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>> prior to our even going to war in iraq, the focus was on oil. and iraqi oil. and how to take it over far more than anything else. >> in public, bush administration officials continue to maintain that oil is not a factor in their war deliberations. in this infinity cbs radio interview broadcast on c-span, defense secretary donald rumsfeld is pressed on that issue. >> mr. secretary, what do you say to people who think this is about oil? >> nonsense. it just isnt. theres certain things like that...

>> i know. but give him credit. >> this is in one day. bob is going way back in the past. >> i can find a gay -- >> oh, brother. >> in the house of representatives. >> i can find one out the door. >> three people in the last day or so. >> man. you cant make it up. >> hes right, it is one of the most effective means on the planet to destroy life, liberty, property, the pursuit of happine happiness. it does work. i didnt see him offering to share his ear wax. >> thats your party, bob. >> i have to...

>> i know. but give him credit. >> this is in one day. bob is going way back in the past. >> i can find a gay -- >> oh, brother. >> in the house of representatives. >> i can find one out the door. >> three people in the last day or so. >> man. you cant make it up. >> hes right, it is one of the most effective means on the planet to destroy life, liberty, property, the pursuit of happine happiness. it does work. i didnt see him offering to share his ear wax. >> thats your party, bob. >> i have to...

Clearly the bridgegate investigation surrounding new jersey governor chris christie is not over. as much as governor christie would like to think it is. here he is last night at his states annual chamber of commerce center in washington, d.c. >> these remarks are being broadcast live by c-span tonight. what that will tell you is this must be the quietest political night in america in months. >> no, actually, governor, it wasnt a slow news night at all. law makers crammed onto a train headed to d...

He was in the media. so, like i said, its a wide open race. and i think hes certainly -- i think a governor has a better shot. hes certainly in the mix. >> i absolutely love john. john is one of the reasons im in politics. i saw him on c-span debating the clinton budget. he is a quirky guy. i find it hard to believe hes going to grind it out in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina the way you need to do because i think, you know, john doesnt put up with a lot of b.s. i think it would be a litt...

Commission. >> thats c-span meets a beautiful mind. >> eugene robinson, thank you so much. were going to be back with john mccain thinking he is going to be ready for a primary fight. well talk to him straight ahead. ♪ and just give them the basics, you know. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] im still working. hes retired. i hope hes saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual were owned by our poli...

People go to work every day in this industry. you cant just beat up on them. >> when you were cheated out of oil royalties. >> and to sit here and listen to the federal government say we cant share a penny with you. i will not rest until this injustici injustices is gone. >> and she won? >> do you think theres a bunch of fairy godmothers who just wave a magic wand? >> she holding the most powerful position in the senate. >> the weekly standard caught on after realizing that the footage doesnt co...

Know this, my experience at the hands of this government in the last five years have made me more determined ever than before to stand before you and to all of americans and say i will not retreat, i will not surrender. i will not be intimidated and i will not ask for permission to exercise my constitutional rights. >> top democrats called her a liar for speaking out against the irs. this morning her testimony has new meaning as one of those democrats gets roped into the scandal itself. joining ...

>> just louisiana, 300,000 people that go to work every day in this industry. you cant just beat up on them. >> when we were cheated out of oil royalties. >> they have to sit here and listen to the federal government say we cant share a penny with you? i will not rest until this injustices is done. >> and she won. now as the new chairman of the budget committee. >> do you think theres a bunch of fairy godmothers throughout that wave a magic wand? >> she holds the most powerful position in the se...

Home, and this is the operating system that still is our operating system. >> whats interesting is how short it was but think about it in todays age of sound bites. people would have taken off heres if it didnt fit on twitter. >> the real anxiety i have is what if somebody gave a gettysburg address today, maybe c-span might have it. certainly we wouldnt be able to pick it up in the speed and rapidity in our news cycles -- >> maybe he understood before any of us the digital age. >> but nobody -- ...