good morning. >> top white house officials say that the president was trying to send a message to libya and the decision to use military force against terrorism was a mildstone, a turning point in american foreign policy. chris: yeah. >> that is my younger sister, the brunette, my evil tn.wi chris: when we come back, why the commanders in the field are worried about gay soldiers serving openly. are there some unconvenient facts out there. and "scoops and predictions" reporters.otebooks of theseop we'll be back. chris: welcome back. repealing don't ask don't tell was an obama promise. this week the civilian commander robert gates says the military will get the job done. >> if the congress of the united states repeels this law, this is the will of the american people and you are the american military and we will do this and we will do it right. chris: but some of the uniformed military testified this week about their reservations. >> it is difficult for me as a member of the joint chiefs to recommend placing any additional discretionary demands on our leadership in afghanistan at this par

have their own agendas which have very little to do with human rights for example the dictator of libya murderous regime was elected to the human rights council that's that's a sad joke for the cause of human rights do you sense that the u.n. is in touch with what's going on here on the ground between israelis and palestinians which would you have really are two separate things and it's something that i've been able to see at the human rights council you have the real situation on the ground where you have israelis and palestinians that need help and they could have help of international interlocutors a bit and i did states the european union or other countries or the or the un which could come in and help them and try to bring them together bridge their differences you have a real situation with real problems what happens at the u.n. too often is something on a on a level that is almost mythological that is entirely divorced from reality and i saw that once a couple of years ago i was in the june two thousand and seven when hamas was waging a bloody coup against the against the palesti

they show england feared enormous trade repercussions with libya if al megrahi died in prison. what is described as thuggish threats by libyan officials, he was released on the ground of passionate grounds after his doctors gave him three months to live. over a year later, the only person convicted in the 1988 plane bombing is still alive today. >>> fortitude, resilience and grace. those are some of the qualities being used to describe elizabeth edwards who died yesterday at age 61 after a long battle with breast cancer. the estranged wife of former democratic presidential candidate john edwards became a compelling figure in her own right, writing two best-selling books and advocating for health care reform. throughout her life, she suffered public hardships, losing her 16-year-old son in a car accident and seeing her marriage crumble after her husband fathered a child with another woman. in a statement, president obama said the nation benefited from the voice edwards gave to the less fortune. >> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. in florida,

the title but the judge just sleep next to me controversial decision the general feeling was that libya had clearly done more i. suppose but i think of w b o experts will consider the video of the hold back to see what and early in the new year they will make a decision concerning a possible rematch between labor given hug plus they will look to get explanations from the supervisor and all three judges of the badges in written form vision but it's. a major disappointment his professional record is now twenty one wins and one loss however the thirty one year old useful software what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. frankly speaking overestimated hug right up to the end i expected him to push forward in iraq and that's why i just held myself back trying to save energy that's why i didn't hang on the ropes after the end of the fight i was still fit i wasn't exhausted at all. i was knocking at the door and the door open but i didn't come it is just not this fight was all about her me i could have finished of several times but i didn't go for it it was my mistake so i'm far from blaming

the conference they agreed to set up a green climate on one of measures to combat global warming but libya was the only country to reject the deal saying don't do well enough the country was open. now there's plenty more to come this hour and just ahead few hitting the high notes . yes find out what the the pointing to the state. and showing off his skills on the . front of a star studded the audience. as you watch this tape i can only imagine the fear and the despair that you face for this is being recorded for viewing only after the disappearance of god's people from the earth. well it's a clash of cultures it's a clash of civilizations. or do we enjoy the blessings of liberty. really. the only one that actually respects the rights. one of the time and exclaimed. god bless you. the u.s. defense secretary has praised the afghan president on his muted response to criticism against him veiled and they just wiki leaks cables robert gates met with. the visiting several american military bases in the country he also said he's convinced washington strategy in afghanistan is working with you con

very few of libya. will be. the head of the old russian federation of the deaf believes there are more than ten million hard of hearing people in the country but no interpreters no t.v. channels almost nothing to ease their interaction with the world that's john is one of four children the only deaf one in the fallow i. was this is the first beauty shop for the heart of hearing and has self interpreter. but. true those who call. the beaches. but still enough to be officially. are. russia's flame haired former agent chapman is making a new foray into political life this time as the leader of the ruling united russia party as youth movement at a recent meeting chapman made a speech calling on party members to transform the future of the next generation shot to fame during a spy scandal between russia and the u.s. in the summer when the f.b.i. uncovered a russian espionage ring she was one of a number of agents deported from the u.s. in a cold war style swap. charlie will be exploring some of siberia's natural wond

