reluctantly despite all the nation's past efforts of trying to achieve peace in east asia. it went hand-in-hand with this larger regional asian peace, the cause of the japanese taken sort of by in the end, and in effect, abused, but it was quite useful at the time as well. and useful to make them believe themselves they were fight fighting -- they were fighting for the right cause too. i think the marriage was quite strong. who would really want to die for the wrong cause? you want to believe that, and it you are ordinary citizens did not have much access to real information about the china role or about japanese imperialism, i don't think it's hard to imagine how appealing that narrative might have been. ian buruma: it had a kernel of truth too of course. it's true, unlike nazi germany, japan was fighting a war against other imperial powers. and george kennedy, the one person who actually criticized the u.s. diplomacy in retrospect and said they should have recognized japanese interests more than they did, and you could -- the whole problem stems from the fact since the mi

but it is certainly the case that in east asia, the memory battles are only intensifying. it is a source for the continuation of a set of sort of legacies of hatred that are deeply problematic. what i will do is i'll say a few things about a statement that shinzo abe made in 14 august 2015. then i will say something about the history of public commemoration in china. and the statement that abe made, shinzo abe, was very important. it was very deliberate. it was discussed by his politicians, but also by historians for over a year, very intensively. so it was a very serious statement. it does a number of things, a number of interesting things. it is interesting, i think -- first of all, it repeats again that japan apologizes. china keeps going on and on, but japan has never apologized. that really isn't the case. you fight about the words, but i wrote an op ed at some point in hong kong -- no matter what the statement would have said, no matter how they had apologized, the chinese would never have accepted it. it also -- abe's statement also thanks -- gives thanks for the re

by 2049, they want the united states out of east asia and want to be the regional hegemon. they would prefer to do it peacefully. they want the united states to peacefully retrench and ithdraw and let the chinese be withdraw and let the chinese be the dominant power in asia as they have been for five millennia. between the opie moors of any 1840's and the chinese communist revolution, they want to restore what they think is their rightful place in the world. they are on a roll since 1979 in their economy following economic shifts in power like that. the modernization of the chinese military is incredible and incredibly fast. they want to do it peacefully, but they are preparing to do it violently if they need to. if you want to deter, there's a lot of diplomatic action but the baseline of deterrence is a strong, capable military, peace hrough strength. >> the only thing i would like o add is what the chairman said at lunch, i hope they understand what he is saying. i hope they have deterred russia and china conventionally. you called it competition below the action and russ

our east asia government team leader.h us now in the studio, our global equity fund manager at aviva investors. richard, great to see you. we are talking about the u.s.-china relations, and part of this is very much dependent on the new president, working out what he wants to get from this relationship. we don't know much about what he will deliver, that you like some of the things he is talking about with regards to rolling back taxation in the u.s., or at least you think the market underestimate the impact. >> i think so. at this stage the market is very much digesting the trump agenda, and what has been interesting so far since the election is that the markets are taking the good trump perspective, this view that you will get a lowering of the corporate tax rate, thentially to 15%, also potential for countries to repatriate. i think they are very much focusing on those fiscal stimulus packages as a progrowth agenda. and we think if you look toward next year, taking infrastructure spending for an example, it's interesti

looking into east asia, we do have a low pressure system moving towards the northern sections of japan. bringing a southerly flow into tokyo with a very sunny and warm day. looking for the conditions to last for a day or so more and then see the temperatures descending. chilly lows in the morning hours. high pressure dominating most of china and that will help keep things a bit sunny as we go forward in time. overnight lows still chilly. in tokyo a low of 5 as you wake up for the next five mornings and below freezing with snow in the forecast. look at this, a chilly, maybe a little bit more moderate by thursday, but still a bit cool as we go forward. 17 for the high in tokyo. 5 in beijing with partly cloudy skies. as you look at the forecast tomorrow in the united states, a low pressure system that is moving out of the deep south and that is going to be bringing a chance for some rainfall. we had some thunderstorms especially down toward the south and west into texas and also into louisiana like lake charles. that area was dealing with some storms. as the system continues to move north

