and continues to have in iraq. i'd like to talk about that in the end. but to turn to al qaeda, you talk about the book that a map was found south of baghdad that detailed the handwritten note that detailed their strategy. and you talked about it twofold. first that it informed what it gave us the intelligence we needed to sort of create an informed plan to squeeze al qaeda, and not only in the city but also in the surrounding baghdad. another interesting piece. you talked about it. you referenced it was media coverage. and as someone who dealt a great deal of sort of talking about this. it was always difficult to education plain what's happening, why is it happening, what is the violence? is it sectarian, what type of violence is it? and you mention that it's been tough to cover this war. not because of bias, necessarily, or because of spin, just because how do you measure an inventional war where there is not a front. where you can't talk about, advancing on the enemies. you can't -- and we didn't use body counts

let me finish, when it comes to iraq, when it comes to iraq, i can't seeing sending an 18-year-old boy over to kill people conceivably for oil, or be killed, it's an unfair choice, an i think, don't join, even though i respect our armed forces, we need a national defense, but my god, i'm going to send my girlfriend's 18-year-old boy to fight a corrupt war or be killed himself, no. so here's my question. why is that nancy pelosi, an i'm not saying the answer, but you know it better than i do, why do you think speaker pelosi would not hold up the finding for the iraq war. why do you think president obama let's this terrible president be set where any of your children join the armed forces they may be sent to a bad war, to either kill or be killed? why do you think they do nothing, or they don't do enough? >> well, i'm not going to talk about a bad war, because i'm not going to suggest there are good wars, but in january of 2007 -- [applause] >> in january of 2007, rahm emanuel gave an interview to the "washington post" where he essentially said, we're not going to mess with anything, we'

the seriousness of the accountability challenges reflected in disturbing war stories from iraq. they were over 300 reported cases of contacting the stakes or abuses from iraq from 2003 to 2007. yet, they're has not been a single instance to date of anyone being fired or denied promotion in connection with those cases. the pentagon in "the new york times" has publicly acknowledged that $8.2 billion, $8.2 billion of taxpayer money flowed through contracts into iraq, and stacks and pallets of cash without appropriate record-keeping or oversight. just to give you an example, and this is again, you know, confirmed, 68.2 million went to the united kingdom, $45.3 million to poland, and $21.3 million to correa, yet pentagon auditors were unable to determine why the payments were made. second negative consequence of laissez-faire outsourcing is what i would describe broadly as an overly ambitious international agenda. this is something we've only just begun to start talking about but it deserves enunciation that contractors facilitate overextension. they allow us to throw money at proble

number one, i knew most of the exiles have left iraq 10 years or more before 2002. second, i knew those would come back who wanted to resume a position of power and influence and smart enough to understand the only way they would get into power is from following a u.s. tank into baghdad. they had a tremendous conflict of interest. the second question was who did be have on the ground that was responsible directly to the united states of america to verify this information? if we remove street addresses and have pictures, somebody should look in the window are not on the door to see what is on the other side. the answer was how many people did united states have been a country of 30 million people to verify the 550 identified places? o. we were on this group of higher the conflicted exiles. that is all i needed to hear to have serious doubts or validity of this information on which we ultimately went to war with disastrous consequences. one of which is we still today are having a hard time convincing much of the rest of the world when we say something, that it is to b

one, i knew that most of the exiles had left iraq ten or more years before 2002. and second i knew that those who had come back and who wanted to resume a position of power and influence were smart enough to understand the only way they were going to get into power was on the following in a u.s. tank into baghdad. so they had a tremendous conflict of interest. so the second question asked mr. tennant was, who did we have on the ground that was responsible directly to the united states of america to verify this information? if we knew the street addresses and have pictures and prices somebody ought to be able to go and look in the window are not on the door and see what is on the other side. how many people did the united states have been a country of about 30 million people to verify these 550 places, the answer was zero. so we were totally reliant on this group of highly conflicted exiles. that was all i needed to hear to have serious doubts at the validity of this information upon which we ultimately went to war with, i think, disaster consequence. .. >> if peop

