/PRNewswire/ Fifteen-time Grammy-award winner Alicia Keys joined a power-packed lineup today in delivering a message of hope and unity at the Massachusetts.
9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. our guest on newsmaker is senator richard lugar, the senior republican on this foreign relations committee. he has been a leading voice on foreign policy. thanks for being here. . . i thought we would comment on the president s decision before he goes to asia, but then there are some reports that he might not, he might go to asia and come back before he does it. i think that would be unfortunate. i think we are coming to a point prior to the asian trip, because the president will need to enlist people in asia, leaders specifically, who may not all like us, but who do have respect for the fact that we are in afghanistan and pakistan and iraq, that we re major factors in their security. and that will be some grist for the mill in those discussions. do you think that we re focusing on mccrystal s recommendation of 40,000. is there any recommendation on the kind of troops? what is your thinking on what the president s decision should be? obv