torture in northern ireland. test some bit of wake up. >> war stories. >> yes. >> i see it every day. >> i've liked working there. >> with the kevin you there. >> nice to meet you. >> very nice to meet you. very nice. >> i know. >> very nice to meet you. it's very nice. >> this is my husband, allan. >> oh. [inaudible conversations] >> we are going to talk later. and just couldn't decision over there. people want me to sign books. >> right. you have got to speak. >> i have got to speak now. >> very nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> i just spoke to donald. >> is a lawyer. came over. though, he did. i have bad news for him. >> yeah. >> is that all right? >> i would be. well, keep it from my wife. >> i will be on that. at one that does not tell your . >> really. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome. i'm delighted to see you all here at the british embassy. and a special welcome to harold evans. we at the embassy are delighted to be participating in the the launch of harry's book "my paper chase: true stories of vanished

so ensure the people in northern ireland enjoy shared power which is fair. >> mr. speaker, i've been asked to reply. i'm sure the whole house will join me in sending our profound condolences to the family and friends to the two soldiers of the third battalion who died in afghanistan yesterday. he with send our deepest sympathies to our families. this christmas we'll all be thinking of the bravery and the dedication of our armed forces overseas and especially at this time of year, the families who support them. my right honorable friend the prime minister is in copenhagen. this morning he met the u.n. secretary-general. this afternoon he will address the assembly. >> the whole house will endorse what the right honorable lady has said about these fallen soldiers and our thoughts will be very much with their families. but may i turn to the home front and other families who will be desperately worried that their own loved ones might not be home for christmas because of the cabin crew british airways strike. whilst it's been good news this morning that british airways n

some of them have families and have been living in ireland working for the u.s. as american citizens. a choice that would destroy ep an established way of life in ireland if they were forced to come to the united states, or a career with the u.s. customs and border protection. they would have to choose and that's not right. this was done through no fault of their own. this bill, h.r. 1517, would allow these employees to stay close to their families and keep their positions protecting our country. i would like to applaud the homeland security committee for including language encouraging the c.b.p. commissioner not to be too disruptive to the employees when implementing this legislation. i recognize the standard c.b.p. policy is for employees serving in overseas positions to rotate back to the united states after five years. however in this extreme circumstance it would be best for the c.b.p. to allow the employees to continue to serve where they are currently with the years of experience they bring to their positions. let me say in closing, h.r. 1517 is a bipartis

crisis is almost a mirror of what happened in the u.s., ireland, spain, we have the first global crisis. i know the term global gets bandied around but it is global. a sheriff gdp by the countries has been affected by the crisis that during the unfolding of the global crisis, we had central banks from all over the world, not just to the united states treasury department's, a finance ministry tracking our work. one of the things that we laid out was benchmarks saying this is not the average recession. this brings me to my last point* which is, where are we? this is not your typical recession were typical postwar recession lasted less than one year. the longest post war recession was 16 months. so as the crisis unfolded, it's policymakers were looking at some of the benchmarks that were laid out in our analysis. two statistics that were shocking, we had moved from the american economic association presentation at the beginning from 2008 from the same exactly one year later. and two statistics from this comparison really shocked many. if you look at the severe in a systematic crisis post-w

going to publish his memoirs soon and counterpunch, i claude, it was one telephone line to southern ireland in the 50's. he finished writing his articles and then he would jump on his bike and ride 3 miles to the town. in fact the only time he got mad at me in my childhood is when i got fed up with him riding into town instead of reading the book in the evening and i let down the tires on his bicycle. he was furious. he said any other father would be to you -- any other father. my father worked on that for many years, almost to the day he died, not quite 1980. i must have tight about, i don't know, four or 5 million words on one of those machines. most journalists and writers of my generation did. the only person i know who still does i think is ralph nader. i told him i had one and he got incredibly excited he wanted to cannibalize it. i wouldn't do that. i don't know if i would still use it. so that is my work have it for writing books and editing and all that, and i wrote columns and new york until 1984. when i sent an article to england to the new states and i wrote i have to get on the

this was made by an american company in ireland and then shipped all over the world.his little bottle was shipped to the united states. this little bottle was shipped to canada. same bottle. one was blue, one was red in the label, but the same bottle, same pill, same company, inspected by the f.d.a. now, what's the difference? the price. the american consumer is told the american consumer is told >> what's the difference? the price. they were told, that's what you get to do. you get to pay almost triple. why? and it's not just the american consumer. if i can just hold up a chart that shows two drugs. i think if i can find it. one is nexium. it is advertised substantially. i al have one on lipitor. do you think they are losing money? europe? i don't think so. they charge $424. it is the pricing policy. >> wouldn't pharmaceutical companies say because we have to absorb the cost of all of the research that went into developing nexium. >> that is also always raised. if you don't allow us to charge the american consumer the highest prices in the world, we don't get to do t

