mr. cooper, more of a background question on louisiana. we are not a coastal state, so i don't know how this works. but does the state of louisiana, do you have any role in monitorrng the oil rigs that arr out there working off your coast or the companies working off your coast? do you all monitor that at all, or do you have any say-so in who's out there and not? >> billy comes from that industry, and he could probably answer that question better than i can. >> there are companies that don't really monitor. cllan gulf, and the mooday profits, msrc that was started right after the exxon spill. but there is no real state monitoring of the oil rigs, no. it is done on a federal level. there is a lot of private non-profits that watch over everything out there, for oil leaks, for contamination. as you saw the other day on one of the taylor rigs. but for anothee day, the msrc group was heavily funded, i did one of the rigs that was done first class by that group. that company has no assets. they are down there, but in name only. they are not equi

mr. cooper, let me start with you, and you mentioned at the stafford act. is louisiana in the process of requesting assistance under the stafford act? >> no, we are not. at this point, the reason i brought that up is that, i want this say up front that we have a great partnership with dhs, fema, and the coast guard in planning for hurricanes. ww also what happened during katrina. part of the issue is that we are used to responding to stafford time disasters where the response is from the bottom up. as opposed to the top down, and that has been a frustration. also when you put plans together, we know that everything is not always been to go as planned. we need to be able to change plans at a moment's notice, and that is not what we are seeing with this disaster. that is why i brought that up about the stafford act. unemployment -- disaster unemployment insurance is something we were not able to activate in this disaster as well as crisis counseling. there is goinn to need to be a lot of that, as well as other assistance. our concern is that if the system cou

mrs. prouty cooperated or engaged in unauthorized contact with a foreign intelligence service or terroristation." how seriously do they take those investigations? how thorough are they? >> grenier: oh, my god, you cannot imagine how seriously the cia would take an investigation like that. >> pelley: at sentencing, federal judge avern cohn blasted the u.s. attorney's office. "perhaps prompted by the excessiveness of the press releases," he said, the news media "grossly distorted the circumstances of your case." "as a citizen," the judge told prouty, "you served your country honorably and effectively." but because of the law, the judge was forced to revoke her citizenship. instead of throwing her in prison, he fined her $975. the prosecutors received an award for their three-year hezbollah investigation. but for all the press they were seeking then, they declined to talk to us for this story. but the justice department did send us a statement, saying that it "makes no apologies for the prosecution of nada prouty." "she has no one to blame but herself." the statement says, "the actions taken

mr. cooper, what i might do is open my questions with you. we will probably do two rounds here. we will do two five-minute unds and try t move to the questions as quickly as possible. cooper, let me start with you, and you mentioned at the staffordct. louisiana in the process of assistance under the stafford act? >> no, we are not. at this point, the reason i up is that, i want have ay up front that we great partnership with dhs, fema, and the coast guard in planning for hurricanes. what happened during katrina. part of the issue is that we are staffordesponding to time disasters where t response is from the bottom up. as opposedo the top down, and been a frustration. also when you put plans gether, we know that not always been to planned. we need to be able to change notice, andoment's what we are seeing disaster. why i brought that up about the stafford act. unemployment -- disasr unemployment insurance is something were not able to ativaten this disaster crisis counseling. there is goinn to need to be a lot of that, as well a other assistance. our concern is tha if the system

mr. cooper was asked to go out and do some clean-up. heeis the head of the louisiana %+rimp association. he could not be here today. he took the opportunity to work. it is almost like a lottery -- you might work for a few days on the cleanup, but then it is a month later before you are called again? you get the $5,000 check -- is for working?initial ppyment or >> the $5,000 payment that has been given oot the commercial fisheemen is supposed to be in mitigation for lost wages and lost income. >> a day's work for shirmper -- shrimpers. >> we might make $5,000 in one day, but we also have long periods with no income at all. for examppe, the first time i met with the adjuster, my wife and i at there, and he asked the question, well, how muuh are you losing this month and how much do you expect us to pay you? >> right. >> my wife went throuuh the papers and said, we maae $27,000 last year. he said, we will give you a check ffr $5,000 noo. you give us your prrof of and down and next -- proof of income and next month we will finalize your adj

