forts across the delaware river from philadelphia at forts mercers and while he was building these forts they realized that the british ships would sail into the delaware and try to bombard philadelphia. so he started building what's known is a chevaux de frise and they were tree trunks that were shaved sit down and they would put iron tips on the end and put these under water so that when the british ships would sail in, they would puncture the bottom of the ship and then they would sink. the americans said this guy knows what he's doing so they made him a colonel of the engineers and they paid him a reward. and ben franklin went off to paris and suddenly there was a battle who would kosciuszko work for next? well, he got the attention of general gates who was the commander of the northern army for the continental army and general gates was in charge of new york. and he knew that the british would be coming down from canada and attacking from three sides. so he sent kosciuszko up here to a fort and said if it's secure and someplace we can make our stand. so kosciuszko got up there and s

let's put forts up there. and so, they built fort hut putnam which you see here, which stands today at west point and this is fort putnam from the other side. and kosciuszko essentially built the series of forts at west point, 13 different readouts and heavy forts, that became an impenetrable fortification the british couldn't attack and around this time there was someone else who noticed this. benedict arnold. he was making a secret plot with the british to sell kosciuszko's plans for west point, to the british. now, kosciuszko warned, all the time, the vantage point which you saw, we need 200 money up there to be stationed at all times. after serving two-and-a-half years at west point, kosciuszko wanted to get back into battle and george washington said, okay. go down to the south, we need your skills down there. and on the same day he went to the south, george washington butt put benedict arnold in charge of west point and he wrote an order to all of his men, saying, we don't need 200 guys up there, in case

think -- every base i have been on from fort lewis in seattle to fort bragg to fort jackson he has done his training at fort mead. these soldiers -- everyone has to understand, they're so -- they love what they do in the duet for love of country. host: thank you. the video we're showing is scenes from baghdad and other cities. this is part of the day of dilution -- jubilation as declared by the iraqi government. john is on the phone from north carolina. caller: good morning, it is a good day for the iraqis. the invaders are pulling out of their cities. it dick cheney, his daughter, and all the neocons want to keep the invasion's going forever let them put on the uniforms and go

into the fort payne cultural heritage center. it reveals that the city of fort payne received a $90,000 grant in order to begin construction on this project, which starts this fall. rehabilitation of the coal and iron building into a cultural and heritage center is the kind of thing that ought to be paid for at a state level or at a local level and by local communities. i applaud the ability of the council to make such a grant given the economic conditions that exist out there, but i question, again, whether this is one of those things which rise is to the level of whether it should have another $150,000 of taxpayer money. now, let me, madam chair, this is the fifth and final of various amendments that i have offered on behalf of myself and other members this evening having to do with earmarks. and let me say this, i have heard the passion pleas and i'm sure i will hear another one from people this evening about the importance of the project they are talking about, and i understand that. i get that. we all have things we think ar

his district includes northern new york, including fort drum. he's been a public servant now for some 40 years having served in the local, the state, and federal levels of our government. he's highly respected leader on national defense, and has been a staunch advocate for america's military personnel and their families. as chairman and subsequently ranking member of the subcommittee on military personnel on our armed services committee, john mchugh has shared my desire to increase the end strength for the army and marines. enhands military pay and began efforts to eliminate concurrent receipt to allow the payment of both veterans disability and military retired pay. given his background and his experience, the president nominated john mchugh to serve as secretary of the army on june 2 of this year. it's a tribute to his accomplishments in national defense and on balf of the service men and women and their families. it's a pleasure to honor him in this manner. it's a pleasure to have served with him and we will of course miss him. his brightness

there are 44 potential silos constructed at fort greeley. we are in discussion today. today will be the start of it for the start of authorizations. host: from the democrats' line, herndon, virginia, michael joins us. caller: good morning, how is everybody? my question is basically for the republican that just left. he is on the committee, and why did we send our troops to war when we did not have enough supplies, the equipment was old, it did not protect anyone? and now you guys are talking about missile defense. are you getting us prepared for something? guest: thank you, michael, for your call. i can only answer for my time in the last six months as a new member, a freshman. that is one of the questions that i talked a lot about what i campaigned. do we have the supplies, are we equipped? do we have the necessary troops and the support not only from our country but across the globe? when i campaigned i talked a lot about afghanistan and how we were totally under resources there in terms of troops, equipment, and other aspects of how to deal with long-term sustainabi

