works closely with the government of bangladesh on climate change issues. we are, for example, playing a role in advising and assisting the bangladesh delegation in their preparations for their copenhagen meeting no. 3. -- month. >> i visited in bangladesh, and i saw firsthand the effects of the flooding, the droughts and the cyclones and the fact that the poorest people in the country were being affected. what more can my right honorable friend to help bangladesh which could disappear if the sea level -- >> more than 30 million people in bangladesh could be affected by rises in sea levels. this is one of the reasons why my right honorable friend the prime minister and the secretary of state for international development are continuing to press for further climate finance to be made available to help developing countries like bangladesh. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to acting sergeant john amer from first battalion. we owe him a

in bangladesh or ghana.it is amazing to think that the money we might spend going out to dinner might put some on a new life course. it only costs about $50 to capitalize the business in one of these countries. this is why i tried to write the story in my book, to make that real for people, what it looks like to start a business for $50. in the united states, i was surprised about what you could do with $1,000 or $1,500. one of the people i met when i moved back from bangladesh was the founder of subway restaurants, the ubiquitous sandwich chain, started with a $1,000 loan from a relative. we have a history of businesses in this country starting with a very small amount of capital compared to what many people aren't. and yet, that is often what is needed. host: what is the grameen bank? guest: it is the original prototype for microfinance in bangladesh and around the world. it started in 1976, and it has spread nationwide. we have tried to take the breakthroughs there with the grameen bank, which only exists

climate change, the i.p.c. >> there was aecent workshop in bangladesh. as aart of that, there were fid trips out to rural area where they we having saltwater intrusion, which is affectin e rice crops. anvoluntarily, a farmer, an illirate farmer, said "climate change h a taste. it tass like salt." >>uarez: sudden, violent downpours willlso be an ineasing problem in wealthy countries with aging infrastructure. >>any of our communities combine stormwater witsewage, simply because its too eensive to separate these syems. >> srez: dr. jonathan patz is the director of obal environmental healtht the university of wisconsiin mason, and also a lead author for the intergoverental panel on cmate change. >> every year, we get thes combined sewage overflowvents already, just with the typof rainfall intensity we t today. weave over a trillion gallons that orflow into surface water, so over a trilln gallons of sewage-ntaminated water overflowing fromimple rainstormsvery year in the united stas. >> suarez: o example of this is new orlea. hurricane katrina contamated and

1 meter of sea level rise generates approximately 100 million climate refugees, in places like bangladesh. that process has already begun. people who used to rebuild their lives every 20 years when the storm surges game are now having to rebuild their lives every four or five years. and they can't do that, so they are moving to the cities and the concertino barbwire has gone up on the border between bangladesh and india. in the low-lying island nations, the trickle of refugees has already begun. they just added a new line item to the budget last year entitled funding to purchase a new country. [laughter] >> and it is not a joke to them, i'm telling you. you may have seen a few weeks ago, they had a cabinet meeting in scuba gear underwater. and maybe, you, maybe you think is a publicity stunt. they are trying desperately to get the attention of the rest of the world to what's happening to them. and we are all in this together. the increase of global warming solution anywhere on earth threatens the future of civilization everywhere. on earth. now, the north polar ice caps, just to spend one

this tract of florida or san francisco area or indeed, holland or new york or bangladesh or shanghai or beijing. we have to be realistic about saying what is going to happen, 1 foot is definitely a problem but we need to put it in context. let's take a look. over the last 150 years sea level rose about 1 foot. yet did we worry? did we notice? asking a very old person has lived through the 20 century, and ask her what happened during the 20 century. she's likely to talk about the two world wars, the emancipation of women, maybe the i.t. revolution. but it's very, very unlikely she will say the sea levels rose. because we fixed them. it's important point to say it's not a say that we wouldn't rather not have sea level rise that it is going to be constant. but it's something we fix. that's of course an important point to say it's not the end of civilization. over the last 150 years that we saw sea level rise buy one for. it will rise faster because of global warming because it will take one century to rise about 1 foot. but still, it's a manageable problem. we need to get a sense. the s

