but after he lost in the first round of a tournament in germany, his coach gave him an ultimatum: he needed to quit tennis or start over. he decided to start over. >> agassi: and i... i said, that's what i'm going to do. i'm going to choose this. i don't have to. i can quit right now. my dad's not choosing it. this is my choice and my choice alone. and i made the decision right then and there that i'm going to choose to fight this battle. and i'm going to choose tennis. >> couric: is that the first time in your life you felt it was your choice? >> agassi: yeah. it was the first time in my life.& 27-years-old, ranked 141 in the world, and in a marriage that i shouldn't be in. >> couric: when we come back, instead of getting better for andre, things were about to get worse. ♪ it's everyone's favorite time of the year. and walmart's here to help, with amazing new specials every week this holiday season. the great deals start each saturday. this week, starting saturday at 8am, get an xbox 360 arcade for just $199 and it includes a $100 walmart gift card while supplies last. find out ab

but you said shipping cars to germany? >> well, like we're shipping some one. there are things that we have to do to ship the cars. things that we have to do to the tires. >> and you're having to pay for the shipping of the car. >> no, we're not paying for the shipping but all of the maintenance that needs to be done and the shipping of the pet and -- we're going over the $1,000 mark and, of course, i don't have that budgeted into the monthly budget. >> but you do have save sngs. >> yes, we do have savings. >> you're making the people right behind you very happy. you have a way to pay for those that are not covered. >> next on clark howard -- >> this is how much this guy loves saving money and he's going to share that with you. he uses some one razor every six months. i'm not joking. >> my father-in-law is a huge fan and any time we ask financial advice, they always say, well, clark howard says. so we hear that a lot. we have to tell you that they are huge fans. and they really like you a lot. >> thank you. >> on my way back from my wreck, just before we redepl

if only britain had been able to land the force on the continent that would deter germany before world war one. they are immensely difficult. immensely dangerous. if the actions had been taken, people would blame them for doing it. this is what of those things that of course, it is terribly difficult, but i do believe that as we look back on those episodes, if we look back on this and say that we did not stop iran from getting nuclear weapons, we will consider it a missed element with big consequences. what is interesting to me is that the breadth of opinion runs from the right to all the way to the non-proliferation. some of the most fervent in the administration are about non- proliferation. you'll get tremendous proliferation following a iran. people see venezuela or brazil drizzling -- pursuing nuclear weapons. the notion that iran can go ahead and do this without consequences is astounding. if something is unacceptable, you have to do [unintelligible] >> is there anyone there really thinks that when the administration says that is unacceptable, will they do anything about it? it i

one of these men rushed in the countryside where the germany and allies were still fighting. so did put his life in danger. >> was the group composed mostly of american soldiers? >> every unit of the alignment of the government was composed of british and american, that was one thing, so yeah, british and american. >> as far as the artifacts that were saved, can you give as a couple of examples of some of the better known pieces? >> well, there were lots of paintings and nazis had taken from florence. were talking about 563 paintings from the gallery, that were taken up north and traced back and returned to florence before the end, at the end of the war. so that was the most important accomplishment. >> could you put a general percentage on the amount of artifacts that were saved to? i think most would say that's not a very scientific way to put it, but add extraordinary how much was saved or how little damage. if you think that the command object campaign in italy, the entire territory, lasted 22 months, and what comes out to north, and it was a grueling battle all over, so

the ministers of the united kingdom, germany, france, japan, and the u.s. met in new york in september. they agreed that "the meeting in october will provide comprehensive and long-term solutions to the iranian nuclear issue through dialogue." expect a serious response and will decide as a result on our next steps. we heard this -- we're disappointed about what happened in geneva. although the iaea has visited, we noted that there director general's statements should have declared the construction of this facility and is therefore not compliance with the safeguards obligations. in addition, the construction of a new enrichment facility is in defiance of several resolutions. the iaea board will discuss this issue next week. iran has not engaged in the dialogue and has refused to have a meeting before the end of october to discuss nuclear issues. they have not responded positively to the iaea comments. we urge iran to reconsider the opportunity offered by this agreement, to meet the humanitarian needs of its people, and to engage seriously with us in dialogue

