the culture ministry has put some five hundred million euros into the projects are fun macedonia on to star in the collectors he just believes the project said the sidelines the ethnic albanians. but the population as a homeless while. boy or girl if the odds on the project was meant to show that the macedonians are a european people the people culture. in fact the building's a rather dubious not just architecturally the powers that be are using them as an excuse to divert attention from the really important problems like unemployment and corruption. sophomores in the zone a complete nonsense came over that. historian says if the project to initiate has had really wanted to build upon the country's often to reach the shoe stores copious old town. but the majority of the old as those residents of muslim albanians. he says the new monument in the construction. it is indeed the orthodox christian majority can identify with i'd missed and sailing to say as long as things keep on display there be no peace in this country. if you want to invest in stock in twenty fourteen you can so easily y

now, you ask specifically about the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. already in 2008, we decided at the nato summit in bucharest that we are ready to extend an invitation to accept a negotiation. once a mutually satisfied answer has been found, that decision still stands. so once the name issue has been solved, we are ready to start negotiations. unfortunately, we have not seen any, any progress since 2008, which i strongly regret. and, i mean, for each country, there is specific issues and we deal with them individually. montenegro, for instance, is a positive story. they have made a lot of progress, carried through a lot of reforms, but still there is a need for further reforms of their security sector, strengthened efforts against organized crime and corruption. bosnia -- we have granted them a condition-based membership plan. it will be activated as soon as the bosnians carry through some very modest reforms related to defense property. i won't go into details. but jeff mentioned that since we did that in 2010, we haven't seen any progress. i met y

the opening pitch it to the political deny stations in macedonia have not yet outgrown these radical and extremist methods to the will. the controversy has been fractured the governing coalition the construction goes on the agencies involved is willing to get into. call to ministry has put some five hundred million euros into the projects are fun macedonia on to star in the collectors he just believes the project said the sidelines the ethnic albanians. the population as a homeless while. boyd break the odd bout of the project was meant to show that the macedonians are a european people the people culture. in fact the building's a rather dubious not just architecturally the powers that be are using them as an excuse to divert attention from the really important problems like unemployment and corruption. it is not morgan is on a complete nonsense to moan about historian says if the projects she has had really wanted to build upon the country's often to reach the storms gop's own town but the majority of the old as those residents of muslim albanians. he says the new monument in the co

to macedonia and a wet peace between the different ethnicities it seems it is not something to be taken for granted. while you suffer has roughly two million inhabitants but in the lives of more than hof of them are ethnic macedonian this one in full his own thing and then vendor tax that's the amount of snacks amongst others. life is also difficult and most danielle where unemployment is high and peak on the weak one in ten years ago the country narrowly escaped a simple ball. now attention is growing again. over a controversial project. one thing that any house crucial to jordan's history. three years the conservative christian democratic government has copped some other time. some of the monuments and twenty palatial buildings going up around the capital the project called scope year twenty fourteen pounds ticket controversy. the tiny republic where macedonians brenda and ethnic armenians turks and said to have more next tier down with one another. the inevitable question is whose history is in commemoration. i am sure they exist and that this with hospice in twenty fourteen is a pro

certainly, that applies to macedonia. there was a question about the vietnam war. well, nations and relations do repair themselves over time, and we've certainly seen that with vietnam. we also know that the cost of that war and the tens of thousands of american dead and the imprint of it on the more than consciousness -- on the american consciousness is indelible and, i believe, in perhaps a little more of a minor key the experience of the iraq and afghan wars on the american psyche and consciousness will also be indelible. so we don't want to get into wars. wars are terrible things. we're speaking here on the centennial of the outbreak of world war i. but i think if the postwar decades tell us anything, it's that the way to avoid wars is through resolve. it's not simply through folding and weakness. >> thank you, roger. that's great. joe, you have three minutes to bring us home. >> i'll pick two questions, one about nato and one about cuba. cuba is a very interesting analogy. first of all, nato doesn't act. it's governm

and they also said the government of macedonia had failed in its legal responsibilities by not openingriminal inquiry and prosecuting those who were involved. and those who involved were by and large cia agents. not just any cia agents, it ciauded very senior functionary who directed the entire thing was subsequently went on to be the head of the , a briefer atnit the white house, and so forth. the cia says we should not use her name, although, it is very well known. i think hugely significant events, hugely embarrassing, but something, frankly, it would behoove the united states and the cia to come clean about. >> it is not just a mistake about the kidnapping. he lived to tell about what was done to him. >> correct. the criminal, investigation in germany. interviewed -- i interviewed some of those in munich and they said, he gave an account and we were able to absolutely verify his account about what was done to him including the use of psychotropic drugs and so forth, all of which has come out. they were able to make their conclusions by examining his body, cutting his hair, dealing

