But i no that the chairman wants to face this headon and i no it is a challenge and the political environment. And i did want to breed of that we obviously not met the challenge with the budget as currently configured. I want to specifically ask you general austin, something that was troubling to me. It has been a determination that operation freedom signal is a new Contingency Operation. Do do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . It is a continuation of our efforts, center. So in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train and advise and assist the Afghan Security forces but in terms of how we account for the funding that we are allocating to that that is a different issue. Well, the reason i am asking is i am told that there is an effort underway of naming a new lead Inspector General in afghanistan as opposed to the special Inspector General on afghanistan. I think if that determination is made i want to make sure everyone understands that will i
Violation of the right to free speech. Your argument first this morning, john walker vs. The Texas Division of the sons of confederate veterans. Thank you mr. Chief justice. May it please the court. Messages on texas plans plates are government speech. The state of texas etches its name on each license plate and texas law gives the state sol control and Approval Authority of everything that appears on a lance license plate, texas is not abridging free speech rightsful motorists me remain free to speak with a Bumper Sticker or window decal but the First Amendment does not mean a motorist can compel any government to place its imprimatur on a battle flag. One of the problems of the standard whether it is regarded as offensive to many people. Is it government speech to say mighty fine bourbon to advertise a project . Yes the government can approve the messages just because it has endorsed messages or is accepting and generating revenue to proven gait the messages doesnt defeat the fact it
We know steve would want you to get back to work. Please join me in thanking our guests. [applause] thank you so much. So, were going to excuse them stage left while you exit that direction and well see you downstairs for the book signing. Thank you. Booktv is on facebook. Like us to get publishing news, scheduling updates author information and talk directly with authors during the live program. Facebook. Com booktv. Now on booktvs after words, peter she vein discusses the childhood of first Lady Michelle obama. Her is interviewed by cassandra clayton, from the university of Maryland College of journalism. Peter she slevin, thank you for joining to us talk about you new book, Michelle Obama a life. Thank you. Great to be here. Host such a simple title for the story of the woman you called the most unlikely first lady in modern American History but its not just a story of her life. Its the story of modern american did you set out to tell the story in that context or did that develop as
Back. The communicators. Nmed [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] visit ncicap. Org] guest good morning. We are welcoming you here today to talk about the president plus commission on Election Commission which a little over a year ago issued recommendations, and here we will talk about progress being made and where to go from here. My role is very simple, to introduce the commissioners and quickly introduce and then turp it over to them. Turn it over to them. Thank you. This past year, you have actually been and honor privilege and pleasure to work with bob and nate and all the pleasure to come up with our series of recommendations and best practices. The truth of course is that bob and i have battled over many very partisan battles over more years than bob cares to admit. And it really was a tremendous opportunity for us to be able to come together over these issues. Because republicans and democrats agree th
Can call johnny 25 times a day and sayed john how are you doing . [inaudible] [laughter] but the truth is if johnny were to go to iraq he would be dead. Or any arab country. The thing was johnny is that he didnt just go on missions that were just against al qaeda or shia. He went on missions against everybody. So he doesnt have just one enemy. He has enemies all over the place. And friends as well. Do we have other questions . Im sorry. We want to thank everybody for coming. Johnny is going to buy everybody a drink. Just kidding about that. Is your name johnny . My fake name, yeah. Johnny doesnt, i guess we should explain. Johnny doesnt use the name he was given a earth because he still has relatives in different places in iraq and other places. Potentially it could be endangering them if he uses his name. I love the name johnny walker. And he loves the name. Thank you everybody. [applause] [applause] [applause] up next on booktv after words with guest hosts Corey Mitchell washington c