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, it obligates the united kingdom and the united states to territory sovereignty, and it also obligates us to have acted peremptorily when we knew russia would make such a move to take action or otherwise. >> this president, as you know, lou, is very good at ignoring anything that makes him uncomfortable, no matter how true or vital it might be. the speech today is worth really looking at. i felt he was lecturing the europeans. the speech today he gave in brussels before the king and queen, before the assembled parliamentarians, it should have been tightly focused on russia, putin, ukraine, crimea, nato, what are we going to do? instead it jumped all over the place. he started off in ukraine, he lectured europeans on gay rights, he lectures them on immigration, he goes back to ukraine. then he's talking about his grandfather had to serve the imperial british as a docook. it was an absolute mess, it was stupid, it was offensive, and i tell you, vladimir putin is not shaking in his shoes tonight. and it was also wrong because he said putin doesn't have a global idealogy anymore. oh, reall

said for poland, united states, the united kingdom and also russia, together pledged to guarantee territory integrity in 1994 when ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons. so there's an obligation that the western powers who have for this not to happen. now russia blatantly violated the treaty obligations. all the way through, western powers have been repeating, there is no more cold war. first of all, there was always cold war for putin all this time. now we are really getting to really, really hot war in europe and this is an exceptional circumstances and what i'm talking about, there's a draft that makes it easy to integrate other country's territory into russia. this is unheard of it. we are talking about europe, 21st century. >> so you think that the analogy you just gave is a very powerful one. you're talking about nazi germany going into -- >> legally there is not much of a difference because this guy, vladimir putin, now goes into another big european country, its neighbor, and wants to make this part of russia. this has gone beyond anything that anybody could contemplate. this is really, really serious stuff. >> colonel layton, can you respond to that? what does the un

what is our obligation and responsibility here? >> the united states has an important obligation. we are talking about europe. the preservation of the order and norm put in place in the post-cold war era. and they are being violated. in an attempt by one state armed force to lop off another state. this is an important leadership moment for the united states. the united states is working with its allies. to work through this problem and that is why you have the president taking the lead on political embrace of the ukrainian interim government as secretary kerry leading negotiations trying to get to an agreement at least an interim state. it is an important leadership moment for the united states. >> the russians, you know the president, you saw him last may. tell me where you think his head is in this. >> as a general matter, the concept of sphere of influence, balance of power, zero-sum games, these are very real concepts to president putin. he has set about trying to do fine russian policies separate and independent from the foreign policy of the west. he has defined it as a coun

united states and engaged in the cold war here. he completely blithely ignored the budapest memorandum that obligates russia not to invade the ukrainethe united states to also respect sovereignty and one could argue successfully that it was obligating us to have acted prematurely when we knew that they would make such a move. to take some action whether military or otherwise. >> this president, as you know very well, is very good at ignoring anything that makes them uncomfortable. i matter how true or how vital it might be. i thought that he was really lecturing europeans and the specie that he gave before the king and queen and before he assembled them should have been focused on crimea, nato, were we going to do. but instead he jumped out to lecture europeans on gay rights. he lectured them on immigration. he goes back to the ukraine and talks about how his grandfather had to serve the imperial british as a cook. it was an absolute mess and stupid and offensive and i will tell you that vladimir putin is not shaking in his shoes tonight. by the way, it was also wrong. because he said that black raccoon doesn't have a global ideolog

congress to make sure that the united states does its part with the ukrainian people as they move forward. as nato allies, the united states and italy have a solemn obligation to help with the security of our allies, as g7 partners, in brussels, without russia, a signal of russia's growing isolation. with the sanction that's the united states and europe union have imposed and will continue to grow if russia doesn't change course. but as i said yesterday in brussels, we're continually hopeful that russia walks through the door of diplomacy, and works with all of us to try to resolve issues in a peaceful way. and we'll continue to coordinate closely with italy and our other european partners throughout this crisis. i thanked the prime minister, well prime minister politano for nato. they have served admirably. in kosevo, where italians command the nato force, i would add that italy commands and contribute a large number of peace keepers in lebanon, and at the security summit this week, we announced the complete removal of italy's uranium so it can be eliminated to not fall into the hands of terrorists. and this is one more example across the board. we discuss

