federal republic of germany has been traveled the -- in the unit of a united germany.undervests strong but also are important to our partners the transatlantic relationship, how is that going to develop in the future? thank you very much, senator hagel, for pointing out how a poor in this partnership way as and in many ways you are the embodiment, the most valuable good of this actual time. taking downtime in order to cherish such relationships, taking out time to meet others in that other countries who is serious enough to see what is happening trying to break new ground and make new contacts, trying to get new information. end a senator hagel reminded us how often and we met so you have always been interested in your call you couldn't at the time know that i was to become chancellor so you actually took the trouble to talk to the secretary general of my party and that shows you are truly interested in the matter at hand so they do yet again. i would also like to wish all of you, like to wish to the very best at the top of the council and the many

germany will be a critical partner in that process. later in this summer i will be traveling to russia to discuss how we can reduce u.s. nuclear stockpiles and russian nuclear stockpiles. our concern is not just iran, but a broader effort to strengthen nonproliferation so the threat of nuclear and weapons is greatly reduced in our lifetime. as the chancellor mentioned, we discussed my recent trip to the middle east and the need for all of us to redouble our efforts to bring about two states, israel and a palestinian state that are living side by side in peace and security. the moment is now for us to act on what we all know to be the truth, which is that each side will have to make some difficult compromises. we have to reject violence. the palestinians have to get serious about creating a security environment that is required for israel to feel confident. israelis will have to take difficult steps. i discussed some of those in a speech. ultimately, the u.s. cannot force peace upon the parties. but what we have tried to do is clear awa

and the people of germany have received me with great warmth and affection. keep in mind that i visited germany even before was elected president, and we had a pretty good rally in berlin. it wasn't bad. i will always have a warm spot in my heart for germany, in part because of the response and the reaction that i received from the german people. i will tell you that part of the warfield for germany is because i like the chancellor a lot. i have now dealt with a lot of world leaders, and i think chancellor merkel is smart, practical, and i trust her when she says something. that kind of approach is exactly what you want from international pa

we celebrated on the 23rd of may the 60 anniversary of germany. we are aware that germany would not stand as it stapts today if the american partners had not helped us. we know that now in this 21st crept, challenges cannot be met pie one nation going it alone. we need to do this together, and in this spirit we conducted our talk. we had a number of issues on our jared today. i would like to up to date line that the iranian people need to be given the right to peaceful demonstrations. that the iranian people have the right to have votes be counted and the election results substantiated, that the rights of human beings and citizens are nailable. in context it is desirable that the peace process in the middle east gains progress. that sends out a positive to those forces in the middle east who are not really to be faceful. >> germany and america will work closely together on those just as questions related to arms and reductions. we would like to wish you, president obama, the best of success during your visit to russia. partnership is very importan

what did she tell you about germany? did she say anything about germany in the 1980's? your predecessors did not give interviews to the media before this. how long do we have to wait for a german out what to have an interview? -- a german out whlet to have an interview? if there were a commitment, i would appreciate that very much. >> my second question is for the chancellor herself upon a policy between the house of representatives and the senate. how optimistic are you that the stringent rules on climate change will be successful in the house and the senate? what will be the consequence if they are not able to do that? how will they deal with the situation? i would like to receive a reply to this. >> first of all, in terms of my emotional maps, the times i have visited germany have been extraordinary. i have had a wonderful time. the people of germany have received me with great warmth and affection. keep in mind that i visited germany even before i was elected president. we had a pretty good rally in berlin. it was not bad. i will always have a warm spot in my heart

germany has been a strong partner in the nato mission in afghanistan. we honor those who serve there, including american and the german soldiers who gave their lives there this week. the chancellor and i reaffirmed our commitment to a new relationship with russia. in moscow we will continue to explore ways in which the u.s. and russia can advance our common interests, a joint commitment to reducing our nuclear arsenal and strengthening global proliferation. in meeting these challenges will be neither quick nor easy. i am reminded of the lessons from my recent visit. the chancellor took me to eight broke church devastated in the second world war. thanks to the donations of the germans, americans and people around the world it was rebuilt. and it was restored. today it stands as a stunning symbol of what is possible when countries work together. in that spirit, i want to welcome my friend, angela merkel. >> thank you. we have very but fond memories of your visit to our nation and moving memories to the former concentration camps. we are more aware that ge

