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>> also at noon, defense secretary robert gates, the fencsecretary clinton, and othes will talk about the u.s. nuclear policies for the next 10 years. they have been working on a report for the past year. we will find out more today live on c-span at noon. also, beginning at 6:30 p.m. this evening, johnson, the author of "13 bankers" talks about it. after that, former treasury secretary henry paulson on his memoir. then, at a 30 p.m. georgian congressman john lewis on this book "race a...

incarcerated for drug abuse and for illegal drugs. but in the meantime, youll have the pharmacist who says, come to my place and i will fill your prescriptions for the oxycontin and any other medication that they can. how are you delineating what is a disease and what is criminal activity? it seems the selectivity when a young black kid is involved with drugs, that is a criminal problem. when a person such as the police command or the judge or the prosecutor comes in and its a prescrip...

how to play. i was a music major in college, journalism, and then i played jazz professionally in kansas city for several years before i decided i was a better writer than i was a musician. and ive never questioned the decision to be a writer, but i still miss making music. i dont think you ever really get over that. >> 8 years old, the first time you heard louis armstrong. >> that would have been 1964, because it was on the ed sullivan show. . o >> i want to stay w...

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booktv. join us again next weekend for 48 hours of programs about nonfiction books all weekend, every weekend. beginning saturday morning at 8 eastern here on c-span2. >> this week on "the communicators," a philosophical discussion about telecommunications policy with stuart benjamin, the distinguished scholar in residence at the federal communications commission. >> host: stuart benjamin, what is your job at the fcc? >> guest: so i am the inaugural distinguished scholar in residence w...

the right now i think by every market indicator, the video is robustly competitive good post over on the setup time commissioner mcdowell. senator snowe and one are introduced to the fcc. do you support that? >> guest: how could i be against pretty more expertise to the fcc? especially because mark warner is introducing the bill. i think thats a terrific thing and we do need to make sure that we have worked technical ideas at the fcc. a lot of our engineers on staff, some of the best a...

our broadband plan team. we look forward to seeing more in advance of our meeting on february 11. >> what happens on february 11 or february 17 when it gets delivered? does congress have to approve it as part of the stimulus acts of last year? >> it is a little unclear. congress wants us to look at all these issues from national defence to literacy, health care, things of that nature. we will have it formally presented to us february 11 and is due to congress february 17. it is not any...