this ensures security in south asia. india and the united states have strong incentives to cooperate on counter terrorism in the region and beyond. we share concerns about the stability of afghanistan and pakistan and the growing military capabilities of china. energy cooperation should be at the top of our agenda. india's energy need is expected to double by the year 2025. the united states has been an interest in expanding energy cooperation with india, to develop new technologies and address environmental problems and diversify global energy supplies. the united states's own energy problems will be made worse if we do not forge partnerships with india and other nations expanding rapid economic growth. 2008, the united states concluded the civil nuclear cooperation agreement with india. the legislation lifted a moratorium on nuclear trade with india and open toded the door i trade of high technology items such as super computers and fiber optics. this is remaining important to the relationship. but in the narrower cont

current tenure on the united nations security council, its inclusion in the g20, the east asia summit, the south asian association for regional cooperation and the world trade organization. in december we held the first-ever trilateral consultations with japan, india and the united states. encouraging india's leadership and cooperation across the asia-pacific will be a top priority. if confirmed, i look forward to expanding our consultations and collaboration, narrowing our differences on key multilateral issues and working with the government of india to advance international peace and security through common understandings and approaches to strengthen these bodies and the international community's ability to address the threats that face our world. another priority will be encouraging india's role in supporting peace and stability in the indian ocean region. india and the united states share a common interest in supporting continued efforts to establish a peaceful, prosperous and democratic indian ocean region. taking a cue from history, the new silk road vision foresees a network of economic,

and to do something a little bit like this in northeast asia with japanese and south korean colleagues, to meet north korean threat. i should add that there was not just a military and sort of technical objective involved in this decision. there were other aspects, other dimensions, other motivations of the decision. one was, hopefully, to essentially deter the adversary. we didn't want to use this stuff. we didn't want to just have it there so when the war started we could use it. in fact, we hope never to use it. the plan was to demonstrate credibly to other creditably to other militaries that they would pay a high price launching such an effort an it was not likely to achieve their military objectives. deterrents was a key policy motivation. at the same time there was a motivation of assurance and reinsurance of allies. nato is now 28 members. i remember as a kid it was 12 and 16, now it's 28. i had the privilege and opportunity to share the nato high-level group while i was in government, which is the group that oversee snait weaponato we policy. i met in brussels with every member

to be so intensely interested in an area and you certainly have the background when it comes to south asia and india. leads me to a question just something that i have been wondering for some time, and maybe from your background you can help us understand it, help me understand it. we consistently speak of india has a democracy in political terms, one would think it's true. it seems true. we talk consistently about the entrepreneurship that comes you out of india, some of the most wealthy un y entrepreneurs in world are from india and yet, if you look at the world fact book, the per capita in india is about $800, at least the one i just looked at. that is less than $3 a day. what are your observations about the nature of this democracy in terms of the obvious glaring inequality from top to bottom in its society? >> i think india's democracy is a growing one with right now they are engaged this the five states voting with over 200 million residents in one of those states. so, that part of the democracy in terms of its forms and norms is well established. they are voting after a very vigorou

the president briefly discussed in the oval office, it also includes our efforts in sudan and in south asia and on global issues such as climate change and nuclear security. >> [interpreter] >> we appreciate your candid this stunt -- responses as we discussed these issues and i believe we appreciate -- you appreciate hours as well. >> [interpreter] >> so, mr. vice president, once again, welcome to the united states. often believe sometimes the best way to truly understand the country is to see it with your own eyes. there is an old chinese saying, better to travel 10,000 miles than read 10,000 books. although i read dr. kissinger's book on china, i felt that my trip to your country was at least as important. [laughter] >> [interpreter] >> actually, mr. vice- president, i can't thank you enough for the hospitality extended to me on my trip and i would like, with your permission, to propose a toast. a toast to a successful visit four of the vice president and increase in cooperation and understanding that will help both of our nation's continue to increase this relationship, and may benefit n

ackerman, the ranking member on the subcommittee on middle east and south asia. >> thank you. welcome, madam secretary. always great to have you here. it's exceptional to me that sometimes you can't win for winning. and even with the unprecedented victories that you and the administration have had in foreign policy area, some people continue to look at it, i guess i would call it the goldilocks game with the three bears. it is always too hot or it is always too cold. i think you got it just right. i think instead of goldilocks you're more like the guy on the ed sullivan show. he used to be up there with the 12 bowling pins juggling them at the same time, bouncing basketballs up and down over his knees and had the sticks with the plates on top and twirling in the air and nothing ever falls to the ground. nonetheless, you seem to have everything pretty much together. i don't want to jinx it, with all of the unprecedented problems in the world that we're facing all at the same time. and i just want to thank you and congratulate you and the administration. three areas, north korea

