassador blocked the fbi from looking for people. therefore during the entire period of the clinton administration the ability of al-qaeda to plan 9/11 was never stopped, and the people who were doing it were never stopped, and as a result we were left in enormous danger. again and again the legalisms and self-deceptions of treating enemies as criminals led to more and more disastrous results. today many of the same civil libertarians defend the accused terrorists, follow criminal proceedings in a war, ideal ogs ar

secretary when secretary clinton was senator clinton she was one of our leaders in forming a policy within the u.s. commission, helsinki commission to raise the issue on trafficking in persons. as a result of the work on the u.s. commission, the leadership of our country, we were able to get the organization for security and cooperation in europe to make this a priority, to adopt policies within o.s.c. so every member state, all 56, would adopt the strategy to first understand what's happening in their own country, to take an assessment as to where they are in trafficking. then to develop a strategy to improve their record, adopt the best practices as we know who has worked and what has not worked. and then to make progress to route out trafficking in their own country, whether they happen to be an origin country or whether they happen to be a host country or whether they happen to be a transient country in which persons are trafficked through their country. they need to adopt a strategy that will help rid us of this modern-day slavery. so i'm very proud of the role the united states has p

the clinton years and all that went on in the clinton years, and she was instrumental in what turned out to be a very, very important era, the legacy of which we continue to enjoy today. she stimulated the president's conference on mental health. i remember there were activities throughout the united states that we were conducted -- conducting in conjunction with the presidential focus, and i remember steve hyman showing these pictures. they are so powerful. like this is the brain of a person who doesn't have a mental health condition, and you could see the brain is functioning differently for a person who has depression. and steve said, here's a picture for a person who has had their depression treated with ssri, and you can see it looks looked very much like the normal brain, and he said here's the picture of a brain -- of a person who huh had depression who was successfully treated with cogtive therapy, and it looked just like the brain that was treated with cogtive therapy. no pharmaceuticals. so there is no difference between our ability to learn and change or to use psychologic

i wouldn't be surprised if there's a deal agreed before or at secretary clinton's visit in july, and i think that's due to the work of a lot of people in india and in the united states, in government, and industry, i see wolf gross sitting there who's put in a lot of time in end use monitoring. i think we'll see counterterrorism cooperation increase, intelligence-sharing, procurement for u.s. vendors, joint exercises, i think cooperation in actual deployments is probably further down the road except for humanitarian missions or perhaps u.n. missions. and as far as u.s. defense sales on major competitions, i think that will hopefully be determined based on price and quality. and so let the market prevail and then the last thing i would refer to is defense investment policy where india has a 26% cap on foreign investment in the defense sector. you know, it's understandable that india regulates foreignh5a investment in defense and so does the united states but the system is a more approach that looks at the facts in an individual chase. and we would like to see it be in positive for tec

where was the right wing when they were bashing clinton? that was ok. we use government vehicles, he used government computers to e- mail this woman for eight years. the reason why we need to know is because he is spending government money, and if you are going to turn down the stimulus funds to spend the hard earned tax payer dollars, they need to know. what is going to happen -- his press conference the yesterday was worse than robert gibbs, and i am a democrat. he even lied to his staff and his lieutenant governor, so how can we support him? we need to forgive everybody, not just the republicans, but we need to forgive the democrats. i am wondering when a republican is going to have a mistress have an abortion, because i am sure that is next. host: the headline from the state newspaper, others follow the exchange of emails between the governor of south carolina and his friend in argentina. meanwhile, the newspaper has this on its web site. sanford has much to do to make amends for deceit. in an attempt to conceal this private matter, mr. sanford will

