the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee about what impact it may have on u.s. russian relations stay with us for spotlight. hello hello welcome to spotlight on hard times today my guest. is trying to think. along the european border that is deployed. outside st petersburg. russia to neutralize the european anti-missile defense system which is being created by nato and. the standoff between nato and moscow will not turn into food for cooperation. the state duma foreign affairs committee and the russian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe. the european missile defense system is designed to protect nato members from possible aggression from third parties namely iran moscow considers it a threat. as the launchers will be located in eastern europe. is seen as one of the countermeasures to the nato plans the launchers are mobile which makes it very difficult to. prevent the missiles from launching. thank you very much it's. well first of all about these. people. new arms race between maybe started between the east and west irritated by t

between nato and moscow will not turn into fruitful cooperation chairman of the state duma foreign affairs committee and the russian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe. the european missile defense system is designed to protect nato members from possible aggression from third parties namely iran moscow considers it a threat to. the launchers will be located in eastern europe. is seen as one of the countermeasures to the nato plans the launchers are mobile which makes it very difficult to apply the into prevent the missiles from launching . thank you very much pleasure to have you here. well as first of all about these kinder missiles and if they were what would people. new arms race between maybe start in between the east and west. irritated by the u.s. anti missile defense plans russia has promised a cheap and efficient response well first of all are these is can there's really as cheap as they seem and there isn't the end of. what do with all the real reset the end of reset at least we're a sink is comparable and. missiles are definitely not cheap but they are much c

for more on this we're now joined live by colin powell who is the head of the state duma's foreign affairs committee thanks for being with us mr kasich of the u.s. and some states have criticized russia and china for vetoing the u.n. resolution on syria do you think that's a fair reaction. there's definitely not a fair reaction the right of ease one of the most essential parts of the u.s. mechanism. taking collective decisions in the most crucial issues is the precondition and i believe that. russia along with some other countries understands better what is going on syria we definitely see that it's not just just black and white with the government or their own and thor it is which are bad and the opposition which is fairly good it's much much more complicated because number one and number two which is equally important is that the really good thought it is of syria are prepared to do more in order to introduce democratic reforms in the country so the syrian nation still has a chance of a proceeding with. revolutions and they believe that they were doing really since taking it step by step is the on

committee. or he could go to foreign affairs. he had been one of the most remarked-on witnesses before the committee. he chose foreign affairs. that is not a choice many people are making lately. there is not a crush to get on it. it is because it plays so badly at home. i want to talk about currency manipulation another time. let me collapsed this and hope it is something we get into. currency manipulation looks like an arcane issue, but it has such an impact on the current job situation. the u.s.-china commission was formed by congress in october of 2000 to give congress regular updates on the china relationship. is it good for the economy? how are we doing militarily? every year, they produce an astonishing report that is ignored as most reports are. if you look back to the reports before 9/11, they were very accurate and completely ignored. it is the same thing with the china commission. i just saw an advance copy of the new report. i had to pay $38 to get a copy. you can get it free soon. the u.s. trade deficit is now more th

between nato and moscow will not turn into fruitful cooperation chairman of the state duma foreign affairs committee and the russian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe constitute. the european missile defense system is designed to protect major members from possible aggression from third parties namely iran also considers it a threat to its own security as the launchers will be located in eastern europe. and their ballistic missile is seen as one of the countermeasures tomato plants the launchers are mobile which makes it very difficult to tie that into sap prevent the missiles from north. it's a conservative welcome to the show thank you very much it's a pleasure to have you here in my own as well as first of all about these can do missiles in italy back in about there were people can call the the new arms race the starting between maybe starting between the east and west irritated by the u.s. anti missile defense plans russia has promised a cheap and efficient response well first of all are these is can there is really as cheap as they seem and there is at the end. o

