provide the leadership and involve -- muslim state particularly arab league and saudi arabia and kuwait in constructing political vision in yemen. remember, brooke, al qaeda has been able to create a major foothold in yemen because the social and political situation in yemen is very grave. what i mean by the situation in yemen, have you multiple insurgencies. a major civil war in the north that's basically taking mace for almost three years and you have separatist movement in the north and several tribes are challenging the authority and what al qaeda has been trying to do or has been able to could is to submerge itself within the local conflict and challenge the authority of the sent practical government. >> capitalizing almost it seems on this conflict. you mentioned saudi arabia. i mean, we talk about the u.s. role here. but what about saudi arabia? what about the kuwaitis to a lesser degree? they need to step it up, do they not? >> absolutely. i will argue that saudi arabia is more threatened by the al qaeda branch in yemen than the united states itself. it is in the interests of sa

servicemen and men assembled to drive the iraqi military from kuwait. in the aftermath of the desert storm more tens of thousands of troops remained in the state's raising great tension between the local population and their governments. it was the presence of foreign troops that 80 needed is on a bin laden from the monarchy after years of being seen as a hero to fight the jihad in afghanistan. what these historic examples demonstrate either far from upholding western interest it produces tremendous instability and serves focus against foreign occupation. obama pledge to withdraw troops from iraq without seeking any fights in that country there are grounds for concern as america is beginning to reduce its presence but even the government in baghdad seems to believe it will face an easier time in combating a domestic insurgency with occupation overshadowing iraq. in making israel palestine conflict, president obama addressed the issue with a lot of history of one-sided u.s. policies and the ratings suggested he did not enjoy the confidence of the palesti

more than 1100 members of the new hampshire national guard will be deployed to iraq, afghanistan and kuwait. they will leave behind their families, their jobs, and their communities. let us commit that we will be there for these brave men and women and their families during the next year. [applause] [applause] let us pray for their safe return. and let us think of them, all of our citizens serving in the armed forces and all of our veterans for their service and for their sacrifice. [applause] i am proud to come before you today to report on the state of our great state. for the past 18 months, our state and our country have been in the grips of a deep national recession. workers lost their jobs, and businesses shut their doors. too many families lost their homes, their health insurance and their savings. we are beginning to see glimmers of light of these dark clouds. throughout this recession new hampshire has done better than most of the nation. our state's unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the country and more than 30% below the national average. [applause] we are seeing some com

awarded the bronze star, purple heart, national defense service medal, also served kuwait, had a smile that lit up a room, loved the outdoors, loved rock music. favorite foods, spaghetti and his grandmother's biscuits and gravy. dreamed of buying a house and starting a family. leaves behind a grieving and loving family. brian holden, american hero. thank you to our guests but especially to you for being with us tonight and a special happy birthday to one of our superstars, yankees fan rachel. there she is. happy birthday, rachel. everyone, i'll see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp even. until then, good night, friend.

why we built a pipeline carrying water from kuwait toward basra. i remember of the kuwaiti defense minister commenting that one of the driest country in the world was supplying water to a nearby country that had rivers. he could not quite understand my water was coming in the other direction. these were all about making sure that we did not face this kind of humanitarian disaster as a direct consequence of going into iraq. >> but you said that you went with a list. what sort of response did you get from them? obviously you expect your concerns. what response did you get? >> at the time a very positive one. i think, you know, the view was that since the pentagon was given responsibility in the united states for dealing with this phase they welcomed the suggestion that we were making. i accept that the whole of those items on my list were followed up and followed up in the time scale that we expected. one of the issues, the issue that went on for some time was the requirement for a further u.n. security council resolution to give legal, to give a fur

this past year in kuwait, women finally won seats in the parliament. cue weighty women, after a long struggle, only learned the right to vote and stand office in 2005. it took them four more years to prevail in an election. but prevail they did finally, winning four seats in the parliament. and i might add all four women have their ph.d.'s from the united states. in these and so many related ways, i'm proud that the united states has played a leading role, either through our government's foreign assistance programs, or through the programs and examples of civil society like many of you represent. attorneys and businesswomen have partnered with women around the world as mentors, trainers, co-collaborators, to share their practices, exchange experiences, and provide support. in addressing women's access to justice, we realize that raising our voice for equal rights and equal treatment under the law is necessary. but it is not sufficient. passing laws is important, but it is not nearly enough because laws must be backed and enforced by effective and respo