but you said cars, shipping cars to germany? >> well we're shipping one, but like we have to do, there's things we have to do to the car before. new tires, all of these different things. our pet -- >> and you're having to pay for the shipping of the car? >> we're not paying for the shipping, but the maintenance that needs to be done. the shipping of the pet. we're going over the $1,000 mark and of course, i don't have that budgeted into the monthly budget. >> but you do have savings. >> see, because you have savings you're making the people right behind you very happy. because you actually have a pay to pay for those expenses for relocation that are not covered. >> this is how much this guy loves saving money. and he's going to share a little bit of that with you. he uses one razor every six months. i'm not joking. >>> i'll be remiss if i didn't tell you this. my father in law and my father are both huge fans, any time we ask them any sort of financial advice -- they always say, well clark howard says -- so we hear that a lot. s

to lift britain from its current place closer to the levels of physical activity in the netherlands, germany and scandinavia so that for me it's an area where the interest of my department like absolutely foursquare with the interest of the department. there is no differentiation here. there is no conflict in incentives and it is starting to line and all of its weight around the same objectives where they can make the transport system flow more quickly, we can get people healthier and encourage people to reduce their carbon. the government has got to get a bit more focused on how it is doing. we just launched a cycle to work scheme but we all came together and it is when the combined power of the government departments, the three together you can begin to make significant change in lead to some behavior change but it does need that concerted action. ki-taek-- we have not done enough but clearly it is now. >> a lot of hands went up. >> thank you very much. thank you for that. it is clear from everything we have heard that we need to put climate change, health of the center of the climate chan

at an elaborate ceremony in germany. washington, d.c. sniper john allen mohammad is scheduled to be executed on tuesday. ten people died during a series of shootings in 2002. >>> and on tuesday, david letterman's accused extortionist will be in court. j >>> the number of u.s. banks that failed this year just climb to is 20. -- 120. five more banks failed yesterday, but they were taken over by other banks. the fife banks were based in california, michigan, minnesota, georgia and m missouri. this is the highest number of bank failures in a year since 1992. the fdic says it's fund that protects deposits in banks says it's running low, and that it will likely be in the red until 2012. >>> online retailers are slashing prices, walmart got the ball rolling, it said it would sell new dvds on line for just $10. then amazon slashed it's dvd prices to just 9$9.99 then walmart followed suit. >>> >>> so you hear a crying baby or you think you hear a crying baby. scientists hear the language of the baby's parents. new research suggests that newborns

a majority christian country fighting a majority christian country, germany. i have not read of large numbers of soldiers saying i can't kill fellow christians. the idea is absurd. it's a volunteer army. if you join it, you're here to defend the united states. if you can't carry that out -- guest: but the army does need to single out those that are saying they are -- guest: i agree with you completely. guest: almost every jihaddist is a muslim. you not be overly politically correct where you ignore that fact. guest: general casey said the most important thing is we don't affect the diversity of the army. i beg your pardon? your job is to affect the country. i don't care about the dumb diversity goals. host: james is twittering in, i'm still waiting for some people to be fired. we'll go to chris in houston. good morning. on the republican line. caller: first i wanted to mention i agree with you completely. i do not believe sarah palin is really prepared to be president. but then again, if bush could do it, maybe palin could do it, too. host: you're calling on t

he had met with an authoritative iranian counterpartin germany. each side was laid out its conditions. there were no deal breakers in it. especially the deal was ready to be made. it took from september to january of the next year, so about four months to actually work the deal -- berkeley deal. and there were times that i understand at least the american side was ready to throw off its hands and say we'll never get this done. and it was the algerian intermediaries that kept coming back and say no, keep out of it. keep doing it. it's a little bit like i said about your assumptions and preconceptions. if you go on with the assumption that this will never work, this will never work, then it probably won't. let's see. okay, the question about brazil. ahmadinejad in brazil. one of the features, it seems to me of the islamic republic since its inception has been a certain amount of diplomatic ineptitude. that's a very early on, from the very early. they have made enemies gratuitously. people who didn't want to be their enemies, but were often provoked

