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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. there are certain things like that, myths that are floating around. im glad you asked. it has nothing to do with oil. literally nothing to do with oil. >> behind the scenes, though, planning for iraqs oil goe...

>> 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. there are certain things like that, myths that are floating around. im glad you asked. it has nothing to do with oil. literally nothing to do with oil. >> behind th...

Great hosts and great to be there and glad we got to show the library, too. >> sorry about the sofa. >> if you want to catch the entire q&a with greg its on facebook and it will be live on c-span this saturday.

Monday, or if they do bring it up it wont get the votes. my guess is they wont bring it up, frankly, in its current state. and again, alex, this goes back to the first point which is if we had an american public that was watching every house and senate vote extremely closely and helping that shape what they think about which party is to blame, it might be different. but weve learned over and over again in politics, this is the cynical part of me coming out, they dont watch it very closely. theyr...

There and glad we got to show the library, too. >> sorry about the sofa. >> if you want to catch the entire q&a with greg its on facebook and it will be live on c-span this saturday. >> one more thing coming up next. for over a decade

Their arms around republicans rather than doing the recognize thing on behalf of the heroes. it is a shame. >> picture perfect. i paint a picture, aint nothing but a gangster party. >> i do not like green eggs and ham. >> a muddle puddle, bottle, paddle battle. >> barbaric. >> black ties make me look heavier than i am. >> i thought i heard someone yelling the plane, boss, the plane. >> so happy birthday, c-span. "house of cards" has nothing on you. tic cap each day helps defend against these dig...

Right into our homes from the iran contra hearings to the passing of the affordable care act to the triumphant return of gabrielle giffords. we have seen just about everything on c-span. we saw one lawmaker wear a paper bag on his head to highlight a banking scandal. we saw another wear a hoodie to honor the memory of trayvon martin. we have seen giant stamps used as props and some props that just left us guessing. there is no question c-span has been a source of information and entertainment ov...

Television and -- effectively and lied about it during the election year, end of quote. >> mr. cummings. >> he continued this theme on -- if you will sit down and allow me to ask the question, i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this. >> good feelings do not runeth over between congressman elijah cummings and congressman darrell issa, obviously. that fact has been illustrated over many months and many hearings of the house oversight committee of which dar...

>> mr. cummings. >> he continued this theme on -- if you will sit down and allow me to ask the question, i am a member of the congress of the united states of america. i am tired of this. >> good feelings do not runneth over between congressman elijah cummings and congressman darrell issa, obviously. that fact has been illustrated over many months and many hearings of the house oversight committee of which darrell issa is the chairman and elijah cummings is the top democrat. now, chairman darrel...

>> you should try the slop. >> whats the slop? >> the dinner we get. >> spaghetti and meatballs? >> probably not. >> i did have to give them television. the judge many years ago said you have to have tv and never said what to show. so i decide what to show. im sure not going to show this series to them. so i show them the weather channel, the food channel and c-span. really have to watch all these politicians. thats all they get. theyre still getting television. >> and one of his latest innovati...