-japan security treaty. now is the right time to pursue an ambitious, forward-looking agenda to ensure that the fundamentals of the alliance remain in place and to advance our security cooperation to meet the many challenges of the 21st century. i would like to thank my friend, the gentlewoman the distinguished gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, the ranking member of the house committee on foreign affairs, for introducing this resolution and i urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentlewoman reserve the balance of her time? ms. watson: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: i'd like to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i rise in support of this -- of this resolution recognizing the mutual benefits for the united states and japan of a treaty which went in

the japan/u.s. alliance. it remains fundamental to this day and must be maintained. at the same time, as the nation in asia, japan must work with other nations. the contender issue has been a source of concern for japan/u.s. relations. as well as for the people of japan. a bilateral agreement has been reached, and i believe we must abide by its conditionn. but at the same time, as stated in the cabinet resolution, we will do the utmosttto reduce the well it is a truly difficult issue, i intend to tackle the problem with the specific orientation. what is my job as prime minister? in the past few days many of the officials i appointed have been interviewed on television and in tte media and offered commentss on issues. hell would you rate them? -- how would you raae them? these people are 10 to 20 years younger than i am serving in my cabinet. when i see them and listtn to what they are saying, i am impressed. i am sure that they have impressed you as well. i worked the previous prime minister to abou

/japan alliance remains strong and vibrant. it is good for security. by the way, i think it helps to serve china's interest and south korea's interest. i think that rather than set it up as a rivalry, rather than view it as a sphere of influence, which is an old way of thinking, what we want to do is say that we are always want to be there for japan and we will always be there for south korea. we are going to be a presence in the south pacific because we are a pacific nation as well as an atlantic mission. -- a nation. we want all countries to create an varmint with an exchange of cultures and ideas that is thriving. asia is obviously on the move. china is on the move. that is a positive thing. that should not be a threat to anybody. we want to make sure that through dialogue and through forums like the g-20, that all countries are meeting their responsibilities even as their rights are being recognized. i think that if we appear to that basic principle, then a strong alliance is something that can continue to be a cornerstone of a peaceful and prosper

it is good for japan's security. it is good for america's security, and, by the way, i think, again, it helps to serve china's interests. and south korea's interests. i think rather than set it up as a rivalry, rather than view this as an issue of sears of influence, which is, i think, an old way of thinking, we want to do is say the we're always going to be there for japan. we are always want to be there for south korea. we're going to be a presence in the south pacific because we are a pacific nation as well as an atlantic nation, but we want to partner with all countries to create an environment in which trade and commerce and the exchange of goods and people and ideas and cultures is thriving, and, look. asia is obviously on the move. china is on the move. that is a positive thing. that should not be a threat to anybody. but what we want to make sure of though is that through dialogue, through forums like the g-20 are asean or apec or some of the other things we have set up, all countries are meeting their respon

do you support the sale of the f-22 fighter to japan? >> to japan or tie 1? >> to japan.hat is technology that we chose not to deploy to many of our allies. secondly, china is going to launch their first manned mission to the moon this nature. very little is talk about it. our space program has been affected by that deficit of budget cuts. china will have the high ground. they do not agree with the non- proliferation position in space. they have not signed that. what is your position also with regard to a draft if we need that in the next five or 10 years? would you support a draft? many of our troops overseas are on their fourth tour. i know that you know that. the resources are being taxed to the max. >> i did not see the need for the draft right now. i toward afghanistan and iraq. we have the highest educated, best trained troops since 9/11. we're think we falter is that we did not all sacrifice to get it. our men and women in the military made their sacrifices. we were told to go shopping again. difficulty is that we have been at war longer than we have ever been in t

