second, it calls on north korea to re-engage in dialogue with south korea, as well as with the six-party talks. third, it reaffirms our unconditional and unwavering commitment to our alliance, partnership with the republic of korea. as we are all aware, north korea's recent hostile activities has once again brought world attention to the fradge aisle, peace and security framework -- fragile, peace and security framework on the peninsula of korea. north korea conducted another nuclear test, launched several intercontinental ballistic missiles and expanded all interkorean agreements, including the armistice that has maintained peace between north and south korea since 1953. even more alarming, mr. speaker, north korea removed the iaea inspectors at yongbin and starting its plutonium production program within the ultimate aim of weaponizing its nuclear materials. meanwhile, amid the hostile brinkmanships, two american journalists were captured, tried and sentenced to 12 years in prison for reform by hard labor. north korea's leader, kim jong il, has led it be known that his son, kim jeong u

and south korea. about how destablizing all of this is. and we really need to stick with our long-time allies and listen to their concerns about how destablizing north korea's program is. host: joe biden said barack obama would be tested in the first six months of his administration. is this that test? guest: this is one of many. the world obviously doesn't -- north korea acts almost like clockwork in terms of its festing -- testing of new governments and old governments. but i think so i think they're trying to see -- there's two things really driving it. one is eternal unrest and crisis within north korea. and the other one is trying to see what a new administration -- what they can extract from the new administration, basically. host: let me go back to the map to give our audience some geographical perspective. this is a google image that has been downloaded quite frequently over last couple of years. you can again see the lights on in south korea. and not on in north korea. what does this tell you? >> well it tells you that the characte

however, south korea, we have always been very firm in our response and always prepared. and of course this is based firmly on the firm cooperation of partnership and alliance between the riot under korea and the united states. and north koreans when i look at the firm order should we have between our two countries they will think twice about taking any measures that they will regret. and again, this very firm alliance that we have between the united states and korea is going to prevent anything from happening. and of course, north korea may have -- may wish to do so but of course they will not be able to do so. >> a question going out to president lee. north korea recently said that they will not return to the six party talks. they have denounced the un security council resolution, and said they will not give up their nuclear weapons program. can you, sir, talk about whether you talk about how you plan to proceed forward, and did you talk about this with president obama? and of course, is there a continuing threat from north korea. a south korean worker is still detained

however, south korea, we have always been very firm in our response. this is based on the firm cooperation and partnership an alliance between korea and the u.s.. when the north koreans look at that alliance we have between our two countries they will think twice about taking any measures they will regret. again, this firm alliance we have between the u.s. and korea will prevent anything from happening. of course, north korea may have wished to do something, but they will not be able to do so. >> a question going to president lee, north korea recently said that they will not return to the six party talks. they have denounced the u.n. security council resolution and said they will not give up the nuclear weapons program. can you, sir, about how you plan to proceed forward? did you talk about this with president obama? there's a continuing threat emanating from north korea and journalists are still being detained. what is your thought about that complex? did you talk with president obama about this? were there concerned about that industrial complex? >> h

japan and korea, south korea and japan but particularly have an impact on our ongoing non-proliferation efforts with respect to iran and any other would-be nuclear power. step one is to get a unified response from the united nations. the result appears to be imminent, but then we must resist the temptation to go into defensive crouch. in the past teaches us that the benign neglect is not a viable option america must lead efforts to stop the current negative cycle of action and reaction and begin the hard diplomatic work needed to deliver results. and as we seek to engage, we should remember the council of former secretary of defense william perry who advised us to deal with north korea quote, as it is, not as we would wish to be. we should not assume that north korea sees the world the way we do. recent developments should convince us to test our assumptions about north korea and its motives. for instance, when i was in china discussing this with chinese leaders it was clear that there are a number of reasons for nor

host: so, you see our continued presence in south korea as provoking north korea?aller: of course it is. north korea and south korea several times have come close to reunification and the american press starts to go do their thing for the pentagon. and then north korea reacts. the only reason we have not invaded them is because they have got that atomic bomb. host: here's hampton, va. on our democrats' line. caller: thank you so much, c- span. i enjoy your guests, especially the men who spoke just a few minutes ago. i would like to say that i hope these young ladies will be able to come back, and do important journalistic work here in the u.s.a., nonetheless, while they are in north korea i don't think we should take a bully attitude of sanctioning and pointing our fingers to the bad boys of north korea. the journalists know that they take on missions that are possibly dangerous for themselves. i hope that our country stands by then, but i don't think we can accuse north korea of making sure that their borders are protected. we don't go over their borders and we do

