Let the world know about our values. And i think whats been happening here over the last few years is the fact that weve retreated in the world. And when we retreat, it creates a vacuum. Now when we retreat, what does that mean . Well, it means our friends are not sure who we are. And it even confuses our enemies and emboldens our enemies in a lot of ways. Now i think its really important we dont try to travel around the world remaking every country in the image of america. But it is important that we can assert ourselves, and, you know, i think i was the first leading republican that i know of in the country to say that you want to fight isis . You just cant coulddo it from the air. We need to drove a coordinated effort. And if it means that u. S. Boots on the ground is necessary so be it. But were not there to change the way these countries work. Were there to restore order to assert a lot of the values that we have that everybody has the right to live free. So if thats what we need to do we do it. We go and get out. And we have to decide where to go based on u. S. Interests. Over the course of my career i had a chance to vote ons the war in lebanon, the civil war in lebanon. I voted not to have u. S. Troops in lebanon. I dont like civil wars its not a please by and large where u. S. Ought to place themselves. I supported the first gulf war which was critical to us. You know i have a hard time understanding let me tell you something i think about. I have a hard enough time convincing legislators of things i want to do. And i can just imagine how difficult it is to work with the french, the germans, the british, the spanish the italians to say we need to have very tough sanctions against a guy whos trying to gobble up territory in the name of putin, vladimir putin. It makes no sense. You cant do everything by yourself. You have to assert your values and bring everybody along. You cant do it by yourself. But we have the moral authority and standing to be leaders and to bring people with us, and we need to do it and we, of course, need to fight radical islam. That question, like what do you think about Foreign Policy is like what do you think about life . If you have something more specific id like to try to answer it but the United States has to be engaged in this world. Without us the world is in chaos. Its just plain and simple. And all those books about america being a, you know, being out there and being arrogant, maybe that goes with the territory of being a leader, but we cant slump in our job across this globe. Better be easy. I think im doing okay. Thank you governor very much for being here your time and a great job in ohio. Thank you very much for all of that. [ applause ] i had to tell you, i never got a trophy either, okay. My name is bob james, aarp here in New Hampshire. Id like to ask you a question on Social Security not so much for myself a graduate of world war ii and the great generation, but for my children and their children. To strengthen Social Security or at least tell them that theyre paying every month into it. Will it be there for them . You know it was a poll years ago that said more kids believed in ufos, theyd see a ufo than a Social Security check. I once had a plan to deal with Social Security when i was in the congress, which was to go to a wage base to start people at a somewhat lower level, which they dont know what level theyre going to start at, and that would put them in a position to make Social Security that and a few other things and i think george bush had a plan very similar to that am i right, judd and john . And it was kind of rejected. And now, ago you get farther and farther down the road, the challenges get greater and greater. Sir, let me i dont have a Social Security plan in front of me, but its going to have to be changed. All the entitlements are going to have to be changed. But we should not look at this as a meat cleaver. We should think about in the 21st century a better way to modify all these systems. Medicare, let me tell you what were doing in ohio in medicare its run on the basis of quantity not quality. We had money to deal with asthma. Keep kids out of the hospital for asthma. What we found out is we were successful. Hospitals had few servicities. Okay. Therefore they had less revenue. The Insurance Companies didnt pay as many claims. They had more revenue. Guess what, we were able to get the insurance kwps and hospitals to share the benefits so that we keep kids healthy and at the same time drove down the cost of medicine and everybody is a winner. We have to think creatively in my opinion in dealing with the problems of medicare and Social Security. Lets figure out this system, but it has to be changed. We cant just say you cant tinker with it you cant change it. Thats not realistic. Thats putting your head in the sand. And anybody whos going to be president needs to answer this question, are you willing to deal with it . If youre not willing to deal with it, youre not fit for the office, plain and simple. Ill have a plan for you no what thor matter what i do. Ill think about it a little bit, yes, sir. Let me just say one other thing about balancing the budget like with medicaid. Heres the answer to this in my opinion. The federal government should set goals. They should stop giving us prescriptions out here about how to do things. They cant get out of their own way. What they ought to say is we have some goals. States, you go ahead and do it. When judd was governor, he could figure out exactly how to reengineer a program. Our job raintraining program. You know our job Training Programs which are vital to train people, you have to be unemployed to get the bulk of the money so you can then get employed. Why dont they give me the money i need to train people on the job so i dont los them. This is how confounded the government s they cant figure out where to hide the smallpox