we'll met with mr. kerr in st. petersburg last june and talk about possible -- we met with mr. kirk in st. petersburg last june and talk about possible ways to make it quicker. there is no contradiction among russian government or administration's that we need to be within the wto. that is the strategic aim for russia to be wto members. that is full stop. i want you to understand that there is not even -- no person within the administration of the government would even say something against wto. but the problem is, we have been trying to access for 16 years. while cuba is a member, china is a member of the too, the ukraine and others, and we've passed enormous -- it was a very long wait. we have achieved a lot. we have a new legislation in my country which i can say, it is very modern. in our custom duties, that were discussed with the european union and the united states and other countries, wto members. and we have just four issues left which we cannot sort out with americans and others, and we cannot finalize our accession procedure, which means that there is not just our ab

. >> do that mr. kerr has a conflict of interest for the health care policy?>> i will ask him to come forward. we are satisfied that he meets all the ethical standards of the senate and then some. that he will bring his independent judgment and above all, the values of senator kennedy to bear on the questions that come before him. would you like to respond? >> thank you. what the questioner is referring to is when i was a much younger man, i represented a couple pharmaceutical firms. that was back at the turn of the century, perhaps 2002 or so. i left washington, d.c. after my chairmanship because i did not want to spend my professional career as a so-called lobbyist. i can back to massachusetts -- i came back to massachusetts and joined a professional outfit. the client relationship is almost 10 years old and seized at that time. >> you are on several corporate boards. will you be resigning? >> i will be resigning on all boards on which i serve. >> every single boards? >> right. >> the kennedy family was behind this appointment, which is no secret. >> i can t