he talked about a vision of islam that does not mesh with the reality of islam. we ought to recognizeethe fact that islam is very diverse. many muslims do not want to live under sharia law. he would be quite right to say that we have commonalities. what you cannot avoid is the fact that there are hundreds of millions of muslims who go the other way, who subscribe to islamist ideology, which is not only the catalyst for a fringe of terrorists, but also a much broader based what they regard as a civilization movement to bring the west under sharia law. if you ask people in the muslim world if they agree that it is legitimate to kill even muslims that do not subscribe to a certain strict interpretation of islamic law, the president would be quite right to say that is a fringe position. it may get 10% of the muslim world. for my money, that's a frightening amount. if you change the question and you say, "do you think it is all right to kill americans who are operating in islamic countries, even if they think they're doing humanitarian mission work, do you think it is

he talked about a vision of islam that does not mesh with the reality of islam. we ought to recognizeethe fact that islam is very diverse. many muslims do not want to live under sharia law. he would be quite right to say that we have commonalities. what you cannot avoid is the fact that there are hundreds of millions of muslims who go th other way, who subscribe to islamist ideology, which is not ly the catalyst for a fringe of terrorists, but also a much broader based what they regard as a civilization movement to bring the west under sharia law. if you ask people in the muslim world if they agree that it is legitimate to kill even muslims that do not subscribe to a certain strict interpretation of islamic law, the president would be quite right to say that is a fringe position. it may get 10% of the muslim world. for my money, that's a frightening amount. if you change the question and you say, "do you think it is all right to kill americans who are operating in islamic countries, even if they think they're doing humanitarian mission work, do you think it is ok

he doesn't have any high year islamic education. what does he offer?i think what he offers is a stick in the fight of the u.s. d similar to the w they promoted recently to be a leader of aqap reasoning guantanamo bay and rehabilitated by the saudi system and infany to the border and now i think they are promoting him to the leadership position with some other reason. thissa great puerto ri opportunity. so jesus about hitting that role and aqap is a smart group and they are able to take it vantage of him and i think that th have done so well. but in my perspective his tremendous ability, his bringing people who are sympathetic to his movement, people who have the inclination all ready to support the mujahideen and the global jihad in the defense of their brothers and sisters, people who are moving in that direction have that tendency. he is able to get them o actually do something. he's able to fire them up. and so it's difficult -- it's diffict to give an explanation why he's so popular right now in a way it is like trying to explain why steny jeans ar

turkey and brazil struck a deal last month with iran to ship low-enriched uranium out of the islamic republic in return for medical reactor fuel. that deal was designed to avoid sanctions. but it was dismissed by the u.s. and others as insufficient, because it would have allowed teheran to retain enough nuclear fuel to make a weapon. at the istanbul forum yesterday, erdogan spoke of the sanctions vote, and his approach to iran, a neighbor of turkey. but he broadened his comments to include a not-so-veiled critique of american involvement in the region. >> ( translated ): everything should be solved on the table. arms, embargoes and exclusion are not working. the world has seen examples of this and has paid the heavy price. you see how we are paying a heavy price for this in iraq. we are paying the price in afghanistan. millions of people have died. there are hundreds of thousands of widows. who will account for this? >> holman: at a nato meeting in brussels today, secretary of defense robert gates became the latest senior american official to comment on the longtime nato ally's actio

life, islamic religion, islamic society is a good one to have in this country. that was not a decision she made. i think that is a bit of stretch. are they going to ask questions about recruiting? sure, we have all talked about that, but in my mind that is a tempest in a teapot. the military is able to recruit on the harvard campus all the time when she was the dean. it was under one condition prior to the supreme court decision, under another one afterwards, but they were always able to recruit. of what i found about her attitude was every day is giving she would have a dinner for veterans on campus -- every the thanksgiving she would have a even if they were excluded or.%- were not, if somebody wants to join in the military, they are going to be able to find a recruiter's office. my youngest son, after he got out of high school, he was able to find a recruiter for the united states marine corps and join the marine corps and proudly served in the marine corps. he did not need to have the recruiter brought to his classroom. he found them. usually if you're motiv

