when the gulf war first started, the original summit was on the azores and in the azores and portugal was the host country. there may not be a better friend to the united states anywhere in the world. and i'd just like to have you discuss that if you can. finally, i will share with you that i was somewhat dismayed a while back when the president indicated in the negotiating strategy of a reversion back to the '67 lines in israel as part of where he thought it might end up. maybe you could clarify that for me and for everyone. because that is something that i happen to have been in the country when these statements were made. i'm not sure that the '67 lines are defensible or the correct -- there may be adjusted lines. so i'd just like to hear the administration's position again on that. >> first, with respect to portugal, i share your view that portugal is a wonderful friend. and not only a good partner in nato and so many other areas, but the source of a lot of portuguese-americans. culture, food, so much else. i will have to take those questions for the record, congressman, because i

again, thank you and i finally will associate myself with congressman cardoza's remarks on the azores and the importance of both of those issues. i'll submit for a written question relating to the turkish -- our efforts to ensure that the turks respect the christians and are respecting the churches and religious freedom in that country which i'll follow up with. thank you, madam secretary. >> thank you, congressman. with respect to gas prices, i think there is room for considering ways to rein in speculation and gouging. yes, are there events that are happening in the world that raise questions? yes. but to the extent that it justifies or can explain the increase in the gas prices? i don't believe so. so, therefore, i have long thought that there has to be some market mechanism to try to break speculation that is unrelated. now, if the iranians close the strait of hormuth, we would have to deal with it and we said we would deal with it, but that would contact the market, obviously, to react. but right now there's talk in the air about all kinds of things, but there is no event. so i d

guns and hundreds of clothes i have little metal pieces like this one used to make a world but the azores is main concern and their political close quote this one but parts of the border where there isn't any security at all but here look at this in the middle of nowhere there is nothing only one road across the road right now and at the same time across the border and i'm already in lebanon. and further south she remains extremely vulnerable the city of daraa the cradle of the syrian uprising it all started here and it continues to play a role in the country's crisis with the border with jordan just several kilometers away from here and numerous reports suggesting that foreign governments and troops can easily flow through it has become one of the witnesses points in the country's security the city has become for scene of fierce and bloody clashes at least twice in the conflicts twelve months of history the authorities have claimed with many of the so-called free syrian army have in fact come from across the border. that they appear shoot and kill and then they disappear immediately they