ireland has four. jordan has seven. bosnia, 10. there are three or four countries, the u.k., australia, can live up -- canada, and italy, with syria's troops. the rest of there for political, not military support. it is embarrassing to call it an international coalition when it is nothing of the sort -- there rest of them there are political, not military. caller: thank you very much for your astute research. i want to ask you, do you see any correlation with this military expansion, the movement from a draft service to an all- volunteer service in the sense that americans do not have any skin in the game anymore? people volunteer for military services for their own agendas and motives. guest: i think there's a big correlation. i do not agree with robert about the motives for entering the military. i work with a lot of veterans, and they joined because they need a job. that is more prevalent than ever. 2008 was the first year since 9/11 and that the military has been able to make their quotas without reducing standards, and it is b

because they were voted off of the ireland. but technically there were voted off in manhattan when they lost their seats on the security council. 1971 the un and other political powers decided to recognize beijing instead of tie one as the capital of china and then they lost their seats on the security council that led the government to conclude that the americans will be abandoning us, we better have nuclear weapons to do with a huge chinese model with on the of me man so taiwan embarked on a serious nuclear weapons program and they had very good scientific staff and a lot of money. and then have 250 pounds of plutonium but at the end of the cold war is the active u.s. involvement they leaned on the tide one-- to convince them it is not a good idea. it does not do any good that is why all of these relationships that is what convince them to quit. we bought the plutonium is now in the u.s. energy stocks and it sees being the embryonic nuclear power. the other place is south africa they've had nuclear weapons and the south afric

and this was made by an american company in ireland and shipped all over the world. this little bottle would shift to the united states. this was shipped to canada. same bottle. one was blue, one was red in the label, the same bottle, saint l., infected the fda. what's the difference? they said guess what you get to do. you get to pay almost triple. why? and it's not just the american consumer. if i can just hold up a chart that shows two drugs i think if i can find it one is next to nexium. but nexium is an example and i also have one on lipitor. here's the price for nexium. you think the pharmaceutical industry is selling nexium at $37 for the equivalent quantity and germany and losing money? i don't think they are losing money at that. but instead of $37 they charge the american consumer $424. my point is the pricing policy. >> ifi from the question with the pharmaceutical companies able it cost $424 because we have to absorb the cost of all the research that went in to developing that vaccine. >> i would say this. that is also always faced. to say well, if you do

before you leave northern ireland. >> larry: tom, we have bodies. we can examine bodies and see through clothing and we beefed up security everywhere and we have watch lists. are we safer? >> i think clearly we're safer, but it's also equally clear, given the several incidents that occurred in the last couple months in this country, that we still have very serious gaps in information sharing. and that we've learned, given this recent incident, that these are individuals who are fairly strategic in their thinking. they're very patient. we have a long, long way to go. we're going to be at this for a long, long time. i think for a generation or two. i guess i'm concerned that over years that we've lost the senseful urgency. we're not paying attention to the minutia, the details critical in making the assessment as to whether somebody should be on a plane or not. ints profiling. it's about taking a look at very important critical pieces of information and making sure that they're shared with the decision-make hers. i'm afraid some of the events over the

nor were they intent on doing that into northern ireland either.ssile centric account of foreign policy. two days later -- i think it was two days later, i saw karl rove, and he more or less gave me the same account, but emphasizing that as with most presidents of the united states in the first few months, you focus on other things other than foreign policy. there was going to be tax cuts, health care for senior citizens. >> it's interesting that in your book, "d.c. confidential," you write in the first few months about colin powell, that he was always skeptical about belligerent notions of dealing with salaam hughes. -- saddam hussein. >> well, it focused on financing iraqi dissident groups. if you went up on the hill, as we did quite frequently, what you would hear from republican senators and their staff was there's some really good dissident groups out there. we need to finance them and arm them and shake saddam's foundations. now, the group of choice was something called the i.n.c., the iraqi international congress. most of the members seemed

britain is on threat of terrorism from northern ireland as well. >> reporter: richard, what about securityamsterdam airport, a very famous airport? >> reporter: yes. it's not only a very famous airport. i think it's important to say tonight it's one of the best-run and most important airports of europe. this is not some rinky dink little airport in the middle of nowhere. security here is taken extremely seriously. it's at the forefront not only of procedures but of equipment. if there's a new gadget out there, they will have it. and, remember, larry, that this airport is one of the major european hubs and bases for delta airlines and the old northwest through their sky team alliance with air france and klm. it's not as if delta has one or two flights a day into this place, it's up to a dozen parts of day from different parts of the u.s. it's a major modern airport, and i know for' fact because they told me today they've taken what's taken place exceptionally serious le. >> larry: paul, should people be concerned about flying internationally? >> well, people shouldn't be too fearful. people

