i mean, christmas in cambodia when nixon was president. well, at the time he was allegedly in cambodia, johnson was still president. >> host: jerry, where are you going with this? would you like mr. ayers to respond? >> well, yes, would he prefer an educational system like the leader of venezuela, chavez? i know you praised m-chavez when you go down there, his educational system. would you like to should that here in america for the kids to denounce capitalism and go more for a marxist type of education? and thank you for -- >> guest: i will answer two of those questions or comments. the communist party funding the vietnam vets against the war, i don't know about it. it may be true but it make mess actually -- i have anyone been supporter of the communist party usa but if they gave the vietnam vets against the war money it makes he feel warmer towards them in an odds way. it reminds me of a friend of us, miles horton, who founded a school when he was dying. he sat down with him and were going over pictures from the civil rights movement. h

he never -- i mean, christmas in cambodia when nixon was president. well, at the time he was allegedly in cambodia, johnson was still president. >> host: jerry, where are you going with that? what's your question or comment? would you like mr. ayers to respond to what you just said? >> caller: well, yes, but would he prefer an educational system like the leader of venezuela, hugo chavez? because i know you praised mr. chavez when you go down there, his educational system. would you like to see that here in america for the kids to denounce captain level and go -- capitalism and go more for a marxist type of education? and thank you -- >> host: bill ayers. sure. >> guest: i'll answer two of those questions or comments. on the question of the communist party funding the vietnam vets against the war, i don't know about it, but it may be true. but it makes me actually -- i've never been a supporter of the communist party, but if they gave the vietnam vets money against the war, it makes me warmer towards them. it reminds me of a friend of ours who founded

whether cambodia or rwanda. what does never again mean to you as a u.s. president, especially given the fact that genocide is going on right now in our four. there are accusations of going on right now in darfur and in sri lanka. does germany have an extra obligation to take action to prevent genocide in other parts of the world? >> with respect to the confidence-building measures or next steps, again, i will be bringing george mitchell back into the region. he will meet with the parties involved. i think i have said publicly and repeated in the speech some things that are going to have to be done. a lot of the tension has been given to my statement that the israelis need to stop settlement construction. i recognize that it has received a lot of attention in israel as well. keep in mind that all i have done there is reaffirming commitments that the israelis themselves have already made. i recognize the very difficult politics within israel of getting that done. i am very sympathetic to how hard it will be, but as israel's friend the united states has an o

cambodia put together you're view of the results? and do you have a full picture?and do say you are concerned about the reports but what you know, so far can you talk about whether that is possible ahmadinejad could have won a 65% on the first pass? >> we are hamstrung by the fact that iran did not allow international monitors of course, we don't have diplomats on the ground. what we're doing, we are consulting with the number of our allies, particularly with the e.u. and trying to develop a picture of exactly what happened. all if you are helping of course, when you report. there were very dramatic scenes being broadcast live on cnn and everyone else. a lot of what we have is based on what your report on as well. >> when you say you are concerned about reports come in your first view does this election appear to be credible or not? >> i am not prepared to make a statement right here from this podium about whether or not we can pronounced one way or the other, we are still assessing. >> does that mean if ahmadinejad is able to remain as president u.s. is prepared t

president has sat back and let genocides happen over and over again, whether cambodia or rwanda. what depuzz "never again" mean -- what does "never again" mean to you, especially in regard to the fact that genocide is going on in darfur, there were accusations of genocide going on in sri lanka a few weeks ago? does germany not have an obligation to take action to prevent genocide from happening in other parts of the world? >> with respect to confidence-building measures or next steps, again, i'm going to be sending george mitchell back into the region next week. he's going to be meeting with all the various parties involved. i think i have said publicly and i have repeated in the speech some things that are going to have to be done. a lot of attention has been given to my statement that the israelis need to stop settlement construction. i recognize that it's received a lot of attention in israel as well. keep in mind, that all i've done there is reaffirm commitments that the israelis themselves have already made. in the roadmap. i recognize the very difficult politics within isra

had he gotten in peace for a carpet bombing cambodia -- and these guys, how can we write the story if nobody is going to go to jail? we do not want more extremism. we do not want to divide the country. we do not want assassinations, but every day there are people -- you are watching tv and you know something is wrong. but this kind of inquiry is a punitive process. if there is one thing that we know about the truth and reconciliation process in south africa, or may the way it is conducted in many regions -- or in the way it is connected in many regions a round the world, it is not about the healing process. it is about getting the story straight. it is not about punishing people. the conservative's interpreted that way because it fits in with their world view. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> you can take this out of the realm of freud and take this out of the realm of anger and bring it into the realm of civic repair. there is a deep pattern in postwar american history and that is, every president has by lafave -- violated the constitution in an intense way and gotten away with it. nixon

writing about the wars in vietnam, the death squads and latin america, what happened to vietnam and cambodia, what is happening today in israel and palestine. his opposition to the wars in iraq, his relentlessness that is such an inspiration to us all. [applause] i think looking at the essential noam chomsky, of this a book case of that is on the cover is filled with noam chomsky books. he has written over 100 of them. and is not just writing, because when he excludes the line he is saving lives because the allies take lives. i don't know who said this quote, but someone once said i think back on my life that all the times i thought i went too far i realize now i did not go far enough. well, i think noam chomsky has clearly gone to the distance and as we celebrate his 80 years i am encouraged by a woman who told me about celebrating her grandmother's 106th birthday and her grandmother stood up at her party and said, to be 100 again a. [laughter] we look for into your noam chomsky for many years to come beginning with tonight. noam chomsky. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thanks, is reall

had he gotten i mean peached for carter bombing cambodia and these guys, how can we write the story if no one's going to go to jail and obama's we don't want to divide the country or anything but what about these people sitting there every day? you turn on the television and you know something's wrong. >> one of the things is this kind of inquiry is a punitive process and one thing we know about this t punitive process in south africa or the way it's being conducted is it's a healing process. it's not about assigning blame. it's about getting the story straight and having everybody agree on what the narrative is how we got here and how we fix it. it's not about punishing people. the extremists interpret it that way because -- but it's not true. >> no. no. >> you can take this out of the realm of had and froid and take this out of the realm of anger and bring it into the realm of civic repair but there's a deep pattern in post war american history and that's that every two-term american president has violated the constitution in an escalatingly way, -- and reagan and bush did it and the

the work of wine to water in places like sudan and cambodia has already brought clean water to more than 25,000 people. today doc's entrepreneurial spirit and dedication is helping to tap sustainable sources of clean water for communities beyond the reach of many traditional aid organizations. doc is setting a compelling example of the value of hard work and a vision to help others. he's taken a commonplace object and used it to mobilize communities in america to help suffering communities around the world. he's truly an exceptional north carolinian and i want to praise him for his dedication to serving needy and suffering people. he's taken personal risks to do the hard work of providing water and clean water education in far-flung locations around the globe. thank you, doc, and all those who work with wine to water for your inspiring example during these difficult times. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. klein, for five minutes. mr. klein: thank you, madam speaker. by the end of this year w