mr. bush's cooperation there but in 2004, the bush administration ordered fannie mae and freddie mac to increase the number of mortgages they bought for people below the median income. at the time, i said i thought that was a mistake, wrong for the people being pushed into this, wrong for fannie mae and freddie mac. in 2003, i didn't think fannie mae and freddie mac needed change but george bush converted me. he converted me when he sent them much too deeply, by his decision, into more subprime mortgages. i thought it was better to use them for affordable rental housing. once that happened, i joined many oxley in 2005 in an effort to pass the billism supported a bill that passed in the houseful we'll hear from some republican members who say nothing was done. you know what their problem was, madam speaker? they couldn't get the support of their own republicans, the republican leadership of the financial services committee today, the republican leadership of the house today, join police department oxley -- to join mr. oxley. the bill which passed the house in 20 which i voted against, not because

mr. abdulmutallab, ofourse who has cooper sin that time, he wase to get through the screening inm ter dam, schiphol airport, but the technique, he never touched it so the trace detecon equipment would novemb picked up any explosives because he would not have touched it. there were no metallic parts, obviously. is w a chemical combination try as tone, try tri peroxide is the intor. when the passengers hed what theyalled firecrackers, there's a glycol,nitiator that goes into the tapthat was what, when people described firecrackers tches the tatp initiat initiang. it's a common explosive devi, not dissilar to c 4, from military use. so it was -- we were very, very fortunate that the main charge which was nearly double the amount that richard reid had in his shoe, you mentioned the shoe bomb of december of '01. we did some testing afterwards richardd and o an unpressurized fuselage of a plane would have blown a hole abt ts big i the side of the fuselage, unpressurized. of course pressurized, ablmutlab h nea twice that amount, and so obviously the damage would have been much more snificant pro

mr. hayward ihank you for appearing and cooperating with our investigation. >> next go to the full committee remember bart stupak of tes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you mr. hayward for appearing before us. we have kind of a dual track underway in my opinion. we obviously are trying to gather the facts, what happened in the oil spill in the gulf of mexico a month and a half ago, tryi to find out the close. we have a system built up based on the british tradition over 200 years of due process and fairness where people that do bad things or in this case a corporation that's responsible for a bad accident, we want to hold them responsible, do what we can to make the liable parties pay for the damages. mr. stupak and mr. waxman are doing an excellent job working with dr. burr negligence and myself in conducting i think a fair fair oversight investigation. boar going to get into a number of tse issues. i'm speaking totally for myself, i'm not speaking for the republican party, i'mot speaking for anybody in the house of representatives but myself. but i'm ashamed of what happened in the whit

cooperation. statement of the exchequer. >> mr.speakkr, with permission, i would like to make a statement on the office for budget -- mississippi, alabama and florida today. he will be met my state and local officials. he will have eight very ride to the barrier islands in alabama where oil has come ashore. we will have live coverage of this statement here on c-span. tomorrow, the oil company ceos will be on capitol, including the heads of exxon mobil, shell, and bp. will have live coverage as they answered questions from the house oversight committee starting at 9:30 on c-spaa3. + tomorrow night, president obama will address the nation from the oval office and talk about steps the nation is taking to address the oil spill. live coverage of that speech at 8:00 on the c-span networks and online. coming up thursday, the ceo of bp is set to testify on capitol3 he'll be questioned by the house energy and commerce oversight committee about the handling of the il spill. that is 10:00 eastern on c-span 3 and c-span radio. >> the second on

mr. hayward i thank you for cooperating. >> thank you. next going to the ranking member of the full committee, mr. barton of texas. mr. burgess and i will do ours harriet. mr. barton? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, there hayward, for appearing before us. we have kind of a duel -- dual track. we are trying to track the facts of what happened with the oil spill in the gulf of mexico a month and a half ago, trying to find out the cause of that spill, what can be done to prevent it in the future. we are obviously very concerned about the mitigation and the cleanup. we have a system in america built up based on the british tradition, over 200 years of due process and fairness where people who do bad things, in this case a corporation that is responsible for a bad accident, we want to hold them responsible and do what we can to make the lieable -- liable parties pay for the damages. we are all working together in conducting i think a very fair oversight investigation. we are going to get into a number of those issues in this hearing, and