this was made by an american company in ireland and then shipped all over the world. this little bottle was shipped to the united states. this little bottle was shipped to canada. same bottle. one was blue, one was red in the label, but the same bottle, same pill, same company, inspected by the f.d.a. now, what's the difference? the price. the american consumer is told guess what you get to do. you get to pay almost triple. why? and it's not just the american consumer. if i can just hold up a chart that shows two drugs, i think if i can find it. one is nexium. this is advertised substantially, but nexium is an example, and i also have one on lipitor. here's the price for nexium. do you think the pharmaceutical industry is selling nexium at $37 for the equivalent quantity in germany and losing money? i don't think they are losing money at that. but instead of $37, they charge the american consumer $424. my point is -- my beef with the industry is their pricing policy. mr. mccain: i would ask my friend a question. wouldn't the pharmaceutical companies say it costs $424

additional troops, allied forces including afghans does not exceed the 27500 troops we had and northern ireland during that helmand pross cents -- given that helmand province is four times the size of -- what is the prime minister troops will make a difference? >> this is to build up afghan forces so that they can take more responsibility for their country. that although there are 90,000 be 135,000 by next year. it is our strategy to train at these afghan forces so that they buy their professional ability and hold the ground as well as take ground in afghanistan over time. and that is our strategy, not to rely exclusively on allied forces but to have allied forces working with the afghan army and with a corrupt-3 afghan peace. so he has misunderstood the strategy if he puts it the way he is doing. >> should he set out his strategy and a fully detailed of this year? and that the white paper should be debated on the floor of this house on a commendable motion before the 20th of january? in april, if i remember the date rightly, the proposals that we afghanxzaton strategy. house want to debate the

their questions about whether or not ireland and greece can even stay in the year rose some -- in the eurozone. >> i do not have a fundamental answer to all of those questions. i think karen said that it is all about confidence. as long as confidence is not walls come and also the deficit, in may be a problem and not a catastrophe. when it comes to greece and spain, is difficult. spain also has big macro problems, financial policy, especially in the construction sector. spanish banks are doing very well. the spanish problem is manageable. of little more difficult because of greece, the administration is not working -- if at all report which is monitoring the grease administration, and even the minister does not know the data, that is the feeling. that is a problem. i think it is a danger for the eurozone, but we have to keep in mind that there is a stability and growth pact. in spite of the crisis, you may say that we are quite well. we've brought down deficits and debt for most of the countries. as long as the confidence in the overall stability and growth pact is not lost, i think t

before you leave northern ireland.lique's clinically proven ingredient maintains healthy cholesterol naturally. eat right. exercise. garlique. >> larry: before we talk with yale galanter, the attorney for charlie sheen's wife, brooke mueller, let's talk to erica hill, the host of ""ac 360."" what's up tonight, erica? >> larry, thanks. tonight at the top of the hour, new and frankly mind boggling details about what u.s. intelligence agencies knew about the alleged underwear bomber. details, which, of course, did not stop him from boarding that flight in amsterdam last week. we are keeping them honest tonight, taking a look as well at the recommendations made by the 9/11 commission. those recommendations came out 5 1/2 years ago. all made to prevent exactly this type of scenario. recommendations to keep us safe. knowing that, you might think all the things the panel suggested were put into place or at least the majority of them. think again. joe johns breaking it down for us. and on a much lighter note, we're getting rea

before you leave northern ireland. >>> i'm afraid some of the events over the past couple months haveuggested that old paradigm, the need to know has maybe been receded in some of these organizations because it doesn't appear to me there is a willingness to share that kind of information that we need to make america as safe as we want it to be. >> suggestion by the former secretary of homeland security that we are, seem to be back at square one. peter, you think there are large implications of what's happened. everyone is safe but there is an implication for some other policy. >> well, there is a huge implication for obama's desire to abolish gitmo, which i support by the way. the problem is a very large number of those guys are yemenis now. they would go back to yemen. two of the people allegedly involved in this plot supporting this guy were people let out of gitmo by george w. bush. the yemenis are not very good at dealing with these people when we send them back. it's going to make it that much more difficult for obama to deal with the guantanamo bay problem. >> they could end up