committee. or he could go to foreign affairs. he had been one of the most remarked-on witnesses before the committee. he chose foreign affairs. that is not a choice many people are making lately. there is not a crush to get on it. it is because it plays so badly at home. i want to talk about currency manipulation another time. let me collapsed this and hope it is something we get into. currency manipulation looks like an arcane issue, but it has such an impact on the current job situation. the u.s.-china commission was formed by congress in october of 2000 to give congress regular updates on the china relationship. is it good for the economy? how are we doing militarily? every year, they produce an astonishing report that is ignored as most reports are. if you look back to the reports before 9/11, they were very accurate and completely ignored. it is the same thing with the china commission. i just saw an advance copy of the new report. i had to pay $38 to get a copy. you can get it free soon. the u.s. trade deficit is now more th

civilians because more casualties instead contradict the child's head of the state duma foreign affairs committee says western powers should not take sides in syria and leave the country to find its own solution without revolt. we definitely see there it's not just just black and white with the government or the ruling thor it is which are bad and the opposition which is fairly good it's much much more complicated the really good thought it is so syria are prepared to do more in order to introduce democratic reforms in the country so the syrian nation still has a chance of proceeding with rebelution i do not think the worst time for libya is over probably the military action of nato has saved some lives but it's equally obvious that many casualties would have been awarded in case this operation never took place right now not seeing that this military operation was the best option for the people of libya steel nato wants to stay there and i'm sure that they will stay for many weeks and many months as head and this is definitely not in accordance with the only solution by the security council this

confrontational and speaking about explicitly about regime change already this morning at the house foreign affairs committee a number of the members of that committee in hearings they were holding about iran and syria were openly speaking about seeking regime change in tehran so as i say i think you'll see a very different set of words and language used at the international level than that used at the domestic level just briefly and finally this isn't just about the u.s. and iran these allegations also of course involve saudi arabia how would the accusations of this foiled plot actually influence now iran's relations with the arab world. well i think that that's something that those of us who have been following this closely have continued to have real questions about and frankly some confusion about what would be the motivations for tehran to engage in this you know very poorly put together plot it would seem u.s. saudi relations have actually been strained recently especially during the arab spring when the united states and saudi arabia weren't always pulling in the same direction so i and many people ha

libya style military intervention concent of course the choice of head of the state duma foreign affairs committee says western powers should not take sides in the conflict. we definitely. see that it's not just just black and white with the government or the ruling thor it is which are bad and the opposition which is fairly good it's much much more complicated the thought it is all syria are prepared to do more in order to introduce democratic reforms in the country so the syrian nation still has a chance of the preceding. revolutions but i do not think they have the gerstein for libya is over. the military action of nato has saved some lives but it's equally that many casualties. could have been awarded in case this duration never took place i do not seeing that these military operation was the best option for the people of libya to steal. one still to stay there and i am sure that the will stay for for many many weeks and many months ahead and this is definitely not in accordance with the. by the security council this resolution is obviously brutally violated by the nato countries which would d

committee. or he could go to foreign affairs. witnesses before the committee. he chose foreign affairs. that is not a choice many people are making lately. effectively, it is no longer and a-list committee. there is not a crush to get on it. it is because it plays so badly at home. i want to talk about currency manipulation another time. let me collapsed this and hope it is something we get into. currency manipulation looks like an arcane issue, but it has such an impact on the current job situation. looking over this debate, you would see that. the u.s.-china commission was formed by congress in october of 2000 to give congress regular updates on the china relationship. is it good for the economy? how are we doing militarily? every year, they produce an astonishing report that is ignored as most reports are. if you look back to the reports on terrorism before 9/11, they were very accurate and completely ignored. it is the same thing with the china commission. i just saw an advance copy of the new report. i had to pay $38 to get a