extent about the great privilege to travel around the world working with judges really an africa and east asia and eastern europe and i wish that every citizen of the united states could share in some of those travels and see for example as i saw in zimbabwe the abject fear on the part of the judges of the supreme court when visited by one of the ministers from the government who said to him we would hate to see anything terrible happen to a member of your family in response to a judgment that the court had rendered. so it's important that with our judicial independence which is critical to the work we do and to our rail system of democratic constitutional democratic governance that we stay in our lane switches i i guess the phrase of the year and continue to work to earn your trust and your regard and this includes of course members of the elected ranch so that they will continue to give credence to our judges. >> judge davis is exactly right and i think it would be an enormous mistake and if anybody left this session thinking that the bill of rights in these important issues we have been tal

virtually all of the power they are getting is concentrated in east asia and in their near seas.so the question is are we spending the equivalent of several hundred billion dollars a year in order to maintain presence in that part of the world. the answer is no. we're like a company that's trying to market in all 50 states and one of its regional competitors is spending three times as much in five states as you're spending. you're going to lose market share in those states. so you're really correct. we're going to go to questions in just a minute. so be thinking about it. but i want to have -- time goes by so quickly. i do want to make certain that we touch on industrial base issues, because when you look at the build up, and this is a difference between now and 30 years ago when reagan did this. we have an incoming president-elect who i believe is committed to a major rebuild of america's armed forces, but he doesn't have, in my opinion, anywhere robust a defense industrial basis as president reagan did. maybe that's overstating it, but would you talk a little bit about that. >>

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it shows that china's behavior is intended to intimidate its neighbors and establish hegemony in east asia. genie: donald trump seems to have put his foot in it a bit by reacting. dheepthika: it was a tweet that he posted online. in this tweet, he called it an unprecedented act, clearly misspelled. this is not how you spell unprecedented. it has prompted much scorn from the chinese press. there is an editorial today saying, "trump is not behaving as a president who will become master of the white house, bearing no sense for how to lead a superpower. they cannot help but mock him over that flagrant spelling error. genie: let's focus on the situation in aleppo and the evacuations that have been interrupted for almost a week with the u.n. finally reaching a deal. talks were after closed over the weekend, the u.n. has reached a deal that will be put to a vote this monday. in theory, it would allow u.n. observers on the ground to oversee the process the new york times says that would happen after confrontations between existing parties. they could be rejected by those on the ground in aleppo, b

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now, wrap things up with a look at east asia. a decent amount of snowfall over the past four hours. saw 24 centimemeters of snowfal. we havave more possible sea efft snow in place and this is not thee end of the story, n not ju for thursday, but another system possibly moving into thursday and the weekend. more snowfall into the northern portions of japan. tokyo looking at a slight warm up with a high of 14 degrees on thursday. 6 in beijing. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> and with that we conclude this hour's nhk "newsline." be sure to watch xxxxxxxxx÷o÷o÷Ñ ♪ host: this is "france 24." time now for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines. syrian army takes more than a quarter of territory previously held by rebels and aleppo. the number of people who are run from the ravaged city now tops 80,000. france's prime minister wrapped up his first ever cabinet meeting. he takes over from the man who quit the job yesterday to focus on his presidential campaign.

