joint lighting in the studio by exeunt a conical chairman of this advisory board of the association of independent directors six hundred many thanks indeed for joining us here in the studio so the top officials are leaving the state corporations from your point to you is it a is it a positive or negative move that includes a positive. process are sort of significant parts or just be. market scripts musician and the government there's of course my own very important role in improving and the overall concept comic efficiency and scope with the most and that's why this decision in the lion will always have the guidance and also look at best practices which we can see in germany france and the centenary countries and so it also divides so responsibility of the governments as a. as a shareholder and this is transparency and the abuses there will fall. off. or phrase could relate to corruption on the comp and i also will fully supported by say you say that it probably improved corporate governance of the corporations of the enterprises but will this make the market more attractive for invest it yes. def

the boards of state run companies they are to be replaced with independent directors they want it was signed by president of prove the country's investment climate the head of the association of independent directors says the move will help boost the market value of state corporations state owned companies are still represents a significant part of g.d.p. and so markets capitalisation that's why the government is playing a very important role in the program the overall more country economic efficiency and competitive mass improvements of the water for months and the state owned companies will increase their way out of this and this and on so on and also world removed for so all corporate governance discount it by by the international investors. moscow's sheremetyevo airport has played host to the arrival of the first commercial flight of the new super jet the armenian airlines aircraft named up the cosmonaut yuri god it was carrying its all complement of passengers on the trip from get involved is the first russian passenger plane produced in twenty years super jets is intended to be a competitor to rival medium range aircraft manufactured by canada's and brazil's embraer.

of state run companies that have been replaced with independent directors the order was signed by president with better than a bit to improve the country's investment climate as head of the association of independent directors says we will hold brews the market value of state corporation . companies are still represents a significant part of the g.d.p. and that is it and that's why the government is playing a very important role in improving in the overall country the economic efficiency and competitiveness improvements of the performance in the state owned companies are will increase their way out of this mountain it's in the law and so on and also will remove for so all corporate governance discount it by the international investors. russian oil pipeline monopoly transnet says it may file a lawsuit against china in a london court over under payments for all supplies the ground for the legal action lies in chinese partners here and the seas failure to meet they agreed price for the last but before going to cool the pipeline monopoly hopes to settle the issue through negotiations trust yes says its monthly losses are valued at around twenty million dollars while there were ruled out

boards of state run companies bed to be replaced with independent directors the order was signed by president medvedev in a bit to improve the country's investment climate head of the association of independent directors says the move will help boost the market value of state corporations. i know this some are still represents a significant part so would you be and so much of the musician that's why the government is where imports from are all improving in the. country economic efficiency and compared to most improvements of the wall performance in the state on compromise will increase the role of this complements and all and so on and also will remove four so-called corporate governance discount it way by the end improve national interests. russian oil pipeline monopoly transnet says it may file a lawsuit against china in a london court over under payments for oil supplies it grants a legal action lies in chinese part not c m p c's failure to meet they agreed price through the letter but before going to call the pipeline monopoly hoped that all the shit really gave sanctions transnet says it's a monthly losses are valued at around twenty million dollars while the overall debt

we've been examining projects like the makers quest, the association of independence in radio. we're given money by cpbb in creating new media life forms, new public media cross-platform. one of those was the mapping main street project. paula kerger mentioned they are the people who are on main street, not wall street but the main streets are not all the same. what it does it brings public media users, stakeholders, educators, community organizations in as content contributors to tell us about their main streets. there are more than 10,000 main streets across the country. so far we've got contributions and documentation of 700 plus. we got a ways to go but the platform is there. it's been very exciting to watch it grow. collaboration has been a signature topic here. we've been looking at not just collaboration across the sector and was kind of the closest peers and allies like pro-publica -- propublica and sometimes with risky partners who are experimenting with voices and approaches that represent different kinds of constituencies. finally, we've been working in collaboration

of louisiana, and a critic of the domestic oil and gas industry and jim collins of the independent petroleum association of america. official observers included the oklahoma sierra club and the united states environmental protection agency region six. the review team concluded that the oklahoma program is overall well-managed professional and meets its program objectives. incidentally, the u.s. epa and department of energy have provided a grant funding to stronger to support its activities. i would also note that in oklahoma the collaboration involving the regulator of the oil and gas industry other stakeholders in my state agency staff have repeatedly led to the successful if a woman of rules and policies to address environmental protection issues particularly the protection of water. an example there are two particular that are exceptionally clean in southeastern oklahoma in the reservoir that provide a high-quality water to the city of oklahoma city about 100 miles away. they're also on top of the deep rock deposits that hold huge amounts of natural gas which in the best interest of oklahoma and the

