they are in business to maintain low inflation and stability in the economy, they have failed. i want to know, there is a bill before congress right now that has 336 backers. hr 12 07 -- hello? host: go ahead. caller: hr 1207 to audit the fed. considering they have not been audited since 1913, considering they have taken trillions of our dollars and refuse to tell us where they are at, sir, i want to know two -- signs of things, and want to stay in line and i know your disingenuous answer will not answer my questions. one, do you back 1207 come auditing of the fed, and, two, i would like to know why we need the fed. they simply have taken the right to print our money and they learned back to us at exorbitant interest rates that a loan shark would love to have and not one penny that we paid in and come tax goes to one single service but pays for the debt that they are laying on us 40 owning us our own money. so, sir, could you answer those two questions? i would like to stay online because i would like to come back after you did not answer this one. guest: i would be very happy

the cost of the asian power to maintain the atlantic presence is extremely high. but the cost for the united states to maintain both, while high, it is not extraordinary. therefore i would argue north america became particularly with the fall of the soviet union and the end of the centrality conflict in the same way that europe had been the center of gravity for 500 years from 1482 1/3 1991 when the soviets collapsed almost exactly 500 years europe had been the. >> . now to become north america and as it happens, the united states is the dominant power from this century in north america therefore it is the center of gravity. that does not necessarily mean it is the eternal or that it is powerful by itself just means by the geographic facts the way the world works, it is in the right place. it is also an extraordinarily powerful country because it dominates a united continent, it has no continental enemies, it is not in the 100 some odd years have a domestic war to devastated to which almost differentiates us from all of the powers and therefore extremely wealthy.

maintain a safe and reliable deterrent for so long as one is necessary? what about the manhattan project complex, a physical infrastructure? that sustained it? what will be done to modernize that? it is unclear how we can put further reductions ahead of long overdue modernization. all of this argues for slowing down and taking our breath. the start treaty of 1991 expires early this december. i agree with those who say that the verification and confidence-building elements of that treaty are too important to allow to expire. it is also significant the treaty's provision undergird the moscow treaty. why not negotiate a one or two year extension to permit time to perform the complex analysis that are involved in appropriately sizing the u.s. nuclear force posture? at the same time, the administration could device a plan for the modernization of our nuclear weapons and the complex which support it. otherwise, the administration will be asking the senate to ratify a start follow on that may include significant strategic arms reductions which compels serious an

more than maintaining the standards for behavior in the interrogation room, it strengthens our ability to collect intelligence and understand what's going on. the amendment would strengthen previous laws passed by congress regarding the treatment of detain quees and it would max -- of detainees and it would maximize our intelligence clecks from such interrogations. the origin of this amendment came from my questioning of interrogators when i asked how they get maximum information of nuances of language, languages that the interrogators might not have real flew ency with, who reviews the tapes, i said. they said, there are no tapes. in other words, by having these tapes, we can get the maximum benefit of the interrogation. this amendment is endorsed by major human rights organizations, it's been certified by c.b.o. not to result in additional spending. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield if he wishes a minute or as much time as he may choose to use to the distinguished chairman. the chair: the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. skeleton: as a former prosec

to maintain its good credit, to honor its promises and to guarantee the safety of china's assets. madam president, i hope this frightens you as much as it frightens me. china is the united states largest foreign creditor, holding an estimated $1 trillion in u.s. government debt. though it may be unlikely due to the complex interdpind not intet relationship we have with china, if china were to call in that debt, sell off its holdings or direct its foreign investments away from the united states, the impact on our economy and our national security would be devastating. i've been saying for years that we cannot allow countries that control our debt to control our future. and the fact is -- and i think this is a statistic most americans are not aware of -- is that foreign creditors have provided 70% of the funds that the u.s. has borrowed since 2001. as a result, 5% of the u.s. privately held debt is held by foreign creditors and that's going to be increased significantly because of all the borrowing we're doing. and mostly foreign central banks. and these lenders are starting to expr

