that was the most important thing to me in what obama said at apec. if you'll notice, netanyahu picked up the same language afterwards and also referred to a nuclear weapon and not nuclear weapons capability. that's the victory in terms of clarity. it means that iran can do a lot of things that it's already doing as long as it doesn't actually build a nuclear weapon and it doesn't have to face the threat of military action from the united states. >> mike? >> the distinction between the capability and a weapon is absolutely crucial. and it is a big difference between the united states and israel. the concern to the israelis is that iran is developing -- iran is really not ready to break out and make a nuclear weapon. they don't want to make one weapon. they would want to make several. in answer to your question, iran was discovered in 2003 hiding two decades of secret military work. and especially before 2003, there were a whole range of activities where it begs the question, why are they doing these things? and when iran was both unable to answer thos

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initiated new strategic dialogues in the region, we alliances ll and active partner and asean and apec. we began the lower mekong initiative to work with countries that are dependent upon the mekong. we've got great deal of work going on with indonesia and the philippines. we have the major trade agreement with korea. we came to the aid of our good ally japan after their disast s disasters. we're having this opening to berma. we are actively involved in what's going on in the asia-pacific because we think it's very much in america's interest to be so. and that includes being able to project both civilian and military power. and as we looked at where we had forces operating, we saw some, you know, gaps. and that's what the president addressed on his recent trip to australia. we think that there is a great deal for america to gain by, you know, being very much involved in and supporting the incredible growth of the region. so that's what we're positioned to do. >> thank you. i just returned to several weeks ago from india, and we had an excellent trip and one of the things that was remar

administration had been prisoner tho those desires, obama would have laid out much clearer headlines at the apec conference, we would have just green lit an iranian attack instead of just telling them not to do it or we would have committed to doing it ourselves now. this is a viable ogs. how do i know? half the republican candidates running for president have suggested green lighting an israeli attack or doing it jointly or doing it ourselves claiming the red line is now. there is a way in which you could be more behold ento the israeli view. we see that on c-span just about every day on the other side of the political aisle. at the end of the day they're making judgments based on u.s. national interest. israel factors into that. protecting israel is part of our national interests in that part of the world. it's not wrong. it's just the way it is. >> yes, ma'am. >> hi, my name is deana. i'm here more as a person who has a lot of iranian friend who is fled the country because of elections in '09 and they're very active here in the united states. most of them are at school. it seems to me that th

if you look at the remarks that were made at the apec conference and when the two of them met and afterwards, i think this is rather clear. at the same time, we've seen some interesting signals from tehran. and perhaps ali will talk about that a little bit more as well, but not exactly, well, i mean what passes for a charm offensive from tehran i guess is the best way to put it. right after the comments that obama made talking about decrying the loose talk of war and stressing that diplomacy was his preferred option for dealing with iranian nuclear program, ayatollah khomeini the supreme leader reiterated a 1995 fatwa in which he said that building nuclear weapons would be a "great sin." and he praised obama which is not something the supreme leader of iran often does for tamping down the threats of war. he said such remarks are good and indy indicate a step out of delusions. he also at the same time claimed that the economic sanctions that have been imposes on iran are having absolutely no effect. well, as we all know the sanctions are having a huge effect. i think this is another reen why

world to the asia pacific region as secretary of state hillary clinton was saying last year at the apec conference that asia pacific was going to be increasingly the focus of the world's attention in the twenty first century as china obviously continues to be an economic powerhouse and and even india and other countries in the region for him to actually become more economically dominant i think with that comes the attendant attention from the militaries of the u.s. and the u.k. and other countries that i think are obviously looking to get through some form of economic war games here but if i may north korea as we although it's poised to carry out a highly criticized a rocket launch with its immediate neighbors expressing grave concern perhaps an increased u.k. and u.s. presence is needed in the region. well that's a matter of perspective but but i think it at once again i think absolutely the perfectly predictable result of north korean aggression and the way that they're the really threatening people in the region with the satellite launch and it is something that would seem to necessi

if you lack at the remarks made at the apec conference when they met and afterwards i think this is rather clear. at the same time, we have seen some interesting signals from tehran and perhaps allie will talk about that more as well. not exactly, well, what passes for a charm offense from tehran, i guess, is the best way to put it. right after the comments that obama made talking about decrying the loose talk of war and stressing that did i diplomacy was his preferred apgs for dealing with the iran an nuclear program the supreme leader reiterated in 1995 f atwa in which he said building nuclear weapons would be a great sin, unquote, and he praised obama which is not something the supreme leader of iran often does for tamping down the threats of war. he says such remarks are good and indicate a step out of did he dilutions and crimed that the economic sanctions are having no effect. as we all know the sanctions are having a huge effect, and i think this is another reason why we might actually have a diplomatic option in front of us. for those of you who haven't been following it, these san