they went to the edge of east asia and has been denied to the expansionism of peking.s would shall not have happened had we been driven out of them or had weight abandoned it on. abandoned vietnam. the president building bridges to the used. two weeks earlier, the united totes agreed to upgrade embassy level. and returned to receive the ambassadors from bulgaria and hungary. americane of you representatives to these eastern european countries, the united states may very well see the last of her ministers. and office held by ben franklin, thomas jefferson and john adams. in her early days, the united states was not permitted the privilege of sending ambassadors abroad. she was too small and relatively unimportant. this is out -- philosophy is not shared by america today. for all donations, they are considered important. their investors are received in the traditional, time-honored ceremony. >> joy to the world. the lord has come. let heaven and nature sing. let heaven and nature sing. let heaven and nature sing. >> the president concluded by ushering in the christmas se

wrap things up with a look at east asia. low-pressure system, a couple of them, coming out of the korean peninsula and moving over the sea of japan. that will help regenerate the sea effect snow as we go l late on friday into saturday and i'll bring some northerly and bring some snow into northern japan and then increase in the clouds into central portions of the country. 17th, though, very warm for tokyo as we go into friday. much cooler back towards the west. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> that wraps up this edition of nhk "newsline." bring you the latest at the top of the hour. genie: you are watching france 24. time for 60 minutes live around the world. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. the former brunches minister -- budget mr. of france gets three years behind bars -- minister of france gets three years behind bars. he says he will appeal. eastern aleppo continues to crumble as

northeast asian decision -- situation because the secretary-general is the first secretary-general from east asia and the diplomat of south korea. years, back at these 10 pursuing has been nuclear ambitions and china has to medically enhanced its power in the international area. south korea and japan, immigration has been up and down . it is still unstable. what is your view on northeast asia's situation during your tenure? expectations for the future shape of this region? thank you. sec. gen. ban ki-moon: people often have been saying that the 21st century would be an era of asia-pacific. among asian-pacific, northeast asia has been regarded as powerful force and dynamic, economically, politically and socially. that means that that china, and japan and korea and these are very important drivers and have been commended even envied by many people around the world, many countries around the world for their dynamic forces. i am concerned that the relationship among and between the countries in northeast asia and also in asia totally have not been smooth. in all of this, there is a very concernsecuri

by 2049, they want the united states out of east asia and want to be the regional hegemon.hey would prefer to do it peacefully. they want the united states to peacefully retrench and withdraw and let the chinese be the dominant power in asia as they have been for five millennia. between the opie moors of any 1840's and the chinese communist revolution, they want to restore what they think is their rightful place in the world. they are on a roll since 1979 in their economy following economic shifts in power like that. the modernization of the chinese military is incredible and incredibly fast. they want to do it peacefully, but they are preparing to do it violently if they need to. want to deter, there's a lot of diplomatic action but the baseline of deterrence is a strong, capable military, peace through strength. >> the only thing i would like to add is what the chairman said at lunch, i hope they understand what he is saying. i hope they have deterred russia and china conventionally. competition below the action and russians are expert at this. both the russians and chine

have defending northeast asia, so that's a natural trilateral language between japan, korea and the united states. there's a countering violent extremist organizations in south east and south asia. and natural grouping of that would be the us, malaysia, indonesia, australia, new zealand and maybe bangladesh, certainly the philippines. so we should be going after these kinds of naturally forming multilateral organizations to get to those advantages. then we have axion which exist not as a defense back between those countries that are part of aussie on but they're interested in security things. you have a dimm plus, and those things which i think are useful to go after transnational crime, piracy, the kidnapping-for-ransom and all those issues that we see in the strait of malacca and other places. that's how i view multilateral defense structures come if you will come in asia. thank you. >> thank you, gentlemen. thank you to the reagan foundation, and thanks to all of you. [applause] >> all this week with congress not in session where showing you booktv programming in prime time. >> booktv tonight and all this week starting at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. and on c-sp

china is proposing a free-trade agreement with the whole east asia region that would be inclusive of the united states. they would like to foster stronger foreign investment relations. katty: you are saying they could reverse these policies? >> they could reverse them. katty: do you think they will? >> i think they will wait and see. if there is a stronger, harder approach from the united states, they will look at retaliatory actions. major companies like apple, general motors, a large share of their profits come from their operations in china. these are things that china is going to look at very carefully. katty: thanks very much for coming in. fascinating. it is going to be interesting to watch. today the death toll from a warehouse fire in oakland, california, climbed to 36 people, and officials expected it to go further. flames ripped through the building during a dance party on friday night, trapping many inside. they are attempting to sift through the rubble but potential dangers are making it a slow process. reporter: in the charred remains of this building, they are searching