life islamic religion, islamic society is a good one to be having in this country. but that wasn't a decision that she made. i think that's a bit of a stretch. are they going to ask questions about recruiting? sure. they've all talked about that. in my mind, that's a tempest in a teapot. people, military would recruit on the harvard campus all the time. that she was the dean. there were, it was under one condition prior to the supreme court decision. under one afterwards. but they were always able to recruit. where i found more her attitude is every thanks giving she would have a dipper for all those who were veterans on the campus, according to the law school. i thought that was pretty commendable. again, the reason i say it's a tempest in a teapot, even if they were excluded or not, if somebody wants to join the military, they are going to be able to find a recruiter's office. my son, there was no recruiter at high school but he was able to find the recruiter for the united states marine corps and join the marine corps. and proud served in the marine corps. he did

guest: the missionary work through which islam is spread. it has developed into what robert spencer has called self,j jihad. a way in which people try to spread sharia law in every way except terrorist acts and extortionist threats. host: get a few more calls. we are waiting for the white house briefing. arlington, va. caller: thank you for picking up my call. i would like to ask a question about european affairs. we are familiar with the situation in switzerland when they recently -- i would like to ask a question to andrew mccarthy. do you think that the problem is the import of radicalized clerics that do preach to islamic youth in europe? the real problem is in these people to preach branches of islam? guest: you are right that is the basic problem. part of what they are preaching is that the way the sharia agenda is advanced is not only by acts of terrorism, but by a broad based propaganda campaign that seems to infiltrate the media and the academy and all aspects of our society. propaganda victories are deemed to be very important. tha

jihad is the mission in islam to spread shari law, the islamic legal and political system. it's not simply a set of prnciples, but a fool purpose s -- full purpose system. it's deemed to be the necessary precondition the mission of jihad is always to spread sharia law. it can be done 5 lead. -- it can be done by lviolently. it is proceeding on many fronts far more extensive than terrorism. host: next, at joe on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. when i saw you on this morning, i thought it was very interesting. i've been giving a lot of thinking recently about the fact that even before world war ii, the middle east in germany were very copacetic, very together, in their approach to their control and how they approached government. i just recently talked to my aunt in england last week about this. so many of the people just flowed into england from all over, bringing with them all different versions of the islamic belief. i think it has created an enormous problem. i do not see it changing for this country. i think there is a hit an element here that really worr

there's extreme islamic and there's extreme sooi annism. those in israel are committing crimes every day. just - host: you think this is all about israel? caller: know, just that if the united states does not - when the obama was elected he said when he was running he said he would have a balanced middle east policy and play fair on both sides. then he goes to the apec meeting and has man yumanuels as chief-of-staff. guest: senator lieberman is a great patriot and a lot of people are thinking and saying same things regardless of background. i agree with senator lieberman. so i don't agree with that. i think one of the things that often gets lost in the u.s. counterterrorism policy is of then the fact that we often focus use on muslim. if you look at the state department's foreign terrorist organization list the groups we consider a threat that are groups that committee terrorism a broad. those are groups across the board of all stripes you have the bass terrorist group. jewish groups involved and the liberation tiger group that's now defunk

the most vocal, obviously, has been the shape of islam -- sheik al-islam. we can hope for reform. at this point, it seems to lie almost exclusively in his hands. i am not sure -- safe is -- he is the one who pushed it. he has pushed the envelope at times. at times, he as been successful. at times, he as been pushed aside -- at times, he has been successful. at times, he has been pushed aside. we look to them as the gauge as to whether the reform movement is going up or down, and what exactly the limits are. >> could have tried to return to what the first part of your question was? -- could i try to return to what the first part of your question was? i have been following libyan politics for five years. a few years ago, people thought that direct democracy -- the people's congress process -- was not only ineffective, but was widely seen to be ineffective. people were thinking a few years ago that that action was just going to stop. do you still see the same forms of these local councils that have the same sort of theater of direct democracy being pursued with the same level of enga