. >> reporter: for a short time, germany accepted bosnian refugees. >> it was pretty hard. there was a lot of racism going on. we were an easy target for a lot of the kids. we were all put together with nothing, you know. you know, you could tell the way we dressed and everything, we had nothing. and we were made fun of so much, i mean i was fighting every day after school. three years later, the german government ended its program for families who didn't have visas, so the husidics had a choice, go back to boss the kneia, or end up in the united states. they went to chicago. >> that's when i finally felt like you can enjoy life now, we've made it. you can relax now. you know, it's yours, so, you know, i always, like, wanted to have a house i could have friends over and stuff, and every day, like, since we had the house, i always have people over, there's not like one day where my mom is not cooking for everyone. but in bosnia, it's just like that. you always have family over, friends over, you're grilling. >> reporter: and from there, life was good. boggio starred in socce

that's fairly why germany which does not have much in the way of sunlight, is a worldwide center for manufacturing of solar panels. they have a feed-in terry, it's created a vibrant market for solar technologies. the united states has traditionally had a strong intellectual leadership in creating these new technologies, of course, time and again, we have seen that our work in inventing new technologies here in this country has resulte resn the manufacturing occurring elsewhere and we need to try to head that who have. -- off. second issue i wanted to previously talk about is electric transmission. it is closely connected to having an effective renewable electricity standard. it is ensuring that we have a transmission system that can effectively connect renewable resources to markets, and that can handle the particular challenges of intermittency that are associated with some renewable electricity sources. we've seen a lot of evolution in electricity markets over the last few decades as they've become more regional and more interstate in scope, but our system of serving those markets

king's dori offers the high drama of world war ii in the air, particular the bombing of nazi germany along with the complex and frustrating circumstances that inaugurated the cold war and the intertwining of politics and military justice. king the ultimately, through no fault of his own, became entangled in a bizarre a fairbourne of the mounting tensions between the united states and stalin's regime which resulted in a deeply troubling ordeal, an ordeal that was totally undeserved. king's experience b2 the evil's, which periodically threaten to insnare our lives, to destroy our individual worth, even our opportunities and freedom. such things as unchecked institutional power, bureaucratic regulations, ideological inflexibility. personal loyalties, personal agendas, secrecy, and more. of the melodies that trap innocent victims, all the evils we should unflinchingly resist. i quote john dime's famous discerning, beautifully expressed wisdom from the 17th century. no ban is an island entire of itself. every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. if a clod be washed away by

and a lot of ideas are already being developed including in west germany. at this point the stust central. it's not dominant. it's not dominant actor but a central lector and will remain a central let the record reflect drumen case and all the issues the history is well known. but just take the poland case which is much less studied and much less understood. so here is poland and what's the role making that look successful? what's the development of the shock therapy program that is the dissitesive experiment of this new democracy? up to create political economy which is fo -- the americans basically helped work with the government headed by -- to develop a resip areical set of bargains in which the americans helped mobileize the community with the creation of the g-24, even the creation of the european bank which finally found a safe place to stick stuff so, that's a very interesting phase of history in which the u.s. role is central. but a lot of the plans that are being pursued there actually draw on an intellectual basis -- there are two other observe v

. >>> and within of my favorite former nba players, dennis rodman was temporarily detained in germany for allegedly skipping out on a $5,000 bar tab. officials say that rodman was playing an exhibition game. now organizers agreed to pay his hotel bill, but not an extra $5,000 on drinks at an after party. he paid the tab and another $2,500 to avoid a possible legal procedure. tennessee titans owner bud allen was fined 250,000 for shooting the bird. gabriel wrote on our facebook page. it seems like the nfl takes a look at your checking account before they find out how much to fine you. doug d. wrote, who gets the $250,000? i think that would make a great postseason us in for all the folks at morning express. doug d., our hats off to you, sir, you get the post of the day. >> that's right, doug, we'll take it, you are the man. je gestures or no gestures. >> a man comes back from gracy,? oh, my god. >> this actually did bring a tear to my eye. >> it does. and it's nonstop. this dog is so happy to see him. >> look at him go crazy right here. >> people have clicked on this nearly 800,000 tim

