a sixteen nation the deal that involves hand as hand nations and six major asia pacific economies including china korea and japan korea which already has free trade arrangements with both the united states and the european union previously maintained that they would focus on pending free trade talks including those with china and australia before deciding on the ppp the trade ministry says that its final decision on whether to join the top three ppp will be based on the outcome of preliminary bilateral talks with the countries involved. wednesday adding onions. the curry as consumer prices stayed and the zero percent range for the third straight month in november helped by dropping the prices of farming and petroleum products statistics korea says the nation's inflation rate and stopped to point nine percent last month from the same period a year earlier. quickening slightly from the point seven percent being tallied in the previous month the core inflation which excludes all tile oil and wheat prices rose one point eight percent in november from a year earlier and point three percent from

combined and yet it's sitting there on a pedestal talking about other nations developing weapons of mass destruction it is insane that we even allow them to do this the first nation that needs to disarm without question is the united states and the first nation to be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity is my birth nation of the united states once we start seeing actions like this that will know that people in positions of power serious because ultimately the rest of the world is sick and tired of the impunity and the continuous threats of a third world war so we've reached a point now where human beings around the planet are realizing we can't do this we can't have a third world war this is not a game but that you haven't answered my question do you think iran should be able to develop its nuclear program i think that every nation should disarm right now every every every nation that has a weapons program should be inspected by a legitimate international body and those nations with the highest amount of weapons of mass destruction nuclear weapons are the first ones t

annual national book awards.but i've never done it was such a large crowd. we have more than 700 people here today. i thank each of you for being here for this special event. [applause] spent one of the things that makes this evening so special is that tonight are literally stars come out. we have incredible writers, some of our greatest writers. i'm going to mention a few of them. i'm going to ask you to hold your applause until we get to the list but it will be hard as it's an amazing list. we have with us tonight was a national book award, edward ball. of course, e.l. doctorow, mark doty, nikky finney, annette gordon-reed, marianne hoberman, jane kramer, philip levine, victor navasky, ronald steel and jasmine ward. pulitzer prize winners michael cunningham, alan taylor and lawrence wright, macarthur fellow george saunders, winner of the national book critics award, and leeann. and, of course, the recipient of the presidential medal of freedom, toni morrison and maya angelou. please recognize these great writer

he lives behind a nation that loved him dearly.hat is truly proud to call him an african. he leaves the people of the world who embraced him as their own icon. most importantly, he leaves behind a deeply entrenched legacy of freedom, human rights and democracy in our country. in his honor, we commit ourselves to continue building a nation based on blood democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. united in our diversity, we will continue working to build a nation free of poverty, hunger, homelessness and inequality. as the african continent led by the african union, we will continue working to fulfill his desire for a better africa and more just, peaceful and equitable world. tomorrow, our people will accompany him on this last journey to the state of government, the union prison in pretoria where his body will lie in state for three days. i have the honor today to announce the union prison and the theater where he was operating as president in 1994 and where his body will lie in state, with the effects from today, ca

greater israel project ok why would israel benefits from an unstable middle east and stable arab nations because what we see that this instability actually is followed by fundamental islam and people who are only now or if there are either they're replaced by fundamentalist powers or there's just more sectarian violence to gross. yes and it would seem on the surface from a sane point of view that everything is going wrong but in fact when you fracture a country along sectarian develop divide ultimately weaken the country but the last thing that the israel or the united states wants is a strong master type leader an arab nationalist who will seriously ensure that the resources of that country or are taken and protected and used for the benefit of the people that's the last thing that the empire wants and that israel wants so while you have these religious fundamentalists nutcases who are running around bombing and doing all sorts of stuff like that you have a weakened fractured country in iraq and that is the prerequisite for ultimately expanding israel into the fantasy of the greater isr

turner: i support the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2014, the 52nd consecutive national defense authorization act. i had the pleasure of serving as chairman of the tactical air and land subcommittee of our committee. loretta sanchez, ranking member, superb staff, ours is truly a bipartisan nature. this reflects congress' bipartisan and bicameral efforts to construct meaningful reforms aimed at combating the pervasive issue of sexual assault within our military. want to thank chairman mckeon and ranking member smith for their dedication that this body's solution on these issues have been absolutely bipartisan. these legislative initiatives are unprecedented and the most powerful steps made to date toward the eradication of sexual assault in the military, specifically, the bill includes all provisions of the be safe act and coast guard strong, which was introduced by congresswoman tsongas and myself. it includes bipartisan measures introduced by representatives heck, walorski, noem, duckworth. additionally, it includes significant efforts made by senator boxer and represen