-japan security alliance. we think that the presence of u.s.orces in the region, including in japan, is of tremendous importance and of value to both of our countries. we -- and i think that's -- the importance of our presence in the region and the u.s.-japanese alliance is underscored by current tensions in northeast asia. so we have, we believe, reached a fair resolution that sustains the alliance. we understand the burden that this places on the japanese people. as part of our agreement, we have pledged to do everything that we can to help manage the impact that this has, particularly on the people of okinawa. this will be something that we continue to work closely with the japanese government, but as we indicated, we think we've reached a resolution of this relocation plan and we will work with japan to carry it out. >> [inaudible] considering the prime minister has resigned in response to this agreement, don't you think this has damaged the alliance, this agreement? >> well, i mean, i'll leave it to the prime minister to explain the circum

how do you see this affecting japan? the japanese political process and the decision of the prime minister. we will work closely with the government of japan and the next prime minister on a broad range of issues. the chief cabinet secretary stated that the agreement will be respected given that this is a government to government agreement. >> according to a recent poll, 80% oppose the relocation. -- oppose the location. how can you say that this is still politically sustainable? >> we value the u.s.-japan security alliance. we think that the presence of u.s. forces in the region including in japan is of tremendous importance and value to both of our country's. the importance of our presence in the region and the u.s. japanese alliance is underscored by the current tensions in northeast asia. we have reached a fair resolution that sustains the alliance. we understand the burden that this places on the japanese people as part of our agreement. we have pledged to do everything we can to help manage the impact that this has

-japan security alliance. we think that the presence of u.s. forces in the region, including in japan, is of tremendous importance and of value to both of our countries. the importance of our presence in the region and the u.s.- japanese alliance is underscored by current tensions in northeast asia. so we have, we believe, reached out their resolution that sustains the alliance. we understand the burden that this places on the japanese people. as part of our agreement, we a pledge to do everything that we can to help manage the impact that this has, particularly on the people of okinawa. this will be something that we continue to work closely with the japanese government, but as we indicated, we think we have reached a resolution of this relocation plan, and we will work with japan to carry it out. >> considering the prime minister has resigned in response to the agreement, don't you think this has damaged the alliance, this agreement? >> i'll leave it to the prime minister to explain the circumstances under which he felt it important to resign

china, japan, russia, and some other states will react to new american strategy. as a consequence, by 45 years, the multiple whole world will have three centers of power. united states will establish almost absolute control over space, but there will be a country which will be able to counteract, and it will be china. by the meat of the century, there will be very fast militarization. first, space will -- first space war will be prolonged about two years since 51st year. as a result of the second world war, the united states again will and the war in most favorable position. the main consequence of the first space war will be economic potential of the united states and china -- equalization of the united states and china. china will turn into a super state and the second pole and the new center of power. as to the space activity, i should mention energy transfer from space does occur. creation of the system of protection is there from an asteroid damage establish the international space agency development of international space block band soon -- and it will be so

japan has had four prime ministers in four years. an international team began final preparations today for a simulated mission to mars. the six volunteers and one backup are from russia, china, france, and italy. they'll be locked inside a windowless capsule for 520 days, the time needed for a round trip to mars and they'll follow a strict regimen of experiments and exercise. scientists and doctors will monitor the men to see how an actual space voyage would affect a crew. >> ( translated ): some people have a fear of being locked in. some people enjoy the change of scenery, circumstances and people. but when everybody interacts with the same people in the same space, habits and behavior become apparent very quickly. these habits may irritate and cause indignation and even fits of aggression. >> sreenivasan: the mars 500 experiment is set to launch on thursday. >> lehrer: international law and politics on day three of the gaza story. judy woodruff has our report . >> woodruff: the procession began at dawn, and throughout the day, isr

they were the number one brand in the milk business in japan for decades. they had contaminated milk products on their shelves. they kept it a little bit too long. in the end that reputation cost them the company. milk is is not the same as oil for sure. i think there will be a reputational hit and there are other examples. we should mention union carbide with the horrible ba poll disaster. thousands of people died. union carbide damaged to be sure but kept on going. but it does create some vulnerabilities in a lot of different ways not the least being your own position in the industry and whether you might become a takeover candidate yourself. >> lehrer: do you agree with that, robin west? within the industry there's a problem here too. >> i think so. i think that this has hurt the industry somewhat. i agree with professor finkelstein. one of the real risks is what we call license to operate which is the confidence of the public which permits you to go about your business. bp and all these oil companies, they operate all over the world. it's not just the u