i spoke to our british member of the european parliament's foreign affairs committee about of richard how it he told us that the u.s. response to the station in the team which i case will be a strong one. there will be very strong reaction across europe. appears to be a politically motivated trial that does not meet international standards of independence and fairness cannot be something that is supported by us in the u. it's very clear to me that if you think back to two thousand and nine the cast stamps being cut off a huge energy problem in ukraine and in fact for the european union as well because of its nature as a transit country. clearly to with us was doing a job on behalf of her country to try and match a crisis and so for her now to be found guilty of in some way. committing a crime by doing that will not be understood and will not be supported across the european union and it's why you ukraine has called this one very very wrong. to discuss the outcome of this trial further and are joined by a tour of brooke baldwin from the norwegian defense research establishment thank yo

ben iris and then joining us from brussels we have a member of the european parliament of foreign affairs committee richard thank you both for joining us today here on aleksey richard i'll start with you there is a chorus of criticism up from the european union officials concerning the verdict how do you think relations between ukraine and the e.u. could be shaped by this event. what i think catherine ashton speaks for so there will be very strong reaction across europe there appears to be a politically motivated trial that does not meet international standards and independence and fairness cannot be something that is supported by us in the e.u. e.u. ukraine's potential membership the european union is some years away and i think we shouldn't pretend otherwise but we do once the countries in europe cease to neighborhood to get closer to europe not just in terms of membership in terms of european values like the rule of justice and this is clearly an extraordinary setback and i do think it is quite possible that the invitation for president yanukovych to come here on the twenty eighth of october wil

bushel just a bit earlier i spoke to were british any member of the european parliament's foreign affairs committee that of richard howard they told us that the e.u. is response to the decision and see which. will be a strong one there will be very strong reaction across europe there appears to be a politically motivated trial that does not meet international standards of independence and fairness cannot be something that is supported prayers in the e.u. it's very clear to me that if you think back to two thousand and nine the cast stamps being cut off a huge energy problem in ukraine and in fact for the european union as well because of its patrons a transit country mr clearly to all of us was doing a job on behalf of her country to try and actually have a crisis and so for her now to be found guilty of in some way. a crime by doing that will not be understood and will not be supported across the european union and it's why you ukraine has called this one very very wrong and that you are talking off from the interlude of world economy and international relations things that make of it poses a thre

army beside a phone system on its soil going off speaks to the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee about what impact that might have on the u.s. russian relations spot soon enough for the latest business right now with yulia. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update our top story this hour russian investment group capital and a branch of oil trading giant the tall have won a tender to build an all terminal in rotterdam in the netherlands march is going to go with new has been following the deal over to you get. well this really is a huge piece of news it's a huge deal the terminal is expected to cost up to one billion dollars already rotterdam is a huge help for russian oil nearly a third of all the old go through russian oil so this figure is only likely to increase but in terms of how much sense this deal makes a good competent seaman off here is going to help me talk me through it. is this a good deal possible capital are they going to benefit from it you know of course it's a very good deal for so much capital and i think not only capable but for all oil companies s

congressman ileana ros-lehtinen is the chair of the house foreign affairs committee. we expect this to get under way momentarily. this is live coverage from c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the committee will come to order. after recognizing myself and the ranking member, mr. bear match, for accept minutes each for our opening statements, i will recognize the chairman and the ranking member of the meddle east and south asia subcommittee for three minutes each for their statements. we will then hear from our witness, the distinguished secretary of state, welcome home, and happy belated birthday, who will summarize her prepared statement before we move to the questions and answers with members under the five

> happening right now, secretary of state hillary clinton is testifying before the house foreign affairs committee about the way forward pakistan and afghanistan -- these are live pictures right now of that testimony -- secretary clinton just returned from visiting both pakistan and afghanistan. she's likely to face questions about afghan president hamid karzai's statement that his country would back pakistan if it went to war with the united states. >>> 7:20. republicans are working on new legislation that would allow border agents more free rein on federal lands near mexico and canada. some of the agents say they are hampered by the current laws that keep them from driving on land that follows under u.s. environment protection but any say illegal immigrants and smugglers walk through those territories undisturbed. they say they sometimes have to wait months before getting permission to put in surveillance equipment. however, environmentists and some democrats accuse conservatives of using the immigration issue for trying to roll back environment protections. >>> rethinking their strategy. someth