katie so much for joining us we begin on this nineteen a of the nationwide railway strike were the national assembly tried to play the role of mediator in the deadlock between the government coal rail and the union of their efforts were insane as each side dug even deeper into their respective positions the tenancy reports friday's meeting was the first time that the covenant call real mentioning any sleep or uni and team together the union's mass walkout began in december and nine the parlance of the committee had hoped to help them find a compromise however dr resigned only reiterated their ptsd and six the land in return mr said that what the rail bridge in stealing easy legal adding that the air opposing a government policy to bring about internal competition to railway services the government is pushing ahead with setting up a subsidiary company to write a new to tx high speed train line from the top south east of school in the southern port city of time. in the news is ok kids line will compete against other key deadlines which is likely to create new demands for service to shape thei

he's the father of the nation. >> he's everything. he's the father of the nation.ard to describe the symbolic importance that he has. every leader there is measured by him. his presence is everywhere. the moral standard that he set is what everyone tries to match and live up to in many ways. children in schools learn all about him. he's george washington. the mandela family is royalty. there is probably no figure in the world who occupies such a significant place in their country. south africa as we know it today would not be what it is today without him. >> and the fight againsts against apartheid was the confining civil movement with freeman dell la becoming a rallying cry all over the world. you have said that, quote, his life sparked an indistinguishable fire in the souls of everyone everywhere. what did you mean? >> the 1980s, of course plan dell mandela went to jail in the '60s. but his imprisonment and the effort for the ending of apartheidwent to jail in the '6. but his imprisonment and the effort for the ending of apartheid mandela's jailing sparked not on

a national capability for our country's national security. the work force and men and women up here are some of the most talented people we have in the intelligence community today. so, you know, they are challenged today because of this incredible outpouring of attention they don't frankly deserve it. the work force doesn't deserve it. they are -- and in all the while that all of this stuff is going on in the news today, they're up there today 24/7. i wouldn't just say up there but global work force on the battle needle afghanistan and many other part of the world working 24/7 to protect our national security. national security agency is a national treasure. now to answer your question, has it affected us? absolutely. will it affect us in the future? absolutely. is what the -- the tragedy of megaproportions? absolutely. it's being dealt with in the right channel and, you know, there's this sort of stage. we have to look at all the way question mitigate the impact of what is some of those affects are. whether it's a reduction of reporting or

that is the key element of the nationalism is that the nation comes first. so we have that in this country where if there is a war, somebody can't just say i don't want to go because it's against my religious beliefs. you have to demonstrate through a quite utile process that you are part of a religious tradition that has issued all violence no matter what because the nation has to assure that has citizens that will ultimately support it, and so i think that might be one reason for this kind of emphasis on persecution. also there is nothing that helps to define the insiders rather than outsiders and so just as the united states has its own history which the forefront on the particular episodes like the revolution in which there's a rejection of the british even as there is an acceptance that much of the federal culture came from britain, so many religious communities undoubtedly have an kutz emphasized the persecution in order to help to demonstrate through its members what is to be part of this religion, what defines them as different from others and it dem

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> earlier today, president obama boarded air force one to south africa for the memorial service for nelson mandela. 4 of the 5 living presidents will join thousands of mourners. among speakers will the ban ki- jacob zuma. president obama will also offer remarks. live coverage starting at 4:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. honoredsident biden mandela today by making an inscription in a condolence book at the south african tendency -- south african embassy. the vice president plans to speak at a memorial service at the national cathedral in washington. sat at a small rote condolences on behalf of the american people. >> the wireline world is the system ofrculatory our economy. it is the veins and the arteries that connect what is now the information economy in the u.s. data traffic on our wireline networks increase at 40% per year. it is wireline networks that connect communication, whether they originate in a wireline or wireless environment. america's future is a wirel