you know a new subject of muscovy of the recent events in libya just attacks on people should be classified as crimes and the people behind them punished especially dangerous where the action is aimed at refuting hatred and will still see. based on racial national or religious differences such actions are threats to the state stability will get a new deal to counteract such actions place cam and must use any means allowed by the local ice during any legal necessary and sufficient meeting these days because should there be any in the streets or public places. it certainly seems that the police took this address to heart they have deployed hundreds of their officers in one year square monitoring the rumors of new potential clashes between fans and. other people and basically have to walk down the city center just trying to do everything in their power to prevent a repeat of saturday's events but you were there pretty much exactly where you're standing when the violence broke out take us through how events descended into violence in moscow over the weekend. what was originally was scheduled to

from the international community on the poor of the third day of the hearing has come to an end in libya lou is expected that the hearing of the verdict would be done before the end of this year and begin we've heard that there were three hundred pages worth of paperwork in the verdict right now we're hearing that it could be as many as eight hundred of them and not even half of them have been voiced yet fareed does look like it might take longer than until the end of this year. russia's prime minister has told authorities in charge of moscow's airport was on the power supply they will be spending the holidays at work on those follow severe disruptions at several and hubs across the capital that left thousands of people stranded the snow and freezing rain that paralyzed the campus holes and apples also cool cities traffic running to hold and at one point on wednesday it's estimated. record of us three thousand kilometers more than the distance between moscow and bus and there are no. small. you would think wildcards would be used to all sorts of extreme weather by now especially when it

officials say other cables like the one describing the quirks of libya's moammar qaddafi could result in the recall of a small number of american ambassadors who can no longer deal with their host government. in some countries, american diplomats are now forbidden to take notes in meetings with local officials so those embarrassing quotes don't show up in state department cables. harry? >> smith: david martin at the pentagon tonight. thanks. now about the wikileaks founder, julian assange. his lawyer said today he's trying to set up a meeting between his client and the police to talk about the sexual assault charges filed against him in sweden. and as elizabeth palmer reports, assange has also made quite a few enemies in the u.k. >> reporter: julian assange and wikileaks have infuriated the u.k. government with revelations about everything from rude royals to military incompetence. today, britain's home secretary called for a security review. >> on the issue of wikileaks, the prime minister's national security advisor has written to all departments to ask them to look again at their i

s sentence for the biggest tax fraud in the country's history he and his partner plot on libya which charge to stealing two hundred and eighteen million tonnes of oil worth twenty seven billion u.s. dollars from a subsidiary company you can see the verdict has been announced guilty khodorkovsky supporters say he didn't break any laws khodorkovsky was not to blame because he had a whole team of very experienced lawyers who used to tell him that. everything he did was within the law it was the blame of the laws that had dissolved loopholes and them the former tycoon rose to great wealth thanks to one of the world's largest non-state oil companies you can see the company grew from the state selloff in the one nine hundred ninety s. when government assets would be hived off in often chidi circumstances it soon became russia's fastest growing oil producer but the path to success headed outside to a associate were later found guilty of a number of nighters. yeah the thieves place is in prison holocaust is accused of stealing tax evasion and fraud with the new charges he faces it's about st

as for libya's moammar gadhafi, maybe he gets a table all to himself, as he is said to be just strangehtline" in washington. >> oh, boy. at least it's in the hands of a veteran. we'll be right back, but first, here's jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: thank, cynthia. tonight, magic johnson. autumn reeser is here. music from miguel. and we'll speak to the boy that was attacked by an otter. "jimmy kimmel live" is next.>ñ>ñ>ñ>ñ>ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaçaça [ female announcer ] give yourself the gift of time with the kfc festive feast. twelve pieces of the colonel's hand breaded original recipe chicken.