mr. chairman, what type of cooperation are we getting from pakistan with regarding, you know, regarding the -- some of the terroris activities that the taliban and t like that we're experiencing on the cross-border situations? >> pakistan has over the course of the last year, senator, conducted impressive counterinsurgency operations against thetalibani, pakistani taliban and some of its affiates in the former northwest province in eastern south waziristan and currently in orexi. there is no question that this is an organization primarily threatens them, although it is linked to the would-be times square bomber. so there is an external component to this that has emerged. there clearly are other extremist elements that ttp has symbiotic relationships with. among them, certainly al qaeda, the hakani network, the afghan taliban and a number of others that do have sanctuaries in various parts of the border region of afghanistan. in some cases, the pakistani military has dealt with them as part of securing lines of communication for us and for themselves in their fight against the extremists tha

mr. chairman, what type of cooperation are we getting from pakistan with regarding, you know, regarding the -- some of the terrorist activities that the taliban and the like that we're experiencing on the cross-border situations? >> pakistan has over the course of the last year, senator, conducted impressive counterinsurgency operations ainst thetalibani, pakistani taliban and some of its affiliates in the former northwest province in eastern sout waziristan and currently in orexi. there is no question that this is an organization primarily threatens them, although it is linked to the would-be times square bomber. so there is an external component to this that has emerged. there clearly are other extremist elements that ttp has symbiotic relationships with. among them, certainly al qaeda, the hakani network, the afghan taliban and a number of others that do have sanctuaries in various parts of the border region of afghanistan. in some cases, the pakistani military has dealt with them as part of secing lines of communication for us and for themselves in their fight against the extremists tha

mr. hayward i thank you for appearing and cooperating with our investigation. >> next go to the full committee remember bart stupak of texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you mr. hayward for appearing before us. we have kind of a dual track underway in my opinion. we obviously are trying to gather the facts, what happened in the oil spill in the gulf of mexico a month and a half ago, trying to find out the close. we have a system built up based on the british tradition over 200 years of due process and fairness where people that do bad things or in this case a corporation that's responsible for a bad accident, we want to hold them responsible, do what we can to make the liable parties pay for the damages. mr. stupak and mr. waxman are doing an excellent job working with dr. burr negligence and myself in conducting i think a fair fair oversight investigation. boar going to get into a number of those issues. i'm speaking totally for myself, i'm not speaking for the republican party, i'm not speaking for anybody in the house of representatives but myself. but i'm ashamed of what happened in

mr. chairman, what type of cooperation are we getting from pakistan with regarding, you know, regarding the -- some of the terrorist activities that the taliban and the like that we're experiencing on the cross-border situations? >> pakistan has over the course of the last year, senator, conducted impressive counterinsurgency operations against thetalibani, pakistani taliban and some of its affiliates in the former northwest province in eastern south waziristan and currently in orexi. there is no question that this is an organization primarily threatens them, although it is linked to the would-be times square bomber. so there is an external component to this that has emerged. there clearly are other extremist elements that ttp has symbiotic relationships with. among them, certainly al qaeda, the hakani network, the afghan taliban and a number of others that do have sanctuaries in various parts of the border region of afghanistan. in some cases, the pakistani military has dealt with them as part of securing lines of communication for us and for themselves in their fight against the extremist

cooperation with russia. i am committed to our relationship. we have found a solid and reliable partner in president medvedev. mr. president, i am very grateful for your leadership and partnership. by any measure, we have made significant progress and achieve concrete results. together we have negotiated and signed the historic treaty committing our nations to significant reductions in nuclear weapons. today we reaffirmed our commitment to ratify this treaty as soon as possible so it can set the stage for further cuts and cooperation. together we strengthen the global nonproliferation regime. other nations will meet theirs if we meet ours. they will be held accountable if they do not. we passed and are enforcing a new united nations sanctions against north korea. we offered iran the prospect of a better future and when they refused, we joined with russia and our partners on the security council to impose the toughest sanctions ever faced by the government of iran. our nations have deepened our cooperation against violent extremists. today, we have agreed to expand our cooperation on intelligence and counter-terro