in the case of japan, as you know, the declaration gives greater latitude to the japanese case, japanese debt levels, much, much higher than the rest of us, are also entirely financed domestically. so there has been some recognition that japan's tarrets may be slightly different, but i am firmly convinced that as we move forward these will be targets that are pursued, and, in most cases, pursued as minimal objections. in the case of canada, we will, in all likelihood, meet these targets next year in both cases, both the deficit and the debt target. others will take closer to the deadline. >> good afternoon, mr. harper. here i am. everyone has its own story to tell, but probably there is not enough margin, enough flexibility, and in the end, everybody may do what they wish, and this would damage this agreement. mr. sarkozy says the targets are a voluntary commitment. what i can say is everything is voluntary that we do here, because we are sovereign countries, of course. but we have taken a certain commitment. the world is looking at us and waiting for ouu afterance. in terms of the fisca

it is good for japan's security and for america's security.by the way, i think it helps to serve china's interests and south korea's interests. it rather than set it up as a rivalry -- rather than set it up as a rivalry, rather than cede as this year's of it -- see it to do is to say there will always be there for japan. we will always be there for south korea. we're going to be a presence in the south pacific because we are a pacific nation as well as an atlantic 8 nation. but we want to partner -- atlantic nation. but we want to partner with all nations in the exchange of goods and ideas. asia is all -- obviously on the move. china is on the move. that should not be a threat to anybody. what we want to be sure of is that true dialogue, through forms like the g-20, through some of the multilateral institutions that we have set up that all countries that are meeting their responsibilities even as their rights barack also being recognized. if we adhere -- their rights are also being recognized. if we adhere to the basic principle, the u.s.-japa

china and japan keep buying. we are in good shape. if iraq remains in the dump, we are not. there is a slow recovery going on. we do not know whether the sovereign debt issues overseas and the problems on the new york stock exchange will cause psychological damage to investors. we are waiting and hoping that things settle out and the economy comes back and we can get back to sufficient revenues to run the state. we have huge budget calls to deal with in the next two years. >> the next question is the biography question. you came to this job from legislator.as a state i wonder how the responsibilities transfer. what does having the legislative experience do for your perspective as a regulator? >> first of all, all processes are give and take. regulation is not a science. it is an art. there is a range of outcomes that could be right when you the methodology can be humane. court's judgment on final results. in the legislative process, they delegate their authority to set rates on the monopolies they granted. we are just like the legislature. we do what they would otherwise do.

one northeast spent money on offices in china, japan, korea and australia. s.e.e.d.a., the south east england development agency -- the chairman of it spent 51,000 pounds on taxis and executive cars in one year alone. we need proper control of costs and spending. there has not been any for the last 13 years, and there sure is going to be under this government. >> margaret hodge. >> can i tell the prime minister about my constituent, nikki blunden, who is 37? she has a son aged four and is dying of cancer. her consultant wants to prescribe the new drug lapatinib, which could prolong her life. last week, n.i.h.c.e. deemed the treatment not to be cost- effective. will the prime minister stick to his promise not to hide behind n.i.h.c.e., and ensure that the primary care trust funds forthwith this nhs treatment? nikki blunden cannot wait. i ask the prime minister to act. >> i am grateful to the honorable lady for asking that question. my heart goes out to her constituent, nikki blunden. we want to see these cancer drugs get to patients more quickly, without the

japan owns 9.7%. u.k. owns 2.9%. a group of countries the oil exportors, 2.8. brazil owns % and all of the other countries combined own 18. you see growth well. i want you to walk back to another situation. the dollar was not always the world currency. prior to world war ii the pound was the world currency. there are a lot of reasons why the pound switched to the dollar. but there is also a story right after world war ii britain was in a situation. they spent a lot of money on the war. they had been in the battle longer than we had. their financial house was in disarray. they needed a loan. who were their best friends during the war? america. who did they shed blood and die with? america. they asked us for $5 billion for 0 interest. that is not unusual in that time. we told them no. we went back and said we would lone you some money, $2.5 billion. but we had other concerns. a lot of the concerns were where they were in india and the idea of the dollar not being the world currency. there were other factors involved. but you have to accept other terms. why would