we have nothing against islam. in fact, we have very much in common with islam. we all believe in a single god -- whether we are christians or muslims or jews. what we have the problem with is the fundamentalists, which i believe is in a minority. one of the fundamental questions for the future of this world is, which are the two or three -- i think we have all interest to support the moderate islam, and that is one of the reasons why i believe that we have to fight the fundamentalists. host: alabama, for foreign minister from hungary. guest: so good to hear from you this morning. i was just watching your show, i thought that your name was markoni -- i was going to give you a call because i was working on some private experiments. i have been an engineer and a was putting together a drive registry -- host: are you going to bring this back to hungary, the time is short. guest: i really can't think of anything -- host: thanks. i am going to stop you because it is not marconi, could sign sure you are familiar with the radio inventor of times past. neptune beach, flo

he saw it as a chance to reduce the impact and the attractiveness of the radical islamic theology and he did it in a very step by step process. he spent a lot of time through the qaddafi endowment organization and interviewed these people. they found out what was at the core, or why they became radicals. systematically, they tore down the theology by having moderate sheiks come in and talk about islam. he methodically went at the political tenets that they tend to the spouse -- tend to espouse. this resulted in the first wave of releases last year and the most recent of about 214 people which was highly publicized. several scholars from around the world attended it. the question is what will be the fall of. is there a follow-up to make sure that there is no recidivism? how do they insure that they get good jobs? how do they ensure that the rehabilitation that they have undergone sticks for the future. it was a very well received -- to the extent as to how it will be applied, the jury is still out. it was a very positive development. with respect to counter terrorism in general, we had

and europe countries have this opportunity in the islamic world and impoverished countries. afghanistan is the manageable project. a large majority of that population can say ok, this new world experiences working. the rule of law, people's participation in governance, civic responsibility, systems work, not individuals. karzai or no, karzai, we should create a system where others can comment produce -- the last question i asked in india is is there an alternative for mr. karzai? it is insulting question to ask the nation of 30 million people. who was mr. karzai nine years ago? anything, these eight or nine years have produced opportunities that others have grown into credible political positions that can create systems that can sustain and last beyond personalities. >> on the need to question. with other countries have made a commitment. >> there are two or three things that were going on three years ago. people should not misinterpret that. the media is talking about u.s. withdrawal in 2011. it is -- we have to be careful how we phrase that. it is not a u.s. withdrawal. it

he does not have any higher islamic education. i don't think that al qaeda is in need of people with master's degrees from san diego state. what does he offer? i think he offers is a stick in the side of the u.s., that similar to the way they wasoted -- he's someone who imprisoned in guantanamo bay and then he was supposedly rehabilitated by the saudi system and then infiltrated the border. i think they're promooing him to a leadership position. this is a great pr opportunity.+ he is fulfilling their role. in my perspective, his tremendous ability, his bringing people who are sympathetic to this movement, people who have an inclination of ready to support the global jihadists in the defense of their brothers and sisters, people who are moving in that direction have that tendency. he is able to get them to actually do something. he is able to fire them up. it is difficult. it is difficult to give a really good explanation of why he is so popular right now. i think it is like trying to explain my skinny genes are popular at the mome

what is frustrating, everywhere you go, you see islamic charities. the vast majority of these charities are working to alleviate poverty in the region, but some are fronts for terrorism. we must depend on our allies for their own self-interest, self preservation, they need to be working with us to uncover the level of terrorist financing. host: we are talking about the state of terrorism. let's listen to an exchange between general petraeus and john mccain. >> could you clarify the difference between what you said and what is quoted in the book? "i am confident we can train and handle the ana in that timeframe. if you cannot do those things that you say we can, no one will suggest that you stay, right? ?" that is a direct quotation from the president. >> i do not know if it is productive to comment and conversations that took place that long ago -- >> understand that. >> death what i would come back to is what the press -- what i would come back to is what the president said at west point. july 2011 is not the date where we raise for the exodus. it i

under islamic law, companies are not liable for the actions of their employees. >> mcmahon: yeah, that'slmost funny, you know. so, am i supposed to go put on a burqa? you know, that's ridiculous. >> kroft: even though a military investigation and a national transportation safety board report faulted blackwater's flight operations and its pilots for flying recklessly and behaving unprofessionally, presidential airways chief richard pere tried to lay some of the blame on lieutenant colonel mcmahon, saying in a videotaped deposition that mcmahon had told the pilots to take the route that they did. >> richard pere: something changed them to make them go to the north, sir. >> when? >> pere: it took place after lieutenant colonel mcmahon got on board that aircraft. >> kroft: but blackwater pilot kevin mcbride remembers pere telling him a much different story not long after the crash. >> mcbride: richard pere pulled me into his office. he says, "have you seen the cockpit voice recording transcript?" i said, "no." he says, "you can't believe it. these guys are talking about x- wing 'star wars' f

