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next, hugh hewitt talks about the elements that go in to achieving happiness. this is about an hour. thank you, jonathan quite a lot actually. it s always great to be back at the nixon library, especially on the eve of the 101st anniversary of nixon s birth, especially to celebrate with friends of the library who come offing. as many of you know, in late 1988, the phone rang. i was searching for president reagan and his administration. on the other end this president nixon asking me to come back to your belinda to oversee construction of the library for a couple years. so i was very, very pleased to do so. it was a shining jewel and anyone watching on c-span across the united states who has never been to the nixon library, you want to come here. it s an extraordinary celebration of the american presidency, but also extra or a lead, the small house that frank nixon built from a kit and continued through a life measure in decades that achievement, not hours of achieve ....
is what citizens aspire to. they want more solidarity at the international level. you have heard the broad range of views supporting broad intervention in mali. however, we cannot abandon all made but cannot defend only the interests of one state and we need a comprehensive plan for europe. this is what we re doing it with a changing europe scores. budget negotiations on the multi-annual framework are a test of that solidarity where our credibility is put to death protest. put to the test. i would like to say that for our group, it is known as well. it was not a policy of the empty chair. you have to take your responsibility. you have to discuss the issues so that we can have a budget that corresponds to the policy that we have voted on. as for the financial framework, we need to set that out for young people to guarantee employment. that is why we have a budget, a budget for investment and a pooling of our resources, which is not just about the constitutional b ....
be a net subtraction from economic activity in 2009, 2010, 2011. finally in 2012, housing began to contribute. it contributes to through the pickup of home sales, housing starts and floated through residential fixed investment. fourth quarter, residential residential fixed investment contributed about 0.4% of overall and gdp growth or helped it be less negative. what we were expecting to see is we would see a bigger role for housing in supporting economic growth in 2013. we are expecting 2013 housing for residential fixed investment will contribute close to half a percentage point in overall gdp growth. i am in the same vote. i am not overly concerned about the reading. i was concerned about inventory levels throughout the supply chain. something we will we were hearing from the members, other customers and of course a showing up in sales ratios. a big chunk of the negative was a destocking, if you will, in the supply chain. while the purchase trucking and man ....
and there is good reason to believe it will continue. my duty tonight is to report on the state of the union. the not of the state of the government but of our american community. therefore, set forth responsibilities to form a more perfect union. the state of the union is strong. as we gather tonight, our nation is at war. our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented danger is. yet the state of our union has never been stronger. it is because of our people that our future is helpful hopeful. and the state of our union is strong. president obama delivers this year s address with the preview program at 8:00 a.m. eastern. tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. president obama awarded the medal of honor to clinton romesha. this is half an hour. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama, accompanied by medal of honor recipients staff sgt clinton romesha. [ hail to the chief ....
[fanfare] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama, accompanied by medal of honor recipient staff sgt clinton romesha. [ hail to the chief ] let s pray. eternal god, from whom we come to whom we belong, and in whose service we find peace, such as written to be found in the spirit of truth and justice. on yourselves. the men of valor. be ready for the conflict. today, lord, we recognize men of valor, who in readiness for the conflict, the battle came upon them. their sacred story is one of life and death, suffering of servants faithfully rendered at the moment of truth. they belong to that small band of black knights. and a nation grateful for the men who follow and the men who lead. we offer our gratitude for the actions of those men that day and for the actions of arthur rhodes, an intense man, short and wiry. thank you for claiming their sacred story and writing it into our nation s history. we distill our highest honor o ....