to maintain the reliability of the grid. so the cost of the endstar line is shared by everyone in new england. and massachusetts, we're about half of the load. we pay about half of the bill. similarly, the project that commissioner cohen referred to in vermont, other projects that are on the books in new hampshire and maine, and connecticut, all focused on reliability of the grid. our project for which even though they're not within massachusetts, massachusetts will consumers will pay half of. it's a vitally important component of cost allocation. and we're looking at reliability to be a willingness within an integrated power grid to share the cross across loads. the distinction i want to make here is that the issue of cost allocation from building lines to interconnect generation resources departs from that. we wanted in order for our consumers to be protected, we want the cost of developing generation, including the cost of meeting compliance measures, and the cost of delivering power reliably to load and making sure you d

finally the bill authorizes the resources necessary to maintain a robust united states merchant marine and authorize the $60 million worth of title 11 program. mr. chairman, i would like to thank captain eb before s -- ebbs, heath pope, doug bush for putting together this portion of the bill. i recommend it to the full house for its passage. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from mississippi has 12 minutes remaining. the gentleman from california has 18 minutes remaining. the gentleman from california. . the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for three minutes. mr. miller: i rise in support of the national authorization of the defense act for fiscal year 2010. as ranking member of the terrorism and unconventional threats and capabilities subcommittee, i think we have put together a good and excellent mark and i would like to thank the chairman of the subcommittee for all of his cooperation in putting this together. the members of the subcommittee have worked hard to address the many issues that face special operations, information technology and

funding for the national park service, our wildlife refuges, and our national forests will help maintain these national treasures for the enjoyment of all americans. our public lands are key to preserving habitats and biodiversity, which have positive impacts on the quality of life and health of our ecosystems of in the area of environmental protection, madam chairman, in this legislation we make strong investments in programs that protect our environment. the superfund program cleans up our nation's most contaminated sites and readies them for new economic development. the energy star program conserves energy and saves the consumer money. this bill provides increases to both the superfund and energy star. and this bill also helps preserve our cultural heritage and educates our citizens about our history. state historic preservation officials -- offices are funded at $46.5 million. the projects these organizations undertake in all 50 states not only protect our cultural identity but they create jobs in so many of our small towns and communities. this legislation is responsible, madam cha

[laughter] >> we have to maintain -- we have to maintain what they call the defense industrial base. it's a standard euphemism for high tech industry. the system whereby the public pays the cost and takes the risk and high tech industry gets the profits. they said we have to maintain intervention forces directed mostly at the middle east. and then comes this interesting phrase. directed at the middle east where the threats to our interests that required military intervention could not be laid at the kremlin's door. in other words, sorry, folks, we've been lying to you for 50 years but now the clouds have lifted so you could see if you choose to and few chose to. the fate of nato is very instructive and highly pertinent right now. prior to gorbachev and nato's announced purpose was top deter a russian invasion of europe. that was often a little hard to take seriously. for example, in 1945, in may, 1945 winston churchill ordered war plans to be drawn up for what they called operation unthinkable. it was aimed at, quote, the elimination of russia. the plans which were declassified 10 ye

as a condition for maintaining registration. do you agree with that requirement? >> really like importers to be registered. >> one more question i will tell you what i know my time is up. madam administrator i will be submitting a letter, mr. chairman thank you for your patience i would no to the changes in the draft we have before us today have largely been done in consultation with fda and in consultation with my minority colleagues. and exchanges will originate the same way. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you chairman dingell. >> next is the gentlemen from indiana. >> given your statement, you support the fda's ability to trace foods a more quickly so you import a system with regard to food? >> i would. is very important for our ability to respond quickly to outbreaks of concern the. >> you appear to be endorsing the bill, this draft discussion of the bill in front of us who also support the fda ability to increase inspections of food processing facilities. correct? >> we need to do more inspections as i said we also need