it was not in northern ireland. as sherman kent said years and years ago over half a century ago, there is a price to be paid if any organization does not know its own history. aidid the little bit like the price paid by an individual at the individual forgets his own personal experiences. so in the 1970's the first troubles, i have not forecast a single document which even refers to the troubles of 50 years before. had referred to the troubles that 50 years before, the period of the easter rising of the state of the republican 1922 what would it have said? and what it said military intelligence did not have its act together, the two were not communicating with each other and that there was no clearly defined role of mi5 in the zionist. what happened in the 1970's? absolutely the same. this is in near perfect example of the old historical maxim of those who do not understand past mistakes are condemned to repeat them but the main confusion is the result of a revolt of the french government. it is almost beyond belie

in counterpunch, i, claude -- you know, it was one telephone line to the outside world in southern ireland in the middle '50s. he'd finish riding his articles, and then he'd jump on his bike and ride 3 miles to the town. in fact, the only time he ever really got mad another me in my childhood is when i got fed up with him riding into town instead of reading me a book, and i let down the air in his tires. he said any other father would have beat you. [laughter] 1930 until almost the day he died, 1980, i must have typed about, i don't know, four or five million words on would be of those -- words on one of those machines as, indeed, most writers of my generation did. the only person that still does, i think, is ralph nader. i told him i had an underwood 10, he got incredibly excited. he wanted to cannibalize it for his. i wouldn't do that. so that was my work habits and, you know, for writing books and editing and all that, and, you know, i remember i wrote columns in new york until 1984. when i had, when i sent an article to new new edge, i'd have to get on the subway in manhattan in the mi

given net helmand is four times the size of ireland, what makes the prime minister thinks that an extra 500 troops will make sufficient difference? >> it is not as he implies to his question, it is to build up afghan forces so that they are in position to take more responsibility and security for their country. although there are 90,000 afghan forces now, there will be in our view, 135,000 by next year. it is our strategy to train up these afghan forces so that they can hold the ground as well as take ground in afghanistan over time. that is our strategy, not to rely exclusively on allied forces, but to have allied forces working with the afghan army with a corrupt-free afghan police as well over the next few years. he has misunderstood the strategy. strategy if he puts it the way he is doing. >> should he set out his strategy and a fully detailed of this year? and that the white paper should be debated on the floor of this house on a commendable motion before the 20th of january? in april, if i remember the date rightly, the proposals that we afghanxzaton strategy. house want to debate

it's a story about childhood poverty in limerick, a small, medium-sized community in ireland.he wrote a story that really touched people from all over the world of the challenges that families face under the most difficult circumstances and ultimately, although a very harsh account of his life, an inspiring book about his mother, angela mccourt. he wrote a second story about "tis" which was a story about immigration. coming back to the u.s. as really a native irish citizen at the time and fending his way through america. but, again, a story which was full of some pretty rough scenes but at the end of the day it really is an american story about someone coming to this country, being able to have the opportunity to pursue their dreams, to have the tools and opportunity, again, to become an extremely successful teacher. and that was the third book, "teacher man," which was the story about him going into the public school system in new york city. his story about his first day in the classroom is something that every teacher i have ever talked to has described as one of the most am

in this was made by an american company in ireland to ensure all of the world. this little bottle was shipped to the u.s., this was shipped to canada. the same bottle, one was blue and red in the label but the same pills the same company, inspected by the fda. now, what's the difference? the price. the american consumers are told guess what you need to do. you pay almost triple. why? and it is not just in the american consumer. if i can just hold up a chart that shows to drugs of i can find it, one is nexium, and one is lipitor. here is the price for nexium. you think the industry is selling nexium at $37 for the equivalent quantity in germany and losing money. i don't think they're losing money but instead 37 they charge of the american consumer $424. my point is, their pricing policy. >> i ask, what of the pharmaceutical company said its cost $424 because we have to absorb the cost of all the research that went into developing nexium? >> i would say that that is also always raced to say, well, you know, if you don't allow us to charge of the american consumer

ireland has four. jordan has seven. bosnia, 10. there are three or four countries, the u.k., australia, can live up -- canada, and italy, with syria's troops. the rest of there for political, not military support. it is embarrassing to call it an international coalition when it is nothing of the sort -- there rest of them there are political, not military. caller: thank you very much for your astute research. i want to ask you, do you see any correlation with this military expansion, the movement from a draft service to an all- volunteer service in the sense that americans do not have any skin in the game anymore? people volunteer for military services for their own agendas and motives. guest: i think there's a big correlation. i do not agree with robert about the motives for entering the military. i work with a lot of veterans, and they joined because they need a job. that is more prevalent than ever. 2008 was the first year since 9/11 and that the military has been able to make their quotas without reducing standards, and it is b

