certainty provides opportunities for economic development for indians and non-indians alike. where indian water rights are unquantified, there's often tension and colon flict between tribes and their neighbors. the -- conflicts between tribes and their neighbors. the settlements replaces tension with collaboration, mutual interindependence and trust. i commend the team of lujan and heinrich for their hard work on this matter. i again would acknowledge the long hours of work that have been put into this measure by the distinguished the gentlelady from california -- the distinguished gentlelady from california, grace napolitano, for chair of water and power. she's gone through hours of meetings and discussions. i thank the four pueblos for their hard work and dedication. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr

ocean with africa and that is very significant and means the indian ocean is a closed body of water and from a european perspective that is depressing because you cannot sail from spain for example around africa and into the indian ocean. gold and spices were traveling from the far east, over land, through muslim occupied territories to europe, and europeans were keen to eliminate the middleman and the idea of sailing around into the indian ocean was an appealing one and that kind of map suggests that you cannot do that. but, he was not saying in these maps that he was showing anybody the whole world, he was showing them the world as he knew it and ptholomei he encouraged them to explore his world more fully and updated the maps and after they discovered him started to do in earnest and revisited accounts of travels to the far east, especially marco polo's book and constructed a hypothetical vision of the far east and also, significantly, began sailing south along the west coast of africa. and in 1489 made it to the southern tip and raised hopes they could sane to the indian ocean a

you can next under the indian ocean to africa and that is very significant because it means the indian ocean is a close body of water and from the european perspective that is depressing because you can sail from spain for example a round africa and into the indian ocean. gold then spices were traveling from the far east overland through muslim occupied territories to europe. europeans were keen to eliminate the middleman in the idea of sailing into the indian ocean was an appealing one. this map suggested can do that. but ptolemy wasn't saying in these maps that he was showing the whole world. he was issuing the world as he knew it and he encouraged his readers to explore the world more fully into update his maps and that is what europeans after they had discovered ptolemy had begun in the age of discovery really started to do in earnest. they revisited a lot of a constructed a hypothetical vision of the far east. they also barry said that the began sailing south along the west coast of africa and in 1489 made it all the way to the southern tip. that raised hopes that they could sail

indian roads in particular have suffered from a lack of investment. now the indian government has taken the situation in hand with one of the biggest road roll outs in history. our executive editor alan friedman sat down with the indian minister for road transport and highways kamal nath, to find out more. >>this is the old india and this is the new india. the government has begun a 50 year project to widen and pay 40.000 miles of narrow, dilapidated national l highways with the first leg budgeted at 6and a quarter billion dollars set to be completed by next year. 92 billion dollars will be spent onroads by 2012 mainly on 4 and 6 lanes superhighways. the man driving the project forward is the minister for road transport and highways kamal nath. he was formerly minister of commerce and industry where he gained a reputation as a tough and outspoken operator often criticised by richer nation forbeing overprotective of developing countries. >>friedman: kamal nath, welcome to world business, good to have you with us. you have announced plans for what must

they don't want the indians to disappear. but of course they can't control what's happening as we say, on the ground. and white settlers want that and they pushed the indians off of it. the founders, too, thought that slavery would naturally disappear. especially with the ending of the international slave trade in 1808. do that whole period, up to the second decade there's a strong feeling that slavery is on its last legs. it's going to go away and it is going to win the north. on the northern states by 1804 have abolished slavery. antelope does this the upper sell the least virginia, being the leader, is taking steps to eliminate slavery. and that's true. the missions were increasing. 30,000 free blacks were freed in the 17 80's and 90's following the revolution. there were freed in suits in virginia which freed hundreds of slaves who could show that they had an indian ancestor. if you had one indian ancestor that for the whole family. this was the feeling that people felt was -- the war was antislavery societies in the sout

only the indian spoke and what he said. this man, referring to the black man needs to get on the plan and doesn't have a passport. the ticket agent responded no passport, no plan. >> he is from sudan and we do this all of the time . >> that's not the incident that we are referring to at the moment. we are talking when the plane arrived, there was another man in his 30s of indian decent who was cuffed off of the plane and taken and interrogated and the dogs, bomb-sniffing dogs smelled something in his carry on luggage. he was detained and released and not a suspect. that was boarding the plane. >> right in amsterdam they are referring to what they saw at the ticket counter. they saw abdullmuttallab there with an indian guy and appeared to tell the ticket counter look, because he is a rudge rudge we should allow him to board the flight anyway. where is this goy this morning and why was he released so quickly? and why is the haskell corrob brated on thursday. we heard it on tuesday. no one said another person was arrested. the

