escorted and followed by armed forces of the philippine marines. so we take this trip in the true heart of darkness philippine jungle. as we leave, visible elements of civilization and get into less opulent villages and isolated realms, young kids are running out, waving and applauding and jumping up and down and hollering in their native tongue what i'm told this "is good to see you." with their mothers and fathers nodding approvingly. i saw this with my own eyes. i thought this was wonderful, terrific. ambassador said that two years ago, the mother and father would have pulled the kids back and stayed well away from the street. have there been any demonstration, it would have been unfavorable. i saw with my own eyes enthusiastic support from the citizens who had been previously terrorists are violent extremists. i believe we have made significant progress. it is a tough match. but to her question -- we have the guys there that we have now here we are going to keep them there for the foreseeable future. it is a situation we analyze constantly. we

joint special forces philippines. we were to provide forces in conjunction with the united states special operations command to help the armed forces in the philippines in their struggle against violent extremism principally in the southern reaches of philippine country. we'd been there for about six years now, in some number. we've got -- i'll just say several hundred special operators there right now, tom, as you probably know. been there for a while. critical mission. helping significantly the armed forces of the philippines and our view go backs to the metrics question incidents of violence while there are still kidnappings we're not entirely sure they are terrorists. a little bit of a blurry line in some areas in the philippines between criminal activity and terrorist activity. i was able to go with ambassador christie kinney who's a real dynamo and a great ambassador for our country on a trip to visit our personnel about a year ago. we flew down, helicoptered down, drove over -- it wasn't interstate 95 for bette

and we had many philippines and we had many meetings and many visits to thek philippines as we transitioned to the democracy from the marcos regime and it was a really astounding transition and i will say again as i've said previously in public that we were lucky to have an ambassador of his skill on the ground helping to move complicated issues as effectively as he did. and it was an enormous privilege to work with him in that period and i was greatly impressed then and i think we have been ever since. we're delighted you're back on the job. this is a region you know well. and you are the right person for this job. thank you for being with us. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator lugar. there. i wish i had more positive news to convey. but it is nonetheless, i think, very important that westbound in the process of consulting with the congress particularly with this committee and other committees as we try to move forward. i will not repeat what the two of you have said with regard to the situation that we face and what has happened to bring us to the point we are at. i think you've each sum

from the danger of the pill -- philippines. so you know perhaps better than i. >> host: well, thank you very much eduardo galeon know. and it's been an honor to talk to you. i have wanted to do this for many years and it's been really great i have been able to do it. and i'm john dinges, and i'm spinning with eduardo galeano, and we will init there thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. i forgot i was in a tv studio. i was nice talking conversation with a friend in a cav cafe. >> oo thank you. i enjoyed it. >> john talbot described as the oracle of the financial world exposes what he says are the biggest myths about the current recession. wall street's role it in and how to get out of it. barnes & noble in new york hosted this event. it's an hour. >> thank you all for coming. it's a rainy flight out there as i found out the hard way. i'm going to give you short opening remarks remarks remarksy of time for questions i would like to thank the folks at c-span for being here today and filming us. i just returned from an economic

in the philippines, will lead to a successful revolution was that a leader lost popular support. i do not think there is any country in the world that has a degree of influence in iran that we had to the philippines. an outsider is. to be able to intervene. the iranian people need to work out this on their own. host: we have someone on the democrats' line. good morning to you. caller: hello, i got in on the wrong question. into this one. -- answer this one. i think obama should follow the plan he has set. he has the young people on his side. he had these townhouse meetings -- town hall meetings for the people. you could tell by the faces of the people, that they loved it. they were throwing questions to him. the air iranian people see that. they want their own type of town hall meeting. they want to have a say. they cannot. they will do this if everybody stand back and let them go at it and stop trying to make obama create a problem. he needs to not start another war. back to the other question the, the media are -- is in love with him. that -- there is a company that follows wit

it's not going to happen, and we are saying what happened in philippines when marcos call for election from the senator from nevada. fed the election, and it was obviously fraudulent, and people came out and four days later he was gone. but that these changes are coming to iran is obvious. host: we had a woman who wrote reading alida in tyrann and one talked of the china presence in iran. guest: sure china being a permanent member of the security council, and having these close commercial relations with iran. this is one reason why we won't get meaningful judgments of sanctions of iran. the good news is regime changes are coming to iran. the bad news is the regime whatever it is will have nuclear weapons. we will have to learn to deter iran into eternal revolution or the society makes it a pacific nation. no one would care if the belgiums had nuclear weapons because they are peaceful people. host: we have our guest george will and we are throwing baseballs at him and taking the swings. next we have kevin. caller: good morning, this is my first time for years to call, i am batting a tho

