that are biggerhan lebanon. biggehan the lebanese to manage by themselves. d it see to me that thees thinghat we can do ashe uned states is to try to calm the nghborhood that, frkl lebano gets routinely mugged. and th is one rson why w are committed to getting t a comprehensive pee, a peace that includes syria. a peace that will address these queson once and for all. the question for us now is how do we manage the situation in the meantime, between that comprehensive ace, thatyr says it wants. that wouolve thesss of these arms transfers once and for all and and i don't h much insights into what th israes inking, but i know they are concerned. they raised their concernsith us >> dan? >> senator sch, i don't have much to add to what secretary feltid. have been hearing the same things youave heard. i amoing to be in israel nt ek and look forward to discussingxactly these issues with the isis. it is clearly a situation of significant tension andf great concern to us. d we haves secrery feltsaid, been warning everyon

we saw that at the lebanon war four years ago.there is a consciousness in israel of international opinion and that is why we have to express ourselves in a way that is responsible and asked them to do reasonable things that are in their own best interest and that is the position we have ttken. >> is the aid to the gaza strip exceeding several tons? [unintelligible] >> it is important to remember the role played by hamas. we must remind people that we need to see an aunt to the rocket fire from the gaza strip into israel as well as other measures. are hon. friend brings the necessary balance to the question we have today. >> the terrible siege going on for three years has put suffering on many people. nothing seems to change the israeli authorities actions. what further action can you take in terms of the association agreement with israel? isn't there a clause in their in the case of human rights transgressions? >> i don't think israel doubts the seriousness of the message for the fact of a security council statement was agreed to

sister and a girlfriend arranged bogus marriages to get their green cards and avoid going back to lebanonwas still at war. 18 years later, in 2007, prosecutors rounded them all up and charged them with conspiracy to defraud the united states. under pressure, prouty agreed to waive the ten-year statute of limitations on immigration fraud and plead guilty to two felonies related to the sham marriage. she also agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of unauthorized use of an fbi computer, a charge she now denies. >> prouty: i've made that mistake when i was a 19-year-old teenager. and i shouldn't have made it, and i own up to it. but i did not look into fbi a.c.s. system without authorization. i did not mismanage or mishandle any classified information. >> pelley: you pled guilty to that. >> prouty: that is correct. >> pelley: why would you do that if it wasn't true? >> prouty: i had to make a decision. i could not see our limited financial resources disappear in front of our own eyes. >> pelley: from attorney's fees? >> prouty: from attorney's fees that amounted in the hundreds of t

israel withdrew from lebanon in 2006 and the u.n. said we'll send peacekeeping troops and they'll enforce the rule to prevent rockets and arms. what happened? there are 40,000 missile in the possession of hezbollah because the peace keepers stand aside and the -- and israel learned she cannot depend on the u.n. or anybody to defend her. israel withdrew in 2005 and left behind agricultural establishments and other things. what happened? hamas took over, turned it into a rocket launching pad against israel. over 10,000 rockets have been launched against israel. >> will the gentleman yield? this piece of real -- mr. weiner: this piece of real estate about the size of new jersey has a terrorist agent in the south, a terrorist agent here in lebanon, andbollah controls this area and a terrorist agent here in syria which once upon a time controlled the mountain top overlooking the country. what the gentleman is describing, terrorists, terrorists, terrorists, all in support of the enemy the united states, iran. mr. nadler: but israel want to

we talked to virtually everyone in lebanon, but we do n talk to hezbollah. and ihink weeare weakening our own hand by not talking to them. we do not know very much about them because we do not deal with them directly. we do not know with thei differences and divisions are. im sure they are ther we will learn more b talking to them and we might see some advantages that currently we are blind to. this is not a bush policy or an obama policy. it has been a consistent policy that we do not talk to terrorist groups or organizations. when i was in iraq we talked to anyone who would ttlk to us and we did not worry about labels. the influence we were ae to bring was a big help in winding down the insgency. i would like to see us be more creative n just in iraq but in lebanon and elsewhere in the rld. host: so you're ok with talking with the taliban. guest: i am ok with it. it does not mean confering recognition or anything else anymore than it meant talkkng with insurgent elements in barairaq. host: there is a story about rhee integrating some former detainees as th

this has also been the case in the non -- in lebanon. i thought that was a very perceptive question by the collar. this is something of great concern about growing religious tension. one could argue that the religious tension has been somewhat curtailed in the age of obama, maybe it had reached its peak during the iraq war of 2006. now things arm somewhat stabilized -- now things are somewhat stabilized. host: joining us from shobi town, michigan. caller: i have called in saying thhs before. saudi arabia contributes more to terrorism. our troops are being killed in afghanistan because of saudi arabian money. 15 of 19 hijackers were from saudi arabia. bin laden came from saudi arabia. you have the circle of death. was george bush going to group -- going to do a meet and greet with the monarchies from saudi arabia and give them a big wet kiss? i cannot understand why ww are going after i ran when all of this is from saudi arabia -- i cannot understand why we're going after miron. guest: if you talk to terrorism experts and are in agreement

