. -- asia.nd we agree to get north korea to reverse its latest provocative steps. china, obviously, has an important role to play in influencing the path north korea follows. on our recent trip, we find that china shared a deep concern about north korea's recent actions and a strong commitment to achieve denuclearization. our challenge now is to work with china to turn that commitment into effective imputation of the u.n. security council resolutions. second, we're responding to north korea's actions with new measures designed to raise the cost to north korea of going down this dangerous path. we're working with other security council members on a range of measures to prevent north korea from engaging in the proliferation of nuclear weapons. and nuclear technologies and to dry up the funding for its nuclear and missile-related entities and other companies. third, we are in conjunction with our allies taking prudent steps to implement defensive measures aimed at enhancing our military capacity an

good relationship at the same time as we had, and maintain a balance of power that is favorable in asia. that is one thing it will expect us to help in with, its maritime security interests, and providing equipment and training. we have to be patient and less optimistic about how soon this will turn into any great alliance. i would also say, i would disagree that this current administration has the same view of indiana as the bush administration did. i think the bush administration did some very good things with respect to india in terms of this opening in terms of the future of geopolitics and trying to get india a place at the table with american help. it is a great deal in terms of the different arms they will be able to get. but they oversold in terms of expectations. this administration is going the other way, which is when general jones was in india, the indian prime minister made a statement saying we are more than just about aspects -- let's widen the security aperture deeper, let's go back to discussing these other security issues besides -- we are swinging back the other way,

, but in the next couple of years it seems to me there's going to have to be decisions both within asia and also by the united states and india as to how we want to participate and in which institutions. some of you may know last year and he's still pushing it pretty hard kevin rudd, the then new premier of australia has been pushing an asia-pacific community which would combine economic security and political. that is not, he has not gotten very far with that, but i don't think he's going to give up, and it has caused others to say we may not agree with kevin rudd, but we need to go forward. so i think both india and the united states are going to have to, as i say, make some decisions. the administration, for instance, there is on the table now the so-walled p-4 agreement -- so-called p-4 agreement which is a little dart that schwab sent their way by starting negotiations with the p-4 which is singapore, brunei, chile and new zealand which has already been taken as part of a sign of the obama administration interest in getting forward in some sort of regional approach. my only feeling

first we are consulting with our allies and partners in asia. especially those who have been involved with us in recent years in the six party talks. president obama and secretary clinton have been in the forefront of this effort reaching out to leaders in japan and, south korea, china and russia conveying a desire for a strong and unified response to p'yongyang that it will suffer consequences if it does not reverse course. last week i participated in a mission to the region led by secretary of state, deputy secretary of state steinberg where we reiterated this point. i can say that our partners share our view that north korea's nuclear and missile threats is a challenge to the international order and a hindrance to lasting stability in northeast asia that must be addressed. we found that our asian partners agree that north korea's provocative behavior is changing the security situation in northeast asia. and we agreed to take coordinated steps to get north korea to reverse its lead as provocative stops here and china obviously has an impartial

this had been going on for years in developing countries, in east asia. there was the east asia crisis while i was chief economist at the world bank. there were private loans, american banks and some european banks lent money to private borrowers in east asia. and then some of the loans didn't go well. they were supposed to do a good job in assessing credit but when they didn't do well, they ran to government. these are the same people that were criticizing government for having too big of a role. in this case they went running to the i.m.f., u.s. and other governments and said we need a bailout. and they got literally tens of billions of dollars. seemed like an enormous amount of money then of course the american bailout now has put everything in a new perspective. and the citizens of these countries who had nothing to do with the bad lending practices had not given any of the benefits for bad lending were made to pick up the tab for the bad lending practices of american banks. this is what i call socializeing the losses while you leave the gains in the

burton, the ranking member on the subcommittee on middle east and south asia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from yun is recognized for five minutes. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: proid. mr. burton: -- without objection. mr. burton: first of all, let me congratulate our chairman on crafting a bill that in large part is very good. it increases the aid to pakistan by triple in some areas. and i think it's very positive. it deals with economic and humanitarian assistance that will help pakistan build schools, roads, hospitals, and help pakistan's economic infrastructure and all that's good. and i know that the president and the administration supports that as well. unfortunately, here comes the but part, unfortunately the chairman and our democratic colleagues decided to load this bill up with ill-conceived provisions to micromanage u.s. security assistance to pakistan as the ranking member just said. and this is not just my opinion. the secretary of defense, mr. gates, the chairman. joint chi