the islamic groups?he extremist groups, the political mafia, the drug cartels in power in the country. the majority of the people will not have a voice and that parliament. then you will have political turmoil in years to come. political organizations, pluralistic national political parties is the answer and we have not paid attention to that yet. >> it has been said that the politicaljq=xqj9 forecasting he astrology look respectable. i would be curious what you see as the political forecast for afghanistan. >> if we leave things the way they are today i think we will have a worse parliament and we have had. we will have more extremist elements in the parliament. we would have the influence of some of the banks that are the fronts for black money in that country and in that region. we will have more people aligned with drug lords and fringes, not the mainstream society. it would be a parliament that would be controlled by one or two people in that country. that does not bode well for the future of a sta

iran has invested tremendous amounts in trying to be the vanguard of the islamic world. they have supported organizations like hezbollah and hamas, but they have gotten two tangible benefits from that. there's not a lot of arab investment in iran. many of them are concerned about the nuclear ambitions. turkey has taken a much more sophisticated approach. they had the support of government in the region and businesses in the arab world. host: our phone lines are open. even join the conversation on quitter as well, twitter.com/c- spanwj, or send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. caller: i am sort of an expert on this deal of money. your guess s talking, do he know why we went to iraq? or why we are in afghanistan? it has nothing to do with weapons or what ever. it has to do with money and who controls it. who do you think controls the united states? host: how would you answer that question, john? caller: the united states, the people do not own anything anymore. corporations, aig, all of it. who owns it? guest: an interesting question. certainly in the 1970's in iran thi

i am wondering if we have any that tickets on how many islam -- if we have any statistics on how many islamic radicals have been caught trying to come across the mexican border into our country and if and when our next big attack on this country comes, and i'm talking about massive amounts of people being killed. we know it's going to happen, because we have governments past and definitely present that are not protecting us. that's why ammunition and gun sales in this country are up. they are up 37%. and i'm one of those that have increased my ammunition, and not do anything but protect my home and my family, and i'm just wondering are we going to -- when an attack happens, and somebody, an islamic radical is proven to have come through mexico, how many people are going to be bashing president bush about that? and that'sal basically all i have to say, and that's it, thanks for your answer. and have a good day. bye. guest: first of all, i think everybody should know c.d.p. was created as the unified border agency after 9/11 in 2003. its primary mission is to protect the country from th

and european countries have this opportunity in the islamic world and impoverished countries. afghanistan is the manageable project. a large majority of that population can say ok, this new world experiences working. the rule of law, people's participation in governance, civic responsibility, systems work, not individuals. karzai or no, karzai, we should create a system where others can comment produce -- the last question i asked in india is is there an alternative for mr. karzai? it is insulting question to ask the nation of 30 million people. who was mr. karzai nine years ago? if anything, these eight or nine years have produced opportunities that others have grown into credible political positions that can create systems that can sustain and last beyond personalities. >> on the need to question. with other countries have made a commitment. >> there are two or three things that were going on three years ago. people should not misinterpret that. the media is talking about u.s. withdrawal in 2011. it is -- we have to be careful how we phrase that. it is not a u.s. withdrawal.

it targets the will of te islamic revolutionar guard corps in the iran's proliferation efforts.it establishes the u.n. panel of experts to help monitor and enforce the implementation of sanctions and it imposes targeted new sanctions include think asset freezes and travel bans on authity entities and an individual link to the iranian nuclear proliferation. mr. president, since 2002, the international atomic energy agency has sought to investigate serious concerns that iran speech of nuclear program might have military dimensions. in 2003, the ia board o governors expressed, quote, great concern that iran still had not enabled the iaea to assure the member states that iran had declared all of its nuclear material activities. for our part, the united tates launched a sustained serious effort to starting early last year to engage with iran on a range of issues of mutual concern including these nuclear issues. the united states made detailed and specific openings to the iranians. including personal and direct outreach by president obama. the united states strongly supports the peace