vaccine. People jumping over the fence at the white house. The secret service is in disarray. The va cant figure out how to pay claims. They need to do what they need to do at the federal level that we cant do for ourselves and give us the ability to come up with solutions once they establish the goals. That will help us to get to a balanced budget and help reenergize our state, our community and our people. Yes, sir. [ applause ] john, it was a pleasure working with you when i was in the house, and we worked on the penny kasich commission which tried to cut 2 from the federal government budget, and we pail failed. As you recall. What i enjoyed about you then was you were always a straight shooter, and i want to give you an opportunity to be a straight shooter here with us this morning. I dont know if i like where this is going. I would like you to tell us what are your defacttractors saying about you . Where are they wrong and where might they be a little bit right where you believe you still have work to do . Hmm well i didnt know i had any detractors. [ laughter ] you know id say that theres, thats a good question. I mean, i dont want to get into psychoanalysis, but sometimes people say you know, hes not disciplined and not focussed, okay . How do you go from 8 billion in the hole to a 2 billion surplus, a loss of 350,000 jobs to a gain of almost 350,000 jobs, tax cuts at 3 billion, dramatic education reforms, helping the poor, if youre not disciplined and focussed. I do have a lot of energy but you know, energy allows you to accomplish significant things if you dont have any energy, if you dont have the push, how are you supposed to get things done . And the other thing is im always kind of in the future. Now im always thinking about what can be because ideas are what bring excitement. I dont care whether its in business, sports politics or whether its in religion. Look at how this popes shaken up the whole world because of his ideas about the way things happen. My idea is you get a short time with me and you might go wow, what the heck do we have here . Well im an energetic guy. And im not going to change it. You know, as age will probably change some of it, but, decki make mistakes. We all do, but i try to get up and, you know i just try to think about what i can do to just make things a little bit better. Does that, im the farthest thing from saint hood, but thats my goal in life. Shake myself off and try to do better, and i tell you, ive learned in this job. Our president theyll be the first to tell you. My waive said, john, youre the leader, the dad now act like it. You dont need smart alec comments and those kinds of things, but i also like to have fun. You know the interesting thing about politics . If youre having fun people dont like it. They resent it. And one final thing, one final thing. You know why im unorthodox, dick . Because im normal. Okay . [ applause ] okay. What is that it . Okay. Thank you, governor. Thank you for being here. Thank you all. [ applause ] dude, do we have a, can you get me a pen . There we go, there we go. One more. Thank you. Where do you live . New hampshire. I figured you were from New Hampshire unless you snuck in from massachusetts. Thank you so much for coming. Thank you. Thank you lawyer. Youre welcome. Oh, its right here. Been waiting a long time for you to come back. Its great to be back. I love to be here. Its a great state. Its fun. Its really great. What are we doing . Questions. Okay. Who are all these people . All right . What do you want to know . Governor. [ inaudible ] oh, im not, you know, you think im going to answer that question . Are you kidding . Look, the fact is, is that im thrilled to be here, to be able to talk about my state talk about the kind of things i think we need for the country. All my options are on the table. Im obviously traveling more, probably build a little more infrastructure, but im not ready to make a decision on this and listen, i got to tell you all, this is not cat and mouse. If you decide you want to go for some sort of a job like this it takes a lot and its not something you do cavalierly. I had a conversation with a man that thought about running for president , ultimately decided not to. His vice to me is make sure its right for you. Decide this when you want to decide it, not when some expert or pun dits or whatever tells you. I understand the realitying of delegates and all the other things, but at this point, i dont know. And i would not get in this if i didnt think i could win because if i didnt think i could win, im not going to call on my friends, my family and everybody else you know, to brakeeak their backs on something thats not achievable. But most of the decisions are personal, but i have not made a decision yet. [ inaudible question ] janet, i was too young, too inexperienced. And the people who talked me into doing it, they wanted me to go out and try it once just to have the experience and they never thought i could win. But they never told me that. I thought i could win. So, look it takes a lot of energy. It takes a lot of discipline to do this. And takes money am i mean takes all those things. And good ideas. But, you know in that race people were hungry for bush. They were hungry for george with. W. Bush and they got him. Im in ohio which is a big state and that gives you certain advantages in firms of raiseterms of raising money. I dont think i would be in a position to have enough money to run a whole National Campaign but can you raise enough money to get your fighter jets off the deck of the Aircraft Carrier to go up and see how you do. And if you do well there i think things progress. But im not a campaign manager. Im only a governor of ohio. In 2000 john mccain won New Hampshire on a get money out of politics ajen dpa. Weve had hundreds marching across the state as part of the New Hampshire rebellion. I think a lot of people are hungry