i had picket lines and said my parents were from kuwait. polish survivors day hired a psychologist what am i doing this book? ultimately the test of time and the truth of the book. >> host: were you surprised did you anticipate it would have that reaction? >> guest: i anticipated it because it was my reaction. i hated the project. >> host: but you've like the but? >> guest: i wrote the book. it had to be written and directed. >> host: a story you thought it had to be told. >> guest: yes. i was on a quest. trial by fire in a prepared me well for others. >> host: were you surprised when doing your research or when you started, did you think it would reveal what you ultimately learned? >> the entire book covers the net by minute developments in three countries accounting for time zone ships in jewish palestine, germany and the united states. we hard to put an it going back inferred and only covers the first three months of 1933. is very intense it did with the one it to do which is to understand what had happened >> host: but my question is we

we had the kuwait situation were again tens of thousands died.emical weapons against its own people. it's always important to remember from my perspective the nature of the regime did make a difference to the nature of the wmd threats. >> that actually is my next question and i put it in a slightly different way. but given the information available to you and given these caveats, were there no other aspects of the iraqi regime but to focus every better be safe for the u.n. route, as a better basis for the legality of the region? >> you mean? >> in terms of all the things you describe in your speeches and about saddam's brutality to which you were saying just now about aziza wmd on kurds, on the shia? >> i think i actually said it a.b. in the chicago speak unturned speech or else well. there were many regimes of actors due to the back of but you can't go through them and remove all the dictatorships. people often say to me about mukai beat in zimbabwe and the burma regime and so on. but you have to have a basis that is about a security threat. so

and one soldier is 367 are in kuwait. and one soldier is stationed in xhosa beaux. twenty-eight soldiers, 28 soldiers and airmen and one civilian all from south dakota have made the ultimate sacrifice. seven were members of our national guard and 21 were in the regular armed forces. two of those 29, one soldier, and one airmen. we should also say a prayer for the family of sergeant wolf, u.s. army who was not a south dakota native, but was buried in south dakota last year. for all the years that i served as governor, our nation has been out war. this war to stop terrorism has lasted longer than world war ii, but it is a war we must win. i am grateful that i was given the opportunity to carry forward when bill janklow started with his creation of the world war ii memorial. with your help in the help of many, many thousands of south dakota and we created the korean war memorial in the vietnam war memorial on these capitol grounds. when this current war is over, a future governor and future legislature and the grateful citizens of south dakota have the privilege of cre

i had picket lines and said my parents were from kuwait but of course, they are polish survivors. they hired psychologists to psychoanalyze you could of course, the historical test of time. >> host: were you surprised did you anticipate it would have that kind of a reaction? >> guest: i anticipated because that was my reaction. i hated the project. >> host: but you like the book? >> guest: i wrote the book. it had to be written and i wrote it. >> host: a story you thought had to be told. >> guest: yes. i was on a quest. it was trial by fire before my first book in a prepared me well for other books. >> host: were you surprised with your research, when you started did it reveal what you ultimately learned about the whole set up? the entire book covers the minute by minute developments in the three countries accounting for the time zone shift and jewish palestine, germany and the united states. we have diplomatic going back and forth and it only covers the first eight months of 1933. that is very intense. been accomplished what i wanted to do which is understand what had happened. >

here's what we're going to do, we're going to liberate kuwait.they put together a plan and that's what they did. it was not the civilians running the activity. as sam johnson a member of our body here, colleague, who was in the hanoi hilton for nearly seven years, as he was told after we carpet bombed north vietnam, hanoi, for two week, they rushed back to the negotiating table, worked out a deal that was favorable to them and not the united states, as sam says, when he was leaving the p.o.w. camp, the hanoi hilton, a commander was laughing and said you stupid americans if you'd just bombed us one more week we would have had to surrender unconditionally. we didn't do that. we didn't give the service member what they needed to win the war and come home that should have been the lesson of vietnam. never commit troops unless you're willing to give them what it takes to win the war and come home. in beirut, lebanon, our marines were told, and the ones who were out on the perimeter that should have been able to stop the truck coming through the concer