massive cash injections being promised in a bid to fire up russia's outdated military promised of libya putin says moscow will spend over six hundred billion dollars on upgrading the armed forces the massive investment will be spread over the next decade that is aimed to bring you the russian military up to modern day standards putin says the government will purchase twelve hundred units of military hardware and new factories will be open to the construction needs russia's current forces are mostly based on aging salvia technology most of which is due to be scrapped by twenty twenty. ahead we'll tell you how russian authorities are taking the hard line on hard calls substance abuse and a string of disturbing online ads deliberately designed to shock and upset potential abuses away from starting a lethal. the crisis over north korea on the korean peninsula and pyongyang has disputed nuclear program at the heart of talks between the russian and north korean foreign ministers russia says it's deeply concerned over reports of industrial uranium enrichment in north korea and called for the s

is now waiting for their official permission on the british side for a personal meeting with the to libya to london had initially blocked access to the woman and this didn't stop western media from relishing the board style scandal and digging out new characters such as another russian blonde who is a tool of a terrorist boss helps. the media suggests mike has a fascination with eastern european women. and if you also have a fascination with spies candles you'll get plenty more on our website at home and of course we'll feature plenty other stories too including. thirty functions on refunds blog one of the main roads for almost an hour after a fellow supporter by rival. the kooky princess of pop wants to record a song in russian as producers think it will drive the funds crazy. a growing number of americans believe the war in afghanistan can be won according to say a bit just released in the u. hearts and with withdrawal dates postponed again and again the pentagon seems to be growing more desperate to find ways to winning public support for an unpopular compay. when it comes to afghanist

. >>> the latest release from wikileaks show that britain feared libya would take -- killed 270 people over scottland. according to the document they threatened to hold all trades if the bomber was not set free. it was released by scottland last year because he is said to have only three months to live. he is still alive. >>> a private funeral is scheduled for elizabeth ed saturdays. she died yesterday after a six year battle with breast cancer. friends and family remember her as a brave woman that showed tremendous courage through tragedy and betrayal of her husband. >>> bad news about the dropout rate in the oakland school district. there is a new report estimating four out of every ten students drop out of oakland high schools. that information is based on information collected from 2008 and 2009. now the report says oakland's 40% dropout rate is the highest in alameda county followed by berkeley at 27%, emeryville 25%, and hayward at 21%. >>> well we are dealing with another wet morning commute here in the bay area. claudine wong is on storm watch this morning. claudine, where are

according to the release libya decided to halt all if he was not released. he was said to have three months to live. now he is still alive and said to be in good health. britain denies the threats had any effects on the case. >>> a $50,000 reward is being offered by governor schwarzenegger for information on a murder in morin county. police said she had been sexually assaulted. she leaves behind an eight-year- old daughter. >>> a lody police officer accused of -- is pleaded not guilty to sexually assault charges. richard evans he sexually assaulted the girl two different times while he was driving her to school. >>> some bad news this morning about the dropout rate in the oakland school district. there is a new report from the state department of education estimating that four out of every ten students drop out of oakland high schools. that information is based on information collected from 2008 to 2009. now according to the report, oakland's 40% dropout rate is the highest in alameda county followed by berkeley at 27%. evanville at 25% and hayward at 21%. >

as for libya's moammar gadhafi, maybe he gets a table all to himself as he is said to be just stranget's fantasy, but what is not is the job mrs. clinton now has in front of her, one at a time, to smooth a lot of ruffled feelings, beginning in kazakhstan, the nation whose defense minister enjoys, one cable said, drinking himself into a stupor. oh, dear. what's a diplomat to do? just like a dinner hostess, smile and say nice things. >> you have to get along with people. you have to listen to them, even if you disagree with them. >> reporter: whenever you're in earshot. even, apparently, when you're not. i'm john donvan in washington. >> that's why i just talk behind people's backs, i don't write it down. >> it's much easier. >> easier, yeah. >> she has a tough job. to sell america. sounds like someone opened up america's diary and started reading. kind of embarrassing. >>> coming up, susan boyle's singing challenges on "the view." >>> from the basketball court to divorce court. tony parker's new legal drama. all that coming up in "the skinny." ab >> take oprah's ultimate test. oprah: h

today, 16 months later, he is still alive and reportedly living in a luxury villa in libya. the report says libya waged commercial warfare to secure his relief threatening to cut off bp's $900 billion oil deal with libya and a british spy master repeatedly lobbied the british government for release and the government targeted the scottish government at the same time the scots were trying to get a $4 billion loan. and the prognosis he had terminal cancer was false and manipulated by the doctors including some paid by the libyan government. >> that bombing, 22 years ago. >>> the purse used by a florida school board member to swat a gunman last week is being auctioned on ebay for charity. by this morning, the bidding had topped $11,000. >>> yet another mishap for the problem plagued production of ""spider-man" turn off the dark," a stuntman fell 30 feet and taken to the hospital as a precaution. the $65 million show opening has been delayed by cast injuries and technical glitches. >> now 7:08. don't i know people not interested in going now really want to go. >> i hate to say i