we talked to virtually everyone in lebanon, but we do not talk to hezbollah. and i think weeare weakening our own hand by not talking to them. we do not know very much about them because we do not deal with them directly. we do not know with their differences and divisions are. i am sure they are there. we will learn more by talking to them and we might see some advantages that currently we are blind to. this is not a bush policy or an obama policy. it has been a consistent policy that we do not talk to terrorist groups or organizations. when i was in iraq we talked to anyone who would ttlk to us and we did not worry about labels. the influence we were able to bring was a big help in winding down the insurgency. i would like to see us be more creative not just in iraq but in lebanon and elsewhere in the world. host: so you're ok with us talking with the taliban. guest: i am ok with it. it does not mean confering recognition or anything else anymore than it meant talkkng with insurgent elements in barairaq. host: there is a story about rhee integrating some for

we talked to virtually everyone in lebanon, but we do not talk to hezbollah. and i think weeare weakening our own hand by not talking to them. we do not know very much about them because we do not deal with them directly. we do not know with their differences and divisions are. i am sure they are there. we will learn more by talking to them and we might see some advantages that currently we are blind to. this is not a bush policy or an obama policy. it has been a consistent policy that we do not talk to terrorist groups or organizations. when i was in iraq we talked to anyone who would ttlk to us and we did not worry about labels. the influence we were able to bring was a big help in winding down the insurgency. i would like to see us be more creative not just in iraq but in lebanon and elsewhere in the world. host: so you're ok with us talking with the taliban. guest: i am ok with it. it does not mean confering recognition or anything else anymore than it meant talkkng with insurgent elements in barairaq. host: there is a story about rhee integrating some for

we saw that in the aftermath of the lebanon war four years ago. think you would be oversimplifying it to put it the way it was just put. there is a consciousness and israel of international opinion and that is why we have to express ourselves in ways to ask them to do reasonable things setter in their own interests. >> will the foreign secretary acknowledge that aid from israel has been up to 1 million tons since january 2009? will you also acknowledge that the reason for the blockade, which we all want to end, is because of continued terrorism by hamas, the hijacking of convoys in the smuggling of arms from iraq into gaza? >> it is very important to remember the role played hamas. we need to see an end of the rocket fire into israel as well as the other measures we have called on israel to take. my friend brings that necessary balance to the questions we are having today. >> the secretary will know that the siege has been ongoing for three years. given that the condemnation and criticism to not seem to change the actions of israel, what further a

we saw that in the aftermath of the lebanon war four years ago. i think you would be way it was just put.o put it the there is a consciousness and israel of international opinion and that is why we have to express urselves in ways to ask them to do reasonable things setter in their own interests. >> will the foreign secretary acknowledge that aid from israel has been up to 1 million tons since january 2009? will you also acknowledge that the reason for the blockade, which we all want to end, is because of continued terrorism by hamas, the hijacking of convoys in the smuggling of arms from iraq into gaza? >> it is very important to remember the role played hamas. we need to see an end of the rocket fire into israel as well as the other measures we have called on israel to take. my friend brings that necessary balance to the questions we are having today. >> the secretary will know that the siege has been ongoing for three years. given that the condemnation and criticism to not seem to change the actions of israel, what further action will he propos

. -- and lebanon. tecumseh, mich. caller: dimension of the threat of hezbollah. i am not sure the term you used. -pmaybe you could epeat the tem dealing with hezbollah. i know the countrr of lebanon has been financially in better shape than allost anywhere. i am wondering what exactly been you are saying that the u.s. -- house at the u.s. should be engaging with hezbollah since our relationship with lebanon, i would think, would be a friendly one. what are you saying we should, and how, should we be relating to has a lot in engagement? are you talking about george bush policy which is a non engagement? or are you talking about the downs?atic set down -- sit%- guest: great question because it gives me a chance to expand. i think we need to do a number of things. indeed, we are doing these things.. first, we need to have, as you ssggest,,a strong and effective relationship with the lebanese government and with their armed forces. they are a serious institution in that country. armed forces over time. we now are engaged with them and need to continue to do so to giv

an example is after the war in lebanon.have a deeply emotional where this woman, rachel, that challenged the gaza strip. she was run over by an israeli bulldozer bulldozing palestinian homes. it was a tragic situation. i agree with the caller. there has never been a full investigation of that incident. there needs to be one. i agree. host: boston, mass., and the pan . caller: -- independent line. caller: [unintelligible] guest: i think the caller for the question. i am not a lawyer. there are many people that are not lawyers that have been pronounced in an international law. i cannot tell you regarding the deportation regarding citizens -- it is best that they reported. the caller said that they looked at this in international waters. this has become this was a violation of international law. i do not believe, based on the conversation that the location is the issue. it is whether israel is at war with hamas. the israelis believe that they are and they are well within national law to interject this flotilla. others believe