bill clinton did not do anything great. the great man behind that came in with his budget four times is newt gingrich. it was a republican house. all we do is fight back and forth. they should both be responsible for what they did with our national debt. both parties are wrong. we should wake up and demand that our debt be paid off, whether we use our own oil, whether we find solutions which newt gingrich has a lot of the solutions. i hope he runs for president. they all lie and they tell you what they want. people should wake up and stop fighting. our country is going down the tubes. host: how should we pay off the deficit? caller: taxes to bring back our companies that left. cut the corporate taxes from 35% down to 12%. capital gains tax, cut it out. in china, there is no capital gains tax. you will see the stock market go back up. we will start having a little bit more confidence. but nobody thinks like that. they better wake up. if you give stimulus checks, of course it won't work. you have to cut corporate tax. there a

i am requesting that secretary clinton make a possible under existing law. all agencies should conduct reviews to determine where they can do the same. hundreds of fortune 500 companies already offer same-sex benefits because it is the right thing to do and it can help retain the best possible talent. when a top talent serving their country now more than ever. under current law, we cannot provide a same-sex couples with people went of health-care benefits that is provided to other married couples. we want to make sure that we guarantee these rights for all federal employees. , to take one person for her tireless leadership on this struggle for equality. of what you think senator joe lieberman and susan colleagues for championing this bill in the senate. today marks a historic step towards the changes we seek. we have to acknowledge that this is one step among the steps that we have not yet taken. i think a marriage act is discriminatory and we will work with congress to overturn it. we have more work to do to ensure that the government treats all citizens eq

secretary of state clinton have gone silent on the bill. when asked about it recently the vice president's communications director said, quote, no comment on this from here. the legislation goes exactly in the wrong direction. so much so that even president obama, vice president biden and secretary of state clinton are running away from it. so should we. he yield back the balance of my time. >> i thank the gentleman. i now recognize the distinguished chairman of the full committee for an opening statement. >> ranking member emeritus -- i mean, chairman emeritus. the president is running away from a lot of things so this is just one more of them. that doesn't mean that the consideration is not extremely important. we've been here before, ladies and gentlemen. i'm for state secrets. there are some secrets that we've got to keep away from citizens and congress people and everybody else, bloggers, but, wait a minute, which ones? well, that's what we're here to try to sort out. we didn't say abolish state secrets. and, look, state secrets have b

after that, secretary of state clinton talks about honduras and iran. later, president obama announces new energy efficiency standards for light bulbs. >> tomorrow morning, a discussion of energy policy, we'll hear from jon wellinghoff, live coverage at 9:00 eastern on c-span2. later, a conversation on iran's nuclear program and the political situation in tehran. live coverage from the heritage foundation begins at 10:00 eastern, also on c-span2. >> thomas dupri, a former bush administration justice department member talks about judge sotomayor's nomination for the supreme court. he spoke for about 40 minutes. >> hello and welcome. my name is dan mornoff, president of the dallas chapter of the federalist society. i'm glad you've been able to join us for what i think and certainly hope you'll agree is a timely and well, i hope you agree interesting event. the genesis for this event was may 1 announcement by justice souter, or as i like to call him, the jus tits who should have been edith jones, that he's resigning if the supreme court. he's been serving

clinton was doing and mr. mccain. i'm wondering do you think the coverage that you all -- is it fair as far as mr. obama is concerned with you think it is a time that mr. bush's policies should be discussed? host: i would venture to say that if you took our coverage from the same period in 2001 or in the spring and summer of 1993, we would have heard different sentiments depending on your political party. it will be no difference whether it is a democrat or republican on the white house. audit of -- caller: i am not necessarily speaking on a partisan stand point, but observation. mr. bush, even while all of the economy was going down, i remember specifically two years ago or 2 1/2 years ago, it was reported that -- there was a debate at one time whether or not we were in a recession because we have not had two consecutive quarters of being in the downturn and all the way up until the time it crashed -- and one point, if i could. because andrea mitchell -- i'm a fan of hers -- but because, i think, andrea mitchell is t

