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In iraq the government in anbar says it has retaken the city of ramadi, a day after it was seized by militants linked to al qaeda. They remain on the edges of ramadi and fallujah, as local tribal leaders consider their next move. Both cities are key regional centres and witnessed fighting. We have more from al jazeeras imran khan. After a standoff lasting days the iraqi army is ready to go to the city of fallujah, and fight the Al Qaedalinked group i. S. I. L. The agreement to do so was heartfou...

We see Going Forward that theres not going to be much change at all, you know, at least for us as a service. Can i ask a quick followon to that one about what at least superficially may seem to be a bit of a contradiction. If the marine corps remains focused primarily on the pacific, but i think at present most people would conceive of most crises not initiating in the pacific. Certainly, there are other places in the world that seem more likely to erupt and require rapid crisis response. So is ...

Principled leader as yourself within these leadership positions someday . Well, there are formal leadership positions and then theres leadership. You know, that would be my answer. The American People will recognize what the leadership is in the senate. And theres elected leadership posts and then theres people who represent through a vision what the American People want and are willing to stand up for that. And theres hundreds of thousands of people in america that feel the way i do, and we nee...

We had a vote several months ago on putting minimal things about gun control in, and it got voted against it. We had congressmen that had 85 of their district that were for this. And you sound like youre hopeful that we can do something about this . [laughter] i mean, i just dont see that this could happen. How do we do this . How can you be hopeful . Okay, you discouraged me, i quit. [laughter] i guess its part of, you know, you gotta have hope, you gotta keep trying. Things take time, and, you...

But the more i worked on this project that i became more and more convinced that as the war came to an end, that it was the americans who were not the good guys. It was instead the british and the spanish who were the good guys. The british and the spanish offered freedom to their slaves. The man who served with them and took them away from this land of bondage and for the americans, well, the americans will keep slaves and bondage until 1865. Next encore booknotes on booktv. Nina easton discuss...

Involved. Propaganda involved. I think it was one of the worst mistakes ever made and we will pay the price for many years. I did a cartoon. When there were 2000 American Service members killed during the iraq war i did a cartoon and wrote the word why with that . And drew it the size. I wrote the names of all the troops that had been killed in iraq in the letters. That generated a lot of controversy and was at a time when people still thought the war was a good thing. I think that was responsib...

Who also tom folley died today. He served for 30 years. House Speaker John Boehner released a statement about tom foley saying he was warmhearted. He would call leaks on both sides of the aisle. She had a solid sense of fairness. He was 84 years old. He had a solid sense of fairness. He was 84 years old. Cspan, wouldnt you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, greetings, conferences, which of the u. S. House, all as a Public Service of private industry. Cable tvreated by the...

It is the budget problem overall. As was just said, members of congress do not vote against research. They just let cuts in research happen because of what is now in place, a budget that is constantly taking money away from research and innovation and putting it in the hands of old people, like me, who frankly should not be getting the percentage of revenue that is now coming to our generation. The reason we have the best Research Universities in the world is that, for some 70 years now, the fed...

Creating Nuclear Material for their stated purpose of creating a Nuclear Weapon to use to wipe out not only israel, but to wipe the United States of america off the face of the map. And if theres anything that history has taught us, mr. Speaker, it is this it is that when a madman speaks, freedomloving nations should listen. The leader in iran is called the supreme leader. Hes not called that for no reason. It isnt the president of the country who is truly the throne in iran. It is the religious...

Yes we do have time for questions. I think the unifying theme that you hear from this Diverse Group is, people want our leaders to govern and we want them to lead. It is time for them to doppler urging from one crisis to another and focus on some of the longerterm issues. I will quote Erskine Bowles here who regularly says we have made all of the easy choices. We have made all of the stupid choices and now it is time for this country to start making some of the real choices. We hear a lot of the...