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independent. >> madam secretary. if it doesnt happen during this lame duck session? guest: were looking at delay. we go back to the committee again, the senate foreign relations committee and start over. if it fails and just takes a couple months itill be the spring. no. could be as much as another year or 18 months. we will be 2-1/2 years potentially without a verification regime on the ground. that does not serve our interest. host: the cynic in me says if you give them lead time, th...

that is baltimore on washington journal." enjoy the rest of your sunday. . . >> senator coleman, thank you very much for being here. >> we just heard that you have said that if michael steel decides to run, you will not be a candidate. >> republicans dont have to beat up on republicans. secondly, he campaigned and supported me. i have been very, very candid with the chairman. theres been challenges with major donors. on the other hand, i dont think so these gotten enough credit to brin...

the fourth idea is connecting small farmers to markets. today over half of our budget is cash. with that cash, we spent over 80% buying food from the developing world. over half the people in the developing world who need help our small farmers, most of them women. 80% of the agricultural work is done by when. -- done by women. we had discovered that you can purchase in markets in the developing world and not affect the small farmers. they are not necessarily getting the fruits of th...

host: the former governor of their york recently wrote that the congressional lame-duck session which begins tomorrow should be the last in history. she wrote, on november 2nd, the voters replaced the democratic majority in the house representatives with at least 61 new republican members who campaigned on lower spending and less government power, allowing members who are not reelected to legislate a national policy or set the federal budget for 2011 is like allowing a fired employee t...

caller: i would like to challenge c-span to have a conversation on mountain top removal mining. its destroying west virginia and appalachia. its the dirtiest way for the coal industry to make money. a lot of this coal can be mined under ground. when they go from a thousand feet in these mountains and dumping this product, this violates the clean water production act. we cannot do mountain top removal legally in the united states. the probm is the legacy thats left for this, this rubble...

Carrying out. that includes adherence to a strict code of conduct. >> in a statement, general mcchrystal said he resigned out of respect for the presidents strategy in afghanistan and a desire to see the mission succeed. bruce fleming, a naval academy professor who will soon release a book on the friction between military and civilian leadership said this controversy reveals a longstanding problem on the battlefield. >> they dont like it that people who are not military tell them what to do. >> ...

the slow and choppy recovery may be eroding confidence in president obama. batches of syrupy oil coming ashore in florida. the governor says the state is up to the challenge. >> like jimmy buffett said, we dont want to take a sky is falling attitude. we are going to clean it up, address it and stay after it, stay after it. thats the attitude we have to take. >> yes, there are american soccer fans! look at them. i will be talking live way die hard who is at the big games in south afri...

president obama says mcchrystal created division and says he wont tolerate that. new reaction to the decision to sack his general. will critics who think he has been too weak be satisfied? and the main system for capturing gushing oil in the gulf breaks down. well tell you what went wrong and how this mishap could make the worst spill in u.s. history even worse. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were told general stanley mcchrystal wont even return to afghanistan to pack ...

a look now at the environmental impact of the gulf spill. this is about 40 minutes. >> joining us from new orleans is the campaign director from the gulf restoration network, and we appreciate you joining us this morning. ion to the news from late yesterday when you heard that the top kill procedure had failed to stop the gusher in the gulf. what was your reaction? guest: well, we are absolutely disappointed. it felt like somebody punched us in the gut. there was a lot of hope that thi...

now in hardcover and also in e- book. >> and now the bbc coverage of the state opening of parliament. . >> is 10 thursday -- 10:30. an election which deliver the first coalition government since the day of the second world war. so stay with us as whamr. at westminster. a warm welcome to our audience here on college green. this is where the queen will be arriving all later, just a few yards away the sovereign interests and there she will be presenting the governments platform for the ye...