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Understands there are three pillars of national security, defense, diplomacy and development, and i've been very enthusiastic about the congress investing in education. it means money, it means coordination, it means training teachers. it means developing communities of learning where our schools are working in partnership with health clinics, diplomacy, democracy programs. this is a key priority of our development goals. >> and so, jessica, there are a lot of organizations that are making a very similar commitment. how might this effort enhance or be any different from other commitments from ...

The administration cut support for democracy programs and where the president has not been clear, i ask where is his clear and where his strong voice of support for the iranians who are risking all in their opposition to ahmadinejad? just that short list. that short list and you know it is no wonder that our president only spent 9% of his state of the union address discusses national security because there aren't a lot of victories he could talk about that night that is a short list. there are so many challenges in front of us and it can seem overwhelming, but despite these challenges we have ...

Dictators and apologizing for america and what do we have to show for that? here is what we have to show. north korea tested nuclear weapons and longer range ballistic missiles. israel, a friend and a critical ally now questioned the strength of our support. plans for a missile defense system in europe, they have been scrapped. relations with china and russia are no better and relations with japan that key asian ally, they are in the worst shape in years. and around the world, people seeking freedom from oppressive regimes wonder if alaska is still that beacon of hope for their cause. the admi...

Dictators and apologizing for america and what do we have to show for that? here is what we have to show. north korea tested nuclear weapons and longer range ballistic missiles. israel, a friend and a critical ally now questioned the strength of our support. plans for a missile defense system in europe, they have been scrapped. relations with china and russia are no better and relations with japan that key asian ally, they are in the worst shape in years. and around the world, people seeking freedom from oppressive regimes wonder if alaska is still that beacon of hope for their cause. the admi...

Taxpayer dollars going to russia. the bill adds $250 million to the countering russian influence fund. in our own government. it directs a bunch of money towards supporting democracy programs in russia. significant new sanctions against russia. and it quote bans the use of federal funds for entering into new contracts or new agreements to provide federal assistance to the russian federation. this is not just something that's been proposed. this was signed into law today. by the president. but nobody knows who put it in the bill. andrew wrote this up for the daily beast. they did a super headli...