community. -- funding and training from the international community. in chicago, i will be arguing for substantial international support and i will go to chicago prepared for australia to pay our fair share. australia will also be prepared to provide training to the afghan national security forces after 2014. we are already involved in institutional training through the afghan national army artillery training school. in the future, we will support the proposed u.k.-led afghan national army officer academy. we will maintain a role providing training and support to policing in afghanistan. ifp will refocus its police development efforts from training in southern afghanistan to institutional capability development. finally, as i have stated previously, we are prepared to consider a limited special forces contribution in the right circumstances and under the right mandate. there may be a continuing role to train the ansf to conduct and work alongside them to carry out counter-terrorism operations in afghanistan. australia has an enduring national interest

the first is monitoring international arms transfers. second, promote transparency and international arms transfers and the third sort of conduct research and prevent findings and recommendations to strengthen efforts to control international arms transfers and to combat illicit trafficking. in today's presentation i'll present some of the highlights of my newly released data you can find on the database online providing information on orders and deliveries of major weapons between the years 1950 and 2011. providing this information, as noted, is useful for performing policy analysis, identifying destabilizing trends, but also i think it can be used as an indicator for the strength of interstate relations in certain cases, too. my attention today, appear to dragnet and just present the facts although i'm happy to discuss more details about the drivers behind the trends and go into some of the minor, perhaps concerning, transfers that we see. the general headline, we've seen an upwards trend in international arms transfers. our date-ta fo

law and international machines and international institutions affect more and more things they used to be under control of the national government or state, it will by nature drop the courts and the kinds of delicate decisions about politics and foreign affairs said please try to stay out of. the overall tension is between new kinds of international cooperation, new kinds of institutions, which are reasonable and understandable response to globalization and the traditional principles that had underlay the united states constitution and separate powers better listen and we think deeper principles behind the constitution, which i will explain in a second. so someone tries to produce the theory or an approach to solve this problem and the neal solutions. in fact when we are thinking about it, it reminded us a lot about what happened during the new deal. in fact we want to do is avoid what happened in the constitutional confrontation that occurred in the new deal years. one way to look at what happened in the new deal. it's when the economy nationalized, the markets were continent wide,

transfers, not internal transfers and not internal regulation issues related to, as i said, stuff that is involved with the second amendment, the right to buy arms and what not. so the i don't have a problem with the two congressional letters. again, it's not that they oppose an att. they oppose an att that the conflicts with the second amendment. in terms of the u.s. ultimately to ratify the att, i think that will depend on the specifics actually in the treaty. we're hoping to do in july or what i'm hoping to do in july is push for negotiating a treaty we will be able to ratify but it will be up to the senate to decide if it wants to provide ratification or not. we're aware of the kind of treaties it it the senate is likely to ratify and we don't want to the participate in negotiating a treaty that we expect now the u.s. will never be able to ratify. so my goal is to negotiate one that will allow the u.s. to ratify it. >> yes, please. >>> gentleman and then w g

stories of 15 people who were interned or impacted by the internment. and the exhibition highlights the individual stories of each of the japanese americans who came into the classroom, as well as the rich student responses to these stories. the project really gave the students space to make very meaningful connections between the historical event of the japanese internment and contemporary and historical instances of social injustice in america today. but we're here today to meet phillip and chloe, so i want to introduce you to them. phillip also was one of the gracious japanese americans who came into the classroom and told his story. phillip congatonda went to law school and graduated hastings law school but never actually practiced law. he became the first chronicler of the japanese american experience and is credited with broadening the japanese -- broadening the definition of theater by bringing jap needs american stories to stages all across the country. he has collaborated with the most diverse american theater venues, from large mainstream hous