as secretary clinton said, we appeal to north korean authorities on humanitarian grounds to release these 2 women and return them to their families. due to privacy considerations i am not able to answer questions about citizens in this public hearing but the department of state and the secretary of state appreciate the interest we receive from members of congress. we are pursuing every possible approach in order to persuade the north koreans to release and send these women home. i look forward to the question of the committee. >> will there be an opportunity for the committee to be briefed in an executive session with regard to the detainees? >> the easiest thing will be on telephone, i am confident you'll get your briefing or call the ambassador outside the proceeding. i see we have a vote that has started. what i think we will do if you are willing. we could not interrupt the proceedings. thank you. i want to see if we can flush this out of a little bit. we talk about consequences, we talked about challenge to order, how this must be addressed. how these are provocative steps. you said

i am not sure how plausible that is given that the film is not favorable for secretary clinton. i think the court might try to expand the -- suggesting that movies have a different standard. this is about listeners. they have to purchase a movie. the constitution protects that as sacrosanct and that mccain camp cannot reach this. but for those that want to regulate campaign finance will just have more movies like the hillary clinton movie. i think it is possible that this case could be used as a vehicle for overturning the mcconnell decision. what we talk about, just as alito, it is important to understand from justice o'connor. he seems to be less sympathetic to can pipe -- campaign finance restrictions than justice o'connor. that is the context in which we might see a decision reversing it. another issue that came out of the oral argument is that the justices became very uncomfortable when they realized that the theories of the mccormick -- mcconnell case will allow the government to prevent books and films from coming up 60 days before an election if they were considered to b

he was a top envoy for middle east peace under bill clinton. former congressman william jefferson who kept $90,000 in his freezer here's opening statements in court. he is accused of racketeering and other crimes. mr. jefferson says he has an explanation for the cash that was found in his home freezer and has pleaded not guilty. william jefferson represented parts of new orleans. those are some of the headlines on c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. host: a lot of people heard what the president had to say about health care. what goes through your mind? guest: i think what he said at the speech, and c-span covered it. i had a chance to listen to almost every word. i think he pretty much laid out his plan. he did a wonderful job in rallying troops and addressing an audience that perhaps he thought was hostile. there were very warm and gave him many ovations. there was only one boo. he is sticking with the program. host: when doctors here about a public plan, what is there -- why are they against this? guest: there was the public pla

gr and the department of commerce during the clinton administration. david goode joins the tata sons group in 2005. after a 34 year career at the state department. at state, david was the director of the office of india, nepal, sri lanka and multi-affairs. following a three-year stint as american council judgment in mumbai. arvind panagariya, professor of indian political economy at columbia university. as well as a nonresident senior fellow working institution. he has also worked for the asian development bank, world bank, imf, injuries capacities. he has also published extensively including a recent book i-india, the emerging giant. my colleague claude barfield is a resident scholar here at aei. is the author or editor of a number of books on trade and science policy. and has also served as an advisor to the office of the u.s. trade representative. our format will follow the one of the prior panel. each panelist will present eight to 10 minute remarks. we will then open up the floor for questions. so with that, i will turn the discussion over to susa

caller: i am a supporter of hillary clinton and i am a longtime democrat and voted for bill clinton and voted for him and i am part of his library in little rock, arkansas. i heard everything that ambassador white has said. so, basically it is just a bunch of words -- not sang ambassador white is only reverberating, i am saying the white house is. if we believe -- that was quote from the president -- we believe, in other words they once zelaya back into power, well, what are you going to do about it, president obama? the point is, we don't need another engagement. i think we ought to take care of iran, china, and russia. yes, we need to look at it, but i support hillary clinton's position and i think she can handle it. let her candle lit. she is the secretary of state and i believe -- let her handle it. she is secretary of state, and i believe we have great sibilant the state department. my step father was going -- but he stayed here in california in camp pendleton. what is your degree anyway, i was curious? guest: well, i have one of those useless master's degrees in foreign policy. bu

