and in that context to quotes from people like john bolton who was a deputy secretary of state and the permanent representative to the united nations during the bush administration. john bolton said that follows, international law is not lost into a series of physical and moral arrangements t-tango fall on on their own merits and anything else is simply theology and superstition masquerading as law. and then you have had a couple years later homologue distilled the government taking a step further, saying quote, it's a big mistake for us to create any validity to international law because over the long term the goal of those who think that international law really means anything are those who want to constrict the united states. in a book that came out just a couple years ago, harvard law professor, jack goldsmith, together with eric poser from chicago law school, wrote a very long thesis trying to disprove decades of international law is real law. they've been there but in international law is just politics and it's no more unlawful to contravene a treaty or a rule of international la

ambassador to the u.n., john bolton, on the obama's administration foreign policy.wing that, naacp president and c.e.o. benjamin jealous on creating opportunities for minorities. >> tomorrow on newsmakers, represent george miller looks at the status of health care legislation among democrats and republicans. the chairman of the education and labor committee also talks about student loan bills. that's at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. tomorrow on c-span, a replay of the entire white house health care summit. we'll hear opening comments from the president and congressional leaders followed by discussions on health care costs, insurance reforms, deficit reduction and expanding coverage. it starts 10:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the new c-span video library is a digital archive of c-span programming from barack obama to ronald reagan and everyone in-between. over 157,000 hours of c-span video now available to you. it's fast and free. try it out at c-span video.org. >> next a couple of programs from last week's annual conservative political action conference. first

because we are listening instead of lecturing, john bolton was a disaster as far as the u.n. is concerned. it is so nice not to be secretary of state anymore because i can say all of these things. [laughter] >> i am not on assignment so i can say certain things but it attracted my attention in your book, the message, about:prowl who i met personally saying it is not a matter of survival but to leadership. i don't know what's your opinion is, but don't you think as far as the u.n., which used to be the strongest come and now missing leadership with other countries like syria and saying it does not scare us any more? >> where are you from? >> i do have a french background. but the leadership is not strong anymore. but diplomacy and talk and talk and sing shin instead of action. >> first of all, the me say -- let me say i believe the united states is the most powerful country in the world and we can use our power and force for good. i believe we are an exceptional country and that for any number of reasons. to have come here as an immigrant and ended up press secretary of state

then john bolton on the obama administration's foreign policy. and then we heard the comments of kathleen sebelius on the health care plan. >> on "washington journal", john stanton take your questions. we will hear from mark moyar about the war in afghanistan. then richard gordon smith discusses the book" who' "who's buried in grant's tomb." a couple of live events to tell you about. the job creation apanel. a hearing on the economy before the senate budget committee. the events we are planning to cover today may be affected by the weather. >> it is the only collection of american presidential portraits painted by one artists. now on display at purdue university in west lafayette, indiana through february 21. the exhibit looks at the lives of the 43 men who held the office through paintings, photographs, prints, and audio recordings. if it cannot get to west lafayette, see the entire collection on-line at c-span's website. >> a discussion of climate change from switzerland. panelists include felipe calderon and massachusetts representative edward

john bolton joins us. disturbing news obviously. the 20% is not enough for a nuclear weapon getting from 20 to 90 is not that sophisticated or difficult. now we got this news. >> the most amazing thing is this is not new news. the iaea report their conclusions new and important. out in the iaea is more concerned about iran than the american intelligence community. the basic facts that underly this report were known to the u.s. government five or six years ago and provided to the iaea some years later. the point being that our decision makers for a long time had known this and not acted on it effectively. >> greta: will this light the u.n. on fire? >> oh come on. >> greta: the united states is trying to get a fourth round of sanctions. we've got russia saying they will go along. china, a huge problem. at least now it does seem that this has been escalated. each day we are getting a step closer to this bomb. >> it takes away the cover that countries like russia and china would like to hide behind. and signals a change to the agency. t

ambassador to the united nations with john bolton. this is about 50 minutes. administration.ank you very much. thanks for getting up. i know you guys were partying you late last night. it's great to see you all here this morning. thank the focus at the american conservative union for giving me the opportunity to be here with you this morning. when i was here last year, i spent a lot of time how this consent political action conference was great but we needed to do more to reach out to the culture that if we were going to win ultimately and keep the values of america that our founders instilled in us that we needed to engage in the culture. i see the next two speakers after me are two examples of how you can successfully engage and change the culture. andrew who is doing an amazing job in hollywood and just -- [cheers and applause] >> and of course, my boss, the guy that i subbed for on friday, bill bennett who has done more to improve the quality of education in this country than anybody i know. as it was mentioned, i do host bill bennett's morning in america on friday. one o

