obviously, when it comes running against obama, foreign affairs has to be on the table. >> i am tempted to say maybe with the exception of ron paul, who is my favorite candidate among those running, they do not know much to discuss it in depth. >> there are right on iraq and afghanistan. iraq was a disaster and gets worse every day. today, iran has far more influence in iraq than the united states. he also said that the best defense we have against iran was set down and sang. >> that is true. we supported him in a war against iran. linda gasparello, is there a possibility for a better relationship with iran in the future? this is a sophisticated country with gifted, talented, people, but we have been in in a state of cold war with them since the revolution. >> with present leadership there cannot be, but there is opposition in the wind. there are groups that are waiting to lead effected protests, which they did leave last june and we did not support very well. there are women's groups, if you can believe it, and traders unions. let's not forget technology. we have the iranians that are

the south korean institute of foreign affairs and national security made the prediction in a report. the think tank is affiliated with the government. the report says north korea will likely carry out another provocation by the end of the year or early next year and the military launched an artillery attack in 2010 on a south korean island. the north has historically allowed tensions to rise at times of uncertainty within the regime. the report says the nuclear or

with the council, i welcome th m prime minister of foreign affairs and chairman of the counc council. >> the council's rules of procedure, i invite his excellency to participate in this meeting. so decided. i wish to welcome at today's meeting of the distinguished minsters and the deputy. the experience of the subject matter to be addressed. item two of the agenda. i wish to draw the attention of councilmembers to document s-2012-71. from the general addressed to the president of the security council. i will give the floor to his excellency, prime minister of the foreign affairs of the state of qatar of the arab league. you have the floor, sir. >> thank you, mr. president. i will speak in arabic so if you would like -- >> translator: in the name of god, the compassionate and merciful, mr. president allow me to congratulate your excellency of assuming the presidency of the security council. i would like to express to you and the members of the council or thanks and gratitude for conveeng the meeting to allow it to carry out the mission to which we were interested. mr. president, the co

putting pressure on saudi arabia to make up the shortfall richard and i wish we had more time foreign affairs analyst a lot from the philippines thank you thank you very much. well coming up for you later in the program here in the twists and turns of russian politics as the electoral campaign intensifies presidential hopeful a lot of my putin that want to get tough on immigration. now a quarter past the hour here in moscow and e.u. entry ticket has been approved by the people of croatia the us wasn't as solid as expected and with more than half of simply ignoring the national referendum the country will become the union's twenty eight state by july next year but only after all the other members are ratify the move croatia was split on the issue with those in opposition saying there's nothing to gain from a bloc currently experiencing its worst ever crisis and i thought his time bot reports the divisions are here to stay even after the yes vote. violent scenes in the croatian capital it's the country's e.u. referendum but setting no. risk to being made the right move the peace to the proteste

right then willing to discuss the implications of against iran that's all talk to richard in a foreign affairs analyst the specializing in international security joining us live from the philippines our thanks for coming on today so a senior iranian official has already said that if the. world oil train and will go ahead with its threat to block the vital strait. vital waterway the oil transit route this comes at a time when one new u.s. aircraft carrier is replacing another that is also being tailed by a british frigate where do you see this situation in the next few days if not the next fortnight. let's look at the nuance of the issue so far the statement on closing on or most came from an iranian lawmaker so we have to wait and see what the defense ministry is going to say but this point i think in military terms. iran has the conventional capability to close the strait of hormuz but for a very limited range of a symmetrical. it can create problems but i think the main message that iran is sending here is political because it knows that it's going to close of the strait of hormuz of course

. >>> canada establishing an office of religious freedom in foreign affairs department. the ruling conservative party is committed to making religious freedom a major goal of canada's foreign policy. it is due to the assassination of this man, shahbaz bhatti. he is the pakistani government murdered for speaking out against blasphemy laws. >>> free speech and religious liberty are two of america's most cherished freedoms. it could change, pushing a u.n. resolution to criminalize all criticism of religions. john jessup reports, some fear their laws will spread beyond the muslim world and into the west. >> in the united states, americans are free to worship as we choose, whether in a church, synagogue or mosque. secretary of state hilary clinton tried to convey at a religious conference at the state department. >> there is no contradiction between having strong religious beliefs and having the freedoms to exercise them and speak out about them and have good debates with others. >> the three-day conference was supposed to help, a group with vocal critics. >> i think of a mult

