Im pleased to have admiral mullen back at this table. Welcome. Adm. Mullen it is good to be back. Charlie how is retirement . Adm. Mullen it has been terrific. It was best put by the younger of my two sons when somebody asks him about that. He says my dad has about half the schedule and 2 of the stress. [laughter] adm. Mullen i thought that was a pretty good formula. It has been good. Im teaching at princeton in the fall. Im teaching a course on the use of u. S. Military power and u. S. Diplomatic power and getting the right balance. Im on a couple of boards General Motors and sprint. Deborah and i spend a lot of time with veterans and their families on the issues that are challenging them. These extraordinary young men and women who have served so nobly for decades, but certainly the ones that were very close to us in these two wars. Charlie every person that i admire that served with distinction in the pentagon, as an officer or as someone appointed by the president like secretary of
Global crisis. Im pleased to have admiral mullen back at this table. Welcome. Adm. Mullen it is good to be back. Charlie how is retirement . Adm. Mullen it has been terrific. It was best put by the younger of my two sons when somebody asks him about that. He says my dad has about half the schedule and 2 of the stress. [laughter] adm. Mullen i thought that was a pretty good formula. It has been good. Im teaching at princeton in the fall. Im teaching a course on the use of u. S. Military power and u. S. Diplomatic power and getting the right balance. Im on a couple of boards General Motors and sprint. Deborah and i spent a lot of time with veterans and their families on the issues that are challenging them. These extraordinary young men and women who have served so nobly for decades, but certainly the ones that were very close to us in these two wars. Charlie every person that i admire that served with distinction in the pentagon, as an officer or as someone appointed by the president li
National captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2012] if you work for them, you get a mercurial, sometimes j generous, almost cruel boss. He did not know how to apologize. Men of his age and class are not going to apologize to a young secretary our typist. He had a way of turning the tables. His version of apology would be to say, i am a kind man and youre doing a good job today. The issue is never settled. He always had to get the last word in. One night going through white hall, a german bomb fell nearby. His bodyguard pushed him into a doorway. A couple of thompsons men were slightly wounded. Churchill did not like to be touched. He said, thompson, do not do that. Tonight, and extended 90 minute q a with paul reid. The last lion, tonight at 8 00 on cspan. David cameron announced the 3800 bidders trips will be withdrawn from afghanistan by the end of 2013 british troops will be withdrawn from afghanistan by the end of 2013. Questionssters tonight at
Theaters, our businesses in our offices. In the only thing consistent and all of them is the guns. I would like to introduce one of our cosponsors of the legislation we hope to introduce a lot with the house of representatives, the senior senator from the greek state of connecticut going the great state of connecticut going through a difficult time. Thank you. Let me first thank you for your leadership going back to 1993 and before when i was speaking to advocate in the state of connecticut a similar law to the one adopted here banning assault weapons. This has been a heroin, terrific week in the state of connecticut, culminating in todays moment of silence at 9 30. The end of the week and i spent the better part of the time meeting with first responders, families, going to funerals and wakes and speaking with ordinary people of newtown and the state of connecticut. The refrain i have heard over and over again from newtown and connecticut and all the run the country is you need to do s
He would sign a bill before january to extend tax cuts for most americans. His remarks came as congress leaves washington without a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. The president said he hoped any deal to avoid the fiscal cliff would also include and extension of Unemployment Insurance and lay this is about 7 minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. For the last few weeks, i have been working with the leaders of both parties on a proposal to get our deficit under control, to avoid tax cuts to avoid tax hikes on the middleclass. And to make sure we can spur jobs and economic growth. A balanced proposal that cuts spending, but also ask the wealthiest americans to pay more, a proposal that will strengthen the middle class over the long haul, and our economy over the long haul. In the course of these negotiations, i offered to compromise with republicans in congress. I met them halfway on taxes and more than halfway on spending. Today, i am still willing to get a comprehensive package done. I st