and these guys haven't been to japan yet. those are the problems that need to be fixed. and, of course, as long as the democrats are in charge, we're not going to have any changes, not going to have any changes, are we? we're regulating all kinds of things that have nothing to do, zero to do with the prices. host: all right. we're going to leave it there. in the "wall street journal" this morning, looking at what's this morning, looking at what's in the bill for banks, we've got a couple of items regarding the volker rule. largely -- largest firm from trading with their own funds, banks can make small investments in heege and private equity funds limited to 3% or less of a bank's capital and banks may not bail out funds in which they are invested. back to the phones. brooklyn, new york, on our line for democrats. good morning. caller: did you say james? host: yes, james, go ahead. caller: good morning. and thanks for taking my call. i'm listening to these guys talking about the democrat party and the mortgages and this, that, and the other. nobody has looked at the bush

we're seeking to reopen markets in japan, korea and taiwan for some of our beef and pork products. we're having renewed discussions with russia on poultry. so there are opportunities for us outside of the e.u. that are significant and important and we'll continue to work to expand those opportunities to make new partnerships, new arrangements. one of the reasons the president is focused on the transpacific discussions is a way of multilaterally engaging in new trade opportunities. there are free trade agreements that hopefully congress will be able to work on and ultimately ratify in the very near future in panama, colombia, and south korea. so there's a lot of trade opportunity outside of the e.u. we'll continue to want to do business, but it's not business, but it's not necessarily dispositive of how we're going to do if the european trade is off a bit. >> i'd like to follow up on a trade question as well, mr. secretary. america taxpayers will be paying $147 million a year to brazil because the agriculture department's cotton subsidy program has been ruled illegal. what are you g

phase two, it forced the other airlines out of his mysterious face three began last year with the japan case that was designed to create the same type of multibillion-dollar consumer welfare lost that we have already seen on the north atlantic. continental/united is an integral part of all three faces a cannot be seen as an isolated event. problem three is the power threat. united continental will not cause immediate price increases in the local chicago and houston market, but consumers are at risk. carriers cannot survive without a strong, secure source of international traffic that is at the heart of their business model. when dot gave the company's control over this traffic, the dot issued a death warrant. the delta and noothwest merger eliminated no. 4 and is designed to cripple or kill u.s. airways who has no hope of independence survival, even though it is the most efficient of all the carriers. the destruction of competitors are market power of uses every bit as serious as the cartel pricing you see in international markets. consumers face the threat of oligopoly of service reduc

japan was a racially homogeneous with highly industrial people. we did not have to occupy it and keep them from killing each other. racially homogeneous people are always productive and peaceful. if anything we can learn from afghanistan and iraq the tribalism, of the diversity, we should learn after thousands of deaths that all cultures and races are not equal and that we should not let the muslims into the west anymore. host: elin, eagle river, nebraska, you are on the air -- elaine. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have been calling for at least a decade. first of all, i would say this, i spent eight years as a navy veteran during vietnam. my son spent eight years in the u.s. navy during the initial invasion of iraq. and my other son is air force. i would say it is time to get out of afghanistan. i don't even know why we are there. we initially went in for, i don't know, to save them from something or another. but now it has descended into chaos. the other thing is, afghanistan has been a country long before america was even conceived of

i sent it to japan when they were experiencing an oil spill. begged to put it on oil spills that were occurring but you -- there's a gigantic catch-22. you can't put your many sheen on an oil spill unless it's been approved and the people wouldn't approve it because it's not on an oil spill. the problem is that this is -- this is a highly technical -- it's really a pivot point for how we could fight oil spills in the 21st century. it's something we need to do now. it really needs to be wherever oil can come into contact with water. and the -- and short of that, we're not -- we're not being responsible to everybody else because, you know, this oil spill for as much as our heart is breaking, this oil spill is touching the shores of people faces we'll never meet around the precious gulf of mexico, our neighbors, the countries around the gulf of mexico wondering what happens to their way of life. >> larry: yeah. do you become here's that costner again? >> what's that? oh -- geez. i thought somebody, my family wanted to get in the interview. >> larr

