the next five years in germany. now, i am concerned that we are duplicating efforts, and let me just give you an example in germany. the european command and the african command are headquartered in safeguard and yet the army is now coming into request $91 million for it facility, plus a new battle command center for $120 million, so the army is going to a separate location, when we are ready seem to have our resources consolidated and supercar. that german building requirements are higher, and get germany has only, over the past 13 years, contributed approximately 7%. the building requirements in germany, and then you look at the effort that is being made by germany and afghanistan right now, approximately 4000 troops out of approximately 100,000 in afghanistan. i guess i am just looking at the potential for savings and consolidation and efficiencies in military constructions and i am asking you if that has been a factor in your decisions, if you have looked at this plan for $3.5 billion in germany and what is the

and i think germany is a perfect example. guest: i think the thing that does explain germany's more moderate and conservative fiscal policy is the fact that the germans, after all, still even though it's a long time ago, remember the role that inflation played in the 1930s and 19 40's and led up in part to the second world war. and so of all the countries around the world, the germans are the most concerned about controlling inflation. and so there are attempts to be very conservative monetary and fiscal policy in germany for that reason. so the current manifestation, and now the -- the fact is that germany did do its part in april of 2009. there is a huge debate that you are remembering about whether or not all the matic stabilizer, like unemployment that we were talking about a minute ago by the u.s. congress this week was whether things like unemployment compensation counted or not. now, germany and the continental european countries tend to have stronger welfare states so they have in place thee f these automatic stabiliz

>> poland, germany. >> jews should go back to poland and germany. >> and america and everywhere else. host: that video posted on a ,.com. lled rabbiliv here is "the new york post" this morning. this is concerning the ari fleisher comment. that is the former white house press secretary under president bush. your thoughts. pensacola is first on the democrats' line. curtis, go ahead. caller: i would like to make a request that next time you have a republican or democratic person that is in the house or the senate, ask them when they are going to put a bill up for term limits and also put the social security money in the social security account and not the general account. i would appreciate that. host: we will be talking about congressional issues with david drucker later this morning. what about the helen thomas stored? caller: what happened to freedom of speech? just because the majority may be does not agree, she was just saying what she thought for felts. i may not particularly agree with our but why is it whenever somebody says something you don't like or agree with, you want to get

the next five years in germany. now, i am concerned that we are duplicating efforts, and let me just give you an example in germany. the european command and the african command are headquartered in safeguard and yet the army is now coming into request $91 million for it facility, plus a new battle command center for $120 million, so the army is going to a separate location, when we are ready seem to have our resources consolidated and supercar. that german building requirements are higher, and get germany has only, over the past 13 years, contributed approximately 7%. the building requiremes in germany, and then you look at the effort that is being made by germany and afghanistan right now, approximately 4000 troops out of approximately 100,000 in afghanistan. i guess i am just looking at the potential for savings and consolidation and efficiencies in military constructions and i am asking you if that has been a factor in your decisions, if you have looked at this plan for $3.5 billion in germany and what is the th

they were being nelled a prison in germany, we still have a presence in that area. they filed a habeas corpus to say get us out of prison here and the court basically said, though that's now in dispute, it was for decades understood that the court said, we don't have jurisdiction to handle things that don't have a nexus to a u.s. district court territory in the united states and this is the territory of -- in germany. so the court refused to grant the writ of habeas corpus there. interestingly enough, one of the things that struck me about this was that 27 out of -- of the 27 cases brought before the military commission, only 21 were convvcted. and there is a mythology about military commissions that i think needs correction in our culture. there is a suggestion that they are -- that they don't operate fairly and that they don't provide an opportunity for innocent individuals to be adjudicated in a context which is acceptable. what i have noticed in my understanding of military commissions, in that case, about 77% conviction rate, after the second world war, general