the south korean institute of foreign affairs and national security made the prediction in a report. the think tank is affiliated with the government. the report says north korea will likely carry out another provocation by the end of the year or early next year and the military launched an artillery attack in 2010 on a south korean island. the north has historically allowed tensions to rise at times of uncertainty within the regime. the report says the nuclear or missile test could be timed to coincide with a presidential elections later this year in the u.s. and south korea. the north may test a more sophisticated uranium-type nuclear weapon to stress leadership abilities of kim jong un. the report says that the north will try to consolidate the new regime by re-opening dialogue with the u.s. and returning to the six-party talks on its nuclear development. but it predicts the stalemate between the two koreas will continue as the north increases criticism of the government of president bach. the u.s. has offered to send vitamin but the north has asked for rice and corn. some experts

one debate is on foreign affairs. that's it. do nothing but discuss foreign affairs.er two, i would have a format where i would let the candidatesç ask each other candidates. if they ask snarky questions, they have to take the risk of looking snarky. but have a real discussion, but focus the daeebates on one. we could have discussed energy in one debate. environment in one debate. it would have been a great discussion on the issues, but we hopscotch around. you said this about this candidate. what do you have to say about that? it's all about ratings. >> are you still throwing things at the tv? i do. i can't take it. >> i would make it illegal for stations to find out ratings on debates. but the legal, by the way, if you want to be hardened by anything. 36 million americans watched the saints and the lions. 4 million watches the republican debate. >> on the one hand, that makes total sense. on the other hand, we both know if we don't get everybody into the tent to deal with banks and energy and education, we have ourselves a real problem. >> what about just one debat

the south korean institute of foreign affairs and national security made the prediction in a court. the think tank is affiliated with the government. north korea will likely carry out another provocation by the end of the year or early next year. the military launched an attack in 2010. the north has historically allowed tensions with the south to rise at times of uncertainty within the regime. the report says the nuclear or missile tests could be timed to coincide with presidential elections later this year in the u.s. and south korea. the north may test a more sophisticated uranium-type nuclear weapon to stress the leadership abilities of kim jong-un. the military used plutonium-based weapons in 2006 and 2009. the report says the north will try to consolidate the new regime by reopening dialogue with the u.s. and returning to the six party talks on its nuclear development. but it predicts the stalemate will continue as the north increases criticism of the government of the president. the u.s. has offered to send vitamin tablets and biscuits to north korea, but the north has instea

affairs. and i have a question on our foreign policy, if i may. regarding the atrocities that happened in the beginning of the 20th century that some would label the armenian genocide, i am wondering why it is that we do not recognize it as such and if it has to do with our classification of what a genocide is or more to do with our relationship with turkey? and given the recent legislation that was passed by lawmakers in france, criminalizing the denial of the armenian genocide, what our stance is on that. my understanding is that undersecretary sherman was there recently, and i'm wondering if that came up and what our position circumstances first, one of our great strengths is we do not criminalize speech. people can say nearly anything they choose and they do in our country. the first, of course, is integration which you may have heard is kind of my emphasis, my schtick, my mantra on that job, focusing on intelligence integration. absolutely mission critical for the intelligence community. our ultimate goal, our vision, if you will, is simply a

when it decides to meddle in foreign revolutions in foreign affairs you know that as well or better than i do you know. i'm not talking about the u.s. policy why i let's talk about it being you know is u.s. government should not be intervening in military in the name of the seventeen democracy because if it doesn't work and they can serve other objectives what about nonmilitary means it seems they're using all kinds of means their means of server should be used by the u.s. government but the people of that country to get rid of. a lot of people are getting this. says that washington is more into establishing friendly regimes rather than democracies if we take libya for example people there are afraid to speak up right now i mean we have reporters on the ground and they have to blur people's faces all the time because people are afraid of being seen the leadership there is about to introduce sharia law as the basis for their new laws which is pretty much incompatible with democratic values so libya pretty much looks like an example of how instead of a supposed transition to democracy peop

it is hard to hear clearly, but in this clip, he introduces his kids to itself yet foreign affair minister. >> he recorded 250 hours of private conversations, final recording takes place just days before he was assassinated in november, 1963. >>> the oscar noincltiuding biga including big nods to a bay area film. back in a moment. >> back a moment. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh. >>> the oscar nominations are out and a movie shot in the bay area about the oakland a's got six of them. >> films selected for best picture nominees for 2011 are money ball, michael deluka, rachel horowitz and brad pitt, producers. >> money ball is one of the nominees for best picture of the year. the film also netted nominations for brad pitt for best actor and jonah hill for best supporting actor. the other nominees for best picture are warhorse, the artist, the deseine dents,

next to him, republican of florida, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee.r on "morning joe." >>> on to something other than politics for a moment. last night's screen actor's guild awards featured the ladies of "bridesmaids." they took to the stage to present the best film ensemble nominees. and they whipped out a little drinking game. >> all this, all this food. >> it's free. it's free. >> all this is free tonight. >> it's free. also we have these because we made up a drinking game when we were shooting "bridesmaids." >> yep. >> played it all the time. bewanted to share it with you. people at home you can play along. >> it's fun, simple. here's what you do. i don't you have to take a drink every time -- and i mean every time, you hear the word scorsese. that a girl. >> you'd be surprised how much that comes up in just casual conversation, because people like to throw that thing around. >> do you think scorsese saw our movie? >> thank you. >> is it scorsese or scorsese? >> scorsese. >> that's what it is. >> have you dean "the departed"? >> martin scorsese.