fort wayne foundry closed three plants because they are a major g.m. and chrysler supplier. now we're being asked to tax them through their energy. let me talk a little bit about how we get energy in indiana. we're 85% coal. we're 15% nuclear. the heritage study showing impact by congressional district says my congressional district is the number one damaged district. the new figures from the national association of manufacturers this week show that my district is the number one manufacturing district. it's unusual. if you came to northeast indiana, and i represent basecally fort wayne up to south bend, going along the michigan line and ohio line, you drive through an area with lots of water, rivers, in between is beautiful green farmland we aren't dry and parched like much of america, we have a green area. that gives us water, essential to most manufacturing. you can't build major manufacturing facilities where there isn't adequate water. many, many of those farms where people still farm we don't have the big corporate farms, we have small farms because one person from each

lewis in seattle to fort bragg to fort jackson he has done his training at fort mead. these soldiers -- everyone has to understand, they're so -- they love what they do in the duet for love of country. host: thank you. the video we're showing is scenes from baghdad and other cities. this is part of the day of dilution -- jubilation as declared by the iraqi government. john is on the phone from north carolina. caller: good morning, it is a good day for the iraqis. the invaders are pulling out of their cities. it dick cheney, his daughter, and all the neocons want to keep the invasion's going forever let them put on the uniforms and go over there. host: jack is joining us from minnesota. good morning. caller: my thoughts are that it is just about time. please do not cut me off. i have waited for 30 days. it is about time. if we in fact a liberated them to use that quaint phrase that the bush administration used, we should have been able to leave in about -- two or three months after we invaded? this has been seven years. the real reason of course the weak and then it was

there's 44 potential silos that could be constructed at fort really. they are committing to the administration to 30. i believe it should be a higher number for a variety of reasons, so we are in discussion today and it will be the start reprocess of appropriations or authorizations. >> host: let's go to the phones on the democrats' line from virginia, michael joins us. >> caller: good morning, how is everybody? >> guest: very good. >> caller: my question basically is for the republican that just left. he's on the kennedy and why did we send our troops to the board they didn't have enough supplies, didn't -- the equipment was old, it didn't protect anyone, and now you guys are talking about missile defense. are you getting less prepared for something? >> guest: thank you, michael, for the call. i can only answer for my time the last six months. i am a new member, i freshman but that some of the questions when i campaigned i talked a lot about and that is when we make these decisions are we equipped, do we have the supplies and the necessary troops and

lewis in seattle to fort bragg to fort jackson he did his training at fort meade, and these soldiers, everyone's got to understand they're so, they love what they do, and they do it for love of country. >> host: i'm going to stop you on that point, and thank you. don't be a stranger. the video we're showing you, by the way, scenes from baghdad and other iraqi cities, this national day of jubilation as declared by the iraqi government part of the phase-out of u.s. troops beginning from the metropolitan areas including mosul and baghdad. john is on the phone from north carolina, good morning. your reaction on this june 30th. >> caller: yeah, i think it's a good day for the iraqis. the invaders are pulling out of the cities, and if cheney and all neo-cons, let them put the uniforms on and go over there. thank you. >> host: john, thanks for the call. jack is joining us from minnesota. good morning. >> caller: hello? >> host: go ahead, caller. >> caller: yeah. my thoughts are it's about time. by the way, please don't cut me off -- >> we leave this washington journal segment to take you to

has with the fed, particularly the one regarding the management of fannie mae and freddie mac's port fort yoes? >> i don't know if i can. we don't run black rock. we have two or three seats on the board, but don't have a ceo or chairman and he doesn't report to anyone in bank of america -- >> you own 49.9%. isn't that a strange relationship. >> we don't own 51%. that would be the difference. >> do you know how much black rock will earn from that contract with the federal reserve to manage fannie and

so if we have terrorists, they are somewhere in fort beatridie. new evidence for 9/11 has been uncovered by "the new york times" given to families of 9/11, uncovering that saudi arabia was a major financial backer of those involved in 9/11. host: is saudi arabia and internal threat? guest: first of all, i do not think that is any secret that there are sources within saudi arabia, whether they are in the form of contributions or -- john mccain said that we pay that part of the world for oil, but much of the end up in the pockets of terrorists. that is not a revelation. it is common knowledge. it is a fact. for the longest time, there were those in the saudi government, and there was this notion that you could export the terrorists as an extreme factor in order to get them out of their own indigenous country, they have kind of support of them overseas. once they were attacked in riyadh, they realize you cannot export potential troublemakers because a comeback -- it comes back and land in your own backyard. they have been much supportive -- they have

you recently went with defense secretary robert gates to alaska to fort greenly where the ground-based system is essentially located. what did you talk about as far as the priority of missile defense and where it will be going in the future. >> first for those watching and listening, missile, fort greenly is up north in alaska so it's about 400 miles north of anchorage, but the discussion we had we felt there on the c-17 which was also important giving a sense of the new type of equipment that's being utilized as a great cargo ship not only use here but around the globe and vows we went in there we talked about the missile defense system in fort greely the impact it would have and how dynamic the program has to be meaning that it shouldn't be just as it is today the at

