Coming up on c span 3 tonight, the confirmation hearing for the nominees for qatar, iraq and egypt. And in a little less than two hours, a hearing on sport security. In four hours, a conversation on u. S. Plans to withdraw military forces from afghanistan. One of the things people dont always recognize is that during the war of 1812, it was fought from 1812 until after 1814, early 1815, and it was really about the america reestablishing its independence against the british. This was sort of our second american revolution, and this flag is the object for which Francis Scott key penned the words which became our national anthem. The image in 1995 that the flag was made to look whole and restored and theres a whole bottom section that was reconstructed. When the flag was moved into the new exhibition space, there was a deliberate decision not to do that again and what we wanted was that the flag becomes a metaphor for the country. Its tattered, its torn, but it still survives. The message
Erm its of providing capabilities. Is that something you can share with us . I think what can share is we have a good and close and productive information sharing relationship with qatar. And obviously as secretary kerry said, it wont be the only one with eyes on the individuals. I think its probably best to leave it at that. Can you give us your indication or feelings about the capabilities of our government to carry out the obligation committed to . Its my understanding they have the capacity to do this. That we have a high degree of confidence in their capacity. And we also assess they have the will to do this. They gave the president personally his assurances and personal commitment to upholding the agreement, so we are cautiously optimistic that there is the ability to do this. Of course, i think it wouldnt be an effective way to enter into it with blind faith. Well be working constantly to verify and assess from our standpoint. What is your view in the aftermath of the swap as to