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on c-span 3 this morning, the house foreign affairs committee will look at the potential threats that iran and syria posts and the fact the economic sanctions could have carried live coverage is at 9:00 eastern. >> i am the first one to admit every day that i have to get up in the morning and tell myself i can do this. there is no one better to do this than i m. >> the associate prof. of neurosurgery at johns hopkins. >> i have to believe that every time i go into the arena coming into the operating room, i have some was like in my hands and i am fully capable of getting this patient in and out of the operating room because that is a trust that the patients have inmate and a walk that fine line between confidence and arrogance. >> he shares his life story sunday night on "q &a." >> "washington journal" is next with your calls, e-mails, and tweets. the house will work on a measure that will give power back to the states for the disposal of coal ash from power plants which now falls under the epa jurisdiction. live house coverage is on c- span. the senate passed a measure this week that

the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee saidç the u.s.mitted to helping the libyan people take steps toward democracy. sir, thank you for your time today. >> thanks for having me. >> shannon: as nato officially begins to wind down what should to help the people move forward? >> first i think we should realize that this is a great victory. theç nato-led operation stopped a humanitarian catastrophe. it gave the libyan people a chance to depose a tyrannical dictator. and a man who ordered the deaths of hundreds of americans in the pan am 103 and german discotheque terrorist attacks. we have to stay engaged now.ç we have a number of tasks. we have things we have to be concerned about. the break down into tribal rivalries. revengeyñx motivation not taking hold. reestablishment of effective economy and infrastructure for libya. and concern about islamist strongholdç in a new government. but, to me the future looks much better than it did unmuammar gadhafi. >> what toes the situation mean for leaders in syria and -- what does the situation me

committee. or foreign affairs. where he had been as david mitchell one of the most remarked on witnesses ever before that committee. he chose foreign affairs. that's not a decision many people are making these days. in fact, i think effectively it's no longer in a list committee. there isn't a crush to get on it. precisely because it plays so badly at home. i want to talk about currency manipulation. i'm out of time to let me just collapse this and hope that maybe this is something we get into. currency manipulation looks like an arcane issue, china currency. but it has such an impact on the current job situation in this country, looking forward this debate i think you would see that. the u.s.-china commission, formally known as the u.s.-china economic and security review commission, was formed by congress in october 2000, to give congress regular updates on the china relationship. is a good for the economy? how are we doing militarily? and every year they produce astonishing reports that is ignored as actually most

eastern, live coverage of hillary clinton at the house foreign affairs committee. she will testify about afghanistan and pakistan. at 9:30 on c-span 3, the administrator of the gulf coast compensation fund, kenneth feinberg, is that the house natural resources committee to talk about the aid given to people hurt by the gulf oil spill. on c-span, "washington journal" next live with your phone calls and live house coverage as the house continues work on bills dealing with the withholding tax for government contractors and income eligibility requirements for certain health care programs. in about 45 minutes, we will talk to freshman congresswoman diane black ofne

here's house foreign affairs committee chair elena rothleiten pressing the obama administration on how to respond. >> let me be blunt, this plan, murder for hire, must serve as wake up call regarding the determination and capability of thean regime. if the regime feels secure enough in planning a u.s.-based attack now, imagine how much more blait nt its aggression will be if it had nuclear weapons. >> reporter: waleed faris is fox news' middle east and terrorism analyst, author of "the coming revolution, struggle for freedom in the middle east" and in the interest of full disclosure, mr. faris is an adviser to the mitt romney campaign. good to see you. the united states does virtually no business with iran, so a unilateral action wouldn't achieve very much, it mings you -- means you have to bring european allies and russia and china on board with any meaningful sanctions, but the russians and chinese have never done it before, they're unlikely to do it again, already, they're expressing deep skepticism about this alleged plot. so in the end, won't any effort at serious sanctions prove