the question that was asked about iraq for so long was there's no military solution to the war in iraq is what many told us in 2007 andweight. what this book does, i think, is an opening cell in the larger path of history to say to the contrary. there's an very important military component. if you want to bring her out the political and economic change. i for one hope they will take a read at this as they look at afghanistan. they have temptations to say they need more soft power or trainers or we need more advisers. you know, intelligence. that's all very important ingredients. but i think what this book underscores that ultimately at the end of the day you need boots and rifles pointed out to protect the population. : >> coming up next, book tv presents "after words," an hour-long discussion between a guest host and the author of a new book. this week nicholas schmidle, fell at the new america foundation, talks about his book, "to live or to perish forever." it is an account of the two years he lived in pakistan beginning in 2006. he discusses his book with new york post columnist an

he not only applauded the invasion of iraq but thinks the war was a success. in fact, he doesn't even think it was a war, nearly one front in a new world war against the force he refers to as islamofa c islamofascio islamofasciosm. he is now common for us to bomb iran. the liberals control everything. have i gotten past gilligan's island yet? where was i? he is calling for us to bomb iran. and soon. if you think the question and answer period is getting too tepid ask him if water boarding is torture. through his long political march to the right he has been puzzled that other jews did not come to the same conclusions he did about liberalism in general and the democratic party in particular. what liberals mainly see when they look at this country is in justice and oppression of every kind, economic, social and political, podhoretz wrote. by contrast conservatives see a nation shaped my complex of traditions, principles and institutions that has afforded more freedom and factoring in periodic economic downturns, more prosperity to more of its citizens than in an

they won the war in iraq. soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen and marine in the united states of america won that war. and yet you would not know that from the media, because as soon as the war turned around they stopped covering it. and today all the bad news is coming out of afghanistan. i would like to remind young people who didn't have that blessing that i did growing up with. in the greatest generation, that in world war ii, and i went back and check because i knew i was going to be here tonight. i went back and checked on this day and 1942, the operation, the first american offensive both world war ii, remember, pearl harbor had been bombed seven months before. america lost every single battle it was in, up until june, the battle of midway. every single battle was a disaster. by june when the new way is one at a naval air power, by june, tens of thousands of americans were dead, not just in pearl harbor but all across the pacific ocean. they were americans died on the beaches of tea at who landed with

[laughter] well, he was talking about iraq. i think iran that probably applies three or four, three or four times. and we've seen it. we've seen it. all the way back to 1979, we had the javits resolution, we had the axis of evil speech, we had rhetoric about the holocaust, we had this fishy election and, and its aftermath. so there are going to be diversions, there are going to be, there are going to be setbacks, and when i say patience, that's where you're going to need patience. now, on the demanding side here's where you have to keep your expectations high. otherwise you fall victim to your own low expectations, to your own negative, own negative preconceptions. if you go into an encounter and i don't care whether you're dealing with iran or anyone else assuming that you will, that you will fail because of the failures of the other side and the shortcomings of the other side, then you will fail. it's certain. however, if you assume that success -- however modestly you define it, that thing not said, that change of, that chan

the whole country going to hear about the full truth of the decisions leading up to the invasion of iraq if the inquiry is being suffocated on day one by his government's shameful culture of secrecy? >> that is not what sir john -- that is not what sir john has said. the issues -- the issues -- the issues affecting the inquiry that would cause people to be careful are national security and international relations. as i understand it, these are the issues that are referred to there. and i believe that sir john and his team are happy with the way that they're being asked to conduct the inquiry. >> mrs. madeline moon. >> thank you, mr. speaker. britain's top bankers rewarded their own financial greed and incompetence with large bonus while imposing huge banking charges on those who because of need not greed often went into the red. i'm sure many members were dismayed at today's supreme court judgment. what will this government be doing to ensure fairness for ordinary people, ordinary customers within the banking system? >> she's absolutely right to raise the anxieties that people have had a

