, and does american foreign policy play into it in particular with colombia? >> no, absolutely. good question. the dea and the u.s. government shut down most of the flow of cocaine from colombia into florida and the east coast of the united states, so naturally, the colombian traffickers then brought it up to mexico. the mexican cartels actually became a lot more powerful than the colombian cartels because it's much easier to get those drugs across the 2,000-mile border between the u.s. and mexico than it was to bring it up through florida. so, clearly, this is connected to foreign policy issues. now, the u.s. had colombia, and this worked fairly effectively at breaking up the's cobar, calli and medellin cartels, but after that now they have hundreds of mini cartels, and the flow of drugs is roughly the same as it was. the amount of profits is roughly the same, the consumption in the u.s. is the same. in other words, plan colombia failed. now, the u.s. is trying to use the same model in mexico. will sending billions of dollars to the mexican army and heavy wea

have you done much research in colombia, from colombia to see why it seems to transfer from nadine to as an does american-born policy plan to it in particular, plan colombia. >> absolutely. good question. the dea and the u.s. government shut down most of the flow of cocaine from colombia into florida, east coast united states so naturally the columbia traffic was then brought it up to mexico. mexican cartels actually became a lot more powerful in colombian cartels because it is much easier to get those drugs across the 2000-mile border between u.s. and mexico than it was to bring it up through florida. so clearly this is connected to foreign policy issues. now the u.s. side columbia and this worked fairly effectively a breaking of the pablo escobar and the cartels. but after that, the colombians very smartly regrouped and now they have hundreds of many cartels and the flow of drugs is roughly the same as it was. the amount of profits is roughly the same. the consumption of the u.s. is the same. in other words plan colombia field here at the u.s. is using the same model in mexico. .. >

and as most of you know, colombia is not that far from the united states. it's just on the other side of the caribbean sea and to get up to new york from colombia you cross the caribbean sea and the gulf and you go up the east coast of the united states. but as it happens, this was january. and there was a nor'easter along the east coast. and all kinds of planes were delayed that night. among them this plane. so here they are on a relatively routine flight from colombia to new york. and the captain of the plane -- so they are flying this plane and they start to get held up by air traffic control.hú and they are held up because the weather is so bad. very, very thick fog and high winds. they are held up in norfolk, virginia, for 20 minutes and above atlantic city for 30 minutes and outside of jfk for an 30 minutes. after an hour and a quarter of delay they are cleared for landing and they come down into the runway at jfk and they encounter really severe wind shear when they are about 500 feet above the frowned. -- ground. wind shear, i'm sure most of you k

plan colombia is a u.s.continued under the bush and obama administrations to help colombia try to reduce cocaine cult vacation, cocoa leaf cultç vacation and cocaine production and deal with the very large guerrilla groups that have been plaguing colombia politics 30 years. it has been very successful in terms of reducing violence in colombia, of reducing kidnapping, extortion, guerrilla attacks, even dismantling the paramilitary groups but it hasn't been very successful in reducing the acreage that is cultivated with cocaine leaf. for practical purposes a little more than 10 years after in began, colombia produces today just about the same amount of co-ka leaf and cocaine as 10 years ago but the damage is lesser to colombian live in general. that is what we want for mexico. let the drugs flow through but reduce the collateral damage. chris: our first call is from mexico. anthony on with jorge castaneda. john: good morning, jorge. guest: good morning. john: thanks for c-span. it is our ear to the government

y los ex presidentes cardoso de brasil, zedillo de mÉxico y césar de colombia han permitido usar el usounidos de amÉrica latina tienen razÓn en quea estrategia primitiva de seguridad de la lucha contra narcotrÁfico no ha funcionado. h@univisional punÓ drogas como la marihuana y la heroÍna. hay que entender que en mÉxico esto es una guerra fallida. una guerra optativa que escogiÓ el presidente calderÓn y que no estÁ ganando no está llevando, y no esta dando ningÚn resultado importante y positivo para mÉxico. y para los estados unidos con eso sÍ creo que lo que conviene hacer es seguir esto con camino, cromo exigen los expresidentes y tienen toda la razÓn. >> tienen la Última palabra que harÍa estados unidos con mÉxico los mexicanos se quejan que estÁn poniendo los muertos en estados unidos hasta los consumidores de droga. >> tiene razÓn estados unidos ter que ser mucho mÁs dentro de los estados unidos para atacar el consumo. segundo la relaciÓn internacional mÁs importante para estados unidos en este ministerio es la de mÉxico. estados unidos tener que tomar posiciones mucho mÁs fuertes

