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And that is the involvement of Security Experts in development of the Design Excellence program. I know there were some who were on the commission to develop it. But ms. Munaz and mr. Green, if you could address the actual input of the Security Experts into the program and setting standards in the program, and whether theres an ongoing effort to keep the Security Experts involved. Beyond what the state department comes up with on its own. One of the criticisms that has happened has been that the...

Were doing. Could you comment, please, sir . Yes, sir. The observations that we made, and this is in the report and certainly not allconclusive. These werent six guys in the mess hall who dreamed these things up. These were based on comments we got from Security Experts who were with obo on a daily basis. I would tell you for one, if you can build a beautiful embassy under Design Excellence and you can do it as fast, and it doesnt cost any more, im all for it. I dont care. I dont care what we bu...

Carvilles famous dictum about the president ial election has been turned upside down. We got an unemployment number that shows continued consistent job growth. Earlier in the week the republicans took the senate from a belingering democratic party. Lowest in six years and on top of yesterdays rally the dow gained another 19 points and the s p climbed. Nasdaq climbed. We spend a lot of time on discussing how our economy is the shining star around the world, the envy of every nation including chin...

Guest im actually teaching a course out here in the school of Public Policy on saudi arabia, a subject about which i wrote the book, and they invited me to teach, and i have never actually taught. But it was great fun. The semester is coming to a close here pretty soon, but it was a lot of fun. Host what did you learn as a teacher there your students . Be from your students . Guest they ask things, they clearly have a, you know, a perspective i dont have since im three times their age. [laughter...

The new cold war between russia and the west over ukraine is costing russians dearly. Moscow expects russias economy to spiral in recession. That will hit russian households with a 2. 8 drop in collective disposal income. Western sanctions are taking a big bite out of russian economy, but a bigger culprit is falling oil prices. They have plummeted 38 since early summer. Thats a problem because russia counts on oil and gas revenues to fund half its budget. Meanwhile, the war between the governmen...

The new cold war between russia and the west over ukraine is costing russians dearly. Moscow expects russias economy to spiral in recession. That will hit russian households with a 2. 8 drop in collective disposal income. Western sanctions are taking a big bite out of russian economy, but a bigger culprit is falling oil prices. They have plummeted 38 since early summer. Thats a problem because russia counts on oil and gas revenues to fund half its budget. Meanwhile, the war between the governmen...

The new cold war between russia and the west over ukraine is costing russians dearly. Moscow expects russias economy to spiral in recession. That will hit russian households with a 2. 8 drop in collective disposal income. Western sanctions are taking a big bite out of russian economy, but a bigger culprit is falling oil prices. They have plummeted 38 since early summer. Thats a problem because russia counts on oil and gas revenues to fund half its budget. Meanwhile, the war between the governmen...

Frontier that we advance our technologies. Its on the frontier that we advance as a species. Billionaires and startups align see it as the wild west. We believe a hunk of the moon that you can hold in your hands could be worth a billion dollars. To build commercial space stations and eventually call onnize marches. And to make billions even trillions in the process. Business plans will fail. This is where a thousand flowers bloom. Its a highstakes investment with no guarantees. And when the abso...

Technologies. Its on the frontier that we advance as a species. Billionaires and startups align see it as the wild west. We believe a hunk of the moon that you can hold in your hands dollars. To build commercial space stations and eventually call onnize marches. And to make billions even trillions in the process. Business plans will fail. Bloom. Its a highstakes investment with no guarantees. And when the absolute worstcase scenario becomes reality. Can i ask how you felt when you heard yesterda...

The world. We begin with the sony hacking story. Tonight the fbi says theres little doubt that north korea is responsible. President obama says the u. S. Is planning a response. Hes also calling out the corporation exposed in the cyber attack. Randall pinkston reports. John, north korea is denying responsibility for the sony cyber attack but u. S. Investigators say the evidence points directly at pyongyang. President obama promises action. President obama put north korea on notice. The u. S. Wil...