navy and the western pacific to be able to maintain contact on that ship is a function of being there. you do not whistle it up and send it forward. the fact that we have some good information is no coincidence. you made the comment about no enforcement. i think the resolution that is in place has significantly close down on a lot of options for that type of proliferation to occur. because the ship is prevented from bunkering for either fuel or water. and there are some provisions in the resolution that called for states to do more than they have in the past and i believe that it has been helpful in that regard. we will see how that plays out in the coming weeks. i do believe that the resolution with the added aspect of not giving a ship a place to go get pretty lonely out there and you have so much water and you only have so much gas and we have to make some decisions. >> you mentioned energy in your comments in the beginning and i was wondering how you think about what the navy's energy risks and challenges are versus finite resources. how this energy play? >> i tell my staff i am n

they're the cruisers and destroyers that are in the western pacific and the middle east providing ballistic missile defense. it's the destroyers that simultaneously for the last couple of weeks have been operating off the east and the west coast of africa as part of our africa partnership station delivering aid and working with other nations there on maritime security issues. they're in the south pacific participating in the 15th cooperation for a float readiness and training exercise with singapore, the philippines, malaysia, thailand and indonesia. they're in the arabian gulf protecting the sea lanes that are so critical there, and indeed, the world's most important choke point, the strait of hormuz, which is the passage through which so much of the world's crude passes. below the surface are our submarines doing some of the most sensitive and important intelligence work for our nation and maintaining a stealthy and reliable and potent striking power for the nation should it be called upon. and above the water are our very capable and flexible airplanes not unlike the old venerable p-3 an

going back to my point on being a global navy, the ability for the united states navy in the western pacific to be able to maintain contact on that ship is a function of being there. you know, you don't whistle it up from the continental united states and send it forward. so the fact that we have some very good information is no coincidence. you made the comment about no enforcement. and i think that the resolution that is in place has significantly closed down on a lot of options for that type of proliferation to occur. because the ship is prevented from bunkering for either fuel or water. and there are some provisions in the resolution that call for states to do more than they have in the past, and i'm -- i believe that it has been helpful, in that regard and we'll see how events play out here, in the coming weeks. but, i do believe that the resolution with the added aspect of not giving a ship a place to go, gets pretty lonely out there, and you only have so much water and only have so much gas, and you have to make some decisions. yes, sir? sn>> sir, david bachman, sic corporation. you m

>> we already have a very strong defense posture in the western pacific. >> how will we enhance that? >> i don't need to be evasive but i am not willing to get into the business of my colleagues at the deep defense department and the president's business how we might do that if it is so desired. >> mr. ambassador, are we taking any small steps would have we taken any small steps over time that have improved the u.s. north korean relationship in any respect? and i ask you about employment across the border. in my home state of mississippi we've entertained medical doctors from north korea, and i don't know if that accomplish this much, except for an exchange of ideas we think those are too small steps we are taking. is there any reason to be encouraged at all by some other things that are going on? >> i think, senator, one of our strengths as a nation is our willingness to engage in humanitarian activities aside from political considerations. so, i would applaud the efforts of any american entity to try to bring about some improvement in the very desperate condition of the north korean

around hialeah -- hawaii we deployed radar but you're asking if we've deployed assets to the western pacific? i think at this time we have had no new deploims other than what is the normal assets in that region. i think we're perfectly normal with the assets in that place, obviously the threat posed by north korea is not a new one, so we have adjusted our assets normally in that area some time ago and are comfortable with the platforms we have there and we take our security commitments and lineses in the region very seriously. >> ok. i'll come back. >> last week the secretary in the briefing said he was concerned, asked specifically about a missile going towards or aimed at hawaii. he said he was concerned and defloyd bad missile and ratcheted up the rhetoric on this debate, so the question is -- >> he ratcheted up the rhetoric? >> said he was concerned. >> low-key bob gates ratcheted up the rhetoric? he's been accused of a lot of things, ratcheting up the rhetoric is not one. >> some people are reading it as -- >> like e.f. hutton, right? predates many of you. >> so my question is, if i can

pacific, they didn't stop there. they thought in terms of central america and south america so that the whole western hemisphere, north and south america, would be anglo-american in this end. >> you mentioned this what fox. over the years, i have read that it was largely a diversion, that he wasn't significant. would you expand on that? >> historians debate, there is not a uniform interpretation. i think it grows out of the fact that marion was a cantankerous, independent sort, who didn't always work particularly well with the continental army. when green came in and took command of the southern continental army, he had problems with marion. that said, as i tried to argue, the partisan leaders, not just marion, but sumter and others, waged a war that really turned things around, it through the british on the defensive, the british were beleaguered, there attrition rate was really serious through 1780, 1780 one. and the partisan fighters ultimately played a crucial role in saving the american revolution. >> returning to the question of could the british have won the war, what effect do you think it would have been had

valuable and economically innovative projects in western pacific fisheries have been demonstrated and explored through this program in previous rounds of competition. the program is important to the communities represented on the western pacific regional fishery management consult which includes my own district, the territory of guam. mr. speaker -- mr. chairman, the program's chief purpose is to authorize and establish not less than three and not more than five fishery demonstration projects, foster and promote traditional indigenous practices. in the last rounds of competition in 2004 and 2005 five grants were awarded to applicants in the state of hawaii, three each to american samoa and the commonwealth of the northern marianas and one to guam. mr. obey: the house is not in order. the chair: the gentleman is correct. can we ask that members remove their conversations from the floor so the gentlelady can be heard and we can proceed? would the staff remove their conversations from the floor? ms. bordallo: i am grateful for the opportunity to offer this amendment and i want to thank t

atmospheric administration for grants to be awarded in 2010 by the secretary of commerce for western pacific fishery