airport in new york, and as most of you know, colombia is not that far from the united states. it's just on the other side of the caribbean sea and to get up to newark to colombia, you cross the caribbean sea and the gulf and you go up the east coast of the united states. but as it happens, this was january, and there was a nor'easter along the east coast and all kinds of planes were delayed that night, among them, avianco052, so here they were on a routine flight from colombia to new york and the captain of the plane was a man named laureno and the copilot was klaus and they are held up by air traffic control and they're held up because the weather is very, very bad. they're held up first above norfolk, virginia, for 25 minutes and then above atlantic city for 30 minutes and then again, outside of j.f.k., about 40 miles outside of j.f.k. for an additional 30 minutes. so after about an hour and a quarter of delay, they're cleared for landing, and they come down either the runway at j.f.k. and they encounter a really severe wind shear when they're about 500 feet above the ground

pre-colombia archaeological sites also exist on the property. the cattle ranch there is one of the oldest in the west indies. the proposed part -- the diverse and undisturbed natural resources of the site include the most substantial black mangrove stand left in the virgin islands. sea turtle northwesting areas, large and healthy coral reefs, and a lagoon that is home to many different species of birds and other wildlife. congress authorized the special resource study for this area in 26. the national park service has completed all the work for that study and found that the area meets all applicable criteria for significance, suitability, and feasibility for designation as a national park service unit. the proposed park would include 2,900 acres of a privately owned ranch land as well as 8,600 acres of submerged land owned by the government of the virgin islands. the family which owns a majority of the site has fought off aggressive developers for years. seeking instead to have their land preserved for future generations to enjoy. this legislati

will do this, and when it does, then the supply of drugs coming through from colombia or even being produced in mexico will dry up because demand has dried up. up. i quite frankly that is an ahistorical, foolish and e ignorant view of history. chris: chapel hill, tennessee, independent line, tony. john: thank you and thank god for c-span. i'm so tkhrad we have it. -- glad we have it. my question is, by the way the people interested there is a back by gary westbound called dark alliance. it will tell you a lot about the drugs passed through the country and within more thing, if we do stop the war on drugs, the sheriff deputy and police department and c.i.a. and f.b.i. won't be able to confiscate people's houses and money and property and they are going to be out of money. and that will be a big problem. people, marijuana is not harmful. i don't care what anybody tells i. thank you so much for c-span. chris: let's take one more call and that is chicago, illinois, object the democrat line. lucille. john: thraeufpg you f -- thank you for taking my call. i agree with your guest. he has been the m

in brazil, oden cried, chile, colombia -- are quituruguay, ch, colombia, it would be a very good visit host: washington, go ahead. caller: are you aware of the president's -- the brazilian president's speech in copenhagen where he said, the problem is the white people in the world. the second question is there is a country -- a company in brazil that is an offshore drilling company that in june, the obama administration gave a $15 billion loan to and i think is quite ironic that in february, george soros bought majority shares in that company. effectively, this administration has paid back george soros for getting elected with taxpayer funds. guest: i do not know anything about the second issue, but i can comment on the first. the brazilian president is a colorful, charismatic leader. then he has been for some to, to a half years. very annoyed that they have had to do things that the united states and europe-not have to do. and he has -- have not had to do. and he has been very open about saying that they have not had to do things that they've had to do in developing countries. host: s

in brazil, oden cried, chile, colombia -- are quituruguay, ch, colombia, it would be a very good visit: washington, go ahead. caller: are you aware of the president's -- the brazilian president's speech in copenhagen where he said, the problem is the white people in the world. the second question is there is a country -- a company in brazil that is an offshore drilling company that in june, the obama administration gave a $15 billion loan to and i think is quite ironic that in february, george soros bought majority shares in that company. effectively, this administration has paid back george soros for getting elected with taxpayer funds. guest: i do not know anything about the second issue, but i can comment on the first. the brazilian president is a colorful, charismatic leader. then he has been for some to, to a half years. very annoyed that they have had to do things that the united states and europe-not have to do. and he has -- have not had to do. and he has been very open about saying that they have not had to do things that they've had to do in developing countries. host: salt l

the crash are want to talk about is the ovianca which takes off from colombia, january 5th 1920 boundn new york. as most of you know columbia is not that far from the united states. it's just on the other side of the caribbean sea. to get from there to columbia you cross the caribbean sea and the gulf and go up the east coast of the united states. but as it happens this was january and all kind of planes were delayed that might among them ovianca 052. here they were on a routine flight from columbia to new york. the captain of the plane was

played on the colombia international team. >> debbie: playing behind in the post and double teaming the low block and relying on her is the way mike petersen likes to play. >> mike: monica wright 1 for 3 from the line and can't complete the three-point play. deacons will try to extend their lead back into double figures. here's garcia taking the three. talking to mike petersen. he said that's not the shot they want to be taken but she does feel comfortable out there. >> debbie: he doesn't mind her taking faceup shots but i'm not sure that is the right time. >> mike: here is wright. collier on her and now hartig. good defense by the freshman asia williams. ray cut off by hartig. >> debbie: wake forest push and try to find something in transition and don't get anything, and then they set it up. >> mike: good ball movement, ray. trying to take it to the hole. great defensive play by virginia. moorer off the glass and it stays in. >> debbie: she has a chance to be a really good player at virginia with her ability to play in transition. >> mike: just a sophomore and comes from the same homet

