it, i noted in my earlier floor statement her excellent academic record, high rankings in princeton undergrad and yale law school, her work as an assistant district attorney, her professional experience with a major law firm, her tenure on the federal trial court and her current tenure on the court of appeals for the second circuit. today i am writing to judge sotomayor to give her advance notice that i will be acquiring -- inquiring into her views on television. i have long advocated televising the proceedings of the supreme court and have introduced legislation to require that subject to a decision by the court on a particular case if they thought that the court ought not to be televised. i think the analogy is very apt, televising proceedings of the united states senate or the united states house of representatives so that the public may be informed as to what is going on on these public matters. the arguments in the supreme court are open to the public. only a very few people have an opportunity to see them. first, it's not easy to come to washington. and, second, there are so many people

. >> you look at the 1983 cover story, and it says the pentagon undergrad. he is out there from the political engineering, precisely what happened with that and the consequent of the. generationally, are there a few boys is there, how can we amplify them wax is there a way to do that? is there a way to send grassley back? >> i haven't given up hope yet. i have proof of the. i talk on the cover year of 13 pentagon insiders and others who produce this book. if you look at the bios about the author section there are only 12 bios there. 13 is not. there still a lot of people. a lot more than that one, given the proper literature, will be happy to do the right thing work a trade. so i see it as a question of the leaders that we as citizens that the congress confirms and so every time there is a failure >> and not something that they can address. even though the military belongs to them it's our military. there's been a debate outside of work done by cgi and veterans group that has gone on for 30, 40 years with john wayne, but that leaves the military right where

it was a great experience to it and then identity and ever city of alabama undergrad. and then university of florida law school. >> host: all right. phil bredesen, and exceed of producer i think the executive producer at msnbc, once told me that you came to him after you left congress, and you said to him of television news get me in the game. he said you were like a hockey player. you wanted to get on the ice. get me in the game. i don't know why i always remembered that, but i do. why did he want to get into the game, and what is the game? >> guest: i wanted -- i had seen what happened with fox news, which i fought really was something that some executives should have figured out 20 years ago if half the country's conservative and have the country's liberal than you should have a network that conservatives can turn on without screening every three minutes they're biased, they're biased. so i had a lot of people after i got all of congress are you going to fox? and that didn't make sense. i wanted to go to msnbc and balance it out, and as you know working at msnbc thr

anthropology who did not seen as legitimate anthropologist's but i haven't had a history class since i was an undergrad. i am not an historian, i am an anthropologist to the corporate [laughter] what makes i think for the anthropology comes out in this book while i spend a lot of time and archives i spend as much time as possible interviewing the people who had survived and participating in their lives. they became friends of mine. they took care of the organization's and helps. >> i took an active role in helping them further their goals and their mission and that was something that we apply to an apology especially in to me it is an active imagination not always but we try to put ourselves into the mindset of the people we're standing so rather than try to put myself in the mines that other tribes person or a person in different nation is taking direct language, i was trying to imagine the look in the world to the perspective of a homosexual person living in 1950's los angeles. and that was like visiting a foreign land. and i try to recapture that in the book and try to capture a sense of perspective

having studied overseas myself in undergrad i'm very pleased with the inclusion of the paul simon study abroad act. american students who live and study in other countries not only gain valuable experience but they serve as some of america's best ambassadors. i want to thank the chairman for including this provision as well as my amendment that will ensure existing study abroad programs have equal access to grant funding so they can expand their already successful missions. mr. chairman, thank you for your work on this bill. it will make a substantial difference in our diplomatic efforts to re-engage the world. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. ros-lehtinen: i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. paul, a member of our foreign affairs committee. the chair: the gentleman from tked -- is recognized for two minutes. mr. paul: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the chair: without objection. mr. paul: i thank the gentlelady for yielding me these two minutes. i rise in opposition to this bill. some are hopeful this will