we have student groups, we have islamic parties, we have the regional playe

in the islamic revolution, those coalitions were broad and took time to form and coalesce. i think we can say we are seeing somethiig similar now. i do not think we can sit for certain what the time line will be or how it will play out, but i think this is something that recurs through iran in history -- to iranian history. i want to point out to lessons and say maybe what we should do, going forward. the first lesson, i think, is that the iranian regime is an insecure regime. it does not see better relationship with the u.s. as a price to be one. that is evident in the election results themselves. as i mentioned before, it was a brazen result. it was not the result a confident regime would have put out. it was a statement by the regime that they would not tolerate any challenges. it was seen in the aftermath as well,,when the regime -- i think many of us expected that the supreme leader would perhaps try to balance different factions, try to move more towards the center. it is something he had done in3 predecessor had done. instead, he came out very firmly for the presiden

i was delighted -- islamic extremism. i was delighted that the obama administration and congresswoman jane harman had on these issues. it is a broad bipartisan group. since the issuance of this task force, you will hear from my colleagues more about some of the ideas of this task force that have made their way into the obama administration strategy and we are very proud of that and the contribution that this report made in the development of u.s. policy. there were some issues that have arisen in the course of the last 18 months, which convinced us that it was important to bring together on an accelerated basis, a mini task force. again, a bipartisan group to look at a couple of critical issues that remain in the obama administration approach to countering violent extremism. i am delighted that today i's report is the recommendation of those many task forces. the director of our starting a program on counterintelligence, and that you love it -- matthew leavitt. he has been heading our counterterrorism program for several

and european countries have this opportunity in the islamic world and impoverished countries.afghanistan is the manageable project. a large majority of that population can say ok, this new world experiences working. the rule of law, people's participation in governance, civic responsibility, systems work, not individuals. karzai or no, karzai, we should create a system where others can comment produce -- the last question i asked in india is is there an alternative for mr. karzai? it is insulting question to ask the nation of 30 million people. who was mr. karzai nine years ago? if anything, these eight or nine years have produced opportunities that others have grown into credible political positions that can create systems that can sustain and last beyond personalities. >> on the need to question. with other countries have made a commitment. >> there are two or three things that were going on three years ago. people should not misinterpret that. the media is talking about u.s. withdrawal in 2011. it is -- we have to be careful how we phrase that. it is not a u.s. withdrawal.

sentiments in the broader islamic world?st: turkey is mostly muslim and more democratic than it has ever been before. in this piece that i wrote for foreign policy, i do not describe the changes to an islamist political agenda. i think it passed to do more with structural changes. it has to do it raises, and it is important to explore. they felt that the solidarity -- when i lived in turkey in 2000, i was on one street minute of my turkish friends expressed a solidarity. it was pretty clear that the relationships were not necessarily possible. when the justice the bellmen party came to power, in order to conform -- justice development party came to power, in order to confirm -- conform, it became a domestic political issue due to the solidarity peri. there is some political benefit by writing this issue as far as it is going to go. they were outraged in 2008 and 2009. this was taken to heart. the improvement of the relations with israel -- a lot of this is due to the own inclinations of the prime minister. at the same time,

the head of the islamic charity that organized the flotilla insisted the activists were fighting backfter the israelis opened fire. the raid sparked calls in turkey to re-evaluate its formerly close ties to israel. prime minister recep tayyip erdogan spoke today. >> (translated): the israeli government has to reconsider itself attitude. they have to ask themselves what is they are doing. up until now, we have been trying to preserve this friendship, but unfortunately the israeli government has not recognized our effort. israel has made an historic mistake. >> holeman: 700 people were detained in the israeli raid, including some 450 turks, they returned to ankara yesterday and were greeted with cheers. meanwhile, the israeli government rejected a u.n. call for an international investigation, but promised to do its own. >> it is our standard practice that after all military operations and especially operations where there have been fatalities, that we conduct as thorough, professional, independent investigation. >> holeman: secretary of state hillary clinton also addressed the issue aft

