they didn't lose thanks to the american surge of american tactics. they lost thanks to black & decker. what we mean by that? black & decker is power drills. if you find a corpse in iraq, he was killed but sunni militias. if you found a corpse in iraq with the marks of power drills, that was the signature of shia militiamen. you had in 2006 a strong cooperation between shia militiamen, iraqi police and iraqi army. they pounded and punish sunni neighborhoods. to the point where sunnis began to depopulate baghdad. when i visited in 2007 it was totally empty. thousands of homes close, kitchens still fall but nobody was living there. sunnis were defeated. they were leaving. they're in syria, jordan. this was important to stress, six months before the surge and sunni militiamen began to realize they had lost, what this meant was they were also paying attention to discourse coming out of washington u.s. rhetoric from d.c. democrats are urging the u.s. to pullout from iraq. there is a lot applause. i had sunni friends in iraq who, for a couple of years, had

the only way americans could accept this projection of american power beyond american shores, the first time was a very minor exception, the early 19th century, the first time and americans had projected power much beyond american shores is 1898. and partly because we could afford to. and partly because it was only 90 most important it is some have said we ought to protect american power 9000 miles across the pacific, nearly everybody would've said you've got to have your head examined. even william mckinsey had to get a map to find out where the philippines were. do any of you remember when you heard of the invasion of grenada in 1983? and the first thing that everybody, all the newscasters had to figure out was that it's grenada, not cannot exactly where in the world it is. well, this is very much the reaction of america to the news that commodore dewey had won the first battle of the war with spain because everybody was looking the other way towards cuba. the philippines are way over there. so yes the basic american attitude toward east asia from 1895, 1894 and five, the first sino j

americans. besides providing care and prevention services for our community, we also strive to create a home for the most disenfranchised members of our community. those who are struggling with hiv, those who are struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. one of the things that we share with the honorees tonight is that we strive to create a sustainable and of the community. -- healthy community. i would like to present our fourth honorinee. marvin grew up in a rural community in arizona and has been living in san francisco for nine years. he is a member of the navajo nation and has dedicated his life to serving the usyouth of the community. by creating a true partnership with them and their families, he honors the building programs with community that highlights the role of leaders today and the potential to give back as global citizens of this ever increasingly connected world. marvin has influenced the development of progressive and youth-driven projects for generations to come. i like to in

health center and the native american aids project in celebrating american indian heritage month. we proudly celebrates the diversity out northern california by commemorating american indian heritage with more than 60 programs this year -- this month, in fact. these programs are highlighted in a guide along with listings of community resources and local events, and you can find that actkqed.org/ -- at kq ed.org/heritage. i wanted to point out a couple of films we have coming up on our films series. one is called "real injun" and it is an interesting trip through the history of north american native people as they have been portrayed in the history of movies from silent did today. the second explores the life and death of fred martina's and the spiritual nature and gender. two spirits is going to come on kqed television in june of 2011, but we are also sponsoring the american indian film festival this year, and that will be premiering at the festival i think next week. then, just this past month in october, helped dialogue with a special theory from kqed public radio did a report o

americans. [applause] and for the laughter that you guys give me. i would like to thank the youth and their families. thank you a lot. as the youth workeres, this is the hot -- workers, this is the highest compliment to say that your a local hero -- you are a local hero. the center for youth services does matter. it is a healthy identity for urban youth. this award makes me want to work that much harder to maintain the integrity of the program in a time of financial uncertainty. think you very much. -- thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> all right. getting ready to wrap up. you guys haven't heard a joke in awhile, have you? any comanches out there? it's a comanche joke. this man, he had lost his sight so he was walking around with a white cane. he came up to this committee restaurant, and it serves only comanches. comanche owned and operated. he has a seat and says, i would like some biscuits and gravy. the waiter took his order. he yells out, anybody want to hear a comanche joke? it g