senator mitchell talks about his experience in northern ireland. the way that he describes it is that for two years, both sides kept saying no. he said that he did not take the first note or the sec memo or the ninth no -- the first note, or the sec no or the nine no -- the first no, the sec that no, or the ninth no -- the second no, or the ninth no. >> the way everybody looks the other way to allow these tunnels to exist so that the sheep cost $450 for one family. this is egypt on the one side and this is his role on the other side. -- israel on the other side. you have been doing what they can to keep that under control. -- you have been doing what they can to keep that under control. -- you have them doing what they can to keep that under control. there is raw sewage in the streets when it was not there six years ago. we never comment on that. if you're doing a behind closed doors, we do not know about it. this crisis is a man-made -- is man-made. i do think that it is critical and i think it would go very far not just to solve this problem, but

brought into the global mission, including groundbreaking productions in south africa, india, northern ireland, and egypt. they also founded the 24 hour cable channel in the united states. they will or into the show over the next two years towards lessons. in the past, muppets have taken on issues such as childhood obesity, a military deployment, and economic insecurity. sesame street's characters generate a major market for toys. they entered into a 10-year deal with hasbro inc.. elmo, cookie monster, and grover -- for the last 10 years, another company that had the rights to those characters will have to look elsewhere. he was managing director of media international, a multimedia publishing company based in bangkok. asia, inc., asisa tim -- asia times, and several trade publications. he was counsel to the u.s. senate judiciary and government affairs committee and worked in the california state legislature. he will discuss the challenges of using new and ever changing media to keep sesame street in step with today's and children. please join me in welcoming gary knell. [applause] >> thank yo

it's made in ireland by an american company and then sent around the world. this happened to go to canada. this went to the united states. same pill, same bottle, same company, same manufacturing plant, f.d.a.-approved. difference? well, the american consumer gets to pay three to four times higher costs. fair? not for me, it's not fair. and that's what this amendment's about. this amendment is about freedom, giving the american people the freedom in the global economy to buy the same f.d.a.-approved drug from those countries that have an identical chain of custody as we do in this country, so an f.d.a.-approved drug that is sold for a fraction of the price. why should we prevent the american people from being able to exercise and see the same savings that every other consumer around the world sees? now, let me see whether anybody recognizes this. prescription drugs are a significant part of our lives, and we are bombarded every single day with ads. so let me -- let me show the demonstration of the push for consumption of prescription drugs at the highest bran

brought into the global mission, including groundbreaking productions in south africa, india, northern ireland, and egypt. they also founded the 24 hour cable channel in the united states. they will or into the show over the next two years towards lessons. in the past, muppets have taken on issues such as childhood obesity, a military deployment, and economic insecurity. sesame street's characters generate a major market for toys. they entered into a 10-year deal with hasbro inc.. elmo, cookie monster, and grover -- for the last 10 years, another company that had the rights to those characters will have to look elsewhere. he was managing director of media international, a multimedia publishing company based in bangkok. asia, inc., asisa tim -- asia times, and several trade publications. he was counsel to the u.s. senate judiciary and government affairs committee and worked in the california state legislature. he will discuss the challenges of using new and ever changing media to keep sesame street in step with today's and children. please join me in welcoming gary knell. [applause] >> thank yo

ireland has four. jordan has seven. bosnia, 10. or four countries, the u.k., australia, can live up -- canada, and italy, with syria's troops. the rest of there for political, not military support. it is embarrassing to call it an international coalition when it is nothing of the sort -- there rest of them there are political, not military. caller: thank you very much for your astute research. i want to ask you, do you see any correlation with this military expansion, the movement from a draft service to an all- volunteer service in the sense that americans do not have any skin in the game anymore? people volunteer for military services for their own agendas and motives. guest: i think there's a big correlation. i do not agree with robert about the motives for entering the military. i work with a lot of veterans, and they joined because they need a job. that is more prevalent than ever. 2008 was the first year since 9/11 and that the military has been able to make their quotas without reducing standards, and without reducing standa

senator mitchell talks about his experience in northern ireland. the way that he describes it is that for two years, both sides kept saying no. he said that he did not take the first note or the sec memo or the ninth no -- the first note, or the sec no or the nine no -- the first no, the sec that no, or the ninth no -- the second no, or the ninth no. >> the way everybody looks the other way to allow these tunnels to exist so that the sheep cost $450 for one family. this is egypt on the one side and this is his role on the other side. -- israel on the other side. you have been doing what they can to keep that under control. -- you have been doing what they can to keep that under control. -- you have them doing what they can to keep that under control. there is raw sewage in the streets when it was not there six years ago. we never comment on that. if you're doing a behind closed doors, we do not know about it. this crisis is a man-made -- is man-made. i do think that it is critical and i think it would go very far not just to solve this problem, but

