these are all things that the republic of hungary has the opportunity to do. -- hungary has the opportunity to do. i just want to go back to the legislation itself which raises questions about the integrity of the government itself. and frankly i don't think that's appropriate given the scope of the legislation and the grievances that members have about the contract awarding procedure. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, madam speaker. the bill before us, house resolution 915, encourages the republic of hungary to respect the rule of law, to treat foreign investors fairly, and to promote a free and independent press. since breaking the chains of communist dictatorship and soviet domination, hungary has made significant progress in implementing democracy and economic reforms. i congratulate the hungarian people an

the soviet invasion of hungary in 1956 and a czechoslovakia were stark reminders for eastern europeans of the strict limitations on their autonomy. poland was the least disciplined derricks in the camp that even in poland solidarity after its dramatic rise in 1980, 81, was stopped in its tracks by the imposition of martial law in the senator 1981. the soviet leadership as we now know from the transcripts of the soviet bureau at that time seriously considered military intervention in poland in august 1980. but then decided this would create more problems than it would resolve. i'm sure there would retract that assumption. they were already bogged down in afghanistan at that time and i was also a factor. so of course in 1981, they put enormous pressure on the polish authorities to institute their own crackdown, which they did at the end of that year. so what needs explanation is much less, what happened in eastern and central europe in 1989 and the change of policy and moscow. three individuals in particular have been credited with playing a decisive role in the ending of communism in

there were talking about putting a toe in hungary -- they were talking about putting nato in hungary.re is discussion about nato moving into eastern europe. some of this is internal polity -- policy discussion. some of it is public. they're not saying nato membership, but some kind of partnership. it is not un controversy. -- the issue is not without controversy. there's enough of it that gorbachev picks up on it. in a conversation with baker, he is trying to come up with structures for post-cold war era. -- for post-cold war europe. he said they could have an e-7 with the security council. baker said it would not work. gorbachev asked about pushing russia in nato. baker said that was in the realm of fantasy and let's get in the realm of reality. it does come up. it is never taken seriously in the west. baker later says in public that if russia embraces democracy and free markets, we should include it. what comes out in the book on nato expansion is that i concede two of cases for nato expansion but they lead to two different and points. -- two different endpoints. nato helps new demo

the czech republic and hungary, poland, and even russia. remember russia had a century of a godless communism. the of a big december spending bump in 2007, slovakia and then again with, the united states. russia is very interesting. russia transitioned to more of a market, may not too long ago and the oecd has been keeping track of the december, the monthly data rather than back to 94. and so with this picture shows is the russians and the united states, it shows the size of the december spending relative to the month around and look at that the russians over to the u.s. in about 2005. i always think about doctor strange love, a member played by george c. scott worried about the cade gap between the russians and americans. here you have a santa claus gap. not sure if this is good or bad news but we are behind in something. let's move around the world a little bit more. the question is are we alone conjures other countries, the oecd covers brazil, mexico, south africa, all distinctive and large spending months. there are some places where yo

country's leadership of the reconstruction team in afghanistan and for the brave men and women of hungary. welcome, mr. prime minister. [ applause ] witnesses must leave at 4:15, wherever we are. to ensure that as many members as possible can ask questions we will limit opening statements. i will not be taking all of my time. without objection, all others may submit opening statements for the record. i will recognize myself for an opening statement. last night president obama spoke about his plan of action in afghanistan. today we are pleased to welcome three senior officials to testify on the president's proposed strategy. secretary of state hillary clinton, robert gates and michael mullen. we greatly appreciate your participation. as the president stated, it is clear that the united states has a vital national security interest at stake in afghanistan and pakistan. determining the best@@@@@@@@z many news reports suggest that there was a healthy debate in the administration about whether this critical objective could be met by pursuing a targeted counter-terrorism strategy as opposed to

i never knew they tried desperate means to get out of hungary failing every time. they were desperate people. i was ob liveious to their did he hav desperation and also their marriage was very much on the brink. >> in prison they did finally break your father in a certain way. >> yes, yes. this was hard reading. my father was interrogating for weeks on end in what i have to describe as abbukpwraeufb style interrogation. he had to stand against a wall with endless obscene ities yelled at him and more. he koon feed to being an american agent which he was not. it's proof everyone has a breaking point. i think, margaret, more painful for me than that which was horrible to read was to discover that he frie tried not once but twice to commit suicide. he tried to myth oddly collect the sleeping pills which were -- >> in the lining of his coat. >> yes. here it was his cell mate also informing on my father who actually saved my father's life. three of the pills fell out of the lining of his pocket. the agent, cell mate immediately reported that. if he carried that out he wo