could i have all the native americans please remain standing? all native americans, stand up. how about a big round of applause for our native americans here for native american heritage month in november. all you non-indians, just look around. this is what custer saw at the little bighorn, and you know what he said to his men? where did all these indians come from? once again, welcome to the sixth annual nida american heritage month celebration here at city hall. -- annual native american heritage month cicelebration. i would like to thank our host for this month, native american aids project, the mayor's office, the san francisco native american health center, and kqed public broadcasting. how about a big round of applause for our host? thank you. at this time, when indian people -- when we gather, we throw on our regalia, our outfits. we do not call them costumes. if you are from oklahoma, we call them in being close -- clothes. it is good to see all these dancers and singers as well, their families. when we gather like this, we start out with prayer, so please stand if you

one that works for all americans. this is a sentiment that i have consistently heard in communities all across the 10th district. another concern i hear all over our district and a major priority of mine is to keep our nation's -- our nation safe and free. the 10th district is fortunate to have a tradition of congressional leadership on national defense and foreign affairs. and i look forward to stepping forward in this area. i will always be focused on keeping our nation strong and free. and it will be an honor to work to support the incredible men and women who wear our nation's uniform in service. on a more local level, i will be an advocate for our veterans as they return home and become acquainted with the beautiful captain james a. level health center in north chicago. this is the first fully integrated federal health center between the v.a. and the department of defense and we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to senators kirk and durbin, along with many others, for bringing it to the o'to our community. this

-- a loyal and disloyal american. this she'lled must not be used. it stands as a state of sclugs that must be prepared topre tekt all citizens of prejudices. we are at a decision influencing the passage the act was not justified but resulted from race prejudice, and failed political leadership. for the rest of his life until his passing on march 30, 200 #, he dedicated himself to the education of the public particularly school children and young people about the history and standing up for the rights of others. on january 15, 1998. president clinton awarded him the presidential medal of freedom on behalf of all rights and liberties saying in ii 1942 an ordinary american took a stand. after being convicted for failing to report for relocation, he took his case all the way to the supreme court. the high courtroomed against him. 39 years later, he had his conviction returned to court giving him what he said he wanted most of all, the chance to feel like an american once again. some names of ordinary citizens came from mi

but all americans. midterm elections, in general, it tended to have a lower turnout than the presidential elections just pretend they tend to receive in little less media attention. it seems to people as though the stakes are not as high. my hope is that as people see that the obama agenda starts to being blocked by these new tea party members that it will be a galvanizing force for a higher turnout in the next cycle. >> my second question relates to congressman rangel. sunday morning on cbs, they virtually closed with ben stein giving a ringing endorsement of charlie rangel going back to his military record which i was never aware of. you have to keep in mind all the things he has done. how did the black streak the rankle thing? -- treat the rangel thing? how did you feel that they felt that? this is a somewhat complicated a share. when you hear a conservative like stein saying it really does not matter in the greater scheme of things, how did you think the black-and-white cars handle this type of thin

a hispanic americans are probably the most violent group in american television. latinos are usually portrayed as doing harm to others or is deserving of white justice. and beyond the world of fiction in the so-called real world. in the world. over and over again. with all. these representations. even though. over the major cities. chicago san diego. everything possible to prevent those committed by people who have no right to be here so without positive representations to balance the bad the meanest members of minority groups are allowed to stand in for all the rest creating a distorted and menacing picture that leaves viewers feeling under attack and reinforcing a mentality that feeds and feeds off of anger and rage he doesn't have the right to be in his country what put that does nothing to do with you that's to be one of the soon to be deported here in a police chase. the mean world creates people cultivating irrational fear and anger among those whose primary knowledge of latinos regardless of whether they're citizens or legal or illegal immigrants seems to c

and since most americans say they would have boy g m o's are labeled that would have eliminated from the food supply but you see he and the f.d.a. have been promoting biotechnology and unfortunately the obama administration has not been better than the bush administration possibly worse and max why is he worse than bush well apparently that same former month santo lawyer michael taylor he's now the u.s. food safety is our i'm so ashamed as an american i can tell you i wake up hanging my head and shamed at that sleaze bag hillary clinton she goes around the world representing america she goes to india and she pushes this seed crack this dangerous health risk economic response center see to this poor indians who want to me forget about americans i mean they'll put anything you put for their face i mean they you know if they're gone already that's they you know nine eleven was the iceberg that a sunk america it's never coming back but you know some of these other countries are still valuable like india's got a worthwhile culture and you know we should try to save it you know but it's a