so we would like to maintain the funding on its own. thank you. >> madame secretary i just want to say i fully concur with senator specter's views. we worked in tandem on this a long time and i can assure you when it comes to nih funding for regardless which side senator specter is on his way to be doggett and i am going to join him on this. i do -- senator specter is right we put the money in the stimulus because it was stimulus for the two years and i am concerned about the cliff. and the baseline and what happens to that baseline funding and quite frankly if you really look at it, senator specter, from when we finished the bubbling from 2005 on till now, basically our funding has been kind of flat. i think that in real dollars we are about where we were in 2005 if i am not mistaken. so, to only put in $442 million doesn't do much getting the baseline up. >> mr. chairman? during the period the last several years you and i have made the calculation we went down 5.2 billion in real dollars as a result of not having the cost of living ad

much pressure to maintain those conditions for economic development, increased oil development that is good for the entire world that runs on oil. but they're still forces of the ascension and sowing discord. al qaeda still poses great threats. this is a careful balance we will have to watch. host: he also points out corruption. 60,000 interior employees had been fired on corruption charges. another 40 police officers are facing charges of prison abuse. guest: the culture there in iraq is prone to corruption. quite frankly, i hate to make that generalization. but i used an arab word for bribe most often while i was there. the positive sign is that the interior ministry is increasingly taking action. the corruption is down. but we will have to watch it over the next couple of years. as america's presence diminishes we cannot keep us close and i when that as we have been able to. it is a good sign that the interior minister wrote that article, second, that he is finally taking steps to reduce corruption, but it is a long- term problem. host: our guest is a graduate of west point, former

but we do not do research and i think one of the most important lessons of reality is the need to maintainan active research program and that is very much what we have done and we would suggest more to your question to be in terms of the title is to maintain an active research program especially if you think you know, all of the answers. with the polio eradication program began with great fanfare 1988 proving it can be eradicated all you have to do is apply the same strategy ever wear and the disease will be eradicated. people are different from approaches differ what is acceptable is different and you the different solutions perky will cause of the be surprised especially in eradication and i would guess as we go for universal coverage 70 saying as we get to the periphery, geographically, cul turally, epidemiological paid the disease and populations will surprise you and you need a research program that can adapt to that parkway couple of examples, 20 years after the initiative was launched we were still introducing new tools, vaccines were introduced in 2005 after a six-month development

we just need to maintain our standards. >> one more question. >> good morning. i work for the federal government. i'm unoriginal washingtonian -- i'm an original washingtonian. i wonder how you can give is the express news on the metro, please do not take it away. as you adjust your business mark, how does that work for you? >> we're not going to take away. the express has a loyal audience and has been a great product for us. it sustains itself. it is a separate business within the business. we set it up as a wave to beam -- a way to be good and worthwhile, a 20 minute read. it bought us your readers and a new advertisers. i think at first people were worried that we would cannibalize our audience and we really have not seen that. it has been great. we're going to keep around. thank you. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning. [applause] >> our look at the future of journalism continues ofdavid simon, writer and producer of hbo's "the wire." this is about one hour. i am never should secretary year the national press club. -- i am the membership secre

mceleney has indicated the franchisees do not cost manufacturers money to maintain. do agree with this question and agree with his position or do not? >> i do not. >> i do not. >> why? >> and our situation, one of the main reason is that caused our bankruptcy and a week product engineering is a requirement that we provide individual models for each standalone franchise, the sister models that cost substantial amount of money and took resources which in negative sales that is a huge cost. the sec and of course, is lost sales, lost volume in a market underperforming, those sales don't provide revenue for us. they lose that and it was 1.5 billion dollars, the development of individual models is 1.4 billion. that is a very real situation. third, because we have so many dealers and the average dealer of loses money, we don't have a competitive dealer network that can compete with other manufacturers with customer satisfaction, location, of facilities, advertising, a substantial cost to the company. >> mr. henderson and? >> in my testimony i talked about the cost of the co