ivan eland he's a senior fellow and director of the center on peace in liberty at the independent institute and in tucson we have hudson she is an associate professor of near east studies at the university of arizona and another member of our crossfire team on the hunger all right this is crosstown amuse you can jump in anytime you want. i could go to tucson should view the united states and its western allies one way or another legally or illegally or a split the difference between the law and what we want to do morally give arms to anti kadafi rebels and i'm not going to use the word democratic right liberals yet until someone can convince me they are democrats go ahead. what i believe or not is not really the issue we've already taken the first steps down this road and if you look at the last twenty four hour news cycle you'll see that there are special forces on the ground in libya right now and in an afghanistan style scenario that is the first step towards ever greater. involvement in the conflict on the ground there are two different interpretations of what's going on on the ground on the one hand these special forces these u.s. sp

of louisiana, and a critic of the domestic oil and gas industry and jim collins of the independent petroleum association of america. official observers included the oklahoma sierra club and the uned states environmental protection agency region six. the review team concluded that the oklahoma program is overall well-managed ofessional and meets its program objectives. incidentally, the u.s. epa and department of energy have provided a grant funding to stronger to support its activities. i would also note that in oklahoma the collaboration involving the regulator of the oil and gas industry other stakeholders in my state agency staff have repeatedly led to the successful if a woman of rules and policies to address environmental protection issues particularly the protection of water. an example there are two particular that are exceptionally clean in southeastern oklahoma in the reservoir that provide a high-quality water to the city of oklaho city about 100iles away. they're also on top of the deep rock deposits that hold huge amounts of natural gas which in the best interest of oklahoma and the nation w

well month -- and noted critic of domestic oil and gas industry, and jim collins of the independent petroleum association of america. official observers include the oklahoma sierra club and united states and arm of the protection agency region six. the review team concluded the oklahoma program is over all well managed, professional, and meets objectives. incidently, the u.s. epa and department of energy provided grant funding for them to support their activities. in oklahoma collaboration involving the regulation of oil and gas industry, other stakeholders, and my state agency staff repeatedly led to successful development of rules and policies to address environmental protection issues, particularly protection of water. the example -- two particular way -- lakes accept -- lakes that are exceptionally clean that provide very high quality water to a city of 100 miles away. the lakes are also on top of a deep rock deposit that holds the huge amounts of natural gas which in the best interest of all, and the nation, we want to allow the petroleum industry to find and produce. without the need of federal int

of louisiana, and a critic of the domestic oil and gas industry and jim collins of the independent petroleum association of america. official observers included the oklahoma sierra club and the united states environmental protection agency region six. the review team concluded that the oklahoma program is overall well-managed professional and meets its program objectives. incidentally, the u.s. epa and department of energy have provided a grant funding to stronger to support its activities. i would also note that in oklahoma the collaboration involving the regulator of the oil and gas industry other stakeholders in my state agency staff have repeatedly led to the successful if a woman of rules and policies to address environmental protection issues particularly the protection of water. an example there are two particular that are exceptionally clean in southeastern oklahoma in the reservoir that provide a high-quality water to the city of oklahoma city about 100 miles away. they're also on top of the deep rock deposits that hold huge amounts of natural gas which in the best interest of oklahoma and the

review in oklahoma, the regulatory commissioner and then a critic of the domestic and gas industry in the independent petroleum association of america. the observers to the process for the sierra club and the epa and the stronger is funded partially by epa and d.o.e. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> let me thank all of our witnesses. this panel is been extremely helpful. there's still a lot of questions i think we need to deal with. as i was listening to testify, i was curious and i might be submitting questions on this as to what precautions are taken in regards to abandon drilling sites, to make sure that they are not only safely sealed, but the impact that the vacated cavity could have on geological activities? i'm not again a geologist, but i'd be interested as to whether we are at least mindful of these types of issues as the drill more and more wells with the amount of natural gas that we have. so i think there are questions that need to be answered and i do want to complement the states of colorado in the states of oklahoma who have taken aggressive action to protect their public health of their citizens. they think

of organizations including the national association of manufacturers, the national association of wholesaler distributors, the national federation of independent business, the u.s. chamber of commerce, and as i said before, i've got other letters here and -- from the major farm organizations, including the american farm bureau, spue n. support of the inhofe-mcconnell amendment and offing the other political cover amendments that are being offered by our democrat colleagues. mr. president, let's get this done right. let's send a message to the e.p.a. and to the administration that this is the job for the congress to deal with. this is something the people's representatives should be dealing with, not unelected bureaucrats in federal agencies who have -- clearly have an agenda but an agenda that is clearly contrary to capital formation, to competitiveness, to job creation, and to economic growth. that is what this congress should be focused on, and that's why a vote in support of the inhofe-mcconnell amendment is so important. mr. president, i yeefl. -- i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon.