maybe at a certain point, people could see a difference between senator clinton and senator obama during a primary. when you deal with government, often there are differences between components of the same administration. how do you work through that? how are you going to negotiate through that so that you can come up with some coherent policy? that is what we're trying to do in a variety of areas, including those that you mentioned. >> maybe i will go back to you -- both of you. this is an administration that made a commitment to policy. one thing that is not transparent is who is in charge. we have the cio and the transparency initiatives. the should the public look to to hold responsible for open government in this administration? >> she is more in charge that i am. >> the answer is everyone is in charge of transparency and open government. this is a huge commitment of this administration that everyone has their hands in a piece of it. naturally, probably the offices that are setting policy on that area probably thatostp, -- is ostp. i think those two offices are probably more involve

but there was something special about bill clinton in 1992. the man now speaking to helped to lay the foundation for so much of this. a young man who noticed in 1984 and 1985 that middle-class america and the mainstream america was not being represented. their concerns are not being addressed, and there were not given the tools to achieve their dreams and aspirations. i thought back on the great leaders of this organization from chuck robb to dig gephardt to jim jones, at 2 barbara kinelly, obviously to the great chairman in 1990 and 1991 with whom we will hear from later. a thought about the congressman from mississippi. the great leader and the senate from connecticut, joe lieberman. the hon. joe long. i thought about roy romer and did mccurry who is here this evening. i thought about the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend of vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, now senator tom carver. of course, my immediate predecessor, my friend, the great gov. tom vilsack. we have all been a part of something v

nothing interfere yates me more when i read, bill clinton is like theodore roosevelt. they are nothing like him. he whats a deep intellectual writer who had such moral conviction. he never lied. >> we are out of time. we haven't had time to talk about your bob dylan interview. we'll attempt to do that later. >> all right. thanks, brian. >> join us next sunday for part two on our conversation with douglas brinkley. here on c-span. >> up next, prime minister gordon brown. congressman eric can'tor and homeland security. after that, a reporter's round table on the political news of the week. tomorrow on washington journal, the chief congressional correspond ant previews this week's action. corey boles talks about the pass which offers consumers cash vouchers to buy more fuel ee fish yept cars. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> i think you get a little bit from the federal government. >> grants and stuff like that. >> maybe from others? >> it might get some federal funding? >> 30 years ago. america's cable company created c-

secretary clinton will give her remarks. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" and look at iran. former congressman tom davis talks about health care in republican politics. later, in the that the cover story on harper's magazine. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> how was c-span funded? >> through donations? >> through the federal government.

i remember when president clinton has nominated her to the second circuit to. republican controlled senate to put a hold on her nomination, they tried to block her and i made more than a dozen speeches on the senate urging those who placed anonymous call on her at least have the courage to come forward and say who you were -- they didn't. the end in june 1998 there was a call and on wall street journal that said we all know there were tried to hold her up because they were afraid that president clinton might nominate her to the supreme court if there is a vacancy. when the supreme court ended without a vacancy the republican controlled senate finally released her

in instituting a horrible reign of terror in which was backed by bush, bush won, and even more so by clinton. in .. nothing at all surprising about what followed next. in 1995, u.s. aid wrote a report pointing out, and i'm quoting it, that the export-driven trade in investment policy that washington, d.c. mandated will squeeze the domestic rice farmer. in fact, the neoliberal policies rammed down haiti's throat destroyed, dismantled what was left of economic sovereignty, drove the country into chaos. now, that was accelerated by bush number 2's banning of international aid on totally cynical grounds. in february, 2004, the two traditional tortures of haiti, france and the united states, combined to back a military coup and send president aristide off to africa. the u.s. denies him permission to return to the entire region. haiti had by then lost the capacity to feed itself. making it highly vulnerable to food price fluctuation. that was the immediate cause of the 2008 food crisis which led to riots and enormous protest but not getting food. the story is familiar. in fact, quite similar in mu

