one of which is the asia pacific economic cooperation, apec. as many of you know, we have worked throughout apec to grow jobs, expand exports, and stimulate trade-driven growth of small to medium sized businesses and others. specifically in 2010 we have an specifically in 2010 we have an ambitious work agenda to make we are also working on an exciting mission to reduce barriers immediately for trade and investment and environmental goods and services. we have been focusing on these areas and will help americans succeed within the asia-pacific region. we can also help them to become a grain. the united states will host the aipac economic forum in 2011. president obama announced that they will host the leaders meeting in honolulu, hawaii. we also plan to leverage this unique opportunity to demonstrate our ability to play stronger and more constructive goal in the development of the asia-pacific region. we are also looking for increased market opportunities within those 10 southeast asian economies the that make up the association of southeast asi

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time -- to her time and subtracted from our time and now i'd like to yield three minutes to the asia pacific and global environment subcommittee, the delegate from american samoa, mr. eni faleomavaega. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, and the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. faleomavaega: i thank the distinguished gentleman of our committee on foreign affairs to allow me to talk about the proposed legislation. despite our situation in afghanistan, i do say i have the utmost respect for the gentleman from ohio for bringing this resolution for purposes of public debate among our colleagues. i also want to say that i associate myself with the remarks made earlier by my colleague from georgia, mr. kingston, in saying why not, why not debate the issue? this should be something that we should not deprive ourselves of the idea of understanding it more of the situation we're dealing with in afghanistan. madam speaker, after eight long years in that country for the united states and 30 years of the afghan people, i remain skeptical that adding 30,000 u.s. troops and focusing

i will ask what we spend so much time speaking about asia- pacific. . >> i am a man at heart. i stuck to the proposition. did i start with a proposition. -- i start with a proposition. most of the growth is going to be in the asian-pacific region. it is critically important that the united states becomes engaged in opening up that market for our service providers. i think there is great excitement. we are at the apec summit last fall. president obama announced the night states would move forward toward correcting an aspirational 21st situation better guarantee exports. many of you know that i'm speaking about the trend pacific partnership. we have began our confrontations with congress in stake holders. many of our printer present a number of industries. we thank you very much for your input. engaged with the ambassador, and we thank you very much for your input. during our initial round of negotiations, we will focus on how we can maximize export opportunities for small to medium-sized businesses. what we can do to promote innovation and competitiveness. also what we can do to

my japanese counterpart and i announced we will join with our counterparts in the asia-pacific region in tokyo this week to continue building this international consensus. make no mistake -- we are engaged in an aggressive effort to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists who are constantly seeking ways to exploit us and port security measures. general harding is the kind of leader we need as we move forward in this effort. his national security expertise and his work in the international community and years of service in the united states army will be at -- a valuable addition to the department's efforts to bolster security and insure the safety of the nation's transportation system. as a retired u.s. army major general, he also adds another distinguished veteran to the senior ranks of the park and a common security. -- ranks of the department of homeland security. the president and i both believe that bothharding has the experience and perspective to carry out the mission of this agency. if there were ever a nominee who wanted expedition and consideration and

asia pacific. latin america are certainly two emerging regions with many countries there. some of the more leading ones. but, you know, keep in mind, google's $20 billion -- has become developed a lot because of pricing and the fact that advertisers have bid up these key words over the last five or six years. so far in all of these emerging markets it's still early. that's not happening yet. >> can google do stuff -- look, suppose they physically leave china. that doesn't mean they're off the internet in china, does it? >> absolutely not. when you look at it -- >> no. in fact -- >> i'm just saying, they will have a business. they'll just be outside of china. so it gets them a little bit off the censorship hook but they can still operate some ad model, can't they? >> the ad model is probably going to be a little bit more of a challenge. >> go ahead. finish up. >> i think on the google cn website you could shut that down. that would get around the censorship issue on search. they still have a display advertising business. that's not very big for google these day. but it's gr

counterpart of transport minister when an eye and asked which would join with our counterparts with the asia-pacific region in tokyo this weekend two continue building this international consensus. make no mistake, we are engaged in aggressive effort to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists who are constantly seeking ways to exploit caps and port security measures. and general harding is precisely the kind of leader we need as we move forward in these efforts. his national security expertise is working in the community and years of combat to the the private efforts to bolster security and insure the safety of the nation's transportation systems. and i'm with adding as a retired u.s. army major-general hwang, also adds another distinguished veteran to the senior ranks of the department of, as security. let me close by saying this, with that tsa administrator is some of the most important until the hosts in the obama administration and the president and i both believe that general harding has the experience and perspective and to make a real difference in carrying out the mis