saddam's invasion of kuwait. if these price spikes continue or accelerate, what is your confidence level? my frame with the federal government spoke in 2030. if the country and the economy face serious challenges, how confident are you that we can respond more quickly than a 10-or 20-year time frame? >> i believe that over the last several years, the effort around energy management sustainability has been ramped up significantly. as evidenced by our own goal and reduction with green house gas reduction. as we do that. as we invest more money in research and development to provide more energy-efficient products. i believe in the markets there will be ups and downs, but the need is there and industry in general have invested and shifted research and development monies to accelerate in this deal. i'm understanding what the core problem is. that's one of the things we're able to do is begin increasing awareness of how to resolve the issues. when the spikes occur, there is an expedited response. >> it is renewable ene

a mixture of stocks bonds and commodities opinion ten years or longer, as much inatic kuwaits as you can sleep at night comfortably with and a quarter of the difference in alternatives and commodities things like that. much less for a ten-year time horizon or longer. >> you both share a view for the investor who doesn't think of themselves at highly sophisticated. stock investment really think of at mutual funds generally speaking opinion buying stocks you don't know how to buy stocks. a mutual fund. one for 2010? >> t. rowe price. they give you access to broad diversification. the t. rowe price mutual fund has a $2,500 minimum investment however brian rogers since 1985, repped name in the industry. high yield, yield solid returns, curbing risk and remaining diverse. most of their holdings have more mon that are 4% equity rating, most about a 1% rating. for that individual investor that wants to be a little more conservative, target some very diversified funds as well ahigh dividend yield in stocks rate companies as well, a great deal. >> both of you do have clients who would like to

works around the world on many ashes including aids and health care, among the notable contributors, kuwaitnd norway given at least 10 million over the year. bailed out companies aig and citigroup, among the biggest donors, bill gates charity which has contributed more than 25 million dollars. the helicopter crew rescuing an ice climber from a frozen ledge after he fell almost 300 feet. it happened in little cottonwood canyon close to salt lake city, an area very popular with climbers. the sheriff's office says the 37-year-old climber broke his leg and maybe his pelvis. the sergeant says witnesses saw the guy fall and called 911. >> they gave us probably a 30 minute head start to get on scene with the appropriate equipment and personnel and make some discussions on how to get him off the canyon. >> gregg: now, that's the fourth rescue in this very same spot in less than a year. major news out of iraq that involves the lives of american troops. coming up, we're going to tell you why it's being called a significant milestone and a revealing look at just how combat troops are preparing to leav

they would probably join an alliance to oppose them as they did when he invaded kuwait. that's not a desire of development. but killing lots of people to stop to worry about what he might do, strikes me as a bad policy. let me turn to the final topic which is nuclear terrorism. which is really keeping people awake. and what i'd like to argue is that the likelihood that terrorist would be able to build or acquire atomic bomb is banishingly small. that's what banishingly small looks like. [laughter] >> okay. let the me took first of all at how a terrorist might get a bomb. then i want to deal with the scenario which generally people seem to think is the most likely way to get a bomb. one way which most analyst think is the least likely is they be given a bomb by a nuclear state that already has it. crazy state. the problem from this stand point is that the bomb, first place, the bombs are very expensive and difficult to make. and giving some of the precious cargo to a group you can't control who might end up blowing it up in your own territory is not exactly wise. furtherm

presiding over the abuse oshi'a prisers captured during the upsing in 1991 which follow the invasion of kuwait. he gainehis nick name after commandi the chemic gas attack on t kurdish town i1988 during the iran-iraq war. unsurprisingly ithat town today, the news of his haing nearly seven areas after s capture was greeted with approval. >> we the families of ma tirs here arvery pleased hear that he was executed. reporter: but in tikrit, the hometown of cmical ali and saam hussein tribal loyals. >> i give condolences to the iraqpeople on the martyrdom of ali hasan al-mid who was sassinated by traitors. >> reporter: today's explosion shows that iraq is still volati. maybe more so since e predominantly shi'a government barred ny sunni candidat from standing in the cong elections. the contrasting acts to day's execution shows how divided iraq remains. as it struggleto overcome the legacy of diatorship, invasion and war >> sreenivasan: there was w talk today of reconciling afghanistan's governnt with taliban fighte. president hamid rzai said he wantto let militants lay down their weapons and goome,