we will as germany give our contribution as i already have done in the past. what is a great worry to all of us and take a closer look at is this ability of pakistan. one of the great worries the world has. the european union and pakistan and dialogue just recently in talks with the representatives of the pack as any parent are open and how can we guarantee militancy in this is why we stand ready to work together with our partners in the united states with the right solutions. i don't want to go through a long list of conflicts throughout the world today but i like to underline and that's a common approach in foreign and security policy for many years has been a great strong underpinning relationship and continue to be that way. and toss with russia will gain in importance over the next two weeks and months. russia may very well be our partner and the me tell you that from a european perspective we have a vital interest in seeing them, but russia will then also need to come somewhat closer to the way that we see human rights and certain other basic rights of t

and that's what it took to defeat nazi germany. and also in the pacific, it took teamwork to defeat japan, china's role, britain's role, the united states and australia with key roles as well. host: we've been talking with john mcmannis. and right now we're watching president barack obama getting ready to make a speech at the normandy american cemetary and memorial. and he will be followed by the leaders of france, great britain, and canada, and thousands of veterans and active service men and women who have come to attend this service. we're going to take one more call from maryland. caller: i just called really to -- my family,, my grand mother had five sons, my uncles who were all in the war. my one uncle lost his arm. and then my dad's side of the family, my grand ma she had three sons in the war, including my dad. he never talked about the war. he did always give accolades to general paten. and he obviously never also spoke about a mental breakdown that he had that would only be years later that he ever -- he still never talke

kunas who has some relation to germany:-- germany. there are talks going on with the interest major of the minister. very intensive discussions which we wish to continue, and if -- and in the end, i am confident that we will find a common solution. i believe a question from the american side maybe. >> you know, jennifer got the mic. sorry, jake. >> it was handed to me, so i'm going to keep it. >> there you go. >> you challenged all the parties yesterday and again here in your opening remarks to take actions -- the israelis, the palestinian states, things they have been asked for years, things they have agreed to do but still today remain unwilling or unable to do them. what are your specific next steps? why do you think your approach is realistic? and to chancellor merkel, you talk bd a timeline. can you be more specific about that, please. >> as i said at the outset of my speech, yesterday was just one speech, and it doesn't replace all the hard work that's going to be done. that was done before the speech and is going to have to be

germany has been a strong nato partner. as all of you know, we have great challenges in afghanistan, and increasingly in pakistan. but our collective commitment to making sure that we are not seeing the kinds of terrorist bases that could pose harm to all of our people, that we maintain that commitment. we also discussed the issue of iran, and not in isolation but in a broader context of avoiding a nuclear arms race that could be profoundly dangerous in the future. i said that i am committed to engaging in serious dialogue and negotiations with iran that if can't be done in isolation, it has to be done in conjunction with a t-5 plus one or the e-3 process, and germany will be a critical partner in that process . later in the summer i will be traveling to russia to discuss how we can reduce u.s. nuclear stockpiles and russian nuclear stockpiles. so our concern is not just iran but a broughter concern to increase nonproliferation so the threat is greatly reduced in our lifetime. and as the chancellor mentioned, my recent trip

but i'm wondering how it is in germany. thank you. >> in germany, and in europe, the integration of muslims is not as good as in the united states. and in the united states, statistics show that and prove that muslims are much more successful than in germany. the integration that we give to these people is not good, and now we have a nation of interior. you have a roundtable and you are discussing with all the muslim groups, and he said wonderful things. he said the muslims are a part of germany. and that's just the truth. he said you are here now. let's find solution for all problems, and not always the germans, the older germans create the problems, also sometimes the muslims create the problems. and that's a good way, but there are many things i have to criticize. i criticize as far as america is concerned, but the integration of the form is much better in the united states as in germany, as in europe. you are from pakistan, i suppo suppose. >> recall these places different names, but i'm from india. >> okay. >> well,

