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.. it is beginning, we the people, and i am delighted to have my colleague, the former member of the house of representatives, mike castle, to join me and david eisner so accurately characterized it, mike and i are members of a 30 year club. its not too easy to come by. it takes a while to get that kind of seniority. this book, "life among the cannibals," was designed to come out in the midst of this election season to try to appoint the american people with why washington is what it i...

personally but doesnt of the particular allegiance. this is where the 112 conagras is different from, say, the congress that we said during the new gingrich revolution. when he came in with his 70 something freshman, they were utterly beholden to newt. .. >> without question, the most famous of the 87 freshmen. he was a tea party sensation before he was ever elected because in 2009 he gave this so-called bayonet speech, in which he exhorted his audience to pick up their bayonets and ch...

personally i thought there was much chance of that. america is after all what it is. next on booktv former senator arlen specter of pennsylvania talks about his political career in the split between the old guard members of the former party and members supported by the tea party. senator specter is in conversation of mike castle, former delaware governor and u.s. representative for a little under an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it can be no better place to have this...

karen in detroit, youre on with jenn risko of shelf awareness. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. im curious for the publisher to ask, will writers begin to consider putting hyperlinks into their book to take readers to other spot or other locations that are relevant to the text of their reading? i think that could create a really dynamic reading experience. ten comments more than just reading the book, but then maybe a platform of going to a higher hyperlink. >> host: jenn risko...

>> host: can you give a reason why decision points is topping the list? the president left with a very low approval rating. >> guest: he did. and its interesting that this book was doing so incredibly well. in fact, theres a number of people in publishing better thinking that bushs book will actually surpass the sales of clintons book, which is an interesting thing to think about. why has it done well? you know, if youve watched bush on this tour at all, and hes pretty amazing. hes rel...

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...

organization and why it is important in the 21st century. tony blair receives the liberty award metal. he is introduced by former president bill clinton at this event that took place earlier this fall at the national constitution center in philadelphia. it is a little more than an hour. [applause] >> it is these core values of a free society that we celebrate with the liberty medal presentation. values exemplified in the work of this years honoree, tony blair as he helps to build pathw...

development and training are critically important. but i think that one of the greatest values the peace corps can bring -- i will never forget being in morocco and having someone said, "you do not look like an american." he said, "your skin is dark and your hair is dark." it is a different shade these days, but it was all dark bk then. he said, "you do not look like an american." it gave me a platform to talk about the diversity of america. i think this is a critical component going f...

a discussion. here are the phone numbers. if you are a democrat, join us. rep conditions, join us, and independents, join us. good morning once again, this is the kind of discussion i can promise you would only happen on c-span. 34 years ago we used to call us the place where the constitution came to live every day, because it gave you a running example of the three branches of government and the live coverage of the congress, executive branch and what we told you about the supreme cou...

brigade, its still the case that most of the analytical expertise is associated with a division and brigade level. and in this fight, which is so local, and so information-intensive, and with soldiers who are used to having information, youre used to acting on information. the army now has these company command posts, and boy, its not your company command post of 20 years ago. theyre all at laptops, theyre expecting that kind of information, they know how to be effective with that kind...