Who also tom folley died today. He served for 30 years. House Speaker John Boehner released a statement about tom foley saying he was warmhearted. He would call leaks on both sides of the aisle. She had a solid sense of fairness. He was 84 years old. He had a solid sense of fairness. He was 84 years old. Cspan, wouldnt you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, greetings, conferences, which of the u. S. House, all as a Public Service of private industry. Cable tvreated by the industry and funded by do local cable or satellite provider. You can watch us in hd. Today president obama officially announced former Defense Department attorney jeh johnson as his nominee for department of Homeland Security secretary. He will represent replace janet napolitano. From the white house rose garden, this is about 20 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the president and Vice President of the United States accompanied by jeh johnson. Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Presiden
Effective in shaping in fact the post assad order, which is we want and we need and most syrians would like the u. S. To play that role. I think the good news, though, is that there are a lot of countries willing to do more in the region. And i think if you read the report by the International Crisis group that came out yesterday, it came with really some good recommendations. It did mention in detail challenges facing the coalition and we agree with many of them. But it says that our ally, the core group need to get their act together as well. They need to have better coordination. And for that to happen you need the u. S. Leadership which has been lacking. I think that has been one of the weaknesses. The other side has fewer friends but those friends are much more effective and providing everything that the assad needs weapons, money, political support. So we have all of these countries. The friends of syria that recognize the coalition is 114 countries and we had a meeting in new yo
Within their prerogative to do this. I spoke to the editor of the guardian talking about how she does not communicate using e mail with reporters. Does not feel secure doing that. And in a lots of journalists i talk to outside the United States are taking extraordinary measures to ensure they can communicate securely. One of the most essential things, elements of public accountability in journalism depends on the ability of the journalist to protect their confidential sources. A lot of journalists feel they anda lot of journalists feel they cannot make that promise in this environment. And journalists care about that. People do not often realize how much journalists care about the welfare of their sources. There also from the international perspective, it has been interesting to learn that many other countries have stronger protections for journalists, in terms of not requiring them to testify in court cases, for example, than even we have in the states. Obviously, we have the First Am