moammar gadhafi of libya apparently has a ukrainian blonde nurse on his arm everywhere he goes and usesotox, which is fun to know. this weekend, the state department is rushing to assure their allies that i guess they didn't mean anything that they said about them behind their backs. but this is a major embarrassment for the government. because besides the classified information, which obviously was also give an idea of what we really think about these various leaders from around the world. for instance, french president nicolas sarkozy, they called him an emperor with no clothes, which is not a compliment. they gave them nicknames. for instance, british prime minister david cameron is known johnny little lips. the president of iran, mahmoud ahmadinejad is known as scruffy mcwindbreaker. chinese president hu jintao, they call him i.t. guy. german chancellor angela merkel is known as der wienershnizel. the leader of north korea, kim jong-il is known as the lady who owns the korean grocery store. indian prime minister manmohan singh had two nicknames. known as either marge simpson or papa

now, the latest cables leaked by wikileaks talk about what went on between the united kingdom and libya concerning the release of the lock eerlockerbie bomber. now, as you know, british officials released a libyan man from prison in august of 2009 on compassionate grounds because he was dying of prostate cancer. well, the bomber is still alive and well to this day. 270 people died in the bombing in 1988. >>> south korea media reports that north korea fired an artillery round today. it looks to be part of a drill. the shell landed in the yellow sea. meanwhile, the u.s. joint -- chairman admiral mike mullen met with south korean officials today and criticized china for the way it handled tensions between north korea and south korea. admiral mullen says china should use the influence it has over north korea to ease tensions. >>> family and friends are paying tribute to elizabeth edwards today, who lost her long battle with breast cancer. in a statement, the family says we have lost the comfort of elizabeth's presence, but she remains the heart of this family. she told supporters through fa

vicki libya at this gives us a snapshot. >> the skies may be clearing the wicked weather kept people scrambling to dig out. planes on the ground, passengers stuck for hours on end travelers of all sorts feeling the effects. abandoned buses, cars made for problems like this snowplow plowing into another vehicle. >> up big bomb, speaking at a ski resort skiers found themselves on a malfunctioning left. >> i looked up, eyes up they approved. >> california wasn't snow but floods. while in las vegas words usually dry raging waters rushed by. in nevada at car and drowned in water. wind, water, snow. large planes, stranded passengers bad weather was bad for many. it did make for good pictures. speech we are following the weather here, we will see any of the rainfall we have a couple of days ago but, we will have cool temperatures. how cold is it? >> pictures of folks bundling up, it is certainly called compared to we have been seeing. this morning here's a shot of san jose. temperatures are in the '30's, 38 degrees, noon 50, a high temperature of 52. this is how much colder temperatures are

when president bush ordered our troops into iraq, libya realized, uh-oh, this president is quite serious, he is willing to commit american troops in harm's way to take out a ruthless leader who says he supports terrorism and supports threatening the united states. maybe i better cancel our nuclear program and make peace with the united states. one of the by-products about the invasion of iraq that at that time at least, there was a president who would step up and was not afraid to take action when someone continued to try to threaten the united states. a friend who publishes in the "jerusalem post" and i have had the opportunity, honor and privilege to read some of carolyn glick's writing here on the house floor before, but has great insight so often into areas of foreign policy not only with regard to israel but with regard to the united states and our place in the international stability when we do show that we can and will be strong. and there was an article that was published in the "jerusalem post" written by carolyn glick, november 26, 2010 and the things she has to say are importa

libya threatened repercussions if he died in jail. another cable titled david letterman, agent of influence, says satellite broadcasts of shows like letterman doing more to swer per suede saudi youth to reject extremism than u.s. propaganda is. >>> 30 years ago today john lennon was killed, he was shot here in new york and "rolling stone" magazine released the final interview three days before the murder and railed against the kritdices saying they want to, quote, dead lennon also said there was quote plenty of time to explore the things he wanted to do. >>> it's 16 minutes past the hour right now. a moment of silence tonight at 10:15 here in new york, the moment he died. >> strawberry field. >> dave price, good morning. >> good morning. snow continues in places like buffalo where your parents are donated. they have sold the home and m e moved into an igloo. >> taking a note. >> take a check. it goes on and on and on and coming and. the lake-effect snow machine change to change. winds out of the north and west, today should begin to d