and that really meant de natzify natzif natzifying germany. in the longer run, germany was transformed and it was transformed really more along the lines of what the united states and great britain would have hoped for. so, when you see these commemorations, i think it is very significant that the germans and americans, or germans and british, or germans and french, get together and celebrate the normandy invasion because to some extent it meant the liberation of germany as well even though in the summer of 1944, as you said correctly, they were bitter enemies. but that is part of what was at stake was transforming germany into something different so there would never be another terrible war like world war ii. i think that is pretty significant. but it has not been without a certain level of tension and awkwardness over the years. how do you commemorate, for instance, the german war dead? how much do you celebrate them in how much do you recognize them? all of these things have had to be worked out over the years. that is where the diplomats c

and it is why germany is suffering, among the major european industrial economies, while germany is suffering the most, because global trade in general has fallen off so severely. host: secretary to geithner and other ministers from the g84 meeting in italy over the weekend. ministers way on winding rescue programs. and the wake of your suggestion about european spending, what your thoughts? guest: i think it is not premature to begin to stir talk among themselves. they asked the imf to do a study, how what is it we on wine from all of this spending. people in europe, when i was in france last month, were already talking about when we are going to have this start to cut these deficits because they are getting too big. there is worry now that paying for these deficits will slow growth and the feature because it will drain off money from the economy. and there are examples. the danes, the dutch, and a recent years have dramatically cut their deficits through belt- tightening, a combination of cutting spending and raising taxes, and there are probably lessons to be learned here about how we bega

at the time when germany was divided. it again became somewhat symbolic people -- it became symbolic. people in that part of the country and not able to enjoy freedom. now we go there after germany has been reunited, after europe has been reunited. now that we also enjoy freedom and democracy as the united states, that is very moving. it shows you that history makes things possible if sufficient number of people police in the dream of freedom. -- if significant numbers of people believe in the dream of freedom. >> thank you. the couple of questions. what are some of the gestures of good faith you would like to see from israelis and palestinians? and regarding your visit to the camp. since the holocaust, a constant phrase in the united states is never again. many presidents have let genocides happen over and over. whether cambodia or rwanda. what does never again mean to you as a u.s. president, especially given the fact that genocide is going on right now in our four. there are accusations of genocide in short baca. -- ge

germany knew how to create a surge in purchasing. by consumers. with a similar legislation to what's being brought to the floor. let's be honest about the automobile industry. next the housing industry is at the base of our economic pyramid. we need to make sure a strong auto industry is available to america so we can rebuild out of this recession and start creating jobs. those who want to kill this provision are walking away from incentives to put people back to work in the dealerships, selling cars, and producing cars, and services cars. understand what we are going to face if we do nothing which is what they want to do -- do nothing. i think that is a terrible outcome. if we want to stand behind recovering from this recession, restoring consumer confidence, if we want to move old cars off the road, the so-called clunkers, and bring new cars on the road with higher gas mile acknowledge, this is our opportunity. let's not get caught up in a procedural tangle here. afternoon keep our eye on 280,000 americans owlts of work in 24 -- out of work in t

so is germany better than us or worse than us? >> germany is worse than the united states today and there is something that people always forget certainly in europe to adjust to take the broad data and europe whole economy is in to% private and 50 percent public or less in germany a little bit less, my own country is exactly 50/50 bredesen and the u.s. to certain private sector more or less not talking about the smaller data. so if your economy goes down 6% like it has been going down into quarters in europe and in the united states, that means something different for the private sector in europe purses and the united states because essentially it can take the point of view that your government doesn't move. it will not throw people out now given the recession so essentially timor-leste remains the same year ago. if in europe have of that economy stays and zero the government sector and the rest of the sector of the economy is the private sector you have a -- 12 there. >> what you are saying is the real doubles because half of the

