you know, colleen bell, nominee to hungary, soap opera producer is her creds. but maybe more important creds are $800,000 the campaign that she raised. it was sort of an inept delivery. we watched it on television. she appeared to know almost nothing about that particular country. what do you think? >> well, let's stipulate at the top, it is not new that presidents choose campaign donors to certain ambassador posts. that's happened in the past with all presidents, republican and democrat. and, in fact, some of them are quite good, you know, you don't need to be a career foreign service officer to be a good ambassador. but even by the standards of past picks from campaign bundlers and the such, which often weren't very high, these picks are preposterous, you mentioned colleen bell. she couldn't answer questions about what is america's strategic interests in hungary. but at least to her credit, she had been to the country. several of the picks that president obama have chosen for ambassadorship to iceland, to norway, to argentina, have never even stepped foot in

in hungary but struggled to identify u.s. strategic interests in the eastern european nation. >> we have a strategic interest in terms of what are key priorities in hungary. >> the u.s. has, for decades, fold the 70/30 -- followed the 70/30 rules that, is most ambassadors earn their post in the foreign service. the remaining 30% are filled by political appointees. president obama is certainly not the first u.s. president to reward political donors with plum positions. he has done it more than any other president in recent history. >> we need the best possible people in our country as senior representatives there. >> that's why he hopes the white house will listen to his organization's recommendation. the counter group of nominees do not represent the best the u.s. has to offer. >> i have no more questions for this incredibly highly qualified group of nominees. if confirmed, the series of gaffs made on capitol hill may not be their last. >> well let's get more on the situation in ukraine. we have been hearing that the crimean

coming along hand in hand both are from two references particularly i'd say in hungary and greece are very worse and i mean we have parliamentary parties with significant representation in parliament their anti semitic ministry college. that phenomenon we've not seen since the nineteen thirties. since national socialists took over germany. this friday. but it is not nineteen thirties and there are things you can be done. one is the united states needs to come to mind our friends. at the way we combat this type of hatred is overwhelmingly positive speech. so when something happens. oh we don't think you can rely on hate speech law. or rather terrible auto loans sometimes it is a crime you can trust you. was critical. that everybody in society. political leaders institutional leaders religious leaders and geo leaders. come on immediately thinking . and make it clear that this society is not represented by its worse elements. that i think is something we can try to encourage and help people get to. and earlier that the french foreign minister said that he feels that antisemitism is chang

in hungary but struggled to identify u.s. strategic interests in the nation. >> in terms of our key priorities in hungary. >> the u.s. has followed what's nope as the 70-30 rule, most or 70% of ambassadors earn posts after years in the foreign service, while the remaining openings, or 30% filled by political appointees. president obama certainly isn't the first u.s. president to reward political donors with plum positions, but he has done it more than any other president in recent history. >> we need the best possible people in our country as our senior representatives there. >> that's why he hopes the white house willis to his organization's recommendations to pick a new set of potential ambassadors, saying the new nominees do not have the best to offer. >> i have no more questions. >> as confirmed ambassadors, the series of embarrassing gaffs on capitol hill may not be their last. >> aljazeera, washington. >> china says it will shut coal fired facilities this year, slashing cement and steel production. the government is try

in hungary but struggled to identify u.s. strategic interests in the nation? >> we have a strategic interest in terms of what our key priorities in hungary. >> the u.s. has for decades followed what is known as the 70/30 rule. >> means most or 70% of ambassadors earn their posts after years in the foreign service while the remaining openings are 30% are filled by political apointes. president obama certainly isn't the first u.s. president to reward political donors with plum positions but he has done it more than any other president in recent history. >> we need the best possible people in our country as our senior representatives there. >> that's why he hopes the white house will listen to his organization's recommendation, to pick a new set of potential ambassadors. he said the current group of nominees do not represent the best the u.s. has to offer. >> i have no more questions for this incredibly, highly qualified group of nominees. >> and if confirmed ambassadora, the series of embarrassing gaffes made on capitol hill may not be their last. kimberly helku