a faÇade of strength in order to maintain their ambition.it uncovers all these things. it's not just about these sort of small lies but how to handle lies in the office, lies in your bedroom, lies at the dinner table. but he published it it's a psychology book. it's a book about business. it's a book about becoming a more honest person yourself. >> how far in advance do you plan your 12 books a year? >> well, we've acquired -- we've got books scheduled through next august. >> august 2010. >> yeah, august 2010. so we're scheduled through august 10. we're starting to think about the following fall. not all of those manuscripts have been delivered yet but we know exactly what's coming up. there's some great stuff coming up throughout this next year. >> as an acquiring editor and an editor, what do you do? >> most of my job, 90% of my job is spent promoting the books. but i also have the opportunity to edit about a book a year. edited one novel last summer. i'm working on a book by professor jerry weintraub but what i do is look at the proposals

this program is not maintained for the same students. it is being maintained for students who are being born every day who reach a level every day of benefiting from this program. so when that young student goes on to college or university, which i'm going to ensure that she does, there will be others behind her to benefit from this program. so this is not repetition on the same students. this is repetition of a program that is proved to be very, very beneficial. and might i say in closing that this program is so important to the business community in south carolina, until richard paul recently ended his career at a global welding and cutting firm where he held positions of senior vice president of strategic planning, senior vice president of information technology and vice president of and took over the directorship of this program. this is one of the reasons we exist, to make the quality of life better for those people especially those who live along the i-95 corridor that so many of us like to talk about is the corridor of shame. we w

first of all, individuals must be required to obtain or maintain health coverage so that everyone who participates in both the benefits and the cost of the system. second, ensure should be able to set rates within limited parameters of age, geography, family size and benefit design just as they do in the group market. however i want to emphasize this point. rates should not carry on health status and coverage should be guaranteed, regardless of preexisting medical conditions for those that maintain continuous coverage. there, though and middle income families should receive some form of subsidy to ensure they have the same access to care as all americans for gofourth, insurers should be able to offer a wide spectrum of plan designed to allow american families the flexibility to choose a plan that fits their budget and lastly, the treatment of individual insurance premiums should be on par with employer coverage. until a comprehensive reform is a cheap we believe the medical underwriting of individual policies will continue being necessary. if these changes are instituted, most of the

one of the most important lessons has been the need to maintain an active research program, and that is very much what we have done. the lesson we would suggest in terms of the title here is to maintain the active research program especially if you think you know all the answers. with the polio eradication program, it began with great fanfare in 1988 saying we prove folio can be eradicated. all you have to do is apply the same strategy everywhere and the disease will be eradicated. people are different in different places, the approaches are different in different places and you need different solutions. you will constantly be surprised, especially in eradication, and as we go for universal coverage of anything, as you get out to the periphery, geographically, culturally and epidemiologist plea -- babbitt genealogy -- epidemiologically you will be surprised. after the initiative was launched we were introducing new tools. vaccine for introduced in 2005 after a 6 months development process, thanks to our friends in sanofi who took on a fifty million dose order, and you decided to help

not only would committee members beecher land appendant but they would be given authority to maintain compensation consultants and legal counsel, along with the funding necessary to do so. this legislation was-- and i think we have had testimony from the sec to create standards for ensuring the independence of compensation consultants, shareholders with the confidence-- compensation committees receiving objective, expert advice. now, that is i think, what all you jones hamid menke that is the major mandate by the government and the corporate government? >> thank you congressmen. i feel that this is just simply trying to insure that the independence of comp committees is, as it is advertised which is independent, and the reality is, and i say this as a person who has participated in a board of directors, if the ceo controls the compensation consultants, you can have an independent compensation committee, but the power and the information that is being gathered is being gathered by somebody who almost inherently has a conflict of interest in this situation. i think one of the things you