i always tell the story, when i was a reporter in fort worth, about ten days out from every election i have ever covered it always turned out one of the candidates was accused of having a girlfriend that lived on the east side. i don't know why it was but all the girlfriend's for living on the east side. it would always come out and we would have to go check it out and sometimes it would be true, about 90% of the times it was not true. was just one of the scurrilous rumors and it would never get in the paper, it would never get on television or anything. now, it's that kind of rumor crop supped it gets on somebody's blog. it gets on the internet and there it is. you have to deal with it. you have to figure out what to do about it. what we in the mainstream media do about it, we try to check it out but you know the internet is the first vehicle we have ever had to deliver news that has no editor. the words newspaper in america, the smallest radio station in america that has in his department has somebody on the staff who knows where this stuff came from. staff pops up on the internet.

what is the employment situation in fort lauderdale? caller: that money was stolen just like the money that went to iraq. host: north carolina on the republican line. caller: we are without a lot of jobs. they took away our furniture industry, working on tobacco. everything we have here is gone. i am very proud of the iranians on what they are doing right now. the freedoms and liberties we are throwing away. those people are dying to retain them. our economy is a big part of that. this has been going on for years. people better wake up. host: maryland, democratic line. where are the jobs in maryland? caller: we are holding our own. instead of the stimulus package, the bulk of it going to the banks, they should have put that money toward infrastructure, that would have created a lot of jobs. healthcare is the single thing that kills our manufacturing industry. many of the small businesses in the area are being destroyed because of the cost of insurance. insurance company is what is wrecking it. and doctors to make high salaries and insur

all but one of those locations was fort sill in my state of oklahoma. i went down there and i found out that would not be at all workable. in fact, the sergeant-major carter, who was in charge of the prison at fort sill, said why in the world would they close a place like gitmo? it's an ideal place to keep these people. and currently, and even though they're talking about putting them in supermax prisons, the only supermax facilities -- facility located in colorado, florence, colorado. according to the bureau of prisons, as of may 21, only one bed has not been filled at supermax. obviously this isn't going to work. there are some -- the b.o.p. facilities at the end of this month was 13,414 inmates while the total prison population of those facilities was far more than that, 20 -- exceeding 20,000. now, despite claims by senator durbin for the supermax prisons in the united states are ready to receive detainees, the supermax prisons in the united states are at or above their maximum capacity. additionally, the -- these civilian prisoners do not meet the

host: fort wayne, new jersey. go ahead on democratic line. caller: it's fort lee, new jersey. i have a ford fiesta, 1988, my friend gave to me because he couldn't get anything on the trade-in. and he gave it to me and i have been driving it for four to five years, and i get 49 miles to the gallon. that's a 1988 ford. i don't understand why there is difficulty to have new cars get good mileage like i get from a 1988. also i would like to ask quickly, if there is a tie-in between the oil industry and the automobile manufacturers. i am very suspicious that mileage is tied into the oil companies. i would appreciate your reply, thank you. guest: well, two questions and let me answer the first. absolutely not, there is no connection between the oil and the manufacturers. that's an urban myth that's been out. and fuel is a component but no control of oil companies. as far as the technology, fiesta was a small car and fuel-efficient. ford is introducing another european version that i think will be popular in the u.s. again fuel economy is important and that's why we supported the inc

how much gold do we have in fort knox and the deficit? will they take this money and pay it back on the deficit or is this more money they can spend it? you have an excellent guest to answer that question. but for some reason no one wants to talk about how much gold they have. the could find out how much there actually is there as far as that goes? host: how do then relate this to bang policy? caller: because everything is based on credit in the new this money for credit. with chrysler in these companies they can turn around and shut down the store. the smart move would have been for them -- and turn to be fiscally responsible to our deficit. we have to tackle that. i am for everything obama has done so far, but we have to watch the deficit. host: kentucky on our democrat'' line. good morning, mary. caller: i would give him and "a" considering everything he has inherited. i think he is doing a good job. i do not think that we keep any gold at fort knox anymore. host: we will go next to tennessee on the our democrats' line. caller: hello,

in the dallas-fort worth market, the percentage has gone from 10% in january until about six% now. one thing that we have found is that the homes that are not ready are in areas of vulnerable populations, the elderly, low- income families, minorities, and families whose first language are not english. they are the hardest to reach and we have been concentrating on outreach efforts in those groups. we have made substantial progress since february. >> so, your call centers will be bilingual? >> yes. we have the ability to refer calls to a translator service where they can handle 100 languages. if we get calls and hungarian, we can handle those -- if we get calls and hon gary, we can handle those. -- if we get calls in hungarian, we can handle those. only about 50% of the population has been substantially affected by the transition, so far. there is no question what remains for june 12 will be the better way than we will prepare so that people who have not already prepared will know what to do. >> we went to one of the stations that had not prepared. it is a public station here in was