there was not a john bolton and the other administration that he did the u.n. ambassador. they were very clear through the academic neocons and those in power and those who follow the kramer doctrine who were not neocons, they believed in it in the use of words over and over but because there is a whole new setting we opened a whole new panoramic to view the last 40 years of foreign policy, that the mind of that nixon administration and a costs should new we're in the 41st year of the war. it is going on. cheney is articulating those positions and it is important to understand cheney has the ideology if you listen to people on television, some cable people attacked him as a republican and lack job. know he has the ideology he believes in and firmly believes obama is weakening the country by doing what he is doing that violate the kit kramer doctor in. it is the new window we opened up old stories and old fact surrounded by old tax and stories by a new context and allows us to pay a day's debate more fully than we have never debated that i know of in a full political sense

excuse me, ambassador john bolton is former ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor. ambassador, these are very disturbing developments that are coming out of tehran, and i think it's really important that people understand just how oppressive this regime is being and how they're treating these people. they're promising a harsh blow on february 11th. what do you think that means? >> almost certainly it will have something to do with the nuclear weapons or ballistic missile programs, progress they think they've made. take it with a graint of salt but i think they're playing to a domestic and international audience, telling us they're not backing away from getting nuclear weapons and telling the domestic audience that resistance to the regime is interfere wg their independence. martha: ahmadinejad is in a tough position, they have serious economic problems going on there, he's struggling, you can almost feel this man's struggle to maintain power where he is. sanctions are sort of looming against him, new sanctions, whether or not they're going to peak, we don't know but

. >> john bolton talks about the obama administration's foreign- policy. he spoke at a conference hosted by the hudson institute for about 45 minutes. >> i appreciate you being here to support this. i want to talk about the situation we find ourselves and concerning our national security. let's look at it from the perspective that foreign policy issues do not take place in a vacuum. the are the result of decisions with specific -- they are the result that specific individuals may. i did not leave and determinism. it is important that we understand -- i do not believe in determinism. it is important to understand what is going on under the obama administration. we are about one-quarter through it he said optimistically. i think it's important to understand that many things the president believes are representative of large segments of the american population and representative of what is probably the predominant view in europe, though not a popular view necessarily. it is widely shared around the world. >> i want to talk about the mindset that governs the a

ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, talks about the obama administration's foreign policy.n who served from august, 2005, to december, 2006 criticizes the administration on its policy on terrorism in the middle east. he's at a conference hosted by the hudson institute in new york. and this runs about 45 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. it's a great pleasure to be here today. i think this is a very worthwhile endeavor and appreciate all of you being here in support of it. i wanted to talk today at lunch about the situation we find ourselves in concerning our national security. and to look at it from the perspective that foreign policy issues don't take place in a vacuum. they are the result of decisions that specific individuals make. i don't believe in predestination or historical determinism. and i think it's very important that we understand the broad picture that's presented when we have circumstances like we do today under the obama administration. we are just about one quarter through it. he said optimistically. but i think it's important to understand that

usually these are passed by consensus, animal farm, but on that occasion john bolton recently had been through the u.n. and has some folks to place in the u.s. call for a vote. some countries abstained, but the final vote on this record-breaking expansion of the budget was 141 -- one. anyone care to guess which country was the one? [laughter] of course, the united states. but washington was addition the process and we got to read and sign onto this thing. finally, there really is an important been further problem with funneling foreign policy through this u.n. and that is the very dangerous illusion that something is getting done. i mean, that's one of the reason it's highly corrupting to the american government itself. you don't know what to do with the problem, send it to the u.n.. as a giant fig leaf and in that way the can has been kicked down that road toward the iranian nuclear bomb in that way it has been kicked passed to north korea nuclear tests, and you go to the u.n.. we have sanctions on north korea, we have sanctions on iran, we've taken problems to the u.n. -- sudan, u.n.

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john bolton is not our ambassador to the united nations. on detainee policy i have enumerated the numerous areas of change. the military commissions act has been amended and reformed. at this point it has been designated for a small number of cases. i disagree that the rendition policy is the same. we have had a detailed interrogation and transfer report which has set the terms by which transfers are being done. and we are still in a situation in which we are in armed conflicts. our goal is that armed conflicts should occur within the framework of the law of war. the fundamental difference between the approach we are taking and that of other administrations is that we have of view of domestic law in which we are relying on the authorization of the issue of military force resolution as a basis for domestic authority. on an international level they are operating within the framework of the laws of war. that does not mean we are not still engaged in military actions, that we are not still engaged in defensive exercises. you are in serious conf

there was not a john bolton who was the u.n. ambassador. they were a very clear, the academic neocons and those in power and those who follow the kramer doctrine that were not neocons. they believed in it and used the words over and over. there is a whole new setting will hold new parent -- panorama, the demise-- the rise of the obama administration and i caution rear in the 41st year of the war. does not end with the book titled. cheney is articulating those positions. it is important to understand cheney has the ideology. if you listen to people on television, cable people attack the republican and lack job. no. he has the ideology he believes and strongly believes obama is weakening the country by doing the things he is doing to violate the kramer doctrine. is that new window, old stories and fax surrounded by new facts and a context and allows us to debate more fully ever that i know of any political sense, the debate between the neocon and a pragmatist and what it was about. there was a lot new "the forty years war." >> we went back to