they attacked the indian parliament. it was a brilliant tactical move that resulted in strategic space for them. in order to try to improve relations between pakistan and india, we have to do something that americans diplomacy is not good at. not talk about it, operate under the radar screen, and supportive of others, not try to have the stage all to ourselves. i'm not sure i'm there to diplomacy can do it, frankly. i don't think it's in our genes, but that's what we need to do. is the administration working on that, as i said at the beginning, i'm not a spokesman for the administration, but i would point you to one back. first, state visit dinner of this administration was with the indian leadership. because i think this administration understands exactly how important that is. now i realize most of you don't realize that that steak dinner included indians, because we have become obsessed with a couple from west virginia who showed up at the dinner, but fortunately in india, they do understand it was about the importanc

they attacked the indian parliament.a brilliant tactical move that resulted in strategic space for them. in order to try to improve relations between pakistan and india, we have to do something that americans diplomacy is not good at. not talk about it, operate under the radar screen, and supportive of others, not try to have the stage all to ourselves. i'm not sure i'm there to diplomacy can do it, frankly. i don't think it's in our genes, but that's what we need to do. is the administration working on that, as i said at the beginning, i'm not a spokesman for the administration, but i would point you to one back. first, state visit dinner of this administration was with the indian leadership. because i think this administration understands exactly how important that is. now i realize most of you don't realize that that steak dinner included indians, because we have become obsessed with a couple from west virginia who showed up at the dinner, but fortunately in india, they do understand it was about the importance of the

and also we are working with the tribes on an indian health care initiative. we are requiring kindergarten and compulsory school education until the age of the team and we increased the state aid to local schools when we get extra money we gave it to our local schools. the state also provided the funding to install anti-virus software and firewalls for 65,000 school computers, upgrade network deal conferencing equipment, and provide network management, security management and student information systems, on-site technical support, website hosting, and both internet access and e-mail for all of our local schools. all at no cost to them. we also passed the indian education act and established the gear-up program for the oceti sakowin consortium to help our native american students succeed. rather than providing remedial assistance we allow them an opportunity in high school to look at what they are going to be steady in the following year and to get an advanced starred in that year. we improved our high school graduates and requirements, and we also created the

they attack the indian parliament. it was a brilliant tactical move that resulted in strategic space for them. in order to try to improve relations between pakistan and india, we have to do something that american diplomacy is not good at -- not talk about it, operate under the radar screen, not try to have the stage all to ourselves. i am not sure american diplomacy can do it, frankly. but that is what we need to do. is the administration working on that? i am not a spokesman for the administration, but i would point you to one fact. the first state visit dinner of this administration was with the indian leadership. i think this administration understands exactly how important that is. most of you do not realize that that state dinner included indians, because we have become obsessed with a couple from west virginia who showed up at the dinner, but fortunately in india, they do understand it was about the importance of the u.s.-indian relationship. i do not think it is impossible. in one of the most important journali

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it's about the cherokee indians in the smokey mountains.the cherokee ♪ >> i forgot. it's just a fun thing. any how, there's a lot of songs, that's the only indian one, but there's a lot of songs about the great smoky mountains. my tennessee mountainhome. similar songs to that. my heart lives in the heart of the smokies. there's eight songs in the cd, and all the money goes to benefit the park. >> everyone loves "9 to 5," one of the classic comedies ever made. >> i got a gun out there in my purse, and up until now i've been forgiving and forgetting because of the way i was brought up. if you ever say another word about me or make another indecent proposal, i'm going to get that gun of mine and change you from a rooster to a hen with one shot. don't think i can't do it. >> why did you never follow up that movie with "9 to 5" two. >> i wondered that too. after all this time, they're doing a musical. it's to open on the 30th of april on broadway. we're going into rehearsals on the 7th of april. and hopefully everything's going to work out good.