time for the program so you've got to have a place not just a very aggressive advocacy agenda to maintain your funding streams but also other funding streams to adjust for problems like this. in the seventh lesson was protect your gains -- as a move toward an international public health we have a terrible habit of moving on to the next thing in taking our attention away from some of our successes only to see them to window again and perhaps the most riveting example of this in polio eradication is that we have not been able to protect a lot of the polio free areas because of chronic gaps in routine immunization services. you can see here the spread internationally of polioviruses from india and nigeria just in the last five years and this is resulting in over 30 countries getting reinvented at one point or another and costs over a ton to $50 million in an outbreak response activities alone. protecting our gains, more attention should have been given to retain the immunization services of many people say why didn't you just continue polio campaigns in these areas. we did is to the short an

that the elections can happen in greater security and safety and, of course, we maintain our campaignhich is ongoing against the afghanistan taliban. >> phil wilson? >> did my right honorable that it's the political parties to associate with father london freedom party which honors veterans? or does he believe that should

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we have to maintain those. but we have to fix this broken cost structure. on the other side, you see this model offered by mayo and other institutions across the country where doctors collaborate to provide the best, most efficient care for their parents. patient. on one side it is financially and morale unsustainable. on the other side is a new direction that promises to cub b costs and it is time to choose sides. for the sake of fiscal health and the sake of millions struggling to afford the care they need i urge my colleagues to choose the ladder. yesterday, i met with a bipartisan group of senators. i have to tell you i still have hope we're going to get this done. i have hope there will be bipartisan support for this. the things i am talking about today -- cost reduction, putting incentives in place -- this isn't is democratic issue or republican issue. this is an american issue. this is an american cause that we can find a uniquely american solution to this problem so that we can reduce costs and make health care better quality. and i can tell you, ha

that the elections can happen in greater security and safety and, of course, we maintain our campaignhich is ongoing against the afghanistan taliban. >> phil wilson? >> did my right honorable that it's the political parties to associate with father london freedom party which honors veterans? or does he believe that should be left to the b & p? >> mr. speaker, isn't it remarkable that the conservatives are fond in alliance in europe that excludes the german christian democrats and the party of the president sarkozy and the italian party of of the italian leader. it excludes all reparable political parties in europe. >> order, order. >> and they are now isolated on the fringes of europe? >> susan kramer? >> thank you, mr. speaker. would the prime minister agree with me that the people of sri lanka that deserve a war crimes investigation of alleged war crimes in sri lanka and given the cowardly decision to resist any such inquiry, what steps committee take to make sure that this issue is not abandoned and forgotten? >> as she may have spoken to the president of sri lanka and have urged t

one that is maintained properly. and one that is fielded to array against and deter and defeat against the threats. i think that on our side we believe that we have done that both during the time of the bush administration and certainly now in full support of the president's budget request. i'm happy to reserve my time. the chair: the gentlewoman from california reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from arizona. mr. franks: i just respond by suggesting that to say $1.2 billion in missile defense spending to be wasteful in spending to be wasteful in light of the fact that three

ensuring that all foods are traceable efficiently and accurately is critical to maintaining food safety. contamination of producer of foods which are eaten uncooked or a particular concern, because consumers have less control of the safety of those foods in their own kitchens. setting standards for pre harvest food production starts major gap in the food safety system. some suspect in protists associated ellises are particularly difficult to investigate the both of public health and regulatory perspectives. while large food service corporations and their suppliers often have excellent quality control programs, with impeccable records, many other companies don't. the portions of this bill requiring country of origin labeling and improve distribution records and plans to regulate this a production of harvesting the fruits and vegetables are important to help address the problems. i am pleased to see that the agency is being encouraged two markedly increase

if there's -- through the regional planning process lines are identified that are needed to maintain reliability on a regional basis on the end star line in boston was exactly one such line, then we support the socialization of costs across the entire region because it benefits everyone within the region to maintain the reliability of the grid. so the cost of the end star line is shared by everyone in new england. in massachusetts, we're about half the load. we pay about half of the bill. similarly, the project that commissioner coen referred to in vermont, other projects that are on the books in new hampshire and maine and connecticut all focus on reliability of the grid are projects for which they are not within massachusetts, massachusetts -- consumers will pay half. it's a vitally important part of cost component. there would be a willingness to share that cost across load. the distinction i want to make here is that the issue of cost allocation from building lines to interconnect generation resources departs from that. we want -- in order for our consumers to be protected, we wa