and the american people know it. look, after we repeal obamacare next week, we can start over. with commonsense reforms that will focus on lowering the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. republicans will waste no time in bringing greater freedoms to the american people, to purchase health insurance the way they buy life insurance, the way they buy car insurance. we'll deal with responsible litigation reform. we'll even use the savings to cover pre-existing conditions. i urge my colleagues to join me in support of this rule but join us as we keep our promise to the american people and repeal their government takeover of health care once and for all. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, this is not a dispute between republicans and democrats about the $1.3 trillion. c.b.o., the nonpartisan congressional budget office, is saying that. i will now yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, ms. matsui.

arab-americans are not the other. our community is not to be feared. our community is to be relied on. it is a rich community in culture and talent and heritage. we are the defendants of people who build great cities like casa blogging, baghdad, cairo, jerusalem, damascus -- casa blanca. we are the people of the world who have given the world great profits and religions. -- great prophets and religions. thank you. [applause] >> every year that i have been in city hall, i have tried to take an intern from the community and try to teach them the ways of politics to make sure we have leadership that keeps coming, so eventually, we have candidates for office. like when a friend on the school board. is she here? -- like winifred on the school board. a couple of years back, i was wise enough to bring on an intern that has made all the difference for our community, especially with arab heritage month. he worked so hard for last year's event and has made this year a success. we were really concerned about timing, and we were not sure he would get to it, and sh

it was very important for the american president to air american concerns about this in public. [ all talking at once ] >> wait a minute, at first she says we're not gonna treat human rights -- we're going to put the economic considerations to move both countries forward, right? >> right. >> did she reverse herself on that? >> a kim of weeks ago she gave a tough speech about the importance of human recentsp. >> what is that all about? >> it was a reversal and setting the stage for this visit. >> ah. >> the president raised it privately and publicly, and i'm sure those words will flow on a lot of deaf ears in china. more importantly, this is a society that has moved the equivalent of the entire u.s. population out of poverty in recent years. they still have 700 million more people in poverty. they are terrified about unrest. they have a young population that is dominantly male. they worry about jobs. you've got to look at what they're doing from their own perspective. nations act out of their self- interest. >> what about the nobel peace prize disappearance from the screen? he is locke

and there is more that may be latinos and african-americans are. there is not a racial bloc but i just don't think they were specifically reacting to the fact obama is the african-american. >> this is not on my eight list of questions but i you join the conversation. i struggle with analyzing the idea. we know obama clearly once of the white voters who it is hard to say the approval rating is only attributable to the fact he is black when it at the who voted for him but this is one of the few times in the last year i have agreed with what michael phelps said that he was asked to apologize but when he said similar that there is less room for mistake when you are a black person. and then i feel he was speaking of himself but i think there is truth in that. i am curious and regardless with your a woman i there is truth in that and the curious to what your thoughts are on that? >> i agree. but there is another dynamic at that the wound is partly self inflicted. so frequently looking etfs looking at the handful of people over the last decade of the 20 y

and then you have the american people. there are lots of other stories for you on our website r.t. dot com and here's a taste of what's lined up right. in your old coalition government has collapsed this week after allied ministers walked out of protest what they aren't happy about find out online. and russia is considering abolishing daylight saving time to save more daylight for all the details have to dot com. and up next we explore the world of soviet nostalgia in the russian capital it's back to the u.s.s.r. with our moscow team on a retro trip fashion. your . hello and welcome to the program on this week so be going back to the u.s.s.r. and even with its tumultuous history it wasn't all about politics and suppression several times brought about amazing technological advances it's music and octets so jolene was it under his as we take a look at culture and life as it was inside it. on top of the museum is the famous statue the look and collectors found them an older now my sickle almost twenty five meters high school she was made by fear most enough for the nine hundred thirty