because international law and international regimes in these international institutions are affecting more and more things that used to be under the control of the national government or states it will by nature draw the course into the kind of delicate decisions about politics and foreign affairs that they used to try to stay out of. the overall attention is between these new kinds of engineers of corporations, this new kind of institution which is a reasonable and understandable response to globalization and the traditional principles that had underlying the as its contribution in the separation of powers and federalism and we think some deeper principles behind the constitution. so globalization tries to produce a theory on approach to solve this problem and some specific solutions. in fact among when we were thinking about it it reminded us a lot of what happens during the new deal. what we want to do is avoid what happened in the constitutional confrontation that occurred in the new deal years. one way to look at what happened is that the economy nationalized. the markets were co

it's an international outrage that should be condemned by all nations. i applaud both the department of defense and secretary of state and your u.n. representative for their work to call attentionthis outrage and try to build international support to stop it. i think we need greater support and nations like russia and china should rise to the challenge and work with us to find a solution to this problem and they clearly have not done enough. i also agree with the chairman on the fact i don't see a military option for us in this area for a wide variety of reasons, i have a longer statement which i'll submit for the record that explains that. but we should look at every possible option for how we can stop this. i agree that the has profound impacts for a region that was already unstable in many ways. so i look forward to the testimony from our witnesses today to hear what our best options are going forward to try to contain this and give this committee a full briefing on where the situation is at and where they see it going as difficult as that prediction

syria's internal convulsions are having consequences for a region already in turmoil. refugees are fleeing, spillover into neighboring countries is an increasing concern. and of course we also need to be alert to opportunistic extremists who may seek to exploit the situation. as well as the need to be especially alert to the fate of syria's chemical and biological weapons, they need to stay exactly where they are. with other nations the united states is applying diplomatic and economic pressure on the regime to compel assad and his accomplices to stop the killing on their own. our military's role to this point has been limited to sharing information with our partners, our regional partners. should we be called on to help secure u.s. interests we'll be ready. we maintain an agile regional and global posture. we have solid relationships with every country on syria's border. should we be called our responsibility is clear, provide the secretary of defense and the president with options, and these options will be judged in terms of their suitability, their fees ability and

he is a fellow at the international conversion center bon all right folks this is cross-eyed that means you can jump in any time on live if i go to you first in london south sudan got its independence over a half a year ago i guess not much has been resolved as a matter of michael closer you look at this situation between these two countries there's a lot of unresolved issues is this where the conflict is coming from or is it just a continuation of the civil war that ended in two thousand and five. well the civil war came to an end with the comprehensive peace agreement that was signed in two thousand and five and the problem with the referendum which was held last year which allowed the south to vote on whether or not its citizens would like independence that all went ahead smoothly but the problem with it was that it didn't resolve many of the issues that are still being fought over today those issues in particular the border. and which parts of it and how much the north will pay for the transit of it that the majority of the oil is based in the south but at the moment need to transpo

the fourth geneva convention is not enforced by the international community so on the one hand they don't have the instruments to protect themselves and the other hand the international community doesn't accept its responsibility to a for protection for the palestinians and it's the cutest problem we have an international law and human rights and that is that the instruments of law exist the courts exist the institutions exist but the ability or the will to implement international on governments like israel in occupation is completely missing and then you get peoples like the palestinians because they don't have a state are locked in a situation where they're completely the pendent on their own oppressors in order to try to protect in advance themselves. but there are worries that this is a victim here the big problem here yes i just want to touch on one thing while you're mentioning the courts i want to talk about their impartiality obviously this decision is going to cast some kind of sato over the war crimes court's independence and the way they conduct their cases so you think i

a free man crew successfully lands in kazakstan after six months aboard the international space station as the first post shuttle era mission comes to an end. and the economic blows continue to rain on space and its credit rating takes another hit while unemployment reaches a critical twenty five percent. more informed comment on the big stories of the day next the possibility of an all out war between sudan and south sudan is discussed and people are cross talk just ahead. and you can. still. hello and welcome to cross talk about peter all about are they on the brink of war this is how the situation appears to be developing between the recently independent state of south sudan and its northern neighbor there's a lot at stake and it is said to be mostly about oil and power and the question arises is the south sudan strong enough to survive as a state. you can. start. to cross-talk the twisted relations between sudan and south sudan i'm joined by olivia wore him in london she's director of waging peace also in london we have i'll johnson he is director at viewpoint africa and an award wi