and for spending within afghanistan there is a reconstruction order audited by the world bank to make germany's go for the purposes intended. as more general point about the accord nation of military and civilian work it is very important. that is what we want to look at as part of the agenda for the london conference. as we look at who will succeed the u.n. special representative in afghanistan, it is important to bring together the military effort in the more coordinated way. what he says will definitely be taken into account. i am pleased to know that members of the armed forces who have now serbs are now in the dollar. i want the whole house to think of for all they do in service for our country. >> having campaigned over the last four years for more protected vehicles with v-shaped hulls, may i welcome the increased numbers of the ridgebacks and others being delivered to the theater. are you confident that the increase will not have the opposite effect intended, to exacerbate the situation? this has happened in the past and could it not be history repeating itself? >> no, i do not believe

when viewers in czechoslovakia and germany and see their local uprisings presented on their own televisions and they're all living rooms, they encountered "instant political education of," drumming but with political message. -- drumming home a political message. eastern europeans watched the events into an immense square and they were struck -- in tianenman square, and they were inspired by peaceful revolts that seem to spring forth all over the world at the same time. will television gave them inspiration. -- global television game of inspiration-- gave them inspiration. it does not mean they build systems of democracy. i am struck by the fact that at 43, i am just one year younger than the voting rights act. that is a pretty stunning thought as well. basically, since the year before i was born, we have had something close to universal suffrage. that is a very short period of time. when i look at my current political culture in my country, i see more indignation then deliberation. we have built a tremendous beating nation the machines that consist of cable news network's, various sites on

he already sold this bavarian castle in germany for $2.5 million. does cage have a case or should he have kept a closer eye on his own money? >> we are always all individually responsible for our own taxes. that's an obligation that can't be delegated to an accountant or to a business manager. when you sign your 1040 on the dotted line, you are responsible. and so nic cage is going to be responsible for his tax liability. >> reporter: the lawsuit says cage hired levin in 2001, but that he first learned he was in dire straits after he replaced him in september 2008. with more than 50 films in the last two decades and half a dozen more slated to be released in the next two years, cage is a tireless actor. good thing it pays the bills. >> that was cnn's randi kaye for "showbiz tonight." so is nic cage ultimately to blame for his own financial meltdown? joining me tonight in new york, midwin charles, an attorney with m midwin charles and associates. midwin, i'm thinking here, a lot of people probably looking at nicolas cage, a guy who earned $40 million

in revealing clothes and bound and gagged. 26-year-old edis kayalar walked into a police station in germany and gave himself up. and i would have to think that cindy is really relieved about this tonight. and hey, a.j., there's also some more news just in today about carrie prejean. >> yes, and thank goodness for that, brooke. a big-time u.s. congressman says carrie prejean has what it takes to run for office, even after that leaked sex tape. republican utah congressman jason chaffetz says that carrie may be a political contender. carlos diaz and leslie, i want you to listen to what this congressman, congressman chaffetz tells tmz about the disgraced beauty queen. he says, "carrie has the ability to draw crowds, and if she has a strong message with that, who knows what she can do? she has star power that can open doors. leslie, do you agree with the concept? >> i'm getting a little ill just hearing this. if our political races are becoming just popularity contest or beauty contests, i mean, the congressman did talk about it being a long stretch between the vice presidency and the white hous

he sold this bavarian castle in germany for $2.5 million. does cage have a case or should he have kept a closer eye on his own money. >> we are always all individually responsible for our own taxes. that's an obligation that can't be delegated to an accountant or business manager. when you sign, you are responsible. nic cage is going to be responsible for his tax liability. >> the lawsuit said he hired levin in 2001 and he first learned he was in dire straights after he replaced him in september 2008. with more than 50 films in the last two decades and a half dozen morn slated to be released, cage is say tireless actor. good thing it pays the bills. >> that was randi kaye for "showbiz tonight". is nic cage ultimately to blame for his melt down? mid-win charles is an attorney with mid-win charles and associates. i'm thinking a lot of people probably looking at nicholas cage, a guy who earned $40 million last year alone and saying i don't have any sympathy earth for the guy. how can he not keep track? does he have recourse? >> on the one hand,