dismantle these bases we're going to have to return back from asia come back from the middle east and south asia and i think we'll have to bring the troops home from europe you were writing and speaking out extensively about the bush era in iraq crusade under the banner of ending terror name in the world do you think that crusade is still on or the idea that we're going to end tyranny in the world is utterly utopian we never are we've had tyrants from time immemorial and what the united states should do in my judgment in its foreign policies is build a defense establishment strong enough to protect our vital interests and our vital allies and when problems arise whether it's in zimbabwe or somewhere else the people there have got to deal with their own problems. there's no doubt about it that throughout history tyrants have arisen and seized power in one place or another and as long as they don't threaten our vital interests or threaten and kill our people the fact that they rule and or misrule certain countries is none of our business while some of bin laden successor said he supports the war a

it by ourselves all of the time and particularly in the last decade when we were so occupied in south asia and the middle east. we are guard to israel, we remain a staunch ally of the state of israel. we have a vital national interest in ensuring their security and their existence long-term. we have an extreme ly close relationship and dialogue with them. it is candid and we talk frankly about the peace process and we talk frankly about the dimensions of the security dimensions of the region and the trends and events and so forth. and we -- there's a lot that we agree on and where we disagree we have very frank dialogue with them. but the u.s. commitment to israel has been something that has been sustained across many administrations republican and democrat alike since the country's founding, and that is no different today. sorry, running out of the north korea was the next one? >> korea -- keep at it. iran. >> yeah. i mean, obviously, and in regards to north korea, our prin principle concern has been the potential for -- has been the proliferation of nuclear weapons to that country, and t

he is secretary of state for the middle east and south asia, and he spoke and took questions recently in houston. >> it is a great pleasure to be here. my connections and my fondness for the united states goes way back. in 1964, i was nine years old and just beginning to have a consciousness of what politics was all about. some of you may remember a satellite called telstar, and telstar was the first method we had of receiving live pictures from each other across the atlantic. in 1964, some of you gentlemen will remember, none of you ladies in the room, of course, are old enough to remember 1964, but some of you gentlemen will remember it was a presidential year, so conventions were in full swing. and for a small boy in england watching live, flickering pictures of party conventions where there were balloons, there were hats, there were streamers and grown-ups behaving badly and nobody minding, this looked to me like a career path. [ applause ] so, america, thank you for that. my next connection with the united states was when i had a chance to come over here at a soccer camp. i went

shab bit, the chairman of the subcommittee on middle east and south asia, is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. madam secretary, because of limited time i'd like to raise three issues and then give you the remaining amount of my time to address them. first, iran. on the subject of the iranian nuclear program, the fiscal year 2013 congressional budget justification notes that, quote, the bureau of near eastern affairs will maintain pressure through sanctions to encourage iran to return to the negotiating table, unquote. this policy, however, is essentially the same unchanged iran policy that the administration has had since they took power back in january of 2009. engagement and pressure. on july 12th, 2009, over 2 1/2 years ago, you stated that, quote, we understand the importance of offering to engage iran in giving its leaders a clear choice. the opportunity will not remain open indefinitely, unquote. and we enter year -- excuse me. as we enter year four of this policy, it seems to me to be painfully obvious that this administration's policy is not only the same, but that it's f

commodity but brenda's training under the waterline and the shedding a quarter of a dollar a barrel the south. asia store. so moving high was sentiment held by progress towards a greek debt deal and another boost is coming from corporate results to us stocks rallied almost four percent after the carmaker reported a fall in quarterly profit but raised full year earnings target hong kong stocks are also on the rise after china's central bank said it will support first home purchases now here in moscow traders will roll up their sleeves in less than two hours time on tuesday russian markets close makes the ati has added almost half a percent struggle to move into the positive territory for the second day peter weston from investment bank is looking ahead to two days straight. if we have good news out of greece then root definitely move higher during the day but i think it all coming back from a sort of negative day yesterday we could start to be a little bit lower but then people are sort of look through the the news and you know i think there's still momentum in the market for a higher level before w

