world should or should not do about the culture would take a whole bag president of the future of freedom foundation very good even with all i'm going to thanks for being on r.t. international with the french foreign minister here of moscow's once again as we said the u.n. sanctions must be imposed on the syrian regime but you know what sanctions strike the regime all the people at the end of the day. sanctions always hurt that people i mean it's amazing that he's old colonial powers have now learned that they had sanctions against iraq for some of levon years that killed hundreds of thousands of iraqi children it did not accomplish the reason change they had wanted we've heads and embargo against cuba like sixty years now back in accomplish the regime change it only ends up hurting the people and not the regime itself it actually solidifies the power of the receipt so what should be done if you're saying sanctions are wrong what is the best way forward the best the best way forward is to butt out i mean that's what the u.s. needs to do that's what the brits need to do france and this is a problem i

people or i would take a look at thanks for your views there father of presidents of the future of freedom foundation thanks so much. israel's given the go ahead to building eleven hundred homes of the disputed area east of jerusalem the international community's radical the decision is kind of productive saying it should be reversed israel's moves likely to further complicate relations with the palestinians and the frozen peace talks the mideast quartet given israel and the palestinians until the end of two thousand and twelve to reach agreement helpers co-founder of the israeli committee against house demolitions he told me earlier that israel doesn't need talks so long as he's got support from his big allies. basically. israel has created facts on the ground over the last forty four years then it really made made its occupation irreversible i mean you've got half a million israelis more than half a million living in the occupied territories so that it's i can't possibly see how negotiations are going to ending israel's occupation i don't see any pressures to get a half a million people out and i t

has opposed sanctions jacob oram burger founder and president of the washington based future of freedom foundation says the real aim of western intervention would be putting their matter and our sanctions have never succeeded in achieving regime change which is what the u.s. goal is and then let's keep in mind that this was a dictatorship that the us government used one time to torture a canadian citizen name a horror air are they supported we barracked they support the dictatorships in saudi arabia jordan but what they're trying to achieve is to put their man in power that's the whole quest of us foreign policy so there's a lot of hypocrisy here too as well if this is something that the syrian people should decide not the u.s. government it's none of the u.s. government's business this revolution's announced tour of regimes should be up to the people of that country because as we all know the price can sometimes be very high in revolutions and that's why it's up to the people of that country to make that decision. using humanitarian explanations for justifying yet more bloody intervention echoes

pressure is taken out of the picture that is the view of jacob hallberg president of the future of freedom foundation or spoke to. sanctions always hurt people i mean it's amazing that these old colonial powers have now learned that it only ends up hurting the people not the regime itself it actually solidifies the power of the risky best best way forward is to butt out i mean that's what the u.s. needs to do that's what the brits need to do france the world is filled with dictators with tyrants it always has been this is a matter for the syrian people to decide how far do they want to go to oust this dictatorship they want to go to revolution which is a very costly enterprise a lot of people lose their lives this is a choice the people of that country need to make but you know these these are they all come on you know powers you know britain and britain france i mean they're they're living in the old days of having their empires back where they're controlling the middle east and controlling the events of the middle east and installing their little puppet regimes extracting oil from these countries i

build upon the foundation of security in place to address our future challenges and with this committee's partnership and support continue to protect our nation, our citizens, our freedom, and our way of life. thank you very much. >> thank you, secretary lute. now we'll go to the honorable gene dodaro, general comptroller of the u.s., and i note for the record that he's accompanied by cathleen berrick, the director of homeland security and justice issues at gao. good morning, and plead prees. >> good morning, mr. chairman, senator colin, senator akaka. pleased to be here to disas gao -- discuss gao's report on various security issues, progress, and remaining issues and challenges since the 9/11 event. our report reflecting a summary of the work that we've done over the last decade and it also reflects the constructive approach we tried to take in making recommendations to offer improvements and suggestions to the department, and we're pleased with the didn't's response, although many things as smart collins mentioned are still in progress and need to be implemented, but generally, i think we've had a good dialogue, and it's inhainsed their -- enhanced their operations.

may build upon the foundation of security in place to address their future challenges and with this committee's partnership in support, continue to protect our nation citizens, freedom and our way of life. thank you very much. >> thank you, secretary lute. l. go to comptroller general of the u.s. and a note for the record that mr. dodaro is accompanied by cathleen berrick, who is the director of homeland security and justice issues that gao. please proceed. >> good morning mr. chairman senator collins, senator akaka i am pleased to discuss gao's report on the various homeland security issues and progress and remaining issues and challenges and the 9/11 event. our report reflects a summary of the work that we've done over the last decade and also reflects the constructive approach we have tried to take in making recommendations to offer improvements and suggestions to the department. we are pleased at the department's response, although senator collins mentioned, needs to be implemented, but generally i think we've had a good dialogue and has enhanced their operations. on the bottom line of our report, as everyone has noted in opening comments is a lot of progress ha

build upon the foundation of security in place to address our future challenges, and with this committee's partnership and support, continue to protect our nation, our citizens, our freedom and our way of life. thank you very much. >> thank you, secretary lute. that will be -- i know for the record that mr. dodaro accompanied by cathleen berrick who is the director of homeland security and justice issues that gao. good morning and please proceed. >> good morning, mr. chairman, senator collins but i'm pleased to be here today to discuss gao's report on the various homeland security issues, progress and remain issues and challenges since the 9/11 event. our report reflects a summary of the work that we've done over the last decade, and it also reflects the constructive approach we try to take in making recommendations to offer improvements and suggestions to the department. we are pleased with the department's response, although many things as senator collins mentioned are still in progress and need to be implemented. that generally i think we've had a good dialogue and its enhanced their operations. the bottom line of our record, as everyone has noted in your opening comm