get away from the bay, colombia, fort meade, 21, 20 degrees. satellite images over the ocean, the storm center is right in there. the clouds are beginning to push further to the south. here is the line between maryland and delaware. eventually the clouds out in western maryland are going to start developing a little bit of snow. one to 2 inches of snow is the forecast. the wind is the thing. very cold air, pressure of the low over the atlantic's in the mississippi valley, a big change in the barometric pressure from low to high. 20 to 30 miles per hour, it is only going to feel like the low teens for highs. as i mentioned, eventually partly cloudy skies and a wind advisory for the state of maryland and a chance for some snow and a winter weather advisory for garrett county. warnings on the base, wind is gusting to 45 miles per hour from the northwest. taking a look at the future forecast, we can see -- ok, the computer seems to be hung up. a 7 day forecast. in the 30's, all week long [no audio] >> alright, we have terrific guests. james garrett

in brazil, oden cried, chile, colombia -- are quituruguay, ch, colombia, it would be a very good visit host: washington, go ahead. caller: are you aware of the president's -- the brazilian president's speech in copenhagen where he said, the problem is the white people in the world. the second question is there is a country -- a company in brazil that is an offshore drilling company that in june, the obama administration gave a $15 billion loan to and i think is quite ironic that in february, george soros bought majority shares in that company. effectively, this administration has paid back george soros for getting elected with taxpayer funds. guest: i do not know anything about the second issue, but i can comment on the first. the brazilian president is a colorful, charismatic leader. then he has been for some to, to a half years. very annoyed that they have had to do things that the united states and europe-not have to do. and he has -- have not had to do. and he has been very open about saying that they have not had to do things that they've had to do in developing countries. host: s

and colombia. fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. now this year, this year we've broken through the stale mate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. and the idea here is simple. instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. only reward success. in the status quo, we only invest in reform. reform that raises student achievement, inspiring students to compel in math and science, and turns around tailing -- failing school that steal the future of too many young americans from rural communities to the inner cities. in the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world class education. and in this country the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renew the elementary and secondary education act, we will work with congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states. still, in this economy the high school paloma no longer guarantees a good job. that's why i urge the senate to follow the house and pass a bill that will r

venezuela, grand colombia including colombia, and venezuela and ecuador. the let from haiti with men, weapons and boats to live in those places. and, to show his gratitude to haiti, did venezuelan flag, the haitian flag with the yellow band on top. but that was a bad example. black slaves a rising up against the white masters and beating them, even though we benefitted the united states from meds and even that we benefit to all of south america. you shouldn't do that. for 60 years haiti was under embargo and i say if you want to know how haiti got support, go look at its beginnings. i am not going to assault the leadership of haiti also that his been predatory. i have been fighting against them since i can remember. but, a new day is coming to haiti and it began back in 2006 with the election of the president to one with about 51% of the vote and to turn around to the 49% that were not with him, that were his opponents and from the 49% he got some good ministers for his cabinet and form a unity government. were it not for that, the food riots of 2008 would

it has been very successful in terms of reducing violence in colombia, reducing kidnapping extortion. it has not been very successful in reducing the acreage that is cultivated with cocaine leaves. a little bit more than 10 years after it began, colombia produces just about the same amount of coca leaf in its cocaine that it did 10 years ago. the damage as much lesser. that is or what we want for mexico. what the drugs followthrough and reduce the collateral damage. >> antony, you're on with jorge castaneda. >> good morning, jorge. thanks for cspan, it is our ear to the government. i appreciate it. i live near mexico, i am a masonry contractor in southern california, mexico, and florida. they said that they were sending bullets over here to kill us, meaning cocaine. they laugh when theyÑi take mony and wire it through western union to their families. it must take a toll on our economy. the money doesn't come back. if you put me in charge, i would stop every drug coming across the stupid border from el paso to san diego. why can't you guys do it? >> mr. castaneda. >> if you think the u

venezuela, gran colombia, including colombia, venezuela, and ecuador. left for an haiti with men, weapons, both to go liberate those places. and to show his gratitude towards haiti, the venezuelan flag is the haitian flag with the yellow band on top. but you know, that was a bad example. black slaves rising up against the white masters and beating them, even though we benefit in the united states primates and even though we benefit in all of south america. no, you shouldn't do that. for 16 years, haiti was under embargo and i say if you want to know how haiti got so poor, go look at what is beginning. i'm not going to absolve the leadership of haiti also. that has been predatory. i have been fighting against them since i can remember. but, a new day is coming to haiti and it began back in 2006, with the election of a president who won with about 51% of the vote and he turned around to the 49% that were not with him, the way his opponents and from the 49% he got some good ministers for his cabinet and formed a unity government. if not for that, the food