germany alone had practically destroyed russia twice in the century. now, there was a quid pro quo. this is bush number one and james baker. it had been thought up until a couple months ago that bush and baker promised not to expand nato to the eastern european former soviet satellites but there was the first careful study of the original documents came out by mark kramer, a cold war historian. he believes that he's refuting charges of u.s. duplicity but, in fact, what he shows is that it's much more cynical than what had been assumed. itfn turns out that bush and r promised gorbachev that nato wouldn't even fully extend to east germany. i quote them, they told gorbachev no nato forces would ever be deployed on the territory of the former german g.d.r., east germany. nato forces would not move eastward. they also assured gorbachev that nato would be transforming itself into a more political organization. well, there's no need to comment on that promise. but what follows tell us a lot more about the cold war and its aftermath. right after that clinton came into office and one of th

the economic transfer the united states chose to make and these are accepting the obvious cases of germany and japan strategic relationships of the united states, not poverty relationships but places where the united states badly needs a country transforms the economy protectively with a capable workforce which the polls have. and especially when you were sandwiched between two countries they will cooperate and for whom you have no great love progressed a poll by the prefer a russian or a german they will say an american. [laughter] the last time it was a french they prefer anyone and it is not clear that germany is prepared to participate in competition with russia that it is in a position to do so it is certainly not clear russian interest will go hand in hand and therefore the united states either concedes the possibility of a german russian alliance which would have geopolitical implications of the united states that would be substantial, or the united states has a relationship with poland clearly it was the purpose of the bush and administration to have the relationship now the obama

>> we saw her in germany not to many weeks ago. i think they will continue conversations as we get to the g-8. it will be on continuing to get the economy back on track. they will talk about clean energy and climate change. obviously, north korea and iran would be discussed as they were in germany. i assume that issues like guantanamo bay and others will be on the docket. >> yesterday, at the health care reform, president obama expressed frustration on how the budget office scores health care. is he planning mass it -- is he planning not necessarily to listen to what the cbo says? >> obviously, they are the budgetary scorekeeper. obviously, we will abide by that. i think there is some frustration in the notion that -- the cbo has a defined mission. some agreements in the savings that are being padilla here are not -- are being put together here are not "scorable." i think the president mentioned that. but we will abide by the cbo. >> deal have reaction all -- do you have reaction at all about the remarks about the president? do the

the same thing is true of germany. people in the 19th century looked at germany for some of their poets. there was a strong inflows in germany. iran is the same way. it has a rich tradition, and grant a loss of becoming a beautiful country. many philosophers -- a grante philosophy -- grand philosophy and a beautiful country. many philosophers are there. host: we have a call on the republican line. caller: my comment is during the campaign, president obama said we will work in a different direction. we will work with our allies. i have not seen that. he has been on a couple of foreign trips to galvanize that. i have not seen him leverage the un and bring the community together. i have seen more of a pullback. i am also seeing repeated history with the i iranian paramilitary. . it is similar to the hitler regime. it will be interesting to see the road ahead for the iranian people. i think the elections were rigged. doesn't follow the chinese model during the t in a men's wear -- tiamen square? have you see the internatio

germany will try to work with its contacts to give a positive contribution.e also debated the situation on world markets. we exchanged views on the different stimulus programs that we pursued in our countries. we talked about the upcoming g8 meeting. what is important is to implement what we decided on in london. you have a very ambitious plan that you laid out. we will keep a close eye on developments. in the autumn when we meet we will state clearly that strengthening the multilateral system is also important. negotiations on climate change are also on the agenda. we very much welcome the hard work the united states has done in order to see to it that the necessary answers are found for this phenomenal climate change. we know that it is very much an uphill battle. we are familiar with that. and we are keeping a close eye on legislation that is passed. we need an ambitious program. we wto

as you was to blame and the economic situation in germany and europe in general on the central banks and that is it, it is no more than that. >> is that it. criticism of the or strictly politics? >> strictly politics.