guest: yes, germany is a good example for us.t compare them to the united states because the model in germany is you are paying people to stay on their jobs. the government subsidizes their income so they are on the job, retaining their skills and ready to go back to work. this is a great concern from an economist looking at this. what is happening to americans who are this long unemployment? we have a record number of americans who are considered long-term unemployed. every day that they remain long- term unemployed, they become less employable. that is a permanent cost to the productivity capacity of the nation. this is very concerning so we need to find ways to get this population back to work as quickly as possible because you do not get those skills back. host: someone is referring to obama with his fake spending. he is neglecting to help america. the republican line from indiana, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am a conservative, far right kind of fellow and conservative would spend it. the one thing i

benedict has been criticized for his handling of abuse cases when he was archbishop of munich, germany, in the 1980s. russia has reversed itself and will not deliver air defense missiles to iran after all. that word came via the french president's office today. it said russian prime minister vladimir putin has agreed the sale would violate a new round of u.n. sanctions. just yesterday, the russian foreign minister said the missile sale would go through. wall street ended the week on an up note. the dow jones industrial average gained 38 points to close at 10,211. the nasdaq rose nearly 25 points to close at 2,243. for the week, the dow gained nearly 3%; the nasdaq rose 1%. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: now, the turkey story-- a u.s. ally in the middle east starts going its own way. kwame holman reports. >> holman: along the waters of the bosphorus, istanbul has been, through centuries, the symbolic frontier between east and west. once the seat of christian and islamic empires, the modern turkey finds itself again straddling two worlds. this wee

>> originally from germany. now poland. >> we will put some video on the screen of the village of tocqueville, where he is buried. there is a statue near the church where he is buried. it is one of the very few statues you can find of him. the author for our program has been leo damrosch, harvard professor. the name of the book is "tocqueville's discovery of america." >> thank you very much for inviting me. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [speaking french] >> up next, prime minister david cameron at the british house of commons. and then a debate between the senate candidates for the north carolina democratic primary. and then for the south carolina republican primary. the record talks about her recent articles about renewable arthur -- renewable energy sources. arthur brooks looks at their role of government in the fee

>> originally from germany.land. >> we will put some video on the screen of the village of tocqueville, where he is buried. there is a statue near the church where he is buried. it is one of the very few statues you can find of him. the author for our program has been leo damrosch, harvard professor. the name of the book is "tocqueville's discovery of america." >> thank you very much for inviting me. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> [speaking french] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [speaking french] >> up next, your calls live on "washington journal." then we have a discussion and fbi tactics on counter- terrorism. >> cspan, our content is a double on television, radio, and online and you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube and sign up for our scheduled alert e-mails @ c- span.org. >> robert mcdowell talks about reclassifying broadbe

>> originally from germany. now poland. >> we will put some video on the screen of the village of tocqueville, where he is buried. there is a statue near the church where he is buried. it is one of the very few statues you can find him. the offer for our program has been leo damrosch -- author for our program has been leo damrosch, harvard professor. the name of the book is "democracy of america "tocqueville's discovery of america." >> thank you very much for inviting me. [captioning performed by %-tional captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> [speaking french] >> up next, prime minister david cameron of the british house of commons. then the chancellor of the exchequer as they talk about changes to the british banking system. after that, another chance to see "q&a" with the author leo damrosch. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" -- deborah gordon, a former engineer for chevron u.s.a. talks about her reccnt article on oil companies and renewable energy sources. arthur

then germany, great britain, canada, france switzerland, norway and italy. switzerland ahead of mexico of course by a tremendous margin, mexico. china, the philippines, cuba, el salvador, cuba, the domincan republic also more likely than average to have more children. this also require a more degree of social services tend to live in a house that has a low enough assessed value to not pay much into local municipal value to fund public schools. all three are vying for a top as someone who is trying to be a close observer of american culture under threat from people who speak languages of people other threats seem over blown keep an ear open depending on which coast you are the crowded streets of baltimore and cleveland. the news stands are bursting another one for socialist and union members the grandchildren of the children who run those streets are some of the same people worrying openly from all the data, my best advice is, don't worry what do you hear? every couple of minutes, adds for night schools cd rom languages. no one is developing these products, p

