Under two hours. Welcome, everyone. It is wonderful to see you all Plenary Session to commemorate the fall of the berlin wall. Honor and pleasure to the chair and moderator. Us have beenwho meetings for four more, its aen little short of remarkable that were marking 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall. The remarkable because on one hand, we can recall that event so vividly but on the other hand, it is sometimes it seems like it took place a lifetime ago. Remarkable because ourthose of us who pursued degrees and published our first books during the proceeding in some case before the construction of the wall. [laughter] seemed sose unimaginable. Indulge you, can session with him and no one was more associated with the cold war. There were lots of talk about the integration of europe, the but no one thinking, was talking about the reunification of germany. Also the time that john series of the conferences on soviet relations. Soviet andthat American Scholars got together. Scott arm
Metamorphosis on al qaeda. We have been come as a result of the arab awakening and what has gone on in the arab world, that al qaeda cutting rebirth. It can exactly at the moment that the Obama Administrations hollis he against policy against al qaeda created its greatest success, the death of bin laden. I agree with everything about the president of of afghanistan. The administration is unable to make the case to the american people, which is the reason we need 10,000 american troops in afghanistan is to continue to drone war in pakistan. That is the Vital National security interests of the United States. We do not want to see al qaeda rebuild like we saw al qaeda rebuild in ai iraq. The drones are not the answer to al qaeda, that they are surely a very good weapon to have in your hand when you deal with al qaeda. My concern is if the United States gives up that weapon in afghanistan by having no bases for operation after 2014, we will see al qaeda rebuild and regenerate as fast as we
Be part of that conversation today. The first 45 minutes with you this morning, we want to ask you about Media Coverage that the governor has received over the last couple of weeks. We want to get your input on if it has been fair. If you have been watching it and you have an opinion on if it has been fair, tell us why. 5853880. 202 republicans, 202 5853881. Ndependents, 202 5853882. If you want to give us your opinion on our social media. Ites, it is twitter cspanwj send us an email, too. That is journal cspan. Org. This is media matters. Ir claim, did adoring christie coverage invite new jersey corruption . Trying to explain governor Chris Christie as unraveling political career as allegations mount, the New York Daily News quoted a local operative who diagnose it diagnosed it as. I goes on to talk about the way the media has covered it. Possible hisly staff would have behaved the same way without the rest clips of his first term, but it is easy to imagine how they might have created
Doesnt appear to be working. Just thought that that appeared to be a problem that we ought to address. You cant live on food stamps income alone. So something was going on there that was missing out in the work push of the tanif program we ought to address. And you saw positive results when you did . When we had people come in and take advantage of the Work Employment programs that are tied to tanf and we expended to it some food stamp recipients, they got jobs. There is a remarkable graph in your written testimony as jobs go down, poverty goes up. Its a pretty significant correlation, is it not . The economy is the key ingredient to improving lives. When we look at some of the programs the federal government institutes, oftentimes there are byproducts that may or may not have been intended. One as a physician closely looking at the aca over the implementation, weve seen, and you mentioned there are significant disincentives to work within obamacare, within the Affordable Care act. Can
A look at the latest news and headlines of the day features discussions of politics and culture, analysis of Political Correctness in Campus Craziness and. Do. I always stand for the anthem but i thank god every day i live in a country where i dont have to. This is america, you are free to protest. Taking a knee during the National Anthem has been discussed as a reasonable appropriate and very respectful absolutely. You speak to people over theye years within veterans communities and others, this is a very respectful way. Mark those people pumping fists, walking around, you canhe take a need for king george the third, you got rid of him so you dont take the day, you stand up for the national the point about the National Anthem as everybody has got to do the same thing for it, or its not a National Anthem anymore. The point of living in a democratic republic is everybody can do what they want to do particularly around a song being played at an event. It is freedom, you dont fight for th