obama is left-handed and clinton was as well. bush 41 was as well. >> what does it mean? >> we are a tribe. >> last question, who named to the book "wilderness warrior/" >> i did. my wife, i bounced the ideas off of. she may be the originator. i had a list of 10 of them. because roosevelt is seen as a warrior, a wonderful scholar named cooper, for roosevelt he liked to have fights about everything he believed in. he was very bullish. he was a warrior trying to save while america. so the title kind of came naturally. the subtitle has the word "crusade" in it because he was a crusader for this. to confront roosevelt on wanting to save the grand canyon or grandverdwind cave or mesa verdu better be strong, because he knocked everybody over. i don't know any president as bold as him. his eucharist factor was so high, you cannot comprehend it in the modern political spectrum. if nothing infuriates me more when i read like when people say bill clinton is like theater roosevelt. fees nothing like him. there was a george w. bush is like roosevelt. they're nothing alike. roosevelt

effort, not just pundits, these are people involved in the clinton effort. >> but not necessarily working each and every day on what we're doing to move that reform forward, this is a step toward meaningful reform that is in itself different than what we had 16 years ago. >> yesterday, senator feinstein said that she or indicated she wasn't satisfied with the intelligence on iraq. -- is the president learning things? >> i don't want to comment on the intelligence process or the specific intelligence the president is getting. >> is he satisfied with what he's getting? >> let me follow up on the friday question i asked you if he was consulting with anybody outside the government. >> i will check on that again today. i meant to do that fried. i apologize. >> back to iran. what is the best -- back to what, sorry? >> iran. >> i didn't hear you. >> what is the best case scenario after watching the activities this week for levels of engagement you had hoped for prior to the election? what's the best case scenario? >> in terms of whether they happen, the outcome? >> keep the levels of engagement

i remember when president clinton nominated her to the second circuit. the republican-controlled senate put a hold on her nomination. they tried to block her. there were a dozen speeches in the senate urging daleys have the courage to come forward and then who they are. they did not. in june 1998, there was a column in "the wall street journal" that said what we all knew. they were trying to hold her up the coast there was a rumor that president clinton will nominate her to the supreme court if there was a vacancy. the final release her nomination. she was confirmed overwhelmingly and not one word was spoke on the senate floor against -- by those who felt the need to hold her for an -- a disgraceful amount of time. when thurgood marshall was nominated to the second circuit, he faced stiff opposition. it did not make any difference that he graduated first in his class of harvard law school or that he had naacp legal defense fund. he had all kinds of hostile questions at this confirmation hearing, and his nomination was stalled for some time. he was then a

she was appointed by president clinton in 1999. to her right is judge karen nelson moore of the sixth circuit, who was appointed to that court by president clinton in 1995. obviously there is much more i could say about each of them, and when they speak, maybe they could bring in relevant parts of their background. to her right is the judge appointed to the d.c. circuit by president clinton. so his right is judge j. harvey wilkinson, who was appointed by president ronald reagan to the fourth circuit in 1984, which i guess makes you the senior -- no, judge ryan heart. to judge wilkinson's right was is judge -- a judge who brings a scourt perspective. >> last but not leeth, judge reinhart who was appointed by president carter in 199. to plunge in and taking them in that order, i wanted to get people talking about the topic of improving the courts. what are the major challenges facing your circuit? i would like to bring out the fact that, just like not all judges are the same, not all circuits are the same. they face different kinds o

i remember one president clinton had nominated her to the second circuit. the republican-controlled senate put a hold on her nomination. they tried to block her. i made more than a dozen speeches on the senate urging those who placed an anonymous hold to at least have the courage to come forward and say who you work. they did not. in june 1998 there was a column which said we all knew they were trying to hold her up because they were afraid president clinton might nominate her to the supreme court if there was a vacancy. when the supreme court term ended without a vacancy the senate finally released her nomination. she was confirmed overwhelmingly and not one word was spoken on the senate floor against her by those who felt it was so important to hold her up for a disgraceful. of time. this brings me -- for a disgraceful period of time. when thurgood marshall was nominated he faced stiff opposition. it did not make any difference he graduated first in his class from howard university law school where he had been lead counsel for the naacp legal defense fund