i also ran into general rojas that was slaughtering the pompous indians so that they spaniards couldt was a terrific. he had to get a passport from him. i came to general rojas. they asked me my name. i said don charles darwin.. your occupation? naturalistic? what is this i told them through my interpreter a naturalist is a man who is interested in everything, anything. a spy we were lucky to leave there with our friends intact. as we went down the coast the turned out there was a secret agenda to the voyage. it was not only to map the coastline of south america. the captain had his own ideas. on a previous voyage he recruited, some six elected for young indians from the most miserable tribe. he thought that if he lured them back to england as civilized christians british civilization was so superior to the savage that if they would return to their homeland they would teach all these wonders to their kinsmen. you know, these ships in those days often racked off the coast of jera del fuego. that is the beagle in the storm. it almost went down. one day but british sailors woue greeted

to forestall indian influence. now of course mcchrystal said yesterday that it wasn't important, the withdrawal date wasn't important to strategy, which basically blows the message to karzai that we'll be leaving so they're sending sort of a model message. now, i don't think obama -- he doesn't mess have to say the u.s. is going to withdraw because the pakistanis have already experienced the u.s. and herut limited attention span, which we don't ever really acknowledge too much in the united states which just happens time and time again. so our chief ally in the region will probably continue supporting our enemies in the region, which is kind of a bizarre thing to have happen, if you know what i mean, but that's what's going on, right? the taliban will not be defeated and it will outweighed the united states. but what if the taliban weren't our enemy? what if the solution to this problem? what i would say is we need to distinguish between the taliban which is a local insurgency and al qaeda which is a worldwide insu

the plane told several media outlets they witnessed a second man who appeared to be in his 30's of indian decent helping the would-be bomber get on the plane without a passport and earlier this week i interviewed a 19-year-old passenger named daniel told me that bomb sniffing dogs alerted on to another passengers bags. they were held after at that flight, and that that man was taken away in handcuffs. well, in the wake of that botched christmas day terror attack aboard a delta operated plane, questions and fears about securities at u.s. airports have resurfaced. what are u.s. airports doing wrong, if anything, when it comes to trying to protect our citizens? well, jerusalem's bengorian airport is considered a world leader in airline safety. what can we learn from them? joining us now from jerusalem is aaron cline of world net daily. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> now, listen, i have to ask you in leading a little about the airport there, you read that there are six different layers of security screening and profiling and things that happened to people before they ever can get close

we're working with law enforcement in indian country.ducation to improve the 83 schools that serve the 44,000 children over which we have responsibility to provide an education. after 13 long years of litigation strangling this department, we have reached a settlement in litigation and nobody thought we could do it. [applause] on the energy front, we have been hard at work to change how we do business and build a comprehensive energy plan for the country. in the last year, we have offered new areas for oil and gas development, but we have instituted reforms to ensure that we're offering leases in the right places and in the right way. importantly, we have opened a new energy frontier on america's lands and oceans that will help power are clean energy economy into the future. for the first time ever, a responsibly -- an environmentally responsible program is in place. we have mapped out over 1000 square miles of land in the southwest for solar energy development. we are fast tracking solar and wind projects that can get up and running qui

drought, debt and desperation have pushed people to extremes in this north central indian region. to survive the bad years, some farmers turn to the "rich man" who lends money. but the high-interest loans mount up and lenders demand payment. because of years of poor harvests in this district, some farmers say they are being forced to pay their debts with whatever the lenders ask for, including their wives. do money lenders consider wives possessions to be bought and sold? "yes," "she says. "it happens sometimes when somebody bother rows money." >> reporter: did the money lender buy you? "he did buy me. that's why he told me he bought me." she says for 30 days the rich man forced her to live with him. when she finally did reach police, she told them her husband had sold her. then her case drew public attention. she retracted her report and her husband has taken her back. a social scientist says exploitation of women is common here, and so is the result when a woman gets the nerve to file a case. >> nobody's going to support and help them. the family decides not to help them. system

again, i primary bureau to investigate this new indian arts and crafts act. as written, this bill, h.r. 725, authorizes any federal law enforcement officer to authorize the act. this would include law enforcement officers who may or may not have expertise in dealing with tribes or with artists or counterfeit arts or crafts. i hope this will be limited only to the agency or agencies that have the funding, manpower, time and expertise to enforce this important but somewhat complex area of law. it would be nice if congress would actually take that responsibility to ourselves. indeed, the very goal of stopping this illegally counterfeited indian art should not be turned over to law enforcement agencies who are strained with other duties, other kinds of investigation of crime, acts of terrorism, fraud or any other kind of scheme that takes place. finally, in addition to the fact that this has not been specified where it should be, i do want to note that there is a largely identical bill sponsored by the senator from arizona that is in the house. if we had taken up

research walking in his footsteps to reconstruct the incredible things he had organized to bring the indian people to liberty like the days of the past where he would tell the people of india, more than 5 million people died a year of ponder he would tell them on wednesday we don't take food, the british must see we can stand out or yet organized days of silence, 500 million people to stay home saying the british must hear our silence and that can of august, 1947 was the triumph of this liberal. india was, during its freedom. but in a sense it was also his tragedy because out of one country was going to be born to freedom to countries. hindu india and muslim pakistan. when gondhi all of his life preached to his people we are not hindus or muslims, we are not buddhists, we are not christians, we are all sons of our mother, india and 100 million of those was losing the body of the mother to create this muslim nation of pakistan. and it was another four years of cold and research from north to south interviewing more than 3,000 people from all ranges of society from india a brand of people abo