folks in south asia and tsunami, then in the gulf coast after hurricane katrina.st,. >> becoming president of the united states how can you beat that when your goal is to make a difference in the lives of millions of people not just in the united states but around the world? i'm proud of how he served. >> and three most rewarding titles bestowed upon me are the three i've got left. a husband, a father and a grand dad. to that i can only had rich blessings of friendship. >> when asked about his life george bush used an expression he learned as a young naval aviator. feeling and visibility unlimited. he faced many storms george bush believed you can see something new to do and accomplish. from washington i'm brit human. -- hume. when i inspect homes, i can't be in an allergy fog. so i get claritin clear for strong, non-drowsy relief of all my allergies like dust mold pets and pollen. looks good. thanks. i live claritin clear. [ horn honks ] [ dog barks ] [ dog whimpers ] [ wind whistling ] [ dog whimpers ] [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got...

. >> he asked me not wonts but twice to work with his father to help people in need, first in south asiand the tsunami and then in the gulf coast after katrina. it was an amazing experience. and this man, who i had always liked and respected and then run against, i literally came to love. >> he's amazing. it's like traveling with a rock star. >> in becoming president of the united states, how you can beat that really, if your goal is to make a difference in the lives of millions of people, not just in the united states, but around the world, i'm extremely proud of how he served. >> the three most rewarding titles bestowed upon me are the three that i have got left -- a husband, a father and a granddad. to that, i can only add the rich blessings of friendship. >> when asked about his life, george bush uses the expression he learned as a young aviator c.a.v.e., ceiling and visibility unlimit the -- unlimited. he faced many storms. george bush always believed he could see something new on the horizon to do, something to accomplish. from washington, i'm brit hume.

china is a driving force in south east asia's railway boom. beijing plans to build additional railway lines for its neighbors in the south to increase economic cooperation. the conductor is excited about the progress. before, he says, he could only drive 3 or 4 kilometers per hour; 20 at the most. now he's going 30. possible some day to take the train all the way from singapore to scotland. but that's still a way off. cambodia's railway system, which has long symbolized the country's poverty, is now a symbol of hope. >> we use all forms of travel to see how you, our viewers live. and today we pay a visit to the ramirezes in guatemala. >> hello, come in. i'll show you my living room. this is where we live, it's a little shabby, but that's how it is. this area is for my wife and me. this is my son deldy. a computer is important for kids these days. here he can practice. the school requires it as well. for me this picture represents the love in the family. take my heart and carry it in yours. that goes for me and my son and the whole family. >> we

a statement reading and i quote, "marie has fearlessly covered wars across the middle east and south asia for 25 years for the "sunday times," and put her life in danger on many occasions because she was driven by a determination that the misdeeds of tyrants and the suffering of the victims did not go unreported." and now, wendell, what is the administration saying about the death of our colleague? >> folks are calling it a reminder that most of the victims of the violence in syria are innocent civilians, she was literally on tv hours before her death, with video of a baby who was dying of shrapnel wounds. she said there were no military targets where the baby lived as there wassing in in the area where the journalists were killed and injured. here is jake carney. >> a reminder of the incredible risks that journalists take. marie colvin and the french journalist killed yesterday, in order to bring the truth about what is happening in a country like syria to those of us at home, and in countries around the world. >>shepard: anthony died in syria last week after an asthma attack. u.s. offic

. >> he asked me once not twice to help his father first in south asia and tsunami and gulf coast afteryens. >> this man who he always liked spreekt -- respected and run against i came to love. >> it was like going with a rock star. >> after becoming president of the united states how can you bet that really if your goal is to make a difference in the lives of millions of people not just in the united states but around the world? i am extremely proud of how he served. >> the three most rewarding titles bee stowed on me are the three i have left, a husband, a father and a grand dad. to that i can only add the rich blessings of friendship. >> when asked about his life george bush used an expression learned as a young naval aviator flying off carriers. vavu, feeling and visibility unlimited. every pilot wishes for those conditions. while he faced many of those storms he always thought he could see something new on the horizon to do, something to accomplish. from washington i am brit hume. i habe a cohd. i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-