the asia-pacific region of the world is tremendously important to the united states for a number of reasons. we will -- we're going to visit, obviously, indonesia, the world's largest muslim population, an emerging democracy. the president will follow up on his speech from cairo in a speech in indonesia -- a key partner, obviously in our counterterrorism efforts -- before traveling to australia, obviously a very important trading partner and an important ally in our efforts in afghanistan. i will say that if you -- as the president said in tokyo, that for years the united states has been absent from the asia- pacific region. we are -- we can't lead in this region of the world without strong bilateral relationships with indonesia and australia. they're key in our ability to keep our country safe. they're key in our ability to grow our economy through increased exports. and they're key to tackling big challenges. indonesia is the fourth-largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. obviously they'll be incredibly important to international agreements on climate change. so the president believe

japanese counterpart and i announced we will joint book -- joined with our counterparts in the asia- pacificegion in tokyo to continue building this international consensus. make no mistake. we are engaged in an aggressive effort to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists who are constantly seeking ways to exploit gaps. general harding is precisely the kind of leader we need as we move forward in these efforts. his national security expertise, his work in the international community, and his years of work in the unites states army will be a valuable addition in efforts to bolster security and insure the safety of the nation's transportation systems. as a retired u.s. army major general, bob also has another -- also adds another distinguished veteran to the ranks of the department of homeland security. let me close by saying this -- the tsa administrator is the most important unfilled post in the obama administration. the president and i both believe general harding has the experience and perspective to make a real difference in carrying out the mission of this agency.

the asia-pacific region of the world is tremendously important to the united states, for a number of reasons. we're going to visit obviously indonesia. the world's largest muslim population. and emerging democracy. the president will follow up on his speech from cairo in a speech in indonesia. a key partner obviously in our counterterrorism efforts. before traveling to australia, obviously a very important trading partner. and an important ally in our efforts in afghanistan. i will say that, as the president said in tokyo, that four years of the united states has been absent from the asia-pacific region, we are -- we can't lead in this region of the world without strong bilateral relationships. with indonesia and australia. they are key in our ability to keep our country safe. they are key in our ability to grow our economy through increased exports. and they are key to tackling big challenges. indonesia is the fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. obviously, they will be incredibly important to international agreements on climate change. so the president, believe it wa

have interest in the long term which could be different than our interests, specifically in the asia-pacific rim in the 21st century. and therefore we in rhode our security to the extent to -- erode our security to the extent we allowed our government to extend beyond reasonable and historical boundaries because we borrowed from those who have been antithetical ideals and a strategic interests to the united states of america. so i think the american people know that it is imperative that we put this congress under either political party in this administration on a pathway toward maintaining the the role and the size and scope the federal government has played his starkly in our society, we will be less free and prosperous and less secure. . rather than actually trying to bring -- to something that that have more of an immediate effect. it also strikes me as cover the. it is easy, politically, to say that we need a balanced budget. i am sure a constitutional amendment would be popular among republican voters, but it is more risky to say here is how we should we draw the budget to bring it bac

counterpart transport minister seiji behar and i announced will join with our counterparts in the asia-pacific region in tokyo this week to continue building this international consensus. make no mistake, we are engaged in an aggressive effort to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists who are currently seeking ways to exploit gap and port security measures. and general harding is precisely the kind of leader we need as we move forward in this effort. his national security expertise is working in the international community and years of service in the united states army will be an invaluable addition to the departments efforts to bolster security and ensure the safety of the nation's transportation systems. and i might add that as a retired u.s. army major general, bob also has another distinguished veteran to the senior ranks of the department of homeland security. let me close by saying this, the tsa administrator is among the most important unfilled posts in the obama administration. the president and i both believe that general harding has the experience and perspec

the presidents of all the building trade unions and the will try caucus and the members of the asia pacificbachus, the black caucus participated. we had a very frank exchange with the presence of the trades about outreach, about inclusiveness, bringing a minority trainee into the program. the building trades, going back to the allegis where the guilds were the skill was handed down from father to son from generation to generation. we need to break that chain and a change things and i designated ms. napolitano to coordinate for the caucus for the follow-up to those meetings to the presence of the building trades all committed to initiate new programs to recruit from the minority communities to bring people into their journeymen and apprenticeship programs in the the same needs to be done with the minority contracting community and you're point is well taken about the need to outreach to the code outreach and notify about the existence of the bonding provisions in minneapolis just last week mr. allyson represents minneapolis, and i met with minority contractors in minneapolis. a good many wer

