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next on "this week in defense news," what osama bin laden death means for defense spending an an exclusive welcome to "this week in defense news," im vago muradian. whats ahead for the u.s. coast guard? we have an exclusive interview with admirable robert papp, the services commandant. but, first, now that osama bin laden is dead, will pressure increase to cut national security spending and accelerate the withdrawal of troops ng and withdrawal of troops from afghanistan, im joined by m...

and each meetingbobo wboas abou whether we were going to nudge interest rates up or down a little bit, then i think our communication strategy would probably be fine for that. but since were in such an unusual situation, it looks like were going to be here for a while, we probably need to think about ways to more effectively way to communicate all these, were at the zero bound, weve got special programs that were still operating, and we have to somehow get these ideas and get the under...

and lesbians to serve would not harm ongoing operations and encouraged congress to repeal the law from 1993 that put the policy into place. senator levin chairs the three hour, 15 minute hearings. >> good morning, everybody. the committee meets this morning to continue receiving testimony on the department of defenses report on implementation of a repeal of dont ask, dont tell. yesterday we heard from secretary gates, chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mullen, and the co-chairs of th...

i believe that 41 of my colleagues will either because our economy is in the tank. our economies in the tank, and the american people want that issue addressed. and the military is functioning in the most efficient and most professional, most courageous fashion that in any time of our history. so to somehow believe that this is some kind of compelling issue come at a time we are in two wars, as general rioss support of so eloquently pointed out, is obviously not something that we shoul...

understandably frustrated with the immigrants themselves, there is another part of the equation and that is those folks who employ them. in some cases they are a small business, but in many cases they are large employers. it works on the bottom line. it is one of the reasons it is such a complicated problem to solve. it is one of the reasons both political parties are split on this issue. while the republicans tend to be very aggressive, wanting more enforcement, there is a piece of th...

here. in todays troubled world, it is true we cannot see the top of the mountain. we can see we are heading down and not up. we can see we must turn around and take the path to higher ground and we must get others to move with us. a little background. the threat. it is changing. since the end of the cold war, while the chances of an all-out global nuclear war have declined significantly, thank god, i think the chances of a nuclear strike have increased. during the cold war, the america...

holiday tomorrow, we want to get you to weigh in on the future of the labor movement. the detroit free press this morning has this headline -- "labor of hope." it says here that the uaw plan is to tap into worker discontent and focus on social crisis. justice.al "u.s. unemployment stands at 9.6%, with michigan at 13.1%. those who do not have jobs are anxious about losing them and watching their benefits declined. incomes are down, and many people are fighting health care expensive or l...

>> thank you, madam secretary. i want to thank you and president obama with the many efforts he had invested to bring this to this moment. my friend, senator mitchell, thank you for your consistent effort for you and your staffs efforts to bring a lasting and durable peace to our region. president, as i said yesterday in our meeting at the white house with the president of the united states, the president of egypt, the king of jordan, i see in you its partner for peace. together we can...

how do you think people down there would react? >> i think they would be glad about that. you is talking about the operation out in a new orleans and i think people are confident that they are there. >>, but he talked about assets and he did not have any good news there. it was not like when he spoke the people decided to give more resources. and there is a call to draw down defense spending. but the missions that the coast guard is doing are not seasonal. there is a search and rescu...

talking about subscription models. we have been in the business for a long time. all of a sudden, syndication has become a buzzword. cable companies are going to authenticate the fact that you are a subscriber, which allows you to watch the content to get to that cable system on your ipod or your laptop or whatever device. we kind of giggle at that. previously, we have been syndicated. if you ordered showtime back in 1978, there was a filter remove from the cable drop which would allow...