and south korea and china alone are enormously strong and we will remain committed to south korea's strength. we have got a lot of cards to play here, so i am really quite confident that if we played them intelligently, i think north korea's longer term interests with respect to a security arrangement, a treaty, not an armistice from 53 biden understanding of where we go, and economic future, i think there are ways to get through this, so i think the key here is to get back to the table and not do things that make it harder to get their rather than easier. so, that is just a quick summary take. i think your views have been helpful and important. it has been good to hear this and we have a distinguished visitor coming in about five minutes so we have got to get over to the capitol to meet him. i will leave the record open for a week for colleagues who would like to submit any questions, and we will certainly, if you want to articulate any further, in answer to what i just said or anything any senator said we and by that because we like to have as complete a record as possible. we may

did the lack of a strong, unified and persistent response by china, russia, japan, south korea and the united states to test provocative actions north korea's actions to proceed with the latest nuclear test? do north korean officials believe their relationship with iran or syria will be permitted to develop without consequence if those relationships include cooperation on weapons of mass destruction. what is the nature of the cargo and north korean planes and ships arriving in burma, which is sometimes a transit point for further global destinations. russia has been transparent in its cooperation with burma in the development of a nuclear reactor reportedly for medical research purposes. is north korea contributing to the development of burma's nuclear program and if so, what way? what level of international cooperation exist to scrutinize north korea's global trading network and its potential proliferation route and can sufficient cooperation be improved? is there is efficacy and current status of agreements related to the six-party talks and the north korean nuclear program? in essen

what observation can you give in terms of south korea/north korea? >> i am not sure i understand what you are referring to, with regard to the industrial loan. there have been a number of conversations between the north and south for some time. we follow those with interest and we would be happy to get back to you as to where those are going. >> that may well be the name of the site. because it appeared at a moment when north korea was very aggressive with regard to south korea. there were some talks and negotiations proceeding. it was interesting in view of the other measures. >> my impression is that is correct. i find it of some interest and it will demonstrate a willingness on the part of north korea to look at its own self-interest and make decisions based on that. >> what is your impressions so far following the economic sanctions activity about the economy of the country? normal reports, many people throughout the country are sorely deprived, near starvation, malnutrition much of the time. this has led the international community to be cautious

we're working with china, russia, south korea, japan, other neighboring states -- states that have a great stake as we do. they went along with these measures because they also believe that a strong signal needed to be sent to north korea and we fully expect them to implement this cooperative lee with us and others. . . and more broadly in the northeast asian region. we're working together for that and. the message to north korea is that it does not benefit from taking further steps to destabilize the peninsula, or the larger region. it pays a price for that action. >> what was the reason you gave [inaudible] >> no symbolic message at all. we have worked extremely hard over the course -- that is another question. we have worked extremely hard over the last two and a half plus weeks with colleagues to get to where we got to today. we were confident that we were going to get a unanimous vote. and a strong set of statements by members of the council, we have that and with that i was comfortable with being here today. >> if there is a change in government, [inaudible] >> american policy w

>> they showed incredible unity among the security council of with south korea and japan. we're growing to be focused on implementing that resolution. beyond that, north korea knows what it has to do. north korea needs to give up all of this its rhetoric, a belligerent actions, and return to the six party talks unconditionally. >> with respect to those talks, today the secretary meets with the president of south korea in the blair palace later this afternoon. if things get dramatic and they keep separate from these nuclear missiles. you're trying to the un to institute sanctions, vessels, airlines, what have you, now it appears over the last two months that both the chinese and the russians are going back and what they have said. would you put north korea under total lock down? back with the cubans five years ago, we call that a quarantine. that is not what necessarily what many people would call a blockade. are other countries willing to go much further? >> we want to work with what we have, the resolution that we have which is targeted. we do not want to have any kind of

security council and with south korea and japan to come up with a real tough resolution. >> the so far north korea has done everything it said it would do. >> not surprised. >> is okay, it said it would conduct a nuclear test and it is so, and now it is saying that it is going to weaponized in nuclear weapon in enriched uranium so do you have any doubt that's what they're going to do consider your knowledge of the number three in a uranium program? >> a couple of things. one is we just passed an extremely tough resolution on friday, showed incredible unity among the security council of and with south korea and japan. where are going to be focused on implementing that resolution. and beyond that north korea knows what it has to do. north korea needs to give up all this. all this rhetoric and belligerent actions and return to the six party talks unconditionally. >> with respect to those talks, today the secretary made some with the president from south korea at the blair house later this afternoon. >> right. >> if things get dramatically worse, especially with the two journalists that yo