the flag day celebrations at fort mchenry just outside baltimore. ohio, good morning to carl. make sure you turn down your television or radiator -- radio. caller: well, the federal bureaucracy -- the faa is equivalent to the department of education, and these are failed bureaucracies. you have the car czar and education czar -- we need to get rid of them. host: say the faa is not doing their jobs on the regional carriers? caller: no, we need to go back to the imperial image of america. that means allays a fair. -- lee is a fair. less government. leave the banks alone and leave the railroads alone. we probably could have passenger trains again. host: back to "usa today" and that opinion peace and regional carriers. the editorial board calling for more regulation or at least closer scrutiny on regional carriers. about salisbury, a dirty little secret in the airline industry is the regional pilots awfully woefully underpaid. the " pilot in the colgan air crash was earning less than $24,000 a year. kansas city, dawn on the independent line. -- don. cal

it is fort lee, new jersey. i have a ford festiva, 1988, that a friend gave to me because he could not get anything on the trade in. so he gave it to me. and i have been driving it now for four or five years, and i get 49 miles to the gallon. that is a 1988 ford. i don't understand why there is such a difficult seem to have new cars get good mileage like i get with an 1988. i would also like to ask very quickly, if there is a tie-in between the oil industry and automobile manufacturers, because i am very suspicious that mileage is tied into the oil companies. i appreciate your reply. thank you. guest: let me answer that second one first. absolutely night. no connection between the oil industry and the manufacturers. kind of one of the urban myths that has been out there for a long time. fuel and the technology of the vehicles are a system, so fuel is a component, but there is no concept -- control, and vice versa. as far as technology, fiesta was a small car, very fuel- efficient. ford is actually introducing a

the region is experiencing high growth due to the ongoing troop buildup of fort riley. the city of manhattan, kansas, and riley county are cooperating to provide municipal level services among the corridor near fort riley. strong interest has been expressed in the area by the developmental community. and there have been limitations on future growth on the manhattan's west side. in the 2003 update of the manhattan urban area comprehensive plan, which was a joint planning initiative with the city and county, specifically identifies the k-177 gateway area as a potential urban growth corridor if municipal level services are provided. that's why the city could not wait on the sewer line project. it is already underway and being managed by the county. the city will be responsible for the design, bidding, and overseeing the water project. the cost of both the water and sewer projects will be shared by the federal government, city of manhattan, and riley county. clearly it was congressional intent that manhattan's needs be funded. i understand they are not i understand they are

voban was perhaps the greatest expert in military history of siege craft in how to built forts. and kosciuszko was very influenced by him. that's true. >> i'm curious about why would czar paul do anything for kosciuszko? why not just kill him? >> well, czar paul felt sorry for him and also had similar thoughts about easing up on the serfs. he later eased up on the serfs of russia not as quickly as kosciuszko would like him to. but he was of the same thoughts in general as kosciuszko and he wasn't a tyrant like his more, katherine the great who wanted to stretch russia as far as she could. >> in the preface of your book you mentioned there was little until you took the task about the book written on both the polish and american side. can you comment on the many reasons why you think it is. it's a fascinating story and it's surprising so little is known about it so far. >> well, i think for starters he has this unpronounceable name that american historians wouldn't even know where to begin. and he was this -- he was this humble guy wn't seem the limelight like benedict and arnold

statistically, the dallas-fort worth area is one of the more unprepared. i think there is still around 4.5% according to nielsen and the fcc that are not ready but i think in the greatest texas tradition they are waiting until the last moment and the day before they will go out and get their converter box and they will be okay the day off. >> as a member of congress or all members of congress do you think you will bear the brunt if people are not prepared and their tvs to all work on june 12? >> i don't think there will be much brought to bear by was the chairman when we put it in place and i am prowled we put a hard date and the date is already a right to and while it slipped a little bit it hasn't slipped all that much and i think the country will be much better off once we get through the transition. there will be a lot of spectrum that goes to the first responders and new telecommunication technologies and of course your picture will be sharper, brighter, the spectrum that is used for over the air television will be much better utilized. >> speaking of