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increase military support for poland and hungary, and make it absolutely clear the sanctions are goingo be enforced and we have to make sure that the allies are working together. >> is there a sense, ron, that all of that is on the way or happening? >> a lot of it, they talk about it being in the pipeline, but to steve's point, talking about it isn't the same as doing it. you're already kind of behind the eight-ball by waiting this long, by misjudging putin from the beginning, much like george bush did in '08 with georgia. steve made a good point that this is a administration that likes to see the world, they want it to be rather than it is. the one way i look at it is president obama likes to think that being right is just enough. that i'm right about this, and if i lecture putin enough, putin will understand. well, that's not how people like putin work. >> charles? >> secretary gates is right that we have no way of getting putin out of crimea. he's not going to leave. i think it's likely that within a week or two, it will be a part of russia. what do we do? two things. we have to rea

>> in 1956, soviet union invaded hungary.n kout couldn't act to stop it. 1968, the soviets took over czech. even mr. putin in georgia acted in 2008 and while we responded, putin essentially got what he wanted. the real problem here is the geography is destiny. and we don't have the cards. we can do sanctions, we can impose political pressure. we can perhaps find a way to convince reluctant europeans, the germans and britds, to toughen sanctions and even go after the russian money which would be a blow but this is not going to be a short movie. i suspect it's not going to have a happy ending for the short term and, unfairly or not, this president who is viewed already as risk averse rather than risk ready, on his watch is going to have to preside over perhaps the most assertive russian move in eastern europe over the course of the last 30 or 40 years. >> speaking of history, do you see this as the worse crisis with russia since the bay of pigs and do you think that the way putin responds to western pressure will sort of determ

>> poland, hungary, afghanistan, parts of georgia have all fallen.in does not respond to the usual sanctions. he has no electorate to worry about. there is a nationalistic fervor that is fueling him. putin is putin. it is very difficult to say that some kind of leadership -- should he rip off his shirt? -- is going to make a difference. >> scott brown is now going to run for senator in new hampshire. is this a movable feast? >> this is the candidate who loves taking his shirt off. might annex crimea. we have carpetbaggers and then carpetbaggers. this is somebody trying to win in a neighboring state. we haven't had a senator from two different states since the 19th century. he is not a fresh face. his opponent is very tough. she has a great team. he has an uphill fight. >> uphill fight? >> it will be a tough election. jeanne shaheen and barack obama are tied at the hip and there is no question that she was one of the deciding votes for obama care which is not going to be a good issue for the president come november. i think scott brown's candidacy is

you mentioned hungary, rachel. hungary is paying attention. if you look at the -- her immediate neighbors and then expand to the ukrainian all around the world whether here in the united states, canada, argentina, italy, portugal, united kingdom, if you look around the world, there are more people who are of ukrainian heritage living outside ukraine than inside ukraine. and that is because of the sheer terror, the great terror that characterized life there for so many generations, since the revolution actually. the same is true with russia. i would say to the president of russia and to the president of ukraine, you know what, your young people are leaving your countries. how are you going to have a great nation as it depopulates? they're seeking to get out because life isn't good. and it's incumbent upon you to settle things down. i think russia's action raised the ire of every freedom-loving person around the world. and i have spent time in russia, i have spent time with russian leaders, with their ambassadors, and what a sad day for the worl