>> guest: it's not lack of regulation, the rules are there but the problem is you had in iraq and iron triangle. the biggest wall street firm is making big profits of this and really . >> host: the march raids wall street made it the more they made. >> guest: they were going to get bailed out. by that federal government, the taxpayers. >> host: they did get bailed out again in. >> guest: de did. >> host: you're iron triangle, wall street appear saying we're making lots of money and will get bailed out and the other is. >> guest: the activists who said we will get loans. >> host: a cornyn. >> guest: we are getting things for our constituents, is facing our social agenda. >> host: which is we want to collapse capitalism and we believe in economic redistribution of wealth is what they wanted. >> guest: the third are the politicians in washington. >> host: what did the politicians get out of this? >> guest: they got the activists. >> host: have a big headache right now. trillion dollar deficit with, it doesn't look too smart to any more of. >> guest: the blame gets shifted to somebody else

you can take the word afghanistan out of the article in two years ago the war within iraq. well, guess what? they won the war in iraq, the soldiers, airmen, guards in marines one that war and yet you would not know that from the media because as soon as the war turned around stop covering at. today all the bad news is coming out of afghanistan. i would like to remind young people who didn't have that blessing that i had of growing up with parents from the greatest generation, that in world war ii, and i went back in shepp because i knew i was going to be here tonight. i went back and checked on this date in 1942. the operation, the first american offensive of world war ii, remember, pearl harbor had been bombed seven months before. america lost every single battle it was then up until june, the battle of midway. every single battle was a disaster. by june when the midway is one as a naval battle in the naval air battle, by june tens of thousands of americans were dead. not just at pearl harbor but all across the pacific ocean. you have americans who were dying on the beache

let me quote, i think it was one of our good colleagues, ryan crocker, when talking about iraq he said that everything takes longer than you think. everything is harder than you think. and somewhere, somehow, someone will come along and screw it up. well, he was talking about iran. i think that probably applies three or four times. and we've seen it -- we've seen it all the way back to 1979, we have the javits revolution. we have the assets of evil speech. we had rhetoric about the holocaust. we had -- and its aftermath. so there are going to be diversions. there are going to be setbacks and when i say patients, that's where you're going to need patience. now on the demanding side, here is where you have to keep your expectations high. otherwise, you follow the to your own low expectations, to your own negative preconceptions if you go into an encounter, and i don't care whether you're dealing with iran or anyone else, assuming that you will fit this -- that you will fail because of the failures of the other side and the shortcomings of the other side, then you will fail, it is certain

well, he was talking about iraq. i think iran that probably applies three or four times. and we have seen it. all the way back to 1979 we had the javits resolution, the access of eisel speech, we had some -- we had rhetoric about the holocaust, we had this not fishy election and its aftermath. so there are going to be diversions, there are going to be setbacks, and when i say patience, that's where you're going to need patience. now, on the demanding side, here is where you have to keep your expectations ha otherwise you fall victim to your own love expectations, to your own negative preconceptions. if you go into an encounter, and i don't care whether you are dealing with iran or anyone else, assuming you -- you will fail because of the failure of the other side and the shortcomings of the other side then you will fail. it's certain. however, if you assume success, however modestly you define that, that things not say, that the change of tone is possible then you may be pleasantly surprised by what you actually can achieve. let me thank many who have helped with this, ma

it goes back to iraq -- her record in alaska, which i am happy to hear, because so much of a critique of her had nothing to do with a record in alaska last year. it is amazing, "the washington post" and " new york times -- and "the new york times" both went to alaska last year, never commenting that she had the highest approval ratings of any politician in the country. yes, like any politician, her record has its highs and lows. but until she was nominated for the vice president and became this extremely polarizing political figure, she was remarkably popular. there has to be reason for that. host: san antonio. jack, good morning. caller: i like your comments on a couple of items. one, the resignation of her governorship. seemed like the democrats were going by out of their way to file these ludicrous actions against her, which eventually i guess drove of her legal bills? she was going to rely savings? which is ironic, as you see the left criticizing her after they orchestrated the situation. the other item that i noticed is that the criticism of her seems to be based more on how she