because america is nazi germany. that's what they think, israel is nazi germany. how can you take the only democracy in the middle east, the only country where gays are well. could, the only country which has equality of women, and call it nazi germany, but progressives, university faculties across the country do just that, an they support a genocidal homophobic, sexist terrorist barbarian organization, hamas, religious fanatics. then jerry falwell, who wouldn't hurt a flee, was a menace, but the leaders of hamas, who believe that god has told them to slaughter all the jews and then the christians and then the gays, and infidels, they're ok. they just are reacting a little badly to the oppression of the israelis and of course, the americans being the. this is what warren churchill thinks, in that same essay where that appears, he tells you that america's business is exterminate willing minorities. in those words. well, that tells you what he thinks of mexicans who want to come here and they're so stupid, these mexicans, according to warren church him, i won't be m

at the end of the program's first month car sales in germany dramatically increased by 21% and i mightl you the bad news, the same of automobile sales in the u.s. went down by 41%. germany knew how to create a surge in purchasing by consumers with a similar legislation to what is being brought to the floor. let's be honest about the automobile industry -- mix of the housing industry is that the best of the economic pyramid any to make sure that a strong auto industry is available so we can rebuild of this recession and start creating jobs. of those who want to kill this provision are walking away from incentives to put people back to work. and the dealerships selling cars, servicing cars and producing cars across america. i beg of those who oppose this to understand what we're going to base if we do nothing which is what they want to do -- do nothing. i think that is a terrible outcome. everyone to stand behind recovering from this recession and restoring consumer confidence, if we want to move all cars off the road of so-called clunkers and bring new ones on with higher gas mileage an

i said the same thing in germany yesterday where they were asking, well, you know, you didn't have anrnight here or this i think you're reading too much into my schedule. my main issue has to do with the fact when i take these foreign trips, it's to get business done because i also have an economy where the unemployment rate is 9.4%, we still have to pass financial regulations that will prevent the kind of crisis we've seen from happening again. that all requires a lot of work and so my schedule is always limited. >> well, in a democracy, one has to accept all criticisms and all comments. let me tell you, do you think we do not have enough on our plate to do without spending time to have our pictures taken, what with the unemployment rate in france, the united states, the western world, to work with the iranian issues, do you think our prime concern is what glossy magazine we'll be pictured in or what restaurant we're going to go and spend an evening in or whether we spend an extra night here or not, what does friendship means? friendship means when the united states is going to shut

it cost as lot of money to ship fragile mirrors over from germany. we can build it here. we can build it better. and probably export it and compete with the rest of the world. i think that's a pretty exciting opportunity. there are so many other areas. in my district off the coast of florida. most of you heard of the gulf stream. that's that perpetual current, 365 days a year, runs up and down, north of the -- along the east coast. right now one of our local

germany doesn't have does it. it does send a signal for people to come and i don't think there is bipartisan support for that at all. [laughter] >> so i think we would just have two leave them, deal with them and pay this money and handle it through the back door or have neighborhood health centers for them. i do believe this nation would know how to handle that. if we have everyone who is legally here covered, this would not be an unmanageable problem at all. >> great. there are also several questions concerning the incentives for your program on what was in smoking sensation. in addition there is a separate question but related, do you do with anything with children with special needs? kind of a load off to the site, but if you go for those. >> so incentives around -- >> smoking first. >> we look at smoking as a comprehensive way as possible. so we have smoking cessation programs in place that have been very, very effective. some of them with 45% quit rate so you are talking about significant sticking power to t

germany, sales have increased by 40%. france, sales are up march through may. the u.k., japan, china, korea, italy, spain, portugal, malaysia, austria, romainea, lucksomberg, even slovakia, auto sales have increased by some 18%. madam speaker, this is a very good bill. it's one that has bipartisan support. it's time to put american jobs first and begin to move this process forward. we have -- we know we have a majority in this house for this bill. the question is, do we have 2/3? i'd like to think that we do. this is it. we're not going to have another bill. it's not going back to rules. we need to pass this. i yield back the balance of my time of those two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from ohio is recognize. ms. sutton: at this time, it's my honor to yield one minute to the gentleman from ohio, mr. boccieri. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. boccieri: this bill is about putting america first. we heard this all through the last campaign about how we need

since 1969, the european governments of france, germany, spain, and u.k., have supported airbus' commercial aircraft development with over $15 billion in launch aid. those are high-risk loans at no or low interest with repayment contingent on the commercial success of the aircraft. now, according to the ustr the amount of launch aid airbus has received during the lifetime of that company, if it was repaid on commercial terms is well over $100 billion. madam president, such massive market distorting subsidies are allowing airbus to offer incentives for articles to buy their planes. madam president, airbus is a mature company with more than half of the market for large commercial aircraft. but europe is still treating it as a company with kid gloves. in fact, just last week, bloomberg news reported that airbus is seeking approximately $5 billion in launch aid from the governments of france, germany, spain, and the u.k., to now fund the develop must the airbus a-350 and the reports indicate that the deal could be completed within the month. well, madam president, if we want to keep a strong ae