congress in 1997 to represent the 14th congressional district of texas, he serves on the foreign affairs committee and the house financial services committee as chairman of the subcommittee of domestic monetary policy and technology. our speaker is the author of several books. i will say that we're grateful he accepted our invitation to speak because at the club, we believe it is important that we contribute to a civil discussion of important issues of our day and the election process is chief among them. please give a warm welcome to congressman ron paul. [applause] >> i am pleased to be here and look forward to visiting with you. i want to make one announcement. i'm not very good at marin -- and remembering the details of campaigns because i get involved in economic policy and foreign policy. i don't talk all lot about the intricacies of the campaign. we just ended a quarter for fund-raising and the report will be out on october 15 but we have sound numbers on the amount of money we collected. i have been told by the staff that we have collected over $8 million and also the number of donors to t

. >> one of your jobs is to be on the foreign affairs committee. clinton testifying there. there seems to be a feeling of anger at hamid karzai and his suggestion that pakistan, they might side with pakistan rather than the united states. secretary clinton was asked also about being willingç to negotie with the haqqani network, that attacked our embassy in kabul. this is what she had to say. >> we want to fight, talk and build all at the same time. part of the reason for that is to test whether these organizations have any willingness to negotiate in good faith. there is evidence going both ways to be clear. >> i suspect that you and your republican colleagues on the committee might have similar views about our attitude towards pakistan and karzai. are you all satisfied that we should be talking or reaching out to the haqqani network. >> i think we have to put this in context. secretary clinton has shown great strength and just over there and being very clear with the pakistanis that we actually have full expectation they are going to work with us

this morning house foreign affairs committee is holding a hearing on uganda. present obama last week announced plans to send 100 u.s. military advisers to that country and several other african nations. the u.s. troops will help those countries. florida republican iliana ros-lehtinen will be the chair of the foreign affairs committee. live coverage of this hearing here on c-span2. >> the committee will come to order. that was my gavel. we improvise. but before we begin, i'd like to acknowledge the presence of ms. evelyn a poco. thank you, ellen. if you could stand a second. thank you, evelyn. she is a hell are a survivor who has traveled to washington -- she is a trend for survivor. we thank her for coming and for her continued efforts on behalf of of children impacted by this horrific conflict. after recognize myself and the ranking member for seven minutes each, for our opening statements, unrecognized the chair and ranking member of africa global health and human rights subcommittee for three minutes. and that you and ranking member of the terrorism nonprol

sometimes the foreign affairs committee isn't going to get at something you need to look at because of the relations they had. the its in the department developed relationships. there are certain things they are willing to do and things they are not willing to do unless you are like mr. ervin and don't care what they thought. it is the club. a lot don't want to offend the department they are in. that is why you need the competition. i will end by making this point. when i was chairing this committee we didn't look at something i've wanted to look at and the armed services looked at it and it was a cute issue. thing goodness they looked at it and sometimes we looked at issues they didn't look at. i think the chairman is in the best position to see the value of this. >> the to the inspector general -- they have a full plate. without contingency operations they have a full plate with the amount of money they are in charge of. your issue operations like a different ball game. >> one of the things we learned is the state department set up in 2005/2006 a middle east regional office to work o

the armed service foreign affairs committee to authorize programs in those areas, finance ways and means committee on trade matters, focus on foreign operations and defense subcommittee's to determine appropriate allocations in those areas. all of these committees and subcommittees consume a substantial amount of time and resources of committee members and their staff. their product received considerable debate on the floor of the house and the senate. clearly congress is involved on an ongoing basis. formulation funding and oversight of america's foreign policies. what we are asking is if that involvement is for better or for worse. does it enhance or detract from the quality and success of foreign policies? we have an excellent panel today to help answer those questions. you have the biographies in your hand out so i won't go into detail on each of them but let me list briefly who we will hear from so i don't interrupt the flow of their presentations. we will hear from former senator john sununu who served in the house of representatives and six years in the senate. the house was activ