overthrowing the sadam hussain, the potential to rebuild the country and give iraq a new lease, to a realization that they did not know what they're doing and was not prepared for the problems that it faced. and the country was spinning out of control. it was a safe place in the beginning but became extremely dangerous by the end. >>host: these women come from different backgrounds. how did they see a change in the way they were treated? >>guest: they had freedoms under sadam hussain and they lost with the war. there was securities and they were under house arrest. for a long time. it got worse unfortunately and that the bouwer lead to the arrival of radical islam with a very conservative version of how women should live. been influenced by iran. and iraqi women found themselves unable to leave the house, possibly losing their rights in the constitution, government, it did not matter with divorce come it was family law, and it became desperate and they were surprised they never would have ended up like that. they have a lot of rights under saddam hussein. >>host: you happen in the mi

of the republican leaders during the last years voting for every opportunity to spend more money in iraq without a penny of it being paid for. a trillion dollars that's now said to be on a war of choice, not a penny of it paid for. to lecture us now on debt when not only the war but the other actions of the bush administration drove this country into deep debt. if run read the papers today or listened to the news today, you would find that economists all over america have said the stimulus is working. only 25% of the money has now been spent, and they recognize that but for the stimulus, we would be in a worldwide depression. that's all over the news today. now, madam president, to focus on an editorial written by a man who has been retired for many years and writes a column once in a while is not where we should be. where we should be is recognizing that america deserves a debate on health care reform. last year 750,000 americans filed bankruptcy. 750,000 americans filed bankruptcy. over half of those bankruptcies were because of medical expenses. over half the people that filed bankrup

and then we have 2006 with iraq obama in the white house. >> host: democratic line, good morning. elko good morning, how are you. and i think they're confused as to give the language of the people are very simplistic and naÏve. i mean, god help us i'd approach in her own view of things is so simplistic and so naÏve in the world was not like that. the world was much more complex thinking and they are capable of, you know, about. just listen to what she said during her interviews and you will see that the woman has no knowledge, no depth, no broadness at all in any area whatsoever. >> host: mr. continetti. >> guest: i think you raise a good point about the world be too complex for sarah palin's message. i think when dividing line is exactly along those lines. for lack of a better word, the liberal view of reality was that it is so complex that it takes people with a more sophisticated technocratic act ground in order to manipulate it so we get the outcomes we want. again for lack of a better word, the conservatives to say that maybe true to some point, but really what is also nece

. >> host: i think the average iraq can wanted to understand how the crisis. >> who is accountable and who was going to jail? we have not seen a lot of that. the issues that rethought rethought, explain to the folks in 1932? >> guest: in 1932 the assistant d.a. was asked to undergo an investigation of the bank's but basically took at the practices and how they contributed to the crash and the depression. and what he found was the idiot of speculating on the back of nothing. they did not display what their practices were or how they affected value and exactly what they used for what deposits or money they used in order to do that. it was clear from that that this was something fact but foreclosures were high then, but that was not the crisis but the manifestation of what wall street was doing. in vermont during stockton california, those are very difficult for the individuals but that is not the system. it is all of the speculation that wall street that were created on the back of that. they have not had him. he was in front of the camera answering questions. >> heading the various comm

meaning, american troops, potentially in iraq or afghanistan. he was also radicalized in the united states. and there are more. in boston, a man aged 26 a graduate from the massachusetts college of pharmacy was arrested last month. not only did he seek to fight abroad but he was also charged with conspiring to attack civilians at a shopping mall in the u.s. as well as two members of the executive branch of the federal government. he was radicalized in the united states. at least 15 men of somali descent have ral calized over the last few years and of the and have left the united states to fight somalia. they joined a terrorist group associated with al-qaeda based in somalia. our fear is what happens when they return to the united states? australia has already thwarted a plot just this year involving individuals who fought against al-shabob and returning. and this past september was plots in lone wolves in both dallas, texas and springfield illinois. those these individuals were not part of any group, much of their radicalization seems u.s.-based