, the republic of germany. again, this handout you have is really a summary of the link to your document which is still under preparation. as i said before, it is a work in progress, an interim report, an interim document. we have several issues we have to continue to work on and we will do that between now and the next commission meeting and at the next commission meeting, most likely in october, between that meeting and the end of the year, we need to complete that work so that we will have a finalized plan, action plan, not simply a power point, but a real document that we will not only present to the public but present to governments to give them and detailed roadmap for how to get to zero and we intend to present that at what we call our global zero summit at the end of january in paris next year. over here. >> from 20 first century business harold. my question, based on your knowledge, how soon can the u.s. and russia and the administration take the real action plan to reduce nuclear weapons in eaton, whe

i did not want to comment on how that plays itself out -- it may have an impact on how she views germany right now. that may be a little too personal for press conference. even though the question was not directed at me, i do want to make this point about climate change. europe, in many ways, over the net -- last several years has moved more rapidly than the united states. i have been very blunt and frank with chancellor merkel that we're still working through creating the framework where we can help lead the international effort. i think that this legislation that we're seeking in the past indicates the enormous progress from where we have been. but i think we all recognize that there is going to be more to do. and that the head is states is going to have to work with germany and other advanced economies to make sure that our obligations are clear. and we're going to have to work with emerging economies that have enormous potential for growth and have enormous potential for contributing to greenhouse gases and the first one to abolish the united states over the last several years -- we

situation in darfur, and we will we talking about his meeting with angela merkel, the chancellor from germany, later on c-span. thank you for the call. guest: i think one of the point here that the caller alluded to -- yes, there was a change in terminology, but i think when the president was trying to articulate american values and interests, he said, look, this idea of 9/11 being perpetrated by al qaeda, some in the muslim world question that if it was al qaeda, there were lured rumors. he said this is the fact. 3000 of my citizens have been slaughtered. that is why we are in afghanistan. i think he tried to be very direct when he said this is the priority of the american president, to protect american lives. but i think he fails by reaching out and trying to widen the distance between the muslim communities and extremists, that is the best hope, is to isolate. and al qaeda -- i think it is no coincidence that ayman of zawahiri and osama bin laden -- i think given their statements, their most nervous about the president's speech because he was trying to bring people over to the american sid

that it turns out was just something that happened in germany. it has gone through human history over and over france during the french revolution and where you had in a few short years liberty equality and fraternity were their goals then you have the air and guillotines. you have this paradox haunting mystery. and it was fascinating. had you make democracy work and not just with the flourish and had to make ordinary people hold is so dear that they prevent demagogue's from preying on them? back years and years of thinking there is an answer it is constitutional but it turns out political scientist come historians, political theorist, philosophers have thought about it and at the heart that helps explain some of the majesty of the american victory over demagogues here. we still have the number one fear that a demagogue would topple the constitution and develop a tyranny and we have not seen that. time and again americans with our constitutional coulter has overcome our most pessimistic expectations of what might happen and one classic example is

president, there are a lot of comments on france and germany recently on the fact that you stated -- the fact that he stayed in these countries briefly and you have not spent much private time outside of the official engagements here. does that mean that europe is not a priority on your priority list, or what would you have to say? >> what it means is that i have a very tough schedule. i would love nothing more than to have a leisurely week in paris, stroll down the street, take my wife up to a nice meal, have a picnic in luxembourg gardens. those days are over for the moment. so i think it is very important to understand that good friends don't worry about the symbols and conventions and protocols. the united states is a critical friend and ally of france, and vice versa. i personally considered nicolas sarkozy a friend. i think he feels the same way. since i know i can always pick up the phone and talk to him, that it is not necessary for me to spend huge amounts of time other than just getting business done when i am here. at some point i will be the ex president. then you will fi