the abuse of shi'a prisoners captured during the uprising in 1991 which followed the invasion of kuwait. he gained his nick name after commanding the chemical gas attack on the kurdish town in 1988 during the iran-iraq war. unsurprisingly in that town today, the news of his hanging nearly seven areas after his capture was greeted with approval. >> we the families of mar tirs here are very pleased to hear that he was executed. >> reporter: but in tikrit, the hometown of chemical ali and saddam hussein tribal loyals. >> i give my condolences to the iraqi people on the martyrdom of ali hasan al-majid who was assassinated by traitors. >> reporter: today's explosion shows that iraq is still volatile. maybe more so since the predominantly shi'a government barred many sunni candidates from standing in the coming elections. the contrasting reacts to today's execution shows how divided iraq remains. as it struggles to overcome the legacy of dictatorship, invasion and war >> sreenivasan: there was new talk today of reconciling afghanistan's government with taliban fighters. president hamid karzai

so i participated in the reconstruction of kuwait after the first gulf war as executive officer of the unit. so the military, the officers at the working level, they all cooperate. none of them complain. i think they have a sense of accomplishment in this. >> lehrer: did you feel any frustration on the piece of tape where the u.s. navy officer at the airport was asked by the reporter from i.t.n., hey, you've got all these supplies. there's a hospital down across the road and you can't get those supplies to them. why not? he said, i'm sorry. somebody else is is deciding all of that. >> there is a system for deciding that. it's called the incident response system. u.s.a.i.d. has used it for 30 years. the u.s. military uses it. that system has been set up. it will function but it takes a few days for all that system to be put in place. >> lehrer: has that been explained well to people? i mean i'm talking about american people as well as the haitian people. >> i don't think the american people have, you know, this has been explained to them. i understood it because i ran a.i.d., and genera

the american concern that it was unrealistic to keep the troops once mobilized and deployed, out in kuwait, in the gulf, for prolonged periods of time, and the military planning was, one way or another, bearing down hard on the diplomatic process. >> yes, that is correct. and in a sense, i think it is fair to say the only reason why saddam hussein was having anything much to do with the inspectors at all -- and they were getting drips and drabs of more cooperation is because he had 250,000 troops down there with all of their machinery sitting on his doorstep so you're always in a position where you've got to be very careful then, i think the -- many of the witnesses have said in the inquiry, not just the americans, i think our own military were concerned, if you then in months with the troops down there, you know, as inspections went on, but nothing really was being resolved, i think that would have been difficult so in that sense you are right. of course it is always, you know, you've got to -- you come to a point of decision and the only thing i would say to you is and i think this is vi

reasons -- we got a ship in very quickly with grain, while we build the pipeline carrying water from kuwait towards basra. the defense minister commented ironically that one of the driest companies was supplying water to a nearby country that had rivers. these were all about making sure that we did not face this kind of humanitarian disaster as a direct consequence of going into iraq. >> he said that she went to the state with a list. what sort of response did you get from them? obviously you express your concerns. what sort of response did you get? >> at the time, a very positive one. the view was that since the pentagon was given responsibility in the united states for dealing with this phase, they welcomed the suggestions we were making. i accept that not all of those items on my list were followed up in the timescale that we expected. one of the issues was one that went on for some time, the requirement for a further un security council resolution to give legal -- of further legal basis for prisons there. we were very focused upon that. >> this was resolution 1483? >> the legal problem

were a quick with woodward catoctin, back at camp lejeune where they had gathered before flying to kuwait before they were helicoptered with the mission to secure the shiite city. and on top of it all, it was abraham's platoon. abraham's partner pulled up to the northern entrance to the bridge and abraham braced himself for a big firefight. oh, man, what happened, he shouted out as the humvee slow down. and older marine whom abraham recognized ran up and pull back the wire. it's horrible. it's horrible he told abraham, shaking his head. its little kids he said in disbelief. abraham's partner maneuvered through the sandbag bunkers speeding 10 100 began the bridge and parked the car close to the southern entrance checkpoint. abraham jumped out and scanned the people lying in front of the bullet riddled and. blood and broken glass all around him. the smell of gunpowder still in the air. he gets overheated stew of the guns. all he heard around him were the screaming and crying coming from the bodies lining the bridge. he did a quick and incomplete accounting as he ran over. there was the driv