to see that issue addressed. Is that something youve built into your platform . Probably not. Ive got too many other things i want to talk about and i am going to continue to talk about in terms of leadership and the things i talked about today. Whether i run for president or whether i dont im not going to go away. Im not going to fade away. Im not going to disappear, and i will have things to say. I just want to help improve my country. Money and politics, i dont know how you deal with it. Lets figure out if theres some practical way to deal with it because frankly i dont like the power of money to influence decisionmaking by anybody. For me you give me you know i had a fund raiser in cleveland, and a guy got up and said i got good news and bad news. The good news is we raised a lot of money. The bad news is, is if you gave them anything youll get nothing for it. But i have a different approach to all this. Some think you are a little unfocussed because you have a lot of ideas and a lot of energy. Separate from that is it not also possible because youre out there and as candid as you are, youre upsetting the applecart . Im a normal guy who has a big job. I dont think of myself as anything particularly special. Carl, if i think something, you know, i dont mean to just blurt something out but if somebody asks me a question on Social Security or, im going to try to answer it as best i can. Because i got one life to live here on this earth. And im just going to try to be, you know, answer the questions. Be direct. Be a leader. That doesnt mean to be rude or be in a position where youre just blunt. Im not interested in that. But i am interested in trying to solve problems. And you have to look at a problem and try to solve it. People could raise questions about problems that i cant solve, okay . I dont know how to do it yet. That doesnt mean we wont figure it out. But at the end of the day i think i said it best. Im a normal guy in a big job. All right, i used to have a friend a young kid who passed away. I became buddies with him. And he wrote me a note one time and he said to his mother my wife and i got to be very close to him and his brother and the whole family. And he wrote a note one time and he said john kasich is nothing more than a kid in a congressmans body. Im a happy person. I like myself. Im comfortable with myself. And im pretty mormal, you know . In an abnormal profession. Okay. Thank you all. On the next washington journal, green wire legal propertier Jeremy Jacobs previews Supreme Court arguments that will decide whether the epa should have considered Compliance Costs before implementing strict power plant standards. National journalism fell low discusses the future of fraternities. Then a round table discussion with Washington Post reporter lydia depillis. As always we will take your calls and you can enjoy the conversation at facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal live at 7 00 eastern on cspan. This sunday on q and a, eric larson on his new book dead wake, the Last Crossing of the lusitania. The question gets difficult when the question arises as to what ultimately happened to the lusitania, why was the lusitania allowed to enter the irish sea without escort, without the kind of detailed warning that could have been provided to the captain but was not. And this has led to some very interesting speculation about was the ship essentially set up for attack by, by churchill for someone in the admiralty. And its interesting. I found no smoking memo, and believe me i would have found a smoking memo. That is to say there was nothing from churchill to Jackie Fisher or to somebody else in the admiralty saying lets let the lusitania go into the irish sea because we want to get something. Nothing like that existing. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q and a. The Senate JudiciaryCommittee Held a hearing on sally yates as the next Deputy Attorney general. She was asked about mandatory minimum sentencing. The president s executive order, human sex trafficking and countering violent extremism. Sally yates previously served in georgia. Representative john lewis and Johnny Isaacson of georgia provided introductory remarks. And i think were going to let start with congressman lewis. Normally we would make Opening Statements. But, because of your time schedule, i think well start with you to introduce congressman lewis and then well go to senator isakson and then well go to senator purdue and then well have our Opening Statements were honored youre here, congressman. Thank you for joining us. [ inaudible ] im well thank you for your statement on how important the senate is. But the constitution were upper only in our own minds. The constitution recognizes as equal but i was going to call on you first because you are the Senior Member here today. And youve been a respected member of the house of representatives. And you know ms. Yates and so i have chosen, right or wrong, to start with you. And i hope youll start. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Im delighted and forever pleased to be here. Im honored to be here with my friend from the georgia delegation, senator isakson and senator purdue to introduce the United States attorney for the Northern District of georgia, sally yates, who has been nominated to serve as Deputy Attorney general of the United States. You might say sally yates dedication to Public Service and the law is in her blood. Because both her father and grandfather served in a georgia on the Georgia State court of appeals, her father was one of the great lawyers in the state of georgia, and in our nation. She is principled, tough for the rule of law, but has used her commitment to equal justice to strengthen Law Enforcement ties with the community. She graduated with honor from the university of georgia, and began her career in private practice at a law firm in atlanta locate