continuing to press for further climate finance to be made available to help developing countries like bangladesh. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to acting sergeant john amer from first battalion. we owe him a huge debt of gratitude as we plan a way forward in afghanistan, this loss in afghanistan reminds us of the risks and dangers our forces to have endure in afghanistan today and every day. and of the importance of securing peace and stability. mr. speaker, after talks with president obama i can also report that the london conference in afghanistan will make decisions on civil coordination in afghanistan. hear commitments by coalition partners on extra troops and from president karzai on afghan reform. this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings today. >> in associating myself with the condolences by the prime minister for the family and friends of acting sergeant john amer. i know i

and you have a gang of people broaden from low-wage countries like the philippines, ethiopia, bangladesh, even pakistan. they are hired by contractors, and they do a bunch of that work. and at the top of the pyramid are the military guys. that is blackwater, the guys with guns who do the work military people always did that military people who would be accountable to the chain of command, instead to have these contractors. that is where you have most of the americans being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, tens of times more than the equivalent in the military expects, and they are not a credible at all to the military high command of. they are under a separate set of laws. host: we will talk probably about the size of the presence overseas. before we get to calls, you talked to iraq and afghanistan occurred outside of those, what is the largest presence in the world? >> japan, south korea, and germany. in germany alone, there are over 57,000 troops. there -- actually, almost 200 bases and installations in germany. some are huge, like the giants' medical center. some are tiny

it was a 1971 civil war in bangladesh that was off of the mainland and that civil war was assisted and the next impetus came from a nuclear test in 1974 the pakistani program was not under way but really not anything done. and technology was stolen but not much happened until 1982. in the early '80s paying came to power and consulted china and it is very creed the effect their to me and my a co-author paying it made a conscious decision to proliferate nuclear weapons into the third world. we have 40 talked about algeria saudi arabia and other places. the chinese pumped the technology all over the place but pakistan was a principal beneficiaries. they got weapons designs point* reno that because they showed up and libya and in fact,, the first pakistani nuclear test was not and pakistan. the first test of place at a chinese test site eight years after their decision to go ahead. the pakistani tasted further in 1988 but totally a product of chinese technology. pakistan is the real problem. why? because it was started for religious regions and others have developed for image or security p

with this increase, several small island states and low-lying coastal nations like bangladesh, with landuld find that every storm represents a serious danger to life and property. the global community thus has a moral and material responsibility to do all it can to limit the growing impacts of climate change on these and other vulnerable societies across the globe. indeed, we need to give practical expression to the provisions of article 2 of the unfcc, which defines the objectives of the convention as the achieve of stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interfeerns with the climate system. on the basis of the ar-4, we know that climate change in the absence of mitigation policies would in all likelihood lead to, one, possibly disappears of sea ice, two, increase in frequency of heat waves and heavy precipitation, three, increase in tropical cyclone intensity. four, decrease in water resources in many semiarid areas such as the mediterranean basin, the western united states, southern africa and north eastern brazil. five,

with this increase, several small island states and low-lying coastal nations like bangladesh, with lande sea level would find that every storm represents a serious danger to life and property. the global community thus has a moral and material responsibility to do all it can to limit the growing impacts of climate change on these and other vulnerable societies across the globe. indeed, we need to give practical expression to the provisions of article 2 of the unfcc, which defines the objectives of the convention as the achieve of stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interfeerns with the climate system. on the basis of the ar-4, we know that climate change in the absence of mitigation policies would in all likelihood lead to, one, possibly disappears of sea ice, two, increase in frequency of heat waves and heavy precipitation, three, increase in tropical cyclone intensity. four, decrease in water resources in many semiarid areas such as the mediterranean basin, the western united states, southern africa and north eastern