. >> we have iraq, katrina, boston's own big dig and it's collapsing tunnel, the brutal economic meltdown. political observers know when the crisis right now in trying to accomplish big things that the man industry knows we have a big problem. so do public officials. we surveyed members of the senior executive service, and 60% said the government was less capable today of executing large projects than it was 30 years ago. president obama even made note a couple weeks ago in his radio address when he said, he raised the question, whether or not we as a nation are capable of tackling our toughest challenges if we can still do big things in america but we didn't ask him to say that but that is what he said it is a question everyone is thinking of today. >> and answer really depends on who's side you're on. >> everyone is asking who's to blame for our current crisis. some people come up with answer of george w. bush. >> barack obama. >> newt gingrich. >> nancy pelosi. >> the union. >> michael moore. >> rush limbaugh. [laughter] >> familiar, right? who is to blame but it's what everybody asks

pelosi was having the same problem with the cia saying that they told her what was doing on about the iraq war. she said, no, they didn't tell me. i just wondered if you have any comments about what to do with the lie. >> well, you need to start before the live shows of. my dad was in the dairy business, and he always carried a little notebook around so that if he saw a sick cow or a broken fence or a truck that needed to be prepared he would write it down and be sure that it cut followed up. i have been following that trade of my dad for most of my adult life. in the particular instance that the lady talked about the question was, had members of the intelligence committee that nancy was the ranking democrat of the house intelligence committee and i was the chairman of the senate intelligence committee being briefed on some of the activities such as torture, warrantless wiretaps except for a. i was pretty sure i hadn't been briefed. so when the statement was made nancy had been. i had been. i asked what were the dates that these briefings took place. i was given for dates all of which were

issues and politics matter a great deal and so the economy health care, afghanistan, iraq -- all of that matters a great deal for sure. there are two things so that political parties have to be very careful about to hear it in one is success as edmonton and the other is failure. [laughter] in between you are okay. failure is -- it her supported tremendously and one thing we know about the beginnings of a new era system that there preceded by a failed presidency. so i don't think demography is the be all in all but it's going to sustain obama and the democrats, it gives them a buoyancy in our politics that the republicans don't seem to get yet as a party. >> to use the demography having an impact on controversial issues like health care reform? >> guess there's no question, but i think that if you look it just health care and think about 2010 and the ships in demography that i described in 2008 may not show up as readily in 2010. where the electorate is more likely to be older where we may have referred a little bit more toward have that real majority. where is showing up is not so much i

visit walter reed and i see a triple amputee, these people very often ask me how soon can i get back to iraq. or do you think the fact that i lost both legs will affect my ability to get a head command. so that constantly highlights the sacrifice these people make for us. >> i just want, jeh commented about the fact that you may have all noticed that everybody on this panel here gave up a job in the private sector to come to government. we're all making a lot less than work, but it is interesting i think that each of us has had prior government service, went out to the private sector and came back to the government. i think that indicates the tremendous rewards and satisfaction that what gets from public service. it outweighs the financial rewards that you're getting a. so for all of you who are out there, the young lawyers who are considering careers, i would just be that in many respects the most aggravating and typical day in government service is better than the best in private practice. i urge you all to consider government service as a career. >> okay. thank you. let me say quite hones

