Went on the floor that day, the first thing i did was go over to bird. I said bob byrd i will never know the rules of the senate like you do. Ill make you a deal. I will never surprise you, if you will not surprise me. He said let me think about it. He came back later that afternoon and said ok. And we never did. I think that tradition has carried on. I think dole adopted that point of view. The system, and the rules of the senate are such, that theres plenty of room for disagreement and controversy. To do so within the framework of organization without sneaking up on your adversary. Some of the interview with former Senate Majority leader howard baker airing at 8 00 eastern 5 00 pacific. News from the pentagon planning more cuts for benefits for troops and the 2016 budget to be submitted to the white house in february. Military pay and benefits cost 185 billion in 2011. That decreased by 8 billion. That was mostly due to the reduction in active duty and reserve troops. You can read mo
Painful recession. Were not interested in negotiating on those terms because its not in the best interest of the American People. Im pleased that weve been joined by the distinguished representative from the great state of california, let me now yield time to representative barbara lee. Mr. Lee thank you very much. First let me thank you, both congressman jeffries and congress mrman horsford, for your tremendous leadership, your vigilance and your diligence. And we appreciate your conducting these special orders to make sure that the American People know the truth about whats taking place here in washington, d. C. Ms. Lee also i have to salute our chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, the gentlelady from ohio, congresswoman marcia fudge, for her leadership and he suring that the entire member the entire Congressional Black Caucus continues to be the conscience of the congress. Here we are 14 days into the Tea Party Republican shutdown and three days away from the Party Republican go
Internal political differences through peaceful means as opposed through violence. This is an ongoing challenge within iraq. Isil is not a deem stick political entity. It is a force that is trying to claim territory and wreak havoc in iraq and it is a force that have no iraqis sit zenses interest at heart. S that why i mentioned the hreat posed by isil caused for increase among iraqs political factions and a more cohesive approach to be taken by the Central Government in baghdad when it comes to combating a serious threat. Were seeing now the risk of losing what americans lost their lives for was caused by not keeping u. S. Troops in iraq. Why are they wrong . Theres no question that senator mccain and president obama have differed on the iraq war since senator mccain was for it and barack obama was against it. Theres no question that going back to 2008 when senator mccain allowed that his vision might include tens of thousands of u. S. Forces in iraq in perp pet oohity, that that was
Grown in yemen, for example, and as the core leadership and core al qaeda in that regions that been decimated. Discussed that. He wasnt brennan when here and over at the c. I. A. Has talked about it and that is a up front we are very about. But i dont think you can argue that when it comes to al qaeda in afghanistan, pakistan that the tragedy going after core al qaeda leadership has not been effectively prosecuted. It more dangerous to have an al qaeda lippinged group iraqi cities major than have them in the mountains pakistan . Well, i guess i would have to that the most severe military attack on the United States in our lifetimes occurred organized and ordered out of afghanistan and pakistan by core al qaeda. Theres concern here for the the destruction of supplies . I have obviously, i dont have any specific information about that. I can tell you that when it fields in, letl this right, i get oil refinery that remains in control of the government of iraq, but i dont any Additional In
Were there, we are keeping a lid on things and then after enormous sacrifices by us, as soon as we are not there, suddenly people end up acting in ways that are not conducive to longterm prosperity and stability of the country. Thank you very much, everybody. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] and noonent obama today, he headed to north dakota to an indian reservation for a meeting on job creation for young people. The president is set to be the fourth visiting president to visit an indian reservation. We would like to hear from you on what the president had to say this afternoon. The numbers are on your screen. We have heard reaction from members of Congress Already to what the president had to say. Congressman buck mckeon, the chair of the Armed Services committee, said this. The white house has a history of considering all options while choosing none. We also heard from congressman ed royce. We are goi