bangladesh is a great example. in 1970 the female literacy rate was less than 20%. today it's tripled two generations later, and if you rock at a dem -- look at a demographic curve, you can see it's just reaching an apex, 2.8 live births per female. forty years ago it was eight births per female, and the main reason is female literacy. the health care improves, infant mortality drops socioeconomic standards increase significantly. girls also help their mothers learn how to read and write. boys, i guess they don't do that as much. also you'll see people come canning home from the marketplace, and they have meats or vegetables wrapped in newspaper, and then the mother very carefully unfolds the newspaper and asks her daughter to read the news to her. and also with relation to politicians -- politics. women are very interested in politics but because they're illiterate they're not able to ascertain the different platform s of the people running for election, so being able to read and write also helps develop a more, you know, process where people can be informed of the

with this increase, several small island states and low-lying coastal nations like bangladesh, with landhat every storm represents a serious danger to life and property. the global community thus has a moral and material responsibility to do all it can to limit the growing impacts of climate change on these and other vulnerable societies across the globe. indeed, we need to give practical expression to the provisions of article 2 of the unfcc, which defines the objectives of the convention as the achieve of stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interfeerns with the climate system. on the basis of the ar-4, we know that climate change in the absence of mitigation policies would in all likelihood lead to, one, possibly disappears of sea ice, two, increase in frequency of heat waves and heavy precipitation, three, increase in tropical cyclone intensity. four, decrease in water resources in many semiarid areas such as the mediterranean basin, the western united states, southern africa and north eastern brazil. five, probably

guest: when i was in bangladesh -- they started a process that has been replicated around the world.a local organization staffed with local people that goes into the urban community, the village, and say to someone that if you want to create your own job, we can create finance for you, and we will make it easy for you to repay it come over the course of a year in many cases, and that will give you time to get your capital rotating and grow your business. host: is that the message of your book, "small loans, big dreams"? guest: exactly. i spent time to see what happens when a number of women who get the finance that they need to create their own jobs, 4d%@"$$"" pple effect throughout host: some of the photographs in the book. as you look at these faces from individuals from ethiopia and bangladesh, one of the common themes is that these individuals are in countries that are quite often corrupt. guest: absolutely, there is corruption in every society. we certainly have our share of it in the united states. but the petty corruption very common in these countries is something that microf

because she has very strong links with them, and i know very well that countries from the maldives to bangladesh look for answers at the climate change conference in copenhagen for the problems they face as a result of immediate and urgent requirements due to time a change. the purpose of the european contribution, two-and-a-half billion dollars a year, 2010, 2011, 2012 is to contribute something on the order of $10 billion and we know the problems are urgent and have to be addressed the next few months. >> the prime minister, does he recognize he does not need an inquiry to know that his thank you to the british troops will be all the more stronger if it contains a policy for the failure to exhaust the war in afghanistan properly in their early years because of the folly of going to war in iraq? >> i am sorry the liberal party is trying to subscribe to a ma yth that the afghan campaign has been underfunded. this is totally wrong, and i hope the conservative party will in the interest of the unity of our country facing the terrorist threat recognize we're spending more on armed forces than we ev

this increase added to melting could submerge several small island states and bangladesh. show that there are a wide variety of policies and instruments available to governments to create the incentives for mitigation action. there is no better real-life laboratory to learn from than our host country, denmark. through a series of actions and enlightened policies, denmark has brought about a revolution in wind energy technology and its deployment. modern turbines are now able to produce almost 100 times as much electricity as the first wind turbines that were manufactured in 1980. based on the experience of denmark and other countries, it would be correct to assume the a move to renewable energy would prove that employment generation would take place with economic growth. if you look at denmark, global sales have grown [unintelligible] the world has benefited from technology that is economically attractive and state of the art. while denmark has generated jobs in this sector. the world would benefit from early action and delay would lead to costs that become progressively h