i assumed before i went to kuwait to talk to the people that flying missions over southern iraq was goodraining, but it was only part of the training, and it meant they could not get back to more encompassing training required, similarly with forces in war fighting -- they had to get back to their normal routine of training and deployment when the time came, so the sooner we got them back from their war- fighting role, the sooner they could resume their normal activities. >> down in the east as we discussed, we found ourselves in charge of four provinces, and we discussed a bit the way in which this was not fully anticipated. had we actually anticipated british forces would be taking bows drawn -- taking basra? >> we anticipated we would be taking responsibility. i certainly expected others would come into this much more quickly than they did, so it was not purely a military response ability. it proved to be longer than i expected. certainly, we were likely to always have been responsible for taking basra, because this central american plan was to move to baghdad and if necessary, to byp

dubai and kuwait and saudi arabians are all on these boards of corporations and so therefore h we mightjust be giving bin lad in a vote. guest: run - one of the interesting wrinkles of the united rule. a company like sitc o could run 2 or 3 million dollars against a candidate they felt was going to hurt their national agenda. they're no, ma genuinely having concern. guest: if sits o does do you think members of the public will know it's been financed by them? i think we'll have a better chance of knowing where it comes from than in the past. host: mark has a new book called game change. the new york daily news called the flaws come home to roost. here's his point. i'm just reading headline here. obama's flaws come home to roost. a year after inauguration. many americans still complain they find him, the president too remote. too removed they want to see him show anger and passion talking about lost jobs. limping economy and terrorist threats. guest: well, he's try to do that now. his town hall in ohio, he said, you know i'm a fighter. fighting the good fight for you, and he's kind of ta

probably including israel and russia and the united states to oppose him as they did when he invaded kuwait in 1990. that's not a desirable development. i would say it's a great thing but killing lots of people to stop -- to worry about what he might do strikes me as being a very bad policy. okay. let me turn to the final topic i want to talk about is nuclear terrorism which is really keeping people awake. and what i'd like to argue is that the likelihood that terrorists will be able to build or acquire an atomic bomb is vanishingly small. that's what vanishingly small looks like. [laughter] >> okay. let me look for -- let me look first of all at how a terrorist might get a bomb. and then i want to deal with the scenario which generally people seem to think is the most likely way to get a bomb. one way which is -- most annual listi ist -- analyst to be given a bomb. the first place -- bombs are very expensive and difficult to make. and given some of this precious cargo to a group you can't control, who might end up blowing it up in your own territories is not exactly very wise. furthermore,

equipped with were the words he taught them back at camp lejeune where they gathered before flying to kuwait before they were helicoptered to the mission to secure the shiite city. and on top of it all, it was abraham's platoon. abraham's part brough pulled up to the northern entrance of the bridge to brace himself for a fire fight. man, what happened, abraham shells hit as the humvee slowed down at the wheel of barp wire guarding the bridges entrance? and older murray abraham recognized and up to pull back the wider. it's horrible. it's horrible, matthew told abraham shaking his head. it's little kids, he said in disbelief. abraham's partner referred to the common effort speeding 100 feet down the bridge and parked the car close to the southern entrance checkpoint. abraham jumped out and scanned the people lying in front of the bullet riddled van buer blood and broken glass around them, the smell of gunpowder and the air and he could smell the guns that had been fired. all he heard around him or the screaming and cronkite from the bodies lying on the bridge. he did a quick and incomplete ac