also have general michael hayden, principal of the chair chuck associates group and former director of the cia and nsa. and dr. richard speier, an independent consultant and former official with the u.s. secretary of defense office and commonly known as the father but the visual technology. without a hand the microphone over to general deptula. thank you. >> thank you, michael. i tell you what, this is a very, very rich subject area and i am going to do something a little bit out of character for a retired general officer and i'm not going to use any powerpoint. [laughter] but my remarks are actually designed to stimulate the following discussions that i think is generally where people come and find the most benefit. i'll give you my bottom line right up front and that is that i certainly believe that the future of remotely piloted and/or automated aircraft is very, very promising. .. those aircraft will be controlled by people and to what degree of autonomy they employed is where lies the significant policy implications. with the give you another example. today there are few if any unmanned aircraft systems. this is one of the top. the col

of unions in supporting the. the critical role played by the workers association and the critical role played by independent political action enforcing these democrats to do what they haven't done before in that state or anywhere else and certainly not under howard dean. the new governor shall mind is doing what he is doing on the single-payer front going behind obamacare in the state level to the extent that's possible, as fast as possible and it's pretty slow because the strong democratic majority in both houses of legislator and a shumlin himself have to do with a viable political formation to the left. the party in vermont as members of the house have now elected a state matter with an independent socialist u.s. senator bernie sanders who is then a very important part of this political equation in the state's largest city. unless you have a formation like that it has been campaigning for single-payer is in vermont is the mid-1970s. this is not some new ideas the democrats just cannot wait for the legislature in montpelier. that tendency will be to drive to the center for the right and you had with the mishmash th

association the n.r.a. is not at all with the founders of our nation and the framers of our constitution frankly at a mind back in seven hundred seventy six the year that the declaration of independence was written ben franklin helped at that along with john adams and john j. it was written by thomas jefferson franklin also was the president of the constitutional convention in the state in which he lived his adopted state for what pennsylvania was in philadelphia and he signed the constitution of pennsylvania and seven hundred seventy six and here's a phrase this is a quote from this article eight of the pennsylvania constitution seven hundred seventy six this was essentially the basis of our second amendment it said that the people have the right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the state and as standing armies in time for peace are dangerous to liberty they ought not to be kept up and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil. and we accomplished subordinate in the military to the civil power by making the president of the united states a civilian commander in chief of the military. and we established that people had the

through the institute of power operations in concert with the world association of nuclear operators and nrc does a review independently. we're committed to the safety of our plants. we welcome any and all assessments and certainly an independent assessment is fine just to be sure we got a right. >> thank you, thank you. dr. moniz? >> i would agree. it's unrealistic to think we can move forward frankly without a major assessment and independent system will be called for. what that means exactly, independent and who would be the independent body is not entirely clear in my view. >> well, with the national academy of science be able to put that kind of body together which is what they generally do when they look at something? >> yes, i think the national academy is certainly an option. sometimes they move more slowly than one would like, but i think if they -- in my view, perhaps with a strong connection to an outstanding technical group like npo, for example, could be a good way of putting together a review. >> thank you. anything else, senator? >> no, i'd like to thank the witnesses for a very helpful statements that y

he he is a professor at the university of mississippi and also associated with the independent institute in oakland. he wrote, "while public investments in technological investments sounds like a good idea, the dangers will be directed for politically popular projects, rather than those with the highest economic value. remember jimmy carter's quest for a new synthetic fuel, or bill clinton's dream of getting detroit to produce a car that would go 100 miles on a gallon of gas? untold federal treasure was wasted chasing those wills of the wisp." >> at intel, we would disagree with that. the national institute of standards, the department of energy, they do crucial work. they produce the seed corn for great companies like intel. so we collaborate with them. when president obama raises spending levels for these types of agencies and departments, 7% and 8% consistently since he came into office, that's a real plus for silicon valley and tech companies, like intel. >> speaking of research and development funding, we've seen a very political discussion over increasing the amount of r&d funding

of the procedures be the place to minimize space about accountability. finally come most traditional ngos are not associated with the military and are not part of the integrated citizen civ-mil currently employed. independents are 150 million most practice methodologies adopted for promoting development interest in the environment. in this context are compared vintage ngos from the standpoint of local citizens is that we are able to operate in ways that it's less intimidating. the second key area of wish to highlight is the leading u.s. government funding mechanisms with intended goals. just as there is a narrative factors working on the ground in contingency operations, there are also multiple funding sources have procurement mechanisms operating simultaneously. while mercy corps traditionally does not accept contracts which is acquisition, we operate through agreements and grabs her assistant. since the commission has expressed interest in analysis of the differences between these two procurement mechanisms, it provides her perspective on how they manage the plans for assistance. first because contractors are present usaid and primary coming to maintain no independent identity while implementing programs