iraq and afghanistan have cost us a trillion dollars. the t.a.r.p., another trillion. that is $2 trillion. you want to know where the deficit came from? it didn't come from president obama's stimulus program, 700 or 800 billion, maybe that contributed somewhat and so we as people, also have to have the facts on the table. and understand how things have gotten to where we are, and what we need to address disparities, and i think that is the challenge for state and local officials. to be a voice on priorities. on where the priorities are. the last thing i would say about elected office, half of the members of the congressional black caucus today represent districts that are less than 50% african-american. i think that is, what, 50%? and, when you are an elected official, you are in a different position, if you represent a majority black district, community or town, versus one that is multi-ethnic and multi-racial. you know, your challenge is and the -- the challenges and the opportunities, that is real politics. and so, one size doesn't fit all. one approach that someone

that will enable you to really find out today what george bush was really thinking before he went into iraq. you know, we're going to have to make do with the myth and the filters and images. and i wanted to do better than that. i was done that he wanted to do better than that. he was thinking about those things even before he took office. >> host: describe briefly 1972. how well did you know him? >> guest: we live together. were the two texas coordinator he asked if he could bring his new girlfriend, hillary, to our apartment so the three of us got an apartment together. hillary also worked in other states and even bill and i had the time, we were traveling all over like water bugs in the big state of texas. we didn't spend all that much time together. we were technically responsible for the state. we made lots of decisions and getting shellacked the way we did by richard nixon in 1972, is a bonding experience. when you are that bloodied. so we got along very well. we saw each other a lot but i don't have any major fight. when we left texas, it was kind of interesting. hillary and i went b

the invasion of iraq was justified as bringing democracy. so but 1815, the world of the founders was passing in a new generation was taking over. many of the founders living in the 19th century were disillusioned by what they had brought. they had begun, of course, with many allusions. they thought they could do with the native peoples, the indians in a humane and respectful manner. they thought that shack i mean, the letters that henry knox secretary of war in washington right about to each other mostly, what do we do with the indians aren't respectful of indian culture as a modern anthropologists. they don't want the indians to disappear. they don't want a culture to disappear, but of course they can't control what's happening as they say on the ground. and they would like to settle this, want that land and they push the indians off of it. the founders also thought that slavery was naturally disappear. especially with the ending of the international slave trade in 1808. through that whole period, up to the second decade, this a strong feel

, that's what we've said about tax cuts, that's what we have said about the wars in afghanistan and iraq, and we have got to put an end to this. this bill at least starts to head us in the right direction. it doesn't fix our fiscal crisis, but it is an important step forward. as i mentioned a few minutes ago, for working families, the current system has been a complete disaster as their income has remained flat or gone down, their health care premiums have gone up by 7%, and even though there is a lot of conflict out there about what the way forward should be, about what specific policy choice here versus a specific policy choice there, i can tell you one thing everybody can agree on in my state is that their health care has not improved by 97% over the last ten years. they're paying more and they are getting less. small businesses are getting crippled by the system that we have today. they pay 18% more than large businesses to cover their employees just because they're small. and sometimes people say to me, well, michael, don't you know that's because the pool of employees is smaller, i

and it is estimated that as many as 20% of soldiers returning from iraq and afghanistan have sustained a brain injury. and the brain injuries of our soldiers have spurred congress to make unprecedented investments in brain injury research. research that will benefit soldiers, and civilians alike for years to come, and we have done this in a bipartisan fashion. and the same way that we gained greater understanding and research from the brain injuries of our soldiers, we should also take this opportunity to learn from the injurys of professional athletes. the task force placed considerable attention on issue of, so called mild brain injuries. and specifically on -- on concussions, which aif he can everyone from our soldiers in the battlefield to our children who play on various sports fields. and in fact, the task force held a pam discussion that featured two of your witnesses today. and dr. tucker who is a team physician of the baltimore ravens and mr. nowitzki who is the director for the center for the study of traumatic brain injury. and these discussions in the growing number of stud