. >> these are the stories making headlines -- the international community welcomes a guilty verdictgainst the former president of liberia, charles taylor. commission says hosni mubarak's last prime minister can run for election after all -- egypt's electoral commission. >> we have not seen this since the end of the second world war -- an international court convicted a head of state. >> thursday, judges at the special court for sierra leone found the former liberian president guilty of war crimes. >> the court said that the war lord sponsored a rebel group in sierra leone's civil war response will for murder, rape, and slavery. i return, taylor was paid with illegally-minded jules known as blood diamonds. -- illegally mined jewels. >> after year of deliberating the evidence, the court found he was personally responsible for court to crimes committed by the sierra leone rebels. >> the trial chamber finds that the accused was aware of the crimes committed by forces against civilians including murder, a deduction of civilians, including children, rape, amputations, and looting. >> the

he's currently with the science for international affairs at the john f. kennedy school at harvard university. he's spent 27 years prior to joining harvard with the international atomic energy agency in vienna, and the last five of those as deputy director general and head of the safeguards department. and he oversaw effects to monitor iran's nuclear program and examining nuclear programs around the world and inspected nuclear facilities in south korea, iraq, syria, libya and elsewhere. seeking to ensure that nuclear materials were not diverted for military purposes. he's one of the world's leading experts an iran's nuclear program and led the efforts in recent years to implement an analytical culture to guide them. please join me in welcoming him. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i hope that i don't spoil your appetite because i don't think i have very good news for you. nevertheless, so if we look at the iranian nuclear program, i have been asked to provide a snapshot where we are today and then i'm going to look one year for

and the other international community members. do you feel that western nations involvement in the revolutions in egypt and libya have created problems for israel well it's created problems for the entire order in the middle east and beyond and. actually we have to remember that the root cause was the dysfunctionality in the arab world and what we see a military invasion in syria. there i'm not sure that there is much wherewithal in the international community to do anything in terms of intervention however i believe that if i can draw back the attention to iraq putting more pressure on iran also will help the people in syria is it good for israel if assad forces. i think first and foremost it's good for the people of syria secondly i believe it will be good for all the sunni governments in the region there is a sad day is the stude wealthy iran so certainly certainly any other. responsible governing power in syria would be better but are you not concerned with having another islamised and made regime as a neighbor absolutely abso

or international -- >> their ability to share u.s. proprietary data with other regulators toe they can then receive the same. they need to be able to do this no order to have an inner operable reg la story system. there's a bill pending before congress. end-to-end supply chain visibili visibility. that's crucial. as a committee we recommended traceability and having adequate one step back, one step forward. that's a version of that. fda has been starved for resources in its international programs department. to engage in this type of laeger to activities in the past, i think that's crucial. as jim mentioned, you right now see a balkanization of what trade development and regulatory agencies do around food and drug safety. there needs to be an integration of that and i think congress has a big role to play to ensure that what trade officials do is promoting high standard food and drugs and also on the same with what fda does is cognizant of the benefits for development and for trade of the countries involved in adopt these high, consis

because they're not a skate they don't have access to all the instruments of international law or of the un system but at the same time. international law that does apply to the occupied territories it's intended to protect them especially the fourth geneva convention is not enforced by the international community on the one hand they don't have the instruments of protect themselves on the other hand the international treaty doesn't accept its responsibility to force protection for the palestinian problem with the palestinians is that occupation was only seen as a very temporary military situation maybe lasting long two three years until it's over this is a forty five year occupation and international law simply isn't geared towards dealing with it. the fact that the palestinians are to state i think. it completely destroys their chance to use international law and if in fact these millions of people are left without any defense or any ability to leverage israel through international law it's certainly danced the credibility of the entire system. not of some of the international head