fourth set imposed on iran since 2006, but in receipt days, independent upon reporting showed the islamic republic has evaded previous sanctions by using extensive smuggling operations on banking sleight of hand. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad denounced this latest vote as valueless. he had already indicted the u.n. tuesday. >> ( translated ): the security council is the most undemocratic international organization. a few countries have the right of veto, which means they dominate the whole world. unfortunately , their wrong behavior has even raised the security council to a level above the general assembly and has enabled it to dominate the general assembly. >> suarez: iranian's u.n. ambassador insisted today no amount of pressure will make its country give up its nuclear program. we're now joined by the united states ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. welcome to the program. >> thanks, ray, good to be with you. >> suarez: this, as we reported, is the fourth set of sanctions against iran in this latest round. how does this take it further? what's new in this set of pack

you had continuing instability there that it would provide what he said was fertile ground also for islamic extremist organizations who are already active in other parts of central asia and, in fact, from uzbekistan have sent a lot of fighters to afghanistan. >> that's correct. there's been quite a vibrant in the past insurgent movement, militants in the region. we've had incidents in uzbekistan across the border. people will probably recall a few years ago the incident which, in fact, is where the international red cross have been sending in their supplies. and so the more that you have instability and tension it is easier it is for militant groups to work in the future . >> warner: will the u.s. and russians continue on this? the kyrgyz government asked the russians to send troops and they said no for now. >> we're talking about the russians. this is a unique situation in kyrgyzstan. there's a russian and u.s. base in bishkek. the russians had been talks about setting up a counterterrorism center in the south against the insurgency threats that's been a great concern r the regional powers

an islamic militant group said three of its members were killed. in a separate incident two militants were killed infiltrating israel from gaza. the israeli blockade of gaza has been in place since 2007 when the hamas movement came to power. israeli leaders say the blockade is needed to cut off the flow of weapons to hamas and that the act i.v.f.s aboard the flotilla were essentially a front group but the activists argued the embargo has only impoverished gaza's 1.5 million residents. today egypt opened at least one check point that had been blocked off and a spokesman for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel would consider ways to ease rather than end the blockade. another ship now off the coast of italy is heading toward gaza and presumably another off-shore confrontation later this week. late today, president obama spoke to turkish prime minister in a phone call. a white house statement said mr. obama expressed condolences for the loss of lives and he promised support for a credible investigation of the israeli raid. >> lehrer:

will be pulled aside for exa reening or delayed when we know that more than 90% of ou teats are from islamic extremists. and we nd to do a bter job of protecting against those who areoing to do danger to us and trying to sed other peopl thugh who se no danger to the american ople. i know there are lawsn place that as we discut tie our hands in some extent aut how we can use prective modeling techlogy, but wld lik for you to expre your comtment that we're going to try tose technology, look to what other countries like israel are doing. they've got software they're doing that checks the stress on people. they use a lot of just personal interaction with the folks who t on the plane to t to qualify them. and i jus want to -- i want to t yourommitment on the record that we're going toook fo innovative ways, that the average arican traleho presents no threat is goingo be able to get throughquicker, but we're goingo providehe scruti we need on those who migh endanger o country. >> thank you, senator, and i preciate your focus on technology. we know there a lot out there, the estion is, is it theigh

the indictment against shahzad though says he didn't get act alone but received support from islamic extremists thousands of miles away in pakistan. the u.s. has combated these extremists on two fronts, giving aid to pakistan's army to flush the groups out. but also launching drone strikes like one this weekend that killed a dozen. u.s. officials blame those militants not just for plotting attacks in the u.s. and pakistan but also for launching strikes across the border in afghanistan. one such grew believed to be based in pakistan's north waziristan was linked most recently to a deadly suicide bombing in the afghan capital kabul last month. traveling in pakistan this weekend, u.s. envoy to the region richard holbrook said this network moves with i am punity across that border in a remote area in which the pakistanis don't have resources. afghan president hamid karzai has sought to negotiate a peace settlement with some taliban leaders in the region. but this weekend ambassador holbrook said talking to the network was out of the question. shahzad, while not directly linked to the net

