foreign minister lavrov said he was more open to the idea of missile defense with the united states after this treaty. can getsx your sons on that from the russian point of view? undersecretary tauscher moved on -- suggested moving on to the prospects of other missiles. what do you think about that? >> i think that cooperation on ballistic missile defense is the most important thing in the long term relationship. we have to recognize that during ballistic missile defense implies military alliance. common enemies, common threats. at present, we are quite different from that state of relationship. it is not only technically complicated, it is politically complicated. as long as we're talking about some kind of global defense which will cover threats from wherever they may emerge. for russia, that would create great problems with china because china is against any type of bat defense. they would not participate in any of that. for russia, china is not only a great partner but a great concern. russia would not like to enter into ballistic missile defense and make a mistake like iran. a large

section in the npr, for those of you who have not had a chance to review it, including a picture of lavrov. [laughter] >> yes, page 19. in the chapter called "strengthening regional deterrents" we make it very clear that any changes in nato's nuclear posture should only be taken after a thorough review within and a decision by the alliance. those conversations have begun in connection with the new strategic concept that is being worked on. that will hopefully be ready for consensus discussion at the nato conference in lisbon. >> mr. secretary and secretary clinton, about your concerns about iran, and what role those concerns played in formulating this review. thyour current assessment of the time frame, what that really means, and what message you're sending to iran. >> i think that the npr has a very strong message for both iran and north korea. whether it is in declaratory policy or other elements of the npr, we essentially carve out states like iran and north korea that are not in compliance with npt. basically, all options are on the table when it comes to countries in that category, a

are going to continue working on that as for example the secretary of state and foreign minister lavrov work together the g8 meeting just a few weeks ago. so i think we have a very good basis to work on and a shared interest by the way in expanding and further articulating the international organizations that deal with counterterrorism capacity building for example, and i'm hopeful but we will have more things to deliver in the near term. i'm reluctant to tell russians with the need to do to deal with their extremists. obviously the caucasus remains a troubled area. i don't think we have enough information yet on who carried these attacks out. but, you know, and our experience good solid police intelligence were combined with effective prosecutions. we will make a big difference in terms of delegitimizing terrorists and undermining because they stand for so why don't i believe that that. >> the gentleman in the back. >> thanks. vladimir with rtv. to follow the previous question is there any corporation or intelligence sharing and were assistance between the u.s. and russian authorities

the establishment of the commission between the secretary of state clinton and the foreign minister lavrov, they have working groups, and that is important. but most importantly aside from the war in georgia is that there has been progress on the three security drivers, iran, afghanistan, and nuclear security relationships. as long as we have modest expectations out of their relationship, we are less likely to be disappointed and that has been my lai and consistently for the last 15 months. when you look at these three issues, our interests are not fully align. and i'm not one to talk about iran and afghanistan so much. the lustrous look at the treaty. when we look at the reset button 15 months ago, this was talked is a low-lying for it. this would be the easy achievement. while the agreement got more complicated to reach than expected and there was danger of a month ago. i felt that the low lying for it may become the poisoned fruit of the reset, but that has not been the case. why the negotiations? first of all come up with the president to agree on this in april 2009 and tried to reach

. >> reporter: outraged russian foreign minister sure gave lavrov referred to it as the last straw and demanded that all adoptions by u.s. families be frozen. over the past few years, the practice of american families adopting russian orphans has been controversial. that than y'all craver died from dramatic brain injuries. later this month, his parents, who adopted him from russia, will go to court facing homicide charges. while only a small minority of these cases end in death, many are riddled with pain, anger and violence. >> what we were told prior to the adoption was that they came from a loving family. >> reporter: one mom, who is all too familiar with the struggle, is tania mulligan. she and her husband mike have traveled to russia multiple times, where they first adopted, by all appearances, two loving sisters, margarita and elena. >> elena is a beautiful young lady, very vibrant. i guess if i had to sum her up in one word, it would be eager. >> reporter: margarita, or rita, is a study in contrast. less than a week after coming to the united states, this home video shows a girl

that came up during the secretary's recent trip to moscow and her bilateral with foreign minister lavrov. we are looking to have -- we have a strategy. we've made some adjustments over the past year. our focus is on going after the middlemen, those who are responsible for the drug trades. as you've had people here, including a couple of visits by agriculture secretary tom vilsack, we are affirmatively working to shift the afghan economy, try to expand and re- grow a legitimate agricultural sector. so we are working this hard. it is an issue of great concern to the region, to europe, to the united states. ninety percent of the world's poppies are grown in afghanistan. so central to the future of a stable and democratic and prosperous afghanistan is dealing with the current drug challenge. we are working that aggressively, but we work this on many levels. focusing just on one thing, as we've seen in recent years, despite heavy emphasis during the previous administration on eradication, the growth of poppies continued in afghanistan. we think we have the right strategy. we're putting resour

we're going to continue working on that as, for example, the secretary of state and foreign minister lavrovwere together up in canada at g8 meeting just a few days ago. i think we have a very good basis to work on. we have a shared interest, by the way, in expanding and further articulating the international organizations that deal with counterterrorism capacity building. for example, and i'm hopeful that we'll have more things to deliver in the near term. i'm reluctant to tell russians what they need to do to deal with their extremists. obviously caucuses remain as troubled area. i don't believe we have enough information on who carried these attacks out but, you know, in our experience, good, solid police work combined with good tell work, -- intelligence work, combined with effective prosecutions will make a big difference in terms of delegitimizing terrorists and undermining the cause they stand for. so why don't i leave it at that. >> in the back. >> thanks. rtitv. just a quick follow-up. is there any particular cooperation and or intelligence sharing and or assistance between the u.s.