he was the principal democratic lead co-sponsor and a is a member of my subcommittee on asia pacific and the global environment. mr. speaker, this important and bipartisan resolution shares as its substantive core three key principles. first, it expresses the unified sense of the congress that north korea should seize all hostile and detablizing activity on the korean peninsula. second, it calls on north korea to re-engage in dialogue with south korea, as well as with the six-party talks. third, it reaffirms our unconditional and unwavering commitment to our alliance, partnership with the republic of korea. as we are all aware, north korea's recent hostile activities has once again brought world attention to the fradge aisle, peace and security framework -- fragile, peace and security framework on the peninsula of korea. north korea conducted another nuclear test, launched several intercontinental ballistic missiles and expanded all interkorean agreements, including the armistice that has maintained peace between north and south korea since 1953. even more alarming, mr. speaker, nort

and that is the way that we wanted it -- to stay in asia.t was just a way of continuing the second world war, the part of the cold war. there's something very curious that we are continually north korea, starving them, doing all we can to get a response. we're getting a response. host: so, you see our continued presence in south korea as provoking north korea? caller: of course it is. north korea and south korea several times have come close to reunification and the american press starts to go do their thing for the pentagon. and then north korea reacts. the only reason we have not invaded them is because they have got that atomic bomb. host: here's hampton, va. on our democrats' line. caller: thank you so much, c- span. i enjoy your guests, especially the men who spoke just a few minutes ago. i would like to say that i hope these young ladies will be able to come back, and do important journalistic work here in the u.s.a., nonetheless, while they are in north korea i don't think we should take a bully attitude of sanctioning and pointing ou

>> india's largest trading partner in asia actually is china, but asean is getting big also. i sort of follow trade policies a lot more closely than i follow the actual goods and services being exported. the trade relationships in asia have grown very rapidly, so certainly there is huge scope for it to continue to grow, but other than that i'm not sure, you know, what are the actual goods. i mean, i know that india has been importing manufacturers from china big time, and india has been exporting to china largely minerals, that type of products. but to asean i'm not quite sure what the composition is. >> again, without knowing all the details my impression because of the way policy has unfolded is that growth is the recent, the growth in trade between india and the rest, southeast and east asia is within the last decade or even half decade because it's only at that point that you begin to see the country after late '90s or even after 2000 that people part of this was from the government of india itself, but part of this is from other governments, you know, start saying, you k

north korea has significantly increased tensions in northeast asia by proceeding to a ballistic missile out test on nuclear test and firing short and medium term micelles. the reaction of the security council today is commensurate with this provocation and the risk it will encourage others to do the same. the council condemns in the strongest terms possible this activity and requires immediate cessation of these activities. this will limit the capacity of north korea to progress programs, particularly by drawing up financial resources that come from other destabilizing activities, the dissemination of weapons throughout the world, bosch, by looking at funding for these programs, by extending the embargo, and by adopting sanctions against persons and entities involved and finally, by requiring that states inspect, seize and destroy cargoes. this reaction must be underscored as targeted, and that is why it has the support of the council approved a resolution explicit -- exclude humanitarian assistance programs and economic development for the population and will continue to be concerned a

>> it's at a crossroads, china, india and, brazil, russia, most of asia, are all following us. affluence has made more me build which is wonderful and the way it has been sold to them has been, you know, gm going to china, and saying, buy cars. so, we are at that crossroads where it could be conventional or really could be different. and that is a lot of what the book is about. >> you say there is about 1 billion motor vehicles on the world's roads today. >> right. >> the titled of your new book, coauthored by daniel spurling says "two billion cars." >> over the last 100 years we have invented the car, and fueled it with oil and we have risen now to a billion. in the next 15 years, we expect to double that to two billion. and that is the road we're on and it issen creditably fast. >> why? >> for the sake of affluence, and mobility and right now, the only technology we have for mobility is a motor vehicle. >> where is the growth, though. >> the growth is in china, number one, india, number 2, brazil and russia, also, indonesia, really, throughout asia. largely throughout asia, a

