The scheduling of this book and panel is certainly timely given the rising crisis with iran. Will get to the subject eventually, but the point of the book entitled transeven and the discussion is to look more broadly and more deeply of the drivers entitled seven pillars. From yemen to syria iraq and now with iran, the region more than ever seems in a permanent state of turmoil. Its become a land of endless wars. And tragically, despite decades of intense and often wellmeaning american attention and expenditure of billions of dollars, u. S. Policy has more often than not been a failure. Maybe the caveat more often than not is too kind. Its been absolute failure. The basic aim was to foster stability and a better life for the people of the region. Of course the ones ultimately responsible for a country success or failure of the people who live there. But the catastrophe of todays middle east raises a lot of questions about whether the United States should continue to be engaged in the re
pakistan. it keeps major funds to middle east and north africa incentive fund to promote democracy and good governments. the proposal maintains billions in spenlding on international health projects including aids. the briefing is just getting under way. we ll have coverage on c-span3. they are going to speak briefly, take a few questions. deputy secretary has to run. he s traveling to iraq later today. but following the briefing, we do invite to you join us across the hall where we re going to have an on background discussion in greater detail if any of you need to indulge your inner wonk on some of these issues. without further ado. thank you all very much. good morning. let me start by welcoming you today to the rollout of the 2013 budget request from the state department and usaid. i know tomorrow is valentine s day. i was going to actually give some of you flowers, others chocolate, but because of budget constraints what i ve done is given you this very, very prett
conservatives. last night, he went on fox, his former employer, to apologize. when i make a mistake, and i m going to on occasion, i want to stand up and share with the american people that was a mistake because that way we can have an honest conversation. the washington post s dan balls joins us now for more on newt s botched campaign rollout. let s have an honest conversation. what was he thinking? clearly to me this was no accident. he came on meet the press, no gotcha questions, he was asked straightforward questions by david gregory and clearly seemed to be wanting to move himself more toward the middle. it is inexplicable. this was not a gotcha question. he s called it a baloney hypothetical question, which certainly was not. it was a totally fair and very straightforward question that david asked him. and his answer harkened back to the newt gingrich that many people wonder about his discipline. he used language that was inflammatory when there was no particula
techniques on colleague sheikh mohammed not provided us with key leads on the courier aboudak aboud akman, it produced false and misleading information. on set with us in washington, msnbc chief correspondent norah o donnell and andrea mitchell and senior contributor for the daily caller, matt lewis, also the editor of the new book, the quotable rogue, the ideas of sarah palin. we ll talk about that and former governor of vermont, and former chairman of the democratic national committee, dr. howard dean. how are you? i m great. it s not drizzling in new york. it s also lonely. it is. i miss you guys. the home eilee alone versi mr. dean. and rocking a paratraining military camp in pal stan, 80 were reportedly killed. taliban claiming responsibility for the attack and revenge for killing osama bin laden. they fight al qaeda and other islamic extremist groups and also receive u.s. funding. the bloodiest incident in pakistan since the raid that killed osama bin la
speaking to you in the distance we can hear the evening call to prayer which wraps up what has been the deadliest day in this country, since the attack that killed osama bin laden. but also since the start of this year, 2011. we have spoken to several senior government officials here who tell us their relationship with u.s. is under serious consideration right now, given the betrayal they have experienced recently. when it comes to today s attacks, these deadly gruesome attacks that we witnessed, it was a pair of suicide bombers that attacked which was a frequent target since 2007, frankly, the paramilitary troops and the army substations that exist throughout this country, they are the one on the front lines in the fight that pakistan has against al qaeda as well. the folks here say this just illustrates the sacrifices they have made in the war on terror, andrea, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians since 9/11. and you ve got john kerry, senate foreign relati