Fundraisers behind closed doors with little or no media access. Just this week, president obama attending six fundraisers, 16 since the beginning of september. Now many believe mr. Obama to be the alltime leader in president ial fundraisers, but thats not the case. Hes in second place. President clinton, the record holder, attending 638 fundraisers in his two terms in office. The president , president obama, is in a comfortable second place, however, still behind clinton by 145 fundraisers. Still time to catch up. Even though unpopular, mr. Obama can still raise a lot of money. Republican strategist karl rove told us here wednesday that democratic incumbents have long been preparing for the obama drag on their poll numbers, and with that, the fundraising advantage that comes with incumbency, most of the senate races would already be over with republicans way out in front. If these were open races, these seats would be settled and settled today. But its hard to beat an incumbent, and ev
Spring. Live coverage on cspan2. This is expected to get started in just a couple of moments. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are live at the Hudson Institute for discussion on effective preparedness, response and recovery from biological and chemical threats. At a long discussion includes the Blue Ribbon Study Panel Blue Ribbon Study Panel on biodefense but among those you will hear from former connecticut senator Joe Lieberman secretary tom ridge, former senator tom daschle and former hhs secretary Donna Shalala. This is expected to start momentarily. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] again we are live at the Hudson Institute this morning waiting for the start of the discussion on biodefense but it should get unde
Because of press secretary can do everything him or herself. The best press operation i think again that has been pretty even, but even but when barack obama became president they kind of reorganized it ill walk in from the press. Into the lower press office. Almost twice as many people with a single best. People who specializes in each issue. Instantaneous and getting answers back. Cspan which was the hardest to get information from . Guest each administration had times. Toward the end of the Carter Administration we did not have email, we did not have everything is handed out in paper or announced over the loudspeaker, but the administration was so on the ropes and offensive that it got harder and harder to get through the top officials, harder and harder to get routine things from the. I think the best time for any of the administration was certainly true of george w. Bush when they 1st walk in the door then not only had an agenda but president ial transitions are now so orchestrate
Partners and how their actions decisions, capabilities might play in our assistance of their defense or how it may limit our ability, depending on what choices they have to make. Nato, for instance has a very detailed bmd plan for the intercept of missiles for nato territory and europe. What are other elements that the Nato Alliance can bring to bear fence an antagonist. They are a military alliance after all. They are not the eu. What sort of connections and relations with the eu, the economic deciders of europe need to be engendered in order to come up with an effective response. In the interleaving of these capabilities do they fall under the nato command structure or some other entity. The eu council of governments, unclear. Earlier we were talking about exchanging information. Frank mentioned that. How do you coordinate this with owe allies and partners. Some of us can be very sensitive. But some of it needs to be planned and thought of ahead of time. Do we need to extend the conc
Founded just north of us here in tulsa, in berlin bartlesville oklahoma. It became the headquarters of phillips 66. And you still see the phillips 66 shield today. It has become esther lee are too many people out here as a coke bottle it has become as familiar to many people out here as a coke bottle. He was part of that flamboyant loyal fraternity that came out of the late 19th century into the 20th century and flourished. These were men, a very macho industry, who had solidly goes. They were very sure of themselves. That was very important. But he was human. That is all part of the story the good, the bad, and the ugly. He was many things, but always first and foremost, an auto man. Watched all of our events from tulsa today at noon eastern on cspan two on cspan2s book tv. Collects the blueribbon study panel on bio defense held meeting this week on biological and chemical threat preparedness. The cap the panel is considering changes to u. S. Policy and laws that would strengthen Nati