currently south korea is our seventh largest trading partner in the world. in twetch our two countries concluded a free trade agreement that now awaits approval by our congress and the korean national assembly. in my opinion the us dushes korea free trade agreement will bring tremendous benefits to both of our countries. international trade commission has forecast that the elimination of tariffs and u.s. goods under the agreement will increase our g.d.p. by about $11 billion a year. the agreement will also eliminate regulatory and other nontariff barriers that have historically restricted access by american farmers, manufacturers, and service providers. to the south korean market with growing difficulties, the health of our economy proposed, in my opinion this will be a win-win situation. a win for our workers, a win for our businesses, and a win for our consumers. but perhaps the most compelling argument supporting free trade agreement with this important

we had good cooperation from all of the permanent members of the security council plus japan and south koreaand and ultimately all of the members of council looking to get unanimously behind this tough resolution which we believe sends a very strong message to north korea that they need to change course. thank you. >> thank you. i wanted to ask you about this interdiction. what is the united states doing to try to localize more resources into the waters and other regions where these vessels might be to take part in interdiction, and how aggressive is the administration going to be on that? >> well, let me just explain to you the steps that we will take when we have reason to believe that a vessel is carrying suspect cargo. first of all, we are going to ramp up and intensify our existing efforts to gather information, or that would allow us to determine if there is a suspect mosul on the high seas. when we have that information -- if there is a suspect vessel on the high seas. when we have that information, we will make it available to all states concerned, so the flag state, the potential po

the united states had to make certain of the viability of south korea and south korea benefited royally from that relationship. another example is israel there was no intrinsic reason why israel would have emerged as anything but the economic basket case save of the economic transfer the united states chose to make and these are accepting the obvious cases of germany and japan strategic relationships of the united states, not poverty relationships but places where the united states badly needs a country transforms the economy protectively with a capable workforce which the polls have. and especially when you were sandwiched between two countries they will cooperate and for whom you have no great love progressed a poll by the prefer a russian or a german they will say an american. [laughter] the last time it was a french they prefer anyone and it is not clear that germany is prepared to participate in competition with russia that it is in a position to do so it is certainly not clear russian interest will go hand in hand and therefore the united states either concedes the possibility of

we are acting very much in concert with our two treaty allies, japan and the republic of south korea, and in concert with our partners in the six party process -- namely china and russia. >> was -- what restraints are on at this point diplomatic route to being pursued? has there been a rebuttal of that? is there a lack of communication in response or is there some indication of this opening in the near-term? >> i think there has been no lack of communication of our concern and what we are prepared to do. north korea has been listening. we have some degree of confidence. so far we have had no effective response from north korea other than its fair assertion in about a month ago before their nuclear test that they were going to test another nuclear device because the u.n. security council had failed as they had demanded to apologize to north korea for its earlier actions. but so far there has not been any demonstrated willingness to engage with the international community either through the u.n. or directly to this ex-parte process. >> what if this particular round of sanctions it elici

thank you. >> south korea has already sent troops to its northern border and north korea looks set to attempt a test. is it certain this does nothing to insert on the peninsula? >> it's far too early to tell what its effects will be. but what the resolution clearly does is give the security council and international community stronger tools with which to prevent north korea continuing with its nuclear and missile programs. >> isn't it sort of difficult to argue that these sanctions and financial restrictions will affect the beleaguerd people of north korea who need help? >> no. the sanctions. if you read the resolution the sanctions are very clearly targeted at the missiles and nuclear programs. >> any loans from financial institutions of the world? >> other than those with development and humanitarian objectives. >> exclusion of or the allowing the sale of small arms and light weapons to north korea, is that something that the u.k. supported? >> we would have preferred to see an even broader ban. but this is what's been agreed by the council. any other questions? thank you. >> well,

did he ask for an assurance from the president that if there's a military strike against south korea that the u.s. will respond to that? that it's unequivocably undreamt unequivocal? >> we've had that type of relationship. >> and that's the way we should be the word firms and all that. >> absolutely. look, this is something that we have responded to. i think as we have said many times before, the increasingly -- the reactions of the north koreans in alienating themselves from their own responsibilities and isolating themselves from the rest of the world, that they are going alone down a different path. the president believes there is a different way for north korea, and i think what he discussed today with president lee was a continuation of the strong relationship that we have with the republic of korea. and the strong international reactions and steps that have been taken to coordinate that responds it could take some extremely tough actions, all of what ambassador rice outlined just last week. i remember not long after the first launch in late march and early april, there was some