it's not clear what they thought through in germany what they're going to reveal about the banks. they here in weak shape and we'll see about spain. some people are claiming the russells are good but we're just at the stage of getting leaks trying to push the market. >> brown: sophie pierson, he talked about it spreading to bigger economies like germany and france. what's going on in france to have the french government announce measures very recently, even yesterday. >> well, like any other european countries, they are big asked for fiscal responsibility and fiscal discipline. this is reassuring for the financial markets. there is no obvious link between increasing the years for retirement and the financial market, but it brings trust on the market. secondly, there is a huge deficit. now, the pension is going to reach $39 billion this year. it was $32 billion and it's going to reach $39. what the french government is hoping to do is by 2018 they will make a significant saving and it's going to be about $19 billion. >> brown: sophie, i want to pick up on the question of the retire

so, for example, germany, which cares deeply, obviously, about the issue of fiscal consolidation. if you look at their plants, they are no more front-loaded than ours are. in fact, you can make the argument that some of the steps we've already taken, freezing discretionary spending domestically for the next three years in my budget, passing pay- go, setting up a commission to tackle things long term, he many of those decisions are comparable to some of the decisions that have been made by those you support this consolidation, so i think this has really been an issue in which there is a violent agreement between parties. we have to make sure that we are not rushing to the exits too quickly and all at the same time, but we also have to be mindful that the debt and deficit levels that many advanced countries have right now are unsustainable and have to be dealt with in a serious way. with respect to north korea, our main focus right now is the u.n. security council making sure that there is a crystal clear acknowledgment that north korea engaged in a belligerent behavior that is unac

they are being held in a prison in germany. they fought a habeas corpus a to get this out of prison. the court basically said, although it is now in dispute, we do not have jurisdiction to handle things that do not have a nexus to a u.s. district court territory. this is the territory of germany. the court refused to grant the writ of habeas corpus there. one of the things that struck me about this was the 27 -- of the 27 cases brought to the commission, only 21 were convicted. there is a mythology about military commissions that needs correction. there is a suggestion that they do not operate fairly and that they do not provide an opportunity for innocent individuals to be adjudicated in a context which is acceptable. what i have noticed in my understanding of military commissions, and that is about 77% conviction rate, after the second world war, military commissions had upper-80's in commission rates. they are used in the mid-90's. anything below the will be an embarrassment. it is not an automatic that if you have an adjudi

this was in germany. the court refused to grant writ of habeas corpus there. one thing that struck me was 27 -- of the 27 cases brought, only 21 were convicted. there is a methodology that i think needs correction. there is a suggestion that they do not operate fairly and that they do not provide an opportunity for innocent individuals to be adjudicated in a context which is acceptable. what i have notice is that about 77% conviction rate after the second world war. generally it is in the upper 80's. it is my experience that the conviction rate of u.s. attorneys are in the mid to upper 90's. anything below that would be an embarrassment. is not an automatic that if you have due process that is undertaken by way of military commission rather than by courts that attend -- that that is somehow unfair. the rights of individuals are respected by our military. people give their lives to defend those rights. because you have a military commission, somehow you will be disrespecting justice. the case pretty much said if you're outside the limits of the united states, y

are proposing to close trench uk in my constituency and to transfer its production to france and germany, despite the fact that trench uk has a full order book, healthy profits, and is exporting all over the world first-class products. would the prime minister meet me so that we can discuss that illogical decision which could lose the uk a jewel in manufacturing? >> i would certainly meet the honorable gentleman. i know how frustrating this can be. siemens is a big investor in my constituency, too. the jobs that he is speaking about are exactly the sort of high-tech, high-skill jobs that we want to keep in this country. so i will certainly meet him, and we will do what we can in the budget to ensure that we have in this country a tax regime, support for apprenticeships, and support for training that will want to make businesses locate and stay and invest in britain. >> mr. adam holloway. >> every household in gravesham has inherited a sort of second mortgage of debt. can the prime minister give us some idea of the level of debt per household across the country? >> my honorable friend is