they say america, england or hungary for example. they talk about freedom fighters all around fighting for the course of freedom. i've been to quite similar panels, but everyone seems to talk about individual struggles in various countries. and there's been a lot of great freedom fighters all across the globe from angola, south africa, going forward how are they going to be integrated into this book or the struggle because kids from this country who see the world in a bigger perspective -- [inaudible] champion freedom across the globe, not just in america. how are we going to integrate that? >> it's a very interesting question, african-americans tend not to think die sporeically. i think our struggle as african-americans is very specifically american because we are physically, literally and figuratively cut off from africa, and now we're dealing with an american problem trying to get rights and peace and freedom and access to things that allow us to live and prosper within america. and things that are happening in africa don't seem t

first sort of immersion in the erskine revolution because he's based in bonn, he's in poland, he's in hungarys everywhere but in east germany. and when he finally gets to east germany in december 1989 he realizes he is a better option. he realizes he can be the chancellor of germany. there is a massive shift in his rhetoric. it was about caution and pay off and then after that it's so terrible, we have to do this, we must do this. east germany is falling apart. we must rush quickly which is quite interesting because literally two, three weeks ago he was saying we must not rush because it could be dangerous. please see this conscious quickening of the tempo and bob zoellick is very explicit about this weird when you see these russians are not able to put their together you have to keep them on the back foot. so there are other alternatives which are likely but once you get is quickening of tempo, then they become much less likely and from that point on then you have to do prefab because you don't have time to. i see papers being exchanged so i sent them about to be quoted back to myself with d

there were talking about putting a toe in hungary -- they were talking about putting nato in hungary.re is discussion about nato moving into eastern europe. some of this is internal polity -- policy discussion. some of it is public. they're not saying nato membership, but some kind of partnership. it is not un controversy. -- the issue is not without controversy. there's enough of it that gorbachev picks up on it. in a conversation with baker, he is trying to come up with structures for post-cold war era. -- for post-cold war europe. he said they could have an e-7 with the security council. baker said it would not work. gorbachev asked about pushing russia in nato. baker said that was in the realm of fantasy and let's get in the realm of reality. it does come up. it is never taken seriously in the west. baker later says in public that if russia embraces democracy and free markets, we should include it. what comes out in the book on nato expansion is that i concede two of cases for nato expansion but they lead to two different and points. -- two different endpoints. nato helps new demo

we see children growing up hungary. we n hungry. we need nutritious food that isn't loaded with sugar and empty calories which, again, research shows, you know, if kids are having, you know if, kids have bad nutrition, you know and the sugar levels go up and down, they don't perform in schools. and it's absolutely clear research has shown this. children do not have the social and academic supports that exist in more affluent communities. we need out of school time programs. we need after school and summer programs. and, again, will tl are examples everywhere of where it's working you know here in d.c. we have the higher achievement program which has just exceptional track record of getting middle school kids through not just through middle school but getting them through high school and into college. essentially 100% of them when they get rigorous after school and summer programs that eliminate sort of the regression that happens during the summer. you get -- you get performance that goes through to college graduation. no child left

we see children growing up hungary. we n hungry. we need nutritious food that isn't loaded with sugar and empty calories which, again, research shows, you know, if kids are having, you know if, kids have bad nutrition, you know and the sugar levels go up and down, they don't perform in schools. and it's absolutely clear research has shown this. children do not have the social and academic supports that exist in more affluent communities. we need out of school time programs. we need after school and summer programs. and, again, will tl are examples everywhere of where it's working you know here in d.c. we have the higher achievement program which has just exceptional track record of getting middle school kids through not just through middle school but getting them through high school and into college. essentially 100% of them when they get rigorous after school and summer programs that eliminate sort of the regression that happens during the summer. you get -- you get performance that goes through to college graduation. no child left

in fact, detainees have recently been transferred to belgium ireland, hungary and italy. however, the american people are not fooled by these headlines. of the 779 detainees held since 2001 at guantanamo bay our european partners have accepted only 37. the vast majority of detainees almost 400 have been transferred to four countries: afganistan, saudi arabia, pakistan, and yemen. these four countries are either currently in conflict or actively combating al qaeda. in all four of these countries the threat from al qaeda and associate militants has done nothing but increase over the pass few years. yet, the united states is sending back hundreds of terrorists to the most volatile regions of the world. south asia, which poses the greatest terrorist threat currently to the homeland and to the arabian peninsula, which i believe will present itself as the next greatest threat to the united states. the decision to move these terrorists to the u.s. may force the administration to choose between freeing terrorists into illinois or transferring back -- them back to the center of th

we see children growing up hungary. we n hungry.eed nutritious food that isn't loaded with sugar and empty calories which, again, research shows, you know, if kids are having, you know if, kids have bad nutrition, you know and the sugar levels go up and down, they don't perform in schools. and it's absolutely clear research has shown this. children do not have the social and academic supports that exist in more affluent communities. we need out of school time programs. we need after school and summer programs. and, again, will tl are examples everywhere of where it's working you know here in d.c. we have the higher achievement program which has just exceptional track record of getting middle school kids through not just through middle school but getting them through high school and into college. essentially 100% of them when they get rigorous after school and summer programs that eliminate sort of the regression that happens during the summer. you get -- you get performance that goes through to college graduation. no child left behi