[applause] the ambassador from japan is here. [applause] the ambassador from mexico is here and we are delighted to have him. [applause] i think the brazilian ambassador arrived. i did not see him personally. [applause] and we have the;djv charged affr from the embassy of south africa. [applause] i hope i have hit everybody i am supposed to. this is a wonderful evening. i want to thank joe gilde nhorn about his gracious remarks. i planned to be here four or five years and have stayed here 11 or 12. one of the principal reasons i have this because i have had the honor to work with joe. i will tell=a you palle loyal je is. he is so low that the wilson center that he is here tonight when his granddaughter is graduate from high school. that is really something we appreciate your leadership. [applause] tonight, we welcomed the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, to the center. he is an academic thinker and a policy maker in the tradition of woodrow wilson. he is a world-class scholar and like wilson, a princeton professor.

do you support the sale of the f-22 fighter to japan? >> to japan or tie 1? >> to japan. that is technology that we chose not to deploy to many of our allies. secondly, china is going to launch their first manned mission to the moon this nate. very little is talk about it. our space program has been affected by that deficit of budget cuts. china will have the high ground. they do not agree with the non- proliferation position in space. they have not signed that. what is your position also with regard to a draft if we need that in the next five or 10 years? would you support a draft? many of our troops overseas are on their fourth tour. i know that you know that. the resources are being taxed to the max. >> i did not see the need for the draft right now. i toward afghanistan and iraq. we have the highest educated, best trained troops since 9/11. we're think we falter is that we did not all sacrifice to get it. our men and women in the military made their sacrifices. we were told to go shopping again. difficulty is that we have been at war longer than we have ever been in t

he turned our country around, our competition for america, for a few western european countries and japan. our competition now is all of the countries of europe, japan, south korea, china, malaysia, india, singapore, australia, brazil. the rest of the world. if we can have a government as i write in this book, while other countries are going pedal to the metal and starting to lap us so we need to have that competitive spirit and they do have a winning energy game plan in here. another thing about sports, no one ever goes to a game, no one pays to watch officials officiate. you don't go there to say gosh i hope that zebras figure out to-- who will win this game but too often in washington may come up with manipulations and burdens and nanny government regulations that impede the flow and whether it is our complicated tax code or this most recent health care monstrosity that-- what we want is not people to be dependent on the government. we want folks to be responsible for themselves and have more affordable personalized importable health care options, which i talk about in here, in my book

there's been some recognition that japan's targets may be different. i am firmly convinced that as we move forward these will be targets that are pursued and in most cases pursued as minimal objectives. in the case of canada, we will most likely meet these targets by next year and in both cases, the deficit and the debt target. others will take a closer to the deadline. >> good afternoon, mr. harper. everyone has their own story to tell. there's probably not enough margin, flexibility, and in the end everyone may do what they wish and this would damage this agreement. president sarkozy has said the targets are involuntary commitment. everything is voluntary that we do here -- >> everything we do here is voluntary. we have taken such commitments. the world is looking at us and waits for our performance. in terms of the fiscal target, this is more than just an agreement between heads of state. it is an agreement for the markets. when we have seen what has happened to the markets over the last few months, i think it is clear that the markets will wait for

the capsule was flown to japan where scientists will try to determine if it brought back any all street lost ground late in the day, over new worries about europe's finances. that's after the greek government's debt was lowered to junk status. the dow jones industrial average lost 20 points to close below 10,191. the nasdaq rose less than a point to close near 2244. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: the prospect of vast mineral wealth in afghanistan. margaret warner has that story. >> warner: for years there has been much speculation and some study about huge mineral deposits in afghanistan. but exploration of those minerals-- everything from iron and copper to the lithium used in lightweight rechargeable batteries-- got lost or sidetracked by decades of war. now, reports today's lead "new york times" story, the pentagon is telling u.s. and afghan leaders that the untapped mineral finds, spread throughout the country, could be worth a trillion dollars. the karzai government said that was good news. >> it's very heartening that afghanistan has a v