we must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. let there be justice for all. let there be peace for all. let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all. let each know that for each the body, the mind, and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves. never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being -- [applause] and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. the sun shall never set on so the sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. let freedom reign. god bless africa! thank you. [cheers and applause] conclude byow singing our national anthem. ♪ ♪ [cheers] >> present arms! ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] host: at 95, former south nelson mandelant dies today, again, age 95. over the next couple minutes we will open our phones and read your comments on twitter on -- and get your thoughts. we put the numbers up on the screen. a reminder, eastern and time zones -- in case you did not s

the national book awards. david, what is the national book foundation?what is the association with the nba? >> right response the mission is to encourage the reading of great books. and increase the impact of great book on the culture. the biggest thing we do are the national book awards themselves. it's the 64th annual national book awards. bigger than better than ever this year. >> what's the day job. ceo of the books group which is an independent book publishers. >> do you have have any finalists tonight. >> we don't. i'm just as excited as if we did. you know, the books are exciting, and it's an exciting evening. >> the numbers just came down on publishing. they are down just a bit. e-books have dropped quite a bit this year. >> right. there's a big change this year. which is that we've seen the flattening of e-books and really seeing a market in which people are making a choice. some are reading in digitally and some are reading in print. some are reading both. it's very clear that print books are going to be here for a long, long time. they still r

that stalk settler nations, some of our modern nations with inherited histories of colonialism. the status of this declaration, however, is it's not as a declaration an international law, it's not in and of itself a legally-binding instrument that's enforceable in federal courts. however, there are provisions that might be ip -- indirectly enforceable to the extent that they constitute a norm in customary international law which is part of our federal common law. or a u.n. treaty to which the united states is a signatory. but beyond that, it's not a legally-binding instrument. it's one that we have to to -- we have to proactively implement in this consultation with the united states government. and in that regard we've had and since the obama administration approved it in the year 2010, we've had a senate indian affairs committee oversight hearing to begin looking at the policy ramifications of this. we've had this declaration being the subject of indian conferences around the country, tribal leader forums, law school conferences as we begin to educate ourselves about it. and th

so this is and if you want to look at the united nations from the prism of the u.n. security council then we have here five powers russia china united states france and germany which. the five members which are actually the the ones that have the veto power with china that they want to have the real power in order to really enforce some executive powers. but again from the for instance from the perspective or from other countries some other countries or you can say from the syrian perspective the international community is is not the u.n. security council the international they did they believe that it is system. that really inclusive it's actually exclusive they believe that the international community in other words in the more i think academic or professional awards it's more the general assembly or member game i think that's fair and i would agree with you on that ok because every september there's a vote in the general assembly for recognition of a palestinian state and i'll have to check the numbers but it's one hundred eighty something against two or three or

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the end of next to the dance the national assembly. here's the spy agencies with more planned to keep its agents from engaging in political activities through the creation of the whistle blowing sand. the artistic and still today korea signs of multibillion dollar deal with iraq to fight scenes does in my projects testimony comes down from the probe into this summer's day. we are counting airlines crash and taken the spotlight is possible over reliance on automated systems. i dun use the internet. there is a third say this effort. well here in korea life and soul and with an uncommon thing so much for joining us. we begin with the record breaking export deal for the nation's defence industry korea aerospace industries sealed an agreement with more than two billion dollars with iraq the agency is to export twenty four supersonic like fighter jets to the nation making inroads into the arms market in the middle east the defence ministry correspondence that has our top story. korea aerospace industries signed a landmark export contracts wi

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [laughter] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> on c-span this morning, remarks by defense intelligence agency director lieutenant general michael flynn. paul ryanllowed by and patty murray and the budget agreement. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, "washington journal" looks at expiring unemployment benefits, the budget deal, and the one- year anniversary of the sandy hook school shooting. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is on capitol hill today to update lawmakers on the health care law's implementation and fixes to healthcare.gov. you can see her testimony at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. we will take your comments at #cspanchat and on facebook. more oversight of u.s. surveillance programs later on today when the senate judiciary committee hears from nsa director keith alexander. live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. we will take your comments at #c spanchat and on facebook. the other thing that we could do to test whether roosevelt made a difference or not is use my count