he talked about the idea of working with panama, colombia and korea to do trade agreements. but he did not say that he's prepared to send up these agreements. in fact, right after the speech i went to the former treasury secretary, now the president's economic advisor, with whom i worked very closely in the clinton administration, larry summers, and asked him when are we going to have this agreement which will create a quarter of a million private sector jobs set up? and his response to me was, he hoped soon. now, in the past when presidents have talked about these kinds of agreements, they have indicated that they're sending them to us and challenging us to pass these agreements so that we can create these jobs. unfortunately, well, time will tell. i hope very much that he will do that. this was my 30th state of the union message. and i have got to say that i don't remember one that was more partisan than this one. the idea of taking on the united states supreme court, the idea of looking over to us and saying to us that rather than listening to the polls we should do what'

help continues to flow in not just from the united states but from brazil, mexico, canada, france, colombia, and the dominican republic, among others. this underscores the point i made to the president this morning. the entire world stands with the government and people of haiti, for in haiti's devastation we all see the common humanity that we share. and as the international community continues to respond i do believe that america has a continued responsibility to act. our nation has a unique capacity to reach out quickly and broadly and to deliver assistance that can save lives. that responsibility obviously is magnified when the devastation that has been suffered is so near us. haitians are our neighbors in the americas and for americans they are family and friends. it is characteristic of the american people to help others in time of such severe need. that is the spirit that we will need to sustain this effort as it goes forward. there are going to be many difficult days ahead. so, so many people are in need of assistance. the port continues to be closed and the roads are damaged. food

trade agreements and the trade agreements are going to be fair but he talked about passing panama, colombia, as of korea which i think is excellent and he is also not lost on both sides in that regard and i think that's different. that is something that is cutting edge and that is what barack obama is, something that is cutting edge for the progress of all americans. >> finally as a member of the financial affairs committee, she talked about banks and what he called a salles feed for banks. do you agree? >> the devil is always in the details. hokie explain that and what is in the legislation that we pass which is already a piece of legislation that we passed it said after five years there would be someone to make an assessment as to the money that wasn't recovered from the bailout and therefore there could be an assessment made so that we could get all of the taxpayer dollars back. so if we have a narrow margin of what we are talking about simply the money the american people gave to bailout the banks so they get a better and brighter day for tomorrow and is that narrow and we get an accura

in colombia, an unemployed engineer brought together more than 12 million people in 190 cities aroundfarc terrorist movement. the protests were the largest antiterrorist demonstrations in history. and in the weeks that followed, the farc saw more demobilizations and desertions than it had during a decade of military action. and in mexico, a single email from a private citizen who was fed up with drug-related violence snowballed into huge demonstrations in all of the country's 32 states. in mexico city alone, 150,000 people took to the streets in protest. so the internet can help humanity push back against those who promote violence and crime and extremism. in iran and moldova and other countries, online organizing has been a critical tool for advancing democracy and enabling citizens to protest suspicious election results. and even in established democracies like the united states, we've seen the power of these tools to change history. some of you may still remember the 2008 presidential election here. [laughter.] the freedom to connect to these technologies can help transform societi

effective in using facebook to draw out a global protest campaign against the terrorist organization in colombia rally people worldwide against kidnapping and other uses of violence against colombian citizens. that is an important demonstration of the power of this technology to actually impact local security issues and geopolitical security issues. one of the challenges for us and our national security complex is this new environment. the way the international security structures are established rely on a state to state, westphalia and model for how to deal with these issues. we dealt with the latter part of the 19th century and a state based model for international relations where countries and alliances and balances of power define how we were securing ourselves as well as dealing with some of these other ills. the problem with that model in this context is that aid is not nimble enough to handle the dynamics that impact geopolitical ways in the 21st century. one of the huge challenges for any administration or national security professionals moving forward is trying to figure out what this e

markets and why we'll strengthen our trading with people in asia and other key areas like panama and colombia. fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. now this year, this year we've broken through the stale mate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. and the idea here is simple. instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform. reform that raises student achievement, inspiring students to compel in math and science, and turns around tailing -- failing school that steal the future of too many young americans from rural communities to the inner cities. in the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world class education. and in this country the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renew the elementary and secondary education act, we will work with congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states. still, in this economy the high school paloma no longer guarantees a good job. that's why