i'm thinking, for example, of the free democrats in germany who sometimes hold power in that country holds significant offices in that country and really bring a libertarian vision to meet with public policy and law in that nation. in the end, classical liberals are likely to say, i think, though we'll hear more today about this that more competition is better than less. and that government control over electoral competition is unlikely to serve the cause of liberty in the long run. consequently, third parties in the american system, their access to the ballot, and to the electoral system are worth talking about and that's what we're going to do today. our first speaker will be our author, jim bennett. jim is an eminent scholar at george mason university and holds the william snavly chair of public policy in the department of economics and say director of the ollin institute for public practice and policy. he received his ph.d. in 1970 from case western reserve and has specialized in research related to public policy issues, the economics of government and bureaucracy, labor unions a

germany was number nine. and from my earlier chart, you will remember each of those countries has universal coverage and much lower costs than we do, and yet they are getting on these metrics better outcomes than we are. and it doesn't stop there. here's life expectancy. the united states ranked 24th. this is according to the oecd, the international scorekeeper. and again, japan, switzerland, france, universal coverage, much lower costs, still ranked much higher than we did on that metric. japan, universal coverage, much lower costs than we do. in fact, half as much as ours, and yet they were number one. switzerland, number two. universal coverage, much lower costs than we do, and yet they ranked number two. france, universal coverage. much lower costs, they rank sixth in the world. you know, it would seem to me we ought to look to evidence and evidence shows us there is a better way, and that's what this legislation seeks to find. it seeks to find a better way to expand coverage, to improve quality, and to c

ministers who have troops in afghanistan and france, poland, canada, netherlands, norway, spain, turkey, germany, uk, denmark -- a lot of countries. i am not going to get into the specifics of any requests she made. >> without getting into specifics, did she talk about more troops? >> i think she talked about the need for mostly coordinating our efforts. that was one aspect of this whole effort that really became apparent when she was in school -- in kabul of the need to talk about not duplicating efforts, about giving the right coordinated effort to get the right results. i am not going to get into numbers or increases or anything like that. >> apparently the president spoke with the secretary sunday night. can you give me some idea of the guidance he might have given her? >> i cannot give you the details of that conversation. i do not have a readout of it. yes? >> could you give us an update of geneva. do you think it is still possible to have a successful treaty by december 5? >> i think clearly it is going to be impossible to have ratified the treaty. i think everybody knows that, and i do n

if only britain had been able to land the force on the continent that would deter germany before world war one. they are immensely difficult. immensely dangerous. if the actions had been taken, people would blame them for doing it. this is what of those things that of course, it is terribly difficult, but i do believe that as we look back on those episodes, if we look back on this and say that we did not stop iran from getting nuclear weapons, we will consider it a missed element with big consequences. what is interesting to me is that the breadth of opinion runs from the right to all the way to the non-proliferation. some of the most fervent in the administration are about non- proliferation. you'll get tremendous proliferation following a iran. people see venezuela or brazil drizzling -- pursuing nuclear weapons. the notion that iran can go ahead and do this without consequences is astounding. if something is unacceptable, you have to do [unintelligible] >> is there anyone there really thinks that when the administration says that is unacceptable, will they do anything about it? it i

. >> reporter: for a short time, germany accepted bosnian refugees. >> it was pretty hard. there was a lot of racism going on. we were an easy target for a lot of the kids. we were all put together with nothing, you know. you know, you could tell the way we dressed and everything, we had nothing. and we were made fun of so much, i mean i was fighting every day after school. three years later, the german government ended its program for families who didn't have visas, so the husidics had a choice, go back to boss the kneia, or end up in the united states. they went to chicago. >> that's when i finally felt like you can enjoy life now, we've made it. you can relax now. you know, it's yours, so, you know, i always, like, wanted to have a house i could have friends over and stuff, and every day, like, since we had the house, i always have people over, there's not like one day where my mom is not cooking for everyone. but in bosnia, it's just like that. you always have family over, friends over, you're grilling. >> reporter: and from there, life was good. boggio starred in socce