except for and yet many questions of south asia are similarly under pressure. virtually all the ander developed countries, especially africa, under the under greater siege because of the economic assistance drop, the further deterioration of their own economic situations and other factors that are important such as tribal or ethnic conflict and violence nearby. the intelligence community analysis and modeling shows that really the duration of the recession is the key factor in the strength of its effect. while the current recession is the worst since the 1930's so far does not have the political impact of the great depression which had the longer time run, however another year or two might bring a different and worse story. so, this area of the economic, the effects of the economic recession is one that we are watching in a new way. if there is a geographic region of the world that we are looking at most closely it is the area from turki down to the eastern border of pakistan. that seems to be were the most american and western security concerns like. as this a

we have those realities in northeast asia. other areas including south asia and the greater middle east, we are at a kind of crossroads here. as tom was just pointing out, the good news, that we have tweaked -- two countries having signed up to total elimination. the messages we received from u.s. officials in washington is the bureaucracy takes president obama's words seriously, they are taking the the idea of global zero seriously. the bad news is there are countries on the horizon that could deploy nuclear weapons. in the case of iran, that decision could lead other countries in the region, maybe turkey, maybe eat it, maybe saudi arabia, to revaluate their nuclear plants and nuclear acquisition. we think there is a window of opportunity here but things could take place that undermines his process. that gives us a sense of urgency. >> why should a nation interested in nuclear power, particularly iran or north korea, care about what the united states and russia are doing? specifically for ambassador khan, does pakistan have a

because there's not time, we know what has when asia gets in and south america gets in, really too large to even discuss too far here today. but as you've heard most of our colleagues discuss today, many of us believe clearly that the regulation of insurance is a state's right, purely and simply a state's right. reserved under the states and the biggest violation of consumers that i've seen quite frankly has been by companies that write health insurance, for example, under arisa, every state except the state they reside collect premiums and don't pay claims because the federal government does nothing about it. it wasn't until states got together several years ago and crossed state loans for the first time in history to prosecute health insurance fraud. if we left it to the federal government they would be plunderring people in 49 states,

our friendship is understandably focused on security issues often, particularly in northeast asia, but we are also committed to a sustained if strategic partnership with the republic of korea on the full range of global challenges we are facing? , from economic development to our support for democracy and human rights, from nonproliferation to counter- terrorism and peacekeeping. the challenges of our young century can only be met through partnerships. the u.s. is honored to partner with the korean people. we will be resolute in the defense of our security. we will collaborate on behalf of innovation and opportunity. we will strengthen and deepen the friendship among our peoples. that is our commitment as friends and allies. i look forward to working with president lee on behalf of a more peaceful and prosperous future in asia and around the world. thank you so much. >> thank you. [speaking in korean] to mr. obama and the people of the u.s. have extended their warmest welcome. i want to thank them sincerely. president obama and i spent time in april in london during the g- 20. today is

its nuclear and ballistic vessel programs pose a grave threat to peace and security of asia and to the world. in the face of these threats and provocations, the people of the republic of korea have shown a steadiness and a resolve that has earned the respect of the united states and of the world. today president lee and i reiterated our shared commitment to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we have reaffirmed the endurance of our alliance and america's commitment to the defense of the republic of korea. we discussed the measures that we are taking with our partners in the region. including russia, china and japan, to make it clear to north korea that it will not find security or respect through threats and illegal weapons. that united international front has been on full display since north korea's ballistic missile test in april and was further galvanized by its recent nuclear tests. on friday, the un security council unanimously adopted a resolution that called for strong steps to block north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. now we must pursue a su

korea is one of the strongest in asia. currently south korea is our seventh largest trading partner in the world. in twetch our two countries concluded a free trade agreement that now awaits approval by our congress and the korean national assembly. in my opinion the us dushes korea free trade agreement will bring tremendous benefits to both of our countries. international trade commission has forecast that the elimination of tariffs and u.s. goods under the agreement will increase our g.d.p. by about $11 billion a year. the agreement will also eliminate regulatory and other nontariff barriers that have historically restricted access by american farmers, manufacturers, and service providers. to the south korean market with growing difficulties, the health of our economy proposed, in my opinion this will be a win-win situation. a win for our workers, a win for our businesses, and a win for our consumers. but perhaps the most compelling argument supporting free trade agreement with this important