[applause] there are canadians playing well there are americans playing for the senators and american planning for the capitals so i've come to the conclusion it has to be a russian thing. [laughter] but that's for another show. for this show we were together a group of pepl whc sd tmeoulight t iue we we lkg autth seong. e ve dp owdgf canada u.s. relief actions because they spent a lot of times on both sides of the border, some of them have even been part of the decision making process so let me tell you we have here this evening david frum is a citizen of both canada and the united states born in toronto living in washington. he's a best-selling author, journalist and conservative commentator. cana, mewresengrgand was once briefly arrested by a guard who did not believe the canadian national was permitted to have a job in the white house. he's also the editor of the website frumforum.com. christopher sands a senior fellow at the hudson institute where he specializes in u.s.-canada relations. he lectures at the johns hopkins university school of international at fenster study and adju

for one native american high unemployment and bleak prospects were a fact of life in his u.s. hometown but a chance encounter with the woman of his dreams for him land on his feet in a remote russian village he may have to draw water from a well but he says life has never been so they think of its report. welcome to slots of a population not so populated like many small russian towns it's to one league as young people head for opportunities in bigger cities so imagine the surprise of locals when just an irwin left his home on the lakota indian reservation in south dakota in the us to begin a new life here in their quiet in trying to village a more of the country kind of person considering my culture and our background and our ancestral ways this is connecting with nature for me like slice of life on the code a reservation is not easy economically blighted despite stimulus package funds the unemployment rate is among america's highest with a quarter living at or below the poverty line justin had resigned himself to struggling there indefinitely that's until he met an italian bu

americans all. steed gave me a copy of the portable abraham lincoln and suggested for me to learn about our party. but it does not have a copy -- her to have a copy of fdr. this is a great people. if there is any one factor that strikes me as i stand up here as the first republican in 40 years, i first became whip in 1989 russia was beginning to change. into my office came eight russians and a lithuanian. members of the communist party, newspaper editors and they asked me what does a whip do? in russia we have never had a free parliament since 1917. what do you do? i tried to explain. it is a little strange if you are from a dictatorship. if you pressure these people they will not reelect you. you have to somehow find -- democracy is hard. we came in the chamber and the lithuanians was in his late 60s's. i allowed him to come up here and be speaker. that is something many of us have done with constituents. he came out of the chair and he was physically trembling. he said ever since world war ii i re

already orbit's an expedient to stop selling american tickets on the web sites. if i guess it today and other company announced it going to drop american when their contract expires in august. until then they're going to increase american's bookings fees and bury their listings on the site. experts are cautioning that american in this move to try and save money they might save money and commission fees but sales could really drop. if flights did not appear on sights like corbett's an expedient because about one- third of americans book the tickets on independent travel sites. so far no other major airline is taking americans lead in fighting with the three booking website. >> after a nationwide frenzy for like chancing chance to win a $380 million mega millions jackpot, the two winning tickets were sold in s small pacific town 125 mi. apart. one was sold in eastern washington to a retired man who said he's " very, very excited " he is not release his name yet. if the other ticket was sold in the northern idaho town. if the two winning tickets are each worth $190

the american economy. the only acceptable outcome is to restore prosperity and good- paying jobs. our most important job is to fight for american jobs, to make it in america. democrats will judge what comes before congress from either side of the aisle as to whether it creates jobs, strengthens the middle class, and reduces the deficit, not when the new speaker of the house, john boehner, and the new republican majority -- and congratulations again, come forward with solutions that will address these american challenges, you will find us a willing partner. [applause] as we congratulate speaker boehner and our republican colleagues, as we wish them success, we must stand ready to find common ground, to solve problems, and to build a more secure future for all americans. and as we take the oath of office today to support and defend the constitution, we must be ever-mindful that it makes us trustees for the american people, with an obligation to do what is right for them, and custodians of the american herita