my guest in the studio today is concerned because i charge chairman of the state duma committee on foreign affairs and also head of the russian delegation to the parliamentary assembly at the council of europe was the question we started talking about about ukraine's relations with the west we were with europe well the trial the trial against. the former prime minister certainly hampers the ukrainian european future as they put it in in ukraine and ukraine is pretty much afraid that that the response of the european union will be very negative to to to europe's and to ukraine's integration do you think that this is true that this is really the case well i believe that this is a very big political game and ukrainian authorities are now being called more or less blackmailed by by the repeal in union in order to to to motivate mr unocal which to to set pressure on the court system of ukraine again i do not believe this is a fear approach from the european union but in any case i want to bring europe was never a big fan of commission because when she was she was prime minister why such such interferen

foreign affairs correspondent has more. >> reporter: more by the taliban in afghanistan, for hillary clinton to explain to the house foreign affairs committeehy the obama administration is willing to negotiate with terrorists. including the head of the taliban in afghanistan, mullah omar, responsible for many attacks on coalition forces and afghan civilians. >> are we prepared to negotiatigauchnegotiate with mullah omar and if so, under what circumstances and what would our conditions be? >> they would have to include the -- and would have to include some recognition, which based on everything we know is still led by mullah omar, that they wish to participate in such a process. that's what i meant when you said you don't make peace with your friends. >> they have met with the haqqani network at the request of the isi. >> there was such a meeting. it was not a negotiation. there was no follow up meeting. this was done in part because i think the pakistanis hope to be able to move the haqqani network towards some kind of peace negotiation and the answer was an attack on our embassy. >> reporter: clinton insists there are some red lines when i

is house foreign affairs committee woman commented about the news. >> this is splash of cold water on our face, hey guys, while you're looking at arab spring and this is iranian winter. these guys are coming to get us they're plotting. it continues to be the greatest threat to the united states. jenna: we're joined by former state department spokesman, p.j. crowley. do you agree with that? >> first, jenna, you have to look at this rivalry gone on in the region regarding iran and saudi arabia. together with egypt, these are three countries that fervently believe they should be leaders of that region. you see it play out in a country like syria. client state of iran. iran is throwing lifelines to bashar al-assad. saudi arabia is funding the syrian opposition. would love to see that leadership shift from a shia leadership to a sunni majority leadership. so, yes there is a definite connection in terms of the arab spring, how these transitions are playing out. it is raising the stakes for leadership within the region. within the context you see this plot between iran and saudi arabian play

a house foreign affairs committee hearing on what led to the deployment of u.s. special operations forces to you gotta to advise forces battling the board's resistance army. house on services subcommittee hears about changes to the military retirement system. you can watch that 1:00 eastern on c-span2 and witnesses will include defense department personnel specialists. >> this headline proved false but do we's defeat by harry truman was iconic and continued impact political history. this week on the contenders follow the career of thomas dewey. a dominant force in state politics and influence in national politics in the election of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. the contenders live from the roosevelt hotel in new york city at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next a forum on the influence of the global financial crisis with members of the american enterprise institute joint shadow financial regulatory committee. this is a less than two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome. to the public symposium following the eighth joint summit meeting of the regulat

i was on the foreign affairs committee so i apologize. you said there should be some kind of a commission to oversee these issues. it seems to me that that seems like another layer of bureaucracy that we have to deal with. if the people who are supposed to review these contracts and what toper waste, fraud, and abuse and there is a buddy-buddy relationship, it seems we should get rid of them and replace them with somebody who is not biased in any way. to come up with another layer of bureaucracy to oversee the ones who may be buddy buddy with the contractors does not make sense, especially when we have these fiscal problems. we are not talking about a lot of money. these things have a way of mushrooming. i would just like to get your comment on that. if we had commissioners like you who talked about specific problems where they are not policing agencies properly we could make the request that that person be replaced and there would not relationship you are talking about. i would like to get your comment on whether we should have this new