in ukraine i think we're seeing the mistakes with georgia and hopefully those are not happen with macedonia. but i do want to know last month 40 members of congress sent a letter to kerry urging clear support for integration for macedonia, a partnership for peace with kosovo. where do you see the u.s. position on this in light of the nato summit? will we see a clear decision on nato end largement? -- enlargement? >> well, panelists, that was a wonderful array of questions. so i think, gideon, if you're ready, i think we'll just work our way down the line. >> okay. well, lots of questions, i'll try and answer as many of them as i can. on the question that was asked -- [inaudible] does nato need a new role, i guess they're beginning to look at their new role as their old role. it comes back to the question of how do you deal with russia. nato enlargement, i think people will be very cautious about that in the current mood because we're suddenly realizing, we are focusing on exactly what article v means. are you prepared to -- in the end, you have to fight for these countries, and you have to

certainly, that applies to macedonia. there was a question about the vietnam war. well, nations and relations do repair themselves over time, and we've certainly seen that with vietnam. we also know that the cost of that war and the tens of thousands of american dead and the imprint of it on the more than consciousness -- on the american consciousness is indelible and, i believe, in perhaps a little more of a minor key the experience of the iraq and afghan wars on the american psyche and consciousness will also be indelible. so we don't want to get into wars. wars are terrible things. we're speaking here on the centennial of the outbreak of world war i. but i think if the postwar decades tell us anything, it's that the way to avoid wars is through resolve. it's not simply through folding and weakness. >> thank you, roger. that's great. joe, you have three minutes to bring us home. >> i'll pick two questions, one about nato and one about cuba. cuba is a very interesting analogy. first of all, nato doesn't act. it's governm

you have been ambassador to poland and macedonia, and the history of the yugoslavia war which has echos ethnic conflict, and the russian involvement and so on. i wonder as you know, president obama has gotten a lot of heat for in effect tempting this russian military intervention with some of the policy decisions, and for instance choosing not to attack syria after the use of chemical weapon, and is there anything to back up the argument, and do you believe that it is a product of the obama foreign-policy decisions to this point? >> i really don't think that there is at all. russia is doing what it is doing in ukraine, because it has what it perceives to be historical interests there. this is truly a part of the world where the supply of history exceeds the demand. this has nothing to do with what president obama did or didn't do in syria. i mean, that is a long way a wa from this place right on russia's border. the problem is that we have competing narratives. we have a ukrainian nationalism, and by the way, if you want to the start looking at the blame, there is enough blame to go to

must also continue to work to find a mutually agreeable name for the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. greece an important ally to the united states. i'm proud to stand with american greeks today to celebrate their ndependence and aspirations. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to bring attention to the hobby lobby case which is being argued today at the supreme court n this case a for profit company is refusing to cover the birth control of its female employees setting the owners personal religious objections. in 2014 the idea that a woman has to fight for access to birth control is astonishing. 99% of american women will use contraception at some point in their lives. as i have said before, all health care decisions, including birth control and women's reproductive rights, should be between a woman and her doctor, not i

macedonia, and i think what you have with ukraine and georgia -- the idea of them becoming part of natohat drives putin, the russians, utty.tly n do the russians still perceive nato as a organization focus to them, and i think the inclusion of georgia and the ukraine would change the dynamic significantly, but i do not believe that this time the 28-member nations would be anywhere near unanimous with offering either ukraine or georgia nato membership in the near future. what is the process of a --ntry joining nato -- joining nato? guest: you have the membership a session program. you cannot bring in a country that is non-interoperable with nato military forfeits -- forces. you have to make sure there is a degree of transparency. it takes years. take a look back, the first warsaw pact nations to join the nato alliance, such as poland, the czech republic, and hungry, these were nations that were ready to join early on, and with members and iring have to develop their military and political transparency standards to meet those they can truly integrate as a group of the mockers is that band

a gentleman was kidnapped from a macedonia and held at the cia's behest and then flown to a secret prisonn afghanistan, where he was allegedly tortured. when it was realized he was the wrong guy, he was put on a secret flight and dumped in the albanian countryside. this is a chapter in the history of the u.s. intelligence community that has not been fully aired, that we still don't know many facets about. years, thehese exercise did in fact and oversight function that had tried to exercise earlier and put together this report. a report that is a 6300 page report with thousands of footnotes. because of what's going on and because of this fight that has now broken out into the open, there's a question has to how man much of that report the public will see. there's a 300 page executive summary that chairman feinstein has said that she wants to try to get declassified. that work has not been done. she claims the cia has dragged its feet on doing a classification review. that theirector denied agency had received a copy of this report for declassification. senator feinstein is going to be aski