the ctc foundation. afo communications. >> ambassador, the czech republic is landlocked. it, the country so people can visualize it on the map, the border countries. >> the longest border of ours is with germany. we basically sort of a triangle that comes into the belly of germany, so we border with bavaria on the south and with saxony on the north. on the north border, quite a long border is on poland and on the eastern, we border with slovakia, which i said used to be one country before. and then you have austria on the south. >> the population of the czech republic now is how much? >> 10 million and the slovaks' have 5 million. it used to be a 15 million nation and it split 2 to 1. >> the capital is prague, which i understand is one of the most beautiful cities in the absolute world. >> that is correct. >> and a great tourist attraction, i would say. if you put all the czech people together, all of those of czech background, what are the characteristics of the culture and the people? >> it is difficult to ask an ambassador, of course. it is like, if i say something, it

the ctc foundation. afo communications. the rotondaro family trust. >> if anybody is taking notes, it was 1904 through 1914 that the canal was built. the united states controlled until 1999 and now they turn it back over to the authority of the government. >> it is not politically correct to say -- the mission was different. now it is from all lot different. >> what does it cost to take a ship through the canal? >> about $250,000. now is three times that for the bigger ones. >> it could be $750,000 because of the number of containers. the americans had another division. it's not that we raise tolls, but we changed -- they were made when there were ships that prepared grain and it was not built for containers. they were just charging for the ship going through. but the panamanian administration did a redesign to where you pay for the cargo. that is why the incumbent a lot higher. >> so now they are charging by the tonnage. let's talk about some of the basics. what is the population of panama. >> 3 million. and 2 million tour

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the ctc foundation. afo communications. the rotondaro family trust. >> let's go inside iran for a moment. what is the population? >> approximately 75 million. >> its a big country with huge resources and tremendous strategic position. >> bordering countries are? >> i think are 15 countries bordering it from armenia, pakistan, iraq, kuwait and on the persian gulf side, you have saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. >> who rules iran? >> iran is currently ruled by a non-democratic government headed by supreme leader, the ayatollah. it is an undemocratic system to have small pockets within it. there are elections taking place and they are not usually fair or free. they are local elections as well but ultimately, the decision making power is in the hands of the ayatollah and those around him. >> everybody knows mahmoud ahmadinejad, but there are elected people and unelected people. it is the unelected people who have the power. >> even know they are elected, it is not necessarily free elections. there was a lot of fraud ta

the ctc foundation. afo communications. and the american life tv network. >> one of the most important sites in cyprus is the pillar of st. paul. the bible says paul was tied to this pillar and whipped for preaching christianity. this location represents the first significant presence of christianity in europe. before visiting the pillar of st. paul, i spoke with the archbishop of cyprus to understand the importance of st. paul's visit to cyprus. what do we know about st. paul and cyprus? >> the church of cyprus is the first church founded by saint paul in 4580. when he came to cyprus, he was not an apostle. he became an apostle in cyprus and the mission in cyprus was barnabas and not paul. in cyprus, with his speech, his first miracle that he did, he succeeded to make christian the roman governor who had been seated and he became an apostle and changed his name to paul. he became the apostle of the nation's. so he became the leader of the mission and the relations of paul with cyprus are very close and because he made the

>> i'm going to take the opportunity to say that the ctc, no, we do not have enough staff. we been asked to take on the market sometimes the size of the futures market, $300 trillion swaps market on hopeful as relates to the volcker rule that we can leverage off of the some of the agencies at this table who are frankly self-funded. i think that's why i am being, you know, pragmatic about this. if it's a swap dealers or merchant as part of a broader banking entity, at the ctc we will look to be efficient by leveraging off of some of the examination authority at the banking authorities. >> so, i would say we may be self-funded but don't regard itself as having a blank check. i think the entire government is aware of the need to husband resources. what the needs will be over time i think we've got to wait and see over time. one thing i will say though is that right now there is an awful lot obvious he of staff time being devoted to drafting a lot of regulation. dodd-frank regulations, basel committee regulations and the like. and i would anticipate that once that process comes

in ctc also housed in the o.d. and i would again a special relationship with the president. the fourth and last panel has my civil liberties and privacy officer alex and i think that there is a message just in the fact that again by law on the o.d. and my staff as a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer who i think is a national asset and a very trusted adviser on many of our most sensitive and important issues. he will be with others to focus on how the advance policy and the operational framework. so, just all to say how we were presented and committed to this conference because the importance of the subjects. let me just touch on a few points and then take questions. one of the things that is new for me in this job is of course engaging in the domestic arena particularly with the law enforcement community have had the occasion to engage quite a bit as a matter of fact through the offices of the international association chief of police and many of their sort of support in that task forces and organizations. as was alluded to the retired military but i've come to h

mike kyl and wes wilson for the national counterterrorism were an ctc, another new feature of the entire landscape that was part of the intelligence reform act terrorism prevention act. at vtc also housed in go dni, with again a special relationship with the president. the fourth in math panel has civil liberties and privacy officer, alex jewell. i think there is a message just in the fact that i law on this staff is a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer, who alex i think is a national asset, is a very, very trusted adviser on many of our most important issues. he will be with others who focus on how we have policy and the cooperation of remarks. so just all to say we heavily represent to this conference because the importance on the subjects. let me just touch on a few points and nine although it's dangerous, i'll take questions. one of the things that is sort of a new thing for me in this job is of course engaged in the domestic arena, particularly with the law enforcement community. i've had occasion to engage quite a bit, particularly through the auspices of the internation