international. having technical issues. we hope to return to live coverage shortly. >> now back to more live testimony in the british phone hacking investigation. >> still having technical issues with our coverage of the british phone-hacking scandal. by the way come you can see all of our coverage of the leveson inquiry on our website, c-span.org. it includes testimony by a number of public figures, actors and celebrities whose lives are impacted by questionable practices at news corp international. again, go to c-span.org. >> coming up on c-span3 today. >> where's the national public radio table? [cheers and applause] >> you guys are still here. [laughter] >> that's a good. [applause] i couldn't remember where we landed on that. [laughter] >> this weekend on c-span, the 98th annual white house correspondents dinner. president obama and late-night talk show host jimmy kimmel headlined the event before an audience of celebrities, journalists and the white house press corps. coverage starts with the red carpet arrivals live

has to be looked into the internal situations. turkey i'm not sure it's a matter of turkey's really it's a matter of turkey. and the international community where it is in the future because it's going to move towards. the west or east how are you going to cope with the islamization of north africa and the middle east where this is something that has to be done not. mostly by the societies which are of concern. and the other international community members do you feel that western nations involvement in the revolutions in egypt and libya have created problems for israel well it created problems for the entire order in the middle east and beyond and. actually we have to remember that the root cause was produced functionality in the arab world what we see a military invasion in syria i got there i'm not sure that there is much where with all in the international community to do anything in terms of intervention however i believe that if it can draw back the attention to iraq putting more pressure on iran also will help the people in

is that all internal? >> in terms of a follow-on, we're hoping that someone will constitute a group of people. >> so that hasn't been determined yet. bringing the mine workers and others to discuss. >> we said this body should include labor industry academia government. >> president roberts, before i run out of time here, we -- three or four of us have asked the question, when you have a bad actor, how do you get rid of the bad actor? because we've been unable to do that. to date. we get into a lot of penalties, we get into a lot of citations, we get into a lot of court actions back and forth. but we don't get rid of the bad actor and the pattern appears to continue until there is a tragedy. so how do we do that? >> i would suggest to you that the government charged with protecting the miners does not possess the tools to achieve the goals of everyone up here seems to be interested in achieving. that is, if you have a massey energy and you have someone like don blankenship running a number of mines, they'r

international news and comments twenty four hours a day since r.t. it's judgment day for a russian businessman to boot found guilty on american courts of conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces life behind bars for the sentence you went through on thursday abuse defense maintains his innocence and will appeal they also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media and saudis and it's a situation reports now from new york. here is spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer viktor bood was handcuffed flown to the u.s. and placed in solitary confinement for months before a trial found him guilty on all four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employ. these three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the for the forty four year old russian air cargo business men fascinated hollywood one

right now expects economic analysts an international lawyer guy with us on the lines line from athens thanks for your input this hour thank you. now euro zone unemployment is at its worst since the currency was born and the newest members who had nothing to do with the piling that are being dragged down to study of prime minister is finding it increasingly hard to sell the idea of bellowing out larger economies to his citizens take a greater ports from the capital. two thousand and eleven as the new welcomes in the new year and a new era as part of the euro club is a moment of triumph after years of tough financial discipline for the nation which hit the pockets of everyone in the euro zone demanded that as a condition of membership but just over a year old and the idea has lost its fizz joining the euro has made an already painful situation even worse teachers really suffer here our monthly pay is insufficient even to survivors. as the new kid in the block is the only played no part in amassing the devastation get tracking it down but still being asked to contribute to the multi bill