and in fact just a little while ago i was reading thomas's latest book about the battle, the war in iraq, and she was quoted, i thought that was pretty cool. i knew someone who was quoted in a book. .. i am grateful for their presence, but all the more i thank you for being here because of the major competition that we had at this hour. as the airlines say, we know you had a choice, and we thank you for choosing to fly with us, and lying is a very appropriate term both for this session and for our major competition. it is also appropriate that we are doing this at this particular time because this is a national eight the air force week. we are right in the midst of that week, and of course with my ranking, we have a pilot and crew who flew with the eighth air force. as tom posed mentioned, of course i have written articles and books that have dealt with the american civil war in one way or another. once i started writing this book, "the wars of myron king," frequently i was asked why have you changed the way world war ii top they? the answer is that it came about largely by chance. after

i think that the president is approaching -- approach to maximize the fund on the strategy on iraq. >> what is the president's public approval rating in israel is so low? >> i think that it probably has somewhat to do with the expectations that were set. clearly the president's statements with respect to the settlements created some concern in israel. even though i think as most people know the president was articulating what has been u.s. policy for many years. it's just not part of the policy that had been emphasis the. and i think what the president was trying to do both in his psi psi psi psi -- cairo speech to try to move the ball forward. he made it clear that he wasn't going to wait to try to take on some of the challenges. previous administration, as you know sort of had the conference and the fan of the last year, the president was in office. the president appointed george mitchell special envoy, and made it clear that he's going to really take on this challenge. obviously, a very difficult situation now. it doesn't seem to be a good negotiating partner on the palestinian sid

want to say thanks to mark and-- because they have been fantastic supporters of this initiative to iraq and not just in finding the money to support this work but throughout the process, working with this array of collaboratives which is no mean feat. think of the egos involved in these groups. it is fantastic. they have done a wonderful job and shepherding them all in this moment today so mark thank you for your personal commitment. we have had an orderly morning of presentations with a little bit of passion sprinkled over that discussion that now is going to get exciting. this is where the action is. it is 12 days to go before copenhagen and we are all know very aware that copenhagen is not as was said just a matter of a few weeks ago the last chance. it is actually the beginning, at the beginning of a very important process of mobilizing people of brown the science and round action. the science of climate change which we are going to hear about over the next 45 minutes or so has been pivotal in shaping policy and shaping politics and we cannot get away from the political context of t

i talked to one parent -- her kid was nonverbal kid who's typing iraq and depression into the computer. those words were not used in school. you download that cache memory. he may be reading and you don't you introduce a key part and make sure it's a laptop problem and won't get a flicker problem and a external keyboard so they don't wreck the laptop. some of these things who are nonverbal and they can learn to type and they can learn to type independently. >> next call, pam in bozeman, montana. please go ahead with your question. pam, are you with us. whoops, it helps if i push the button. . >> caller: i'm a 57-year-old woman all through my life has been misdiagnosed with a problem. as a child i instantly fit in with horses, living in a city at 8 years old, a movie horse training business had me working with horses to get them to do what they needed. my mother saw that and put me into horseback riding lessons. my entire life's career was a breeder of arabian horses and training them and it provided me with a livelihood. when she passed away, it was quite a blow. and i changed my caree

the whole country going to hear about the full truth of the decisions leading up to the invasion of iraq if the inquiry is being suffocated on day one by his government's shameful culture of secrecy? >> that is not what sir john -- that is not what sir john has said. the issues -- the issues -- the issues affecting the inquiry that would cause people to be careful are national security and international relations. as i understand it, these are the issues that are referred to there. and i believe that sir john and his team are happy with the way that they're being asked to conduct the inquiry. >> mrs. madeline moon. >> thank you, mr. speaker. britain's top bankers rewarded their own financial greed and incompetence with large bonus while imposing huge banking charges on those who because of need not greed often went into the red. i'm sure many members were dismayed at today's supreme court judgment. what will this government be doing to ensure fairness for ordinary people, ordinary customers within the banking system? >> she's absolutely right to raise the anxieties that people have had a