both made in a plant in ireland by an american corporation. this sent to canada, this sent to the united states. the american consumer gets the same pill made in the same bottle, made in the same plant by the same company. the american consumer also gets the privilege of paying nearly triple the price and can't do a thing about it because this congress vote after vote after vote has said we stand with the pharmaceutical industry and against competition and against freedom for the american worker. and if i sound a bit sick and tired of it, i am. we have been going after this for eight to ten years to give the american people the freedom to access the identical f.d.a.-approved drugs for a fraction of the price where they are sold everywhere else in the world, and we are told again and again and again that there is this phony excuse about safety. just completely phony. now, i will have more to say about it later, but i did want to say that we're going to see a lot of people trotting out here with such a shop-worn, tired, pathetic argument to try

we have the nationalists to sit here and people from northern ireland. and most of this aisle is-- and in this road here we have got what is called the-- [inaudible] i hope you will hugely enjoy it. enjoy it and don't be nervous. we are going to leave you now to get on with the debate. you have got the press and the press gallery. so, enjoy this very historic occasion in your very welcome. [applause] >> harriet thanks indeed for that. thank you david for joining us. this-- thank you bridget. this is going to be a great day and make sure you enjoy it, giving your best. we respect you and look forward to your participation and it should be tremendous fun. their two small but important things i want to make it the outset before we get underway. first to say that members who wish to speak should stand in their place, or if you are in a wheelchair raise your hand and indicate that you do wish to speak in the debate. the second thing is, members should always say their name and their region at the beginning of their remarks. otherwise the writers will not know

additional troops, allied forces including afghans does not exceed the 27500 troops we had and northern ireland. during that helmand pross cents -- given that helmand province is four times the size of -- what is the prime minister troops will make a difference? >> this is to build up afghan forces so that they can take more responsibility for their country. that although there are 90,000 be 135,000 by next year. it is our strategy to train at these afghan forces so that they buy their professional ability and hold the ground as well as take ground in afghanistan over time. and that is our strategy, not to rely exclusively on allied forces but to have allied forces working with the afghan army and with a corrupt-3 afghan peace. so he has misunderstood the strategy if he puts it the way he is doing. >> should he set out his strategy and a fully detailed of this year? and that the white paper should be debated on the floor of this house on a commendable motion before the 20th of january? in april, if i remember the date rightly, the proposals that we afghanxzaton strategy. house want to debate th

senator mitchell talks about his experience in northern ireland.o -- the first no, the sec that no, or the ninth no -- the second no, or the ninth no. -- >>> the way everybody looks e other way to allow these tunnels to exist so that the sheep cost $450 for one family. this is egypt on the one side and this is his role on the other side. -- israel on the other side. you have been doing what they can to keep that under control. -- you have been doing what they can to keep that under control. -- you have themçó doing what ty can to keep that under control. there is raw sewage in the streets when it was not there six years ago. we never comment on that. if you're doing a behind closed doors, we do not know about it. this crisis is a man-made -- is man-made. i do think that it is critical and i think it would go very far not just to solve this problem, but to give the people a sense of justice and recognition that they have endured for the past 60 years. it needs to go much farther than it has and we need to stop talking about israel and palestinians -

greece, ireland, potentially spain, maybe austria. where they basically have run up so much debt as a result of not running proper fiscal policy that they are essentially collapsing. we have the unique luxury of being able to monitorize our debt because we are the world currency. but even that luxury and strength cannot confront and stand up to the debt numbers that are copping at us. we know that for a fact. and we're being told this. we're being told it by independent groups, moody's just put us on a special list. there are 17 industrialized nations which they have in a certain category in rating bonds. they have decided that mongse those 17, the united kingdom and america won't be on a special group. they haven't put us on a warning or watch list. but they have given us a new title. i think it's called relevant or something. it's reflecting the fact that there's -- they know the problem's coming unless we address it and atres it soon. the -- and address it soon. the issue, of course, is, why don't we do it in regular order? i mean,

my paternal great parents from ireland. it is what makes this country what it is. but more still needs to be done. the second to react swiftly on issues of regulation on severe gender based persecution as a basis for asylum claims. landmark case in this area a matter of ra has now been hinting for 14 years. we need regulation in place to protect other victims. but i want to commend the secretary for working in a constructive manner to address the impending december 31st real id compliance deadline. the residents of states of nonmaterial compliant with real i.t. they would other wise be denied access to airplanes and federal buildings. the national governors' association stated last month as many as 36 states failed to comply by december 31st i can think of thousands of thousands of americans from these states that have ideas that will get them on plans to visit relatives over christmas and strict enforcement laws when they come to fly back home they will be towed they can't. senator akaka, i co-sponsored a bill called pass on the d, which makes reasonable alternati