it was tried in germany where they offered $3,300 to concern is to replace old cars with new ones. at the end of the program's first month, car sales dramatically increased by 21%. the bad news, the same month in the automobile sales went down by 41%. germany knew how to create a surge in purchasing by consumers with similar legislation to what is being brought to the floor. let's be honest about the automobile industry. it is at the base of our economic. along with the housing industry. we need to make sure that a strong auto industry is available so we can come out of this recession and start creating jobs. those who want to kill this provision are walking away from incentives to put people back to work. dealerships servicing cars, selling cars, and producing cars across america. i beg those that oppose this to understand that doing nothing is a terrible outcome. if we want to recover from this recession and restore consumer confidence, if we want to move old cars off the road, and bring new cars on the road with higher gas mileage, this is our opportunity. let's not get caught u

is with europe and on the northern european plain common this time the border is not in a central germany, it is on the polish border. and the russians are extremely interested in what the americans are doing in poland such as giving ballistic missile defense systems, f-16s and others and the americans are extremely interested with the russians are doing in the belarus, ukraine and everywhere else and aegis trying to influence the other. there will certainly be a period of extreme tension. i doubt the ability of the russians to maintain a long-term competition with the states but they have advantages. affects the europeans are utterly dependent on them for energy european foreign policy must take into account the consequences of alienating the the russians. we saw that with the germans when war broke out in a georgia. and the united states pressed forward with the argument there should be nato expansion. and chancellor merkle went to st. petersburg where she met with president medvedev and declared she had no current interest in nato expansion and the russians were very thoughtful about t

when asked by members of the press, was in the mufti in germany working with the nazis? he responded that the grand mufti thought only hitler would be victorious and only work with him because he wanted to get something of the german victory for himself. to one of the american commissioners in republican member who was a liberal was sent to the mufti cousin speak and he said, referring to the anti-semites gerald smith he said listening to the cuts and that this man is gerald smith in eighth does. he said he was brilliant and we went but it was a great mistake to assess the leadership would be that of the grand mufti. the propaganda office published the problem of palestine that was distributed and it said "the whole arab people is unalterably opposed to oppose jewish emigration and settlement and ultimately to establish a jewish state from palestine. they wanted to say they would not except in a report of any of the commission's particular one of the u.n. commission's the majority called for a partition and they said howard weil was to "tranche the hulu band with the las

as we said at the top of the program, the president is in germany today. he flies to paris tonight. he will be greeted by his wife, michelle obama, who is flying over there today to be part of the ceremony tomorrow. we will have live coverage from the normandy region of france as the 65th anniversary of the d- day invasion is commemorated. next is scott. welcome to the program. caller: i enjoy your show immensely. you were talking about what would be good for eliminating deficits. the biggest thing is for the congress to limit themselves to article i section room and eighrowm8 -- 18 or 19 hours depg on how you divide them up, the power to tell us where we are going to get our energy from, doling money out to people supposedly in need, other governments, to fund the united nations and to fund schools. all of that is outside of their powers as the constitution divided -- defines it. it is a crime against the constitution by doing more than that. in central oklahoma we have a gentleman, r j harris, who is willing to obey the constitution. we have a guy named tom cole who has very much

i must say i'm intrigued by the idea of germany being ruled by the indian parliament. >> the u.s. congress. >> well, thank you very much. i find myself in agreement in both respects with george, actually. i just want to say i'm not going u

it could, it could change if germany would change its law, if france would change its laws. that doesn't seem to be the case because they're leaning toward executive compensation. by the way i am not a proponent of trying to stifle the free market. i want to see people make as much as they can, but i don't want to see people at aig driving company into the ground and then walk away with huge bonuses. there's something wrong with this and the american people know there's something wrong with it and they are going to chastise us if we don't do something about it. they really are. i appreciate the notion there are other places for people to go but they won't find what they find in the united states of america. and those who want the autoworkers and ford, chrysler and gm salaries comparable to nissan and toyota, they don't look at what the salaries of those ceos at nissan and 20 ruda are making. their salaries are not in line with the salaries of the american auto industry executives in this country. they are not. and nobody that i have heard -- mabey av weeks i haven't heard --

