both are casting our alliance our alliance in a new light. there's been a lot of debates about what the changes in turkey mean. it's turning its back on the west in favor of the east. and u.s. turkish cooperation is being placed by a more tense rivalry. some commentators have asked, quote, who lost turkey? much of the recent debate has missed the point. it tends to rowmanticize the past. turkey is changing and the nature of our alliance is changing with it. nonetheless, there's ever reason to believe that these changes can mostly be, and should be for the better. indeed, we now have an opportunity to fundamentally transform our alliance, to make it broader, deeper, more durable, and more relevant. in short, to make it one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world. for both our countries. no one should expect this to be easy. it won't be. nor does it mean we will cease to have our disagreements. these will persist. but if we remain guided by a few core principles, we can succeed in transforming our alliance. one of those is th

the fact is turkey is changing and the nature of our alliance is changing with it. nonetheless, there's every r reason to believe that these changes could be and should be for the better. indeed, we now have an opportunity to fundamentally transform our alliance to make a broader, deeper, more durable and more relevant, in short, to make it one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world for both our countries. no one should expect this to be easy. it won't be, nor does it mean that we will cease to have our disagreements. these will persist, but if we remain guided by a few core principle, we can succeed in transforming our alliance. one of those principles is that the united states and turkey need to deal with each other realistically, talk with each other honestly and build greater trust. this should begin with us in the united states. we need to realize that the u.s.-turkey alliance does not consist with americans giving orders and turks getting in line and to the extent that we have acted this way in the past, it might explain why many turks stil

and within the alliance. you could go down -- and i don't think it is the numbers. much more to do. and let go of what is attached to those. most nato allies realized they have no strategic importance and that strategic in the united states providing protection of by can call it that based in europe. i don't think it is the numbers that are at issue. >> one clarification. the defense deterrent posture review by nato in chicago state's the supreme guarantee of allied security are the strategic nuclear weapons of the three countries, the u.s. you can and france. it does not talk about tactical nuclear weapons as being vital for that deterrent capability and the last i noticed our european allies are very supportive of further u.s./russia reductions. jon's of the points? >> jack mendelson explain away this is the world that developed. i remember his lecture on why we had tactical nuclear weapons in the first place which is going back to it outdated thinking that the europeans were worried that we were going to be couple our defense from their defense and we need to have an addition to

i'm from the urban agriculture alliance. i want to address the question about funding because we have heard from city agencies and nonprofits. so many are passionate about getting this work done but we need funding to make it happen. we are all excited about expanding the role of the city in supporting urban agriculture but we need to think in terms of what that should look like in terms of supporting community organizations doing that work. centralizing is an important step toward supporting the grass-roots level and some of that is having a central coordinating role in city government or nonprofit that could link people with bill people they need to be in contact with to activate public land or get resources that are available like the community opportunity fund. right now, it is disjointed and hard for a community group to do that. ongoing, the important pieces are seeking funding for this position and looking for some model of community over size of a different constituency groups can be involved in directing the ongoing

i am a board member of the san francisco parks alliance. i urge you to support the november bond. the parks in district 10 and mclaren are in desperate need of capital improvements. furthermore, throughout the city, there is need for improving our dilapidated infrastructure. i would also like to urge you to insure the city budget allocation be increased. the only 1.96% of the city budget is allocated for our pd. park users represent one of the largest constituencies in san francisco. the bond measure and increase in budget are necessary and supported by the overwhelming majority of city residents. i had not meant to comment on this, of $4 million is a drop in the bucket. there is an issue regarding the national areas program. the problem can be solved through community planning and better communication. chairperson farrell: thank you very much. mr. paulson, before you come up, let me call some additional speakers. [names are called] please come on up. whoever wants to come forward. mr. paulson, please feel free to line up. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i live on cambridge street