forces in the asia-pacific region. previously was the director of the joint staff and served in a budget-- for idf policy positions on several navy staffs and the national security council. he was also the first associate director of the central intelligence-- director of central intelligence for military support. after returning from the navy in 2002, admiral blair l.t. national security studies at the national bureau of asian research and the general of the army omar n. bradley strategic leadership at dickinson college and of the army war college. he was also the president of the institute for defense analysis, a federally funded development corporation focused on national security and serve as deputy executive director of the project and national security reform. i can't say anything more admiral blair, you have done it all. we became the third director of national intelligence on january 29, 2009. directors blair has been gracious enough to share his priorities for the intelligence community and if we are lucky we

they've sustained the peace with us in asia since world war ii. and i think that our position together with them has been a lot stronger in terms of wanting to disarm north korea than the chinese have. the chinese can fundamentally live with a nuclear north korea as long as there's stability on their boreders. -- borders. host: kim jong il, his son designated as his potential successor. who's in charge? guest: well, it's so hard to know. it's such a totalitarian state with such a news blackout. but it seems from all indications that kim has picked his youngest son early to be his successor. but that doesn't mean the story's over. there could be a power struggle for some time in north korea. the military is very strong as are the other factions of kim's own party. host: mike is on the phone from new jersey. democrats' line. good morning, mike. caller: hi. how are you doing? i'd like to know why is it that we as americans feel our people are above other countries' laws because those two reporters were arrested inside north korea and they were there

the international bond prolific very -- and maintenance peace -- peace and stability in northeast asia. by conducting another nuclear test, they violated relevant resolutions, and affected regional peace and stability. we support and appropriate and balance the action from the security council. the measures included in the just adopted resolution are in accordance with article 41 of chapter seven of the you and charter. the resolution not only demonstrates a firm opposition of the international community to the nuclear test, but since a positive signal to thepprk. it shows the determination of the security council to resolve the issue peacefully. in this context the chinese delegation voted in favor of the doubt -- resolution. they will enjoy the right to peaceful as a state party. it will not impact the likelihood or development of the dprk, or humanitarian assistance. as indicated by the relevant resolutions, if the dprk complies with relevant positions of the resolution, the security council will review the appropriateness about suspending or lifting the measures. i would like to em

this same story can be told by people from south africa to south asia. from eastern europe to indonesia. it is a story with a simple truth. and violence is a dead end. it is a sign leader of courage nor power. to shoot rockets at sleeping children or blow up old women on a bus. that is not how moral authority is claimed, that is how it is surrendered. that is the time for palestinians to focus on what they can build. the palestinian authority must develop its capacity to govern with institutions that can serve the needs of their people. how amas does have support among some palestinians. they have to recognize their responsibilities to play a role in of killing palestinian aspirations, to unify the palestinian people -- their responsibilities to play a role of fulfilling palestinian aspirations, to unify the palestinian people. israel must recognize that there justice cannot be denied nor can palestine's. the united states does not except accept the legitimacy of israeli settlements. [applause] this construction violates previous agreements and undermine

my two themes and this year our immigration and south asia. i will not talk about three paper books that are so popular on their own they really do not need me to support them but i will tell you what they are, one is motherland which has received all kinds of awards by joseph o'neill, he is part dutch and part irish and is a book that takes place in the new york with 9/11. the second book the currency literary and potato peel society which is a book about world war ii and is a delight will block the -- book and women to get together and think of ways twos sabotages the germans to occupy the island because it is part of britain and said journey -- not seize occupy the island. the other book is unaccustomed to earth. that segues and in fact, it represents both genres that i want to introduce today. one is a novel about immigration. if this with a constantly reaffirming story about people coming to united states to reinvent themselves and the other is the great lies of the southeast and writers and of course, both trends are represented. on immi