leaders in the world economy will be china, japan, and germany. russia will be regional country. increasingly, the advantage in space, we will achieve superiority in the operational zone, launching satellites clouds of small space vehicles. space powers will give special attention to the geostationary orbit. international space station will be carried out successfully. also, we will pursue the first launching of light craft, which is a new term as spacecraft launching with powerful laser. like crack preparation in united states, which -- like kraft preparation in an ad states works in this project, which in russia, a project like this named impulsar. -- light craft preparation. tourism will be developed successfully. in the next decade, the nation of the united states will be kept, but individual americans in the nation comes to them china, japan, india, and germany will economically grosso considerably that the -- grow so considerably that the world from the unipolar will become multipolar. in the beginning of the new decade, the chinese space station will be launched, and the i

germany tried that. it just created such runaway inflation, remember the cartoons, the wheelbarrow full of money to buy a loaf of bread. well, we're printing money at record rates. we are running a deficit that never even comp -- at never even comprehended rates. for those who can't remember, basically, the soviet leader had to stand up and say, this was basically the essence, we can't borrow enough money any more to stay in business we can't print enough money to stay in business, we're out of business, states are each on their own now. there are some in this country who think that might be a good idea. but this nation got to be the greatest in history because we worked together as a nation. all 50 states. fussing, disagrees among ourselves as family, but never before in history have we come so close to voluntarily going over a cliff. world war ii, record amounts of money were being spent, we were fighting for our very lives. for liberty, for freedom. some don't remember, there were germans what came as

some of them went back to germany in the second world war. one of them was wounded that the battle of the bulge my father went to the south pacific. they didn't hesitate they didn't hesitate to take on the country that their mother had come from. they knew that -- and they believed -- that they owed this country a debt of gralttude and they demonstrated it. that's part of the greatness of america foo. that pillar of american exceptionalism, that vitality of the immigrants who come here, infused with the generational tradition of that vitality and the multiple generations has been a significant part of american exceptionalism. and i look at the roots of these causes for american exceptionalism and i often take this back to the age of reason in greece and roman law and how the knowledge base that was established by rational thought in the age of reason in greece and the roman law found its way through the dark ages and emerged in the age of enlightenment. the english speaking component of the age of enlightenment, to be specific, mr. speaker. a

there's no reason that germany or in other countries in europe should have the newest factories that manufacture clean energy products instead of us right here in the united states. that's why the recovery act has been making unprecedented investments in clean energy, spurring america's businesses to build some of the world's largest wind and solar projects right here in the united states of america. i said this once at a state of the union address. america does not settle for second place. and we're going to make the investments to make sure we are first in the future. not just in the past. that's got to be our prior to. that's why we're bringing high speed internet to tens of thousand of homes and businesses and hospitals and schools. it's why ray la hood's helping to lead a surge in new investment in high speed rail. that's why we're investing in the electronic medical records. you know, a year ago, american businesses had just 2% of the market in the production of electric car batteries that power the vehicles of the future. all these hybrid cars that have electric batteries, tho

to borrow at relatively low interest rates, not much higher than very strong credit countries like germany the result was that they over borrowed and they were not completely clear about what their debt situation was recently, it has become clear that they have in fact very large outstanding debts which are difficult for them to service. this is a problem because even though they have a single currency, they don't have a single fiscal authority. f to move tax money from one country to another within the european zone like we can move money from state to state in the united states. providing help to greece has proved to be a difficult proposition. nevertheless, the europeans are committed to avoiding default increase and in other countries on the periphery because they fear that the default of greece, even though it is a small economy, would encourage defaults and other country. that in turn could put pressure on their banking system which holds many securities from those countries and the banks and other businesses in those countries. it has been a relatively slow process, but europeans ha

>> poland, germany. >> jews should go back to poland and germany. >> and america and everywhere else. host: that video posted on a ,.com. lled rabbiliv here is "the new york post" this morning. this is concerning the ari fleisher comment. that is the former white house press secretary under president bush. your thoughts. pensacola is first on the democrats' line. curtis, go ahead. caller: i would like to make a request that next time you have a republican or democratic person that is in the house or the senate, ask tm when they are going to put a bill up for term limits and also put the social security money in the social security account and not the general account. i would appreciate that. host: we will be talking about congressional issues wh david drucker later this morning. what about the helen thomas stored? caller: what happened to freedom of speech? just because the majority may be does not agree, she was just saying what she thought for felts i may not particularly agree with our but why is it whenever somebody says something you don't like or agree with, you want to get them