we want to maintain choice. i want the constituents of maryland to be able to choose their doctor and hospital but to choose the national institutes of health plans that they -- to choose the health care plans they can participate in and we want to make sure this is affordable. we want to build on the country system and let me talk about one point that has gotten a lot of attention, whether we should have a public insurance option. i hope we have a robust public insurance option. i say that for many reasons. public insurance has worked in our system. just look at medicare. if the federal government did not move for medicare our seniors would not have had affordable health care coverage. our disabled population would not have had affordable health care coverage. i don't know of a single member of this body who is suggesting we repeal medicare. and that's a public insurance option. a public insurance option does not have the government interfere with your selection of doctors. the doctors are private. the hospital

without their hard work and important contributions, we cannot retain -- maintain the military strength we have today. they are all, every one of them, government workers and they work on bases and research facilities throughout the country, including the red stone arsenal in huntsville. these men and women wake up each day and go to work knowing that they directly participate in keeping america safe. the technologies they develop are made at the forefront of our fight against al qaeda and other extremist groups. we must never forget that they along with the rest of our civilian government employees enable the military to do its job. some give their lives for our country. others give their lives to it. all of them demonstrate this greatest hallmark of patriotism, which is sacrifice. joe could have made more money in the private sector. he could have moved to work for a private contractor. but he didn't. his priority was making a contribution, not making money. in some ways we have lost sight of this sense of purpose, which is the engine of our american spirit. i am greatly encouraged th

this is vital to maintaining the jobs and livelihoods of thousands of people. in order to maintain an important part of our economy, we must continue to monitor the resource in part so we don't overfish. in maine alone, more than 40,000 jobs depend on the health of this industry. in all, the industry contributes an indispensible $1 billion a year to the maine economy. as the fisheries have declined, fishermen have increased their dependency on lobster. down coast maine has the most effective michiganries in new england. this is a key element to the economic stability of this industry. these programs monitor the health and sustainability of the lobster resources and are the foundation of the industry management program. their continuation is not only essential to the successful preservation of the lobster population, but the preservation of tens of thousands of jobs in the state of maine. i urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia's time has expired. the gentleman from texas

current operational fleet, we supported additional f-22's requested by our combatant commanders, we maintained robust f-35 funding, and provided additional flexibility for the air force to fill the impending fighter gap with less expensive but quite capable 4.5 generation fighters. . i congratulate the chairman and ranking member and i encourage my colleagues to support it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the the gentleman from from florida has 15 1/2 minutes remaining and the gentlewoman from maine has 171/4 minutes. mr. diaz-balart: i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from illinois, mrs. biggert. mrs. biggert: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this rule. i offered an amendment on monday to address an injustice against the members of our armed services that were shut out from consideration by this rule. briefly, my amendment would have given an across the board pay raise of 5% to our military personnel. according to estimates made by the congressional research service, the pay gap between military personnel and civilians is 3%. given that

state department to, among other actions, develop clear guidance on eligibility for adjudicaters, maintain a high level of vigilance due to the high level of fraud and abuse and many other items. i again thank the gentleman from massachusetts, i urge my colleagues to support this vital and important amendment and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. lynch: madam speaker, at this point i would like to yield the balance of my time to the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, mr. berman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. berman: thank you, madam chairwoman, and i rise to join the ranking member in supporting very strongly the amendment from the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch. we have, i think, a general obligation to deal with the issue of the refugees as a consequence of these conflicts both in iraq and in afghanistan. but we have a particularly strong duty to deal with the status of people who were displaced or objects were persecution or retribution or retaliation because those individuals helped either our

