senator richard lugar. [applause] >> first of all i like to thank fred campbell and the atlantic council for this remarkable invitation to address this very important gathering. by hosting today's dialogue, the council once again has proven why it is held in such high esteem within the atlantic community. it is a special honor to be introduced by my dear friend, chuck hegel, who has contributed enormously to the nine the next -- to the united states senate and the united states national committee -- national security. i continued to benefit from his wise counsel. the new nato secretary general has made the formulation of a new strategic concept one of his first priorities in office. he has passed a distinguished group of experts to lead that effort. i am grateful for the opportunity to offer my thoughts on the state of the alliance. since 1991, it's axiomatic to begin discussions on the future of nato by affirming that the alliance is at a crossroads or facing a crisis. even before 1991, this was a common r

we heard senator richard lugar delivery speech on the future of the alliance and provided congressional perspective on debate. for any of you who were not here, we will have the transcript on the the website and it was also taped by c-span who is here with us again tonight. it is an honor to have you both with us again tonight. i also want to extend a particular thank you. this entire series has been supported by them and it is great to have you with us. mr. secretary general, i hope your address will spark major debate here in the united states among key legislators. we were lucky enough to host to year during the transition when we had some very good conversations. we hope that this forum will help you achieve that. it is a particular pleasure for me now to pass to senator chuck hagel, one of america's leading foreign policy thinkers. what i mean by a bipartisan is that senator hagel gave a speech in minnesota last week and he is about to go to michigan to give the general for a speech. -- to give the gerald ford speech. this is the first time in history for one person to give both sp

august 4th the state department sent a letter to the republican senator richard lugar widely seen astreating from some of the prior statements in support of the elected president. today more than two months after the coup quite astonishingly u.s. state department is yet to determine that the honduran military's overthrow of president zelaya was a military coup. under the law if the government makes that determination it would be required to cut off aid to the defective to the-government of honduras. and so althoh a small fraction of u.s. aid about $18.5 million has been cut, tens of millions more continue to flow to the dictatorship but most disturbing of all has been the administration's toughening silence about the human rights abuses committed since june 28 by the honduran dictatorship. the shootings, the arbitrary arrest and the detention of thousands of people, the police beatings and brutality against peaceful protesters, the closing down of independent radio and tv stations all of this has been investigated, documented and denounced by dug!c# president obama and is one of the

and she decled to say yes here on august 4, state department sent a letter to republican senator richard lugar. that was widely seen as retreating from some of the prior statements in support of the elected president. today, more than two months after the coup, quite astonishingly, the u.s. state department has yet to determine that the honduran military's overthrow of president zelaya was actually a milary coup. under u.s. law, if our government makes that determination, it would be required to cut off aid to the de facto government of honduras. and so, although a very small fraction of u.s. aid, about $18.5 million, has been cut, tens of millions of dollars more continued to flow to the dictatorship. but most disturbing of all to me has been the administration's deafening silence about the human rights abuses committed since june 28 by the honduran dictatorship. the shootings, the arbitrary arrests and detention of thousands of people, the police beatings and brutality against peaceful protesters, the closing down of independent radio and tv stations. all of this has been investigated, docum

also live at 1:00, c-span2, senator richard lugar, ranking republican on the foreign relations committeend he will talk about nato's role in afghanistan, 1:00 on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: from west chester, pa., steven cochrane, managing director of moody's economy.com. a new report on the construction and housing market in the next decade. thank you for being with us this morning. host: wanted to take a look of the overall findings that, that the housing correction is bottoming as home sales and construction stabilize. prices will decline for another year, making this the steepest correction on record by many measures. tell us about your methodology. how are you able to look out 20 years or so and calculate how the market is going to do? guest: we have a economic forecasting models. one of the most and -- most important points is a balance between demand, largely by looking at the projection for growth in the number of households, and supply. we know how many houses are in the ground right now. we have projections of construction activity going forward. so we can

on august 4th the state departmentent a letter to republican senator richard lugar that was widely seenas retreatingrom some of the prior statements in support of the elect president. today more than t months after the coup quite astonishingly the u.s. state department has yet to determine that the honduran military's overthrow of president zelaya was actually a military coup. under u.s. law if our government make that determinion it would be required to cut off aid to e de facto government of honduras. and so although a very small fraction of u.s. aid, about 18.5 millionas been cut tens of millions of dollars more continue to flow to the dictatorship. but most disturbing of all to me has been t administration's deafening silence about the human ghts abuses committed since june 28tby the honduran dictatorship. the shootings the arbitrary arrests and detention of thousands of people. the police beatings and brutality against peaceful protesters the closing down of independent radio and tv stations. all of this has been investigated, documented and denounced by human rights organizations