relationships and alliances we have in our aor, we have five treaties, australia, thailand, the philippines, south korea, and japan. a majority of trees in all countries in our aor. some are decades-old and our bilateral relationships to weave the fabric that has included as its threads, multilateral engagement and not just milk to mill. increasingly, we see opportunities including elements across the dime, if you will, diplomatic and intelligence, military, and energy and environment. we're looking to cobble all this together in an increasingly tightly woven fabric that emphasizes multilateralism. i will try to cite some examples in a minute. and of the ability we have as the predominant military power in the region to provide some guidance and in some cases leadership to all of these countries that are in response -- that are in our responsibility. india, once upon a time, prior to my work with walter, i was the flag lt. to then admiral william j. chorale in the mid- 1980s. for year and a half, i carried my bad shots, so there's hope for all of us who are younger. but those caring the adm

he saved forests in puerto rico and the philippines. is this imperialism, and for the spanish-american war, president, we control these properties. he had a big concern of protecting eckler systems and species in the place is required. >> why the gloves? >> they make you wear them here. they do and a lot of archival places. this is from 1902. it's the birth -- this document are molding, you could call it the birth of u.s. fish and wildlife right here. in that little matt. that is what made roosevelt started it all with the wildlife protection. >> has that ever been seen outside of your? >> you would have to ask mark. i don't know. it is probably a minor when something with the pelican island site. c-span should go to pelaton island some time. u.s. fish and wildlife has built an incredible boardwalk down there with each refuge set up like a plant. it goes out with an incredible view. if you do in a family vacation over the summer in florida, take the time to go to pelaton island to the center there. because it's really worth it for kids.

what we're seeing here is something akin to what happened in the philippines when marcos called an election under intense pressure from ronald reagan and his envoy paul axley, had the election, it was obviously fraudulent, people went in the streets and four days later, he was gone. this is going to take longer than that, but the fact that regime change is coming to iran, is, it seems to me, obvious. host: we had an interesting post with the woman who wrote "reading lolita in tehran," a caller talked about how much chinese interest there were in iran and the the geopolitics of china's presence in iran. can you talk about that? >> sure. china being a permanent member of the security council, having close relations with iran, this is one reason why we're never going to get, in my judgment, meaningful saxes to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. the good news i've just given. regime change is coming to iran. the bad news, the regime will, in four or five years, have nuclear weapons. we've got to learn to deter iran until internal evolution of the society makes it a pacific kind of nat

individuals claiming association with the terrorist group kidnapped approximately 29 hostages in the philippines and demanded the release of prison of rahman and two other convicted terrorists in exchange for the release of those hostages and threatened to behead the hostages if the demands with not meant. philippineo authorities found two beheaded hostages and four hostages unaccounted for. on or about september 21, 2000, an arabic television station televised the meeting of only and ayman zawahiri. sitting under a banner which read, to support rahman, the three terrorist leaders pledged to free rahman from incarceration in the united states. during the meeting, rahman and a son was encouraging others to avenge your sheik and go to the spilling of blood. these are extremely dangerous individuals who would require extraordinary precautions where they be held in a prison while on trial. the court documents i rempsed tonight detail the individuals who are willing to go to set come patriots free. it is imperative that the american people understand that these individuals will not be sent straight t

relationships and alliances we have in our aor -- we have five treaties, australia, thailand, the philippines, south korea and japan. a majority of our country's treaties involve countries in our aor so we build on those long-standing some of them decades old bilateral relationships to weave a fabric that has included as its threads multilateral engagement and not just mill to mill. increasingly, we see opportunities for including elements across the dime, if you will, diplomatic intelligence, military, and energy and environment. so we're looking to cobble all this together in an increasingly tightly woven fabric that emphasizes multilateralism and i'll show -- i'll try to cite some examples in just a minute and the ability we have as the predominant military power in the region to provide some guidance of leadership to these countries in air responsibility. some examples, india, once upon a time, prior to my work with walt, i was the flag lieutenant here's a terming cinkpak and in the mid-80s and we made a visit to the india. the cink had high expectations and they were pretty unfulfilled.

just not going to happen so what we are seeing is something akin to what happened in the philippines when marcos called an election under intense pressure from ronald reagan and his on foley from nevada. they had the election it was obviously fraudulent. people went in the streets and four days later he was gone. this will take longer than that. but the fact regime change is coming to iran is it seems to me obvious. >> host: we had an interesting hour this morning with a woman that route reading malida in tehran and one of the callers talked about the iran and oil industry and how much chinese interests there were and the geopolitics of china's presence in iran. >> guest: china being a member of the security council and having these close commercial relations with iran, this is one reason why we are never going to get in my judgment meaningful sanctions to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. so the good news i have just given, regime change is coming to iran. the bad news is the regime, whenever it is will four or five years have nuclear weapons and we will have to learn how

