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Breaking soviet codes one thing they unquestionably did, i dont say this facetiously at all, provide huge stimulus to the us computer industry, the first magnetic drum memory, the first magnetic core memory, 1 highspeed tape drive, the first all transistor computer, first computer work station, first desktop computer, first highspeed modem and the first supercomputers were all built to meet nsa contract and requirements and only later made their way to the commercial market. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation, welcome to those who join us on our heritage. Org website and those joining us on booktv at a future location. We ask everyone to be courteous and check that your mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepared to begin. For those online or in the future you will send questions or comments at any time by emailing speaker heritage. Org and
Quote newsmakers, senator Chuck Grassley from iowa, member of the budget, finance committee and Ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary committee. Thank you for being with me. Thank you for inviting me. Joining us with questioning is the chief washington correspondent for the examiner. We are about one month away from the selfimposed deadline for congress to come forth with the budget plan spending bill. What will it look like and will you reach the deadline . I dont believe it will be very easy for us to make an agreement between the republicans and the democrats because the democrats want to increase taxes, they want to forgo sequestration. If there is going to be an agreement, it seems to me it has to be a willingness of republicans to give something up on sequestration but only that would happen if there is a long Term Solution that we can arrive that between Social Security and medicare and including tax reform. Can that happen . I am very pessimistic it can happen but i know that
If there is going to be an agreement, it seems to me it has to be a willingness of republicans to give something up on sequestration but only that would happen if there is a long Term Solution that we can arrive that between Social Security and medicare and including tax reform. Can that happen . I am very pessimistic it can happen but i know that republicans are going to try to work in that direction and i know that congressman ryan is working very closely with patty murray of the Senate Budget committee to try to get in that direction. It is a tough row to hoe. If thats the case, then what . Then you have sequestration which is the law of the land and republicans are generally satisfied with sequestration. Since it is the law of the land, it seems to me like it is as simple as passing a claimcr c. R. Through the house and find out the democrats will shut down government or not and is the president willing to sign it or does he want to shut down government and it seems a lesson was le
Lets move across the pacific ocean, it greg autry an entrepreneur, writing and educator focusing on china and is the senior economist for the American Jobs Alliance is an economist with the coalition for a prosperous america. He cowrote with the movie death by china it has contributed to another book the china wars and will talk today on death by china death by china confrnting the dragon a global call to action. [applause] thankyou. Coming to the university of california in Orange California i will be a usc this fall. And i rarely get a chance to look out for those who dont think i am crazy net case. Also with the ideology ironclad to hear you to have you here. Of with like to stay and it for just a moment if i could we will do something absolutely crazy we will say the pledge of allegiance. Are you ready . I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of america. To the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, under liberty for liberty and justice of all. Did you