i must say i'm intrigued by the idea of germany being ruled by the indian parliament. >> the u.s. congress. >> well, thank you very much. i find myself in agreement in both respects with george, actually. i just want to say i'm not going to use this too much, but i actually want to go through -- i want to move this through pretty quickly and focus everyone on the map. i want to kind of bring everyone's attention to what it would be like to be an indian security plan because i agree with george that india is going to do in what's in india's national security interests. .. from internal instability and terrorism, although obviously future concerns, as well as from just pakistan, and also tried to get out of this straitjacket, felt that china had put it under with china's support to pakistan over the last half century and chinese deployment in tibet. it had to look c word -- seaward and protect its oil and gas coming from afric and the middle east all the way back to india. the indian ocean has become very much more important to india. there are increasingly other major powers in the

, -- like in taiwan, germany, england, japan, they have achieved health care for their citizens. i wanted to make that point that it is possible. but i really want you to focus on how come puerto rico is not becoming a state? why do you think this is happening? guest: thank you for your call. the fact that, again, we have served in every war in the 20th- century and 21st century so far, alongside the fellow citizens of the 50 stage should suffice and be enough. when i served in congress for four years, i would visit the military hospital on a regular basis. i would visit with every soldier i would run into. certainly i was visiting my constituents at the same time. and every time i left the hospital, as i do when i visit the va hospital in puerto rico, the question would come, how come these young men and women in uniform who are serving our country, who are defending democracy across the world, do not have the same rights that u.s. citizens across the rest of the country have? that is something we need to fix and i am hoping congress will provide for a process by which the 4 mil

chancellor murkle of germany yesterday was very critical of central banks worldwide, but specifically of the fed. would you like to make any comment -- i presume you read what she said. would you like to make any comments relative to her comments? >> only that i respectfully disagree with her views. the u.s. and global economies including germany have faced an extraordinary combination of financial cry siisis. and i think it is justified to try to avoid an even more severe outcome. i'm comfortable with the policy actions that the federal reserve has taken and as i've described to mr. hensarling, mr. ryan, we are comfortable that we can exit from those policies at the appropriate time without inflationary consequences, and therefore, we are comfortable with our policy position. >> are the current powers of the fed in your estimation inadequate, excessive or adequate? >> well, i think there are some changes that are worth making. and i would mention specifically -- i was asked a question a moment ago about aig, for example. it was with great, great reluctance the federal reserve got inv

i would like to make a point that i have lived in eastern part of germany, communist germany, and i know how important it is to have a contact, lifeline to western information. if we do not follow through, this freedom will be crushed. we have to look at history, the time that hitler was in power, america was standing on the sidelines. waiting in iran until the bomb comes? we have to stand up for our freedom and we have to support people who have the urge to get the freedom. " cut a couple of more minutes for the phone calls, we talk -- host: a couple of more minutes for the phone calls. iran clarets show riffed, "the richmond times dispatch" headline. a story on the front page of code the new york times" this morning about the reporter who escaped from the taliban. with plan and a hidden rhode. an afghan journalist who was captive by taliban for several months along with new york times reporter revealed details on sunday about a nighttime escape that include weeks of careful plotting, taking advantage of with regard and dropping down a 20-foot wall with a rope. the afghan journalist sai

you know, the amazing thing is germany and france and many of these countries are going the opposite direction because they recognize they were losing competitiveness and the generous benefits, though good to have, were unsustainable. they're particularly unsustainable when the only people who can afford it are those who live off the taxpayers -- i'd like to say generosity, but this money is taken involuntarily and spent at the whims of congress. madam speaker, federal employees enjoy one of the highest levels of job security without a doubt anywhere in the united states. i would venture to say many of them, the highest. more importantly in good times and bad they keep their jobs. even if you look at the protections against being arbitraryly let go or hired at will, that's not even the point. the point is, in a bad time, when tens of thousands of auto workers are being laid off, when 40,000 employees of chrysler dealerships have just goten from this administration a 26-day pink notice to go because their franchises have been taken arbitrarily, at that time we've grown the federal gov