one correction, it wasn't under clinton. [laughter] >> that i served. i predated him but he outlasted me. [laughter] >> so i think to his relief. let me add my welcome to all of you, to that of nancy. i also want to take the opportunity to congratulate -- nihcm has become influential and a respected voice on healthcare policy. it's done this on a number of ways. first through its issue briefs called expert voices, which top analysts summarize succinctly the state of knowledge on a particular issue and then add their unique perspective and for those of you who haven't accessed one of those, i think there's probably some out on the table, i would. i have a little stack of them somewhere in my office that i refer to quite frequently. it's also had influence through the reports that it generates from its research projects on a wide range of topics from childhood obesity to health system capacity and on and on. and it's been an important convener, which is a vital role in the health policy debate. it's brought together practical business leaders from the ins

during the clinton administration justice breyer was perceived to be the runner up and when the next vacancy arose me got it. so there's a precedent for rauner up getting it. but there are a few qualifications. one is that you never know what the political environment will be. you can imagine a situation where years down the road the political dynamic have shifted, and that might effect people the president thought he could confirm. the other variable is whose vacancy he's filling. >> i think the sotomayor nomination is less controversial than it would be because the appointment is to fill sooter's seat. certainly you can imagine a circumstance where justice tomps resigns and the president was filling that spot he might see a different reaction. the appointment would have much greater balance to the court. i think subject to political qualification and the actually vacancy president obama would be filling, we'll see what happens, but i would start with the short list as the pre sumptive short list. thank you for your hospitality. >> up next secretary of state clinton talks about hond

the did not do that to bill clinton. host: new orleans on the democrats their index caller: sure. host: what you make of this example? caller: i don't believe it is a love affair so much as he is a very articulate and intelligent man and sinkthings before he sps which is a refreshing change from the last eight years. i think that the media seize this more than anyone else and that is the reason for the exposure. his a constitutional law professor and has a lot compared to the cowboy that we just are rid of. host: on the independent line, john, what do think? caller: i don't it is a love affair from the media to barack obama, but if you put it into the context of how the media treated george bush just after 9/11 and a look the other way as bush pushed through his policies, you put it into that context -- and with the media when after bill clinton and al gore when he ran for election, if you look at the way that the media has treated democrats and republicans suddenly the media is being easier on barack obama -- and all of a sudden everyone is accusing the media of being so easy on

can't stress enough is the fight against human trafficking is something that was established in the clinton administration, through the passage of the trafficking victims protection act, which is something they worked very hard on, it was a bipartisan lot, bipartisan affect. it was something the bush administration was very committed to working on once they came in. the same is true of the obama administration. today's press event upstairs, the cable that the secretary is sending to the diplomatic corps in the united states and abroad, is something that is a marker for not just a continuation of the bush did ministration's commitment to fighting in and trafficking and modern slavery but an intensification of the part of hillary clinton and the obama administration. that is something that those of us who worked in the field, whether in the state department, people like myself who have been federal prosecutors investigating the cases working with the ngos, that is something we have seen a lot of response to world wide. we will hopefully see an improvement in the coming year as far as the coun

then, former president bill clinton and steny hoyer at a business dinner. after that, another chance to see it the conversation with columnist george will. >> this week on "newsmakers," congressman pete stark discusses legislation working its way through congress. he talks about one proposal that would establish a public health insurance plan to compete with private plans. >> at the end of the day, if you choose to have competition and you choose to have a plan that is dependable and affordable, you cannot do it without having a public plan there. that creates the competition for the private plan. so yes, there will be a public plan in the bill. will the people vote for? i don't know who wants to go home in next year's primary and say i voted against the plan that is going to provide 30,000 people in my district, most of whom are nonwhite, most of whom are poor, most of who are working, and most to do not have a way now to get insurance. i don't think that is a vote many people want to make. >> california congressman pete stark, tomorrow morning at 10:00 an