caller: i am putting together a package that i will send to the military of south korea. my suggestion to him in is a tube that has pictures of their nightlife and markets. i realize that when they send balloons over to north korea from south korea, they are told not to touch it, because it will give them diseases. like the christmas cards to you by the has music playing, had a message there. if we wanted to kill you, this would be a bomb -- it would cost several millions dollars. [unintelligible] whenever you kill, somebody on one side of town -- that opens the opportunity for one of your relatives to be killed on the other side of town. host: any comments? guest: the iranian regime was formed in parts of the united states. those who were trying to create change are worried that they will be tarred with a certain image. george bush by asking congress to vote moneys specifically to support those seeking democratic change in iran created a problem for them, because now they look like they are agents to the u.s.. the bush policy regime change made it difficult. obama has dr

nato reaching out to develop partnerships with japan, australia, south korea. the u.s. and the au working together to engage china and india on global climate change. north korea, i do not have to say much about that. the development of long-range ballistic missiles impact the debate in europe. this link has been apparent since the u.s. entered wwii. we will continue to flow our boat in the pacific. so we will now have someone introduce our speaker and later moderate the q&a session. this man is a pillar of the atlantic council. he provides me and the rest of our leadership strategic advice as well as sound legal advice. i am still free and have not yet been incarcerated because of this advice. i am grateful for your service, walt. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. it is a great honor to be asked to introduce that roe keating. he has that kind of resume that mere mortals only dream of. he graduated from the naval academy in 1971. shortly thereafter, began a distinguished career as a legal aviator. the most impressive thing is not the stress on his sleeve or the stars,

had good cooperation from all of the permanent members of the security council, plus japan and south koreaand ultimately all of the members of the council who came unanimously behind this tough resolution, which we believe sends a strong message to north korea that they need to change course. thank you. >> i wanted to ask you about the introduction portion. what is the u.s. doing to -- the interdiction portion. what is the u.s. doing in international waters to take part in interdiction, and how aggressive is the administration going to get on that front? >> let me explain to the steps we will take in the event that we have reason to believe that a vessel is carrying suspect cargo first, we will ramp up and intensify our existing efforts to gather information that would allow us to determine if there is a suspect vessel on the high seas. when we have that information, we will endeavor to make its immediately available to all states concerned. so, the flag state, the potential port state, the state of --ç the potential port of origin, and all of the states in a rout that the ship is travell

are allies, our allies, south korea and japan, our partners, china and russia. >> is there any reason to believe that if the leadership mantle passes two kim jong-il's son, that it will result in any kind of a change in the leadership there with respect to decision-making? >> i have no reason to speculate one way or the other on that. as i said earlier, quoting former secretary of defense, william perry, i think you have to deal with korea as it is, not how it might be in the future. >> is there any information to suggest there might be disagreements within the north korean government regarding their nuclear policy? >> no. >> thank you. >> thank you senator shaheen guss senator corker, i know he has indicated to me he is not going to ask questions so we thank you ambassador bosworth very much. we want to stay in close touch and i know we will and a look forward to chatting with you for a moment. if we could ask the second panel to quickly come up and take their seats so we can have a seamless transition, that would be terrific. i would ask each of the following panelists if they would

. >> in recent days it appears that after threats to south korea that commercial establishments 6 miles we're told from the dmz would be shut down with cooperation on both sides, if north koreans have relented in that pressure, is that your observation or what information can you give it in terms of the south korea north korea commercial? >> i am not sure i understand exactly what you are referring to, senator. it is with regard to the industrial zone at quezon, then there are a number of conversations between the north and the south under way for some time we have followed those with interest and i think we would be happy to get back to you as to where we think those are going. >> and mention in that may well be the name of decided that i have in mind, because it seemed in a moment the north koreans had been aggressive with regard and threatening military action there seemed to be some talks and negotiations proceedings which was interesting and in view of all the other provocative activities. >> my impression is that is correct and i do find it of interest and hopefully it will demons

now when you go to south korea, it's a prosperous nation. it has a functioning democratic government. and the south korean -- korean -- the south koreans have a lot of bragging rights, a lot to be proud of. the north koreans stayed in their same soviet socialist republic a communist regime and basically, with the opings -- exception of building a gigantic army, they accomplished nothing since 1954 or 1956. and -- except to stir up will the of -- a lot of trouble in that area and to develop nuclear weapons and a missile system. now, there are some that think the north koreans are just in this business to sell the weapons to other people to give them something they can trade because they basically are practically without trade resources. but others like me and others fear that the north koreans are just unstable enough that they can use the weapons in this army to kick open the doors to the second korean war or worse. a regional war. they've done some things that in the past would have created havoc in countries. i mean they fired missiles in