we talk about change in the way that colombia works and once again we have this land where we would like to end that we have made real changes and efforts year i thank you. for too long to many votes were not recorded in the chambers and there can be no accountability with out transparency. get niki hanly and najaf and valentine in the house and harvey in the senate led efforts to change this on the simple belief is an idea was important enough to be voted on by the general assembly of south carolina, it was an idea important enough to be recorded and i thank all of you for when you did to change this and if you wouldn't mind what you get a round of applause to niki and nathan and harvey for spearheading the effort? come on, stand up. [applause] we now have online transparency to allow taxpayers to see more directly how their money is being spent in state government and on the front would you give the comptroller general a round of applause, richard i don't know where you are you up there? he may not be here. he's watching on tv. okay. quote i will give him a round of applause on that on

decided to make a sort of switch into journalism and came back and went to journalism school that colombia for years after 9/11 the book that i thought was inevitable had not yet been written or hadn't been published because it takes two to thank 80 someone to write it but nobody gave it a shot. and then that's when i said okay maybe i will take a swing at this, not really knowing anything about how to write a book. but so i started thinking there were certain decisions that had to be made and the first one was the narrative book and there had been a lot of political or academic work done but that's not available to the wide audience or accessible. and something about storytelling that makes it harder for people to have their sorts of guards or prejudice is up and it was an easier rate that engaged hearts and minds to borrow the term from somebody else and so the second decision is hell am i going to capture of the diversity because when people say arab-americans that's also not particularly accurate. it's not reflective of what a massive amount of diversity exists within that moniker, the

in colombia, an unemployed engineer brought together more than 12 million people in 190 cities aroundhe farc terrorist movement. the protests were the largest antiterrorist demonstrations in history. and in the weeks that followed, the farc saw more demobilizations and desertions than it had during a decade of military action. and in mexico, a single email from a private citizen who was fed up with drug-related violence snowballed into huge demonstrations in all of the country's 32 states. in mexico city alone, 150,000 people took to the streets in protest. so the internet can help humanity push back against those who promote violence and crime and extremism. in iran and moldova and other countries, online organizing has been a critical tool for advancing democracy and enabling citizens to protest suspicious election results. and even in established democracies like the united states, we've seen the power of these tools to change history. some of you may still remember the 2008 presidential election here. [laughter.] the freedom to connect to these technologies can help transform soci

panama, colombia and south korea.could create jobs in the manufacturing sector, in the stmb sector, in the farming sector of our economy if we were to break down the barriers that right now prevent u.s. workers and service providers from being able to have access to that consumer market. so as we work together in a bipartisan way to create jobs, i encourage the president, madam speaker, to send those three trade agreements so we can create jobs. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, i have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope received from the white house on friday, january 22, 2010, at 2:53 p.m. and said to contain a message from the president whereby he transmits consistent with public law 107-108 a report on matters related to support for the interdiction of aircraf

allies in colombia, panama and south korea still have not been approved by this congress. that represents yet another foreign policy failure for the administration and i sincerely hope the president urges democratic leaders to take action on these agreements sometime this year, preferably soon. implementing these three trade agreements would provide a boost to the u.s. economy and would also strengthen the u.s. position in two important regions of the world. i also hope the president resists the temptation to support protectionist measures that will hurt our economy and damage our foreign relations. in his first year the president signed a stimulus package containing protectionist buy america provision, agreed to discontinue a u.s.-mexico trucking program and imposed a tariff on chinese tires. these policies were economically foolish and they damaged america's credibility as a promoter of trade liberalization. finally a word about the administration's antiterror policies and its decision to increase the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan. i'm pleased that president obama

we even have representatives from candidate, mexico, colombia.g time in law enforcement for is where we are trying to attack these organized groups on a very sustained and aggressive scale. second we are going to spend a lot of time focusing on serious immigration the fences, organized document fraud, a marriage fraud, illegal entry of criminal offenders. we need to keep the system honest and we have to crack down on criminals who seek to return illegally. the truth recidivism is that while not every person who is a criminal comes back to the united states is necessarily going to commit another crime, the statistics are that most of them well. the law is very clear on trying to prevent that and we are going to spend a lot of time making sure we uphold the law. third, we are going to spend a lot of time on international child exploitation. one of the great ills of our time is the abuse of children by international child pornography rings, sex-- eyes is a leader in these efforts to combat these serious crimes and we will redouble these efforts. we

concerns over pressing international concerns and one example of that is the free trade agreement with colombia. it is a classic example of a country overcoming enormous obstacles in the name of freedom and doing it with great success against a neighbor adversary in chavez who has been intent on damaging it. and here's a way in which we can express our support both symbolically and materially with that agreement but it's being held because of the democrats' -- the influence we wielded over the democratic party by the labor unions. so in one example it's neglect and the other was sort of active mistake. i'm not sure that the crisis are going to come, which is why i think it is a lower scale of urgency which is why i think the direction is wrong, but the internal problems that chavez has has strained him but it's not going to be under the sfration of this united states. -- administration of this united states. >> thank you very much for your interesting lecture. my question is growing up in the wonderful regime of ussr, we looked at reagan's movement to bring down the berlin wall as something hop