russia must respect its obligations on the united states charter and the spirit and principles of theation for security and cooperation in europe on which peace and stability in europe rests. we call on russia to deescalate tensions. we call on russia to honor all its international commitments, to withdraw its forces to its bases, and to refrain from any interference elsewhere in ukraine. we urge both parties to immediately seek a peaceful resolution through dialogue, through the dispatch of international observers under auspices of security council or oec. we emphasize the importance of an included political process in ukraine based on democratic values, respect for human rights, minorities, and the rule of law, which fulfills the democratic aspirations of the entire people. it's a valued partner of nato and founding member of the partnership for peace. nato allies will to support ukrainian sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and rights of ukraine people to determine their own future without out interference. we have just met in the nato ukraine commission at ukraine's r

one of the main obligations of the united states under the taiwan relations act is to make available to taiwan defensive arms so that taiwan is able to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability. despite improvement on the political and economic ties between taiwan and mainland china, beijing's military buildup opposite taiwan is continuing and the balance of cross strait military forces continues to shift in china's favor. i encourage the administration to work closely with congress in meeting our obligations under the taiwan relations act and to provide taiwan with the defense of weapons it requires. in that light, i am very concerned about the decision of the u.s. air force not to find the so-called case program in next years budget that would have upgraded the avionics system of in 16 fighter jets am including about 150 of taiwan's f-16s. nowtaiwan defense ministry faces a tough decision on how to move forward with the upgrade of its fighters at a reasonable cost and upgrade that it desperately needs. i hope our witness will be up to shed some light on this issue and on a way

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what is our obligation and responsibility here? >> well, the united states has an important obligation here. what we are talking about the europe. we're talking about the preservation of the order, the norms put in place in the post-cold war era and they are being violated here you know in an attempt by one state through armed force to lop off a piece of another state. so this is an important leadership moment for the united states, and the united states working, obviously, with it's european allies, it's going to have to work through this problem, that's why you've had the president take a lead on political embrace of ukrainian's interim government, you've had secretary kerry leading the negotiations in europe on trying to get to an agreement on an end state here or at least an interim end state. so it's an important leadership moment for the united states. this is europe. >> charlie: and the russians, you know the president, you saw him, i guess, last may -- >> yeah. >> charlie: -- tell me where you think his head is in this. >> well, you know, as a genera

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bear true faith and alliance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california that i take this obligation freely without any mental restoration or purpose of evaluation and i will well, and faithfully discharge the duties about which i'm about to enter and during the time as i hold the office of for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations and thank you very much >> happy new year everyone. thank you (clapping) >> >> >> good evening and welcome to the february 26, 2014, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. the presiding officer this evening is our vice-president ann lazarus joined by commissioner fung and hurtado and we expect supervisor here briefly.

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host: what is the extent of the united states obligation, in your opinion? guest: first of all, diplomatically, and i commend president obama for everything he is doing -- we have to be a constructive force for democracy globally, and we have to play a leading role among the nations of the world. one of our complexities of the situation is that at the united nations, where the united states and russia and france and china are permanent members of the security council, russia can veto anything we try to do. the president in one sense is blocked because the u.n. can't fully act. but i do believe that the nations that belong to the united nations, that have large numbers of people who have fled or survived the carnage inside ukraine, need to gather. argentina, italy, portugal, australia, canada, certainly the united states, poland, kazakhstan, these countries have people in them, hundreds of thousands of people who understand what happened inside ukraine, and there are more ukrainians living outside ukraine today then inside because of the terror that the peopl

bear true faith and alliance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california that i take this obligation freely without any mental restoration or purpose of evaluation and i will well, and faithfully discharge the duties about which i'm about to enter and during the time as i hold the office of for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations and thank you very much >> happy new year everyone. thank you (clapping) >> good afternoon, everybody let me please call this meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission at the 1:40 p.m. sfgovtv requires you to speak into the microphone otherwise the public can't hear our discussion. call roll >> commissioner president courtney. commissioner moran. commissioner torres. conditioning and commissioner vietor are on their way a you tell me 3 is the approval of the minutes from february 11, 2014. commissioners >> move to accept. >> any public comment on the minutes of