apparently, they have provided nuclear material to libya, certainly helping the syrians build a reactor that was destroyed by israel in 2007. in the future, one of the most important elements of our deployments with north korea and with the other countries in the six-party talks has to be to ensure that north korea does not sell or transfer nuclear technology or materials to countries in the middle east. that fundamentally changes the pace of the nuclear clock that i talk about. in the case of iran, to the extent that it can be accelerated, we lose time for the strategy that we're pursuing, which will take months if it will be successful. >> do you have time for one question or two more questions? great. barbara? >> assuming that you were underwhelmed by what happened in geneva, can you give us more detail on your sanctions strategy going forward? are you looking toward better enforcement of the sanctions already on the books or are there new measures that you're contemplating pushing for even before the next round of talks take place? thank you. . they still seek nuclear-weapons capabi

have had examples of the past where they had done that, apparently providing some nuclear material to libya. certainly helping the syrians build a reactor that was destroyed by israel in 2007. i think in the future of one of the most important elements of our diplomacy. with north korea and other countries and the six-party talks has to be to ensure north korea does not sell or transfer nuclear atop -- technology or materials to countries in the middle east because that could fundamentally change the pace of the nuclear clock i talked about and in the case of iran, to the extent of the clock is accelerated, we lose time for this dual-track strategy we are pursuing that will take months if it is going to be successful. >> barbour? -- barbara? >> assuming you are underwhelmed with what happened in geneva, then you give us more detail on your sanctions strategy going forward? are you looking for better enforcement for sanctions on the books or are there new measures you are contemplating pushing forward even before the first round of talks take place? am i think it would be an important measur

you see the region, whether it was not korea or pakistan or the earlier effort, which was aborted in libya, i mean, you will see that this region has been at the center of clandestine proliferation and much of it has radiated outward from our neighborhood. we have set up a new center of nuclear excellence for global partnerships. and we will also be the united states in this field. beyond proliferation, we have a shared vision of a world without nuclear weapons. for india, this has been an article of faith. we have always believed that the world would be safer if there were no nuclear weapons, even as we have also held that as long as there are nuclear weapon and the world, including in our neighborhood, then each country, including india, would have to take the requisites for its own security. but of course, we have supported the non-proliferation framework, even though we've been outside the non-proliferation treaty itself. and we have never exported nuclear know-how or technology to any country. we have exported civilian technologies of the safeguards. and i was in recognition of india'

working in europe where there's a lot of immigration flows from algeria, mauritania from morocco and libya and tunisia who deal with individuals who have a range of activities going on in europe and then people who are in north africa so you bring those people together and you asked them for alternative viewpoints on the nature and the degree of nature of the threat coming out of aqim or in general. study the -- stand up to networks that can do it but one thing i mentioned as we have been exceptionally difficult time getting close to the actual leadership in getting an understanding of what their operations are going to be but they also telegraph though sometimes. if you think about inspiring all of the on line sources that terrorist put out there, they are telling us what they are going to do and that is very important. i will comment on something else regarding understandings soviets. you know one thing the intelligence community benefited from was the jewish russians and ukrainians who left the country, left her in the cold war and we could benefit from as individuals, from their langua

so to libya, to north korea, not infrequent visitor to saudi. when you look at his travels itinerary, quite remarkable. he amassed a substantial fortune for himself. i think he has 17 palatial houses in various parts of the world at the time he was finally apprehended. so what about that? >> why was he here in pakistan? because the united states -- some would say because the united states is not sure in card technology with russia in the 1940s and then come to a mutual agreement not to use it. but that's a moot point. but the united states and russia started along the trail. and china felt that it had -- i don't know that china came before france and great britain, but they were slightly after. and china entered for obvious reasons. i mean, you can understand they felt that they better be a nuclear power and the other powers that were felt this was necessary for their community. india felt that china held the weapon it needed to acquire the weapons because of the long-standing tensions between india and china. and in pakistan in 1974 decided if

you know, in russia, in china, in libya, in a number of other places, if you spoke sort of out of school to american diplomats, you could get in deep trouble. >> did you withhold any documents at the request of the state department? >> we withheld a couple of documents that we, you know, that news-wise, we probably -- they were certainly interesting, we would have published. >> why? >> we didn't post them at all. because there was a strong case that they would damage, in the case of one that i'm thinking of, american -- intelligence cooperation program involving another country. >> let me go to karen. "the post" did not get any of these. let me ask you, why? and what would you have done if you had gotten something similar? >> we like "the times" were told with the early releases, there was the release of afghanistan documents and iraq documents, military documents earlier, and we were told by wikileaks that we hadg, and we were told specifically that they were not going to deal with us. obviously, we knew the documents were coming. we didn't know exactly when. so we were in the position