. >>> ofcials are monitoring a volcano on the indian ocean island of reunion that erupted sunday with little warning. it was evacuated minutes before the volcano began spewing lava. another volcano in eaern congo is rising concerns. scientists say it will destroy 25 acres of nearby forest. >>> dubai is celebrating the opening of the tallest building today. the government hopes the unveiling othe structure helps revitalize the city's economy which was serious hit by a debt crisis. >> and nowere'a look at how wall street will kick off the day and the year after this holiday weekend. the dow opens at 10,428 after sinking 120 points. the s&p lost 11. and the nasdaq dipped 22 points. >>> taking a look at overseas trading is morning, in tokyo, the knee day gained 108 points to start off the new year, but in hong kong the hang seng fell 49 points. >>> speaking of the new year, a lot of pressure on stocks in the first few weeks as inveors search for clues about what's ahead. asoned traders wilbe watching for something called the january effect, which some say could set the tone for the entire

the indians had to settle for a white house state dinner and almost without even the salihis. [laughter] >> other consequences? the pressure of israel over the issue of nonsettlements to create daylight between the united states and israel precisely to gain favor with the palestine and the arab states. hence also the comedy of errors in honduras where obama supported a chavez want-to-be while opposing constitutionality that would oppose a dictate according to article 239. hence also and i'm yite shocked that lebanon's recent demonstrations to syria. syria had been ostracized from the bush administration for its role in the assassination and obama administration is offering reconciliation and return of the u.s. ambassador. the pro-western lebanese know how to read wind direction, hence the recent astonishing visit of lebanese president to da mass cast to bend -- damascus to bend a knee to a man he knows is behind the murder. but now who is now the once again regional power as the obama administration resets relations with lebanon-syrian overlord. accommodation with enemies is n

on a previous voyage, he had recruited, some say collected, four young indians from the poorest, mostnized them that british civilization was so superior to the savage, that if they were returned to their homeland, they would teach all these wonders to their kinsmen and you know, the ships in those days, often wrecked off the coast of, that's the beagle in the storm, it almost went over, and fitzroy imagined that one day, british sailors would be greeted by english-speaking indians, who would perhaps offer them a spot of tea and shepherd's pie. he had a vision, the captain had a vision. high top hats, high ideals. raise the "london times" with meals, you'll see said the captain with elation, oh, this would be the founding of a nation. ♪ savage squaws in gowns and bonnets ♪ ♪ speer toting natives quoting wallison nets ♪ for all you fans of internal rhyme. well, that's not what happened. what happened was that on meeting their kinsmen, the kinsmen beat them, robbed them, took all their goods, and i must say that i wrote in my journal that they were outfitted with beaver hats, silver sou

this person, according to the secret service, went to a local hotel where the indian delegation was meeting, and then hopped in a vehicle there and came into the white house. now, the secret service says that they did go through that -- that individual went through a security screening and they don't believe at any time ha individual he got into the receiving line or had a chance to meet the president or the first lady. it's under investigation, and clearly another embarrassing situation here for this white house, which we're talking about security issues, national security, and now a third individual managed to get in here. an individual who was not on the list. >> larry: dan, thanks so much. one of the best reporters in the business. our cnn white house correspondent in washington. now let's talk with anita who was an assistant to president george w. bush and laura who served as director of events. how could this happen? >> this is just unbelievable, and i'm sorry to hear that this has happened. again, we're talking about this, since november, another person that was able to breach the se