texas in the country to bangladesh, and the way i characterize them you know it is not africa or south asia or afghanistan, iran, iraq, 27 countries 11 have some form of a minor trouble and i am being generous with one or two, one is thinking and you can never quite trust the canadians. [laughter] and again the point is stability in my life so thank you for all that. i'm told the cities to energy as london is to finance, and i am very pleased to be here at the behalf of the global energy industry. my thanks to the world affairs council for their efforts in pulling this together and to all of you for taking the time to get here. this is a busy year to the united kingdom in the world. we give her majesty the queen's jubilee in june and then in july the allies of the world will turn to london for the olympics and the paralympics games. it's been a huge and challenging task to get ready for the greatest show on earth and put on the most sustainable olympics ever. the u.k. project management strength to be coming in ahead of time and on budget, i'm not sure whose budget but it's on budget is yet

taking place in ayaan hirisi ali's background country, the heart of the africa from east africa and south asia where aafia comes? >> guest: well, you know, part of this data on the tradition that i was speaking of what aafia is as he said the sense that islam is under threat. and i think this has been greatly magnified during the post-9/11 years because of the war because of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan, the u.s. invasion of iraq. there is the sense that islam is in peril and seems to have vindicated this point of view which was of course the al qaeda point of view that this 9/11 was a sort of response to the western assault against islam so the difficulty now for the west in the muslim world is trying to convince the muslim world that they don't have to -- we don't have designs upon it and things are going to calmed down now and that islam is not under threat. >> host: how do you think the u.s. can do that considering these models? >> guest: considering these i don't think either of these models would be helpful to doing that because ayaan hirisi ali argues islam itself as dangerous and i

on these debates taking place in the background country in the horn of africa, east africa and south asia? >> guest: well, part of this tradition that i was speaking of with aafia siddiqui is a sense that it is under threat, which is magnified during the post-9/11 years because of these wars, because of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan, u.s. invasion of iraq. there is this sense that islam is in peril. it seems to have indicated this point of view, which was of course the al qaeda point of view that 9/11 was some sort of response to western assault against islam. so the difficulty now for the west in the muslim world is trying to convince some of the world that they don't have designs upon a and things are going to calm down now and islam is not under threat. >> and how do you think the u.s. would do that considering these two models? >> guest: considering these two models -- i don't think either of these two models to be helpful in doing that. because ayyan hirsi ali, what she argues is islam itself is dangerous and until islam is radically changed, the west is going to be as she puts it

haul for up the center quarter of that now just slightly that report is primed to expound is south east asia. i think we'll see. relatively illiquid trading we'll see. the investors looking for interesting ideas for we had a couple of headlines. by by young. where couple of headlines on the advertising market think people will be focusing on the interest or i look younger than my little interesting but overall i think we will see a lot of preposition for the election as i don't expect this position to be very aggressive and people will be carrying a lot of page people we looking for ways to trim exposure in the less liquid names . and on to current slightly higher against the dollar despite concerns that rising oil prices could be enough to blows the eurozone economy on the ruble is mixed against the main current says it's stronger versus the dollar on a bit lower so the idea right alexander friedman from u.b.s. says keeping money cast is not without risk as current says don't you know race to the. message just to be very diversified because there is essentially a battle of which is the leas

high commodity says service all is up around half a percent on the poles it's time to expand in south east asia dmitri from verna investment research tells us to look out for in the day's training. i think we'll see. relatively illiquid trading we'll see. the investors looking for interesting ideas before we had a couple of headlines. by. couple of headlines on the advertising work i think people will be focusing on the interest or i look younger. interesting but overall i think we'll see a lot of preposition for the election i don't expect that position to be very aggressive and people will be carrying a lot of page people we are looking for ways to trim exposure in the. names. of largest internet companies brewhouse reported a fifty three percent increase in earnings for the second time of twenty eleven is benefit if attracting new users and selling premium services however it expects a slowdown in growth this year following a similar full cost by russian rival. were a. puzzle for now i'll be back right here and about fifty five minutes to join me then the stations all take the headlines up n

from reports is planning to expand in south east asia as you can see there now down over that dimitri can call from the investment research tells us what to look out for the rest of the day trading. i think we'll see. relatively illiquid trading we'll see. the investors looking for interesting ideas for we had a couple of headlines. by young. where couple of headlines on the advertising market i think people will be focusing on the interest or i like young looks and my little interesting but overall i think we'll see a lot of pre-positioning for the election i don't expect this position to be very aggressive if people will be carrying a lot of page people we are looking for ways to trim exposure in the less liquid names. going to see how the currency rates are getting on you go live on the screen right now the euro is slightly hard against the dollar despite concerns the rising oil prices could deal with the blow to the fragile eurozone economy and the ruble is mixed against the main currency is it stronger versus the dollar on a bit lower to the. freedman from u.b.s. says keeping mon