iran does no clear, there is grave worry among all analysts that egypt, saudi arabia, turkey, why not libya? they will all been acquiring nuclear weapons and the difficulty of stability in that kind of a said. will be an early grave even if ahmadinejad was not a madman. i have been asked to stay on topic, and i will try to. i did want to add the preludin that this is not simply a human rights issue in the immediate sense of the democratic opposition in iran or the believer in inhabitants, but also a human rights issue that it is a responsibility to protect and includes not simply the people who are simply persecuted by iran but did physical safety, the physical future, the possibility of a continued history that is not interrupted by nuclear war. all this depends on what we do today. now, as i mentioned in brussels , regimes that are hegemonic, a town bullies, have a way of creating their own symbols in opposition. just as the young iranian woman who were shot to the heart on the streets of tehran, when she was simply spectating, looking at the democratic parade that was protesting the deat

and he said, and libya, just push me across the street here. -- bolivia, just push me across the streetple always recognized him everywhere we went, not just mayors and members of congress. but everyday people, people in offices, security guards, people on the street. you would see that light of recognition in their eyes and they would stand a little bit taller. a lot of times with celebrities, they want -- people want something for themselves when they see them, an autograph or a story they can tell their friends. but with dr. hooks, they just wanted to thank him for what he had already given them. they would hold the door for him, call the elevator, find him a seat, show him they were the person he believed them to be. on behalf of the ec a just board -- the chs board and colleagues, i want to express gratitude for the life of mr. -- of dr. hooks. and i want to express my gratitude to mrs. hooks and his family. you made each one of us feel special. thank you. [applause] >> as we prepare now to bring the religious to us -- bring the eulogist to us, now, you knew this was not going to b

he sold to libya, iran, north korea. he was not infrequent visitor to saudi. his travel itinerary was quite remarkable. he amassed a substantial fortune for himself. he had 17 palatial houses in different parts of the world by the time he was finally apprehended. what about that dimension? >> why was the hero in pakistan? because the united states did not share nuclear technology in russia in the 1940's, some would say, and then come to a mutual agreement not to use it. but that is a moot point. but the u.s. and russia started along their trail, then china felt that it had -- i don't know that china came before france and great britain. then china injured, for obvious reasons. you can understand, they felt they had better be a nuclear power as the other powers that were felt it was necessary for their security, then india felt if china had the weapon it needed to acquire the weapon, because there were longstanding tensions between india and china. and then pakistan in 1974 decided if india has a weapon, then we will get the weapons. that is why he is a hero an

but we know that several others, like libya, yemen and pakistan have al qaeda operatives or other extremist groups operating within their borders. the fact of the matter is that we need a robust missile defense capability not to protect us from russian ballistic missiles but from ballistic missiles from some of these other nations that have developed them, some of whom have -- have groups like al qaeda and other terrorist organizations that would love to get their hands on some of these weapons and use them against america or our allies. that's why it makes absolutely no sense to constrain our future missile defense options in exchange for reductions in the strategic nuclear weapons of just one country and that's russia. now, some of my colleagues may be arguing there are no limitations on missile defense in the treaty and that the language in the preamble -- the language in the preamble which ties our strategic offensive arms to our strategic defensive arms for the first time ever, by the way, that this preamble language really doesn't mean anything and does not operate as a constraint on

you see the region, whether it was not korea or pakistan or the earlier effort, which was aborted in libya, i mean, you will see that this region has been at the center of clandestine proliferation and much of it has radiated outward from our neighborhood. we have set up a new center of nuclear excellence for global partnerships. and we will also be the united states in this field. beyond proliferation, we have a shared vision of a world without nuclear weapons. for india, this has been an article of faith. we have always believed that the world would be safer if there were no nuclear weapons, even as we have also held that as long as there are nuclear weapon and the world, including in our neighborhood, then each country, including india, would have to take the requisites for its own security. but of course, we have supported the non-proliferation framework, even though we've been outside the non-proliferation treaty itself. and we have never exported nuclear know-how or technology to any country. we have exported civilian technologies of the safeguards. and i was in recognition of india'