-- well, i was just going to qualify that by saying there will be concern in the baltic states in hungarypoland, the czech republic, which bordered on the old soviet union boundaries, some sort of gesture of support, perhaps, and i see reporters in britain was that the united states put i think level four fighter aircraft into the balder states on top of a small contention already, that seems to me to be sensible, but within the ukraine itself i would be cherry. >> the russian president vladimir putin has been described by some as being unstable, others think he is losing his grip of reality. what is the chess move that you see vladimir putin making? >> well, when you hear descriptions of the non-russian population of ukraine being fascists and anti-semiticks and all of that, it doesn't really add up, given what we saw happening on the main square of kiev only so recently. it seems i think to any server and there were many western correspondent present that this was genuine public outrage at the previous government. and so one does wonder about some of the statements that have been made b

countries like poland, the baltics and hungary. this is part of a trend and if he continues to get away with it, who knows what is next. it's important for europe to stand together in the coming days. >> senator, thank you very much. >> thanks. >>> if there's an international crisis heating up then as surely as night follows day, you'll be hearing this. >> every time the president goes on national television and threatens putin or anyone like putin, everybody's eyes roll, including mine. >> putin decides what he wants to do and he does it in half a day. he makes a decision and he executes it. quickly. then everybody reacts. that's what you call a leader. president obama, he's got to think about it, he's got to go over it again, he's got to talk to more people about it. >> the republicans attack on president obama when a very weird case of putin envy, ahead. and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. and his n

two of your favorite presidents -- dwight eisenhower could not stop the tanks rolling into hungary.onald reagan -- they declared martial law in poland and he couldn't stop that. isn't it true that when russia decides to move on its neighbors, we really can't do anything about it? >> they were behind the iron curtain. they were part of the then soviet union. ronald reagan, in the words of margaret thatcher, he won the cold war without firing a shot. strength.ugh we are slashing our defense spending dramatically. chuck hagel testified about our cuts in defense the day the chinese announced an increase of 12.2% in their defense spending. there are ways of showing strength without having to get into an open conflict. i think history shows the weaker you are, the more likely it is for aggressors to misbehave. >> thank you for being with us today. obamacare enrollment and a critical decision by the nlrb. ♪ >> welcome back. obamacare deadline extended and college athletes unionized. margaret, let me start with you. the obama administration extended the deadline for healthcare sign up. is t

the foreign ministers of poland, hungary, the czech republic, and slovakia met with foreign ministers of the northern and baltic states in a border town in estonia. they have been monitoring the situation was alarmed because many of these countries share borders with russia or ukraine. they have a living memory of soviet dominance and have large ethnic populations. they have been pushing for a strong european response to the crisis because they are very alarmed at the situation. it must be said what happen in crimea is not likely to be repeated in these countries. many of them are e.u. member states and belong to the nato alliance. now that vladimir putin appears to be extremely frustrated with the lack of russian influence. russia is losing influence in the region. rhetoric as and well as his actions are putting the entire region in alarm. rush is a vast country. it shares many borders. that ishe countries extremely alarmed but has to play a tricky role in response -- is kazaksthan. russian sizable ethnic composition. the response from kazakhstan has been tempered but definitely alar

while germany may not be severely effected, country such as poland, hung -- hungary, these countries quite dependent on russia for the natural gas, and they could see the freeze and certainly be hurt. and germany is worried about having some sort of impact. >> eugene i am not going to tell everybody the sky is falling. this could end up being contained, people could see these market drops as a opportunity to buy stocks. this could go nowhere, what is the other side of the equation. what happens if russia pre-emptively stops gas from flowing into europe because of the threat of sanctions or something happens the sanctions impose a limitation on gas and other things flowing. scenario? >> sure. there are several reasons for russia not to turn the screws on the natural gas -- >> because they make a lot of money on it. >> exactly. and a lot of the europeans have tried to diversify somewhat to offset that pain. but russian could try to basically in response to any sanctions or pressure from the west, they could decide to go in further to ukraine. i'm speaking militarily, although i think t