the president has done -- he was referencing germany and china -- the country mean that -- the country that leads in the green economy will be the country that leads the world. we would like america to be that nation. their responsibility is not only in drilling, but the bigger picture. they have to -- i should have led the way decades ago. >> cost is estimated at $37 billion. he supports that? -- do you support that? what do you see the taxpayer role in the clean-up? >> let me be veering clear -- to be very clear. bp is responsible for the cleanup. bp irresponsible -- is responsible. the cowboys that if there is no negligence. -- the top was that if there was no negligence. -- the top on not amount -- the cap was set only if there was no negligence. why should there be a cap? bp will pay the bill for the cleanup, the loss of livelihood for busiensses -- businesses and workers. there will be no taxpayer dollars spent that are not repaid by british petroleum. i guess they changed their name recently. some of us are used to be a gold name. when we use it, they say that is being xenophobi

we, the foreign ministers of china, france, germany, russia, the united kingdom and the united stateswould like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our determination and commitment to seek the early negotiated solution to the iranian nucle the adoption of the united nations security council resolution 1929 while reflecting the international community concern about the iranian nuclear program and reconfirm and the need for ira to comply with the u.n. security council and iaea board of governor requirement keeps the door open for continued engagement with iran. the aim of our efforts is to achieve a comprehensive and long-term settlement which would restore international confidence in the peaceful nure of iran's nuclear program. while respecting iran's legitimate rights to the peaceful use of atomic energy. we are resolute in continuing our work for this purpose. we also welcomand commend all diplomatic efforts in this regard. especially those recently made by brazil and turkey on the specic issue of the tehran research reactor. we reaffirm our june, 20 proposals which remain valid as

month, she said israelis should "get the hell out of palestine" and that jews could "go home" to germany poland, and the united states. her remarks were denounced by white house spokesman robert gibbs, who called them "offensive and reprehensible." the 89-year-old columnist is leaving her employer, the hearst news service, immediately. known as the dean of the white house press corps thomas has been sharply questioning successive presidents since john f. kennedy in the 1960s. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown:and we turn to the arrests once again of americans linked to foreign terrorist groups. >> brown: they called themselves the youth, a band of al qaeda linked jihadists who waged a campaign of violence in somalia. at new york's kennedy airport saturday two american citizens were arrested for allegedly trying to join them and attack americans. and today mohammed mack houde allesa and carlos eduardo el monte appeared in federal court. neighbors in new jersey were shocked to hear the news. >> it's scary because i was here for 9/11. i was in to we are

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by way of introduction, germany is the -- to wilson, or jeremy, is an assisted director for research and says the professor -- associate director for research and associate professor at michigan state university. he was behavioral scientist at the rand corp., were in additional to securing and directing many influential law enforcement project, he led an element of successful initiatives, including the center for quality policing. jeremy has cooperated with many police agencies and committees and task forces and governments around the united states and the world on many of the most salient public safety problems. he is a published author and the list of his books is pretty impressive, primarily on policing and violent crime, etc. he received his ph.d. in public administration from ohio state university. i introduce to you dr. jeremy wilson. [applause] >> well, good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to share an academic perspective on counterfeiting, although it is a bit unfortunate for you that right before lunch you have to listen to a professor drone on and on about research me

france and germany want to do the same. they want to tax their financial institutions to pay the cost of recovery, exactly what we did today. this was an wednesday pose a boston globe. the british, the conservative british government as just be thus to the punch by a few days in setting up an independent consumer protection agency. the have dissolve the financial services authority. contrary to what our republican colleagues were arguing about, they did exactly that. yes, there is a great deal of convergence. we put it in the hands of the president, a very powerful set of tools. remember, we are trying to get other countries not to contracted their economy, to stipulate and help us with unemployment. i think we have helped the president make it very clear that he is a world leader here. and you will see continued convergence. >> are you confident in the derivatives language? some of the other folks were concerned. >> and i confident i am not going to lose any of them? of course not. there were some people who voted against