. >> i think that you can assume that palestine and lebanon and turkey would have liked to see a stronger test and a attempt for a stronger text was tried. but we all know that the security council is composed of 15 members and an agreement was reached in spite of all these different interpretations to the text that you have before you. >> ifill: this afternoon israeli ambassador to the u.n. told the newshour the investigation should look at actions on both sides. >> as you know at the u.n. every word counts . i think it was drafted this way because they have to look and it called for looking into all the acts in the events that led to really the very bad situation that evolved on the ship. so it's not only from the moment that our soldiers tried to intercept the ship but before that, all the things that led to what happened on the ship. the turks say they can interpret it in any way that they want. i think they were very disappointed because they wanted something much stronger in a resolution or a statement condemning israel. this is not the final outcome. >> ifill: u.s. officials have t

into lebanon. some of these cases illustrate that we will be able to find out these offenders were involved in and the tactics of their operation, how the cases came to light for law enforcement, so we can identify the ways of information in the future. in another case, 19 individuals in detroit were charged with operating a racketeering enterprise that included counterfeit viagra, cigarettes, and others, and the court reporter that the -- and they reported that the profits went back to hezbollah. and finally, a man was sentenced to 110 months in prison for money laundering and terrorist financing, and we see the connection to product counterfeiting, where the funds were transferred to al qaeda and its affiliate organizations that operatives. let me conclude with this -- what does this tell us so far? again, a bit of a teaser. some of the information we are capturing. but even in his infancy stage, we see the data we are able to gather from the open sources are very rich in detail. the process hold

lebanon have sent eight ships to bosnia. i've spoken with -- eight ships to gaza. have you spoken with lebanese groups? >> until you see a change in israeli policy, there is no basis for any kind of action that risks of the same kind of confrontation that charlie was talking about a moment ago. everybody needs to carefully have valuate actions. everyone is committed to improving the situation on the underground. there is no policy and increase openings allow materials to be transported to cause us through land crossings. we think that everybody that wants to help -- transported to gaza through land crossings. we think that everybody that wants to help, may. >> [unintelligible] >> we are very aware of what has been announced. >> you said we disagreed with some policies, including demolitions and evictions. a few moments later, you said that the proposed demolitions announced today were exactly the kind of thing that and a monstrous. parker? -- correct? [unintelligible] >> of their projects that have different histories -- >>

and we're trying to force them to do what they did in giving away land to southern lebanon, giving away the gaza strip. not defending itself. now demanding that they show all of their weaponry. that has consequences. it can start wars. and the reason i've been working behind the scenes for so long, trying to get people on both sides of the aisle, i've got plenty on this side of the aisle support, and i have a few jewish friends on the other side of the aisle that are supportive but it wasn't enough but now i agree with some other friends that say, you can't keep this private. you've got to put the pressure on. publicly and hopefully, mr. speaker, people would contact their members of congress and let them know that they need to get on board with a resolution that says israel can defend itself. sanctions were a lovely thing to talk about and when you have years and years and years to work with, whether it's south africa or somewhere, that's one thing. but when you've got centrifuges spinning and the iaea already tells us iran has probably enough enriched uranium for two nuclear weapons a

this is not much different than a kid in yemen, saudi arabia, syria, jordan, lebanon who in 2004, 2005 was saying they did not know the way to get involved but they knew if they showed up in baghdad maybe they could do something about the emotional sense we are being wronged. i use the word emotional. i went to contrast it to the people in the core al qaeda who are so deeply and ideologically motivated. these kids we are seeing believe the ideology, many i have seen do not. they are emotionally driven by conversations, photos, sermons. there is an advantage there, by the way. emotionaly driven people are easier to turn, not just for sources, but easier to turn away from the movement and revolution because they do not always understand what they are joining up for. hold on just a minute here. hold on. hold on just a minute. especially since the floor is mine. last i checked, i am not getting paid for this. 30 minutes, 40 minutes, 2.5 hours. this could turn into fidel castro. 9:30 at night. maybe not, right, frank? hold on. i am 20 minutes in and i have given you a picture. i and the wor