strengthened by multilateral international consensus. that's extremely important to our ability to keep maximum pressure on the assad regime. second, we should maintain clear regional support from the arab world. the arab world itself. nations of the arab world are outraged at the regime and what they are doing to the syrian people. third, we should offer substantial u.s. contributions where we can bring unique resources to bear. fourth, we should have a clear legal basis for our approach there. and that clearly involves close consultations with the congress. and fifth and finally, our approach must keep all options on the table. all options on the table. while recognizing limitations of military force, we must be prepared to take whatever action is required. but let me also say that the situation in syria is different from the one in libya. in some very important ways, this is not libya. in libya, there was widespread international support, in the arab world and elsewhere and a clear security consult authorization for military intervent

the government took people to court who resisted the internment.hose trials, though, did not provide procedural due process because the government didn't present its evidence fairly. one example is a citizen named fred who is about my uncle's age when he was arrested for refusing internment. it was argued that it was illegal to imprison him in the camps. >> in 1942, fred koromatsu opposed the forced internment of japanese americans in world war ii. after being convicted for failing to report for relocation, he took his case all the way to the supreme court. the high court ruled against him. but 39 years later, he had his conviction overturned in federal court empowering tens of thousands of japanese americans, giving him what he said he wanted most of all. the chance to feel like an american once again. >> fred karamatsu stood up for his constitutional rights. his daughter dedicated her life to educating people about her father's legacy. she spoke with me about her father when i met with her recently. >> the japanese americans had to be put into th

they are working with the international community. russia could have a much more a significant impact on syria. >> thank you. >> let me ask secretary panetta -- silence has not abated. this has been undertaken. when do we determine that they are not successful and move on to plan b? but i think that is what secretary clinton is still within paris as we speak. we're looking at this situation to determine what the net steps are with regard to the initiative. we try to deploy monitors that can go in and determine whether these violations are taking place. there's also a consideration that perhaps a peacekeeper initiative to back it up with peacekeepers. what the final decisions are going to rest of the international community. >> do we have credible on on what is flowing from iran and to syria? >> we really ought to do it in the context of an intelligence briefing. >> all right. i am concerned about reports that nato's assessment of the libyan air campaign has numerous problems and operations. how're we incorporating this. >> i was encou

the president of the international red cross to meet. up with. the russian officials we are in contact we are keeping. in touch with. these. so you have information impacts nothing retrospectivity in syria. has been cooperating with the syrian. cover almost all of the provinces is within syria where the risk to change me. jenny i'm not a three year. why there are probably three of them committee of a book conviction rienzi is a great singing movie too it's in the end the truth is it was doubling again in anything but out of school in the city are helps to alleviate suffering for the syrian population in the hot spots across the syrian pre-publication we look at why there has said you have. the idea. by the in the lead while. in the us when most of the reason the what the hell. is from. this honest professional. muslim do to politicize. the students helps to you superstring the events of internal confrontation we can meet the bullies able to fifty of them are going to go to the polls suing gets in its work with that man when i hear him say yes whe

if we are going to continue to work with the international community. if we are going to be a partner with them in deciding what additional actions ought to be taking place, that it ought to be within the international context that decisions for action ought to be taken. >> how would you characterize the public record of the relationship between syria and hezbollah? >> the public record and more importantly the intelligence record that we have is that there's always been a close relationship between syria and hezbollah and that hezbollah has always had some -- you know, some level of protection. >> do you agree with the proposition that the weaker hezbollah is the better the united states is? >> hezbollah, in our book, is a terrorist organization. they have spread terror not only in that region but elsewhere. and anything -- anything done to weaken a terrorist group is in our interest. >> thank you, mr. secretary. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you very much. mr. forbes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, thank you for being here. and gene

it is in international outrage that should be condemned by all nations. i applaud calling attention for this outrage and try to build enough support to stop it. we need greater support in nations like russia and china and they should rise to the challenge and work with us to find a solution to this problem. they clearly have not done enough. i agree with the chairman that i do not see military option for us in this area for a wide variety of reasons. i have a longer statement will submit for the record that explains that. i agree that it has profound impact for a region that was already unstable in many ways. i look forward to the testimony from witnesses today to hear what our best options are going forward to try to contain this and give this committee a full briefing on where the situation is at and where they see it going, as difficult as the prediction might be. i think you, chairman, and i thank both of our witnesses for their leadership with our country and for being here today. >> thank you. secretary panetta. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you