statute that says customs authorities, border authorities have the obligation to search every cargo container that comes into the united states but no container may be delayed more than three days, if the agency were faced with those obligations and didn't have the resources and said what we're going to do is search the containers that come from places we think the risk is most likely, i think everyone would think that that's a reasonable interpretation of the agency's charge under the statute and that's essentially what the agency has done here. >> just to be clear, you're not say, -- saying, or are you saying that if you are denied the authority you seek here there can be no significant regulation of greenhouse gases under the act? you're not saying that? >> no. and i think i want to provide for specificy. in my answer if i could. the court has held in american electric power that the e.p.a. has the authority to provide general national standards. now, with respect to the p.s.d. program i want to, i do want to emphasize that there is a distinction between the question of what triggers your obligation to get a p.s.d. permit

united states. so there is an obligation even in the jurisdictional clause to respect the rights of privacy out of the united states. it's loving through the u.s. borders although i'm not sure about the backbone of string where that's taking place. it would be the duty to respect the rights to privacy. >> i have two questions. we recognize the government has reaffirmed its earlier position about what the iccpr means in relation to people abroad. but i wonder if you say a word about how they dealt with the question of article 31 of the convention on the interpretation and the treaties insofar as deference should be given to the interpreters of which in this case i believe have taken a broad interpretation and a couple of our supreme court justices have said in various cases that whe but when they are interpreting a treaty or look to the interpretation for guidance and controlling other parties in the same treaty just a word on those aspects of the reasoning that led to what is in the reaffirmed and. >> i think what you're talking about is the general comment of the human rights committee which certainl

the united states does its part with economic assistance package that helps support the ukrainian people as they move forward. as noato allies, united states and italy are going to uphold our obligationh in brussels, a signal of the growing isolation. the sanctions the united states and european union have imposed will continue to grow. as i said yesterday in brussels we're continually hopeful russia walks through the door of diplomacy and works with all of us to try to resolve this issue in a peaceful way. we will continue to coordinate closely with italy and other european partners throughout this crisis. i thanked the prime minister and president for italy's commitment to nato. italy is one of our largest contributors to the coalition. in kosovo, in lebanon and at the nuclear summit this week we announced the removal of yuranum to be eliminated. it's one more leadership across the board. we discussed the need to boost economic growth on both sides of the atlantic so we're creating jobs for people, especially young people. that's why in addition to kinds of steps the prime minister outlined and plans to pursue, we have opportunity to move forward with the transatlantic trade and in

speak to the long-term obligations of the united states we are contemplating. typically it is distributed by an independent facility. will that be the case here you will the u.s. have effective oversight? how will that broker, and what do you assess the prospect for successful repayment and what you think will happen if that does not occur thomas and what is the consideration of aid? thank you. >> the way the loan guarantee works is the u.s. government guarantees to repayment of the principal and interest on a bond issued by the ukraine government. cost is the possibility the ukraine government cannot repay the principal, in which the u.s. government would responsible. how it is defined. the way we mitigate the risk is twofold. number two, we can use some loan proceeds to lessen the impact of the reforms on the most formidable segments of the ukrainian society and that makes reform and success that more likely. to the loanon guarantees, what other aid is the frustration considering and what other things can we do to support the? >> thank you. the reality is we

of force in cyberspace, and how, in your view, it triggers the war powers or other obligations, that the united states has. >> i apologize, with the 120 questions i was asked i do not remember the word for word specifics. please accept my apologies. one of the unique challenges in cyberspace, war in what the hostilities are and the military action? >> on the policy perspective we are trying to work our way through these issues. applicable iss whatever we do in the cyber arena, international law will pertain. that if we find ourselves getting to a point where we believe that cyber is taking us down, in armed conflict scenarios, that the rule and the conflict- law of armed will maintain in this as any other. i don't think that cyber is inherently different in that regard. i think that those sets of procedures, for the policies and the nation, i think they represent a good point of departure. >> the phrase that you use is an issue. if we believe that cyber activity is taking us down the path to armed conflict in the international law, would it be your decision that cyber war, someone takes out our great

of force in cyberspace, and how, in your view, it triggers the war powers or other obligations, that the united states has. >> i apologize, with the 120 questions i was asked i do not remember the word for word specifics. please accept my apologies. one of the unique challenges in cyberspace, war in what the hostilities are and the military action? >> on the policy perspective we are trying to work our way through these issues. applicable iss whatever we do in the cyber arena, international law will pertain. that if we find ourselves getting to a point where we believe that cyber is taking us down, in armed conflict scenarios, that the rule and the conflict- law of armed will maintain in this as any other. i don't think that cyber is inherently different in that regard. i think that those sets of procedures, for the policies and the nation, i think they represent a good point of departure. >> the phrase that you use is an issue. if we believe that cyber activity is taking us down the path to armed conflict in the international law, would it be your decision that cyber war, someone takes out our great