. >>> we're joined by a family now in indian trail, north carolina that loves each other and losing weightether. norris coles, the dad, stars in tlc's "one big happy family." along with his daughter, amber, his son, shayne and mom, tameka. each weighs more than 300 pounds. they've decided to get fit as a family without the help of trainers or nutritionists. here is a clip from "one big happy family." >> that does kind of make me feel guilty that these are habits they learned early on. norris and i, i think we both were to blame. we got to make some changes. >> i think we should all try together. i need the family's help. >> did you hear that? >> i heard it. >> okay. thank you, doctor. >> no problem, i'll see you in october. >> without his family's cooperation, shayne will fail. shayne will develop diabetes within two years unless this entire family works together. but as you look at shayne's mom and look at shayne's dad, it's pretty clear to me that the entire family's at risk. >> larry: tameka coles. how did this start? you weigh -- you're 36 years old. you weigh 380 pounds. how did this

to take action against violence against indian women. to provide recommendations on a program of research and instituted consultations to learn how to department can improve its response to these crimes. while we are proud of our accomplishments, we recognize there is still much to do. looking forward, the office will focus on a number of areas where greater effort is needed. for example, over the years we have learned that law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges alike work with victim advocates to use their distinct roles to coordinate community responses to violence against win. while this approach has been important to our efforts we cannot rely solely on the criminal justice system to end violence against women and to be effective local responses must be informed by the voices of survivors. and also diverse representatives of the country. while it has made a tremendous difference in the lives of many, we recognize that we have left many behind. particularly women of color. i am constantly inspired by the extraordinary commi

a volcano erupted today on the french indian ocean island of reunion. not eruption forced the evacuation of several vacation resorts. everyone was able to escape without being hurt. tourists snapped pictures as they waited for a held to want to lift them to safety. the volcano has erupt more than a dozen times in the past three years. back here, the bitter cold, not just here in d.c., heavy snow and frigid temperatures are blasting areas from the north to south florida. the sunshine state, they saw temperatures this morning in the 30s. in boston, as you can see, snow is the main problem there and across the midwest, more snow and temperatures that struggle to reach single digits today and chuck bell you put it best at the break. when you walked outside it's like the cold justmacks you in the face. >> old man winner in your face today. >> i think we're all ready for a break from the extreme wind event we've been suffering from the last couple of days. its before very windy and cold since about midnight friday night and winds are showing signs of diminish

he said did you know even before slavery the white man sought to exterminate the indian. racism is terri deep. they destroyed indigenous people and noticed he's in a racially which usually he hedges. he says not all white people but it's the white man to you know in america the white man sought to inoculate the indian, to wipe him out and he made a national policy that said now the nation that got started like that got a lot of repenting to do. got a lot of repenting to do. what i wanted to do tonight is it just an evocative sense of this backstage variety of voices of king and i have yet to see if you have questions. we can get into anything else you want to because this is the 40th anniversary of want to return to this theme of king's premonition of his death because king's death talk was of eclectic. and it's kind of interesting way it commemorates him by sort of thinking about the many moods and note that he could more on his death. sometimes it took the form of the erie on settlement as a rattled king collapsed at the podium at his church and start solving if anyone

a nationwide movement in india for freedom of information legislation, and it eventually led the indian government to adopt a law we about freedom of information. now i was in india about six months after that law was adopted in 2006 and i met an activist who was working in one of the villages, so i asked her as the law made any difference and she told me in the village where she was working the state provides the food for public works and now the villages go and ask the local official how many bags of food did the government send you? and he is obliged to show them the docket with the bags so it says 100 bags in the villages go and count how many have been distributed and they come back and say we distributed only 87 backs so what happened to the other bags? if you can see very clearly from that how the dialogue, how the relationship between the state and the individual state and citizen is changing. >> another question from the audience, how do you help women in muslim countries as an exit poll iran go up against institutionalized discrimination >> well, institutionalized discriminati

[laughter] he wrote her a pleasing letter because he is about to fight the indians and there may be a bullet with my name on it and they're probably will be but he could not resist. he wrote a blazing four page letter in which he simply said to you love me as much as i love you? i just want to know that before i march off to get shot. it was that letter that sally save for the rest of her life. so she also had a rather strong attraction to this tall muscular man, her husband was a when the shrimp i might add. [laughter] >> host: martha was also not too rare. george had a temper. he had his mother's temper. martha was not aware of that and i think he did everything he could to avoid telling her that. there is a great story when he sits down to have his portrait painted by gilbert stuart, the most famous portrait painter at the time. and gilbert fancied himself as an amateur psychologist and mentioned him holding back his temper you might want to share -- sure that storey. >> guest: he was painting and he said general your features you have the physiognomy of a man of violent passions.

again, absolutely central to the conduct of indian democracy is the press.so when we drink tonight, let's drink to reporting, and thank you very much indeed for all of you for coming tonight. [applause] >> this was a portion of a booktv program. you can view the entire program, and many of the book tv programs online. go to booktv.org. type the name of the author or book into the search area in the upper left hand corner of the page. select the watch link. now you can view the entireyou e recently o booktv box, or the featured video box to find recent and featured programs. from the texas book festival in austin, howard campbell talks about the drug war in the border towns of el paso, texas, and juarez mexo. . .