journalists we would be linking to maintain the same standards we have in terms of checking sources, developing sources come checking facts. so i think we are more and more linking to other content that we think is worthwhile and our readers want to know about being careful to maintain our standards. >> one more question. >> good morning, my name is judith westbrook and a work noa a. i have lived here all my life and always read "the washington post." thank you for that. i am wondering how you can give us the express newspaper and the metro -- please cannot take away -- as you address -- adjust the business model, how does it work? >> we will not take away. express has a loyal audience and it has been a great product for us. it sustains itself. but we run it as a separate business within our business. we set it up as a way -- it is designed to be a 20-minute raid. it is free. a lot of wire stories but stories we feel are good and worthwhile. it has brought us both new readers and new advertisers. so, i think at first people were worried it would cannibalize our audience, but we have

and if we work in go faith we can develop a health care reform proposal that will maintain quality but provide access and affordability to every family in america. that should be our objective. i hope we will all work toward that end. mr. president, with that, i yield the floor. i notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. kaufman: thank you, mr. president. i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. kaufman: i ask to speak in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kaufman: mr. president, i rise today to congratulate the american society of mechanical engineers on its 125th anniversary of its codes and standards. as the only serving senator who served as an engineer, i worked as a mechanical engineer, i was proud to sponsor a resolution with a lasting impact, asme codes and standards have had on our nation and other parts of the world. may sound like a lot of ja

the this two-thirds scenario. -- they maintain the two-thirds scenario. many never entered the fray, and they chose to ignore this reality. probably because it was a fourth miscalculation, underestimating role of free-election in creating networks and links among people of different backgrounds that could be mobilized. not only because you had people from all over every strata of the society, the reality is that this was the first time they were looking at each other and telling each other that they voted for him as well. there was a bonding that broke down the narrative created in iran. this was not about that, it was an election and people saw on the streets that they were on the same side, and they connected. at the end, like the reformist counterparts, conservatives also assumed similarities to the advancement in the 1990's, when similar demonstrations prevented the spreading across the population, through the years of sporadic but effective violence. the indiscriminate use of plain clothes club wielders attacking a small piece of the population, like

you must maintain your power through consent not coercion. you must respect the rights of minorities and participate with a spirit of tolerance and a compromise. you must place the interests of your people and the legitimate workings of the political process above your party. without these ingredients, elections alone do not make a true democracy. thank you. [applause] the fifth issue that we must address together is a religious freedom. islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. we see it in the history cordoba during the inquisition. i saw it firsthand as a child in indonesia were devout christians worship freely in an overwhelmingly moslem country. that is the spirit we need today. people in every country should be free to choose and live their face based upon the persuasion of the mind and the heart and soul. this tolerance is essential for religion to thrive. it is being challenged in many different ways. among some moslems is a disturbing tendency to measure one's own fate by the rejection of somebody else's faith. the richness of religi

they have been able to maintain output. output in 2008 is still higher than the energy information agency had expected for 2010. that said, they are their own worst enemies. they are difficult to negotiate and deal with. they throw up their hands and back out of deals just because they cannot come to an agreement. i do not really see -- there is really no problem to continue maintaining oil production. at the same time, they have had extraordinary increases in natural gas. another issue with the iranian in the situation is its natural gas reserves. a 10% of gas is florida right now. we see increasing energy concern's and this is such a waste. first and foremost, what this says is that if there is any need for nuclear power, there is no information that shows they need to invest in nuclear. as everybody else of the world is shifting toward natural gas. oil is very important to the budget and to exports. iran has the more diversified energy in the gulf. energy is about a quarter of gdp, but it is inefficient in its manufactur