japan has a new prime minister. the parliament today elected naoto kan to the post. kan has served as finance minister, and is known as a populist. he pledged today to regain the trust of the japanese people. his predecessor, prime minister yukio hatoyama, stepped down on wednesday. he broke a campaign promise to move a u.s. marine base off okinawa. fast-food giant mcdonald's recalled 12 million "shrek" drinking glasses today. the u.s. consumer product safety commission said there were traces of cadmium in the painted designs. the toxic metal is a known cancer-causing agent. mcdonald's said about seven million of the collectible glasses have been sold. they were made in the u.s. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: b.p. claimed progress today in its six-week struggle with that gushing oil well at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. and onshore, the president was back for another update on the disaster. ray suarez begins our coverage. b.p. managed to install a cap on the damaged wellhead last night, designed to greatly reduce the fl

japan looks them be an unrestricted basis as does korea on an unrestricted basis. as you know we have bense on acceptable. one of the stories that can out of the last year's jcct as you know is we did get them to open the market back up to pork which they had restricted after the h1n1 scare and we are resuming those exports. we continue to press them working with secretary vilsack from the department of the agriculture to open the market back up to beef which we have been excluded for far too long. as we have mentioned to senator cantwell what we are trying to get china to do in every case is just follow the internationally accepted standards and act on a sound science chris cemetery products. the good news is we do have surplus in our agriculture exports for china, the frustration, we have specific products like beef and poultry in which they have just been -- >> again you are using he word at the press encourage and talking. i believe frankly no country of drastically out of the goodness of its heart eckert lowers the entry barrier. they ask them to do something.

japan, for example, has a large debt crisis itself.ut most of theirs is financed domestically because they have a much higher internal savings rate. regardless of who funds the debt, it will not be sustainable. i do not quite know off the top of my head of the latest gnp verses gdp. most professional economists tried to use the one benchmark, the gdp figure. we will have to get back to you of what the gnp figure is. but what we do know is that it continues to languish and unfortunately our economy continues to languish in almost double digit unemployment. the reason we have to show private employers, businesses, and investors that we are serious about dealing with the spending crisis or they know it will end in an explosion of tax increases at the end of the year. in fact, economic growth will probably take even more next year because people love limiting economic activity this year to try to take advantage of tax rates before the increase next year. unfortunately the situation will get worse and the most important thing we can do to c

treaty of mual cooperation and security and expressing gratitude to the people of japan for enhancing peace, prosperity and security in the asia pacific region. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, -- >> madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio. >> i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen a recorded vote is ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceed -- further proceedings on this question will be postponed. the house will come to order. will members please take their conversations off the floor? for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous -- i ask unanimous consent that during consideration of h.r. 5175 the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, or his designee, may control 10 minutes of general debate time allocated to

with a number of countries attending, including germany, japan, and the united states. the g-20 summit is focusing on the global economy crisis, watch the news conference on sunday afternoon, 5 p.m. at c-span. and president obama's remarks as he leaves the summit. now the discussion on efforts to pass an energy bill in the wake of the oil spill. we will hear from a defense council, an energy department official, and an energy reporter. this is hosted by politco, due to a technical problem, we are unable to show a portion of the event. >> good morning everyone. i am very pleased to welcome everyone this morning on the behalf of the press foundation, i am linda, our president, bob myers is here this morning. we are an independent nonprofit. we are not affiliateed with the press club or any other group. we don't take money from the u.s. or any other government. our mission is to provide education and resources for journalalists to help them do their jobs better. and i want to start by thanking groups that are helping. first the sponsor of today's briefing is the kiplinger

. >> i came back from japan and they had that in a customs form. what strikes me -- this is the first time the linked to organized crime and terrorism. what will be the outcome that has blocked or al qaeda is using this money to bring weapons against us? is this more of a public domain? how do we get that information out there? how do we exploit it so these counterfeits are not being produced? >> one of the keys is the follow the money trail. i do not think that is as coordinated as it could be right now. it is coordinated on the drug enforcement side and on other activity. i do not think a group is looking at the type of money that falls in and out of the sale of counterfeit goods. i will give you an example. in new york city, they have these high-rise buildings in midtown. years ago we used to call them vertical flea markets. multiple floors or compromise with counterfeit goods, whether it was movies, books, every type of product you could imagine were in these buildings. we look -- we did an undercover operation. to get into the building, to ren