next, vice-president for policy and an expert on regional security in the least and the central asia and at the russian federation. he has consulted with both the cia and the department of defense and provided assistance on foreign-policy and national- security matters. he is an adjunct professor. he is a member of the committee on the present danger. he is an editor of the journal about security affairs. he most recently finished a book concerning tehran's strategies on confronting the islamic challenge. the next guest has written extensively. he was a research fellow at the congressional research service. he is a member of the committee of present dangers also. he is also on the board of editors of middle east quarterly. i will turn it over to ken. >> thank you. it is good to be back at heritage. i am speaking only in a personal capacity, now reflecting any member of congress or committed. in my brief remarks today i wish to offer condolences to the family of michael jackson. first let me say that i will total about the current unrest in iran to set the stage for discussion of the

differences between -- one of the reasons for the radical difference between latin america and east asia in the last half century is that latin america didn't control capital flight. in fact, in general, the rich in latin america don't have responsibilities. capital flight approximated the crushing debt. in contrast, during south korea's remarkable growth period, capital flight was not only banned but could bring the death penalty. one of many factors that led to the surprising divergence latin america has much richer resources you'd expect it to be far more advanced than east asia but it had the disadvantaged of being imperialist wings. from the 1970s, the golden age faded. when neoliberal rules were observed insofar as they've been observed, economic reform deteriorated and social democratic programs have been substantially weakened. we see that right here. the united states partially accepted these rules and for the past 30 years, real wages for the majority of the population have stagnated up till then, they essentially tracked growth. work hours have increased. now well beyond europ

we recently opened the south asia center. we are launching a center for other partnerships. this evening is under the international security program. there is the reality. take a look at the situation now. nato reaching out to develop partnerships with japan, australia, south korea. the u.s. and the au working together to engage china and india on global climate change. north korea, i do not have to say much about that. the development of long-range ballistic missiles impact the debate in europe. this link has been apparent since the u.s. entered wwii. we will continue to flow our boat in the pacific. so we will now have someone introduce our speaker and later moderate the q&a session. this man is a pillar of the atlantic council. he provides me and the rest of our leadership strategic advice as well as sound legal advice. i am still free and have not yet been incarcerated because of this advice. i am grateful for your service, walt. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. it is a great honor to be asked to introduce that roe keating. he has that kind of resume that mere mortals

if i take a look at asia and say who is a great power in asia it is rather self-evident, it is japan, it is the world's second largest economy, it has a substantially effective navy, and a good air force, as -- it has a army larger than the british and that is it when the constitution demands they not have any of these things imagine what happens when they change the constitution. japan is a great power with but it chooses to act in modest and careful ways should not delude anyone in the intrinsic power japan house. i expect japan to be a player to say the least. the sec and is a turkey. it is the world's 17th largest economy and larger than saudi arabia with an excellent army. and it lives in a sea of chaos. whenever internal problems it has as all two countries it is not in chaos produce the turkish influence spreading in the balkans, you see it in the caucuses, but you see it south and iraq and in the negotiations they carry out between israel and syria produce see the alliances they have created with israel, and the extreme caution with iran treats turkey under any and all circums

program today with a keynote by ambassador robert blake assistant secretary for central and south asia at the department of state. with no further ado, let me hand over the program to danielle pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policies at aei. >> thank you very much, nina. we don't often do this kind of a format and i think -- well, you'll all have to let us know how it works but it's a great pleasure to be me sitting need to the ambassador who is recent joined us in washington. you have her full bioin your folder and online but prior to coming here she was the indian ambassador to berlin to the federal republic of germany. what we're going to do this morning is take our first half an our and we're going to try to have a little bit of a conversation and then we're going to open up the floor to questions. we thought that it would be -- we thought that it would be a more interesting way to have a conversation. it was the ambassador's suggestion, and i think that it'll be a lovely way for us to start a very nice monday morning in washington on this holiday week. so you did ju

my to themes this year our immigration and south asia. i am not going to talk about three paperbacks that are so popular on their own they really don't need me to support them, but i will tell you what they are -- one is never land which has received all kinds of awards by joseph o'neill. he is part dutch in part irish and it is a book that takes place in new york because of 9/11. the second book is -- i0 is done over the name, the currency literary and potato peel by a society which is an epistolary book about the i'll guernsey during world war ii and it is a real delightful book about some women who get together and try to think of ways of sabotaging the germans who are on the island who occupy the island because it is part of britain and the germans nazis actually occupy the island. and the third boat which really does not need me to promoted is unaccustomed to earth. that's sad ways into the both oh genres that i want to introduce today. one is a novel about immigration it is in a constant need reaffirming stories about people coming

