Initial proposals, and we sunsetted this. It has to be renewed every three years. I think this is important. I think people thought it would be used for the purpose raj is explaining. Business records, phone Company Records exactly how it would be implemented, i trusted people to implement it fairly, because those in congress who were on the relevant committees played certainly i did a major role in overseeing what was happening. I left the Intelligence Community at the end of 2006, but headed the Homeland Committee for another four years. Did i oversee every single bit of it . No. Do i think that maybe now that there is a much more public debate, congress should narrow some of these provisions . Yes. Congress did narrow some of these provisions. There was the library provision. A human going to the library and taking out a book who could see that . There are often internets at libraries. In case anybody missed it, a lot of the way Communication Works between bad guys and bad guys is t
Differently. Senator john mccain of arizona and i have tried our best to come forward with an agreement. He is not what hundred percent happy about it and i can fully assure you i am not 100 happy about it. Veryld have written a different bill. What i want to say now in thinking senator harry reid for his strong support for this , i hope that we will be back on the floor to continue the effort to deal with the many unknown met needs unmet needs of the veterans. To my mind the absence of the learneds that we have ,n many parts of this country veterans cannot get the time that a need. They can get the treatment that they need. In a significant way, begins to address that important issue. Sanders senator bernie on the floor of the senate. Here to break down the bill for , aon the washington journal politico defense reporter, good morning to you. Componentse key that were brokered between mccain and sanders . Guest this came from 30 separate sent bills. From three separate senate bills. It
Now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate. I want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the agree asans in any way a matter of going back to the talks that they someh condone or accept the settlements. The palestinians believed the settlements are illegal. The United States has said they believe the settlements are not helpful and are illegitimate. Despite calling the settlements illegitimate, john kerry refused to demand an end to the construction, saying israeli expansion would be off limited as much as possible. Concluded study has former palestinian president Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned to death. The team of swiss scientists who examined his remains say their findings moderately support poisoning as the cause of death. On tuesday, arafats widow called for an investigation where he fell ill one month before dying in 2004. Speaking to al jazeera, forensic scientist David Barkley says he believes arafat was poisoned. If i was a judge and jur
Who had the worst year in politics . He revealed to had the worst year in washington. We will broaden that out more across the country. You can join the 10th conversation. The numbers are on your screen. Also, you can join in the conversation via twitter cspanwj. Send us an email if you want to. We will get to your calls momentarily. The political column in the Washington Post it is a weekly column called the worst week in washington. He brought ended out to president obama had the worst year in washington. I will pull this off and show you the inside of the peace. Washington, hein charts the president s year. In 45 minutes or so, we will show you some of them. We are focusing on health care. Here is what he writes. Then there was the Affordable Care act the single biggest achievement of the president s time in office. The rollout of the Health Exchange was a complete failure, even though we did not realize until the republicans reversed course. They reopened the federal government aft
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