afghanistan as especially important at a time when many european countries, including britain and germany, are commiited to sharp cuts in defenss spending as part of its drive to reduce huge government deficits. two sundays ago, the times also had an article about the -peuuopeans' ability to sustaina much higher level of expenditures for what many of us would consider quality of life for their citizens. it mentioned they were able to do this because they are so -- they are sheltered by nato and the american nuclear umbrella. i am a great supporter of president obama, but he makes a serious error when he accepts military spending without budget constraints. secretary gates is talking about changes within the overall amounts. i welcome his movement there. but he does not talk about reducing the overall amounts. it is very clear that we cannot deal with the budget deficit over the longer term, and i believe that is a longer-term issue, beginning now to make plans of scaling back substantially for the future without making substantial cuts in our military budggt. nobody here is for cutting ba

germany's chancellor was quoted as saying that germany faces "serious and difficult times." they announced a rather sizable group of spending cuts to deal with their spending crisis which future of our country. when i looked at germany's deficit-to-gdp ratio, it seems to be comparable to our own. when i look at their debt-to-gdp comparable to our own in dealing with gross debt. do you appeared to be complimenting the eurooean leaders for taking strong stands? do you see similar strong stands being taken by this particular pongress to rein in the debt? >> countties have different amount of fiscal capacity, it if you will. countries like greece, which are clearly being shut out from the market because of their deficit ratios, needy minute and sharp changes in their position. -- need immediate and sharp changes in their position. we are a safe haven currency. -pwe are diversified economy. we have a long record of paying our debts aad their interests. we have more breathing space. i do not know exactly how much we have. but we need a program for returning eric trajeccory of fisc

how can we say to these other countries, china, germany, at the g-20, you guys have to do stimulus funding, when we are not having much success here in the u.s. with the stimulus measures? >> what you are saying is a real concern about the deficit, some concern about the possibilities that we could have a set and relapse of the recession, particularly with the decline in new-home sales. it becomes alarming indicates that we do not have a conclusion about where the economy stands, so there is near term stimulus, a big deficit, and in some, it will be well over $1 trillion, and we are trying to move the budget in that direction. the numbers that we're basically adopted, the deficit can be cut in half over a period of four years. the president's budget starts out with a deficit, assuming increased revenue this year, above sunday -- above january. the deficit is cut in half over a period of a few fiscal years, and if we can track that and achieve those results, we have done we set out to do. we have not overdrawn the account. we can achieve a reasonable. >> i am wondering whether -- we have se

for example, germany, which cares deeply about the fiscal consolidation. if you look at their plan, they are no more front loaded than ours are. some of the steps that i've already taken -- freezing domestic discretionary spending for the next three years in my budget, passing paygo, setting up the fiscal commission to tackle issues like entitlements long term -- many of those decisions are comparable to some of the decisions that have been made by those promoting fiscal consolidation. i think this is an issue where there is violent agreement between the parties. we have to make sure that we're not rushing to the exits to quickly and all at the same time, but we have to keep in mind that debt and deficit levels that many advanced countries have right now our unsustainable and have to be dealt with in a serious way. with respect to north korea, our main focus right now is the u.s. security council making sure -- the un security council making it crystal clear acknowledgement that north korea engaged in belligerent behavior that is unacceptable to the intern

chairman merkle of germany said they are going to difficult times. they have a sizable group of spending cuts to deal with their spending crisis which she said were necessary to the future of their country. when i look at germany's deficit to gdp ratio and the uk's deficit to gdp ratio, they are comparable to our own. their debt ratio appears to be comparable to our own in dealing with gross debt. i am curious, you appear to be complimenting the european leaders for taking strong stands, yet the uc similar strong stands being taken by this particular congress to rein in the debt? >> countries have different amounts of fiscal capacity, it you will. countries like greece which are being shut out of the market because of their debt ratios and need immediate and sharp changes in their position. the united states, as i said in my remarks, is favored in that we are a safe-haven currency. we have a long record of paying our debts and our interest. we have a little more breathing space. potentially, i do not know how much we have, we need a program for retur