immigrants -- grandparents immigrated here from italy and my maternal great grape and parents from ireland. that is what makes this country what it is, but more still needs to be done. in i heard the secretary to expeditiously issue r r r r rul on severe gender based persecution's on the basis for asylum claims. these matters have been pending for 14 years. we need regulation to protect other victims. but i want to commend the secretary for working in a constructive manner to address the impending december 31st real id compliance deadline. the residents of the state's that are not materially compliant with the real idea mayn't be denied access to airplanes in federal buildings, the national governors' association failed to comply by december 31st i can just think of thousands and thousands of americans from the state's will get them on planes to go visit relatives over christmas. and if there is a strict enforcement of the laws when they go to fly back, they will be told they can't. .. the coble that together. it takes some strong leadership from the top and you have the background that wo

greece, ireland, potentially spain, maybe austria.cally have run up so much debt as a result of not running proper fiscal policy that they are essentially collapsing. we have the unique luxury of being able to monitorize our debt because we are the world currency. but even that luxury and strength cannot confront and stand up to the debt numbers that are copping at us. we know that for a fact. and we're being told this. we're being told it by independent groups, moody's just put us on a special list. there are 17 industrialized nations which they have in a certain category in rating bonds. they have decided that mongse those 17, the united kingdom and america won't be on a special group. they haven't put us on a warning or watch list. but they have given us a new title. i think it's called relevant or something. it's reflecting the fact that there's -- they know the problem's coming unless we address it and atres it soon. the -- and address it soon. the issue, of course, is, why don't we do it in regular order? i mean, that's our job,

brought into the global mission, including groundbreaking productions in south africa, india, northern ireland, and egypt. they also founded the 24 hour cable channel in the united states. they will or into the show over the next two years towards lessons. in the past, muppets have taken on issues such as childhood obesity, a military deployment, and economic insecurity. sesame street's characters generate a major market for toys. they entered into a 10-year deal with hasbro inc.. elmo, cookie monster, and grover -- for the last 10 years, another company that had the rights to those characters will have to look elsewhere. he was managing director of media international, a multimedia publishing company based in bangkok. asia, inc., asisa tim -- asia times, and several trade publications. he was counsel to the u.s. senate judiciary and government affairs committee and worked in the california state legislature. he will discuss the challenges of using new and ever changing media to keep sesame street in step with today's and children. please join me in welcoming gary knell. [applause] >> thank yo

and i was in ireland meeting with the irish energy minister, who has set an internal goal of getting to almost 40%. so a lot of countries moving forward with renewables, and part of that intent is to try to get some of that manufacturing. we can take a leadership position in the united states on that if we move forward aggressively, and there's significant job creation that comes from both the installation and the development and manufacturing of those facilities. host: san fernando, california can, matthew is on the independents line for mr. filsinger. what's your question? caller: well, basically i do have a question on the renewable energy. i am seeking a way and information on how to get -- i have several ideas for renewable, green energy ideas, and i just need some information on basically, where would i submit to get these viewed or funded, etc.? i'm a small business owner. it's a landscaping company, but i'm trying to currently get my small business funded through grants.gov, and that's in motion, but is there any other links or, you know, resources that you can basically guid

if you haven't paid your taxes, you write rangel rule on your tax form and onet won't northern ireland penalty and interest until mr. rangel does, anyway. this is the same concept, the same indicator that there are those, and they are in positions of very high power related to our tax structural, that are being treated differently from the ordinary american. . the ordinary american that works in the oil field or the computer industry, if he fails to pay taxes or is late on the taxes, he gets penalty and interest. and he pays them. when the inch r.s. says you owe penalty and interest, you might question them, but when they show you what you owe them, you pay them. we don't get, oh, we forgot who you were, you don't have to pay penalties and interest, didn't realize you were secretary of the treasury or the chairman of the ways and means committee. we don't get treated that way. i don't get treated that way. i would argue that no member of this house gets treated that way with certain exceptions and those exceptions are not right. and this political correctness we've got going in this co

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

thing is we have people who have been constantly working those issues, like the christian monks in irelandot been permitted to atrophy. now that it is needed, we have been able to provide the expertiseçó to a variety of agencies and government folks have been asking for it and searching out. the other thing is, looking at how the faculty gets out, one of our faculty members visited north korea about a month and a half ago with a private visit of a major foundation. he works research. our faculty is constantly publishing, they're contributing constantly, and these are the same faculties that will roll into the bootstraps and talk about the curriculum. when i was strike group commander, the ronald reagan strike group, before i knew i was going to be president of the war college, i knew the expertise of some of these professors and ask them to come out to my strike group and talk to us about the region of the indian ocean. so they got the benefit of coming out and talking with on scene commanders but the current situation and then flew off to visit their contacts in different places in the re