right near fort sill called wichita mountain. it's spars in the plains. they believe that had the 60 million that ran before disappeared and went down the top of it and left. he believed the north messed it up. philadelphia had sewage dumped in the rivers. it smelled and it wasn't healthy for you. the south was stigma tiesed due to racism. in order to do it differently in the south and east, you had three people that have cities like boulder, you don't want a met rope list and told the cities, don't get too big. you could go on day trips and on the crunch. he didn't even look at laws. i so declare a federal bird reservation. wants the federal government to protect for future generations. >> you like that? >> i think it is spot on. do you know what would have happened with yellowstone. they were going to cut through and build it up as a commercial center and allow all these people to build there was a moment to save america. he had hiked to the top of the matter attorney. anybody who has ever interacted, you go to yellowstone you get a chance to see the bl

i agree for early -- firmly that the constitution confirms fort examination of the judge's philosophy, ideology, and record. the senator who made those remarks was then a senator obama. he spoke those words in january 2006 on this floor when the senate was debating the confirmation of justice alito. it is our duty to thoroughly review all of the nominees. this review should be thorough and fair. it should cover various backgrounds and judicial records. the senate must also work to ensure that the nominee will decide cases based upon the bedrock will law as opposed to their own personal feelings and political views. part of this confirmation process, i have the opportunity to meet with judge sotomayor. i agree that she has an impressive background as well as a compelling personal story. what we have to do is look at the record. when it comes to understanding the constitution, as it relates to the second amendment to bear arms, that is an area where i have significant concern. ossining on the second quarter of appears -- appeals, she has a narrow view of the second amendment. she has li

. -- from fort worth. caller: i have been watching these clowns in congress on c- span and it is amazing. everything is run by the corporations and a lobbyisthe l. health-care reform is run by the insurance companies and the pharmaceuticals, so we will never really get a good change. i wish i could have gotten on with the gentleman from the service. i would love to have known what his company that he worked for is their -- if they are in the profit business with the service now. host: t is not. he is now with a think tank. we will let you take care of the dog. caller: i'd like to know how much did cheney and bush made of this war. host: thank you. it is the center for the new american security. as always, the links are available on our site, c- span.org. the front page of politico -- the energy bill aftershocks. and also, some of the behind- the-scenes negotiations and arm twisting. byron is on the phone from indiana. good morning. what is on your mind? caller: good morning. i have a comment to make about

incidentally, if i may do it quick and fort up as your english, as joof july 1, it will be on cable in the washington, d.c., area. these are two different strands. in many ways they represent two slightly different perspectives on the world. out the serb -- aljazeera arabic is catering to a specifically arab audience. in the middle east and elsewhere. al jazeera english has a broader perspective. it is broadcast in english. it addresses so many different audiences in various parts of the world, including the american audience. host: we are talking to abderrahim foukara from al jazeera. jimmy is on the phone. caller: i have a concern about hypocrisy. barack obama goes abroad and talks about democracy. i find it fascinating because you do not have democracy in the united states. there is an issue in terms of the treatment of african american people in america. i wonder why al jazeera does not deal with the injustices for african-americans in the united states. guest: there is the issue of hypocrisy in the issue of what al jazeera covers in the united states. as far as democracy is concer

[applause] fort reno that progress depends not only on changing laws but also changing hearts. real, transformative it change never begins in washington. who's duck back there? [applause] there is a duck quacking somewhere in there. where do you guys get these ringtones by the way? i am just curious. indeed, that is the story of the movement for fairness and equality, not only for those that are gay, but those in our history that have been denied the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, who have been told that the blessings of this country were closed to them. it is the story of progress sought by those who started off with little influence or power, by men and women that brought about change through quiet, personal acts of compassion and courage, and sometimes defiant, wherever they could. that is the story of a civil rights pioneer that is here today. frank cameron. [applause] frank was fired from his job as an astronomer from the federal government because he was gay. in 1965, he led a protest outside of the white house, which was at the time of both an act of conscie

host: a democratic caller from fort worth, texas. caller: before we invaded iraq, saddam hussein's intelligence chief habbish met with the cia in jordan and told them there were no weapons. that saddam hussein did not want that out because of his neighbors. bush and chinese silenced of that. he was paid $5 million and currently lives in jordan. -- bush and cheney silence that. i think it is important information. senators grassley and baucus both received the most money from the health-care industry. host: would you like to reply to the first part? guest: a lot of our recent history in the previous administration up until today remains shrouded in secrecy. there is a lot of archaeological work required to document the history of the last 8-10 years and overcome its secrecy. the president has asked jim jones to oversee the 90-day review of classification. some critics have pointed out that the heads of agencies doing the review have not asked for public input. is it necessary? guest: it is desirable. the primary customer for declassif