with a number of countries attending, including germany, japan, and the united states. the g-20 summit is focusing on the global economy crisis, watch the news conference on sunday afternoon, 5 p.m. at c-span. and president obama's remarks as he leaves the summit. now the discussion on efforts to pass an energy bill in the wake of the oil spill. we will hear from a defense council, an energy department official, and an energy reporter. this is hosted by politco, due to a technical problem, we are unable to show a portion of the event. >> good morning everyone. i am very pleased to welcome everyone this morning on the behalf of the press foundation, i am linda, our president, bob myers is here this morning. we are an independent nonprofit. we are not affiliateed with the press club or any other group. we don't take money from the u.s. or any other government. our mission is to provide education and resources for journalalists to help them do their jobs better. and i want to start by thanking groups that are helping. first the sponsor of today's briefing is the kiplinger

he also served overseas in frankfurt, germany. he began his law enforcement career with u.s. customs. he later transferred to san francisco. he went on to detroit. he also holds a bachelors of science of criminal justice from the university of detroit. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome director james dinkins. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. i want to -- i'm not going to take up a lot of your time. i was looking at the agenda and it looks like you have a full day ahead of you already. i do want to welcome everybody here to the ipr center. thank you for coming to the symposium. this is the largest conference we've had at the ipr center since we opened two years ago. i think it is very fitting that the topic is one of the most important topics, dealing with i.p. theft. that's the connection between terrorism, organized crime, and i.p. theft. the connections are real. i think you'll hear some great case presentations later this afternoon that really drive that connection and those links home. there are two presentations coming in from special agents in charge.

and if did you to europe, you can see that, whether you're in denmark or germany or spain.s amount of wind, and they have wind onshore, offshore increasingly. so i actually completely disagree with him on that point. on the point of transportation fuels, what needs to happpn in transportation is we need much more efficient cars, we need cars that get, you know, 50 to 60 miles to a gallon, not the 35 miles to a gallon. we're going to be going towards that when we're in the low 20's, and that's technologically possible, and we need to go there. we need to invest heavily in public transportation for our urban areas so that people have alternatives and can get out of their cars. and we need to develop in a pattern that provides people access to public transportation so that we stop the approach, the sprawl that we've had over the last 50 years. and we need cleaner burning alternative fuels, and people are looking at that as well, not ethanol-based fuel, but not ethanol-based fuel, but biofuels that are created out of other substances. so there are alternative pathways for autom

i got my first taste of football when i was stationed in germany.got playing with some mexican friends of mine. i am a rabid supporter. go manchester united. i cannot wait to see what i cannot wait to see what happens between the u.s. and england. it will be a full-on war. to you think that soccer or football, excuse me, will ever catch on in america like it has in the european countries? my son is 10. he plays. i see a lot more of that. 10 years ago, you did not see that around here. this is in west virginia. it is starting to catch on. do you think it will surpass baseball or even get to the status of american football? i also saw you on the bbc world news. i cannot wait for it. u.s.-england. guest: thank you. i think it is interesting what he is saying about west virginia and the way the game has taken off. for a long time, it was housed within a yuppie ghetto. it keeps expanding out of that. suburbs are so diverse now. that is part of it. the game has spread in a way that you cannot demographically pinned it down. the big question, which is will

germany has already announced 30 billion worth of cuts to welfare spending, and others are taking similar, the explosion in welfare costs contributed to the growing structural budget deficit in the middle part of this decade. total welfare spending has increased from £132 billion 10 years ago to £192 billion today. that represents a real-terms increase of a staggering 45%, and it is one of the reasons why there is no money left. it has also left an increasing number of our fellow citizens trapped on out-of-work benefits for the whole of their lives. a greater proportion of our children grow up in workless households than any other country in europe. we are wasting the talents of millns, and spending billions on it in the process, so we will increase the incentives to work, and reduce the incentives to stay out of work. we will focus our benefits more towards those in need, and we will end some one-off payments that the country cannot afford any more. . . in time for the next budget, we will also publish -- publish proposals to move the indexation in the tax system from rpi to cpi in a way