. >> there is a chance he could be arrested in germany and believed he is in the city and the authorities are looking for him. >> in the meantime, a spokes person for cindy and her husband said randy gerber and cindy crawford intend to pursue any and all legal action against anyone who aids the perpetrator in the distribution or sale of the photograph of their daughter. he could serve up to two years in prison. >> for any celebrity to be involved extortion is awful, but cindy in particular is a very private celebrity and doesn't like to air dirty laundry and discuss her family. for her to have this come out is a slap in the face. >> it really is such a slap in the face for her and her family. the explosive new plot is not the only news that made for big news breaking today. jon gosselin is claiming he is just too famous. it's true. in court papers that we are seeing for the first time today, he claims he just can't find regular work because everybody knows who he is and filed a $5 million lawsuit against tlc, the network that made him famous. unbelievable. joining me tonight in hollywood,

she's a yellow belly coward and she just went in thinking she would be sent to japan or korea or germany. >> let me stop you quick. she said her mother -- she would have been comfortable serving if her mother was taking care of her child. that's what fell through. you're not buying that? >> no. that's an excuse. >> thank you for letting me stop threw to ask a question. i appreciate it. another caller. lori is calling from wisconsin. lori, you do have sympathy for her situation. >> reporter: yes, i do, actually. i'm a big believer in our military program. there's a humanity side to this. we're talking about a baby and family and something that america was built on. i think that it's very important that we keep in mind that this is not a situation where she can't be sent and who would like her over there holding a gun possibly, who knows what position she could be in, thinking about and worrying about her family back here. this child is a possible future soldier and is a citizen. the humanity then heres has to be looked at as well talking military and they have also a responsibility if the

closer ties between the people of cuba and the people of canada and certainly luxembourg or france or germany or any of these other countries. >> alright, again listening to your testimony the other thing i heard which i thought was outrageous was somehow it was the american people's fault for the pyrtle regime of the castro brothers, that somehow it was the restrictions we have one cuba somehow it is our fault that the castro brothers continue to be a brutal regime and maybe you and i can talk and sit down and talk some other time, okay we don't have to talk. >> i never said that. >> what i heard you say it's simply drop the restrictions that then no longer could the castro brothers he is u.s. policy. as somehow u.s. policy is to blame here and we hear this a lot. that is just not the case and i think you are misguided. my question to the ambassador, going back to this idea of people traveling to cuba and with this money trickled down to cubans? i would like, i have also listen to your testimony and read your testimony. if you would talk a little bit about that because in my opinion it is no

. >> reporter: for a short time, germany accepted bosnian refugees. >> it was pretty hard. there was a lot of racism going on. we were an easy target for a lot of the kids. we were all put together with nothing, you know. you know, you could tell the way we dressed and everything, we had nothing. and we were made fun of so much, i mean i was fighting every day after school. three years later, the german government ended its program for families who didn't have visas, so the husidics had a choice, go back to boss the kneia, or end up in the united states. they went to chicago. >> that's when i finally felt like you can enjoy life now, we've made it. you can relax now. you know, it's yours, so, you know, i always, like, wanted to have a house i could have friends over and stuff, and every day, like, since we had the house, i always have people over, there's not like one day where my mom is not cooking for everyone. but in bosnia, it's just like that. you always have family over, friends over, you're grilling. >> reporter: and from there, life was good. boggio starred in socce

public money to lift britain from its current place closer to the levels of activity in netherlands, germany, and scandinavia. in my department, the interest in my department will absolutely be foursquare with interest a rat department. there is no differentiation here. there is no conflict team and it's really starting to align government and really using all of its way around those same object is where they could make the transfer system flow more quickly. we can get people healthier and then we can encourage people to reduce their carbon. government has got to get a bit better at that, a bit more focused on how it is doing. we just bought a cycle to work scheme. we all came together and when the combined power of government departments get together you can begin to make significant change and leave some behavior change. that it does make that kind of conservative action taken on both in the past we have not enough. clearly the change needs to happen now. >> a lot of hands went up. >> thank you very much. it's clear from everything we've heard that we need to put climate change and sorry h