i think you could argue that within the alliance as well. i think there would be understanding for that. i think you could go down to perhaps you mentioned 20, perhaps you could go down to five, ten weapons in europe and still say that there is an extended deterrent. i don't really think it's the numbers, i think it is attached to those weapons. i think most nato allies, including the central and east europeans realize that they have no strategic importance and that the strategic nuclear weapons back in the united states will provide just as much protection, if i can call it that, as those that are based in europe. so i don't think it's the numbers that is the issue. i think it is zero or more than zero that is the issue. >> and just one point of clarification. the defense and posture review released in chicago states that the supreme guarantee of allied security are the strategic nuclear weapons of the three countries in nato with strategic nuclear weapons, the u.s., the uk, and france. it does not talk about the u.s. forward deployed tacti

thank you to supervisor campos and the progress of workers alliance. i hope that it will be anonymously -- unanimously supported. supervisor avalos: thank you. why don't we go to public comment. we do not have any cards. people can come right up. we can have a line in the center aisle. >> good morning. i am a staff attorney of the legal aid society. i wanted to draw attention to the national epidemic of wage that. -- wage theft. $30 billion are stolen from workers nationally every year. that is wagers in which employers owed to workers but failed to pay. we know proportionally affects low-wage workers and immigrants and other vulnerable populations, and especially those that work in the underground economy. studies have shown 70% of workers and low-wage industries experience wage theft. a quarter of workers are not paid minimum wage. three-quarters are not paid overtime premiums when they work overtime. the average is $51 in stolen every week in their wages. that accounts for 15% of the income. studies have focused not only across the nation, but also

we are an all volunteer alliance and have a list serve with over 500 individuals. i would like to take a second to recognize everyone who came. if everyone could please stand. thank you. there has been knows central garden program in san francisco for nearly a decade. city support has been spread across many different agencies, creating inefficiencies and a lack of coordination. this legislation which speaks to the third platform and our goal of increasing institutional support begins to do much to address these issues. the ambitious goals, as rebel targets, and creation of a focus corner position has the potential to give the gardening community to support it deserves and needs. we are strongly in favor of the timeline to ensure confidence of the goals. there are attainable with the effort of the city and community. we would like to emphasize that for this program to be a success and sustainable, he must speak out and include community input, especially in regards to the external evaluation of where the program will ultimately reside. nearly all of our urban agric

in fact, the park's alliance was involved in all three previous bond measures, all of which passed. we have improved citywide parks, all across the city. there are highlights. the first is playgrounds. the park's alliance has introduced a playground report card, which scores every playground in the city for its safety. it has identified those in greatest need of repairs. the latest edition will identify 16 playgrounds that are failing, that you would not want to take your kids to. this would address all 16 of those failing playgrounds. then comes the waterfront. you have heard about the blue- green way. this would include strategic investments that would realize the vision that the parks alliance has for a long-term collaboration with the port of san francisco and many other agencies to completely transform the waterfront that supervisor tells bird was referring to. we are pleased to see -- that supervisor elsbernd was referring to. we are pleased to see this will reduce maintenance costs and help update the parts for users, and again, will reduce maintenance costs, which is importa

coleman advocates in district 11 and part of the progress of workers alliance. we have recently launched a johns campaign of which wage that in workers' rights in general is a very important piece, because it is not just about creating jobs, but about insuring jobs have good working conditions, and people are able to stay in their jobs without fear of being exploited. i also want to talk about our region and enforcement. the progress of workers alliance is extent -- asking for funds for an officer, because currently they are at capacity with regards to being able to enforce. additionally, our research and education is very important. there are many workers in the city that do not know their rights, and there are only three that are currently doing our reatreach. we are asking for $110,000 for an additional position, and $295,000 for increased funds for the worker's right collaborative. thank you. >> good morning, committee members. my name is connie ford, the secretary-treasurer of opeu local three, and in here to lend my support to this gallant effort. as we kn

led alliance expected to go in dealing with this dispute. well very this question still remains open but indeed nato officials will be gathering for an emergency meeting in brussels later on tuesday and that's off to turkey's request the country has invoked article four all the alliances chalta that allows in your words members to call for consultations if it feels that its territorial integrity will national security have been threatened the last time article four was invoked in two thousand and three shortly before the wreck invasion and back then again that was took his initiative this time took he has called for a meeting for consultations often it's fanta just will show don by syria and in syria and turkey is insisting that it will show dollars while it was flying over the international rule to some thirty miles away from the syrian coast it's also been saying that syria had been firing on another plane that's been in the area for rescue and search operations and we've been hearing strong words following this incident from an karrar des