fort in an evil are ever thinking about writing an autobiography or even if you write something informally for your children, family, that's the time to write an autobiography. at the age of 65. not earlier and not later. but 20 years have passed since 1989, and i was compelled about three years ago to write, not to continue this but to write another book because i don't want to go into great details about this. just about the time 1989, my life considerably changed. it changed professionally. it started a more extensive writing career. it involved my native country, hungary, because it's a coincidence. it in 1989 that the russian rule, the soviet rule, the communist rule in eastern europe fell apart. and not for the first time, since 1989 i have been able to go back every year, even though i have no relatives left now, to my native country. and this is not so much the result of a patriotic pole. because something happened since 1989 that i would have never believed would happen, even in the change of the regime, it even within the communism, that i must say i foresaw long before important

here and a group unified as a house to salute the leadership of mike pence who brought this resolution fort with howard berman. -- who brought this resolution forward with howard berman. and of course, the champion for human rights and freedom. we're here because when america here's the call for freedom, we ought answer. all of us believe that america has a moral responsibility to speak out on behalf of the iranian people. make no mistake about it. the regime in charge is the one that turns on and off the spigot of democracy and a lead to democracy. -- and allegedly democracy. make no mistake about who is in charge. we have seen the brutality on our television screens over the last several days. it gives us all great cause for alarm. that is why we are calling on our allies across the world as well as urging president obama to speak out strongly on behalf of freedom. we can make a difference for the iranian people. with that, i want to turn it over to chairman mike pence who has been the primary sponsor of the resolution that just passed overwhelmingly on the house floor. >> i want to thank

what is your employment situation there in fort lauderdale? caller: the money was stolen. it just like it was still in in iraq. caller: good morning, i lived in north carolina. we are without lots of jobs. they took away the furniture industry. working on the tobacco -- everything we have has been assailed by the government. i am very proud of the iranians and what they are doing right now. the freedoms and liberties we have had in this country we are throwing away. those people are dying to retain them. our economy is part of that. it did not begin with the present administration. it has been going on for years. people better wake up. americans are getting fed up. host: maryland on our democrats line. caller: we are holding our own. the bulk of the stimulus package goes to the banks who bought one another out and eliminated jobs. they should have put the money, most of it toward infrastructure which would have created lots of jobs. another thing, look, the money should have gone toward single- payer health care because health care is the single issue that kills our manufa

i had the good fortune of taking a spanish partner on a helicopter ride from fort meade into west virginia. it was a glorious fall day. within about 20 minutes of flying, we were over washington national forest just beyond the shenandoah valley. we were looking at the north american continent as it must appear to the first settlers. it reminded me and i were spanish partner that we are frontier people. -- it reminded me and our spanish partner that we are frontier people. it has made is different, not better or worse. it has made us who we are. in the fall of 2004, we had a meeting with our british partners. they wanted to talk about values. even in 2004, you could see the storm clouds on the horizon about the values debate between the united states and our traditional friends in europe. with our british partner, we were in a lovely country home. we were in the library drinking brandy. about 15 or 20 of us were going to have a discussion on values. our british partner decided that i should leave it. i did not know quite how to begin. i thought about it on the plane ride over. i had some id

he arrived here ready fort game but complained much stomach pain. ritchie bancells recommended that he go to the hospital and it's a good thing that he did. he will have emergency surgery to remove his appendix. we don't know if he will have to go on the disabled list. we imagine that will have to happen and if it does, it will be retroactive to yesterday. the question; who will come up in his place? the pharmacies tell is not exactly deep in aaa for middle infielders. dave trembley did say this is a big blow. dave says it's going to be very difficult to replace cesar izturis. in other news, a lot going on today. as jim and rick mentioned, jamie walker has been released. he is a ten-year veteran. it was very difficult to make but it had to be made, really if you look at the numbers as dave trembley said. jamie was supposed to be a left hander specialist and left handers were hitting .450 against him. but it was very difficult because people liked jamie walker. he was very popular. jamie burke told me that nobody reached out to him early on but jamie

the order guy, getting going again offensively, you know, we will be playing more consistent baseball fort rest of the season. >> these guys have been in your minor league system for years and you heard the philosophy, throw fastballs, throw strikes and get ahead. how much does that help when they hear that philosophy? >> it's very important and that's what we are trying to develop here from top to bottom. we have the kid in rookie ball do the same thing. same play and everything he is that they do here, continuity and that's why we try do that. when the guy gets up here, he knows what is expected of him at the major league in every situation because he has been in the minor league. that's how you build winning franchises. that's what is happening with these kids, they have been drafted here, they know what's happening up here, bunting and all that kind of stuff, it's consistent throughout the system. we preach that down there so when they get up here, they have enough repetitionings and it milwaukee our job easier. >> macdougal has been doing the job for you. what has been the key? >> he