and he saved forests in puerto rico, in the philippines. here's his imperialism. i'm for the spanish american war, i'm president now. we control these properties. he had a huge concern of protecting ecosystems and species in those places we acquired. it's fascinating. >> by the way, why the gloves? why the white gloves? >> they make you wear them here. they do at a lot of archival places. this is from 1902 and this document i'm holding, you could call it if you wanted essentially the birth of u.s. fish & wildlife right here in that little map. because that's what made roosevelt start it all with the wildlife protection. >> has that ever been seen outside of here? >> you have to ask mark here. i don't know. i think probably online or something with the pelican island site. c-span should go to pelican island sometime, because u.s. fish & wildlife has built this incredible boardwalk down there with each refuge gets like a plank and goes out with this incredible view. so if you're doing family vacations over the summer to florida, take the time to go to pelican island

and i just described australia has a $37 departure fee, guatemala $30, the philippines $15, the united kingdom $30 to$ 0. we're pro posed a plod -- we're proposing a very modest fee. newspapers from all across this country have supported. this the "dallas morning news" it is a sensible first step it to putting a welcome mat on america's doorstep. the detroit free press, doesn't it make sense to encourage foreign visitors to come here and leave us some of their money. "l.a. times" considering the u.s. spends hundreds of millions of dollars on public diplomacy with dubious results with nothing in tourism, it might do us well to invest money in wooing traveling. congress can help by passing the travel promotion act by the end of this year. now, mr. president, this ought to be something that we bring up and almost passed by unanimous consent. guess what kind of a tortured journey this bill has been on. first and foremost the bill is reported to the floor -- and you have to have a motion to proceed. you can't just bring it to the floor. if somebody insists, no, no, you've got to have a deba

participating in the 15th cooperation for a float readiness and training exercise with singapore, the philippines, malaysia, thailand and indonesia. they're in the arabian gulf protecting the sea lanes that are so critical there, and indeed, the world's most important choke point, the strait of hormuz, which is the passage through which so much of the world's crude passes. below the surface are our submarines doing some of the most sensitive and important intelligence work for our nation and maintaining a stealthy and reliable and potent striking power for the nation should it be called upon. and above the water are our very capable and flexible airplanes not unlike the old venerable p-3 antisubmarine warfare plane that we are literally flying the wings off, not chasing submarines, but rather chasing insurgents who are planting explosive devices in iraq and after began stand. now -- afghanistan. now, that's the stuff we have, but that's not our most important resource. the most important thing we have are our people. and one aspect of our operation is the the fact that we have 14,000 sailors on t

taft had spent time in the philippines. when taft breaks on conservation with roosevelt, taft was finished. >> what i was getting at when he was asked about whether he wanted to be a president of the united states or a sue presume court justice. >> he preferred to be a supreme court justice than being president. >> his wife wanted him to be president >> nelly wanted him to be president. and interestingly enough at the taft inaugural in 1909, there was a blizzard and it was one of the worst weathers for inaugural. and roosevelt in typical fashion calls it, it's the roosevelt blizzard history will now. no, no, it's my blizzard. i'm the one already. already there was a clash going on on egos because roosevelt was myth making all the time and even the blizzard, most of us would say terrible weather for the inaugural, roosevelt turns it into the media has the heroic roosevelt blizzard. i'm going out in a blizzard. it was hard for taft to have to succeed that popular president. here is an example. t.r. has famously the teddy bear

spoke in front of berlin wall and said teardown -- when he was silent on the 1986 election in the philippines and said there was fraud on both sides, that hurt the cause but i would hope the president will speak truth to power. this regime is correct. it has blood on its hands. they killed americans in iraq and innocent iraqi people another on people. stand up with the protesters did that is not meddling, it is doing the right thing. host: annapolis, good morning to maggie on the democrats' line. is the president's response to timid? caller: i don't think at all. i agree that he is doing exactly the right thing and the twitterers online who say that they don't want us to invade. that would be the worst thing possible. sanctions, that would be the worst thing possible. they need to own this revolution. it needs to be theirs, genuine. what they do need, however, is help from the u.n. of any emergency supplies, medication, -- they need the emergency supplies, medication, gas masks. they say, where is the u.n.? is a closed and the weekend? that would be an appropriate. for us to do something mili

perhaps contained therein there would be the story of the fill peaian soldiers who died -- philippine soldiers who died on the bataan march. such a collection would not be complete, however, without the story of the wasp. these are the first women to fly military aircraft. they are the women in the air force, the women air force service pilots known as the wasp. it's a story of gender bias, mr. speaker. the notion that flying is a man's work. it's the story of culture bias, the belief that a woman's pce is in the home. it's the story of injustice. the notion that women could apply but never qualify. it's a story of inequalities and inequities. the notion that women could have rank but not always have their rank respected. mr. speaker, it's a story of never say never. a story of persistence pays off. a story of success because of some, and a story of success in spite of others. it's a story of how a famous pilot, jacqueline "jacky" cochran became the first commander of the w.f.o. in 1942. that's the women's flying training detachment. it's the story of how a test pilot, nancy love, bec