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we had hungary in '64, georgia in 2008. when the soviet union or russia feels like the countries on its periphery are threatened, it takes action. i don't think it really is determined by who is in the white house. >> we don't have policy that russia allowed to have -- that was the soviet policy at the end of the day if we're willing to tolerate the notion that russia has to dominate its neighbors we have to ask ourselves where that stops. if we're willing to tolerate the notion that russia somehow has a say over where there's a russian minority, even substantial one, when we're looking at countries that are frankly part of nato. countries that we have obligation to defend. we need to be decisive here so that they're not encouraged to go further. >> schieffer: all right. i think we're going to end it there. we could probably talk all afternoon, maybe all have lunch or something. very enlightening, thanks to all of you on a very serious and important weekend. we'll be right back with a controversial "face the nation" intervi

a report on the status that rather than on ukraine's all this was the block and hungary and romania. then he took two ukrainians on the eu side of the board about the hopes dreams on his walkman comes next. when traveling to outlying areas of the european union to see how the mood is among ukrainians. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians link and make them for generations but they still have relatives and friends in ukraine. our first destination is in the quarter to a village in romania just centimeters from the border into ukraine he showed up and hit the twenty oh nine the theme from what i like most of the ukrainian team. we were already working on the assumption that people will be here from ukraine and will take a minute. i don't believe in war. president putin has to understand that ukraine was to ukrainians not russia. oh wait we leave the collusion between romania and ukraine. united still business as usual. the next destination is hungry. about two hundred kilometers farther north. the mecha such is the largest city near the border. most ukrainians integrated year off to the

we have heard, for example, about the pleas of the brave democrats of hungary in 1956 and about the dark chill that -- to the dreams of checks in 1968. we still have the time and collective power to ensure that the past does not become prologue. history has lessons for those of us who are willing to listen. unfortunately, not everyone is willing to listen today. under the u.n. charter, the russian federation has the power to veto a security council resolution. it does not have the power to veto the truth. as we know, the word truth has a prominent place in the story of modern russia. from the days of lenin and trotsky to the fall of the berlin wall, that was the name of the house newspaper of the soviet communist regime. throughout that time, one could search in vain to find truth in that newspaper. once again, one searches in vain to find truth in the russian position on crimea, i knew crane, or on the proposed resolution considered and vetoed a few moments ago. the truth is, this resolution should not have been controversy ial. it was grounded in principles that provide the foundation

the british ambassador speaking of 1956-19 68, a reference to the soviet crackdown of what was hungary and czechoslovakia. history is on everyone's mind. as world leaders struggle to find a solution in ukraine, president obama was dealing with the elusive middle east these plan, welcoming judgment netanyahu to the white house. toughama stressed decisions now need to be made by israel. it is a topic i discussed with former middle east envoy, george mitchell, but we begin with the major news of the day in ukraine. lex president obama said russia is on the wrong side of history. with all of your experience negotiating trouble spots, is that an effective type of language to use at this page? >> i think it is. this is a very serious action. president newton is getting away with a similar effort with respect to georgia, essentially the same playbook. i don't think it's likely to happen this time because ukraine is not georgia and i think europeans are deeply concerned about this as well as united states and other allies. i think this was an overreach by putin and the united states and its al

you have all sorts of soviet challenges, whether it was in hungary in '56 or chechoslovakia in '68. you had the georgian challenge even when george w. bush was president. i think this is about such things as geography. it's about politics. it's about history. russia has always had a special place in ukraine. this is very near abroad. you do have 15, 20% of the people of ukraine who are ethnic russians and russian speaking. i think it's dangerous to apply historical precedence. >> you point out that europe has been reluctant to go along with the sanctions against russia. part of that may be because of their reliance on russia from natural gas. is there something that pushes the united states to export more natural gas as a result of this? >> well, absolutely. you know, for so long, u.s. policy towards gas and oil have been seen through a prism of template of our diplomacy. but look, over the last couple of years, our energy reality has been fundamentally reformed. so what we should think about now is energy literally and figuratively as a resource as a strategic instrument or tool. w