and checked internally and externally news international has completed a thorough investigation into the various allegations made since the guardian broke the story on wednesday. news international claiming following the guardian article that they weren't relying merely on what the police said but carried out their own investigation. were you aware of that? >> yes. very true. i meant to mention it before. there was a committee set up, the corporate council, the corporate human relations executive, to make their inquiries, lewis, and they all seem to confirm what the police have said. >> was this communicated to you. >> and we relied on that that much. too much as it turned out. >> i think it was your son who used the term aggressive defense in relation to the guardian article, knee jerk reaction, perhaps based on the visceral hatred that news international feel for the guardian. >> that's a little too high. >> is it a little too high? >> i often expressed admiration for them. i think they look after their audience pretty well. >> were it not for the guardian do you accept the phone h

again it's very important to emphasize your running threat to all of us in the international community we are part of it and i would heed very much and pay attention to what president obama said after his meeting with prime minister an attorney out last month in washington and there is iran he's a threat to the national security of the united states and that iran will not become a nuclear and no option is off the table obama's administration looks reluctant to make a decision about a strike on iran do you think a republican government would be more decisive we know distinguish between democrats or republicans we see only americans and whoever is in the white house and the administration that they have first. in mind american interests and american security would you like to see the u.s. support a strike on iraq this is something that we do not discuss publicly of course. again i would say. our interest is. to have avoid any confrontation and i believe we can do it through a coordinated concerted effort by the international community you said as israel's ambassador to the united states

better and program or verse for international mediation faces. on both sides marc ahmed professor of international relations i do apologize we don't have enough time to thank you for joining us i'm here today . that britain is seeking to boost its military presence in asia as prime minister david cameron visits japan to agree on a possible royal navy submarine deployment in the region and u.k. is joining the american buildup in asia pacific a strategy critics say is aimed at challenging beijing's growing influence from london as r.t. as ivan. for britain this is a highly lucrative opportunity first because it means big business when it comes to defense japan is an untapped market and britain is very keen to exploit that prime minister david cameron is unashamedly touting britain's military hardware on this trip taking with him over thirty executives from the u.k. aren't arms industry he's defended that move as being perfectly responsible and respectable despite the region being highly sensitive to any kind of military maneuvers whatsoever and ten

i want to focus on the internal review. it seems the tone and bretd of that document almost shielded headquarters on this. it's not until page 193 that the report speakers directly to headquarter deficiencies. do you have a comment on that? >> i think the way the policy is constructed, it has the focus of the investigation basically starting with the mine and working itself back. and this is a process that's been in place since in terms of the process for conducting internal reviews. >> the problem i'm seeing in reading the report is with th mt limited to describing four. the other tools you're starting to use i would advise and ask that your looking into restructuring these reports. we really need to go back and retool the way that we do internal reviews. >> on page 66, it states quote, the decision not to per sue 16 -- rather than the merits of the case. were you aware of this, was headquarters aware? >> well, i doubt if they were because basically what happens is the district's -- the district inspectors would be the one

north korea has fired a rocket in defiance of international condemnation. >> the u.n. security council will meet on friday to discuss a possible response. more reactions of the rocket launch by north korea. it has been condemned in a statement by the white house in the last few minutes. correspondent jonathan blake has been reading that statement. give us a brief account. >> as you say, the statement from the white house condemns this missile launched, as the white house calls it, and says despite the failure of the launch, north korea as provocative actions threaten the regional security and violate international law and contravened its own recent commitments, and those would be commitments made to the united states and other countries by north korea to suspend part of its nuclear program to receive food aid. it goes on to say that the united states remains vigilant in the face of no. 3 and obligations -- north korean provocations and remains fully committed to the allies in the region. and it goes on tuesday that north korea's only further isolating itself by engagin