what are you going to do to make this country and this nation a united nation? around the world, the icons of the century, and they loved as a man of peace and reconciliation. mandela's legacy will be forever. and he will be the george washington of the new south africa. to that egs temperature, he will never die. >> i would like it to be said that here lies a man who has done his duty. ♪ >> nelson mandela's life was one of great sacrifice and great suffering. but ultimately, the legacy he leaves behind for fellow south africans and the world is one of great triumphs likely to be remembered and revered for centuries to come. that's all for this edition of "headliners and legends" i'm lester holt. thank you for watching. ♪

a lot scale national ceremony to commemorate the second anniversary of two done instead is expected to take place on tuesday. much attention is being drawn to how the front seat will be arranged as to be indicative of the team's new power structure. and then added any back here in the south amid the turmoil in north korea president than they can be a security meeting with related ministers and senior secretaries on monday the president to set them on a train infrastructure to better anticipate changes in the north and to safeguard against reckless provocations in particular a dingy reports from the presidential office her recent execution of that time so that was once regarded as the second most powerful fake during north korea has startled the world not to mention south korea as a follow up whatever to security policy meeting on friday. a tense execution was announced by playing in state run media held a meeting with the afternoon with her fork affairs and security related ministers and senior secretary. see your essentials secretary for relations agent had told reporters the presiden

they're presented in the media well to discuss that i'm now joined by michael allen who worked on national security policy for both the bush and obama administrations mr allen thank you very much for being on the show if your book blinking red you describe what you called the most momentous overhaul of america's national security infrastructure since the second world war spurred by nine eleven and the iraqi misadventure but i wonder if that sweeping reform really brought a new substantial change because previously the intelligence community was criticized for inadequate communication among various agencies and as the boston bombing revealed that communication was still inadequate the cia used to be in believed it still has the dominant role within the intelligence community so what has really changed as a result of that major overhaul that you describe in your book i think you're on to something and that's one of the central questions in my book blinking red which is all the institutional reforms and new intelligence agencies that we set up after september eleventh and after the intelligen

you've asked us to do this for the good of the nation, to defend the nation, to get the intelligence we need. nobody's come up with a better way. if we let this down, i think we'll have let the nation down. so that's why i'm concerned. >> general, i realize the world changes, but i think back to my days as a young prosecutor, and without going into war stories, i remember when as a member of the executive board of the national da's association, we had a meeting with j. edgar hoover. four or five of us, we went across the spectrum politically. we were all chilled by what we heard from him, his disregard of the constitution, his willingness to do things -- he explained to us, there's no such thing as organized crime in america, even though of course there's a massive organized crime operation at that time. but we had to fear communists. he even suggested to us that "the new york times" in its editorial policy was very close to becoming a communist newspaper and he was about to investigate it as such. i'm serious. i'm thinking what it would have been like if he had the power that you an

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>> the national hockey league strikes gold. that is one reason the ceo is looking forward to the new year. >> it is an opportunity for us, we will tell some great stories around the players. hockey is also thriving in northern california. find out how the san jose sharks have become one of the coolest success stories. >> their fan base is very sophisticated. they have discretionary income that they can spend on hockey. >> college football, is the bowl half-empty or half-full? all this and a look back at the year in sports business. "sportfolio" starts right now. hello, i'm rick horrow and welcome to "sportfolio." what an incredible year it's been for the nhl. when it started, there was a work stoppage that threatened to wipe out the whole season. since hammering out a deal, all signs indicate that the league is back at full strength. last month, the nhl announced a deal with rogers communication that will bring in $5.2 billion for its canadian media properties. rogers holds all the tv rights and will operate the digital service

national anthem of the good old usa. [music] [applause] >> marvelous rendition of our national anthem, but an incredibly impressive rendition of the south african national anthem. can you imagine those young persons, two or three days a week with every song and every opportunity for good music, being told by mayor ed lee about 48 hours ago what they next had to do? and they started rehearsing and they rehearsed and they put it together and please, another round of applause for that selection. [applause] >> for the occasion, a man who presides over city hall and all of san francisco, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you mayor brown. welcome everyone to the peoples' palace at city hall, san francisco. today we mourn the loss of a great world leader who inspired the world and forever changed the hearts and minds of millions. the outpouring that we have already felt and the unprecedented /treu buttes we have already seen show us the love that the world has had for nelson mandela. former south african president mandela led a