afghanistan as especially important at a time when many european countries, including britain and germany, are committed to sharp cuts in defense speing as part of their drive to reduce huge government deficits. in fact,wo sundays ago, the times had an article about the european ability to sustain a much higher lever -- level of expenditures for what many consider quality of life for their own citizens and it mentioned they were able to do this bause they are sheltered by nato and the american nuclear umbrella. i am a great supporter of president obama but he makes a serious error when he exams military spending from any budget constraints. secretary gates is talking about some changes within the overall amount and i welcome his movement there. he does not talk about reducing the overall amount. it is very clear that we cannot deal with the budget deficit over the longer term beginning now to make plans for scaling it back substantially for the future without making substantial cutin our military budget. nobody here is for cutting back on america paused national security. what we object t

pe have been a germany, japan. let them come home and let them take care of their own people.host: you want to wrap up the military and diplomatically? caller: i would say militarily but not diplomatically. guest: i would have to say that we see what happens when we disengage from these tough parts of the world. we disengaged from afghanistan and pakistan after he soviets pulled out of afghanistan in 1989. c:í7incidently, on the way out e door in 1990, we slapped sanctions on pakistan because of their nuclear weapons program. does not correct to say that we supported it or gay nuclear weapons to india or pakistan. -- or gave a nuclear weapons to india or pakistan. india or pakistan. we disengaged. military terms. we did not completely disengaged diplooatically but we were no longer much of a force. what happened? that was the road to 9/11. the afghan civil war haapened. the taliban emerged on top in the early 1990's and gave sanction to al-qaida. a few years later, we got 9/11. host: why did we disengage in that region? guest: we figured that there are strategic competitor, th

he is the host of the stomach with a number of other countries attended including france, germany, china, japan, india, and united kingdom and united states. the summit, focuses on the global financial crisis and ways to cut high debt levels. watch the prime minister's news conference live this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. after that, live coverage of president obama's news conference as he leaves the g-20 summit in canada. that starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >> starting monday, watch the confirmation hearings for a lionette cake and -- 40 leah kagan. you can see reid-paris on c- span2. -- a read-errors on c-span2 -- re-airs on c-span2. >> next, a look at new ways to counter the spread of terrorism ideology which remarks from former officials of the bush administration. the report's authors outline their findings and then take questions from the audience. posted by the washington institute, this is 1.5 hours. >> this is an important report by the institute. first, a word of context. every four years, the washington institute convened a series of what we call our

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our traditional allies of the u.k., australia, we can count on, i believe, germany. and they are truly making a difference. host: since you spent time on the ground with the soldiers who are fighting, the -- an issue this country has been fighting about for the past 67 years is troop fatigue. what can you tell us about in terms of reinforcements and continue deployments? guest: rotations are extremely deport g-8 important. we should be very mindful about persons being rotated at such an level, whether it is iraq or afghanistan, that there is time back home with their families. fatigue can be with the troops, but also a threat to stable families. i, as a parent of two sons who served in iraq, i know the sacrifices and dedication of families. so, we need to be mindful of the troops and their families. host: an issue that really took front and center yesterday and captured headlines was the promised year end the war review, and on the july 2011 date for beginning the process for troop pull out. there was much discussion as to whether the process was just beginning with

german and japanese are going like gangbusters to put hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the roads of germany to eliminate the demand for oil. the u.s. started down that path but it has been an on-again, off-again efforts without the determination to actually make it to the marketplace and a reasonable timeframe with sufficient vehicles that consumers can't actually use a major way. there are resisting such as -- there are resistances pretty clear away obstacles, we can get rid of internal combustion altogether. the internal combustion engine is a 100-year-old mechanical device. it is not efficient enough. 80 cents on the dollar that people are paying for gasoline is wasted as he coming off the engine. whereas 20% of the dollar is giving them mobility through the engine and drive train. that is not a very good investment of disposable income to be wasting 80% of the dollars you are spending on gasoline host: one more call, atlanta, on our independent line. caller: i have one comment about the polar bears. degrees in the polar bears are endangered is not because of the oil drilling activities

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