i am interesting in hearing your views on how you maintain that balance-- some would call it the need to protect the country for a strategic supplies and would never corridor it might come from, be it china or russia. >> you have to do them both. i mean, you can't, you can't just say i don't do strategic surprise, and you have got to, if you have got to be dealing with these most limited extremists who are still trying to think of ways to come at the united states, so it really is a case of priority and emphasis. i think we can discern these sort of countries and issues which are of potential long-term, serious threat to the united states. or a serious interest to the united states. it is worth putting an effort into trying to understand those countries and a very deep and complete way. the same kind of effort we spent on the soviet union during the cold war, the cold war years. there is an area of, there is an area of other concerns. because the consequences might not be quite as catastrophic, we can economize a little bit on the resources there but then if one of them takes a turn t

special operation forces do maintain a global presence. in 2009, the special forces have provided operation in training in 106 countries. special forces have taken a long-term force to engagement and regional stability. the balance of effective, direct and indirect actions and skills and an understanding of context of their application is the core of special operations. from support to major combat to the warfare, the special operations is first in and last out with agile forces. it's important to note that special operations are not new. in combat terrorism, and psychological operations and foreign defense are long standing core activities. as a result significant resources are required to ensure that special operation forces are properly manned and equipped to operate globally with unmatched speed and develop. -- discipline. this includes the resources necessary to provide full spectrum global mission that will equip the united states with comprehensive set of unique abilities. and while the command major force budget has been robust eno

trained personnel that could be called up in the event of a catastrophic disaster, which we cannot maintain every day, but it would be nice to have something like that. maybe that is what the red cross will do, or maybe that is the national guard. comment on the national guard and the ready reserve idea. >> the national guard is a key component in responding to disasters. upon my confirmation -- one of my first visitations was with general mckinley. we have a strong system and we leverage this with the national guard. we have capability and will identify another state, to make certain that things like the joint operation center supports each other and this is a good team, a key component of the national defense strategy, these are the first of the assets available and they can request from the other governors additional guardians to manage the disaster. there is actually a requirement, to take the existing structures and provide more training and capability within the reserve force. as far as the standing reserve, this is something i would like to research by elements of that is what we alr

earlier, this year, in the mohammad khatacase, the administration maintained that the prior administration's sweeping assertion that the very subject matter of the case was a state secret and that that should prevent judicial consideration of the case. the case was about torture. a few months later, another case was brought against the government for all unlawfully spying on its own citizens. our administration again sought outright dismissal, arguing that litigating the case inevitably would require the harmful disclosure of state secrets and that the court need not examine any actual information on whether the case might proceed. it is too secret. we cannot even talk about it. what do you mean, a remedy with rights? this is a right, apparently without any remedy at all. it is too secret to talk about. don't you get its? -- did you get it? we cannot even hear the case to determine whether there is a right or a wrong or whether it is a case that was brought in error. we remain encouraged that the administration is taking a fairer review of the state secrets privilege, and his this assurance,

is the essential to maintaining a consistent set of benefits. congress might make substantive changes to the framework that will expose employers to substantial financial liability. it is not enough to have uniform federal rule. the rules have to be administrable and reasonable. we cannot induce employers to exit the system. we do not want to cause them to pay rather than play. three different penalty regimes could result from this bill. for employers and individuals obtaining coverage in the new insurance exchange, state remedies would be commended. for the new public plan, the uniform federal rules that currently apply to medicare would prevail. this does not create a. the public plan, many assume the employer system is opposing the carry plan. that is not the case. there are proper and the proposals on reforming the health-care system. there are important roles for the government to play. public plans are resentful to help the lowest income individuals where the employer base plan may not be the best plan. the government can facilitate and re

he maintains a concert ministry performing up to 60 concerts a year of sacred religious music. recording cds to bring people closer to jesus christ. as great as he is in a public arena, he's just as wonderful in the most important arena of all within the four walls of his home in grenada hills. he and his beautiful wife christine have been married for 30 years and have two children, matthew and catherine. ladies and gentlemen, it's an honor to introduce a wonderful conservative republican and a privilege for me to introduce to you america's tenor, the incomparable steve amerson. ♪ ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause] >>> thank you. you