the house foreign affairs committee holds a hearing on national security threat >> high-ranking militaryed to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. the senate banking banking committee hearing consider possible sanctions against iran. members heard testimony from state commerce and treasury department officials. this is two hours. >> good morning. i called this hearing to order and i welcome my colleagues and their witnesses. in the wake of the announcement this week of an iranian government linked plot to assassinate the ambassador of saudi arabia to the u.s. and announcements of criminal policy patience coupled with the treasury sanctions against key plotters are once again our continued support for terrorism, which has now reached our own chores. today we will hear from key administration officials, implementing u.s. policy to minimize potential threats for iran, including rue rigorous enforcement of the comprehensive iran sanctions accountability and investment now act, developed by this committee and enacted last year. that bill strengths and current u.s. sanctions la

. >> reporter: in testimony before the house foreign affairs committee yesterday america's top dip phra math said revolutions are unpredictable phenomena. >> i think a lot of the leaders are saying the right things and some are saying things that do give pause to us, but i will assure you we are going to do all that we can within our power to basically try to influence outcomes. but, you know, the historic winds sweeping the middle east and north africa were not of our making. >> reporter: attention turns to the egyptian elections of november 28th and the expected strong showing by the muslim brotherhood, one of whose off shoots is hamas. jon. jon: james rosen live in washington. thanks. jenna: right now in dallas we showed you the car chase that was happening a few moments ago. the other big story is happening in dallas as well. a serial rapist who appears to be targeting one of america's most prominent black satisfactory roar a tees. many delta sigma theta alums are chasing how they live, thinking twice about wearing delta clothing or having license plates on their cars. the texas pol

phil johnson, member of the foreign affairs committee, congressman, good morning. >> good morning, marthagood to be with you. martha: thank you sir. >> martha, i tell you, this is a shocking revelation, and i can tell you that the people of eastern and southeastern ohio, this is not going to sit well with them. i can't tell you how many businesses i've talked to that have had to fend off china dumping product into america at prices cheaper than our companies can even get the raw materials for and here we are, providing aid to china. it does not make any sense. >> march 1 congressman was quoted yesterday as saying, you know, china is probably just laughing, every time they get this check in the mail, it's like ooh, here comes another check from the united states of america, totaling $300 million. the question is -- this has been going on for a while, i believe, and why are we doing it? in some ways, to have some sort of influence in china, based on this money? >> well, i think that's a very good question, and it's a question that we're going to be leveling to the state department. you know

the foreign affairs committee will look at the white house decision to send american assistance.ater, also on c-span to, pentagon officials will testify about proposed changes to the military retirement system at a armed services committee meeting. that takes place at 1:00 p.m. eastern. financial analysts discussed the current calendar is the global economy faces. the group is comprised of what is called the joint show regulatory committee. they follow financial trends around the world. from the american enterprise institute, this is one hour and 50 minutes. >> welcome. this is a public symposium following the eighth joint summit meeting of the six shuttle financial regulatory committees. the theme of our meeting was lessons from the past, moving into the future. that is what we are going to focus on today in this symposium. there are six shots of financial regulatory committees. the oldest is the u.s., since 1986, followed by europe and japan. the european common 1998 and japanese in 1998. let america in 2000. asia in 2004. the latest to join us are oceanus, australia and new ze

secretary clinton testified before the house foreign affairs committee. this hearing is about two hours and 15 minutes. >> after recognizing myself and the ranking member for 7 minutes for our opening statements, i will recognize the chairman and the ranking member of the middle east south asian subcommittee for three minutes each for their statements. we will then hear from our witness, the distinguished secretary of state. welcome home and happy belated birthday. without objection, the witness is -- the witnesses prepared statement will be made a part of the record. members may have five days to insert questions and statements subject to the rules. we are getting started right away because we will have both. we do not like to be interrupted because of the democratic process. madam secretary, welcome to our committee. we are pleased to have you here to assess u.s. policy and progress in afghanistan and pakistan. in 2009, president obama initiated a surge in afghanistan resulting in 90,000 troops there now. the president underscored the fundamental connec

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