we already saw this in denmark and germany and spain and now we have china coming. this is competition and we are up to full speed. this is full speed competition. is the west or to win this? -- is the u.s. going to win this? i have been asked, so many times, by the export import bank what we need to do to increase exports of renewable energy from this country and my answer has been to build factories. that is what we need it. that is this part of phase two. next is how to finance the scale oup. they have estimated that it will take $30 -- $30 billion-$50 billion every year going forward to reach 20% by 2020. not a 3-5, 30-50. the task ahead is to double what we have ever done and do it every year. >> can the government do that alone? >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not. this is clearly a partnership between the private sector and the government.

lift britain from its current place closer to the levels of physical activity in the netherlands, in germany, in scandinavia. so that, for me, where the interest of my department lie absolutely four square with the interests of ed miliband's department. there is no differentiation here, there's no conflicting incentives, and it's really starting to align government and really using all of its weight around those same objectives where they can both make the system flow more quickly, we can get people healthier, and then we can encourage people to reduce their carbon, and government's got to get a bit more focused on how it's doing it. we've just launched a cycle to work scheme, but we all came together, and it's been the combined power of government departments, the three together. you really can begin to make significant change and lead some behavior change, but it does need that kind of concerted action. i take on in the past perhaps we've not done enough, but if there's a year to make a change, then it clearly is now. >> a lot of hands went up. >> thank you very much. andy, thank you very

caller: i served in the army air corps in europe and with a unit in germany. interesting enough, in august of 1945, was leaving germ noy go to japan and we heard on the radio, 2:00 in the morning, that the japanese had surrendered and you never saw more happy guys in your life than the guys in the outfit who were heading for japan. but what i want to bring up is this. we had 16 million of us served in world war ii, and out of the 16 million, there's only two million of us left at the present time. and we're losing almost a thousand world war 12 veterans a day. but i want to talk about what's happening in afghanistan. i want to ask both of you. have you read the book "lessons in disaster". have either of you read that book? host: david, not only has this network read it, but also he was featured on our "booknotes" interview in an interview with -- mr. bun di is available at booknotes.org. guest: that's why i got the book, because i saw the interview on c-span. host: go ahead, please. caller: oh, i'm sorry. i was working for the united states electronics command

much closer tie between the people cuba and the people of canada, and certainly luxembourg, france, germany, or any of these other countries. >> listening to your testimony, the other thing i heard which i thought was an outrage is some doubt it was the american people's fault for the brutal regime of the castro brothers. that somehow the restrictions we have on cuba somehow it is our fault that the castro brothers continue to be a brutal regime. maybe you and i can sit down and talk some other time and i understand. >> i never said that. >> what i heard you say is if we drop the restrictions, then no longer could the castro brothers used -- use u.s. policy. that somehow u.s. policy is to blame here. i think you are misguided on that. my question is to the ambassador. going back to this idea of people traveling to cuba with this money -- with this money trickle down to cubans? i have listened to your testimony. would you talk a little bit about that? in my opinion, it's not going to help one bit. >> i think very little trickles down. a lot of them are owned by people behind the scenes and s

if only britain had been able to land the force on the continent that would deter germany before world war one. they are immensely difficult. immensely dangerous. if the actions had been taken, people would blame them for doing it. this is what of those things that of course, it is terribly difficult, but i do believe that as we look back on those episodes, if we look back on this and say that we did not stop iran from getting nuclear weapons, we will consider it a missed element with big consequences. what is interesting to me is that the breadth of opinion runs from the right to all the way to the non-proliferation. some of the most fervent in the administration are about non- proliferation. you'll get tremendous proliferation following a iran. people see venezuela or brazil drizzling -- pursuing nuclear weapons. the notion that iran can go ahead and do this without consequences is astounding. if something is unacceptable, you have to do [unintelligible] >> is there anyone there really thinks that when the administration says that is unacceptable, will they do anything about it? it i

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