because, like many first responders, the united states military has an obligation to respond when called for help, and, indeed, the united states military is often the only organization capable of helping with its fixed and rotary-wing lift capacity and personnel to get relief supplies to those most in need. admiral lockier, the head of the united states pacific command headquartered in my home state of hawaii, said last year that climate change is the greatest long-term security threat in the asia-pacific region, an area covering more than half of the earth's surface area and almost 60% of its population. upheaval and political instability from climate change, he said -- and i quote -- "is probably the most likely thing that is going to happen that will cripple the security environment, probably more likely than the other scenarios we all often talk about." 11 retired three-star and four-star admirals and generals in 2007 stated that climate change is -- quote -- "a significant national security challenge that can serve as a threat multiplier for instability in some of the most volatile

. >> the united states government has an obligation to protect citizens from attacks to their person and integrity. that includes sexual assault. >> cory callibris. >> is an attorney ay that helped fire the case. she hopes it will help military do what it was avoiding. there's literally no other remedy for them. other than going to an commission. >> marine stephanie schroder is a petitioner calling for action. she was physically abused and raped by a co-worker. she was labelled a trouble maker and command did not punish her rapist. in another - soldier blake stevens was repeatedly assaulted, including when a bottle of soda was shoved into his rech tum. the petition says the soldiers had to do extra push-ups. >> international law said rape is a form of torture, especially committed by government actors. we have other military members who raped other military members, and a u.s. government who did not intervene. >> part of what has been alleged is the dod refused to implement laws enacted by congress. we have seen action all along, government. >> i think over the past year the u.s. gov

united states signed what's called the budapest memorandum back in 1994. point 2 of that agreement states, the united states of america, the russian federation and the united kingdom reaffirm their obligationo refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of ukraine and that none of their weapons will ever be used against ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the charter of the united nations. under this agreement, ambassador, is the united states obligated to get involved if russia moves against ukraine? >> well, i think we're certainly obligated from a kind of moral and political sense. it doesn't obligate us to do anything from a military standpoint. but i do think that russia is obviously violating that memorandum. that memorandum was concluded at a time when the ukrainians were giving up their nuclear weapons. they had been part of the soviet union. what the russians are doing right now is pretty much doing what they did in georgia, in south ossetia and whatever you have a russian population within what is now a neighboring state, what used to be a soviet union, the russians are making it pretty clear that

sending in advisers and then those advisers become caught up in some kind of conflict, the united states has an obligation to defend its people. that would take us into a military conflict. i don't think the american people, war weary at this point after iraq and afghanistan have the appetite for that type of conflict. what chris wallace said was on target. the big news was germany said they are willing to get on board. russia is the third biggest oil producer in the world. they can continue to do business with china. so putin has some outs here. even as you see the european union and the united states cooperate on sanctions. >> let me say that putin doesn't seem to be looking for outs. i'm at the wires and the kremlin has released a statement in putin's name. putin concern over escalation of tensions he says caused by radical groups in south and southeast regions of ukraine talking about the pro ukrainian forces that he says he kneads to protect the ethnic russians against. and he says russia will respect the choice of people in crimea in referendum. a statement from the kremlin. so no indication that pu

. >> just ask you -- i think asking the way the united states has an obligation to improcess improcess the price and goes back to the budapest memorandum of security assurances. ukraine halved 1900 nuclear warheads targeted at the united states, and part of the price we agreed to play in 1994 to get ukraine to say we'll transfer the weapons back to russia for elimination, we said we'll give you security assurances along with the russians and british, commitment to your territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence no use of force against you, whole string of now i would argue russia has vie violated. that's an important choice of words. assurances. not guarantees. we give guarantees to nato allies, japan, south korea, and that has a military connotation and we're clear when the talked to the ukraines and said there's a reason we use this word assurances north, guarantees. we're not prepared to give you a ticket or chit that may not have a number but has military. we will take an interest in your state and if these commitments become threatened we are prepared to react and the things