fair and responsible home ownership opportunities requires commitment and cooperation and that washington is up to the challenge. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves her time. the gentleman from california. >> mrr speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> today i rise in support of h.r. 1434. every year this body comes together to designate june as national home ownership month. to honor this, h.r. 1434 provides recognition for national ohm honer -- home ownership month. mr. miller: owning a home is part of the american dream and is the largest investment most americans will ever make. owning a home is the back bone of the american way of life. in addition to providing financial benefits to individuals, it provides communities. since homeowners are investing in not only themselves bus their community, they have a bigger stake in education and other services. americans are looking to leaders in government to end the housing ituation without placing additional burden on the taxpayers. my home

mr. butterfield: madam speaker, as we work to resolve our nation's fiscal crisis, we must have bipartisan cooperation to best find ways to balance economic recovery and job creation with long-term deficit reduction. americans clearly understand the danger of debt and the need for a serious long-term plan. what they don't understand is sound bites and political rhetoric and so, too, my republican colleagues, as you come to the well today, put your ideas on the table. it doesn't help to demagogue this issue. the fact is and it remains president obama inherited an $11 trillion debt on day one, and we are trying to recover. the american people need your constructive ideas. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. herger: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. herger: madam speaker, for the first time since 1974, the house has failed to pass a budget resolution. instead of making tough decisions, congressional democrats have chos

mrs. capito for all of the work she put into this legislation and the cooperation that she gave to me and her staff to my staff. this is a good bill. the differences have been worked out between both sides of the aisle. we worked hard to make sure that we maintained f.h.a. but we keep a close watch on it that in fact we give it flexibility but at the same time, ensure the continuity and the consistency of f.h.a. that should be there to provide the guarantees for our citizens that so desperately need them. with that, madam chair, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. waters: i move th the committee rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in for say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: madam chair? the chair: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 5072, directs me to report that it has come

coordinated, diplomatic and political effort conducted in cooperation with our allies and designed to achieve the real results that we all seek. mr. president, i believe that our president, president obama, has been both thoughtful and deliberate in his approach to pressuring iran to change its conduct, having just this month achieved u.n. security council approval of resolution 1929 and european union endorsement of additional energy and financial measures on iraq. the president of the united states is clearly setting the stage for what we all hope are strong, targeted and effective multilateral and multilayered pressure on tehran. these measures are not ends but merely a means to an end. first and foremost, to suspend iran's illicit nuclear program to protect israel and our other friends and allies, to combat tehran's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and express support for human rights in their country. i see my colleague from arizona. i believe it was his suggestion that the human rights effort be a part of this revolution. i thank my colleague from arizona insisting that this sanction's proposal includes very str

transparency about the nuclear program and demonstrate full cooperation with the international atomic energy agency in order to restore confidence. mr president, turkey at such great importance to the resolution of this problem through peaceful means and negotiations. the sanctions resolution has been adopted today. despite our active and unrelenting efforts in destruction. however, the adoption of the resolution should not be seen as an end to the diplomacy efforts. there is the firm opinion that after the adoption of this resolution efforts towards finding a peaceful solution to this problem has to be continued even more resolutely. on the other hand, we take note of the concerns of the international community's regarding the reach by iran and the 20%. the steps by the authorities discovered the conerns of th international communities which have led to certain questions regarding the peaceful nature of the nuclear program. now it is the implementation of iran, the declaration must feel onthe table iran should come to negotiations with five plus one to take up the nuclear program including suspension of enrichment. we will contribu