i am talking about the indian banks that steered this country into a ditch. -- the big banks that steered the country into a ditch. i predicted we would see massive tax appear bailouts. -- taxpayer bailouts. we want to make sure that banks do not go too far. medium-size businesses that are ready to expand -- we want to encourage our banking industry to take all look and provide credit for them. the biggest banks are not doing that. they are back are in derivatives and playing their games which a synthetic derivative is which means there are no values on side. >> the president made health care of his signature in 2009. was that a mistake? guest: i think so. not because health care is not important, but the timing was not good. you need to reach as high as you çcan reach an order to put together -- something they can get through congress.4++ çlet's work exclusively on restarting the economic engine. the president will say he was working on that is well. i would've said the economy first and health care later. his position is, you cannot fix the economy without fixing health care. there is

at the same time, when we are talking of fdiinto india, india is investing in a major way abroad, indian entities. in many countries, includingoecd countries, india investments are more. overall our investments in the last 7 years out of india are 67 billion us dollars. >>friedman: in order to make india a more investment friendly place and get the value proposition to the international fdi community up, what are the twothree most important reforms that you want to spearhead during your time in office? >>sharma: we are ensuring simplification and rationalisation of fdi norms. also uniformity when it comes to approvals, across the country. i have convened a first meeting of the industry ministers of all the states. we have launched a pilot project, with infosys executing it, that is on government ebusiness. so eventually all the services will be in the paperless mode. this pilot project covers nine states,eventually will cover the entire country by 2015. >> abirached: still to come on world business... greening the german car industry. the country known for large luxury motors embraces ec

the son of two indian doctors you naturally are going to become a doctor yourself then i wanted to push against my own inevitable path. and, during that time i got a master's and politics and philosophy and then came to washington and work for jim cooper, a conservative democrat from tennessee. i worked on al gore campaign for president back in 88 and then in '92 came back from medical school which became the thing i kept falling back to because i didn't like depending on working for other people to figure

we're working with law enforcement in indian country.ation to improve the 83 schools that serve the 44,000 children over which we have responsibility to provide an education. after 13 long years of litigation strangling this department, we have reached a settlement in litigation and nobody thought we could do it. [applause] on the energy front, we have been hard at work to change how we do business and build a comprehensive energy plan for the country. in the last year, we have offered new areas for oil and gas development, but we have instituted reforms to ensure that we're offering leases in the right places and in the right way. importantly, we have opened a new energy frontier on america's lands and oceans that will help power are clean energy economy into the future. for the first time ever, a responsibly -- an environmentally responsible program is in place. we have mapped out over 1000 square miles of land in the southwest for solar energy development. we are fast tracking solar and wind projects that can get up and running quickl

the rule provides for the consideration of h.r. 3254, the taos pueblo indian water rights settlement act, h.r. 3342, the aamodt litigation settlement act, and h.r. 1065, the white mountain apache tribe water rights quantification act of 2009. each hour has one hour of general debate to be controlled by the chairman on natural resources. it self-executes an amendment to ensure the bill is pay-go compliant. each bill has a separate amendment by representative mcclintock which is debatable for 10 minutes. the rule also allows a motion to recommit with or without instructions for each of the three bills. h.r. 1055, the -- 1065, the white mountain apache tribe water rights quantification act of 2009, h.r. 3254, the taos pueblo indian water rights settlement act, and h.r. 3342, aamodt litigation settlement act, are all bipartisan pieces of legislation and are all sensible pieces of legislation. each of these bills will approve, ratify and confirm carefully negotiated settlement agreements between tribal representatives, nonindian water users and the united states government. these agreemen

how far that will extend beyond the asia-pacific region and east china into the indian ocean remainsto be seen but they are demonstrating the capability to operate at longer ranges by virtue of their assistance to the international counterpiracy issue in the gulf of aden and their ability to sustain their operations. >> would you say the development of our relationships, that we are working with that. or not having the ability to have that level of discussion we are seeking. what are we doing about that? >> energy and regional security issues, seeking more transparency from the chinese and security policies. and particularly in southeast asia. secretary clinton has been booed southeast asia three times. remaining in contact with our friends and allies played an important role in addressing this. >> if i may touch on one aspect about transparency it is not strictly a defense but there is active engagement in the scientific and educational communities between china and the united states. that usually occurs in conferences under the department of energy or the department of the interior