the most definitely wasn't fine in the 80's during the iraq-iran war and in 1990 when he invaded kuwait and what ever would have then it would not have been just fine at saddam hussein continued with a work. >> host: ambassador crocker, you didn't mention a relationship with al qaeda though had saddam hussein still been in power >> guest: when he have had a relationship with al qaeda? it is entirely possible. all i saw no evidence any relationship with al qaeda up to 2003 but he had shown in the past a remarkable flexibility in whose tactical allies were so i certainly wouldn't rule out that possibility. >> host: texas, linda and the democratic plan. >> caller: thank you very much for c-span. ambassador, i would like to ask your opinion on the report put out by the department of homeland security and disseminated to the police forces to help the nation where they said right-wing conservatives, christian fundamentalists, returning to iraqi veterans for the biggest threat to homeland security and should be handled with care and were the worst terrorist threats of the homeland. >> guest: i

this past year in kuwait, women finally won seats in the parliament. cue weighty women, after a long struggle, only learned the right to vote and stand office in 2005. it took them four more years to prevail in an election. but prevail they did finally, winning four seats in the parliament. and i might add all four women have their ph.d.'s from the united states. in these and so many related ways, i'm proud that the united states has played a leading role, either through our government's foreign assistance programs, or through the programs and examples of civil society like many of you represent. attorneys and businesswomen have partnered with women around the world as mentors, trainers, co-collaborators, to share their practices, exchange experiences, and provide support. in addressing women's access to justice, we realize that raising our voice for equal rights and equal treatment under the law is necessary. but it is not sufficient. passing laws is important, but it is not nearly enough because laws must be backed and enforced by effective and respo

keen to open the port and we got a shipment of grain and why we built a pipeline carrying water from kuwait towards basra -- i remember kuwaiti defense minister commenting ironically one of the driest countries of the world was supplying water to a nearby country that had rivers. so he couldn't quite understand why the water wasn't coming in the other direction. but these were all about making sure that we did not face this kind of humanitarian disaster as a direct consequence of going in to iraq. >> but you said that you went to the states with a list. and what sort of response did you get from them because obviously you expressed your concerns. you were planning something. what sort of response did you get from the united states? >> at the time a very positive one. i think, you know, the view was that since the pentagon was given responsibility in the united states for dealing with this phase, they welcomed the suggestion that is we were making. but, you know, i accept that not all of those items on my list were followed up and followed up in the time scale that we expected. i mean, one o

bosnia, cost ofeo, kuwait, afghanistan and iraq under sudan. and after the confession, here comes the extended hand to the clenched fist. we have had a year of this as well. what is clear is that reconciliation, the resetting of relations starting from scratch from adversaries has its consequences. why? because these conflicts did not come out of no where. they have their roots in a clash of interest and values and we had allies in these clashes. that is why starting the worlda new as obama imagined he does in most everything, pressing the reset button all over the world has conquenses not the least of which is among our allies. for example, resetting relations with russia and caving in on missile defense, the czech republic and poland, which had taken risks in joining us in this venture. it meant once again leaving them wondering about american reliability and about ours and theirs post-cold-war independence and running to the limbo where that sovreignty is constrained by detante of moscow. obama's three-day bowing and scraping in china after

dubai and kuwait and saudi arabians are all on these boards of corporations and so therefore h we mightust be giving bin lad in a vote. guest: run - one of the interesting wrinkles of the united rule. a company like sitc o could run 2 or 3 million dollars against a candidate they felt was going to hurt their national agenda. they're no, ma genuinely having concern. guest: if sits o does do you think members of the public will know it's been financed by them? i think we'll have a better chance of knowing where it comes from than in the past. host: mark has a new book called game change. the new york daily news called the flaws come home to roost. here's his point. i'm just reading headline here. obama's flaws come home to roost. a year after inauguration. many americans still complain they find him, the president too remote. too removed they want to see him show anger and passion talking about lost jobs. limping economy and terrorist threats. guest: well, he's try to do that now. his town hall in ohio, he said, you know i'm a fighter. fighting the good fight for you, and he's kind of tak

they're right about particular deals with kuwait and iraq.d begun under the contract in 2008, this year, 30 of its employes have been killed and 300 trucks destroyed. getting the civilian peace right in afghanistan, there certainly has to be stability on the military side. one of the recurring themes in these contractors in afghanistan, and somewhat in iraq, is the corruption, the money that has to be paid. how is that going to be dealt with? guest: corruption is a problem. it is a problem in iraq, in afghanistan, in the united states and europe. we see it with congressmen and city council members in jail for this kind of problem. and it is certainly a problem in afghanistan and iraq. here we track them down and put them in jail. and we do not see that in iraq and afghanistan. that is what they need to come to. host: is it considered to be the way business is done in afghanistan? guest: it is our lead the way business is done. i do not believe it is considered -- considered to be the right way. it is the way it has been done over chain -- ove