who were in this strange when we saw american aircraft breaking into our airspace so we also saw american naval vessels approaching our country from this trench a passage leads to what is in effect an underground town a tunnel stretch over hundreds of meters several thousand people could find shelter here in the event of a nuclear attack. lease on the underground through. that well we can see the base of a periscope installed inside. two by now cooler recently a buy. back then they were in duty twenty four seven. on october the twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred sixty two the world was closer to a nuclear catastrophe than ever before one of the soviet submarines was find out when it surfaced in the south of us a c. the sub responded by putting in nuclear talks on full alert about moment a crew member became aware of u.s. seamen trying to establish contact with the best captain sure sure captain civility brought the submarine to the surface again. when you're asked to look around and see what was going on what. there was some confusion on board. as a result the order to fire a nuclea

our chief sitting down with a renowned american civil rights activist prominent political and religious figure in the united states reverend jesse jackson sr and i think you are good for joining us today sir my first question to you is about the wall street projects economic summit that you're hosting here in new york right now as we speak what is the main goal of this gathering is what are you looking to do is it hold wall street accountable try to find a situation where you could try to create more jobs for millions of people who don't have them right now and whom do you hope this message will reach out in the quest for economic justice and racial justice and are the days promises we bail out the banks who when tool crisis because. the cost of greed and the cost of marco oversight and sort of a bill out result this home pull closure is only the rise the result is to the loan that is not where the credit card bit and so wall street being accountable is a big deal it's been over two years now that the economic crisis really reached its peak and it really seems that no one was quite held

they love americans. the fact of the matter we are all sitting here talking about this, very openly, a very diverse background, that's a good sign. there are a lot of cultural- political-factional power is out there that these kinds of discussions would have ever happened, nor would any thing happen as a result. [applause] we have to not be ourselves up. but now i will answer your question about china. it is the rate of growth. it's like companies. mature companies grow slower, met -- china, we have been telling them how to do things, do it this way, and eventually they do, when they did it, it worked and the rate of growth is much faster. their attitude is very different. they are a lot hungrier than us. but they also have issues that attempted the to grow peacefully, and i'm sure we will talk about security somehow, if they don't continue to grow peacefully cut the political and social stability will be called into question. as such, right now, if you ask the chinese people, the majority of the 300 mill

americans are using cable and satellite. they are increasingly using the internet as a primary or exclusive source of broadband. you have to say, is it worth it to take up all of the waterfront or a beach front property for one type of ship? the signal on cable and satellite is more important than the local signal. they will still have that in some way. they will invest in the future by investing with us. broadcasters see the writing on the wall. i think the fcc, in their broadband report, which was a unanimous bipartisan report, says they will give broadcasters money for the spectrum even though they do not all it. there are voluntary incentive spectrum auctions. they will be offered the opportunity to get money for something they do not own. i think that is quite a deal for them. >> the legislation introduced last year was bipartisan. how difficult will it be to get that legislation through? to be voluntary, this plan rests on those incentive options. >> it is bipartisan. it will be bipartisan. the question of making it a

in instead we must as americans confront it responsibly. and that is exactly what republicans pledge to do. americans are skeptical of both political parties. that skeptic i

americans. we will continue to do that and we appreciate your support as we build our new clinic for the native american population. it is my pleasure to introduce the third honoree. they are enrolled member of the great nation of montana. she is a great wife, sister, mother. the teacher and practitioner of cultural traditional wellness and spirituality. she has worked in various roles at the native american health center in san francisco. some of these roles include hiv outrage, medical assistance, and prevention work. she has had critical roles in spirituality and practitioners. she helps the agency address complex needs. they are reaching, finding, and assisting those most vulnerable. the most essential healing element is developing and fostering positive relations with community building activities, cultural arts, spiritual practices, community gatherings, and many more. once a timber 4, 2010, she received an award and was recognized as a cultural preservationist. she is one of the five co-