into lebanon in a child's toy. we are going to be able to find out the additional offenses that these offenders were involved in and the tactics of their operation. identify are ways of promoting that kind of information in the future. 19 individuals in detroit were charged with operating a racketeering enterprise that included by agra, cigarette papers, and others. court records indicate that these profits went back to hezbollah. a pakistani national residing in washington, d.c., was sentenced to 110 months in prison for terrorist financing. we see the connection to product counterfeiting where funds were transferred to al qaeda and its affiliate organizations and operatives. let me conclude with this. it is a bit of a teaser. some of the information we are capturing, -- what we are seeing in this infancy stage is that the data we are able to gather is very rich in detail. this approach holds a lot of promise as far as forming policy and practice in terms of placing it in a problem-solving framework. by articulati

number two, it funds hezbollah, funding untold terrorism activity in -- in -- north of israel, in lebanon, and number three, it's also working to develop nuclear weapons. we don't want iran to have nuclear weapons. and what has iran been doing while we have been -- over the last several years? they have had a record of denial and deception in developing nuclear weapons, in processing weapons grade uranium. they have also been developing the method for delivering nuclear weapons, the so-called shahab-3 ballistic missile. that's capable of striking israel, u.s. troops in zack and afghanistan, and even parts of -- in iraq and afghanistan, and even parts of europe. we don't want iran to continue to develop nuclear weapons. now, we have been down this road before and people say right, let's stop them. let's go to the u.n. hoohah for the u.n. well, we've done hoohah for the u.n. we have had over -- we have had several sanctions. we have had one most recently passed that our administration worked very hard on and we thank our allies for that. but the u.n. sanctions, although a good first step, a

we saw after the lebanon war four years agg. i think you are perhaps over simplifying it. that is what we have to express ourselves in a way that is responsible and ask them to do reasonable things that are in their best interest. >> thank you, mr. speaker. aid from israel to gaza has been up 1 million tons since january 2009. we do acknowledge that the reason for the blockade, which we all want to end come is because of continued terrorism by hamas and the smuggling of arms from iran into gaza. >> it is important to remember the role played by hamas. we need to see an end from the rocket fire into israel as well as other measures we have called on israel to take. >> we're leaving the british house of commons. you can see the rest of this right now that c-span.org. we will hear from john ashcroft at the heritage foundation. you are watching live coverage. across and only hit the peaks. i have lost many elections. i lost elections and happen to be the only person to have lost a senate seat to a deceased opponent. to cast me in the role of a winner is something for which i a

this is not much different than a kid in yemen, saudi arabia, syria, jordan, lebanon who in 2004, 2005 was saying they did not know the way to get involved but they knew if they showed up in baghdad maybe they could do something about the emotional sense we are being wronged. i use the word emotional. i went to contrast it to the people in the core al qaeda who are so deeply and ideologically motivated. these kids we are seeing believe the ideology, many i have seen do not. they are emotionally driven by conversations, photos, sermons. there is in the vantage there, by the way. and emotionally driven people are easier to turn, not just for sources, but easier to turn away from the movement and revolution because they do not always understand what they are joining up for. hold on just a minute here. hold on. the floor is mine. last i checked, i am not getting paid for this. 30 minutes, 40 minutes, 2.5 hours. this could turn into fidel castro. we are here at 9:00 p.m. that is right. i am 20 minutes in and i have given you a picture. i and the world's leading optimist. my nieces are here.

if you look at the sunni muslim community in lebanon, for example, 74% have a positive view of the u.s.. 70% haven't positive opinion. the u.s. gets good marks in indonesia as well. part of that is present in obama's appeal in -- appeal. innovations are aware that he live there as a child, and he is popular there. a decade ago, america was actually a relatively popular in indonesia as well, before the iraq war brought down ratings there. i think it is an important caveat to note that yes, it is true that america does face some real challenges in terms of perceptions in predominantly muslim countries, but there are some exceptions to that as well. host: joan on our line for democrats out of tennessee. go ahead. caller: i would like to say one thing first, okay? on the people that do not like the united states, tell them to put their hand in their pocket and quit asking for money to take care of the things that they could have done themselves. another thing, when karzai gets up off of his bottom and starts taking care of his own people, then the war will be over because god says, we take

we know that the iranians are supporting hezbollah in lebanon and transporting weapons to them that could be used against israel. we watch as they infiltrate south america through venezuela trying to spread their hate and terrorism across the planet. . we have a serious problem with iran. they will not join the family of civilized countries that are trying to improve this world. quite the contrary, they are the main obstacles to peace everywhere. in addition to their exporting of terrorism and supporting of terrorist organizations, the threat to wipe israel off the map, what s this dangerous country doing? it is attempting to acquire nuclear weapons with all deliberate speed. when there is a president of a rogue nation that is supporting terrorism and terrorists across the planet, that is calling for the destruction of the state of israel, that talks with great disparagement about western civilization, particularly the united states of america, when a country like this is attempting to acquire nuclear weapons, it is time for the world to wake up and recognize that they say what they mean.