what is getting ready to happen is they are going to start charging lavrov customers who don't have a lot of traffic more than they would -- will customers on the block traffic more than the inner city and fcc wants to get a handle of that and if you want to look up a science project and you want to go to -- to a certain side, it will cost $9.95. that is what net neutrality means and the fcc wants to regulate it so everybody can get the same information at the same time. it is really shocking to me how and inform the american people are. it could tell me why you are so informed? caller: i looked it up on the internet while this was going on. it is not about regulating content. they want to make sure that everybody gets access to the same information at the same time. it is very simple. it has nothing to do with freedom of speech. it is just like utility companies want to make sure that people are charged the same rates for the same usage. it is just that simple. host: one more call, it is from james from massachusetts. caller: good morning. i think that the regulation should pertain t

our respective foreign ministers -- secretary of state hillary clinton and foreign minister lavrov have been heading a bilateral commission that has been working intensively on a whole range of issues. president medvedev and myself identified a series of key areas on the economic front, a trade relations, essentials for joint cooperation on various industries, how we can work on innovation and sparking economic growth. we already worked it gathered -- together closely on the g-20. i think we can build on that bilaterally. there are issues of counterterrorism that are absolutely critical to both of us and i just want to repeat how horrified all america was at the recent attacks in moscow. we recognize that that is a problem that can happen anywhere at any time and it is important for russia and the united states to work closely on those issues. and there is the people to people context, figuring out how we can make sure there is more interaction and exchange between our two countries on a whole range of issues within civil society. so i am optimistic we can come to new to make progress -

our respective foreign ministers -- secretary of state hillary clinton and foreign minister lavrov have been heading a bilateral commission that has been working intensively on a whole range of issues. president medvedev and myself identified a series of key areas on the economic front, a trade relations, essentials for joint cooperation on various industries, how we can work on innovation and sparking economic growth. we already worked it gathered -- together closely on the g-20. i think we can build on that bilaterally. there are issues of counterterrorism that are absolutely critical to both of us and i just want to repeat how horrified all america was at the recent attacks in moscow. we recognize that that is a problem that can happen anywhere at any time and it is important for russia and the united states to work closely on those issues. and there is the people to people context, figuring out how we can make sure there is more interaction and exchange between our two countries on a whole range of issues within civil society. so i am optimistic we can come to new to make progress -

our respective foreign ministers -- secretary of state hillary clinton and foreign minister lavrov haveg a bilateral commission that has been working intensively on a whole range of issues. president medvedev and myself identified a series of key areas on the economic front, a trade relations, essentials for joint cooperation on various industries, how we can work on innovation and sparking economic growth. we already worked it gathered -- together closely on the g-20. i think we can build on that bilaterally. there are issues of counterterrorism that are absolutely critical to both of us and i just want to repeat how horrified all america was at the recent attacks in moscow. we recognize that that is a problem that can happen anywhere at any time and it is important for russia and the united states to work closely on those issues. and there is the people to people context, figuring out how we can make sure there is more interaction and exchange between our two countries on a whole range of issues within civil society. so i am optimistic we can come to new to make progress -- but we nee

foreign minister lavrov said he was more open to the idea of missile defense with the united states after this treaty. can getsx your sons on that from the russian point of view? undersecretary tauscher moved on -- suggested moving on to the prospects of other missiles. what do you think about that? >> i think that cooperation on ballistic missile defense is the most important thing in the long term relationship. we have to recognize that during ballistic missile defense implies military alliance. common enemies, common threats. at present, we are quite different from that state of relationship. it is not only technically complicated, it is politically complicated. as long as we're talking about some kind of global defense which will cover threats from wherever they may emerge. for russia, that would create great problems with china because china is against any type of bat defense. they would not participate in any of that. for russia, china is not only a great partner but a great concern. russia would not like to enter into ballistic missile defense and make a mistake like iran. a large

our respective foreign ministers -- secretary of state hillary clinton and foreign minister lavrov have been heading a bilateral commission that has been working intensively on a whole range of issues. president medvedev and myself identified a series of key areas on the economic front, a trade relations, essentials for joint cooperation on various industries, how we can work on innovation and sparking economic growth. we already worked it gathered -- together closely on the g-20. i think we can build on that bilaterally. there are issues of counterterrorism that are absolutely critical to both of us and i just want to repeat how horrified all america was at the recent attacks in moscow. we recognize that that is a problem that can happen anywhere at any time and it is important for russia and the united states to work closely on those issues. and there is the people to people context, figuring out how we can make sure there is more interaction and exchange between our two countries on a whole range of issues within civil society. so i am optimistic we can come to new to make progress -