. >> it was inaccurate and it was fed by apec as the jujs position. >> joe, is there any -- is there future to the romney campaign on on policy? is there going to be a tutor, is there going to be a team offe a advisors who are going to be straightening him out on foreign policy? >> if there is a future for him here, it's to link it to the economy. that's what bill clinton did in the '90s. he said foreign policy is an economic policy. he was a governor who didn't know much about foreign policy either, and that was the way he finessed it. he said it's a real concern out there in america, people talk about it all the time. romney started out the campaign as raising china as a domestic threat. it's an area where he may find some profit in foreign policy. but going to war all the time, i think people are kind of sick of that. >> thank you very much for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, mitt romney is getting a lot of advice on who to pick and not pick for hiss running mate. why joe scarborough says romney needs to stay away from marco rubio. and one of the republican candidates wants to

we joined our international partners from apec to the g-20.adalajara, we remember felipe's hospitality, and that of the mexican people, including some very good mariachi -- >> and mexican food. >> some tequila, if i'm not mistaken. i can't reciprocate the music but felipe, stephen and i are proud to welcome you here today. between us, we represent nearly half a billion citizens, from nivut to southern mexico. in between the diversity of our peoples and cultures is extraordinary. wherever they live, they wake up every day with similar hopes. to provide for their families to be safe in their communities, to give their children a better life. in each of our countries, the daily lives of our citizens are shaped profoundly by what happens in the other two. that's why we're here. today we focused on our highest priority, creating a jobs and opportunities for our people. the united states, our business have created nearly 4 million new jobs. confidence is up and the economy is getting stronger, but with lots of folks still struggling to find work and

[laughter] [applause] >> so apec, bob scheer, any -- >> first of all, i want to thank bob for bringingthe richness of the culture then, and in my own political experience, the port huron statement was not the pivotal document as it was in yours. it still remains very important especially how the largest political organization of the '60s in many ways, the large student organization of the '60s was empowered by it. what bob said, i won't try to duplicate it, it was very rich. the thing about the statement that still maintains, i think, is we live in the time of the matrix, you know, the movie. and someone has to rip the matrix open, you know? and whether it's a lot of individual activity or collective activity, there is life beyond that. and the way society is organized now has to be the way that people want it organized. and i do think that the document's success was that it named the problem. or problems. you know? many of which have improved, as you say, bob, intractable, at least til now. and i think also the spirit of especially given what happened later when sectarianism ruled, th

service agent but another federal agent who was out in hawaii advancing the president's trip to the apec summit last november. he ended up in an altercation late at night, shot a man and was charged with second-degree murder. last year, the president was on a bus tour in the midwest. one of the agents in iowa was arrested for drunk driving. then you go back to the salahis who were able to get into a secret party. but this one ranks up there. >> i want to ask you this, this particular division of the secret service, who are they and what is it that they wore? we say they're uniformed? >> we're trying to find that out. what i understand is that we don't know exactly who these guys are and where they're from. what we do know is that the secret service provides a huge advance staff. we're told on every trip, not just this one, they'll make sure that visas are obtained for several other agents in case they have to make changes. there are often changes for illnesses and things that happen. but something like this with 12 agents is fairly unprecedented. >> and as kristen welker noted for us, th

built on international groups utilizing such frameworks as trilateral dialogues, east asia summit and apec this point of view, we shall also cooperate with china which is an important partner. it is also important that japan and the united states cooperate to promote necessary rules make anything the areas of -- making in the areas of nontraditional threats such as terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and piracy as well as peace building, ocean, space and cyberspace. in the economic area, we shall deepen bilateral economic ties and fortify the growth and prosperity of the two countries through their promotion of economic integration the in the asia-pacific region. and to this end both our countries will work on investment rules making with a view toward building free trade area of the asia pacific. from this vantage point as well, we shall advance consultations with review to participate anything the trans-pacific partnership negotiations. the common, the shared vision also calls for the strengthening of the energy corporation, and we discussed in our meeting today expan