state of ukraine. russian federation brutally violated the basic principles of the charter of the united nations, obliging all member states to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. this, what has happened, is serious. ukraine, in the strongest possible terms, protected such actions but russia officially rejected ukrainian proposals to hold immediate bilateral consultation under article seven of the treaty on friendship, corporation and partnership between ukraine and the russian federation of 1997. again, another treaty violation. russia's actions pose a serious threat, not only to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine, but also to peace and stability in the whole region. moreover, russia's actions provoke a disbalance in the international security system and can lead to violations of the regime of international nuclear nonproliferation on a global scale. when in 1994 ukraine became a party to the nonproliferation treaty and voluntarily surrendered the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, it did so exclusive

i would like to just ask you to speak to the sort of long-term obligations of the united states that we are contemplating. typically the united states required the u.s. credits and volatile out countries are minister by an independent facility administered under u.s. a revision which will not be the case here. that payment on the bonds and retaining the principle. of the u.s. have the effective oversight? how will that occur? what do you assess the prospects for successful repayment and what happens if that does not occur. finally, in addition to the loan guarantee, where are the source of aid that the administration is considering? >> they you, congressman. the way the loan guarantee works is that the u.s. government guarantees the repayment of the principal and interest on the bond which would be issued by the ukrainian government head. the cost to the u.s., the way that it is calculated is that there is an assessment of the possibility of the ukraine government cannot repay the interest and principal in which the u.s. government would be irresponsible. that is how it is designed.

. >> the united states government has an obligation to protect its citizens from attacks to their person and to their integrity assaults. >> corey calabrese is an attorney who helped file the case. she is hoping international pressure will force the explicitly to do what it has worked to do, remove the handling of sexual assault cases >> i think if you read the stories of the 20 petitioners and what they went through and the in, that the u.s. military took, that is what is in sane. you can't sue the military in this country. there is literally no other remedy for them. other than going to a human rights condition. >> maureen schroeder is calling for action. she says she was physically abused and raped by a co-worker and her command accused her of lying. she was labeled a trouble maker, forced to work with her attacker and command did not punish her rapist in another case, the petition says blake stephens was repeatedly assaulted including a bottle of soda being shoved into his correctim. he said the attackers had to do extra push-ups. >> international law has said that rape is a form of

so i'd like to just ask you to speak to the long-term obligations of the united states that we're contemplatingpically, the united states requires that u.s. credits in volatile countries are administered by an independent facility, administered under u.s. supervision. will that be the case here? who will administer ukraine's payment of interest on the bonds and repayment of principal? will the u.s. have effective oversight? how will that occur? and what do you assess the prospects for successful repayment, and what happens if that does not occur? and finally, in in addition to the loan guarantee, what sorts of aid is the administration considering for the ukraine? gu sorts of aide is the administration considering? i assume mr. singh, you would be the best to answer. >> thank you. the way the u.s. loan works is the u.s. government guarantees the repayment of the principle and interest on a bond that would be issued by the ukraine government. okay, so the cost to the u.s., the way that it is calculated is that there's an assessment of the possibility that the ukraine government cannot repay the

clear what is taking place now in crimea is a violation of treaty obligations that russia itself made in concert with the united states , ukraine, france great britain and china. >> and so why is this happening? >> it is a huge political mistake. the notion that ukraine is a part of greater russia is very strongly held among many russians. this for his historical reasons. russian was founded by kievian princesses and it is a much younger state than ukraine. and the close cultural heritage of the peoples in the slovak world is behind this unfortunate mistake. >> all right. one last question for, what is at stake for the united states, we like to be able to share with those who are watching us, why this particular story matters to them, so what is at stake here for the united states with what is going on right now in ukraine? >> well, i think it is peace in the world. this is a tender box that could ignite a catastrophic war. no question that ukrainians will defend their homeland. there's no question that ukraine up to this point has been restrained and asking for the help of the peace loving nations of the world, and i

states in the post-1945 world. obligations that form the core of the united nations charter. respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states. the obligation to refrain from threat or use of force against territorial integrity and political independence of any state. the illegality of acquisition of territory through threat or use of force. any the obligation to settle disputes by peaceful means. as the body mandated under the u.n. charter, the primary responsibility is the maintenance of international peace and security. this council has a primordial responsibility to uphold these obligations. as council members, we do so on behalf of all member states. the draft resolution, directly and carefully reflects the fundamental norms. there is nothing in it that any u.n. member states could reasonably oppose. the russian decision to veto the resolution profoundly unsettles. the referendum to be held tomorrow in crimea is dangerous and destabilizing. it is unauthorized and invalid. we will not recognize the results or any action taken on the basis of it. with or w