british minister of parliament alistair is undersecretary of state for the middle east and south asia. he recently spoke about the british perspective on the air of a democracy movement and energy security. his speech at the world affairs council is 45 minutes. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you for the warm welcome. it's a great pleasure to be here. mauney connection goes way back. and 1964i was nine years of age and beginning to get consciousness of what politics was all about. some of you may remember as a communications satellite telstar was the first method we have receiving live pictures from each other across the atlantic. and 1964 some of you gentlemen will remember, none of you ladies in the remarks course are old enough to remember 1964 but some of you gentlemen may remember it was a presidential year so they are the conventions in full swing so for a small boy in england watching the live woodring pictures where there are balloons and hats and streamers and grown-ups beating badly. and nobody minding this looked to me like a career path. [laughter] so america, thank yo

an endangered species, apparently thriving in south asia.eclined some 20% in recent years because of poaching. what a beautiful, beautiful man. >> boy, you never get to see that. that was great. >> "pop news" for us? >> you never know what you're going to get. today, you'll be happy. remember the ultimate dog tease? listen up. >> steak, juicy. i that, too. i went back to the fridge. >> gets george every time. >> and put something together really special. you're going love to this. >> i just love this dog. >> chicken. some cheese on it. covered it -- >> covered it with what? >> i'm not supposed to let it go that long. the dog, listening in agony to his owner. paramount is in talks to turn the video into a full-length feature film. the youtube version watched more than 94 million times. we can only hope the dog gets what he so badly wants in the film version. it could be great idea. i know one person who will go efrl times. >> i'm glad you played it long. >> just for you. >>> hollywood's leading lady, meryl streep, had a cinderella moment. she

an endangered species, seen here apparently thriving in south asia.wildlife fund. and we appreciate it. the snow leopard population has declined some 20% in recent years because of poaching. what a beautiful, beautiful, animal. >> boy, you never get to see that. >> no, you don't. that was great. >> "pop news" for us? >> something you get to see every day, but you never know what you're going to get. today, you'll be happy. remember the ultimate dog tease? listen up. >> steak, juicy. i ate that, too. [ crying ] >> but i went back to the fridge. >> gets to george every time. >> and put something together really special. you're going love to this. >> i just love this dog. >> chicken. some cheese on it. covered it -- >> covered it with what? >> all right, so i know i'm not supposed to let it go that long. the dog, listening in agony to his owner describing all of the food. paramount is in talks to turn the 1:20 video into a full-length feature film. the youtube version watched more than 94 million times. you can see why they want to make it a film. we can

chairman and ceo, rupert murdoch said marie had fearlessly covered wars across the middle east and south asias for the sunday times. she put her life in danger on many occasions, because she was driven by a determination that the misdeeds of tyrants and the suffering of the victims did not go unreported. this is at great personal cost, including the loss of the sight in one eye while covering the civil war in vee lanka -- in sri lanka. our immediate thoughts are with her family. >> gop frontrunner rick santorum focusing more on the media than on mitt romney yesterday. why the former pennsylvania senator says the mainstream media is out to, quote, tear down republican candidates. does he have a point? we'll debate it, next. >>> plus the producer of one of reality tv's biggest hits, found dead. and apparently, it was not an accident. >>> and, a murder suspect says he is innocent because barry white and olivia newtton-john allegedly made him do it. that's in today's kelly's court. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ]

domestic energy production but instead be used for trans national oil corporations to ship oil to asia and south america. by the way our number one export today in america is gasoline so we don't even really need the damn thing but if republicans thought they could do the bidding of texas oil billionaires without the american people noticing they thought wrong especially over when over twelve hundred people were arrested last year in front of the white house for protesting against that very same keystone x.l. pipeline yesterday the environmentalist site three fifty dot org launched a twenty four hour effort to create to collect a half million emails calling on the side to hold firm and not give in to big oil republicans joining me now for more on how this effort went and what else needs to be done to kill keystone for good i'm joined by environmentalist bill cabot founder of three fifty dot org author of numerous books including is latest earth with two ways making a life on a tough new planet bill welcome back brother good to be with you is all of us thank you for trade thank you for joining us