as an indian american, a woman, an activist, a teacher, and a writer, i am deeply grateful to the cityme and many others like me. such things do not happen without the backing of a progressive and inspired leadership. it is with great pleasure and great hope that i welcome our elected official, in particularly, our new mayor, with a poem that embodies houston's rich diversity. the poem describes the traditional women's it dance held every year in several houston locations to celebrate a major indian festival. the nine sacred nights, we dance. like glances off this move the floor of the gym. to the drummers have begun and the old women singing of krishna and the milkmaids. it is an electric not pulling us in, those who have never seen the old land. this night, we have shed our genes for long skirts. pulled back hair in braids. treated nail polish and mascara for hannah -- henna. our hips move like water to the drums. tamoxifen has had this this pedal, and our skirts swirl up as we turn. we ignore the men. in the bleachers, they smile behind in their hands, whisper. we shine in the black

they built roads, schools, colleges, and sent indians to britain for education. >> what is the question? >> my question is are we not doing the same thing? believing their own presence, i have been to pakistan twice since last three years. we fought in the 1980's -- >> thank you. are we making the same mistakes as the soviets or rise in iraq? the difference between the soviet occupation and american and the other countries involved in the effort in afghanistan is like night and day. a missing it is important to remember one-and-a-half% were killed. it was the largest refugee population in history. it was also the most heavily- -- mined country in the world. the answer to are they similar, i say the answer is great interest to policy makers and everyone else in the country. the about the iraq surge, which i personally oppose along with probably everybody else on this panel was doubling down on the fact that part of why i oppose this is what was going on in iraq. it went into probably the nastiest civil war in recent modern history. the minister of fallen interior was essentially a sheeha

but i cannot stress highly enough that we -- that the indian relationship is important to the u.s., the pakistan relationship is important to the u.s. and there is -- and in my view, the argument that we favor one country over the other is a legacy of the past. i do not believe it is justified by the policies we are taking right now. : my question, two quick questions, really. yesterday, the un ambassador in afghanistan said that efforts that need attention -- is the united states through the government in afghanistan in talks on negotiation? is the pakistani military affair with this in afghanistan? [unintelligible] the pakistan military has been selectively targeting the militants, but not the ones operating in afghanistan. thank you very much. >> on your first question concerning -- you said remarks of the u.s. ambassador? i think you're referring to the senior u.n. representative? is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> he was in this morning to see secretary clinton and me. we had a very good talk. he came in for some formal talks, and we discussed this issue. i do not know exactly what r

so again absolutely central to the conduct of indian democracy is the press.so what we3÷l drink tonight, l drink to reporting and thank you very much indeed for all of you for coming tonight. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> this was a portion of a book tv program. you can view the entire program and many other book tv programs online. go to booktv.org. type the name of the author or book into the search area in the upper left-hand corner of the page. select the watch link. now you can view the entire theram. recently on book tv box or the featured video box to find recent and featured programs. >> we're here with leslie sanchez the author of the book "you've come a long way maybe." ms. sanchez you're an analyst on cnn during the 2008 presidential election. who is the most powerful woman in politics right now? >> by far you would have to say secretary of state hillary clinton. not only are her approval ratings incredibly high. but she's also proven to be a very powerful leader nationally. she's had a few missteps but for somebody who used to be so polar

i'm indian descent.t recruiting people, the resume is usually someone from a foreign country. very few caucasians go to technology. you want to find people like that. they are interfacing with your salespeople. you want people who have a strong command of english. what's happening is most people you're having english is a second language. if we start cutting off immigration and visas. i don't know, if you ask any entrepreneur, with a technology company, they are not finding enough qualified people in technology, which is why they go to other countries also because you can't find them here and the ones you can find are extraordinaryly expensive. kids out of college are asking for $70,000 in the recession. that is just not market in career jobs. there is a scarcity of qualified engineers being generated out of the u.s. >> frank, how do you fix that? >> i think in the real sense, some of the responses you have gotten, unthe hints, one is the immigration policy, which carl addressed is really encureging. i m