first up is daniel on the phone from fort washington, maryland. caller: good morning. i would just say as a long time the work and analysts of politics, there is definitely no light at the end of the tunnel right now. host: why is that? caller: no concrete actions have been taken. the real core issues, the financial systems and the dominance of the economic system, and the federal reserve's secret nature, some of that is being addressed. they're getting even more power to the fed. our government is based on transparency and it is not transparent. host: the fed meeting today and we will be talking with john taylor was served in the bush administration. we will talk about his views on what the fed needs to be doing and may not be doing quite yet. the story points out the obama administration is set to announce retooling loans. this is going to spur fuel efficient vehicle productions in the u.s.? we're asking the question about the economy and some headlines indicating there are mixed signals. our e-mail address is journal@cspan.org. or you can give us a call with the num

arthur is next from fort pierce, florida. caller: good morning. my comment is about the banks. i bought my house here three years ago after a retired from being a firefighter in cleveland, ohio. i intended to refinance. -- i attempted to refinance. bank of america wanted $5,000 of my money to refinance my loan. my house is only worth half of what i paid for it. until this country can do something about the lobbyists, the banks have the most powerful lobby in the nation, we're going to continue on this path of not caring about americans. there is nothing that obama is doing to help americans at all. that is my comment. host: this is another economic story in "the boston globe." the demand for used cars is driving some prices up. the next call is from woodstock, georgia. the unemployment rate is 9.4%. what do you think? go ahead. caller: i was curious about the fact of unemployment. do they have the numbers of those who have been injured on the job in our in workers' compensation situations? there have been so many freezes on hiring right now. host: that may come up at the hearin

in florida, three new projects are expected to deploy fort -- employ 1400 people. the list goes on and on. this legislation will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy. that will create new industries and will lead to american jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced. i have often talked about the need to fill the new foundation for economic growth so that we do not returned to the endless cycle of will and bust that led us to this recession. clean energy and the jobs it creates is critical to this new foundation. this legislation will not increase the deficit. it is paid for by the polluters. it provides assistance. it gives rural communities and farmers the opportunity to generate new income. above all, it will protect consumers from the cost of this transition so that the price to the average american will be just about a postage stamp of date. because this legislation is so balanced, it is already attracting a remarkable coalition of consumer and environmental groups now, michael to every american is this. we cannot be afraid of the future a

solve social problems at this point is through education and i think that can only be done with some fort of school choice. >> evans, georgia. you're on with over stock.com. al on the republican line. >> good morning. >> good morning. it's a privilege to talk to you mr. burn. appreciate your comments on naked short selling. i have two questions. what exactly was the volume of failures to deliver and f c-spac-spccs response and aren't internet sales taxable in just about every state and they're looking at you as the low-hanging fruit rather than audit their own tax? >> this thing called naked short selling created

. >> where did you get the idea to sell the toll road fort $3.50 billion, and what toll road is it? >> across the northern part of the state, the indiana toll road for 50 years. it is about 157 miles. it crosses indiana from border to border and connects to the chicago skyway. as i have often said, i did not get up one morning and say wouldn't it be fun to lease the toll road? i told you about the highway worker who said it was a fraud. he was right. i stayed up a lot of nights thinking, how are we going to solve that problem? the president rightly tried to center his stimulus bill on infrastructure. i wish more of it had dealt with that, as opposed to what congress did. indiana got a three-year head start. we looked at more than 30 options for how you might find more money to invest in our future. i finally realized that we could do the other 29 and not have enough to really address our problem. i thought i would try what we did try. we had an option. our timing was good. we got an unbelievable bid, probably 30 times -- the toll road was losing money. many people are now writing th

want them all to address -- how did we get here at this dramatic moment in history, and how do we move fort together. our first speaker is an insider who orgs like an outsider. i won't say mitch stewart is responsible for barack obama being in the white house, but mitch and steve hildebrand played an enormous role in the crucial victory of the iowa caucusses, and you know how crucial those iowa caucusses were. and then mitch went on to pull off another miracle, turning the commonwealth of virginia blue for barack obama. he is director of the new 13 million strong grass routes and online force to emerge from the campaign to help obama win new victories. mitch will talk about how they won the mission of organizing for america and how they plan to work with outside groups. please welcome mitch stewart. >> thank you all very much, and thank you for the gracious introduction and for putting this conference together. and for all the folks here participating. as roger said, i did start on the campaign the third week in january of 2008. i lived in iowa for a year and traveled to a number of differe