. >> it has been a landmark day in the international justice. charles taylor came to court knowing that he might go to prison for the rest of his life. he was the president of liberia. prosecutors charged him with waging war in neighboring sierra leone. no one disputes that rebel forces committed terrible atrocities there. the charges include murder, rape, adoption, slavery, and the recruitment of child soldiers. civilian populations were terrorized. many have their limbs hacked off by machete or axe. the question before the court was did charles taylor order those crimes. >> there is insufficient evidence to find beyond a reasonable doubt -- >> he was cleared of directly ordering the atrocities. the judges asked him to stand here that he was guilty of aiding and abetting of 11 crimes in the indictment. >> we unanimously find you guilty of aiding and abetting -- >> the judges said rebel forces have supplied charles taylor with diamonds from the sierra leone-. in return, he give them arms and ammunitions in the full knowledge they would commit cr

if an international reaction to the united states is said to cause calls to appeal to nato turkey calls a nato member and one of the key principles of the nato alliance is that if one member is attacked then all of the members of nato should step in to defend them now that would really open up a whole new reality to the situation with syria. something that would completely change the whole spectrum of what's going on in the country now on tuesday the syrian foreign minister is here in moscow he's meeting with said he loved his russian is russian counterpart now it's expected that they'll be discussing ways in which they can salvage the the six point peace plan that was laid out by kofi kofi anon to try and bring a solution to the conflict that's going on in the country i was also expected to list a series of achievements that the syrian authorities have already made in trying to to make strides towards that plan being put into place the situation in syria. extremely complex what we're seeing is the rebels continuing to to garner support from the west also in getting funds from groups li

ultimately, the international life sciences community must appreciate the durc problem and internal eyes these concerns while developing and conducting research. in this regard, the h5n1 papers have served a necessary wake-up call for the life sciences community. thank you for giving us the opportunity to testify today, and we look forward to your questions. >> thanks, dr. gerstein. just while we have you, and while it's on my mind. clarify for the record and for me what the role of the department of homeland security is with regard to dual-use research happening outside of dhs grantees. >> well, senator, we sit as part of the inner agency body that deliberates. and so we have a strong voice. in fact, as i'm sure we'll talk more about later, the 29 march policy actually reflects much of the work that we have been doing previously in fulfilling our biological weapons convention requirements. we made use of the nsabb seven experiments of concern. we've always looked at the select agent program to make sure that we are in accordance with the requirements and reporting requirements. so we do

the international criminal court has turned down a palestinian request to investigate alleged israeli war crimes during the deadly attack on gaza over three years ago fourteen hundred people killed almost two in the i.c.c. prosecutor said the investigation would get the go ahead only if the u.n. security council recognizes palestine as an independent state it tried to bring this resolution last year but failed despite the support of one hundred thirty countries if the threat of a u.s. veto will jeff co-founder of the israeli committee against house demolitions says that seems really costs a shadow of the whole international justice system. the palestinians exist in a kind of a limbo because they're not a state they don't have access to all the instruments of international law or of the u.n. system but at the same time. international law that doesn't apply to the occupied territories it's intended to protect them especially the fourth geneva convention is not enforced by the international community so on the one hand they don't have the instruments protect themselves on the other hand

if you know it's six meters and closing in on the international space station. above the pacific ocean on the a.t.v. through the liver and water oxygen food and clothing to the crew and i'm not talking about a few souvenirs two hundred twenty pounds of oxygen six hundred twenty eight pounds of liner gravel stuff guys but alas all good things must come to an end and there are reports out that funding for the international space station will be cut as soon as four years from now now to talk about the changing tides in space i was joined earlier by space entrepreneur just manber and here's his take. it's we have this belief in america that as soon as you build something you should toss it away but i don't really think anyone serious for instance for us this permanent home and space into the ocean it's just too much of a as you say a wonderful example of cooperation be we're just starting to use it you talked about opening the doors to commercial now companies have a company a lot of people in their companies that are doing things on the station so we're just beginn