ocean century, -- if you accept the premise of an indian ocean century, what do you think in terms ofnserting american interesting to that new balance? >> i am not sure we are going to see a shift as dramatic as implied. it remains the case that our diplomatic establishment is overwhelmingly oriented toward europe. that is where most of our diplomatic activity takes place. that is where most of our interactions take place. it is where are important alliance is. my impression of obama's visit to asia is the japanese portion was described as the japanese themselves as the worst visit ever by an american president to japan. i did not see a strategy. a juror and the state visit to india makes perfect sense -- a state visit to india makes perfect sense, but there do not see strategy behind that. what can he do? clearly, we have to reassure those allies likely to be intimidated by the rising -- rapid rise of china. we have to do a better job of dealing with north korea, and i think there are options that would entail mobilizing the chinese to be more helpful than they have been. i am sure i

a confrontation between anti-indian protesters and indian police getting more violent.his is video from the latest face-off. protesters hurling rocks and debris. also today two suspected rebels were killed during a long shoot out with forces in the middle of the kashmir village. all this comes after a deadly 20-hour clash yesterday that left four people their dead. martha: we are at war with al qaeda. that is where president obama had to say yesterday. a little bit later than this time yesterday he was speaking those words pledging to ramp up security measures while filling the gaps information is geared between the intelligence agencies. is the administration up the task is one of the questions that is out there today? and what about the it director of national intelligence, a post that this created to coordinate these agencies. we would get into why you're not hearing more about that agency coming up in three minutes. trace: back live in the newsroom. it's the bottom of the hour. brand new information on three big stories. here is a big legal question. how can the u.s

course was a man of affairs he had been a colonel and commander of the virginia troops and french and indian war and he was about perfect in every way and incidentally she was pursued by some of the richest man in virginia before she decided to mary washington. they were the same age and the more you think about the more you watch what happened afterwards. you realize there is a definite attraction there and you're the most surprising thing i found is after more than a decade of happy marriage life george washington was appointed commander in chief of the american army in 1775 and the first person he wrote a letter to when he got this assignment was to martha and the letter began my dearest. >> host: all of them did. >> guest: yes. so then i went back and looked at martha's papers and there were more fun writing to my dearest. now this is a think it's pretty good tribute to each other and a sign there was a very deep love that had taken root between these two people. and the reason, barbara, that martha washington is totally and appreciate it i have said in the book and elsewhere we think of

but i cannot stress the highly enough that the indian relationship is important to the u.s., the pakistan relationship is important to the u.s., and there is, in my view, the argument that we favor one country over the other is a legacy of the past. i do not believe it is justified by the policies we are taking right now. >> lady in the pack. raidty in the back. >> thank you very much. we -- [inaudible] my question is two quick questions really. yesterday the u.n. ambassador for afghanistan said reconciliation efforts is one area that needs attention the. the united states to the government of afghanistan in talks or negotiation, and the second question is the pakistan military -- [inaudible] are fundamental in afghanistan, but recently there have been media reports that pakistan military is, i mean, selectively targeting the militant thes on their own end but not the ones which are operate anything afghanistan, thank you very much. >> on your first question concerning you said the remarks of the u.n. ambassador, did you say? i think you're referring to the senior u.n. representative, is

, the indian government sent an all women-formed police unit.ces and the sheer positive message they are sending around the world. may they return safely. host: jackie o'neill, thank you for being here, and coming up next we will have rolf mowatt larssen, and next what is coming up. >> we will have white house and party politics and health care and the possible moving of 9/11 trials out of new york city. on "meet the press" will be david axegÑrod and john boehner. guests on fox news sunday, include indiana leader and evan vie. maryland democratic congress, and wisconsin republican congressman, paul ryan. speaking with democratic governor of michigan and mississippi republican governor, hailey barber. cnn will hostx mitch mcconnell and robert gibbs. you can listen to all five morning talk shows on c-span radio, nationwide on satellite radio, 132, and you can listen to us on the web at c-span.org, and follow us on twitter. >> on the first time stu art benjamin. >> today on "newsmakers," senator byron dorgan. >> senator, a moment ago you mentioned

you see it very clearly between 1763 and 1766 between the french and indian war and colonies became generally independent in the british empire and 1776 when they declared independence. this punishment and a very unique situation separated by an ocean having come largely in search of their who religious freedom shipped by british constitutionalism, learning to govern themselves were forced to think through certain principles , certain ideas about the source of the legitimacy of government and the source of their rights. they are forced to think those things as never before. and so they thought about the principles. the book is built around ten core principles. the first and grand principle is that of liberty, the overarching theme of the nation's history. but here i deliberately choose the word liberty rather than the word freedom. anything can be free, not just people. animals can be freed, a ball rolling downhill can be free but liberty is a term we only use for humans, for people. the inf liberty. a certain type of freedom, the freedom that is appropriate for the human person. i talk about