i think it to the themes of this year our immigration and south asia. i am not going to talk about three paperbacks that are so popular on their own and they really don't need me to support them, but i will tell you what they are. one is another land which is received all kinds of awards. it is by joseph o'neill who is part of dutch and part irish. is a book that takes place in new york post 9/11. the second book is the currency literary and i always have to stumble over the name, the currency literary and the potato peel society which is in epistolary book about alan currency in during world war ii and it's a very delightful book about some women who get together and try to think of ways of sabotaging the germans or on the island, who occupy the island. because it is part of britain and the germans essentially occupied the island. and the third book which really doesn't need me to promote it is unaccustomed earth. and that's the way is into the both, in fact, it represents both the genres that i want to introduce today. one is novels about immigration

could any of this have been possible if the liquidity from asia had not been available for put to use in the united states and europe? >> this is one of the great warning signs that economists now is. for a tender 15 years, we had a great inflow of money from china into the united states. where was it coming from? the average chinese making $1,200 per year and saving 40% of it. the average american making 45,000 per year and had negative savings. did not save $1. this is the first time in the history of the world where the poorest country honored was lending 40% of the and come to the richest country on earth and that should have set off alarms. the story nobody would tell in the media because they are sponsor supported it is clearly americans braun a consumption binge buying anything that moved because there were not spending their money. the chinese making the product cheaply, a lot of the products from wal-mart today would cost 10 times as much if not for the chinese bree donnelley bought the product but a lot of it because you bought it with their money you they gave you the finan

the -- my two themes this year are immigration and south asia. i'm not going to talk about three paperbacks that are so popular on their own they really don't need me to support them, but i'll tell you what they are. one is netherland which has received all kinds of awards by joseph o'neill who's part dutch and part irish, and he has -- it's a book that takes place in new york post-9/11. the second book is the guernsey literary, and i always have to stumble over the name, the gurns si literary and potato peel society which is a book about the guernsey during world war ii and is a really delightful book about some women who get together and try to think of ways of sab tablging the germans who are on the island, who occupy the island, and it's part of britain, and the germans actually the nazis occupy the island. and the third book which really doesn't need me to promote it is unaccustomed earth. and that segways into the -- in fact, it represents both genres that i want to introduce today. one is novels about immigration. it's a -- i find it a con

it is what we have long had a successful asia program for many years. recently opened up a south asia center and are launching a center for partnership. this evening is under the international security program and the director, damon will sum. so there's the reality. with the situation now. nato reaching out to develop global partnerships with japan, australia, south korea. asian powers playing a key role in stabilizing afghanistan. the u.s. and eu working together to engage china and india on global climate change. the g-20 bringing together key asian and european partners to address the global on a crisis. if north korea, i do not have to say much about that. security developments in the pacific such as the developer of a long-range ballistic missiles and backed the debate on missiles in europe. i think this link has been apparent since the u.s. entered world war ii double in europe. the council will continue to flood of boat as well in the pacific. and now want to turn the podium over to the hon. walter slocombe, vice chair of the atlantic council an

the american foreign policy council and an expert on regional security in the middle east, central asia and the russian federation. he is consulted with both the cia and the department of defense and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security matters to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. he is an adjunct professor, he's a member of the committee on the present danger and the editor of the journal for international security affairs. he is the author of articles, books, and most recently edited the book, taking on tehran: strategies for confronting the islamic republic, and finally speaking will be jim phillips who is our senior research fellow here at heritage in the douglas and sarah allison center. he's written extensively on security issues and international terrorism. he was a research fellow at the congressional research service, and he is a member of the committee of the present danger as well. and also on the board of editors of middle east quarterly. and so i'll then turn it over to ken. >> thank you, james. thank you for inviting me, i

