we now know that the cia has been able to meet with the wives, but only a short period, they weren t giving up very much information. can you share anything more about what you have been told is what we re learning from this cache of materials? i can t share anything more than has been confirmed by leon panetta, the director of the cia, or the president, or the secretary of defense or the secretary of state, but clearly this is a real find. this is why the president was right in designating the kind of mission that we saw undertaken. had he bombed the compound, all of this information would have been destroyed and we wouldn t have had confirmation that bin laden was actually there and had been killed. this was the right decision. this intelligence is going to lead up to a lot of finds and will help us in the war, not only in pakistan and in afghanistan, but more broadly the war against terror. and briefly, senator, do you share some of the growing concerns that we have heard from
where he was held. well, the president may say that they re trying to work things out. the american public have figured things out and figured it out very completely. they don t think pakistan was unknowing in this operation. and the opinion about pakistan is overwhelmingly negative. you have two-thirds of the american public saying they have negative feelings about pakistan. so to the degree that pakistan is looking to get the support of the american public, they have a lot of work to do. not only with the obama administration, with the american public. and there is a lot of money at stake here because we re talking about billions of millions of dollars in aid. this is the kind of aid that was fought by people, such as senators kerry and luger, both parties, supporting this aid because this is a nuclear power. quickly developing and moving up in the hierarchy of nuclear estates and it really is all about pakistan. we talk about afghanistan, but really pakistan is the strategic
lindsey graham to kick them around anymore, senators kerry and lieberman are in the market for a new republican negotiate orp. as such they re advertising they re willing to scale back the bill even more. if that happens, i wonder if they ll get a vote in the end from that republican. some republican appears to be a making a sincere effort to vote on key legislation with friends from across the aisle. said republican senator convinces friends to make tons of concessions on the key legislation. for whatever reason, those concessions don t turn out to be enough to win that vote. first of all, it s less likely any piece of key legislation will pass. guess what, no republican will vote for it no matter what. if the democrats manage to pass something it will be an undermined watered-down version that robs the democratic party s base that robs them of any satisfaction.
around anymore, senators kerry and lieberman are in the market for a new republican negotiate orp. as such they re advertising they re willing to scale back the bill even more. if that happens, i wonder if they ll get a vote in the end from that republican. some republican appears to be a making a sincere effort to vote on key legislation with friends from across the aisle. said republican senator convinces friends to make tons of concessions on the key legislation. for whatever reason, those concessions don t turn out to be enough to win that vote. first of all, it s less likely any piece of key legislation will pass. guess what, no republican will vote for it no matter what. if the democrats manage to pass something it will be an undermined watered-down version that robs the democratic party s
she comes from a political or historical school with thurgood marshall. you won t hear that. dick durbin from illinois stood up and defended thurgood marshall saying the country is better but we ll see where it goes. right now, as you look at the hearing room, they re getting ready to set up for senators kerry and brown to sit alongside at the witness table and introduce her. quickly, the mitch mcconnell says no one has doubt she s bright and person able but the supreme court is not a dinner club. i appreciate the senators now the introduction from senator kerry and senator brown. we ve been locked in this room but i m told there s been a number of thunderstorms in the area and senator brown, you were flying back to massachusetts. that could not have been very much fun.