the alliance acknowledged the independent and unilateral british and french negative security assurances have in discouraging nuclear proliferation. looking to the future, allies reiterated that nato is prepared to consider further reducing its requirement for nonstrategic nuclear weapons assigned to the alliance in the context of reciprocal steps by the russian federation. leaders agreed that the mac should issue two task conditions, two committees. first, to develop concepts for ensuring the broadest possible burden sharing, including in the event nato decides to further reduce its reliance on nonstrategic nuclear weapons based in europe. and second, to further consider what nato would expect to see in the way of reciprocal russian actions to allow for significant reductions in nonstrategic nuclear weapons assigned to nato. nato expressed its support for continued mutual efforts by the united states and russia to promote stability and enhance transparency and further reduce their nuclear weapons. the allies reiterated their interest in developing and exchanging transparency and confide

and it shifts alliances. is it closer to scaf? that's a possibility. again, these are just short messages, and we can continue to think about them. so where are we going from there? if we're speaking about the president, who's going to make it, who's not going to make it, what kind of alliances are going on, let's agree that the structures that are going to go into govern the ability of the coming president to act, the structures which are going to govern, you know, his road and possibles, maybe made during mubarak including the personnel and the top commands. however, it's established since 1952. the problems that these structures are decentralized, the security establishments, very decentralized. we are speaking about the president who may be begging for his daily briefing, like every day. the head of intelligence was held. scaf was appointed by president mubarak. we're speaking about lots of tradition within these establishments. we're speaking about the president, who has to deal with scaf somehow, and there has to be some sort of use, otherwise it

the parks alliance strongly supports this proposed project. we encourage the commission to approve the eir. the parks alliance believes this project will be -- will do significant public good. the project represents an uncommon opportunity to ameliorate the city's document a shortfall of available playing field recreational hours. the city has adopted synthetic turf standards that requiring recycle turf materials. with the implementation of storm water collection and testing requirements, the field would not contribute to degradation of ground water quality. the are also fines proposed lighting is unlikely to spillover the boundaries substantially enough to impact the surrounding neighborhoods. because weather conditions create on known variables, the alliance proposes that the city monetarist one state are installed. -- monetarist once they are installed. the parks alliance is aware of other recreation agencies that have addressed this question with creative funding mechanisms that pay for that sort of replacement. we encourage you to examine

in afghanistan and that to a large extent was the price pakistan paid for its alliance with the u.s. but these days in washington it seems hardly anyone keeps that in mind when handing out another portion of factorizations and humiliation to the nation they once convinced to become their ally i'm going to stick our reporting from washington r.t. . u.s. war is also kind of a high prize for the american public art a special report focuses on the families whose loved ones died on foreign soil. excuse me can i speak with you sure. let me give you three by sunday night you don't agree you don't agree we're going to leave her room. is marina i don't know what distrust you're going to try before you share. your country. or hope. you find some of these. things. while this extended report is coming your way at nine am g.m.t. iran will be briefed on the results of an international meeting on the syrian crisis despite not being invited according to the office of u.n. peace envoy kofi annan earlier the u.s. objected to iran's participation in the talks on saturday aimed at uniting influential st

well, the business software alliance represent over 70 companies who are the world's leading innovators around software. we are a trade association based here in washington, d.c. because the u.s. has had a unique role in building the global software market which is about $300 billion a year now. we have 13 foreign offices because the fastest growing markets for software are in the global markets, and when software companies look to those opportunities, they're really asking us to try to help get the right public policy in place. it allows those companies to grow not only here at home, but internationally. >> host: how many employees -- how many people are employed by the software industry in the united states? >> guest: well, the software industry has other a million -- over a million people that are both directly and indirectly employed. it's estimated that as much as 60 cents of every dollar spent on software around the world comes back to u.s.-based companies. this is really a remarkable leader both in terms of technology innovation for the globe, but also a real era which the u.s. h