independent group serving exchanges and otc markets. mr. erics previously served as overhead of operations for barkley's capital. jennifer per catch is chief investment officer of public employees retirement association of colorado. this helped us position since 2003. she oversees the investment process for public pension fund that provides benefits to employees of the current state governments and municipalities and universities and colleges and other public entities. before we begin the testimony i will recognize senator toomey for brief remarks. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, for giving me the opportunity to recognize mr. thomas deeds, treasurer of fmc corp. in philadelphia. fmc is one of the foremost diversified chemical companies with leading positions in agricultural and industrial and consumer markets. mr deeds served as treasurer since 2001 and has responsibilities for worldwide treasury function including finance treasury operations and pension investments and insurance and risk-management bring in 20 years of experience in this field and i had the pleasure of having a number of discussions with mr. deeds particularly about the end user issue as applied to derivative use and i want to

association by curtailing internet freedom. more than 40 governments now restrict the internet through various means. some censored websites for political reasons, and in a number of countries, democracy and human right activists and independent bloggers found their e-mails hacked or their computers infected with spyware that reported back on their every key stroke. digital activists have been tortured so they would reveal their passwords and implicate their colleagues. in burma and cuba, government policies preempted online dissent by keeping most ordinary people from activists -- accessing the internet at all. the third disturbing trend of trend was the repression of minorities including racial and ethnic and religious minorities along with lesbian, guys, bisexual, and transgender people. in pakistan, for example, blasemies are a crime punished by death. the law has been enforced against muslims who do not share the beliefs of other muslims, and also against non-muslims who worship differently, and in the first two months of 2011, two government officials in pakistan who sought to reform the law, governor tazir and minister bachi were targeted and assassinated. also in iraq, egypt, and nigeria, violent attacks by extremists

independent disagree with that? okay. >> i think women are spending too much money in afghanistan. and also what happened is when you have countries that become so associated with american success, success of administrations, they tend to vacuum up all the money that could be spent in other countries. >> so your bottom line why you're coughing i would just say spending too much money and we are missed spending money, and that's two very important points. let me just end by saying i don't usually respond this way, but dr. zakheim got an e-mail from someone who is watching this saying they were enjoying the questioning. and it happens, actually be a cousin of one of our employees, heather mercer who was 24 years old when she was with dana curry. i think i have it right. and they were imprisoned shortly after by the taliban after 2011, working for shelter now international. and the question i have, correct you, mr. mcgarry, how to do with being a catholic relief service, a christian organization in a muslim world? is there a challenge that you face, and should we be aware that there's certain things you should be doing because you have a religious name in a muslim world? >> first, the first t

of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and there was not an associated tax increase. host: i think that is what the viewer is referring to. we will go on to woodbridge, virginia. kevin is an independenter: somebody called in and said the reason why we need a military budget is because so many countries hate us. my question is why is it so many countries hate us? i love all countries around the world. i try to figure out what makes all these other countries take us where we need to build a large military budget? the government really does not build weapons. as lockheed martin and these big companies. if we cut the budget, some people would lose their jobs, and that is what they do not want to do. guest: the pentagon budget definitely supplies a lot of jobs to a lot of americans in the country, and a lot of the big weapons programs are big jobs programs, which is often brought up on capitol hill. as for why countries hate us, i think last week the president announced a fundamental review of military roles and missions, and that will be a discussion of u.s. foreign policy. oftentimes, if the defense budget discussions our foreign- policy discussions in disguise. host: roanoke park, cali

independent clearing house group serving exchanges platforms and -- [inaudible] . he previously served as global head of operations for barclays capital. jennifer is chief investment officer of the public employees retirement association. she has helped -- held this position since 2003. she oversees the investment process for public pension fund that provides benefits to employees of the colorado state government, colorado municipalities, public schools, universities and colleges and other public entities. before we begin to testimony, i recognize senator toomey for some brief remarks. >> excuse me, thank you very much, mr. chairman, for giving me the opportunity in particular to welcome the guests. mr. december is the vice president and treasurer of fmc -- f.m.c. corporation. it's one of the world's foremost diversified democratcal companies with leading positions in agriculture, in industrial and consumer markets. mr. december has served as vice president and treasurer of f.m.c. since twoufpblet he has responsibilities for -- responsibilities for worldwide treasury function, pension investments and funding and insurance and risk management, brings over 20 years of experience in this field and i've had the pleasure o