talent and money to help our kids. we want every united way and big brothers big sisters affiliate to work together strategically and collaboratively to help create opportunity. it s already happening in places like winston-salem, louisville, austin, ft. lauderdale and many other places. community groups, schools, volunteers and parents are working together to make sure elementary and middle school students succeed. now, in these communities, this is working very well. big brothers, big sisters, united way and the schools are working together so that when a child actually is acting out in school or fails a test or skips class, a big brother or a big sister is there to work with the family and the teacher to make sure that that child gets back on track. and it s not just about the bad things. when good things happen, they celebrate that together, too. that s the kind of synergy we want to create in every community. we hope to come back here in a few years and report that
religious liberty in this country and the struggle that we re engaged in. obviously has the strong religious component. kind of getting back to one of the other questions. is how should we as americans try to engage the muslim population such that we can better assimilate them into our culture? it s the first question. the second one is related to do you see this struggle more as a criminal struggle or as a military struggle? i see it more as i think a military struggle. less a criminal struggle. in large part because this is really a battle of ideas. in the end. it s about an ideology. and while i may say i see it more as a military struggle, unfortunately, it s just not a set of ideas that you can nuke. doesn t make it go away. what troubles me about taking these cases to the criminal system is that i think that there s real opportunity to lose intelligence. guantanamo bay was supposed to be closed, as you know, by january of 2010. that hasn t happened for a variety of
and the u.s. economy. mitt romney winning in puerto rico over the weekend with its 20 delegates. now all roads lead to illinois tomorrow. a key primary battle in the road to the white house. welcome to hour one of washington today here on c-span radio. i m steve scully. in france a massive man hunt is under way and the terrorism alert has been raised to a higher level across much of the southern part of the country. a man on a motorcycle this morning opening fire with two handguns today in front of a jewish school, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a girl. news on politics today as president obama picking up the pace of his fund raising for his re-election bid. his campaign collecting $45 million in february. nearly twice as much as the $23 million per month he averaged during the final three months of 2011. the president has $75 million in the bank through the end of january. we re going to be hearing a lot about the budget and the economy in the coming days. tomor