and you have a gang of people broaden from low-wage countries like the philippines, ethiopia, bangladesh, even pakistan. they are hired by contractors, and they do a bunch of that work. and at the top of the pyramid are the military guys. that is blackwater, the guys with guns who do the work military people always did that military people who would be accountable to the chain of command, instead to have these contractors. that is where you have most of the americans being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, tens of times more than the equivalent in the military expects, and they are not a credible at all to the military high command of. they are under a separate set of laws. host: we will talk probably about the size of the presence overseas. before we get to calls, you talked to iraq and afghanistan occurred outside of those, what is the largest presence in the world? >> japan, south korea, and germany. in germany alone, there are over 57,000 troops. there -- actually, almost 200 bases and installations in germany. some are huge, like the giants' medical center. some are tiny

whole gang of people brought in from low-wage countries like the philippines, like ethiopia, like bangladesh even, who are brought in, hired by contractors, subcontractors, sub sub contractors, and they do the work. then the top of the pyramid are the military guys. that's the guys with guns who do the work that military people always did, that military people who would be accountable to the military chain of command. instead, you have these military contractors and that is where you have most of the americans been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, 10 times more than the equivalent in the military, and they are not accountable at all to the military high command. separate set of laws. host: we will talk probably about the size of the presence overseas. before we get to calls, you talked to iraq and afghanistan occurred outside of those, what is the largest presence in the world? >> japan, south korea, and germany. in germany alone, there are over 57,000 troops. there -- actually, almost 200 bases and installations in germany. some are huge, like the giants' medical center. some a

jordan, syria, southeast asia, singapore, malaysia, bangladesh, these are all over. i think that there are things that you can learn. this is replacing a social network. >> is there a country out there that we could look to and say that they've had moderate success? in terms of the face to face disengagement, the saudis have done this a long list. singapore often gets talked about as a very successful program, but it has dealt with 60 people, by which are clear. this is a very specific program, but the libyans just tried to do something to disengage these guys. the egyptians did this with the islamic group to disengage them. there are things that we can look at. there is very low don this -- there is very little done on this. >> how great is the threat here? great britain seems to be a growing threat in the united states. . . >> if you have more people thinking bad thoughts, it is more likely someone will do something about that. as we uncover these plots, it is hard, because the complaints that are released cannot always tell you if there is jihadist motivation or p

and in bangladesh some died from a poisonous syrup. the dorgan amendment does not require imported drugs to be f.d.a.-approved or meet the f.d.a. misbranding standards. furthermore, it does not prevent criminals in other countries prosecute repackaging imported drugs. although our safety system is not perfect, we have a thorough f.d.a. review system for drug safety that actively involves physicians, pharmacists and patients. as a result, americans can be generally confident that our medications are safe and contain the ingredients on the bottle. mr. president, supporters of re-importation argue that the sick and elderly need an alternative way to obtain affordable drugs. however, a study by the london school of economics found that in the european union middle men reaped most of the products with relatively little savings passed down to the consumer. nothing in the dorgan amendment requires the savings to be passed on to the consumer, leaving the door wide open for unscrupulous, profit-seeking third parties to get into the reapportion

war, winning and losing in afghanistan and former ambassador to pakistan william milam who has bangladesh have an agreement to build they're economic structure over there and i also wonder if our changing the afghanistan policy to where americans can come in and buy their land and develop it and turning they're governmental structures into private and charging the citizens a lot more, that is causing a lot of animosity. and the other day in the hearing he shouted out and said, what are you talking about they want us there? may want us to leave and they all want us to leave and see us as the enemy and taliban and al qaeda in favorable terms income paired to what we're doing. so we're running from country to country to do all this for the economic advantage of business, banks and oil companies and yet% americans are dying. host: ambassador ronald neuman? guest: i've heard people make this argument but i find it utterly misty guying because it's one o# the poorest countries on the nation. my wife and i traveled all over by car and horse and by yak and can i tell you that economic "tp"vantage

able to spread internationally and have a profound impact on some of these countries like egypt, bangladesh, south africa, and next year in nigeria, palestine, jordan. you will see billboards of the muppets all over, sponsored by the bank of jordan. that shows you the power of these iconic characters. that is how we have made a difference. >> speaking of international work, how do you ensure brand consistency while thinking globally? >> legally, we maintain the copyright. we all the programs. -- we own the programs. it is important that we don't lose quality or have partners that go way off. do we ever have a partner that does something that is antithetical to the sesame street mission? the answer is no, because we pretty much vet partners and willing to work with us. -- unwilling to work with us. they get the message of sesame street. we have been able to maintain equality with them, trading the writers, training the puppeteers, bringing them to be york to be trained by our staff so that when they go back, they can create something quite amazing. they have been able to maintain -- i am rea

