jstreet is not against aipac. jstreet is pro-israel and pro-peace. it just takes a different approach as you know. i received an e-mail from a good friend of mine in memphis who was strong aipac supporter incited some quotations from three of the speakers that are on the panel at some time or another. they had statements that were very friendly towards israel and he suggested i shouldn't be here or be in the panel because i was among these three people, along with 96 others that are going to be speaking. he don't make peace with people you're in love with. the new skype differences of opinion and you need to get together and make peace for mutual benefit, there's going to be somebody on the other side naturally but the need for peace that will say things are so nice about you because there's conflict. there've been conflicts in the middle east for a long time. because somebody makes a statement, that doesn't mean you don't talk to them or listen to them. if you don't talk or listen, you won't understand them and to not be a different mutual accord. i

. >> 9it is aipac for more competitive id-- it is a pact fr more competitivity. rich states like germany will have to pay roll the weaker ones. the original plan when the euro wa introduced expressly ruled the financial standards of that sort. each country was to keep its debt under control, making the arrow stable. then can the your crisis. -- then came the euro crisis. it soon became clear that saving the euro would mean convergence in economic terms. critics say that could have happened sooner and more cheaply. >> much of it could have been quicker. some things could have been done better. all in all, i am not dissatisfied with everything we have achieved in the last year. >> now, indebted states will have to save more than those who are financially sound. that has already triggered protests from the union. >> sarkozy and merkel and the european governments just want to destroy our social benefits. they want europe to be a huge economic carry with no social protection for the workers. >> that is the attempt to create a herlevel playing field for the european e

. >> it is aipac for more competitive id-- it is a pact fr more competitivity. rich states like germany will have to pay roll the weaker ones. the original plan when the euro was introduced expressly ruled the financial standards of that sort. each country was to keep its debt under control, making the arrow stable. then can the your crisis. -- then came the euro crisis. it soon became clear that saving the euro would mean convergence in economic terms. critics say that could have happened sooner and more cheaply. >> much of it could have been quicker. some things could have been done better. all in all, i am not dissatisfied with everything we have achieved in the last year. >> now, indebted states will have to save more than those who are financially sound. that has already triggered protests from the union. >> sarkozy and merkel and the european governments just want to destroy our social benefits. they want europe to be a huge economic carry with no social protection for the workers. >> that is the attempt to create a herlevel playing field for the european

aipac and other groups are very influential, spend enormous amounts of money and have close relationswith many house members and senate members. but their role in the current events, which is what we are talking about today f. obviously is the focus of my story, is more has an onlooker and -- then an active purchaser and. host: what other countries should we know about that are very active? guest: saudi arabia we have not talked about much. i was alluding to them earlier. they are as big a force, or bigger than anyone else. their oil wealth, their role in counter-terrorism operations, the influence of islamic and fundamentalist forces, they have an enormous lobbying operation in washington. so far, we have not seen the kind of unrest in saudi arabia that we have been many of the other countries that we mentioned. but that is a region where you can be sure that there are washington emissaries that are very active in monitoring the situation and making sure that members of congress know about what is going on with the royal family and know what their concerns and positions are and are w

and mexico in the oecd, chile and peru in the trans-pacific partnership, and along with mexico and aipac. these are all helping to build a foundation for balanced global growth, a transparent global economy, and broad-based opportunity. colombia and brazil are vital partners this year on the un security council. uruguay contributes more trips per capita to un peacekeeping operations than any other country. coaster is working to become the first carbon-neutral nation -- coast of rica is working to become the first carbon-neutral nation on the earth. every country joined to assist haiti after the earthquake and continues to assist in the reconstruction. as vibrant picture as the hemisphere presence, it has not yet realize its full global potential. it is very much in our interest to help our latin american partners further embrace an active and constructive global role. let me hasten to add that this does not mean that we will always agree. but we will agree much more often than not. even when we disagree, we will never lose sight of the powerful interests and core values that connect us.