and disabled americans with the medicaid program. for those individuals who either do not have employer-based coverage for do not fall into the federal program qualifiers, there is a personal responsibility peace. with that responsibility comes financial assistance that people will be able to pick and choose from the programs that members of congress will have available to them and have financial assistance in order to do it. there is a waiver provision saying if you can afford health insurance, you will be waived out of the program. having everybody in the pool is a way to make sure we balance benefits for those who are sick and need the benefits right now and those who may get sick in the future. it is a way to have a stable, solvents insurance pool and that is why the individual responsibility peace is an important leg of this tool. >> you have articulated the case for the mandate. i wonder if there are circumstances under which you may be able to relinquish it? >> there are lots of challenging the constitutionality of the law, bu

so for the american people who wanted wall street held responsible these guys have looted the american economy the global economy they may not get the justice they're looking for five hundred pages and a year later a world once sent reeling by a financial system on the verge of collapse us may be no more protected from it happening again i'm not sure that we can prevent it from happening again lauren mr r.t. new york. meantime a general director of the trends research institute says that the latest report is nothing more than have been so whitewashed the culprits. i mean come on only an eighty eight in brazil or an idealogue can see the deal of the year wall street has hijacked washington and it's a whitewash like all the rest of them you know what's going to happen is they say no heads roll you see goldman sachs gets fly they get a slap on the wrist compared to their earnings bank of america gets fined for they had dirty dealings no heads roll the only heads to the region. are we the people and that's the way the deal works the police have become nothing more that enforces for the cri

putting the american people to work. we will measure every policy from both parties as it comes forth as to whether it creates jobs, whether it's strengthens the middle class, and whether it reduces the deficit instead of keeping me mountains of debt on our children and grandchildren. we pledge to work together with our republican colleagues to address the challenges facing america's working families. we must solve their problems. and when the suggestions put forth are problem solvers for the american people, republicans will find in the democrats willing partners. some focus has been made to keep job creation front and center. house to permit -- house democrats will continue to protect the gains we have made for the american people. but in terms of the health care reform bill, and the wall street reform bill, both of which is leverage for american working families. we have created a patient bill of rights, placing health care decisions in the hands of patients and their doctors, not insurance companies. we will work to

american indians have the highest rate of diabetes and other americans 195% higher. native americans have the highest rates of alcoholism. suicide is one of the highest health disparities that impact our community. access to treatment and care is the lowest for native americans in san francisco alone. they are clearly underserved populations, the city and county of public health. one of the key issues to really underscore is why we're here. we're healthy, but we're here. i think one of the other important things to point out, it is not all american and alaskan natives. we have a post-colonial stress disorder. we don't come to city funded programs and therefore we must not exist or we are very healthy. that is not the case when you look at all of the other statistics. in talking about all of these health disparities, one of the key things that we helped speak to that we demonstrate when asking for funding, what is that we have to show need -- one is that we have to show need. we have statistics and numbers that really impact whether we are going to get funding or not.

riders are african-american. the huge percentage really should tell us something, particularly when we have a seven-member body without an african-american member, and of the six current members there are only two of color, and might i add only one woman. we are looking at an mta where women deal with children going to school. we are talking about looking at our school system. the fact that now, through san francisco unified, they are talking about cutting school buses and school bus routes, which means they are going to be looking toward our public transportation to take care of our children in a different way and i do want to stress the fact that when we are talking about transportation in this city which should have more than one or two female members for the mta. i will also ask my colleagues. i do think this is a particularly important position. i absolutely agree with supervisor dufty that we could not find a better candidate for this role, and i think we could move this particular candidate out today. supe

i am an american, i am not an american person. listen to and watch the news reels from the 1930's. those totalitarian dictators across the atlantic, they tend to use things like the russian folk, the russian people. guest: i do not spend much time watching newsreels from the 1930's. democrat, republican party, those names are not the point i am focused on. host: some democrats take offense when you call in the democrat party, it is the democratic party. guest: i apologize for that. host: independent caller in arizona. good morning. caller: representative walden, congratulations on your victory in the house and everything. now that you have the ball in your court, what are you planning to do? i can think of several things. why don't you forgo your salaries and turn it over to the deficit? it is not that much money to you because you have special interest helping you out. it would be on a merit system. you are asking a lot from the public. guest: first of all, the ethics rule would preclude us from what you suggest. we are starting with our own expenditures on capitol hill. i have a