apec members have been doing this. we should be doing this and geneva. -- carla mention architecture. great example of that. let me close with just echoing one fame. russian and tea are. we talked about leadership and priorities and comprehensive trade policies. russia is going to be a member of the wto's this summer, june and july. whether congress moves russia or not toward jettison the provisions or not, therefore it is not about russia joining the wto about whether the united states is going to benefit from russia being a member of the wto. t n t r is not everybody's leverage. the sooner we go about doing it the better because it is in our interests to do it. it has nothing to do with russia. that requires leadership. the word came up several times at the table. it requires the administration, white house, the department of state and foreign policy establishment and debate and discussion of foreign policy, in a rights debate discussion because there are legitimate foreign policy human-rights issues associated with

you know, president obama when he spoke at apec at the beginning of march said something, i think, was much loose talk about war. but the problem is within weeks, you read in "the new york times" all kinds of officials who are talking to reporters giving scenarios of what might happen if there's a conflict in the middle east. i think right now, everybody has to not speak so much. you know, i appeared on israeli radio about a month ago and i said you guys have to learn an expression in english from the u.s. navy. loose lips sink ships. so i taught the israelis the expression. the same is here -- there's too much leaking and too much information. we don't know where it's coming from but it erodes confidence and we're allies and we have to deal with iran. we can't have this kind of back and forth in the american press. >> so the big question is why? who would benefit from putting out a leak like that and remember, when netanyahu was here recently, the prime minister of israel and met with president obama, there were some inside reports that possibly the president asked netanyahu, hey, don

apec, the action committee strongly opposed it. henry jackson and jacob javits, the giants and the senate, friends of israel strongly opposed to it, the senate goes with carter and says his arguments for better. howard baker and abraham helped carter get this done and some months later carter has the opportunity to mediate peace at the camp david accords. the vote was i think there were 28 democrats that ran for it in 26 republicans. it was completely bipartisan and was completely on the merits of how they solve it difficult issue and they didn't spend months on it either the did it pretty quickly. >> host: at the time there's enormous discontent in the country today, people are hurting, millions of workers the standard of living is going down. 50 million people, no health insurance, we have the most uneven distribution system great depression. people are worried what's going to happen to their kids, the workers losing their jobs so there's a lot of discontent today to help put in your judgment these lessons of the 70's impact on a

and most successful trade pact and support of the president in hosting three of the early successful apec meetings with the leaders in the region but chairman and ceo of the company ambassador hill was the u.s. trade representative from 1989 to 1993 and the administration of president george h. w. bush. during the negotiation of nafta she was responsible for the blair house agreement that broke the impasse with europe on agriculture that led to the conclusion of the round. she's currently chair of the committee on u.s.-china relations of the dialogue and is the co-chair of the offensive board here at csis as well as one of ours. ambassador clayton practices international trade and agriculture and served as the from 1985 to 1989 and the ronald reagan administration where he negotiated the u.s.-canada free trade agreement and launched around in the negotiations to include services and intellectual property in the culture. 1989 ambassador kantor, excuse me, was named secretary of the agriculture and he steered the bill in congress and also served as president and ceo of the exchange. ambassa

apec has been doing this. we should be doing this together in geneva. architecture is a great example of that. let me close with just echoing one thing. russia pntr -- we have talked about leadership and priorities and the compliments of trade policy. russia is going to be a member of the wto. this summer. jim, july. period. whether congress moves russia pntr or not. therefore, it is not about russia joining the fight -- wto, it is whether the u.s. will benefit from russia being a member of the too. -- the wto. pntr is not leverage. the sooner we go about doing it, the better because it is in our interest to do it. it has nothing to do with russia. that requires leadership. it requires the administration. the white house. the department of state. foreign policy establishment because the debate and discussion is largely poor policy human rights debate discussion -- foreign-policy human rights debate discussions. there are legitimate issues associated with russia, not having to do with the trade, the wto, pntr. the sooner the better. it is a bipartisan is