north korean communists had been so successful that they drove the 25, the 25th divisions that were in japan and the people's republic of south korea to the peninsula, but we were able to push them back. the marines landed and the chinese came and you know the rest of that story. but, how grateful it is to be not just alive but to know that we all participated once again in defending a democracy even in countries where we don't know the people and don't know the country. and as a result of that, one of america's strongest allies is the government of korea. and the truth of the matter is, with china there and north korea there and especially the threat to iran, north korea has represented a symbol not only of democratic principles but a symbol of what can happen economically when freedom and democracy is the atmosphere in which we're working. and those of us who served and especially the 50,000 who did not come back home, the close to 100,000 that got wounded, the 8,000 that were prisoners of wars, -- war, we had no idea that our sacrifice would rebuild a nation from ashes to the great econom

treaty, of mutual cooperation and security and expressing appreciation to the government of japan and the jaaanese people for enhancing peace, prosperity and security in the asia-pacific region. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states use of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, there are 412 yeas, two nays, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the motion -- without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the for what pupose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i'd like unanimous consent to remove my name as a co-sponsor of h.r. 5299. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bills. the cler

. >> will the assistant secretary visit japan next week? >> you will be travelling next -- he will be travelling nextt week. we will make an announcement on monday. >> to go back to opening comments about the u.s.- malaysian senior officials dialogue, i have now read the statement, which makes no reference to human rights. was that raised? >> i asked that question myself. i am still seeking a clarification to the question. >> the reason i ask is i am confused. the state department has for many years describe this case as being a victim of political prosecution. the tone of this media note is very upbeat about trade aad climate change and ways of elevating tte u.s.-malaysia partnership. i just wondered iffthat came up. unrelated to that -- >> let me make the point -- it is valid. we have followed the case through a couple of different iterations for a number of years. we have in fact prevented -- we have in fact presented a letter. what happened in this meeting i cannot say. but in ttrms of our normal dialogue with malaysia, we have repeated

pe have been a germany, japan. let them come home and let them take care of their own people.host: you want to wrap up the military and diplomatically? caller: i would say militarily but not diplomatically. guest: i would have to say that we see what happens when we disengage from these tough parts of the world. we disengaged from afghanistan and pakistan after he soviets pulled out of afghanistan in 1989. c:í7incidently, on the way out e door in 1990, we slapped sanctions on pakistan because of their nuclear weapons program. does not correct to say that we supported it or gay nuclear weapons to india or pakistan. -- or gave a nuclear weapons to india or pakistan. india or pakistan. we disengaged. military terms. we did not completely disengaged diplooatically but we were no longer much of a force. what happened? that was the road to 9/11. the afghan civil war haapened. the taliban emerged on top in the early 1990's and gave sanction to al-qaida. a few years later, we got 9/11. host: why did we disengage in that region? guest: we figured that there are strategic competitor, th

administration, nasa, jobs aren't going to be here, jobs are going to be in russia, china, eventually india and japan is getting in on the trick. that's where those jobs are going to go. we are firing 30,000 american citizens, who have good jobs in science and engineering tore build the constellation program and for whaa? to lose our leadership in space? to subsidize the russians and chinese industry? to put more americans out of work in this summer of recovery? it simply does not make sense. i yield back, but i would like to interchange with the geetleman. we have a lot of things to talk about how this interfaces with our milittry commitment and what this administration issdoing in what is unusual in trying to push this program forward. we aren't losing the space race but forfeiting the game. i yield back. mr. carter: perfect statement, forfeiting the game. we were leading and winning th% game. and until this administration came in to the white house and we just stepped up and decided ppto forfeit the game. and here's an article from "labor" magazine published on april 15, 2010. obama privatization

your favorite adjective, a challenging, ruinous, irresponsible, unsustainable, disastrous, greed or japan-likeure. it is fair to say that team usa has no this bill is responsible forward-looking economic plan. progressive cannot shy away from this or pierre or think it is politically incorrect to want a fiscally responsible future for our country. the disaster we now face and the deficits we now confront are all a result of a broader economic crisis. it would be insane to imagine not stimulating the economy and fight for wage and job growth. in the long run, analysis of the problem is no substitution for action. things were pretty bad for workers before the economic crisis during the jobless decade at a time when the gap between the rich and the rest of the population grew so wide and fast. regardless of how we got here, the challenge of this decade, i believe for progressives, is to craft a 21st century a fiscally responsible economic plan that produces wage growth and job growth, particularly in the private sector, that makes long- term investment in education infrastructure, clean energy re

