Undoubtedly satisfied, then he would not have had the rationale to go in and to conduct the invasion and might have been ugly but Saddam Hussein might have stayed in place. But nevertheless he felt it was necessary for based on the intelligence we had about those weapons he thought it was in the interest of the world in the absence of that kind of agreement that an invasion was appropriate. I supported him in that because we tried the u. N. And i supported him when that didnt work on the invasion. Greatest disappointment was we did not do it well. We made strategic mistakes. The president was told for months that we were going preserve the iraqi army and not deestablish the baath positions. Suddenly one morning it happened and it was not well coordinated. We had not considered the implications of what we were doing and chaos ensued. And there were other mistakes that were made. Im a great believer in my own doctrine the powell doctrine not an army doctrine, its something i made up one
With a focus on the prison system. A harvardpreview with professor talking about a resumeon has become of people are thrown in jail. Incapacitation, rehabilitation, retribution has also looped in our reasons for punishment. We really shifted our motivation for incarceration from rehabilitation. Retribution, a sense that these are somehow deeply immoral actors that we want to submit to the harshest possible conditions. I think we are now seeing the ansequences of what i feel is misguided strategy that we are somehow expecting for the 2 million individuals currently have in prison, if we can exposed them to psychologically brutal conditions, and then release them into the streets, successbe a policy for and a strategy to reduce crime. Part of the conference will also hear about overcrowding in prisons, the vocational programs, and what happens to prisoners after they leave the system. That is tonight here on cspan at 8 00 eastern. On q a,sunday night twotime bullet surprise cartoonists,
Or commercial courts of law which they have asked us to help them with. They want serious help to create commercial courts of law. They created an intellectual Property Court because they recognize they are becoming amateur, innovative economy. They need these things. It will benefit american businesses but they are not doing it for that reason. Theyre going to trying to do this because it is for their own benefit. One area they talked about was a structured response to allegations of cyberattacks but the president had a pointed comment. Is, our wordsow followed by actions . What is the timeframe, thinking about whether this works, our sanctions still on the table if it does not . There is not a precise timeframe. Is the messagey was clear. Actions speak louder than words and what are you doing about this . Where big an area progress was made, the bilateral investment treaty. That was struggling to make progress. Leading up to this, significant progress was made in terms of the sectors
Skilled workers, there is an opportunity in terms of Immigration Reform to do with that but also there is an Economic Opportunity and a moral obligation when it comes to skilled workforce. I mean immigration. Second is we have to invest in not just roads and bridges and we have read the data about we are not investing enough but we have to invest in high speed broadband. With 20 of households do not have access, how can we compete . More business is being done on the internet. Betsy etsy, a company that allow someone to start a business at home, it is a Public Company. A fast Public Company here in the United States and it basically is a marketplace for craft workers to sell these things. We have to have broadband for those folks to have access, 90 of which are women, most of whom are staying at home, these are microbusinesses. There is a new definition of what business and productivity is that we are not connecting. And generally 2010 the president set the goal of doubling u. S. Expor
Reference. 5000 way back when. Absolutely a day of round numbers, impressive ones at that. Vanessa nasdaq at the level of 4000 like we did earlier since the year 2000. It is somewhat a monumental day. New highs for the dow and the s p 500 above the 1800 mark so new highs as we continue to watch the market gaining that momentum and they will not quit. Other names on the move, lets take a look at sears. A great performer on the s p 500. Stocks hitting a new high. Rewarding loyal customers but they came under some Sales Numbers that were disappointed. The ceo says he is not as close to closing stores. Back to you. Connell nicole, thank you very much. The other story is United States and iran reaching a deal to freeze the Nuclear Program for six months, but the fallout has farreaching impacts among political and economic. Oil prices falling today, something we are watching but the political impact is much more complicated as you have lawmakers on both sides who are skeptical of this deal t