we'll video reaction with americans who just -- we'll have reaction with americans who just left in a bit. >>> debra sh riek was found dead, from terra linda. >>> the mother of a 4-year-old, juliani cardenez, is convinced her son is still alive and is asking for the public's help to continue to look for him. she made up fliers and would like people to post them on their carses. she thinks her ex-boyfriend may have -- may be disguising him. >> we don't know where jose is. only god knows. my gut tells me my son is still alive. i need help. >> when the car was pulled from the canal on friday, two windows were and there was no sign -- two windows were and there was no sign of the boy and jose. >>> we're hearing that jerry brown will, once again, try to convince californians to go along with his plan to extend expired, or expeering -- or expiring on registration. >> the next generation is absolutely valuable. if they could keep their word i have no -- i have no problem with it. >> so far governor brown seems to have won support from california ups for his new frugal approach to governing.

there were 7,000 american casualties. the fact that was not a strategic victory for the germans was not because we were particularly adept at preventing them from seizing a strategic victory as because they were out of fuel, out of time, to some extent hope. so my hope is that casting is a kick in the teeth that the future among others to what eisenhower, in the balance. eisenhower, even before he thought he was going to be released. he wrote an extraordinary letter to his son, john, was a cadet at west point saying it may be necessary for my superiors to relieve me of command and reduce me to my permanent rank which was lieutenant colonel. at this point he was a three-star general, and roosevelt with and give him the fourth star until he proved himself. if this helps, he writes to john eisenhower i don't want you to worry. these things happen in where mac. it's an extremely testament to the character actually. there is a lot hanging in the balance including future prez of's -- president fate. my sense is that he was a re

another american country it's not. i am i going to fight israel and there are very far it is a do yeah man i finished speaking please would you just let me spend if you permit me to where i want to say. thank you i'm one of the few foreigners and i know why she likes pakistan not because of british empire which caused many problems and caused great grief and great. suffering. i think that pakistan has many problems it has to deal with. economically corruption for example it's a very corrupt country every policeman i meet in pakistan wants to shake me down for money every government official in pakistan seems to be corrupt are not a friend of the pakistani authorities but i do like parties and i think pakistan is a very intelligent well read people and i think they know the history of their country much better than the heritage foundation does and probably better than i do i think that partly cia and deserves justice. if i may just finished speaking if that's permitted by the heritage foundation robert deserves justice

i have come here tonight as an american who, like all americans kneels to pray with you today and will stand by you tomorrow. (cheers and applause) there is nothing i can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. but know this. the hopes of a nation are here tonight. we mourn with you for the fallen we join you in your grief. and we add our faith to yours that representative gabrielle giffords and the other living victims of this tragedy will pull through. (applause) scripture tells us there's a river whose streams make glad the city of god. the holy place where the most high dwells. god is within her. shell she will not fall. god will help her at break of day. on saturday morning gabby, her staff, and many of her constituents gathered outside the supermarket to exercise their right to peaceful assembly and free speech. (applause) they were fulfilling a central tenet of the democracy and... envision bid ow our founders. representatives of the people answering questions to their constituents to carry their concerns back to our nation's capital. gabby called it "congress on

american know as much about history as possible i don't think that's. a controversial and but let me just say one thing about american foreign policy which is that it is it is infused with david said with a kind of idealism and more out of the which certainly is not alone it's that this is a self-interest as is dominant but it does define self-interest in moralistic ways and that can lead to great tragedies and mistakes as well was great and triumphs ok david quick word before we go to the break go to another example all right go ahead and then we're going to david go ahead real quick to show you go to the break . yeah i'm talking about woodrow wilson in one thousand nine hundred nine hundred nineteen woodrow wilson could not open his mouth without saying that the united states alone had no selfish interests in the. inferior should be ok because the united states had the greatest interest of all which is that the emerging from the wall as the rich as soon as powerful nation in the world all right gentlemen i'm going to jump in here after a short break w