able to spread internationally and have a profound impact on some of these countries like egypt, bangladesh, south africa, and next year in nigeria, palestine, jordan. you will see billboards of the muppets all over, sponsored by the bank of jordan. that shows you the power of these iconic characters. that is how we have made a difference. >> speaking of international work, how do you ensure brand consistency while thinking globally? >> legally, we maintain the copyright. we all the programs. -- we own the programs. it is important that we don't lose quality or have partners that go way off. do we ever have a partner that does something that is antithetical to the sesame street mission? the answer is no, because we pretty much vet partners and willing to work with us. -- unwilling to work with us. they get the message of sesame street. we have been able to maintain equality with them, trading the writers, training the puppeteers, bringing them to be york to be trained by our staff so that when they go back, they can create something quite amazing. they have been able to maintain -- i am rea

the african country, bangladesh to give you just one example and many, many others we know of.dustrialized civilization and those who have not been able to lift their standard of living, they quite rightly expect us to help them in technology transfers and they expect us to give them financial support. and this is why we haveer very quickly have to start with $10 billion in the next few years, 2010, and eleven $100 billion in 2020. i noted that the united states too have made a very important step forward to such a long time commitment. so that the poorest country won't rely on this as well. and our rediction onably -- obligations that we make them binding. then i think we will be able -- that particularly the emerging countries, step by step, shoulder additional responsibilities and will also show themselves willing to bring this -- this commitment into a binding legal framework because we need to be able to compare what we do. obviously, we have a common responsibility, a common responsibility that's differentiated to countries such as china, such as india and other emerges c

impact of climate change, the poorest countries, the small island states, the african countries, bangladeshe know of, those who have not been able to benefit from industrialization and have not been able to lift the their standard of living up to our level, they quite rightly expect us to help them in technology transfers and they also expect to earn us to give them financial support. this is why we very quickly have to start with $10 billion over the next few years, 2010 and 2011 and $100 billion in 2020. we have to make this a consistent effort over many years so the poorest countries in the world can give that contribution. germany is ready to do that. germany is ready to shoulder its burden. the eu is ready to shoulder its burden. i noted with gratification the u.s. too have made an important step forward to such a long term commitment. so the poorest countries may rely on this as well. if our reduction obligations are the ones to which we commit that we make them binding, we say in financing, we're ready and willing to make a binding commitment, then i think we will be able and particu

in july 24 people in bangladesh died from consumption of a poisonous acetaminophen's europe. the dvorkin amendment does not require imported drugs to the fda approved or meet the eckert fda standards. furthermore it does not prevent criminals and other countries from repackaging imported drugs. although our safety system is not perfect, we have a faeroe fda review system for drug safety that actively involved physicians, pharmacists and patience. as a result, americans can be generally confident that our medications are safe and contain the ingredients on the bottle. mr. president, supporters of a reinterpretation argue that the sick and elderly need an alternative way to obtain affordable drugs. however, a study by the london school of economics found that in the european union middlemen reaped most products with relatively little savings passed on to the consumer. nothing in the dorgan amendment requires the savings to be passed on to the consumer, leaving the door wide open for on the scrupulous profit seeking a third party is to get into the freakin' portion game. in the

bangladesh, india, china, other countries. so mr. kucinich and i have joined to introduce a resolution calling for the tariff free export of all green technology. now i believe that that would create jobs in this country and it would go a long way toward helping us in our quest to deal with overall environmental issues and so while there is a wide range of views on this issue of global climate change i do believe that it's important for us to know that improving our environment is something we can come together on and i just like to congratulate my friend and say that i hope in a bipartisan way we can encourage organizations like the world trade organizations to negotiate a worldwide agreement that would allow green technology to be exported to all parts of the world. i thank my friend for yielding. mr. barton: i thank my friend for bringing that to our attention and it sounds like a worthy proposal. mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> madam s