president bush or clinton never did anything like that. it throws congress off it's a game, you know? -- off it's game, you know? they're used to relationship dynamic that is just not there right now. we sort of struggle to get our head around what exactly is unfolding. a lot of this is not recognizing what we are seeing. baughma>> the argument has beene that the president has arguments to be made. this president has passed major legislation on the hill, but for the most part in those instances, he was differential to congress. congress for the legislation. it was not to get people together in the white house. he basically deferred to them. it was said in the early 1990's that the president's job is to tame the beast. the public thinks of the congress as a beastly. -- as beastly. to the fear barack obama? --do they fear barack obama? >> i think this is a case of about off protest too much. -- of thou dost protest too much. it is almost like is delegating the hard work out their. he did not do that because congress has some great power. he

hillary clinton to address the situation and honduras, iran and iraq at today state department meeting. she said the ouster of the president of honduras over the weekend is a coup, and expressed confidence in the abilities of the iraqi security forces as the u.s. troops begin their withdrawal. i want to start with yesterday's unfortunate events in honduras. these were a test of the inter- american system ability to support and defend democracy and constitutional order in our hemisphere. the united states has been working in -- with our partners to fashion a strong consensus, condemning the detention and expulsion of president and calling for the full restoration of democratic order in honduras. our immediate priority is to restore full democratic and constitutional order in that country. today, foreign ministers of the rio group will be attending a meeting of central american leaders to address the issue of honduras. tomorrow the oas will hold an easterner general assembly. as we look for, all parties have their responsibility to address the problem that led to yesterday's events. in a

with this amendment we request that the secretary clinton report on plans and efforts to address the plight of afro latinos and indigenous peoples in the western hemisphere and we also request a report on the status of the u.s.-brazil joint action plan so that we can gain a greater understanding of how to increase our collaboration on similar initiatives and i retain the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? >> claiming time in opposition, madam chair. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. . it reck nyes the commitment of our government to promote quality and opportunity. it underscores promotion of human rights in order to maintain peace, democracy and prosperity in the region. the united states' commitment to freedom and equality is long-standing. this joint action plan between our two countries helps to further these values throughout the hemisphere. mr. meeks' amendment requires the secretary of state to report on the progress of these important bilateral efforts under the action plan. this report will help to bring accountabili

last time, maybe under carter or clinton, i'm not sure. probably clinton. i don't know all about all these people. urban czar, infotech czar, faith-based czar, the been reported that he's an atheist. but that is his faith, i suppose. health reform czar, nancy-ann, tarp czar, now we have all heard about the tarps, heash alison is the -- herb alison is the tarp czar. stimulus accountability czar, the nonproliferation czar, the -- and i may be mispronouncing these folks' names and let me say right off, if i've mispronounced anybody's name, it's because i'm from texas and i apologize for that. the terrorist czar is john brennan, the regulatory czar, there's an interesting one, cass, the drug czar is gil kerilowski. the guantanamo closure czar, the af/pak czar, the mideast peace czar, the persian gulf/southwest asia czar, dennis ross, the sudan czar, j. scott, climate czar, todd stern, car czar, steve rad in her -- rat in her. he's been all over the place -- ratner, he's been all over the place. economic czar, the executive pay czar, that's one of my favorites r