caller: it will be a great day when america can pull its troops out of kuwait from guarding the oil depotsay our relationship is terminated at this date. my question is, something you guys shortly touched on a little while ago, and that is, the oil industry and the political hurdles now, especially pertaining to highway safety. it seems to me given that this country is not out of an energy crisis, it

this country has delivered defenseless muslims -- muslims from their present, boston, possible, kuwaitaddam hussein. and after the catharsis of confession, comes the reconciliation, the extended hand to the clenched fist. we have now had a year of this as well. what is clear is that week -- that reconciliation, the resetting of relations, starting from scratch with at the series has its consequences. -- with adversaries has its consequences. this did not arrive out of nowhere. they have their roots in a clash of interests and values, and we have allies in these classes. that is why starting the world a new, as obama imagined he does in almost everything, pressing the reset button all over the world has consequences, not least of which is among our allies. for example, resetting relations with russia and caving in on missile defense, the man to be trained, the czech republic and poland, which had taken risks and joining us in this venture. man once again leaving them wondering about american reliability and about an hour on -- about our own and bear on post-cold war dependence, and whet

i was in kuwait. you are dealing with terrorists, not the russians. this time recenter id -- this is terrorism. most drugs are consumed by the united states. every neighborhood in the country, that is what he is talking about. everything and the country we can do it ourselves. the senate keeps on bringing up -- [unintelligible] they have been sitting around feeding the fat cats this whole time. there is no way anything in this country will change unless we stop all this petty bickering -- host: william, thank you so much for your comments. texas, charles on the republican line. charles, you've got to turn down the volume in your tv, please come and speak up. caller: yes. host: charles, hit that mute button. we're getting feedback. caller: here's the thing -- we are talking about these terrorists and stuff in our country. we need to cut the borders and stop the borders and keep these illegals from coming over here and taking our jobs and putting our lives in danger. al qaeda and then contests slip across the border. -- al qaeda and them and just slid a

when iraq invaded kuwait in 1990, it was george herbert walker bush and his team that put together a major multilateral coalition through the u.n. to use force against iraq. that was a great example of multilateral diplomacy. i think george w. bush was not very good at that and i actually do not think bill clinton was very good at that. the irony is that obama may be returning us to a diplomatic style, which i think to a large degree was reflected in george herbert walker bush. host: moving on, cleveland, republican callers, go ahead please. caller: i just want to give you a quick background. i will make a comment and then as the professor a question. i came from egypt and i was born in the 1950's during the egyptian revolution. we believe that the united states was good. however, [unintelligible] i came to the united states and i have a lot of jewish friends. i have visited israel and i see the world completely different by coming year. my question for you guys is, number one, if we would like to improve our relationship with the arab countries, we have to show them that we support

ambassador is inhibiting the ability of dhs to carry out its mission in cities like london, nairobi and kuwaitcity even though dhs has identified as needing them so my question is, has the state department blocked the expansion of the program and needs to or is it due to a lack of capability on dhs part to actually man the post? .. >> also he raises the issue about how many other foreign nationals are classified as possible terrorists as opposed to actual i guess card-carrying terrorists, so that they are, you know, perhaps if you were an actual terrorist for visa would be revoked and this is what we talked about that he was in the national classified terrorist but a possible terrorist, and what kind of steps are you taking to ensure possible terrorists visas are watched more closely than people who are not possible terrorists? >> i would only say that in her light of what happened in december 25 as the president has said and secretary has said and others, we are looking throughout this process to see how we can improve, and obviously we are cooperating and we will implement any systemic chang