based on my visit to fort greeley, the ground-based interceptors are in a position to take action. without telegraphing what we will do, i would just say i think we are in a good position should it become necessary to protect american territory. yes? >> mr. secretary, is there evidence and reports that mistakes or problems that you both mentioned contributed directly to the civilian casualties and does it rise to a level where there needs to be disciplinary action? >> again, without going into the specific details of this, this was a light the fire fight -- this was a long fire fight. this was along the line of seven, eight hours. it is very intense. it was handled very well by the young captain on the ground who was in charge of it. at least in my review, i found nothing that would lead to the need to take any specific action along the lines of what you are asking. it was a tough fight. what he was mostly concerned about was defending his people. there were some injuries. there was a medevac involved in this. i thought what he did, with the capability he had, was supportive of his

paul is on the phone from fort leavenworth, kansas. caller: how're you doing, congressman? i am a retired army veteran and i am pleased with my health care system. thank you for keeping that cost look for our veterans. it is good to know we have it. my point is, we were told that tarp had to be expedited, the stimulus bill had to be expedited. now we're being told that his health care reform has to be pushed through quickly to leverage the political capital of democrats. i am very concerned with the government spending that, if the bill gets passed through quickly without thorough analysis and debate, that we will have issues with runaway inflation. just like any government program -- amtrak, numerous programs with the car industry -- the government does not run companies, and i am concerned that if we have government-run health care, the quality of health care will be going down. i believe in freedom of choice and individual decision making, but i want to go to a health- care provider that i want to choose. i urge you strongly -- i watch you on c-span and it is very inform

near fort sill. it's gorgeous. it's called wichita mountains. here's wichita, a beautiful mountain. it is in the plains. the plains indians feel the 60 million buffalo disappeared and went down right there and left. roosevelt put buffalo in railcar back to oklahoma as a gift to the comanche to get the planes depopulated with buffalo. is romanticism is this, and it's something i want to make clear, he's a child of the post civil war era. he saw the north fight this out. 600,000 or more dead. he believed the north misted up, the american dream got messed up in the north because of hyper industrialization. philadelphia had sewage dumped into rivers. it smelled. it was not guilty. the south was stigmatized due to slavery and racism. he thought the new america was going to be reborn west of the mississippi river. in order to develop than the south and the north, you had to have cities like a boulder or austen or portland or eugene that had greenbelts around them. that you don't want a metropolis. he went to los angeles and t said angeles andoo big. want -- he said to los angeles, angeles

khartoum and some of the rebels in darfur that would allow the internally displaced people from our fort to start returning to their homes. we have been very active on this issue. -- allow the internally displaced people from pardarfuro start returning to their homes. we have worked to make sure we have progress and the people of darfur are able to return to their homes and live in peace. >> first, experience -- part of our past experience in germany is obviously the [unintelligible] out of that comes and everlasting responsibility for the safety and security of israel. [unintelligible] of every german government. it will always be the case. as regards to genocide all over the world, we have an international responsibility that we need to shoulder. we work very closely together. all of us have made the experience along the way that is quite often takes much longer to resolve than one would like it to be and can be satisfied about. military intervention alone without any political framework that we put on these issues is also not always successful. we had good experience as well. this is

the town house, that was intended for for dicks, it was un mail bomb meant to go off at a dance at fort dix. why not come clean about it to dlly? leat did you have to do with that bomb? y wthe book discusses that's length. the fact is that the people who hatw the whistle on what they were up to in the town house was a loss and it was something we peod very hard to work away from. that was a terrible, terrible decision by the people who were there. fortunately it didn't actually become what it might have become. unfortunately it did kill 3 of our dear friends and comrades. we did write about it and come ome.n about it. i am hesitant to ask you to buy the book, get it at the public library. i won't get a nickel. >> host: do you stay in touch with kathy wilkerson or any of the others? >> of course. one of the interesting things to me, i want to refer back to the comment from the woman who praise us for sticking with our values. most of the people from the 60s eeneration have stayed true, in the pig picture, tried to live in harmony with our values. of course we are filled with hypocrisy. i

speaker and to my colleagues to swing by sweet water, texas, it's on i-20, it's an easy drive from fort worth or el paso, 300 miles either direction, to see this museum and get a player of for what these women en-- flavor for what these women endured during training. it was in a pretty rough part of texas and you'd be impressed with what they did and what they accomplished. additionally i would like to thank air force major nicole who worked tirelessly to secure this tribute for the service of these women. the major was a thunderbird pilot, the thunderbirds are the -- two more minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: i yield an additional two minutes to the gentleman from. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional two minutes. mr. conaway: thank you, madam chairman. the thunderbirds are the elite performance team for the air force and nicole was a member of that team in the early 1990's. as a test pilot from err -- from her letter, as a test pilot, no one understands this legacy better than her. as she explained in her letter to me, i'm convinced that every opportunity i'