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then, a look at preparing families with active duty military members. randy plunkett. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. last week, the senate judiciary meaty voted 13-5 to approve a border security bill. next, we will show you the fifth and final day of debate, where the committee chairman offered and withdrew an amendment to allow gay americans to sponsor their foreign border partners. this is one hour and 15 minutes. would like to turn to an issue very important to me and too...

this -- the president will moore, oklahoma on this sunday, may 26. it is also commencement season. today, we are going to share with you some of the remarks delivered to the class of 2013 and get your comments on the message to these graduates. as always, you can join in on the conversation -- you can also join us on twitter or facebook and send us an e- journal@c-span.org. lets show you some headlines, following, oklahoma, the devastating tornadoes outside of oklahoma city. this from ...

you be watching for in the weeks ahead? >> it will be interesting to see how this backlog, the amount of attention on it has been almost unprecedented in weeks and months and its almost as if the v.a. tries to come up with a new deppingsstration of how committed it is. but before long, the dates are going to come due for whether these goals and deadlines are being met. so were going to have some measurable data where well be able to gauge just how effective some of these steps the v.a....

definition is very concerning to them from the standpoint that a while ago you made the comment -- and i think it was in your testimony yesterday also with regards to size. thatlso made a comment perhaps the risk in the activities they take should be taken into consideration. do you have a preference, whenever you look at designation for banks, whether that should be size or whether it should be based on the risk of the activities? >> i think size is one of the characteristics that sug...

we already made him quite a lot. we are saying right across the board the increase in pension >> age week the house of commons is in session, we air prime ministers questions. again on sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. watch any time at c-span.org where you can find video of other british public affairs programs. next, journalist david actxs reports on u.s. troops in southern afghanistan. then, representative thaddeus mccotter announces his candidacy for president. >> tune...

you can also e-mail us. and we are on twitter. we will be able to read that on the air. lets take a look at a recent cover. the constitution, does it still matter? this was on june 23, looking at how well and the constitution still lists today. he writes that americans have debated the constitution since the day it was signed -- so that is our question to you on this independence day. going deeper into the article, its as a new focus of the constitution is at the center of our politica...

assassin. >> scott miller, why did you decide to do a book on the assassination of william mckinley? >> it was a fascinating point in american history. after the states, by the turn of the century, its the america that we would know today. theres just a tremendous enthusiasm and patriotism in this period. i think it makes it very romantic. you look through american society, and you see it in the industry. of course we think of the tycoons and the trusts. but there was a proliferation o...

interpreted that. >> he is not leaving somebody in a good position to undermine him. it turns into a lame duck immediately. president obama is mostly who these guys dont like. >> were talking about relationships. senator mitch mcconnell and the president have a non existing relationship. theyre from different generations and see the world differently. how might that factor into any potential outcomes? >> the relationship is strained and not agree with the president and speaker john boe...

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> this morning, "newsmakers" senator rand paul. he talks about the debate over raising the debt ceiling. after that, senate armed services committee would senior military commander later. , the presidents top home security adviser tom brennan unveiling a new counterterrorism strategy and afghanistan. >> shogash had decided several days before mckinley arrive that he was goi...

columnist from military.com discusses the recently published book. what each side need to know about the other and about himself. mr. fleming explored the misunderstanding between civilians and the military, the roles and missions, and what the military and civilian communities need to do to narrow the divide. bruce fleming appeared on c-spans washington journal where he takes fewer phone calls, e-mails and tweets. the program is 40 minutes. >> professor bruce fleming is a professor of...