budapest is hot, literally.it sits on a thin crust over thermal springs, which power all these baths. both the ancient romans and ottoman turks enjoyed these same mineral springs. they still say, "poke a hole in the ground anywhere in hungary, and you'll find hot water." magyars of all shapes and sizes squeeze themselves into tiny swimsuits and strut their stuff. babushkas float blissfully in the warm water. the speedo-clad old boys club gathers pensively around soggy chessboards. and the circle of rapids brings out the kid in people of all ages. after 2,000 years of experience and innovation, locals have honed the art of enjoying their thermal hot springs. budapest straddles the danube river. on the west side is hilly buda, dominated by castle hill. the royal palace marks the place where one of europe's mightiest castles once stood. since the 14th century, hungary has been ruled from this spot.

conquer the country using hezbollah as their proxy, so it turned out to the debate route was more like budapest and 1956. >> host: what you said is the cleaned up beirut after that 15 years of miserable war in the 70's throughout the 80's and hariri has organized a cleanup for the east and center of the city and the new world center. that wasn't enough to get the syrians out of the country and the fact that the lebanese were finding a new sense of nationalism how do you explain what was called the sea of revolution with all those in the streets? >> guest: the occupation of la on had been in place since the end of the civil war and the civil war ended when assyria conquered the country and disarmed all of the lebanese militia when. the syrian occupation wasn't supposed to collapse 15 years. it was supposed to be according to the agreement temporary, and the syrians were supposed to be there to make the peace and then slowly withdraw. so more and more new lebanese people began to chase against this and the assassination of the early sunni primm minister was the last straw. >> host: syria has gone

effectively reconquer the country using hezbollah as their proxy and it turned on the route is more like budapest in 1952. >> host: the cleaned out of the road after the late 70's right through the 80's and the construction at the center of the city and new roads cetera. but that wasn't enough to to get the syrians out of the country, the fact that the lebanese were fighting a new crimes and a sense of nationalism. how do you explain what was called the seat of revolution with all those? >> guest: the syrian occupation had been in place since 1990 at the end of the civil war and it basically ended when assyria conquered the country and disarmed all of the lebanese militia with the exception of hezbollah but the syrian occupation was never supposed to last 15 years. it was supposed to be according to the agreement temporary. the syrians were supposed to be there to make peace, and then slowly withdraw. so more and more lebanese people began to which case against and the assassination of the popular sunni prime minister. >> host: you know syria has gone into earlier period in the 70's and from 76 y

so it turned out beirut they were it was really more like budapest in 1956. >> host: what he saw you saw was the cleaned up a route after that 14 years of miserable civil war that they have been had been through in the late 70s right through the 80's, and hariri had organized a cleanup and reconstruction at least at the center of the city. new roads etc.. but that wasn't enough to get the syrians out of the country. the fact that the lebanese were finding new pride and a new sense of nationalism and. how do you explain what was called the cedar revolution with all those millions in the streets? >> guest: well, the syrian occupation in lebanon have been in place since 1990 at the end of the civil war and the civil war basically ended when syria conquered the country and disarmed all of the lebanese militias with the exception of hezbollah. but the syrian occupation was never -- it was not supposed to last 15 years. it was supposed to be according to the agreement, temporary. the syrians were supposed to be there to make the piece and then slowly withdraw that the syrians didn't leave

what was in the newspapers was the soviet union had sent troops into budapest, hungry. killing dozens of protesters. eisenhower knew nothing of the secret meeting in paris. that day intelligence advisory committee chaired by cia director john foster dulles that war was not imminent and for the revision of intelligence. the committee ignored an fbi report that an unnamed country was considering military action against nasser. on monday, october 29th, eisenhower, campaigning in florida, boarded his plane for richmond, virginia. the note said the israeli army had attacked egypt and israel's forces in 25 miles of the israeli canal. back in of the white house that night and a greek and profane eisenhower ordered secretary dulles to fire a message to the israelis saying we will apply sanctions, we're going to the united nations and we will do everything there is so that we can stop this thing. i knew that if the suez canal was disrupted the pipeline was destroyed, the british and french would attack. he didn't know they had already planned to do that. of the british intervene

so it turned out that they really should be more like budapest in 1956. >> host: what you saw was they claimed that beirut after that 14 years of miserable civil war throughout the '80s. and then organize a cleanup and reconstruction at least of the center of the city, new roads, et cetera. but that wasn't enough to get the syrians out of the country. the fact that the lebanese were finding new pride, new sense of nationalism. how do you explain what was called the cedar revolution with all those millions in the streets? >> guest: well, syrian occupation of lebanon have been placed since the end of the civil war. the civil war ended when syria conquered the country and disarm all of the lebanese militia. with the exception of hezbollah. but the syrian occupation was never -- it wasn't supposed to last 15 years. it was supposed to be according to the agreement temporary. the syrians were supposed to be there to make the peace, and then slowly withdraw. but the syrians didn't leave. so more and more lebanese people begin to chase against this. and the assassination of the fairly popular

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expressing the sense of the senate regarding the june 30, 2011, opening of the tom lantos institute in budapest, hungary. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding with the measure? without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent that my name be added as a cosponsor of this important legislation. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: tom lantos i served with in the house of representatives, one of the finest orators i have ever heard. academic, he had a ph.d. in economics. he was a wonderful member of congress. he was a survivor of the holocaust, as was his wife, a courageous man. he was captured by the nazis as a teenager on multiple occasions, escaped, came back. his blond hair kind of gave him away, but he was just a wonderful, wonderful human being, and i still miss him a great deal. i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate, any statements relating to this matter be placed in the record as if read. would the chai