it c get normalization with 57 arab and islamic states. we published this initiative and the press. published it two years ago in the americ press and in various israeli medi we hope that it will be given attention. ite? because many are frustrated, are getting rustrated, for how long will this initiave remain on the table? we do not want toremoveit from the table, take it off the table. we have long discussions with those who are frustrated and tell them that we cannot ke it off the table becuse if we all call forpeace, the other option is war and we do not want war. nobody wts war. no country is lookingor war, at leastpeaking on bhalf of the arab countries. what is left for us is only one path, the path o peace to a clear-cut, specific initiative, ambiguous initiative we hope, we hope that will find open ears among the israeli leaders. at one point in time i presented ito mr. olmert and he said t methere are many arab initiatives, but i brought him the same initiative signed by the arab league secretary general and the secretary general of the organization of the islamic conferenc

new developments in the relationship with islam. unfortunately, we are currently in a media environment in which is almost impossible to tell any of those stories. because of the incredibly tight focus that has emerged on the story of the sexual abuse crisis, and again, i think it is possible to suggest and probably accurate as far as it goes to suggest that some of that is a failure on the part of the media. i also think that corporate communications enterprise of the church and the vatican have to bear its own share of responsibility for creating and sustaining an environment. those are my three points. at the level of reality, of substance, the attempt to lift benedick up as a global symbol of the crisis bounders on the shoulders of the fact that the actual reality is almost exactly the reverse. that gap between image and reality is not enough to blame on sloppy reporting in indio -- sloppy reporting in the media. the communications operation we have seen has not been helpful in terms of setting the record straight. the most toxi

israel, and allies in the middle east faced a clear and present danger from the government of the islamic republic of iran, seeking nuclear weapons and the ballistic missile capability to deliver them. whereas israel would face a threat from a nuclear weapons-armed iran, whereas president barack obama has been firm and clear in declaring united states opposition to a nuclear-armed iran, stating on november 7, 2008, quote, let me state, repeattwhat i stated during the course of the campaign, iran's development of a nuclear weapon, i believe, is unacceptable, unquote. and if i might interject here, this bill is drafted to be extremely bipartisan, to show that people on both sides of the aisle have the same concerns. we just got to get people signed on as co-sponsors so that we can get this to the floor for a vote. but going back to the resolution, whereas on october 26, 2005, at a conference in tehran called world without zionism, iranian president ahmadinejad, stated, quote, guide willing, with the force of god behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the united states and zioni

i am interested in having studies of islamic life. that is a good discussion to happen this country. i think that is a bit of a stretch for her. there were questions about recruiting. everyone has talked about that. in my mind, that is the tempest in teapot. the military were able to recruit on the harvard campus all the time. this is when she was the dean. host: what do you think? guest: there are a couple of things that the senator said that were misconstrued. there were recruiters that were not allowed on the campus but were not kicked off the campus. they have an official system where they allow all the groups on campus to recruit. the military was an excluded from that. the only way students could express interest in or obtain interviews with military recruits was through the student veteran association. they were forced to take this on. they only had an e-mail address. there was a document released by the apartment of defense regarding this and they pointed out that in the 12 years prior to the university being forced to open it

fifty-seven arab and islamic countries have said that they would recognize israel if israel withdrewrom the occupied arab land. mr. president, we thank you and we express our deep respect for all your efforts, specifically on the peace process and bringing about peace in the middle east. we know the two-state solution you said is a critical interest of the united states. this is a slogan that we are proud of and we will pursue very seriously our efforts in order to bring about peace in the middle east. >> we got time for, i think, two questions. so, on the u.s.side, we're going to call on matt spetalnick of reuters. >> yes, mr. president, i know you're going to be making a statement later on iran, but i just wondered if -- >> yes, so just don't waste that question on that. >> you're not going to answer anything -- >> i'll do that at the next one. >> okay. did president abbas ask you to take a tougher line with israel over the gaza aid flotilla raid, and will you in fact do so in outright condemnation of israel's actions? and do you support israel's insistence on doing a flotilla inve