cooperate. and this bill is a pre-eminent example of that happening in this congress. and i want to thank him and the gentleman from texas, mr. barton, for creating that atmosphere which made it ssible. i think that this gives a historic piece of legislation, mr. waxman and i and all the members on our side, really do believe that this is the way congress should work. i congratulate the gentleman for his work on it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan controls the time. mr. upton: thank you, mr. speaker. i will yield myself the balance of the time and yield back and let my friend, mr. markey, finish with a close. i just want to say this is an issue we sat down together for the last actually couple years. examining the facts. many of us that particularly live in areas for me the midwest coming from michigan we had a devastating tornado come through this weekend. for many of us, myself included, our electricity went out for a number of hours. and then a number of times, particularly during the winter and even in the summer with these electric storms that come through sometimes, sometimes electricity may be out

russian federation a nuclear cooperation agreement on the same day that the russian president offered the same nuclear deal to the syrian regime. we are at a defining moment, mr. speaker. the opportunity we have before us in the form of this conference report may well prove to be one of the last best hopes to force iran to end its nuclear weapons policeman and its policies that threaten our security. when appointed as a conferee for this bill was for the final product to have a comprehensive,,crippling sanction policy targeting the iranian regime. in principle, this conference report is a step forward. it expands the types of sanctions and the range of actors and activities to be sanctioned in an effort to strike at the iranian regime's key vulnerabilities, especially its dependence on refined petroleum. the most important are a set of financial measures that, if implemented, would force foreign financial institutions to choose between doing business with iran or with us in the united states. it also increases penalties on violators, unffrpblt it contain ascii element that could significantly undercut its effectiveness. multiple exceptions and waivers for the

national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of quorum call: quum call: the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wicker: i rise today to inform the senate of the accomplishment of mississippi's summerall high school baseball am. earlier the bobcats set a mississippi record by winning 67 consecutive games and winning their third straight state championship, an impressive achievement worthy of recognition. the team fell just eight wins shy of breaking thh national record for consecutive wins, but they secured their spot as the team with the nation's fourth longest winning streak. some teams might have been discouraged after a loss ended such an impressive streak, but the bobcats regrouped and went on to win their final 11 games and their third consecutive class aaa state championship. the summerall high school bobcats' state title and 36-1 record earned them the top spot in "usa today"'s national high school baseball rankings. the staff consists of head coach larry knight and assistant coache

mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, we have the highest number of long-term unemployed workers on record. so you think we'd be overwhelmed by bipartisan cooperation for those people who have been out of work for so many months. instead, every single house republican but one voted against the legislation three weeks ago to continue emergency federal unemployment benefits. and now in the other body every republican has refused to support an extension of unemployment benefits, so a growing number of jobless workers are now losing their benefits. by the end of this week more than 900,000 americans will %- lose their unemployment benefits unless the other body accs. we hear their rumblings over there, but i'll believe it when i see it. by the end of the week the number -- the number will grow to 1.2 million. my colleagues from florida should know an stimated 80,000 floridians will lose their benefits. california, 180,000. ohio, 66,000. georgia, 57,000. and the list goes on and on. the last lifeline for these workers and their families is being severed leaving them adrift with no job, no savings and no support. even some from my own party seem to be sa

committed to working very cooperatively with early consultation on all of these kinds of activity that is may or may not affect traditional activities within parklands. >> and, mrchairman, that's something that i'm very interested in in making sure that as we look at broadening diversety, sometimes presoying access and maintaining historical cultural and traditional activities helps do that on its own by making sure that the communities are included and have the ability to go that. in engaging diverse audiences along the lines. i will close with this final question as to can you just briefly talk about the importance of relationships tweens concession nares and national park managers as we talk about the establishment to that competitive environment, recognizing in some areas where mps has not been able to gain the ownership of those interests be in areas outside of that if you can talk about what we're doing. >> the role of our concession program is absolutely essential in providing quality visitor experiences around the system. they are 80 plus private businesses that operate from very large to small mom and pop operations. they produce over $1 billion gross.