with we going to -- whether we're going to continue to have trade barriers much lipitor is made in ireland and pfizer is able to bring it back to america. they can bring it back. but if someone wants to go to windsor, canada, right across the bridge and purchase a lower-priced version of the very same drug lipitor, and bring it back as an individual or business or pharmacy or a hospital, it's illegal. it's illegal. that makes absolutely no sense, mr. president. so this amendment is about opening the border, allowing our pharmacies, allowing our wholesalers, allowing hospitals. i've gotten calls from medical schools at universities wanting to do business to lower their costs with wholesalers in other countries where it's f.d.a. approved safe to do that. that's what this bill is about. right now we're in a situation where if we do not pass the pharmaceutical market access an drug safety act -- and drug safety act, which we have introduced on a bipartisan basis, we're going to continue to have a situation where people, like joe, a 40-year-old father with heart disease, is going to be paying $

nor were they intent on doing that into northern ireland either.account of foreign policy. two days later -- i think it was two days later, i saw karl rove, and he more or less gave me the same account, but emphasizing that as with most presidents of the united states in the first few months, you focus on other things other than foreign policy. there was going to be tax cuts, health care for senior citizens. >> it's interesting that in your book, "d.c. confidential," you write in the first few months about colin powell, that he was always skeptical about belligerent notions of dealing with salaam hughes. -- saddam hussein. >> well, it focused on financing iraqi dissident groups. if you went up on the hill, as we did quite frequently, what you would hear from republican senators and their staff was there's some really good dissident groups out there. we need to finance them and arm them and shake saddam's foundations. now, the group of choice was something called the i.n.c., the iraqi international congress. most of the members seemed to be located

this was made by an american company in an irish plant, made in ireland and then shipped around the worldthis bottle, as you see, is identical to this bottle. one has a red label, one a blue label. the only difference in a circumstance where you have the same pill put in the same bottle made by the same company, the only difference is the price. in this case the americans get to pay $4.48 per tablet. in this case, folks in another country pay $1.83. $4.40. $1.83. why the difference? it is not just one country. this bottle is shipped to virtually every other country: great britain, france, germany, spain, canada. virtually every other country and sold at a much, much lower price. the question is should american people be required to pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs and not have the freedom to access those drugs in the global marketplace? some say if you allow the american people to abg those *f -- to access those drugs, we'd get counterfeit drugs. in our amendment we have more safety than exists in our domestic drug sphraoeufplt there does not now exist tracing ca

greece, ireland, potentially spain, maybe austria.asically have run up so much debt as a result of not running proper fiscal policy that they are essentially collapsing. we have the unique luxury of being able to monitorize our debt because we are the world currency. but even that luxury and strength cannot confront and stand up to the debt numbers that are copping at us. we know that for a fact. and we're being told this. we're being told it by independent groups, moody's just put us on a special list. there are 17 industrialized nations which they have in a certain category in rating bonds. they have decided that mongse those 17, the united kingdom and america won't be on a special group. they haven't put us on a warning or watch list. but they have given us a new title. i think it's called relevant or something. it's reflecting the fact that there's -- they know the problem's coming unless we address it and atres it soon. the -- and address it soon. the issue, of course, is, why don't we do it in regular order? i mean, that's our j

ireland has four. jordan has seven. bosnia, 10. or four countries, the u.k., australia, can live up -- canada, and italy, with syria's troops. the rest of there for political, not military support. it is embarrassing to call it an international coalition when it is nothing of the sort -- there rest of them there are political, not military. caller: thank you very much for your astute research. i want to ask you, do you see any correlation with this military expansion, the movement from a draft service to an all- volunteer service in the sense that americans do not have any skin in the game anymore? people volunteer for military services for their own agendas and motives. guest: i think there's a big correlation. i do not agree with robert about the motives for entering the military. i work with a lot of veterans, and they joined because they need a job. that is more prevalent than ever. 2008 was the first year since 9/11 and that the military has been able to make their quotas without reducing standards, and without reducing standa

i'm going to go to ireland or chile or india because i've got a better chance there to succeed.i can't pay 60% taxes. i can't saoupl what will be a $20 billion or $30 billion debt." we're not talking about the entitlements we haven't paid for. we're not talking about the money we've raided from medicare or social security in order to pay for current expenses. some people say those obligations are more than $60 trillion, numbers we can't even comprehend. i filed this resolution. i'm going to send a letter to every governor in this country asking them to adopt it in advance of the congress taking it up. the constitutional amendment, as you know, mr. president, requires two-thirds of both chambers and three-quarters of the states. they can act first. they can send letters and resolutions from their legislators to this legislative body and say get your act under control. because it affects them too, this new health care bill that we have is going to send an unfunded mandate to the state and increasing medicaid from 100% of poverty to 133%. they're going to have to pay that bill. it'