the japanese saw an opportunity in east asia.ld stop them was the united states. yamamoto said the americans have to be knocked out. they don't want war. the japanese, like the germans, watched american politics and understood it was a 50/50 split between interventionists and isolationists in the country, tilting more to isolationist. they knew in 1940, roosevelt had wonising not to go into war. the japanese felt the only way to do it was to knock out the u.s. pacific fleet, a direct blow that would force the americans back. of course, he made a mistake. he thought if you hit the american people hard enough, they're going to back away. in fact, the opposite occurred. the blunder -- the tactical blunder by yamamoto is that the attack did not knock out the pacific fleet. it was horrendous. about 3,000 people died. but the aircraft carriers, america's aircraft carriers were out of the harbor. the japanese therefore didn't hit them. the japanese also didn't hit the strategic oil reserve. they could have knocked out the fleet for some

america and the west were the dominant figures in the middle east, in south—east asia, in europe.up. now we have vladimir putin. he wants actually to make russia great, as trump wants to make the united states great. he came back, you have to remember that russia was humiliated in afghanistan by the west. they were defeated, they lost the soviet union empire, they were bankrupt, corruption, during yeltsin and the last days of gorbachev and the last days of the soviet union, now there is a strong man. he is from the kgb, he wants to reinstate his country on the international map again as a strong superpower. he wants his power back and we are not going to give it to him, as an american senator once said. he does want his empire back, doesn't he? i think that is broadly speaking right. there is another thing to come out of that conversation. last night in his departing press conference 0bama said russia is a small country, a weak country, an insignificant country. 0dd sort of trash talking that you often see pre—boxing match between opponents. if that is right, he has the opportunit

we broadcast on bbc newsroom and on the story we wanted to look south—east asia editor celia hatton,. it is causing a huge amount, a number of people both in business and also chinese leaders to sweat under the collar a little because peter navarro is basically, if you were going to pick someone on a spectrum who was the most anti—china economist you could think of, he would be the one. the fact he has now been put into a prime position to decide the american policy towards china, that has a lot of people in beijing very worried. one of the policies we know his aborted in his books at least as much higher ta riffs in his books at least as much higher tariffs on chinese exports, how would the chinese respond to something like that? basically, donald trump in his campaign said he wa nted donald trump in his campaign said he wanted to slap a 45% tariff on all chinese made goods that are sent to the united states, which would bring anything stamped made in china, the cost of it would soar. basically china's state newspaper, china hasn't officially responded that the state newspaper said

greenpeace east asia says this is ‘worst air pollution of 2016'.. and look at this. it's a website called worldwide air quality. this is beijing — a reading of 25 is deemed safe. most readings are above 400. this is china as a whole — the high levels of pollution are marked in red and purple, yellow and green are lower. by comparison — this is europe. a lot more yellow and green. and this is north america. not that pollution isn't an issue in these regions — but there is far less red and purple. stephen mcdonnell is based in beijing for the bbc. this is what he recorded when he went out on the streets. despite this oppressive blanket of smoke, life must go on in beijing. it's especially tough on those who work outside, breathing in the pollution all day. in years gone by, people weren't that worried about this issue. but now there's a high level of public awareness, and a fair bit of concern. and yet there are those not as worried as everyone else. you don't have to be completely outdoors to face major impacts from this pollution. there are lots of