may and the next day literally our ambassador early to an official request to the minister of foreign affairs to the service of national security. national security if that you can stand our letter and since then at all litigations. our consular officer was present and this subject was. up to the top level on several occasions we did not make too much fuss about that well you know about sometimes. horror dealing with a specific problem they are. getting results rather than get. a popular blessing or getting it research the situation is much simpler that the fact is she released in chile without any court litigation that was married to a law or consular service and. there who dealt directly with the leadership there and once they got information on her detention this was the situation under control this lady. self tells this story i've seen it on t.v. myself unfortunately signed a paper there you know a big language which was a forwarded to her. without any insistence on prior to signing on that paper she had to meet our consular officer but in the paper she signed her sincere admission affect

you know my deal chairman of the foreign affairs committee of russia's federation calls and also presidential envoy to africa it's great to have you with us thank you for having me here so we start from the latest news in libya in the country has been swept with violent protests and government crisis you as an expert what is your version what's going on has nato led to lacasse failed in the country last time i have been to tripoli it was on the twenty first of december last year. i had the chance to meet with all the main players with the most awful of the julian with the prime minister with the foreign minister where the oil and gas minister and i spent the whole day and tripoli and i still have a feeling that i was in a very fragmented city three or four militias hating each other competing with each other sometimes shooting each other and it seems like the pieces of. political puzzle the mob get together how to we see it live get back to know each has to take time and it has to take goodwill from all the sides which were involved in a very long lasting conflict which to my personal opinion

and better appreciate that we all, the money and women of the state department and our other foreign affairs agencies, are still there, are still in harm's way, are still taking care of business and advancing the interests of the united states. and the related question, how can afsa help. [ applause ] >> i think that's a very fair question and we are obviously trying to talk about it, trying to raise the visibility of it. this is the largest postconflict operation the state department has ever tried to lead and manage. it's hard. many of you have spent time trying to help us with this transition. but i think when i see the president tomorrow, i will mention to him the importance of also having presidential attention to our members of the civilian side of the ledger who are still in iraq and who are still facing a lot of threats and dangers. and he is very mindful of that, very grateful for it and i think will look for an opportunity to try to raise it to a higher visibility. so i thank you very much. and of course afsa has been a good partner in all of this work and we continue to appreciate

than us is and a constant in qatar from the foreign affairs committee in the russian russian state duma says that the syrian opposition is being told by the west the regime is doomed and there's no need to negotiate but i believe that the whole have had a unique chance to get to gears are arranging political consultations and most of this initiative was rejected yesterday by their position and the. reason the look there are no prospects to speak out of this regime because this regime is out of question really why because messages coming to syria from brought to washington from brussels from elsewhere have all this build this regime does not have a future you don't need to talk to them this is the wrong message and by that message they want to remind you of to score political consultations and more school or elsewhere and this is how we continue to see clashes in syria you see blood we will see casualties weak teams unfortunately it will continue to happen not to due to the russian position but due to the position there you know that there are very very unfair position taken by the unite

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you how about a deal chairman of the foreign affairs committee of russia's federation calls and also presidential envoy to africa it's great to have you with us thank you for having me here so we'll start from the latest in the country has been swept with violent protests and government crisis us an expert what is your version what's going on.

. >> i thank you for your statement and i give the floor to hills excellency, minister of foreign affairs of guatemala. >> thank you. >> translator: mr. president, allow me to begin my statement on a personal note. i represent the government of president molina which took off barely two weeks ago. my presence reflects our commitment to the united nations as well as our intention to carry out our role as a recently elected member of the council in a responsible manner. we are here fully committed to build consensus for the maintenance of international peace and security. and we appreciate the convening of this important meeting in response to the requests this important meeting in response to the request made by league of state in its letter 22nd of january addressed to secretary-general ban ki-moon. we are especially pleased at the information of secretary-general of league of our states as well as the president his excellency. we've listened intently to ambassador from the republic of syria. in addition to the information provided today, we have previously had access to the decisions tha