those thing. those are facts, if you want to compare it to president obama did. he s blowing it out of the water. when you look at what s happened with foreign policy, we are regarded and respected. not having offmic flexibility moments, we re not leading from behind, not drawing false red lines. when you look at national security and the rebuilding of our military capability and capacity, when was the last time you heard a headline about isis. when was the last time you had a domestic terrorist attack in the united states of america? knock on wood. but remember december of 2009, you know, we had ford hood, and that was ford hood that barack obama said was workplace violence. i don t think we have a president that has an issue saying who the enemy is. we re not going to be sending iran pallets of cash, and that has the mullahs over there upset. and i think he is putting the right type of pressure on russia and china, so there is nothing. mark: you are very pleased.
so in december of 2009 i had joined the in philadelphia. it sounds very technical, but all it is is just troo toy troo prevent u.s. technology from getting into the wrong hands. illegal acquisitions of u.s. goods and technology can assist our adversaries in harming u.s. soldiers. citizens and allies. basically what we do is we go out to companies all around the country so that they know who we are and can call us if they see any wrongdoing. so my first outreach was to a company called agi. they produce complex three-dimensional simulation software called stk, satellite tool kit. that wasn t my world. i mean, i was coming from investigating narcotics trafficel. what really opened my eyes to the importance of this technology was a simulation that they ran for me of a ballistic missile launch from north korea
complaints come from not just the democrats, but both sides of the aisle on the process. on the big question remains and it is this. the republicans have the vote to get it passed? he says there is going to be a bill available thursday. to whom? who is going to be able to see the bill on thursday? a particularly laughable complaint about process for anybody who was around here in december of 2009. of the senate went into session on the monday after thanksgiving and was tenuously seven days a week. the pain can really be a distraction.
fight climate change on his own. in december of 2009, at a climate conference in copenhagen, obama displayed his determination to play a major role on this issue on the global stage. good morning. as hillary clinton later explained in a democratic primary debate president obama and i were hunting for the chinese. she and president obama found themselves chasing beijing s delegation at that conference. why? we knew we had to get them to agree to something because there will be no effective efforts against climate change unless china and india join with the rest of the world. when the american delegation found out about a secret meeting between china, india and other developing nations, they sent out a search party, found the meeting, and the president and secretary of state crashed it. are you ready for me? or do you guys need to talk some more. it s up to you.
crossroads. his stimulus bill included lots of money for clean energy. van jones was the white house s green jobs guru. it s impossible to overstate how important climate change was to the agenda the first year. but it was soon stopped by a recalcitrant congress. by a chorus of climate change denials. and by the fact that americans just did not care about climate change. it was ranked the 11th most important issue during the 2008 election. out of 12 options. so the president decided to fight climate change on his own. in december of 2009, at a