Institute. This is about 20 minutes. [applause] we are in kind of an unusual technical situation because craig venter, who is in san diego, hes supposed to be here is ill will something. So i guess lets see if i can just craig, can you hear me . Hes ill with something akin to muteness. Hes looking pretty good. [laughter] craig, can you hear me at all . You think hes scary looking . Hes not scary looking. [laughter] hes just an ill man. Lets see if we can we have a number of backup systems which i suppose we should employ. [laughter] if worse comes to worse, ill just tell you what i think he would have done if i could control him like a puppet. [laughter] all right. Now maybe hes hearing me. Craig, can you hear me . I can, robert. Nice to hear you. All right. We lost you for a bit. So whats wrong with you . [laughter] or. Lets see, i didnt want to leave la jolla sunshine for washington d. C. No, a number of things going op but, you know, it would have made montezuma proud. [laughter] le
And jihadist islam more generally enjoy another victory over a superpower. I think there are many jihadists in afghanistan and around the world who believe that they successfully confronted the soviet union and defeated it. That empowered the movement in ways that have become extremely dangerous for us not only in south asia, but worldwide. And we cannot end up leaving the region in a situation where they can draw the same conclusion that now theyve defeated the United States as well. That is something that i think we ought to keep in mind as a strategic consequence of the way they manage the transition. Theres another point that i want to make. Getting afghanistan right does not require overinvestment on the part of the United States. Its very important to understand that what we need to do for success in afghanistan does not require us to bankrupt the United States, it does not require an openended, uncontrolled commitment of resources. Which is unpopular with the American People. Wh
Right and the defense marriage act and the decision not to defend it in court. And he talked about restoring civil right and the vote to exfelons. This is 20 minutes. Our next guest is a special guest and we appreciate having him here as we always do. I commend general holder for his willingness to speak to us candidly and openly every year. The fact that our parting gift is going to be a baseball cap speaks to how many times you have been here because all of the gifts we give out have already been given to you. We will give you something you might be able to use. But we have all familiar with general holder. He was sworn in as the 82 attorney general on february 3rd 2009. He was named to be the Deputy Attorney general in 1997 and served as the United States attorney for the district of columbia. He was nominated to be an associate judge for the district of columbia. He was a litigation partner at covington in washington. It is a pleasure to have you to here address us. General . [ app
Live for three hours starting at noon eastern on cspan2s booktv. And now to london for Prime Ministers question time live from the british house of commons. Every wednesday while parliament is in session Prime Minister David Cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. Prior to question time the house is wrapping up other business. This is live coverage on cspa cspan2. As i said, we are all concerned of our youth unemployment but it is a matter for the lord, not us because we have the ball that responsibly. It is a rising tide of a good economic recovery that will bring work to young people. If i might just quote the chief executive and belfast who said we are quietly optimistic about economy improving the sugar it will take months if not years to filter to young people. Thats what we want is happening. My honorable friend will be aware next week is the beginning of National Apprenticeship week. Here, here. What steps is he taking to promote this to encourage employmen
I would hope that others would also agree. Mr. Grassley i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, james donato of california to be United States district judge for the Northern District of california. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The yeas and phas nays are orde. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is yielded back and there will be two minutes of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. Order, please. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley for the benefit of the people of this country that have been listening to the complaints in the senate from senators about not approving judges, let me remind everybody that at this point, weve approved over 220 judges appointed by this president and only two have been disapproved. Thats more than 99 . As far