exactly what's happening now but even with hindsight after the nato bombing of yugoslavia ruin the alliances these tribes in libya last year history isn't been prevented from repeating itself again and again with this seven images coming from syria and make it world headlines everybody agreed those who are guilty must be punished but the reaction from the international community has been so sweet and so quiet in ated the reason is that punishment will come before even those who are truly responsible are exposed and that could mean not just a lot of justice but also huge loss of life. refinishing r t reporting from syria. meanwhile moscow is stepping up its efforts to mediate a diplomatic solution in syria it wants an international contact group to persuade damascus and the rebels to halt violence and begin talks but russia says some external players are provoking the syrian opposition to continue fighting despite kofi annan peace plan. you know when we hear reports of another massacre in syria and currently we see such atrocities almost daily with many international media outlets place the b

well need to find a way to manage the alliance correctly so that the withdrawal of those weapons don't lead to a new schism. but i should argue should give russia a year privately. and if they don't move within that time period say we're going alone and push them to come with us. >> your thought, general jameson? >> the only thing that i would add is until the election, anything that even hints of doing something unilaterally is just not going to be on the table. on the other hand, the process, and i certainly agree with jon, grinds along in the pentagon, inside the beltway. things are going to happen the way the u.s. military, the pentagon and coordination with the interagency wants it to happen. and some of those things are budget-driven. they're going to try to save as much as they can realistically, but it's not going to be -- it's not going to be private agreements with russia or anything. that's just my opinion. >> all right, thank you. all right. other questions? yes, sir, in the middle, bruce. thank you. >> hi. i'm bruce mcdonald with the u.s. institute of peace. i think it's s

but, through it all, the alliance held firm.nd i invite those who protested then, i invite those who protest today, to mark this fact. because we remain strong, the soviets came back to the table. [ applause ] because we remained strong today, we have within reach the possibility not merely of limiting the growth of arms but of eliminating for the first time an entire class of nuclear weapons from the face of the earth. as i speak, nato ministers are meeting in iceland to review the progress of our proposals for eliminating these weapons. at the talks in geneva, we have, also proposed deep cuts in strategic offensive weapons. and the western allies have, likewise, made far-reaching proposals to reduce the danger of conventional war and to place a total ban on chemical weapons. while we pursue these arms reductions, i pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to deter soviet aggression at any level at which it might occur. [ applause ] and in cooperation with many of our allies, the united states is pursuing the strategic

my question is, are you looking at the nato alliance and determining if it is serving the function for which it was intended? and if there is a commensurate effort by all of the members, whether perhaps we are paying more than our fair share for what we are getting in return? >> senator, you've raised a legitimate concern here. with regards to the responsibility of nato nations to assume a greater responsibility for developing their capabilities and improving their defense posture. one of the things that came out of chicago in the nato meeting in chicago was developing greater capabilities for nato with regards to missile defense, with regards to isr, with regards to other areas to try to ask them to assume greater responsibilities in those areas. but i also think, as i stated to my fellow defense ministers, we have great concerns because of the budget situation that faces many of those nations in europe. that one of the dangers here is that they'll constantly go back to defense and seek further savings there, which i think would be dangerous. right now, for example, when it comes to a

i want to acknowledge the work of the progress of workers alliance who -- progressive workers alliance who availed themselves of this benefit that we only -- took into account compliance with labor laws. i want to thank supervisor farrell for being open to language that makes it clear that before a business can benefit from this tax break, there has to be compliance with all of our labor laws. i think it is a recognition that while the progress of workers alliance has been at times tried to strengthen requirements of small businesses, there is a recognition at some point small businesses also need help. because of that, i am proud to be a supporter of this. as i indicated before, i have questions about tax breaks but i think as a matter of fairness, if we're doing something for the larger corporations, we have to do something for the small businesses that are ultimately creating the jobs in our neighborhoods. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. i want to thank supervisor farrell for bringing this item forward. in terms of how out -- looking at how to support small businesses, i wi