the destruction of their state will only be achieved through islam. . that's the hamas world view. and they are not ashamed of it. we shouldn't hesitate to believe them when they say they hate jews and they are trying to destroy israel and that they want to create a islamic thee ogcracy in -- theocracy in palestine. look what they have done in gaza. for those who believe in universal human rights and religious freedom, hamas is your enemy. if you believe in peace in two states for two people, these are your foes. if you believe kidnapping and extortion are inexcusable and detonating a bomb full of nails inside a restaurant or a city bus is barbaric, these are your adversaries. if you believe that firing rockets at homes and kindergartens filled with young kids is absolutely indefensible and that teaching hate the children as monstrous, these are your opponents. if you support the palestinian authority and believe president abbas and the prime minister are palestinian's best chance of statehood, hamas is the opposition. if you support a democratic jewish state of israel and want to

its islamic inheritance. yes, turkey has evolved. turkey is different.of the ideas are actually ideas of the former prime minister who was talking about the zero problem, neighborhood policy way before came on the scene. yes, turkey would still be much more assertive. i mean, they've learned that being an important international player -- it plays well at home. so if you had a different government, there's not going to be a coup now. but if a government comes to power -- if the akp loses, which i think is not in the cards for a long time mes, the feeling will definitely change. there isn't much sentiment in the other parties against him. this kind of vehemence that you see. the turkish government is leaking and obfuscating the facts. thenterior of the military office says those who released from the boat, they were tortured. yoknow, and he says this as an official person without proof, without anything. so i think it is a product. will it go back to the old relations as you asked, i think it's going to take a long time. even if there's a government chang

every middle eastern islamic country is up in arms. they are in the streets protesting. kill, it is about protecting. but when we have terrorists killing muslims, in the hundred, we do not see much. do we have a hand in telling these modern -- moderate muslims what we see? guest: let me make two comments on that. when i was ambassador to the un , there was a lot of bias against israel. i was constantly working with the israeli delegation among others to try to fend off these lopsided resolution that would almost invariably condemn israel but say nothing about terrorism or anything else carried out by the palestinian side. this is a constant issue. you may recall, it is one of the areas where we had to exercise our veto power. there were things being said about israel that we could not accept. the more general point i would make is, these kinds of situations will continue for the foreseeable future, until there is some enduring peace in the middle east. i think it is attainable. hopefully, the parties can get back to working on that in the earnest, some time soon. host: t

speier: islamic militants attacked a mosque in a central pakistani city with grenades and suicide bombers killing hundreds and injuring hundreds. they claim to be part of the taliban. the victims are part of the minority muslim sect who have been branded hair teches who should be -- herotecs who should be killed. these cowardly assaults on people of prayer are attacks against people of all faiths and cannot be tolerated. it is time to pass house resolution 764 which expresses the importance of interreligious dialogue and the protection of religious freedom and related human rights for persons of all faith and nationalities in the republic faith of pakistan. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. moran: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. moran: madam speaker, the republican party's mantra of drill, baby, drill dropped from sight almost as much as the deepwater horizon oil rig. but the fa

a firm stand against an active state sponsored terror of iran by broadening the categories of the islamic republic sanctionable activities well beyond the realm of refined petroleum. further more with increased global cooperation on the sanctions effort and measures to isolate ahmadinejad's thugs from raping, murdering, and censoring their own people, these sanctions would not be complete. for this reason, i aplalled the in-- applaud the inclusion of the mcmahon requirement and my bill h.r. 4647 the iran human sanctions act into this bill. i know that americans will rest much more comfortably knowing that the criminals of ahmadinejad's regime now cannot step foot on u.s. soil. this bill is necessary to the security of our ally israel, to our nation, and to the world. i therefore urge all of my colleagues to vote for it, and i i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to mr. roskam, an esteemed member of the ways and means committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentl

communities, whether they are in nigeria were senegal -- or senegal or kenya, these are all very moderate islamic communities, very much pro- west, and many of them are very close friends of the united states. >> we will take one more of these very quickly and then we will move on with the schedule. >> thank you very much. can you talk briefly about the driver for sustainable development in africa, which has treated well for the individuals with multiple income, for the purchase of goods, so the individual can have some means of looking after themselves or their family. if we think about -- you did not talk about the regional collaboration. and what the administration is doing to strengthen this, and within that framework, there is a sense of intelligence to solve some of these technical problems that they must have in order to attract their own natural resources. >> thank you for the question. the administration is committed to working with african regional organizations, and last week, -- in tanzania, the ambassador to tanzania presented his credentials to the east african community, to become