that s why i stood up to the greed and voted against the bank bail out that would leave tax payers holding the bag even though i was told it would end my career. it s why i stood up to corruption by making insider training illegal for congress. no one in our government should be lining their pockets as a public servant. it s why i stood up for ka louseness by demanding the 9/11 heros be given the compensation they deserved. it s why i stood up to lies in the pentagon and in congress on behalf of sexual assault survivors. it s why i demanded the repeal
debates. i think there s a lot of conversation around that. i think it s definitely not outside the realm of possibility, given a lot of what he has done and helped to accomplish. he helped to accomplish the repeal of don t ask, don t tell. he helped to appeal and pass obamacare. he helped to put in a lot of efforts around climate regulation that people really enjoyed. so, i don t doubt what the vice president is saying. i just think there s a good reason we have these types of thorough debates. you ll have a dozen debates on the democratic side that will get to the heart of that issue. politico in an article behind closed doors, the president has fixated on biden. trying to assure their boss that the president is doomed. do you think they re writing off joe biden too easily? how worried would they be about joe bide snen. the staffers may be right,
i want to bring the values i learned growing up right here to washington. reporter: she won the u.s. house seat in reliably red up state new york and earning an a rating from the national rifle association. i grew up in a hunting family. in up state new york, everybody hunts. please welcome our next senator. reporter: gillibrand was appointed to serve out the rest of hillary clinton s term in 2009 when the former first lady became secretary of state and was re-elected in november with 60% of the vote. as she strives to stand out gillibrand plans to highlight her record on capitol hill. pushing through the 9/11 health care bill, and the repeal of don t ask, don t tell and a ban on insider trading for members of congress. also a fierce advocate for women and families shch she s
that survey shows the president s approval rating among our troops has dropped to its lowest level since he took office. but here s the telling part. it s those who don t approve. 55% of them say they now disapprove of the job he s doing. according to the military times, president obama s approval rating among our service members has never been very high to begin with. in fact, if you take a look at that same survey from 2009, it shows just how much he s slipped. back then, 40% disapproved of him. president obama has overseen a series of social changes as you may know in the military during his two terms, which includes the repeal of don t ask, don t tell and allowing women to serve in combat roles. bill cowen is a retired lieutenant colonel and fox news military analyst. thank you for being here. good to be with you. thank you. nice to be with you. are you surprised at all, i should say, about these findings? i think the numbers were a little bit lower than i might have thought
stars. in the end the question is not only what the president owes to johnson but how much their legacies might share, like johnson the president passed a prodigious amount of legislation in this first two years, health care reform, wall street reform, student loan overall, repeal of don t ask, don t tell and a s.t.a.r.t. treaty and johnson faced questions about overoverreach would sink his presidency. although obama the first post-vietnam president rejected the idea of quagmires abroad withdrawing troops from iraq and afghanistan, the foreign policy changes he ll faces from a nuke kpler iran to a civil war in syria to the growing conflict with russia could still come to dominate his second term. fred johnson s family is a big part of this three-day summit here as well at the library and in fact yesterday i had the pleasure of speaking to two members of the president s family before i left for austin about their personal memories of lbj, his legacy and the lessons they hope future pres