counterpart, transport minister and i announced that we will join with our counterparts from the asia/pacific region to continue building the international consensus. make no mistake, we are encouraged in an effort to strengthen the system against terrorist who are constantly seeking ways to exploit gaps and thwart security measures. general harding is precisely the kind of leader that we need. his national security expertise, his work in the international community and years of service in the united states army will be an valuable added edition to the departments effort to bolster security and ensure the safety of the nation's transportation systems. i may add as a retired u.s. army major general, bob also adds another distinguished veteran to the senior ranks of the department of homeland security. let me close by saying this, the tsa administrator is among the most important unfilled post in the obama administration. the president and i both believe that general harding has the experience and perspective to make a real difference and caring out the mission of this agency. if there were eve

assistant secretary for campbell remains in the asia-pacific region. he had meetings today in jakarta on a range of bilateral regional and global issues, in advance of the present strip and the launch of the indonesia comprehensive partnership. he is now, i believe, in singapore and will be coming back here to washington because of a change in his travel schedule. there was not enough time in his stopover in tokyo for meetings with the japanese government. so those meetings will be rescheduled. ambassador robert king, a special envoy for north korean and human rights issues is in geneva today to participate in the human rights council's 13th session. he will urge countries to support the resolution on the situation of human rights in the dprk, as well as meet with u.n. special repertoire. and a number of you have asked, you know, for a period of time about the status of an american in pyongyang, and we can confirm march 14, the dprk granted the swedish embassy access to detained u.s. citizens. [inaudible] >> know, he's back in the states. he's back in

as the president said in tokyo, for years, the united states has been absent from the asia- pacific region. we are -- we cannot lead in this region of the world without strong bilateral relationship with indonesia and australia. they are key in our ability to keep our country safe and our ability to grow our economy through increased exports. they are key in tackling big challenges. indonesia is the fourth largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. they are incredibly important to international agreements on climate change. the president believes it is important to give the issue of health care and the effort to get votes on health care a few more days, but also believes that it is important to keep this trip on the schedule. >> what other issue -- can you confirm that janet yellen is the leading candidate for nominee of fed vice chairman? will he make the announcement before or after the trip? >> she is obviously somebody who -- former chair of the council on economic advisers, and somebody with great expertise in macro at -- macroeconomic issues. the current president of the fed in san

agonized about what would happen if, in fact, the japanese attacked british territory in the pacific war in asiand what would america do. britain would then be faced with a two front war with no american line. and judging from roosevelts reaction, he may have been an incredibly good actor. ed murrow was in the white house that night. he talked about how roosevelt was just ashen and upset. i don't know, but i don't believe either of these two men knew. i don't think there was a conspiracy. >> if you will permit me, i really don't like to ask questions. i like to make statements. i think a lot of people should like to make statements to set history of to get right, is it more about history that is more pertinent to our lives now. i was wondering if you might be interested in writing about this history. first of all, about the tax when kennedy came into office the tax rate for corporations was 93%. we don't hear that at all. all we hear is when the taxes. >> we are kind of short on time. we will probably have to skip that one if you don't mind. >> that is not my area, my expertise is world xdwar ii

i have spent five and a half years in southeast asia and in the pacific.n every case, those combatant commanders would tell you that the 1206 fms -- all of those building partnership capacity programs are critical to allow us to do just what doug fraser said. they know each other. they have worked together. they have been in school together, created training relationships. we have to keep those programs intact and support them, and work through the department to department challenges to make them easier to take advantage of. they are critical to success. >> i have spent a disorder that amount of time in some of the african nations. not just there, but in the balkans, i have left with the idea that we made a mistake at one time. we were treating it as if we are doing them a favor by allowing them to come here to our country to train with our people. i became pretty convinced, after a period of time, that we should have lifted -- which we did -- the article of requirement that we had for allowing them to come in. it is to our benefit more than it is to their

i spent five and a half years in southwest asia and in the pacific as well. in every case, those combat commanders would tell you that the 1206, 1207, fms, all of those programs are critical to allow us to do just what doug fraser said. they have worked together. they have been to school together. we created training relationships together. we have to keep those training programs and support them and work through the department challenges between primarily state and defense on making it easier to take advantage of. they're critical to a combatant commanders success. >> i have the idea that we made a mistake at one time on the imet program. we treat it as we are doing them a favor by bringing them here to train with their people. i became pretty convinced that we should have lifted the oracle requirement we had four -- the article requirement we had for letting them in. no matter what facility it is, they get the training of quality with their people and they never leave. >> mike anderson spent 27 months in senegal in the peace corps -- my younger son spent 27