too many hoosiers, an economy booming at full employment in year-and-a-half ago has taken several kuwait, several steps back. one in 11 workers is unemployed. one in six people are on medicaid. the average hoosier income fell by 1%. we are distressed, disappointed and dissatisfied at all of this. i know we are united in this chamber in seeking to what government can to work through and out of the recession in which we are enmeshed. [applause] but hoosiers are also known for the resilience, for avoiding self pity and keeping a sense of perspective. we know that we've battled through tougher times before. we know that the possessions, the technology, even the shrunken and comes in our homes today are still vastly greater than anything hoosiers knew just one generation ago. we know that our jobless rate, though intolerable, is below the national average and well below that of neighboring states. we also know that this is not the only such meeting taking place this month. across america, 49 other addresses are being given, almost all under conditions far more grim than those we confront. the

in bosnia, kosovo, kuwait, afghanistan, and iraq under sudan. then after the atonement, after the catharsis of confession comes reconciliation, the extended hand to the clenched fist. we have now had a year of this as well. what is clear is that reconciliation, the resetting of relations starting from scratch with adversaries has its consequences. why? because these conflicts did not come out of nowhere. they did not arise capriciously. they have their roots in a crash of interest and values.

bush back in '92 with quote kuwait's the economy, stupid." so we will see is it possible for someone to say -- to make the argument that republicans have been making in such a galvanizing way that the american electorate turns away from the historic presidency of president obama. >> another question. that we will get to one or two of the phone calls. >> my name is jessica and i durham bart kawlija at sigell massachusetts, and my question i have for you is how do you feel that the current political discussion on expanding health care for minorities and do you think this is an important discussion and national discussion to have? >> when you say expanding health care for minorities you're talking as part of the health care reform bill or something different? >> c2 >> guest: it's part of expanding health care -- musette for minorities. obviously it does not apply to people who were here illegally to illegal immigrants. it would apply to all americans and their for minority, majority, everybody in terms of people who are not covered for health in

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that includes humvees, on the way or already arriving from kuwait, out of iraq to afghanistan to supportthe afghan army. that is very important news and a good sign of progress. there is a second chart you have. it gets to the area, one of the areas of disappointment. this is a chart by our trainers. this is a general caldwell's chart, showing a significant shortfall in the number of trainers. these folks do the initial training, about eight weeks long. you can see we only have 37% of the trainers we need to train in this initial training, the afghan recruits. the required number is over 4200. the assignments, over 1500. the shortfall is conti 600 or so. we only have 37% of those trends. this is totally unacceptable, the part where surely our nato allies to have fallen 90% short of their command can do better. hopefully at the conference in london this week the will do better for numbers of turner's. these people do not put their lives on the line. they do the initial training away from the field of battle. there is no excuse for why nato cannot do better than 2% of its committed trainer

defend the defenseless muslims against and to deliver them from their oppressors in bosnia, kosovo, kuwaitaq. after the catharsis of confession, that comes reconciliation, the extended hand to the clenched fist. we have now had a year of this as well. but is clear is that reconciliation, the resetting of relations, starting from scratch with adversaries has its consequences. why? these conflicts did not come out of nowhere. they did not arise capriciously. they had their roots in a clash of values and we had allies in these clashes. that is why starting the world anew, as obama imagined, pressing the reset button on over the world has consequences not the least of which is among our allies. for example, recent relations with russia and caving in on the missile defense meant the train the czech republic and poland which had taken risks in joining us this venture -- joining us in this venture. it left them wondering about american reliability and their own post cold war independence. were they returning to the limbo where their sovereignty is constrained by moscow? hence, obama's 3 de scrapi

of course there was katrina before that and 9/11, the gulf war, saddam's invasion of kuwait.if these price spikes continue or accelerate, the confidence level for ramping up your services? you spoke about 2020 time frame or mckinze spoke the 2020, federal government spoke of 2030 time frame for the buildings. but just the country and the economy face a serious challenge. how confident do you feel that we can respond more quickly than a ten-year time frame or 20-year timeframe? thank you. >> we'll start at that. i believe over the last several years, this is certainly eaton corporation, the effort around energy management sustainability has been ramped up significantly. now as evidence by our own goals of energy reduction and greenhouse gas reduction. as we do that, and as we invest more money in research and development to provide more energy efficient products, i use the example of 93/95 uninterpretable power system, the technologies develop and we have more engineers and scientists developing technologies. so i believe in the market there will be ups and downs. but that the