secretary clinton will describe in more detail during her trip our plans to expand cooperation in that area. a forthcoming have intensified bilateral cooperation will be to mobilize our to knowledge society is to expand the frontiers of human knowledge and use that knowledge to improve people's lives. in science and technology cooperation has always been important part of u.s. india cooperation. but we must do more to harness the brainpower of our scientific and research communities and their private-sector counterparts to improve energy efficiency, to find low-cost health care solutions, and enhance and food security. agriculture is a very high priority for prime minister saying in an area where we also hope to expand cooperation. to quote him again, the hold of middleman has blocked the the rise of open networks, special interests have blocked reforms. the prime minister and his team are well aware of these challenges and the united states is ready to help with technology, research and by sharing best practices in the cost of farm to fork supply food chain. ladies and gentlemen, pres

find that many of of the use ronald reagan, the camera becomes second nature to them and president clinton i have got maybe one of the largest collections private individual time magazine in new york times would have we more than i do but in terms of as an individual i have thousands of shots of president and secretary of commerce, senator hillary clinton as well, and i have to say that the personality came across

president obama and secretary clinton have been in the forefront of this effort reaching out to leaders in japan and, south korea, china and russia conveying a desire for a strong and unified response to p'yongyang that it will suffer consequences if it does not reverse course. last week i participated in a mission to the region led by secretary of state, deputy secretary of state steinberg where we reiterated this point. i can say that our partners share our view that north korea's nuclear and missile threats is a challenge to the international order and a hindrance to lasting stability in northeast asia that must be addressed. we found that our asian partners agree that north korea's provocative behavior is changing the security situation in northeast asia. and we agreed to take coordinated steps to get north korea to reverse its lead as provocative stops here and china obviously has an impartial role to play in influencing the path north korea follows. on our recent trip we find that china shared a deep concern about north korea's recent actions and a strong commitment to achieve den

one of which al from and bill clinton had nothing to do with. america was growing more diverse racially, religiously, culturally. and, therefore, by nature, more communi communitarian and less tolerant of the politics of division. the other al from had a lot to do with. people didn't believe president reagan's lines any more about government messing up a two-car parade because they believed government could perform and had a role to lay in giving us -- a role to play in giving us the shared future. the bases were pretty well even in 2000, and president bush ran a very, really a brilliant campaign. that xscompassionate conservati may be the best showilogan of m adult because they said we will give you everything president clinton did with a smaller tax. never mind the details that were not so pretty. so, al gore got more votes but not must have to stay out of the supreme court where president bush was elected 5-4. and then he was re-elected in 2004 all right. we were still in sort of the capsule of fear from 9/11. and we never had defeat add pres

what we have seen and what secretary clinton pointed out is this notion of global economic crisis is impacting the slavery problem in many different ways. it makes people more vulnerable to the traffickers. they're more likely to have to immigrate for work. they're more likely to take risks they wouldn't have. a woman that thinks she has to travel from moldova to western europe to take a modeling job is less likely to do the due diligence if she needs benefit for her sick parents or get a new roof on the house. so too, the countries that are being hurt by the financial crisis, the nongovernmental organizations that are seeing their endowments or donor base dry up, those are the people that should be helping to rescue the victims and providing services. we see the perfect storm with the world's economic crisis. unfortunately, it always falls on the most vulnerable, in this case, the ones trafficked. host: tell us about the girl in this picture. guest: this is the young girl that was brought from egypt. the justice department worked -- the civil rights unit of the justice department wh

so much so that even president obama, vice president biden and secretary of state clinton are running away from it. so should we and i yield back the balance of my time. >> i thank the gentleman and i now recognize the distinguished chairman of the full committee for an opening statement. >> thank you chairman, thank you ranking member in marriages, i mean chairman emeritus. the president is running away from a lot of things, so this is just one more of them. that doesn't mean that the consideration is not extremely important. we have been here before ladies and gentlemen. i am for state secrets. there are some secrets that we have got to keep away from citizens and congress people, and everybody else, bloggers. but, wait a minute, which once? well, that is what we are here to try to sort out. we didn't say abolish state secrets. and, of the state secrets have been used so much to keep things secret that should not have been kept secret. that is the problem. and by the way, let's take a look at the great state bens of the president on this subject. he said we have got to reign in stat