continuing to press for further climate finance to be made available to help developing countries like bangladesh >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to acting sergeant john amer from first battalion. we owe him a huge debt of gratitude as we plan a way forward in afghanistan, this loss in afghanistan reminds us of the risks and dangers our forces to have endure in afghanistan today and every day. and of the importance of securing peace and stability. mr. speaker, after talks with president obama i can also report that the london conference in afghanistan will make decisions on civil coordination in afghanistan. hear commitments by coalition partners on extra troops and from president karzai on afghan reform. this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house i shall have further such meetings today. >> in associating myself with the condolences by the prime minister for the family and friends of acting sergeant john amer. i know i

because she has very strong links with them, and i know very well that countries from the maldives to bangladeshk for answers at the climate change conference in copenhagen for the problems they face as a result of immediate and urgent requirements due to time a change. the purpose of the european contribution, two-and-a-half billion dollars a year, 2010, 2011, 2012 is to contribute something on the order of $10 billion a year. the adaptation she wishes to see. there is a proposal that the island states have suffered most of all. they will get a portion of that fund to enable them to take action immediately. we know very well some of the problems that face our urgent and have to be addressed not just in the next few years, but the next few months. >> sir robert smith. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister, does he recognize that he does not need an inquiry to know that his thank you the british troops will be all the more stronger if it contains an apology to the british troops and the people of afghanistan for the failure to resource the war in afghanistan properly in the early years be

whole gang of people brought in from low-wage countries like the philippines, like ethiopia, like bangladesh even, who are brought in, hired by contractors, subcontractors, sub sub contractors, and they do the work. then the top of the pyramid are the military guys. that's the guys with guns who do the work that military people always did, that military people who would be accountable to the military chain of command. instead, you have these military contractors and that is where you have most of the americans been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, 10 times more than the equivalent in the military, and they are not accountable at all to the military high command. separate set of laws. host: we will talk probably about the size of the presence overseas. before we get to calls, you talked to iraq and afghanistan occurred outside of those, what is the largest presence in the world? >> japan, south korea, and germany. in germany alone, there are over 57,000 troops. there -- actually, almost 200 bases and installations in germany. some are huge, like the giants' medical center. some a

because she has very strong links with them, and i know very well that countries from the maldives to bangladeshk for answers at the climate change conference in copenhagen for the problems they face as a result of immediate and urgent requirements due to time a change. the purpose of the european contribution, two-and-a-half billion dollars a year, 2010, 2011, 2012 is to contribute something on the order of $10 billion a year. the adaptation she wishes to see. there is a proposal that the island states have suffered most of all. they will get a portion of that fund to enable them to take action immediately. we know very well some of the problems that face our urgent and have to be addressed not just in the next few years, but the next few months. >> sir robert smith. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister, does he recognize that he does not need an inquiry to know that his thank you the british troops will be all the more stronger if it contains an apology to the british troops and the people of afghanistan for the failure to resource the war in afghanistan properly in the early years be

and in bangladesh some died from a poisonous syrup. the dorgan amendment does not require imported drugs to be f.d.a.-approved or meet the f.d.a. misbranding standards. furthermore, it does not prevent criminals in other countries prosecute repackaging imported drugs. although our safety system is not perfect, we have a thorough f.d.a. review system for drug safety that actively involves physicians, pharmacists and patients. as a result, americans can be generally confident that our medications are safe and contain the ingredients on the bottle. mr. president, supporters of re-importation argue that the sick and elderly need an alternative way to obtain affordable drugs. however, a study by the london school of economics found that in the european union middle men reaped most of the products witt requires the savings to be passed on to the consumer, leaving the door wide open for unscrupulous, profit-seeking third parties to get into the reapportion gain. in the u.s. we're already trying to reduce the cost of prescription drugs through