out a global protest campaign against the fark that this is the narco terrorist organization in colombia. one individual using facebook was able to organize rallies, not just in columbia, but worldwide against the farc use of kidnapping and other use of violence against colombian citizens and others. that i think is an important demonstration of the power of these technologies to actually impact local security issues and geopolitical security issues. but i think one of the challenges for us and our national security complex is beating in this new environment. you know, our national security system and the way the international security structures are established rely on a state to state westphalian model for how to deal with issues. we build in the latter part of the 19th century and in the 20th century a state-based model for international relationships, where countries and alliances of countries, and balances of power between countries, defined how we were securing ourselves as well is how we were dealing with some of these transnational ills. the problem with that model in this curren

markets, and why we will strengthen our trade agreements with asia and with key partners like panama, colombiaucation of our people. now this year we have broken through the stalemate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. the idea here is simple. instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform. reform that raises student achievement, inspires students to excel in math and science, and turns around failing schools that steal the future of too many junk americans from rural communities to the inner-city. in the 21st century the best anti-poverty program around is a world class education. [applause] and in this subject, the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renew the elementary and secondary education act, we will work with congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states. still, in this economy a high school diploma no longer guarantees a good job. that is why i urge the senate to follow the house and pass a bill that will re

global markets and why we will strengthen our trade relations in china and south korea, panama and colombiapplause] fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. now, this year-- [applause] this year we have broken through the stalemate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. the idea here is simple, instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform. reform that raises student achievement, inspire students to excel in math and science and turns around the failing schools that still the future of too many young americans from rural communities to the inner-city. in the 21st century, the best antipoverty program around is a world-class education. [applause] [applause] in this country the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renewed the elementary and secondary education act we will work with congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states. still, in this economy, a high-school diploma no longer guarantees

the time frame and when these were signed, and the fact that in each of these countries, panama, colombia, and correa, they are now embarking on free trade agreement with the european union. we are boozing by not sending all of these up asap. i will not be determined to which one gets here first. i pledge to do everything that we possibly can to pass the agreements that, as quickly as we can. >> did you ask him about any particular agreement? >> i talked to him about all three. he said he hoped it would be soon. every single day that we wait, we are losing jobs in the united states because we do not have opportunities to break into those new markets. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> after the president said he will hold meetings with tribal and religious leaders in the country to consider recreation with the taliban. he spoke at a conference in afghanistan in london. that is next on c-span. we will also hear from secretary of state clinton at the same conference. later, a conversation on human

washington is sitting on pending trade agreements with south korea, colombia and panama. if we fail to pass them, we will not only miss opportunities to create new jobs, we will lose a large number of existing jobs. south korea, for example, is ready to proceed with a free trade agreement they have negotiated with the e.u. if the europeans go ahead and we believe they would, about mid year, while we continue to delay, and a very legitimate study, estimated that 350,000 more americans will lose their jobs. with millions of americans already desperate for work, how could any member of congress or the administration sit by and allow this to happen. we must also modernize our export controls, which today caused us billions in lost high tech sales. increasing these sales, allows us to create great manufacturing jobs here in the united states. we need to fix the buy american rules, which have delays, stimulus projects, and new hiring for months and months. while also risking trade retaliation against our workers, and our businesses. we must seize the potential of small and medi

with colombia and other important trading partners that so far have met resistance on the other side of the aisle. we also support passing a sensible bill to help pakistan establish reinstruction opportunity zones that actually increase trade and do not impose self--defeating restrictions. we agree with the president's call to pass these agreements. we agree that these agreements will lead to more american jobs. the congress should act on these agreements. the president also called for producing more american energy. this is an area with a huge opportunity for american jobs that can't -- that can't -- be sent overseas. we agree with his call for more clean energy produced here in america. we agree with his call for building more nuclear plants. we agree with his call for increased offshore exploration for oil and for gas. we agree with his call for development of clean coal technologies. we should build a new generation of clean nuclear plants in this country. the senate republicans support building 100 new plants as quickly as possible. we hope democrats will join news that effort,

in colombia, an engineer brought together more than 12 million people in 190 cities around the worldainst the farc terrorist movement. these were the largest anti- terrorist demonstrations in history. in the weeks that followed, the farc saw a more loss in membership and had seen in a decade. one mexican individual who was fed up with drug violence organized a protest. in mexico city, 150,000 people took to the streets in protest. the internet can help to push against -- pushed back against those who advocate violence. in iran, the internet has been a critical tool for to help to protest suspicious election results. we have seen the power of these tools to change history. some of you might remember the 2008 presidential election. the freedom to connect to these technologies and to help transform societies is also important to individuals. i was moved by the story of a doctor who is desperately trying to diagnose his daughter's rare medical condition. he consulted with two dozen specialists. he did not have an answer. he finally identified the condition and found a cure by using an in