but, through it all, the alliance held firm. and i invite those who protested then, i invite those who protest today, to mark this fact. because we remain strong, the soviets came back to the table. [ applause ] because we remained strong today, we have within reach the possibility not merely of limiting the growth of arms but of eliminating for the first

executive director of the executive parks alliance. i sure do not envy your position in having to balance all of these competing priorities for the city with its tight budget. i do want to emphasize with you our rec and park system is a part of the solution. these kids that you have been hearing from desperately need clean and safe places to play if they are to avoid the obesity epidemic. our youth need clean and safe places to play, whether it is kiteboarding in this city, are getting out to camp. we adults on the safe and clean places to relax, go for hikes, and deal with the stress positions we have to make every day. seniors need the park system just as much as the rest of us. these are our parks. the parts alliance remains opposed to any further cuts to the root operating budgets to the recreation and parks department. you know over the last six years the repeated cuts to the operating budgets for the rec and parks department has left it with a chronic $30 million a year operating deficit. our parks the better support than that fr

i know that the alliance has identified sites within each of our districts. i also know that the waiting list for the community garden in my district on 16th avenue near fulton has a huge waiting list. i think it is a good goal that residents seeking plots should not have to wait more than one year or access to apply their other efforts. i am appreciative that the president appreciates the advocates from the alliance that they have made for funding in the position and incorporating as much as possible from different stakeholder groups. i would love to be added as a co-author as well to expand its of that san francisco is a leader in urban agriculture around the country. thank you. supervisor cohen: i also have one quick comment. i wanted to also comment on the fact that the haight-ashbury neighborhood council, the recycling center, they have a lot of relief -- there is a native plant peace to that project and plots that people are using to plant. i believe that they've worked collaborative lee with the farm over the last couple of years, and it is a great way

, develop their capabilities, and build key alliances and partnerships for the future and they've got to develop their capabilities to be able to secure themselves and that's what this proposal provides for. fourthly, we ensure we can confront and defeat aggression from any adversary, any time, anywhere. that goes to the force structure that will sustain a military that's the strongest in the world. in the 21st century, our adversaries are going to come at us using 21st century technology. that's the world we live in. and we've got to be able to respond with 21st century technology. so we must invest. we've got to invest in space, we've got to invest in cyberspace, we've got to invest in long-range precision strikes. we've got to invest in unmanned vehicles. we've got to invest in special operations forces. we've got to invest in the latest technologies. to ensure that we can still confront and defeat multiple adversaries. the last area is to protect obviously and prioritize key investments and have the capacity to grow and adapt and mobilize. i talked about some of the areas that we

nature looms over syria as alliance member turkey claims the downing of its fighter jet by damascus was an attack against a target block from the adjoining reflection from the syrian capital in just a few seconds. moscow pushes for middle east peace following the president putin's talks in israel focusing on iran's nuclear ambitions an ongoing conflict in syria. crisis claims its fifth victim cyprus asked for multi billion euro bailout to rescue its people banking sector and violence its debts. pro-car sing live from the heart of the russian capital this is the nato is set to decide what action to take against syria after turkey called for an urgent meeting of the alliance ankara says its allies should view friday's downing of its military jet by the mask this as an act of aggression artie's rif an ocean that has the latest. they to officials will be gathering for an emergency mission in brussels late on tuesday and that's off to turkey's request the country has invoked article four all the alliances chalta that allows any of its members to call for consultations a fits feels that its t

nature looms over syria as alliance member turkey claims the downing of its fighter jet by damascus was an attack against the entire blog join me from the syrian capital in just a few seconds. moscow flexes its diplomatic muscles as the russian president tours the middle east pushing for more dialogue between the israelis and the palestinians . euro zone crisis claims its fifth victim aside from a multi billion euro bailout. people banking sector and finance its debts. and apparently those european banking problems are affecting these in asia but over in russia they are quite upbeat in the first hour of trading join me in twenty minutes for all the. world news twenty four hours a day live from moscow this is r.t. . nato is set to decide what action to take against syria after turkey called for an urgent meeting of the alliance says its allies should view friday's downing of its military jet by the mask this is not to aggression. as the latest now. nato officials will be gathering for an emergency meeting in brussels later on tuesday and that's off to turkey's request the country has inv