so that might mean that -- it depends on how the cold war in east asia ends.ight also depend on how japan faces up to its past and how other concerned governments of east asia deal with that and also all parties stop politicizing all memory to their advantage. so -- >> host: you look like you wanted to add finish. finish -- >> guest: no, i didn't. >> host: okay. craig nelson, in your week you cite some surveys of japanese citizens, american citizens, how they feel about pearl harbor, hiroshima and nagasaki. what did you find? >> guest: a wonderful man went through all the visitor comment cards at the arizona memorial of japanese descent, and he pulled them all out, and he found out that the number one thing japanese people wanted was for the american movie about pearl harbor to mention hiroshima and nagasaki. and you would think that's fair except when you go to the hiroshima memorial, there's no mention of pearl harbor there either. [laughter] so there's still this tug-of-war going on between, well, if we apologize for hiroshima, they'll apologize for pearl h

there is no way to detach yourselves from events in east asia. their future and the future of that region are closely linked. eventually there is no isolation from proliferation, no safety in distance. north korea also presents the greatest sustained humanitarian challenge of our time. the whole country is a prison run by warden. the north korean people have suffered decades of oppression and famine and violence. by controlling access to the broader world, the north korean government has tried to make this nightmare seem normal to its thick dumps. some argue that the spirit of the north korean people has been eaten into submission so that is so total the opposition is unthinkable. we don't believe that here. the desire for freedom like the dignity of the person is universal. hope in place by god cannot he removed by kim jong un. the regime attempts to control every mind, every tongue, every life but the refugees with us today demonstrate that no oppressor can control the soul. the north korean people are pleading in their silence for freedom. and

southeast asia, east asia. airlines,oard, qantas so forth. won't go through this, but fairly substantial gains through a lot of these regions. let's see how far this actually holds. these are extreme gains we are seeing in this space. host: let's explore this a little bit more with craig mcmahon, asia-pacific head of research at wood mackenzie, one of the biggest energy analyst firms. we get good insight into how the oil prices going back to their glory days. does this really mean? -- what does this really made? not the glory days, that is for sure. i think what it does mean is we are going to see the balancing in doing oil markets between supply and demand really being accelerated. oil demand is forecasted next year at about 1.4 million barrels per day. local oil supply is forecasted to grow prior to yesterday's announcement by about 600 thousand barrels per day. demand is outstripping supply. the balance is coming, but it was taking time. opec's introduction into the story and desire and agreement to cut, we see that equilibrium being estab

idea as an incubator and the kids can .ounce around their views on it maybe you focus on europe or east asia and that gets them back to the company. oliver: teenage consultants are one thing but what about pre-teens or toddlers? carol: we've got that covered and talked to a reporter about a boot camp for the k-12 set. this story is fun. tell me about the spark business academy. >> spark business academy was something that might colleague ran across in a flyer of washington, d.c. summer camps. the flyer had pictures of young , young boys in suits talking on cell phones. kidsid it would teach about investing and budgets and entrepreneurship. young asor kids as five. i was fascinated by the idea would needgartners to attend the future millionaires boot camp. i'm thinking summer and running around having a good time but people are doing it. tell us about the parents and kids enjoying this? to occupyents have their kids in the summer and they need to find things for them to do. parents whoseveral would schedule a sports or music camp. when they saw this finance camp, it struck a chord with them.

that macarthur would receive the news personally from the secretary of war, who is travelling in east asia. but the truman white house got wind that macarthur got wind of this and was going to resign ahead of being released. truman was not going to give macarthur that satisfaction. so truman prepares this press conference, excuse me, he prepares a press release and in the press release saying that the president has decided that macarthur needs to be relieved of his duties and a young-- one of the young press secretaries are there, mr. president, i presume you'll want to include on this that this was on the unanimous recommendation of your top civilian and military advisors, which was indeed the case. all of his advisors said macarthur needs to be released and truman turns to this young