those inspiring words, and she will soon be deployed to a military hospital in asia -- actually in japanople who are helping keep our service members in good health. they are in good hands with people like that running a medical services. i just want to briefly share some appreciation to some of the great people who are here. we would like everyone from the gold star mothers and goldstar wives to stand up. we have the president of the gold star mothers here and the president of the gold star wives. [applause] thank you. i wanted to thank the people with sons and daughters in touch. we have their parents on more. the american legion, we want to thank them. amvets, a jewish war veterans, noncommissioned officers association, paralyzed veterans, vietnam veterans of america, and we want to thank our board members. many longtime friends are here, general george price, bill cooper, and others. there is a commercial message here. based technologies gave but the nation allowing us to film the ceremony and airing at lie. if everyone wants to see of later, they can see it on our web site. they're

the host of the stomach with a number of other countries attended including france, germany, china, japan, india, and united kingdom and united states. the summit, focuses on the global financial crisis and ways to cut high debt levels. watch the prime minister's news conference live this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. after that, live coverage of president obama's news conference as he leaves the g-20 summit in canada. that starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >> starting monday, watch the confirmation hearings for a lionette cake and -- 40 leah kagan. you can see reid-paris on c- span2. -- a read-errors on c-span2 -- re-airs on c-span2. >> next, a look at new ways to counter the spread of terrorism ideology which remarks from former officials of the bush administration. the report's authors outline their findings and then take questions from the audience. posted by the washington institute, this is 1.5 hours. >> this is an important report by the institute. first, a word of context. every four years, the washington institute convened a series of what we call our presid

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japanese are going like gangbusters to put hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the roads of germany and japanate the demand for oil. the u.s. started down that path but it has been an on-again, off-again efforts without the determination to actually make it to the marketplace and a reasonable timeframe with sufficient vehicles that consumers can't actually use a major way. there are resisting such as -- there are resistances pretty clear away obstacles, we can get rid of internal combustion altogether. the internal combustion engine is a 100-year-old mechanical device. it is not efficient enough. 80 cents on the dollar that people are paying for gasoline is wasted as he coming off the engine. whereas 20% of the dollar is giving them mobility through the engine and drive train. that is not a very good investment of disposable income to be wasting 80% of the dollars you are spending on gasoline host: one more call, atlanta, on our independent line. caller: i have one comment about the polar bears. degrees in the polar bears are endangered is not because of the oil drilling activities themselves

from china or japan. mr. speaker, the american people are sick and tired of what's going on here in washington. just this week the american people said in a survey that the greatest threat to this nation which had been -- they believe had been terrorism, is now debt. debt. . what they are saying is stop the madness. what the republicans have done in an attempt to be fiscally responsible and try to encourage our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to stop the madness is institute the youcut program. it's a republicanwhip.house.gov/youcut. this week the american people going to this website saying stop the madness. cut in this week's area. this week's winner will save $15 billion by selling excess federal property. property that's not being used right now. sell it for $15 billion. every single week what we do is to try to identify those programs, those areas of the federal government that are recklessly spending the hard-earned taxpayers' money. and this week there are five more new nominees that will be

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[applause] the ambassador from japan is here. [applause] the ambassador from mexico is here.delighted to have him. [applause] i think the brazilian ambassador arrived but i did not see him personally. [applause] and we have the charges d- affaires from south africa. [applause] i hope i have hit everybody i am supposed to. this is a wonderful evening. i want to thank joe gildenhard for my tenures at the center. i came to the wilson center planning to be here about four or five years and i have stayed 11 or 12. one of the principal reasons i have stayed is because i have had the honor to work with joe. i will tell you how loyal joe is. he is so loyal that he is here tonight when his grandson or grand daughter is graduating from high school. by golly, that is really something. we appreciate your leadership, joe. [applause] tonight, we welcome the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, to the center. he is an addict -- academic thinkers and policy maker in the tradition of woodrow wilson. he is a world-class scholar and like wilson, a princeton professor. dr. bernanke has