law its stake here and you know we have western capitals that say they support international law and they have flaunted it for over a decade now when it comes to this part of the world this is another issue of the international real international community the majority of people are looking at because this is what joshua had to say who's going to be next you know what scenario to take down another regime outside of international and i think we all need to remember that diana go ahead. well yes i am of course i agree with that but i want to come back because this business about iran i mean. the first almost says says that we won't have world war over syria no but we might have it over iran and you see exactly what what professor landis correctly said is that this is leading toward iran and let's face it the fact is that israel and its of very powerful friends in the united states are very pushing pushing pushing with some resistance i hope in the united states florida war with iran to protect israel and here's something i really want to say because. the defense fact is that the whole

davis on behalf of news international. mr. jay indicated that he was not going to pursue various aspects since they are not refined by questions. matches indicate what the five are? the first is what might be thought to be the unethical treatment of journalists and photographers, a factor which we say contributed to the unethical newsgathering, which you have been investigating. secondly, allowing the national union of journalists to represent members wouldn't be a, good protection against unethical behavior in the future. thirdly, where the news international was involved and the insertion of a particular provision in the industrial relations legislation which would appear to be detective of news international. four, whether a conscience clause which the nuj has campaigned for, would not be a sensible protection for journalists for the future and finally, the role of the management standards committee and what we say is the absence of protection of journalists in relation to its activities. >> while i don't mind you asking ab

>> this as international summit is about sharing practices. do they know the latest techniques for teaching children? do they know the best conditions in which children learn? what are the best policies that encourage children to be enthusiastic about learning? and teachers to fill confident that they can make a difference as well. that is a big debate, actually. education international is about sharing the policy and the practice. >> what you say seems obvious, where is the debate. >> a good question, actually. there are a number of questions in this world and a number of governments in this world who believe that the number one thing about raising standards that does not have to do with that. raising standards is anything but concentrating on teachers. this is all about how there might be more choice and diversity, we need to have a hard edge accountability system. there are a number of governments when they see a ball slowly coming towards them, don't catch it. for us, it is all about success. if you're going to be successful economically a

but probably the most important one was the degree of international focus on the issues. there were 165 heads of state in rio, and i heard some charming conversations on the part of some of them. what is this biodiversity thing about? what does it mean? some presidents pay more attention to their environment ministers as they're preparing for their press conference than they ever had before. we had on one end of the spectrum president bush representing the united states. we had president castro of cuba. john major had asked president bush to come in early to listen to his presentation. and that meant that president bush was present for president castro's unmitigated attack on the principles and economy and history of the united states. i was sitting with president bush, and i remember wondering what does one do when the speech is over? applaud? walk out? i thought, well, i'll just watch my boss. well, he applauded. and, of course, the first question he was asked after that, how could you have applauded that attack? it was just a blistering attack on you and your country.

so what extent are the management problems outlined in the internal memorandum attributed to barriers associated with the policies, procedures and practices, other than what you've already said about the hiring? >> sir, with respect to the procurement in the administration issues, those are areas where the alignment between iscd and the office of infrastructure protection and the office of the undersecretary needed to be better aligned with one another and the information flow needed to get from the bottom to the top so that we were aware of those problems and could fix them. and this is, i think from my perspective the most disappointing thing about this discovery, which was epitomized by the failure of the office to report the tiering problem that we've described to you before. i have a consistent policy that i've told people that i want to hear bad news first from the people who worked for me and not from people outside. and i was extraordinarily disappointed by this and have used it as a teaching moment both with respect to iscd and ip, but with with respect to the entirety of npp