when president reagan became president of the united states in 1981, 80% of people in east asia lived in absolute poverty which is to say on less than $2 a day. today, 4% do. john: because of the localization that donald trump doesn't like. >> because they trade with the rest of the world and exchange information they become wealthy as a result. john: so donald trump says we need walls. we need limits on trade. >> free trade and if it's everyone even countries that are good at producing everything. john: the newest web site is entitled your life in numbers. you can plug-in any country and compare progress or lack of it. he can see the massive difference in chile in venezuela venezuela income fell by 20% and in chile it rose 228%. >> you also compare level of democracy. >> two people have a choice between two political parties were multiple parties or two or more candidates? are their checks on the power of the executive? to people at civil rights? are they able to enjoy free press? are they able to enjoy free association and based on those criteria countries are assigned a level of de

after world war ii we were prepared to fight in east asia, we thought before 1980, we fought two substantial wars, when in korea, when in vietnam, we were not prepared to fight in the islamic world since 1990, strikingly, virtually every american soldier killed in combat has been killed in that part of the world and i believe something americans should be more attentive to, the specificity, geographical specificity, something to be more attentive to than most of us have been. >> host: the numbers are up on the screen if you want his chat with retired army officer andrew bacevich, his book "america's war for the greater middle east: a military history," 20 numtwo-748-8200. east and central time zone, 748-8201, in the mountain and pacific time zone, we will get to those calls right away. andrew bacevich, you write that oil has always defined the raison d'Être of the war in the greater middle east. >> guest: that was the initial raison d'Être. the offense that prompted president carter to promulgate the carter doctrine where two. one of them was the iranian revolution which was perceived to be

after world war ii, we are prepared to fight in east asia and indeed, had fought before 1980 had fought two substantial wars in korea and one in vietnam and we weren't fighting and weren't prepare today fight in the islamic world since 1990 strikingly. something that americans should be more attentive to. >> now, the numbers are up on the screen if you want to chat with professor andrew, retired army officer as well, his book america's war for the greater middle east. 202 is the area. 748-8200, 748-8201 in mountain time zones. we will get to those calls right away. professor, you write that oil has always defined the war in the greater middle east. >> the initial. the events that prompted president carter to promulgate the carter doctrine were two, one was the iranian revolution which has been revolution and the second soviet invasion in afghanistan. that said, there really was not explicitly stated a larger set of stakes. and the larger stake was that this has a war intended to demonstrate that we are a people to whom limits do not apply, that we are a people who need not take into acc

if the balloon of war weren't up in east asia, the united states would be on the hook to come to the't talk to each other. it ought to go away with the caveat the chinese could react in outrageous ways. and i think president-elect trump and the current administration need to be to the watch for this. lou: i'm not concerned about the response of the president-elect. we have 48 days for it to be his test and not the current president. please roll the video. a thrill seeker exploring her own winter wonderland. watch these adventurers hurling themselves off a mountaintop. there is no feeling like soaring like a bird over 100 miles an hour. i think this as close as i need to get to the experience. beautiful, spectacular, and i think -- i think all of these folks -- i thank all these folks for providing the courage and opportunity. up next, president-elect trump is being parades for saving hundreds. american jobs. >> i feel great, i feel happy. 1,100 jobs have been saved from moving to mexico after they already made a decision, so we are very happy. lou: we'll have more on the trump rally

they can focus on east asia or whatever. >> teenage consultants are one thing, but what about preteensr toddlers? carol: we spoke to peter robinson about a camp for the k-12 set. i love this story. tell me about the spark business academy. what exactly does it do? peter: this is something my colleague ran across in a flyer of washington dc summer camps. the flyer had pictures of the boys inds, young suits talking on cell phones. teach kids about budgeting and investing and entrepreneurship. i was fascinated by this idea that kindergartners would need to attend a future millionaires boot camp, as it was called. i'm thinking summer, i'm thinking of running around. this seems like a buzz kill. but people are doing it. tell us about the parents are kids that are doing this. meet occupy their kids in the summer so they need to find things to do, so parents will -- i talked to several who will schedule him using camp. when they saw this finance camp, it struck a chord with them, because it was something they wanted to talk to with their kids but the time never seem to write and they never fe