cooperation that we received on this bill. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: we have no additional speakers. we again urge passage of this important bill and support its passage. with that we yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from guam. miss bordello: -- ms. bordallo: we do not have any additional speakers. i again urge members to support this bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1061, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. ms. bordallo: on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and -- without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause

mr. chairman, and thank you to all of you for your service and for being here. i want to follow up on your response about working cooperatively with the russians in missile defense. in april, i hosted the u.s.- russia into a parliamentary group, which is a combination of u.s. senators and the russian federation council. we had meetings in moscow as well as here. they have been called the discussions of the prospect of missile defense cooperation. it seems to be a very strong thoughts with the federation council that they are interested from the parliamentary side, from the legislative side. they are clearly interested in working cooperative lee with the sun missile defense. i understand it come from their own perspective and we come from ours. at least, not only at the executive level with president medvedyev, but also at the parliamentary level. i thought i would mention that. there are going to be all kinds of rumors going on. characterization's of those discussions are not always as accurate as we would hope that they might be. secretary gates, secretary clinton -- the question was raised by senator mccain, and it relates

cooperation of everybody across the board, even this committee. on that note, there is ooe minute for the gentlewoman from california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think the american homeowners who are grieving right now and pleading for some kind of modification -- they do not care if it is hamp or something organized by the bank. they just want relief. the one critical issue we have to look at is the conflict of interest that exists where there is a mortgage and a second an interest in the second mortgage, and therefore will not negotiate a modification with the first mortgage. that is a serious issue and one we should address today. i yield back. >> all time has now expired three we turn to our panel of witnesses. it is committee policy that all witnesses are sworn in. if you would stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? you may be seated. but the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. -- let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. mr. das is the chief executive officer of citimortgage. mr. desoer is the president

mr. chairman, and thank you to all of you for your service and for being here. i want to follow up on your response about working cooperatively with the russians in missile defense. in april, i hosted the u.s.- russia into a parliamentary group, which is a combination of u.s. senators and the russian federation council. we had meetings in moscow as well as here. they have been called the discussions of the prospect of missile defense cooperation. it seems to be a very strong thoughts with the federation council that they are interested from the parliamentary side, from the legislative side. they are clearly interested in working cooperative lee with the sun missile defense. i understand it come from their own perspective and we come from ours. at least, not only at the executive level with president medvedyev, but also at the parliamentary level. i thought i would mention that. there are going to be all kinds of rumors going on. characterization's of those discussions are not always as accurate as we would hope that they might be. secretary gates, secretary clinton -- the question was raised by senator mccain, and it relates

russian federation a nuclear cooperation agreement on the same day that the russian president offered the same nuclear deal to the syrian regime. we are at a defining moment, mr. speaker. the opportunity we have before us in the form of this conference report may well prove to be one of the last best hopes to force iran to end its nuclear weapons policeman and its policies that threaten our security. when appointed as a conferee for this bill was for the final product to have a comprehensive,,crippling sanction policy targeting the iranian regime. in principle, this conference report is a step forward. it expands the types of sanctions and the range of actors and activities to be sanctioned in an effort to strike at the iranian regime's key vulnerabilities, especially its dependence on refined petroleum. the most important are a set of financial measures that, if implemented, would force foreign financial institutions to choose between doing business with iran or with us in the united states. it also increases penalties on violators, unffrpblt it contain ascii element that could significantly undercut its effectiveness. multiple exceptions and waivers for the

economic investment cooperation is in line with the potential of the russian economy and the united states economy. we have created a presidential commission that was mentioned by mr. obama. this is tremendous and on the other hand, this is the mechanism providing for effective interaction, which is in line with the current level of our relations, and we also have the relations between barack obama and myself. the commission is actively going to work to implement the plans that we have. and so, we went through the national agenda, and there was less time because we devoted a lot -- we have managed to do something. we spoke on the middle east crisis, and iran, with their developments. and some of them -- the most complicated issues, that are currently on the planet. we spoke about european security, and we believe that europe should have a security system with some differences. and the after effect of the conflict that was initiated by georgia -- this will not prevent us from launching future contact. we talked about this situation around the new treaty and the goal of these presidents is to make certain that we have tranquillity in the parliament and i hope that w