, pakistan, central asia. so latin america has been relatively well off. second, the latin americans -- the lathan leaders do not help themselves in relations with the united states. when you have leaders of -- freely elected and democratic governments like chile, for example, going to havana to kiss the ring of fidel castro because that's basically what they were doing, it doesn't elevate the president of chile to the level of fidel castro. it lower them to the level of fidel castro. it helps fidel castro. or when you have a summit meeting like in brazil not too long ago where all these presidents of latin america get together and all they do is criticize the united states. that's all they did. they were lucky, frankly, that this received zero coverage in the u.s. media because if it had been covered, it would have just added to this bad image that latin america has in this country. so when latin americans why don't we get more attention from the united states, listen, glad you don't. [laughter] >> on that hi

angel island processed one million immigrants from around the world, with the majority coming from asia. today the angel island immigration station contributes greatly to our understanding of our nation's rich and complex immigration history by hosting more than 50,000 people, including 30,000 school children every single year. but because of their deterioration, many of the historic buildings are in danger of collapsing and in desperate need of repair. that's why along with speaker pelosi requested $1 million to rehabilitate the old angel island immigration hospital that can be used among other things as a museum to tell the story of imgation from asia to the united states. now, i doubt very much that anyone would come to this floor to strike funding for ellis island and argue that its preservation was wasteful government spending. but at the heart of the matter, angel island is just as important for those who crossed through its gates as ellis island was for so many european immigrants. for those people whose ancestors first stepped on american soil were taken on angel island in the m

pakistan's history of nuclear weapons development has contributed to instability in south asia and paved the way for a.q. khan's proliferation network. additional and substantial nonmilitary support provided by the u.s. must ensure that the security threat to the u.s. which is represented by this network is minimized. for at least a decade, the illicit network was the most attractive shortcut for nations and rogue organizations interested in acquiring the materials and know-how to build a nuclear device. after illegally securing the capability for pakistan, which made him a hero at home and a pariah abroad, kahn sold it to iran, libya and north korea. despite billions of dollars in u.s. aid, they pardoned kahn. they released him from house arrest. h.r. 1886, but not the republican substitute, declares that the u.s. will work with pakistan to ensure our investigators access to suspected proliferators and to restrict proliferators from travel and other activity that could result in further proliferation. it also incorporates, as the chairman said, language from a bill introduced by several

regional process or coordination between afghanistan, india and bangladesh, recognizing that north asia, this area, south asia, egscuse me, is an important part -- excuse me, is an important part of our security and their security. we must recognize that the people of pakistan love democracy and, yes, what we have seen over the last couple of days really has given us pause. well, i want you to know that the pakistan military, under the secretary of the army, is doing something they don't usually do. their structure has been that they have been monitoring or, if you will, watching the border. that's been their task. for the first time they've accepted the responsibility of internally ridding their country of the terrorists, the ones who have taken over, who have undermined, people whose faith may have drawn them to a particular situation or they thought the government wasn't functioning so they allowed the taliban and insurgents to take over. and this is what we have. frankly, the devastation of 2.5 million people who are now moving from one place to the next. but the army is fighting th

burton, on the subcommittee on the middle east and south asia. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. burton: i want to thank the ranking member and i want to compliment her opening staff, you covered just about everything and did it well. i want to compliment your staff for working hard on it. i'm perplexed by this bill. there is some language in there i like. for instance, the commitment to israel giving them support for their missile defense system. i think that's a positive. but there's so many negatives in this bill that it's going to make it very difficult for those who would like to support it to not be table. let me give you a couple of examples. the ranking member just mentioned that. north korea should be called a terrorist state. they're launching missiles and stretening the security of the entire region as well as giving nuclear technology to other countries. in addition to that, there's money in here, our tax dollars, that are going to defend mr. savan who is hiding out in cyprus right now because he's been indi

yield on the republican substitute to the chairman of the subcommittee on the middle east and south asia, vice chair of the committee, mr. ackerman, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. ackerman: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. ackerman: mr. speaker, the ros-lehtinen substitute is not just a step back in policy. it's a step back in time. it attempts to reinstate the failed bush-cheney-rumsfeld managing the wars in iraq and afghanistan. it gives the president a massive blank check and then walks away from its responsibility as a co-equal branch of government. the ros-lehtinen substitute strips out all policy from the bill. it has no package to encourage to change their behavior. it has no provisions for keeping congress involved in the process. it has no guidance whatsoever for the president about how taxpayer dollars ought to be spent. this is not legislation. this is advocation. as pakistan -- is pakistan cooperating with the u.s. to dismantle nuclear