agreement that has produced 40 years of peace and stability for the treaty partners and each -- east asiahat has produced prosperity for these countries. from what the president said and how he sees this incredible year ? john: so many things. -- vladimir putin's hee in the election, essentially said nothing happens at that level in russia without flat americans can -- vladimir putin's consent. he was careful about what he said, but there was a moment where he basically said, he scolded republicans for on the forhand, criticizing him not being tough enough on vladimir putin but then throwing their lot in with a candidate who has been supportive and said nice things about vladimir putin. his point is we become so political that everything becomes about winning an election. amocrats will say, wait minute, you're talking about republican behavior, don't say this is a fault of our politics at the moment. keep the blame where they believe it should be and what the president believes it should be, which is among republicans. ronald reagan would be rolling over in his grave. and in a subtle way,

testified before congress that i believe china seeks hegemony in east asia and their view is to pushhe united states out. that's where those military capabilities that we have come into play and where the government view on deterrence comes into play. >> i think the united states enjoy certain asymmetric advantages over every country on earth that would challenge us. and as asymmetric advantages include anti-submarine warfare, jet propulsion, our culture of innovation and our ideals. but those hardware aspects of those asymmetric advantages are at risk if we don't continue to invest in them and resource them. china is trying to overcome that asymmetric advantage cap we enjoy quickly and they do that through cyber theft and everything else because they are not constrained by law, regulation and policy as we rightfully are. we have to be sensitive and be aware of the threat that is post by a closing of the gap. the chairman talked about we don't want to go into a fair fight with our enemies or adversaries. i have said before i want to go to a knife fight with a knife -- a knife fight w

when president reagan became president of the united states in 1981, 80% of people in east asia livedsolute poverty which is to say on less than $2 a day. today, 4% do. john: because of the localization that donald trump doesn't like. >> because they trade with the rest of the world and exchange information they become wealthy as a result. john: so donald trump says we need walls. we need limits on trade. >> free trade and if it's everyone even countries that are good at producing everything. john: the newest web site is entitled your life in numbers. you can plug-in any country and compare progress or lack of it. he can see the massive difference in chile in venezuela venezuela income fell by 20% and in chile it rose 228%. >> you also compare level of democracy. >> two people have a choice between two political parties were multiple parties or two or more candidates? are their checks on the power of the executive? to people at civil rights? are they able to enjoy free press? are they able to enjoy free association and based on those criteria countries are assigned a level of democrac

virtually all of the power you are getting out of that is concentrated in east asia and the near seasso are we spending this money to maintain presence in that type of world, and the answer is no. we are like a company that is trying to market in all 50 states, and a regional competitor is spending three times as much in five states as you are spending, and you will lose market share in those states. you are correct. we will go to questions in just a minute, so be thinking about it. time goes by so quickly. i think -- i do want to make certain we touch on industrial base issues. when you look at the buildup, and this is the difference between now and 30 years when reagan did this -- we have an incoming president-elect who i think is committed to a major rebuild of america's armed forces, but he does not have the robust defense forces like reagan did. would you talk about that? mac thornberry: i think it is self-evident. we are down to one or two suppliers in many instances. if you talk to the major defense contractors, they are very dependent sometimes on a single subcontractor for va

that, we're going to come back in another 15, 20 years as other countries in the middle east and east asia ask for the same kind of treatment and we will then have catastrophic event that was created because we did not give the political leadership, so i believe there's a profound danger that we are unleashing here as we create this exemption and i just wanted to state my opposition to this pathway on principle. >> senator markey and i have met regarding these agreements and i couldn't agreed more. i think we find ourselves in a place where even though this is a perfect 1, 2, 3 agreement, it's better than if we allow an administrative agreement to take place and the time to lapse. so i share your concerns. i wish that all of these agreements were in the gold standard fashion that you've expressed. you know we've talked about this on many occasions but this is putting us in a better place than letting the time elapse and enter into an administrative agreement between the united states and norway. are there any other comments or questions? if there's no further discussion, i would entertain