oh well coz its new national defense program guidelines and nate time difference program and the national security strategy drop next week. prime minister shinzo law face us to move things to balance the two countries defensive capabilities. this report is a newly amended to the guidelines showed japan's comprehensive defense capabilities with the effects it may construct this quantity and quality with the initial japanese media as as activities launched by japan's self defense forces with the support of the midtown defense programs as japan was strengthened its defensive force is on the southwest in our lives national security strategy says japan will play a leading role in protecting maritime border. i will also raise its defence spending of tonight's fight yes by about five percent to reach two hundred and thirty nine billion us dollars that elite old sock respondent on establishing my in tokyo for more on that. well the direction of the japan's defence cuts. he has changed quite a bit especially with the arm of penance the scenes of the one to two of the said both of. defense defense

we must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building,he birth of a new world. let there be justice for all. let there be peace for all. let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all. let each know that for each the body, the mind, and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves. never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being -- [applause] and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. the sun shall never set on so the sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. let freedom reign. god bless africa! thank you. [cheers and applause] former president nelson mandela died in his home in johannes berg on thursday. he spent my seven years in prison after being convicted for his anti-apartheid activities. prison,s release from he was elected president of the country in 1994, serving just one term. current south african president has ordered flags to be flown at half mast. nelson mandela was 95. >> coming up on

-- national export initiative.at we can do. we export. 95% of customers and consumers are outside the united states. only 1% of american businesses export, and 60% of them to one country. there is a huge marketplace out there. we need to help. that is right in the wheelhouse of the department of commerce. we have our foreign commercial service. we can help you locally as a business to figure out where your product is competitive around the world and introduce you in those markets to the right distributors or suppliers or financers, etc. so this is the kind of thing we are going to get done. >> as i talked to your colleagues about your agenda, the topic that was most exciting to me is unlocking data. the first company you started. tell us about that. >> the data agenda. my first company was in senior living. we needed all kinds of information about where seniors live. >> you had grown up in business, work with your father, your uncle, a large, successful family corporation. when you started senior living, you starte

the prime minister of japan is raising the government's first national security strategy and new defense guidelines saying they'll become historic documents. nelson mandela inspired millions at home and around the world people in tokyo. gathered to pay tribute to the anti apartheid luncheon. and as the lord continues efforts to raise its international profile. it's posting this on the stage version of the olympic games for the first time in more than four decades. japanese leaders are putting the finishing touches on the country's first national security strategy. experts have started reviewing it along with new defense guidelines. the prime minister is calling the documents historic. she's on this as a cabinet has been working to rebuild japan security policies. he says their goal is to protect people's lives and property so i am convinced that the national security strategy and defends guidelines will become the historic documents. they will be the basis that with hands future security policies. the security strategy is based on the concept of promoting pacifism through international c

then we begin tonight it's an iraq a nation that's experienced a very bloody two thousand and thirteen and now it's receiving a fresh shipment of american drones and missiles last week the united states ships seventy five hellfire missiles to the iraqi government to help deal with the increasing extremist violence that has crippled the nation this year and led to the deaths of more than eight thousand iraqis and in the coming months the u.s. will also send ten scan eagle reconnaissance drones to iraq unlike the deadly predator drones the u.s. previously flew over the nation these drones will be used to locate targets for iraqi security forces to attack now as of right now u.s. government officials say there have been no requests from the iraqi government for u.s. operated lethal drone strikes in the country. due to the unrest in syria al-qaeda linked extremists have flooded into iraq this year carrying out hundreds of suicide bombings against the maliki government violence has been so severe that last month iraqi prime minister maliki came to the white house to lobby for more military

a nation under duress. we've been around places in texas where folks are flying the flag this way today, right now. not too far from where were sitting. when i leave the state, i tell people i'm from the austin area. i had a neighbor who flies his flag like that >> i was on the motorcade route this morning. a lot of my memories there after that period of time. i don't consider myself a can piercy terrace, but i've read a lot of books, particularly mr. rose's book, and ms. lane spoke. i'm wondering how you address all the ballistics in your book and what kind of experts who used because that was one of the big strong points throughout his book when i had to be an extra gun. >> i gave away the end of our book earlier tenants before the assassination. we don't even go into that part of the story, which has been exhaustively covered by so many people. we are going to do something different with her story. >> you'll see me of something cleverly called post-credit. what we did in our book is an intentional narrat