we will open centers of scientific excellence in africa, the middle east, and southeast asia, a. new signs of forced to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, the midsize records, clean water, grow new crops. today i am announcing a new global effort with the organization of the islamic nference to eradicate polio,. we will also expand partnerships with muslim communities to promote child and maternal health. all these things must be done in partnership. americans are ready to join which the citizens and governments, community organizations, religious leaders, and businesses in a muslim communities around the world to help people pursue a better life. the issues that i have described will not be easy to address. but we have a responsibility to join together on behalf of the world that we see. a world where extremist no longer threaten our people. american troops have come home. a world where israelis and palestinians are each secure in a state of their own. nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes. a world where governments serve their

last one, roosevelt in hawaii, look to the west of hawaii heading to asia. roosevelt saved all of that for bird sanctuaries. and not just that, he threatened war with japan, when they tried to kill birds on the islands. and he threatened war, and roosevelt heard that a group of japanese field hunters came on american seals, and he would not, he was gearing up for war if need be with japan over seals. when i use the title "wilderness warrior." this was a whole other thing. you can't understand the essence of theodore roosevelt if you don't understand darwin and the understanding of america. >> who introduced roosevelt to darwin? >> it's interesting, roosevelt's father was an early reader of darwin. t.r. when 14 or 15, he was in egypt and he writes about darwin. in fact, brian, in my book he draws out how we evolved from the stork. roosevelt has himself evolving from an stork. and draws pictures from it and shows his brother evolving from apes. darwin's species came out in 1858. and by the time that roosevelt went to harvard in 1878, majoring in natural studie

in order to achieve the stability in northeast asia that is important for not only the countries of that region but the country's, including the united states, we have to address how we can help north korea achieve greater economic success. as long as it remains as weak as it is there is a risk that it will generate instability throughout the region. we are prepared, as we indicated in the past, talk with the north koreans about the normalization of our own relationship. and we are prepared to talk with them, together with our partners in the region, about new arrangements that might replace the armistice of 1953. these things are interlinked. the core of our concern is serious engagement by the north koreans on the issue of denuc a denuclearization . >> i observed the motives with respect to kim jong il's choices. comment on your perceptions. >> i have learned not to project my views of why north korea does things very actively. sometimes it is very difficult for people on the outside including myself to understand their motivations. i will only say the various motivation's you put fort

we will open centers in africa and southeast asia and to create more science convoys for new sources of energy, clean jobs, grow new crops. today i am announcing a global effort to eradicate polio. and we will expand partnerships with muslim communities for child and health. all of these things must be done in partnership. america is ready to join with citizens and governments and community organizations and businesses in muslim communities around the world, to help our people pursue a better life. and the issues that i have described will not be easy to address. but we have a responsibility to join together. on behalf of the world that we seek, a world where extremists no longer threaten our people. and american troops have come home. a world where israelis and palestinians are each secure in a state of their own. and nuclear energy is used for peaceful purposes. a world where governments serve their citizens and the rights of all of god's children are respected. these are mutual interests. that's the world we seek. but we can only achieve it together. i know there are many, muslim

exploiting our geographic location to lay gas and petroleum lines and transportation links between asia, africa, and europe. together, we can realize the entrepreneurship icy in the persian gulf. -- on a per ship i see in the persian gulf. i call on the talented entrepreneurs of the persian world to assist the palestinians in us and together we can envelop best -- to get a weekend develop industrial areas and create tourist sites that will attract millions of visitors eager to walk in the footsteps of history. in nazareth, and bethlehem, around the walls of jericho, and the walls of jerusalem, on the banks of the sea of the galilee, and the baptism site of the jordan. there is an enormous potential for archeological tourism, only if learn to cooperate and to develop it. i turn to you, our palestinian neighbors, led by the palestinian authority, and i say let's begin negotiations immediately without preconditions. israel is obligated by its international commitments and expects all parties to keep their commitments as well. i say to the palestinians this evening, we want to live with you