Radio partners statewide as well as w. Jdl and batteries kpbs in shreveport cspan in the pbs newshour for sharing this Evenings Program with our viewers and listeners. I am very earned present the council for a better louisiana or cable and thank you for being with us tonight. Over the next hour we will delve into many issues of importance to our state and country with their three invited candidates. Participating tonight our commerce and bill cassidy retired colonel rob maness and senator mary landrieu. Thanks to all of you for being with us this evening. A panel of journalists include Shauna Sanford coanchor and producer of lbb louisiana the state we are in, allen english editor of the Times Newspaper here in shreveport stephanie grace a columnist for the advocate and jeremy offer editor and publisher of politics. Com. We drew names to determine the seating in order of questioning and the format this evening is designed to learn more about where the candidates stand on key issues fac
Obviously the Afghan People have produced if we keep saying we want to open the door for people. We cant walk through that door. Theyve risked their lives and i dont know how many Afghan Soldiers have lost their lives, huge numbers have lost their lives in this fight and i think that on our side of the relationship could be the most important thing to happen because there would be a great willingness to be a true partner in afghanistan which is so important. I think we have seen today an example of this sound steady leadership showing. Hes been a supporter of the usaid and when you step down from the responsibilities he will be sorely missed on a range of issues. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] on a related program note we will be covering the discussion with the pakistani ambassador to the u. S. Later on. Look on cspan. Org for coverage on broadcast in
There is no reason the federal government should only and and have a department of the interior to cover that is a waste of time. I would also eliminate much of the military budget if it were my choice. If we cut military spending in half we would still we the Largest Military budget in the world by far. If we cut in half again and we would still have the largest budget in the world if we cut in half a third time and reduce it down 1 8 of what were spending we would still have the Largest Military budget in the world. We need to bring our troops home and return to a system of National Defense instead of international offense. Hays first of all, i would do that i did at city hall for 24 years when we balance to balanced as 24 budgets and created jobs we took saying this line by line the things that we thought were essential to deal with Public Safety and build a community. Those were the things that we ought to do in congress. And cut waste. It is incredible. Of a billion and a half dol
Into the conference center. Lunch will be served. The rest rooms are to your right. People look out for the yellow wall. All that is left for me is to thank our panelists. Please, join me in thanking them. [applause] on tuesday, the first debate was held for louisianas u. S. Senate seat. Louisiana has an open primary system in which all candidates in office run against each other with the majority votegetter getting the election. However, run off election will occur between the top two candidates in the clear winner cannot be determined. Here is a portion of the debate on the subject of Climate Change. I do believe our climate is changing and i do believe we contribute. We have to be very careful about the policy that we promote. I am a strong supporter of fossil fuels, natural gas particularly because it is a 50 cleaner fuel. We have 200 years of it. America could do itself a Great Service and Great Security by promoting more Domestic Energy exploration production. I have been a stron