chinese americans who are here today. they work together and make progress together every single day. they know that even as our nations compete in some areas, we can cooperate in so many others, in a spirit of mutual respect for our mutual benefit. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> for as deng xiaoping said a long time ago is the same today. there's still possibilities for cooperation between our countries. president hu, members of the chinese delegation, we have these responsibilities together. welcome to the united states of america. [speaking in native tongue] [applause] [speaking in native tongue] [applause] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: mr. president, mrs. obama, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, it gives me great pleasure to come to washington and pay the state visit to the united states at the beginning of the new year at the invitation of president obama. at this point in time, let me extend on behalf of the 1.3 billio

i want to talk to you today about restoring the american dream by restoring american common sense. we have all learned about the concept of common sense through various channels or experiences in our life. for various people in the room and may be different, but ingredients include our upbringing, our values system, our life experiences, our world view and and philosophies, and a variety of other things. for me, these benchmarks and lessons were formed in my home town of salt st. paul. this book is written it with an attention to my background. it is a small suburb outside of st. paul. it was the home to some of the world's largest stockyard and meatpacking plant. that was an enormous part of the community, culture and economy of my home town. so many families up and down the street and across our city were connected economically to these economy in ourpprovof town. those plans systematically and summarily shot down and the economic foundation of my childhood and my a neighborhood began to unravel in pretty severe ways. the trauma of the visits on people and families when their liv

it has the american people. it has the congress and it has private security contractors and i could go on and on. what does the state department have? it has no domestic constituency. the state department's constituency is the international public for the american people. but that does not resonate with anybody enough that it could constitute a political or what i would call a domestic constituency that would fight for the state department. we have a tendency since the 1947 national security act and can you look at the presidents from truman on and see how this begins to build and build and build and gets to the point of nixon where nixon is calling the people at the state department commie pinko dogs. another institutional creation of the 1947 national security act, the security council so you have ambassadors from other countries. you have ministers of foreign affairs from other countries regardless of who they are, china, japan, whatever, they come to the country. they know who to go see. they don't see their

and they didn't lose to the american surge or the american tactics. they lost things to black and decker. what do i mean? black and decker power drills. if you find a corpse in iraq that had its head cut off it was killed by sunni militiamen. if he found a corpse power drills in the body dead was a signature of the shia militiamen. so you had in 2006 a really strong cooperation between the shia militiamen, the iraqi police and the iraqi army. they pounded and punished sunni neighborhoods to the point where sunnis began to depopulate baghdad. you have places like doherty in south baghdad, one set of wealthy neighborhood mix with majority sunni. when i visited in 2007 and was totally empty. thousands of homes, all of the clothes, kuchins orloff pots and everything but nobody was living there. sunnis were defeated, leaving 40 anbar, they were in syria and jordan. of course many shias were fleeing as well. and this was important to stress, six months before the surge, the sunni militiamen began to realize that lost. what this meant was they were also payi

the american commander began to describe the american occupation as a problem and our presence is creating antibodies. that was certainly true when the main struggle in iraq, we had resistance groups fighting the americans. by 2006 or even 2005 it wasn't just anti-american but the main circle was a civil war. the americans were always a couple years too late in their realization what was going on. in 2006 they began to pull out. you wouldn't see them anymore. it was occupied but not by any particular security force but what i talked about, people in weird uniforms. melissas at checkpoints and sunni muslims in city neighborhoods or she at neighborhood and warlords. it felt like somalia. americans are pulling out and their motto, the police and the army, we will stand down. the problem was the iraqi police and iraqi army were participants in the civil war on one side. americans pulled back and the iraqi army going into the city neighborhoods opening fire at random on houses and realized they were going to come in. this civil war could lead to a regional conflict. president bush, two years fr