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( cheers ) ( national anthem plays ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: good evening.unday in south africa will be a national day of prayer in honor of nelson mandela, a day to reflect on all that he did for his country and on the inspiration he was for freedom- loving people all over the world. ever since he died thursday evening at the age of 95, mourners both black and white have been gathering at his former home in soweto, celebrating the father of the new south africa who fought for the liberation of the black majority and then led a peaceful transition to a multiracial democracy as south africa's first black president. nelson mandela is one of the towering figures of the 20th century, whose story will be told for centuries to come. it is a story that we will tell over the next hour, beginning with martha teichner, who reported from south africa during some of mandela's many years in prison and covered the day few thought would ever come. ( laughing ) >> we, all of us, the world needs nelson mandela! ♪ >> mandela must be free! ♪ >> teichner: i remember the earth p

delays and cancellations at reagan national. but misery across the southwest and midwest as a deadly storm has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands and made driving dangerous. from oklahoma city even with the plows out they were slick enough to flip this suv into a ditch to fayette note, arkansas, where they were slipping and sliding. more than one inch of ice accumulated as they predict this could be the worst ice storms cents 2009. some are already calling it ice friday and it's made a big mess in texas. >> we just started going sideways. >> we jackknifed and i don't know how i'm going to get out of here. knowct the travelers here that. many sleeping at dfw as this canceled like nationally making getting back to dallas from d.c. pretty challenging. 11:00 thand to go at 3:00. they rescheduled me to go out at 4:00 but i got here at a found out it was actually 4:00 tomorrow. under winter storm warnings and advisory. in montana it felt that a bone chilling -40 degrees and even california are seeing plunging temperatures and

the nation comes first. so we have if there is a war, somebody cannot say i don't want to because it is against my religious beliefs. you have to demonstrate through detailed process it has been issued all violence entirely because the nation has to be assured that citizens will support it to. said that maybe one reason. also to help do defying insiders better than outsiders. justice the united states has its own history like the revolution there is the injection of the british that so much of that culture came from britain, many religious communities undoubtedly have emphasized a certain narrative in order to help demonstrate what is said to be a part of this religion? and to demonstrate the exemplar model of persecution. >> host: i think he said in the beginning opening comments, if you compare the united states with many places in the world, is where people, for religious freedom but you make the case people need to be aware of this. but on the other hand, we talk about religious persecution in comparison

people can't come to the national mall to see the museums or go to the national parks or have family. what the house decided to start doing was passed these many appropriations bills. let's fund the part of the crowdpleasers. government that provides money for veterans national park service. all these smaller, individual bills that would be very difficult for democrats to vote against. it was difficult for them to vote against it. democrats voted for them. you saw these big bipartisan votes coming over from the house as a would pass these bills one after the other, every other day during the shutdown. over in the senate, the senate democratic majority leader harry reid let them sit because democrats were not willing to play that sort of strategy. they thought it would be better to let the shutdown work its course -- they thought he would they thought it would be better to let the chips fall. >> some of the house floor debate and comments from the shutdown.ahead of the this is late in september. >> millions of americans across this country are struggling to find good paying jobs and t

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with represents different countries like the real united nations and debates and discusses national issues and in that spirit you would be promoting analytical thinking and i care and awareness towards international issues to determine for certain college we went to brazil we were presented at time represented taiwan. to brazil the second year we went to germany and my third year we went to egypt. and as a whole delegation on average a school of about twenty people at that time were the only school glee club coming from taiwan. so we started from that and on time we left college of this organization so to spread the cost at wanderers. more new club sprouting up at the university's you and afterwards when the army and after the army. i went to get my master's degree in the us but there was always this half joke. i feel that after our regional team that the bid on this team and one of my team was in college after it into society. after we started working and were forty years old. the one that always establish a foundation or the association to help future generations. get more access to this