markets and why we'll strengthen our trading with people in asia and other key areas like panama and colombia. fourth, we need to invest in the skills and education of our people. now this year this year we've broken through the stale mate between left and right by launching a national competition to improve our schools. and the idea here is simple. instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success. instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform. reform that raises student achievement, inspiring students to compel in math and science, and turns around tailing -- failing school that steal the future of too many young americans from rural communities to the inner cities. in the 21st century the best anti-poverty program around is a world class education. and in this country the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential. when we renew the elementary and secondary education act, we will work with congress to expand these reforms to all 50 states. still, in this economy the high school paloma no longer guarantees a good job. that's why i

one example of that is the free trade agreement with colombia.colombia is a classic example of a country overcoming enormous obstacles in the name of freedom. and doing it with great success against a neighbor, adversary. in the chavez who has been intent on damaging it. and here's a way in which we can express our support. both symbolically and material materially, without agreement. but of course, it is being held up because of the democrats, the influence of over the democratic party by the labor unions. so when one example is neglect. the other was sort of actively stated. i'm not sure that the crises are going to come in this hemisphere, which is what i think it's on a lower scale of urgency, although i think it is wrongheaded, the direction are headed. but i think the internal problems that chavez has will probably restrain him, but it surely isn't going to be the united states under this administration. >> my name is robert. i am from the soviet union. thank you very much for your interesting lecture. my question is, growing up in the wond

help continues to flow not just from the united states but from brazil, mexico, canada, france, colombia the entire world stands with the government and the people of haiti for in haiti's devastation we all see the common humanity that we share. and as the international community continues to respond, i do believe that america has a continued responsibility to act. our nation has a unique capacity to reach out quickly and broadly and to deliver assistance that can save lives. that responsibility obviously is magnified when the devastation that's been suffer sd so near to us. haitians are our neighbors in the americas. and for americans they are family and friends. it's characteristic of the american people to help others in time of such severe need. that tease spirit that we will need sustain this effort as it goes forward. there are going be many difficult days ahead. so so many people are in need of assistance. the port continues to be closed and the roads are damaged. food is scarce and so is water. it will take time to establish distribution points so that we can ensure that resource

these countries are argentina, israel, russia, portugal, turkey, colombia, france, and brazil.e doctors working in these hospitals from around the world to include mexico and japan. thank you very much. at this time i'll take any of your questions. >> associated press. i wanted to ask you, you said in the past that troops will stay as long as they are needed. how long do you think that might be? you have you started the plan for the inevitable reemployment of these troops? >> thank you for the question. our response here both from the international community but particularly from the united states military is in reaction to the emergency needs to save lives and focus on humanitarian assistance. we are working with the united states agent for international development, international community. if they build up their capacity to provide that much needed assistance, the need for our military forces will decrease. we are talking to them as they build the capacity to do just that. obviously along with usaid, united nations, and other nongovernment organizations such as the world foo

we even have representatives from candidate, mexico, colombia. it is a really important and exciting time in law enforcement for is where we are trying to attack these organized groups on a very sustained and aggressive scale. second we are going to spend a lot of time focusing on serious immigration the fences, organized document fraud, a marriage fraud, illegal entry of criminal offenders. we need to keep the system honest and we have to crack down on criminals who seek to return illegally. the truth recidivism is that while not every person who is a criminal comes back to the united states is necessarily going to commit another crime, the statistics are that most of them well. the law is very clear on trying to prevent that and we are going to spend a lot of time making sure we uphold the law. third, we are going to spend a lot of time on international child exploitation. one of the great ills of our time is the abuse of children by international child pornography rings, sex-- eyes is a leader in these efforts to combat these serious crimes an

and then the americas in our own hemisphere, especially in our partnerships with new mexico and colombiazil, central america. and i would suggest that our response to the horrific situation in haiti is further proof that we are indeed a partner that can be counted on and relied on in both good times and bad. and i think the response that has been garnered in support of haiti has been very effective and will only get better as time goes on. in africa, the president's trip to ghana signaled new tunlts and a partner for good governments and developing -- and development that improved lives. and i think africa will be a continent and is a continent already that we have to spend much more time thinking about strategically, particularly as we look at the expansion of al qaeda-like networks throughout the -- at least the northern part of that continent. but the potential of it going elsewhere. engagement also means deepening cooperation with key centers of power, in russia, the so-called reset has elevated relations to the best point in years. in china, we now have a broad-based strategic and e

