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Of this week its booktv in primetime. Up next, former congressman barney frank recounts his life and political career. He recently wrote a book a life in politics from the Great Society to samesex marriage. This is 50 minutes. [applause] [applause] thank you. Barney frank. First i will ask him questions and then we will get questions from the audience which i have on these cards. So i will accept or reject them as i wish. Congressman frank i was hoping you could say little bit about the two stories that you try to tell political stories you try to tell in this book which is about your life but...

Still be important, we will still be powerful and they will still matter on the global stage but we wont be a special. I for one dont want to be part of the first generation of americans that makes us worse off. I dont want to be the first generation of parents that has to turn has to turn to her children explain them why we got to grow up in the greatest country in Human History but they wont have the same chance. I know there is a lot of narrative about how divided the republican how would divided we are between republicans and democrats how divided we are among our political feelings and id...

Todays secretary, to the president , too i says congress and our lives less than 490,000 men and women in uniform. Absolutely appeared to plan with god now takes an active army of 450000. When they make sure you understand the question. In the absence of sequestration with sequestration requires, which you otherwise see a circumstance in which you recommend the 450,000 450,000 personnel to the secretary . Is there a scenario in which theyll look good for the safety and security of our country . Teaching staff of the army and the secretary have a plan that they have put forward where they can m...

Or not. That is a big problem. Let me add one other point which we have not confronted until lately. We used to be concerned and still should be about someone from abroad coming to america and caring out a terrorist attack. That threat is still there. Then we should be concerned about someone in this country going abroad and being radicalized in coming back. And that threat is still there. Now we face the threat of someone who is in this country has never let this country, and yet is radicalized online, and as a result is inspired to carry out a terrorist act. All three of these risks exist an...

Putting back and applying forceful sanctions in the event of a violation, that goal can be met. And it will require some creative negotiations by john kerry and others and, im confident well be successful. And i very much appreciate, by the way, the support of that has been provided by Prime Minister renzi. As well as his former foreign minister who now is the e. U. Representative in many of these discussions. And with respect to the russian sales, i will tell you this was a sale that was slated to happen in 2009. When i first met with then Prime Minister putin, they actually stopped the sale,...