a report on the status that travels along ukraine's what is with the block and hungary and romania.then he told two ukrainians on the eu side of the board about the tapes came as un thing is the walkman come next. we travel into and applying areas of the european union to see how the mood is among ukrainians. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians link and make them for generations but they still have relatives and friends in ukraine. our first destination is in the corner of the legion romanian just five kilometers from the border into ukraine the little choked up and handle twenty. lifting from what i like most of the ukrainian see. william are already working on the assumption that people will be here from ukraine and will take a minute. i don't believe in war. president putin has to understand the ukraine wants to ukrainians not russia. oh wait we leave the border between romania and ukraine united still business as usual. the next destination is hungry. about two hundred kilometers farther north the mecha such the lawn just a teeny of the border. most ukrainians in a grade two tea

the choice of greater autonomy within ukraine we spoke to international observers from poland and hungary and they say they don't expect any election violations on sunday. at a spot of things but considering you cream is falling apart as a state that failed to provide its citizens with basic rights the people of crimea are holding a referendum to determine their future we hope will be held within the rule of law and without any violations and we will have to take into consideration the people's opinion and the results of this fort leavenworth not all people will have their say but i expect the referendum to be positive under ukrainian law and general democratic rules this is a legitimate belt. starting with the referendum in crimea people in moscow here are showing their support of the moment you're looking at live pictures from the russian capital where a rally is getting underway in the organized a holding the march under to slogans against my dan and fascism won't have its way just remind you these are live pictures in of course we we will be following the event all day as it goes on h

development party who keep their tickets that the minister of foreign affairs and the canal ambassadors of hungary poland locally turkmenistan uzbekistan and kazakh people living in turkey. jessica ambassador to turkey to unseat the nearby noted that the holiday of notice is celebrated in all ten countries and promotes friendship and understanding between people and strengthens cultural relations. to me. i congratulate all catholic people would notice. this is the beginning of a new life turkish people forgot about this holiday for some period of time. now it is widely celebrated in our country and very much appreciate the friendship between asic and turkish people. i hope that our friendship will continue forever. students of different nationalities in moscow are also celebrating those holiday on a grand scale. the idea to organize celebrations blokes to catholic students young people presented the traditional kazakh queasy and told about the history and traditions of the notice holiday which is considered to be in quality of their annual oblige. there's also a student from algeria kinda thing an

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yesterday four countries sent letters toe speaker boehner and majority leader in the senate that poland, hungary, czech republic canned slovakia asking the united states to accelerate its shipments of energy to eastern europe in particular. this just underscores the fact that in -- in a long term -- maybe even mid term scenario our energy potential has the capacity of lowering the dependence of europe on russian energy. and therefore, affecting the economic viability of russia for a long term. >> rose: is what's happening self event of the fact that the russian reset did not work? >> well, the russian reset was preed kate on the goodwill -- preed kate on the goodwill of the president of russia and president of united states. for the first couple of years we had that. there are elements of the reset had they been allowed to continue would have -- would have mitigated against what's happening right now. unfortunately a key player changed, we have a new president in russia -- for whom the reset isn't as important. >> rose: thank you. we'll be back in a moment. predicting the future is a pretty diff

i mean, eastern borders of nato countries, three baltic countries, and poland, slovakia, hungary, romania and bulgaria. >> how big a threat do you think president putin is given that he has expounded on a doctrine of protecting russians, wherever russians are. how big a threat is that to world and european security? >> first of all, it's in breach of the very fundamental principles of european security since the second world war that borders are not changed by force and the doctrine is very much reminding us with the doctrine of nazi germany, russia gives itself the right to intervene wherever it wants, where the russians are, whether they produced the russian protest. it is very dangerous a threat to upon european security and also now because of nato, to nato itself. >> you are making that comparison to hitler's incursion into czechoslovakia, others have made that comparison. do you believe that is president putin's intention? >> well, i think he will go as far as we allow him to go, and he is testingette west on however he can go, threats toward finland, baltics, towards poland, and th

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