walgreen's hopes its acquisition of alliance boots will be wrapped by the end of summer. the company says the deal will make it the most relevant health and beauty chain on the best street corners here and in europe. diane eastabrook, nbr, chicago. >> susie: tom, as we reported, there's a wave of optimism and relief here on wall street, hoping that the fed is going to take some action tomorrow. but if policymakers disappoint, the markets will be vulnerable, so investors, be prepared. fasten your seat belts. >> tom: vulnerable and volatile. no doubt about it, susie. let's take a closer look with tonight's market focus. stocks were climbing on hope more help could be on the way from the federal reserve as soon as tomorrow. the s&p 500 held its early gains throughout the day, rising 1%. anticipation for more help has been building, taking the index to a six-week high. it's up 8% for the year. the strongest gains in the materials sector-- up 2%; financial, up 1.7%; and energy, rallying 1.4%. volume-- 770 million shares on the big board; 1.8 billion moving on the nasdaq. leadi

we have listened to the parks alliance. the old and new merchants. we have to, because they are the voices. they are the affect of voices you created for city hall to make sure we listen and respond. we are ahead of the game now. we're going into a major effort here. 100 and -- $195 million, but the promise is still there. we will keep it below your property taxes in 1996. how about that? retire the old debt. do not create new ones like others in the state keep doing. we're going to insulate ourselves with good financial decisions for the city. i also want to say that we're going to have a lan awful lot of other things on the ballot. but please do not let someone walked up to you and say we can drain our hetch hetchy and find some other water solution for our great water system. they will say that to you. it is little trojan horse that will give to this month -- november ballot. advocates for san francisco, do not allow people to be full that we can drain hetch hetchy on some environmental goal that is untrue. we can still enjoy the balance, that we

alliance boots was taken private. kkr is its largest shareholder in addition to stefan jobs the chairman and founder of the company. >> they sucked the life of the company out already? the vampire, private equity, they've paid big dividend, left a shell of the company and ready to pawn it off to some unsuspecting -- >> here's the most interesting part. the way this is structured, there's cash in a stock. stefano is take only stock. he's going to become one of the largest shareholders in walgreen. kkr will be one of the largest shareholders in walgreen as well. interesting elements. >> they are keeping skin in the game. >> so, joe, they have not stucked the life out just yet. the other element of this, of course, is what's going on. what will happen to the obamacare and health insurance market and that want plays in to a different element. >> is this back office operations or front office operations. >> they will get huge efficiencies in terms of buying drugs. the other element is that alliance boots, i don't know if y

singer, the executive director of the house an alliance. i hope you all can come on down and enjoy our celebration where everybody in san francisco gets to be a day for a day. i am here to speak on behalf of the aids has an alliance, one of the agency's lucky about to participate in this program. it is how important for people to understand some very nuanced distinctions. in order to receive services, a person with hiv needs to have disabling hiv or disabling aids. if you are disabled from the other cause, you don't qualify. the aids housing alliance has been lucky enough to build ourselves as an organization available to all people with hiv and aids in san francisco regardless of income and disability status. earlier, you met one of our clients and his three beautiful triplets. without us, he would have been homeless. he lost his real estate business, the house was lost to foreclosure in he had nowhere to go. there is no other source of funding in san francisco we could have tapped into to prevent that family from becoming homeless. we rel

to discuss what is going to be the deterrent posture in the alliance. so that's the first thing that wasn't discussed. we just think it's a great shame. but i think it's not discussed because of the way the whole process was run but it was divided into three committees, it was not an overall discussion that was looking at conceptual understanding of what the deterrence and posture of the alliance should be. now, what the other role of the missile defense would be much more political because there would be a possibility to say already we don't have the nonstrategic nuclear weapons any more, they were not needed anyway, with this new deterrent posture but we can use missile defense as another form of showing commitment in the alliance that is completely the same as what has been happening with the nonstrategic nuclear weapons like that yowshow your commitment. so that was what i meant about the missile defense sharing. >> all right. any others on this? all right. we have a question over here. >> i continue on the missile defense question. there was this g