washington is sitting on pending trade agreements with south korea, colombia and panama.to pass them, we will not only miss opportunities to create new jobs, we will lose a large number of existing jobs. south korea, for example, is ready to proceed with a free trade agreement they have negotiated with the e.u. if the europeans go ahead and we believe they would, about mid year, while we continue to delay, and a very legitimate study, estimated that 350,000 more americans will lose their jobs. with millions of americans already desperate for work, how could any member of congress or the administration sit by and allow this to happen. we must also modernize our export controls, which today caused us billions in lost high tech sales. increasing these sales, allows us to create great manufacturing jobs here in the united states. we need to fix the buy american rules, which have delays, stimulus projects, and new hiring for months and months. while also risking trade retaliation against our workers, and our businesses. we must seize the potential of small and medium sized bus

washington is sitting on pending trade agreements with south korea, colombia and panama. if we fail to pass them, we will not only miss opportunities to create new jobs, we will lose a large number of existing jobs. south korea, for example, is ready to proceed with a free trade agreement they have negotiated with the e.u. if the europeans go ahead and we believe they would, about mid year, while we continue to delay, and a very legitimate study, estimated that 350,000 more americans will lose their jobs. with millions of americans already desperate for work, how could any member of congress or the administration sit by and allow this to happen. we must also modernize our export controls, which today caused us billions in lost high tech sales. increasing these sales, allows us to create great manufacturing jobs here in the united states. we need to fix the buy american rules, which have delays, stimulus projects, and new hiring for months and months. while also risking trade retaliation against our workers, and our businesses. we must seize the potential of small and medi

venezuela, colombia, venezuela and ecuador.left from haiti with men, weapons, boats, to liberate those places. and to show his gratitude toward haiti, the ven wail and flag is the haitian flag, the yellow flag on top. black slaves rising up against the white masters and beating them even though benefiting the united states from it, even though we benefit from south america. no, you shouldn't do that. 60 years haiti was under embargo. if you want to know how haiti got support, look at its beginnings. i'm go not going to and solve the leadership of haiti also. it has been predatory. i have been fighting against them since i can remember. but a new day is coming to haiti and it began back in 2006 with the election of a president who won with about 51% of the votes and turned around to the 49% that were not with him, that were his opponents and from the 49%, he got some good minimums sters for his cabinet and formed a unity government. were not for that, the food riots of 2008 would have seen the government topple. were it not for

in computer degrees and a graduate of the senior executive program at colombia business school. he has judged there the past 80 years and his work has been featured in the "wall street journal." please join me in a ball coming dr. amoroso. [applause] here we go. talking about critical infrastructure from cyber attacks is a topic that i think is on a lot of people's minds. my career personally has kind of tracked the past 25 years the evolution of computer security. we went from a discipline that was primarily focused on a small system with two problems are in now that they're much more complex and the old methodologies for using computer security may not match to will the way we do things now. starting with a picture of the at&t building until after the bombing in 1941. but the obvious protection approach is the idea to build a fairly far urge fireball around the building. in those days you do not have the type of shattered glass be put in no. so had a grenade then thrown out through the class but the ltd notion of for the assets are in this particular building could have been a

, i said that the two things i want to do -- i wanted to get the three americans held hostage in colombiaut, which we did, thanks to their military, and i also wanted to find a way of getting bin laden, because it would be so important not just symbolically, but because he continues to play the role of galvanizer, organizer of the movement. we have worked around the world to get information about him and try to find him, and not only him, but ayman al-zawahiri. this post with the seven cia officers were killed -- that appears to be what they were trying to do, trying to get closer to ayman al-zawahiri. i think we have got efforts under way. host: do you think bin laden is our ralive, from what you know? guest: i don't think there is any reason to believe he is dead. there are recent audio tapes that have been authenticated, and we think they are current. i don't think we have had eyes on knowing exactly where he is since tora bora. there was a senate report out in a very good article in "the new republic" about the incident. but no, we think he is alive and there is an active effort to fi

we talk about change in the way that colombia works and once again we have this land where we would like to end that we have made real changes and efforts year i thank you. for too long to many votes were not recorded in the chambers and there can be no accountability with out transparency. get niki hanly and najaf and valentine in the house and harvey in the senate led efforts to change this on the simple belief is an idea was important enough to be voted on by the general assembly of south carolina, it was an idea important enough to be recorded and i thank all of you for when you did to change this and if you wouldn't mind what you get a round of applause to niki and nathan and harvey for spearheading the effort? come on, stand up. [applause] we now have online transparency to allow taxpayers to see more directly how their money is being spent in state government and on the front would you give the comptroller general a round of applause, richard i don't know where you are you up there? he may not be here. he's watching on tv. okay. quote i will give him a round of applause on that on