nato reaching out to develop its global partnerships with japan, australia, south korea. asian powers playing a key role in stabilizing afghanistan. the u.s. and e.u. working together to engage china and india on global climate change. the g20 bringing together key asian and european partners to address the global financial crisis. north korea -- i don't have to say much about the. security developments in the pacific such as the development of long-range ballistic missiles impact the debate on missiles in europe. i think this link has been apparent since the u.s. entered world war ii in europe after the attack in the pacific so, admiral, the atlantic council will continue to float its boat as well in the pacific. i now want to turn the podium over to the honorable walt slocombe the vice chair of the atlantic council and former undersecretary of defense for policy. he's going to#9 introduce our speaker and will later moderate the q & a session. walt, who's now with kaplan and drysdale is -- and this is not an overuse of the word, a pillar of the atlantic council. he provi

volt's battery is being made in south korea. and should congressmen run out of reasons to meddle, the president and his aides stand ready. already general has been warned that it is making too many s.u.v. eap and that the chevy volt is too expensive. the president has weighed on whether general motors should move to warren, michigan. here's an invitation for those who may be listening, if you know of a washington car czar who deserves to be honored, please e-mail me at car award at alexander.credit. and after you write me, i hope you'll write or call your congressmen and senators and remind them to enact the auto stock for every taxpayer act as soon as general motor emerges from bankruptcy. all you need to say are these eight magic words: i paid for it, i should own it. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to include in the record the wall street article entitled "barney frank car sphwhrar." thank you, mr. president, i yield the floor. -- car czar". thank you, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the pre

[speaking italian] >> there will be the majeure economies, with the participation of south korea and australia, and this will be attended by the netherlands. and we're going to have to have these meetings together. [speaking italian] >> and then there will be attendance by the representatives of the main international organizations. [speaking italian] >> and the third day, we are going to have the president of the african unit, and the main african organizations, and we will discuss the development of the continent, and the issue of hunger. [speaking italian] >> and i thank obama and express my warmest congratulations to him, this is coming from a person who has been long enough in international politics, to chair for the third time the summet, in 1994, 100 , --- 2001, and this is the third one. i want to thank h

countries like japan and south korea grew their economies enormously while maintaining a distinct culture. the same is true for the progress within muslim majority countries. in ancient times and in our times moslem communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education. this is important because no development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground. nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work. many gulf states have enjoyed great wealth at the consequence of oil. some are focusing on a broader development. all of us must recognize that education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century. and in too many muslim communities, there is under investment in these areas. i am emphasizing such investment within my own country. america in the past has focused on oil and gas when it comes to this part of the world, we now seek a broader engagement. on education, we will expand exchange programs and increase scholarships like the one that brought my father to america. [applause] at the same time, we will encourage more americans to study

seeing that the disparity between the standard of living in north korea, the standard of living in south korea is known. we believe that north korea is going to have to come back to a process. whether that is successful, we will have to wait and see. we have had successful negotiations with north korea. we have had difficulty with getting north korea actually falling -- following through and implementing what it has agreed to. if you look at the roller coaster we have been on with north korea in recent years, there have been times they have played a constructively, and right now they're obviously acting in a way that is not constructive. >> are the north korean people aware of the disparity? >> i am not going to get into a debate on the modern media, but there are realities that are fairly well known. the elites of north korea do travel. >> i am not suggesting -- right now, there is no reason to think that things are not stable, but i would think that over time, the gap between north korea and the rest of the region is growing larger eventually, -- this is what is tragic about the situation. n

we have a lot of personnel, i think 28,000 in south korea and also more in japan. and we have significance in those countrys and not to mention the rock forces and japanese forces. that as now is not a part of discussion. anything else on north korea? >> to what degree is the u.s. policy for north korea being held hostage to the fact that these two journalists are there and sentenced in hard labor? >> i don't get any sense that the policy is being held hostage by that unfortunate decision by the north koreans of the but -- koreans. but i haven't heard it enter into these calculations to proceed to the north. the state department his issued strong remarks of the government's disapproval of that handling, but not entered into our discussions. >> how do you see that of the north koreans asking for the waters to be cleared to the east coast. are you concerned? >> do you mean in terms of a potential missile launch? the secretary acknowledged in manila, that they are preparing for another missile launch. what kind or range is not clear at this point. so that, you know, t

it is encouraging that all of these nations, china, russia, japan, south korea, and the united states are sending the same as in -- the same message to north korea. when we have the next high-level meeting on that, we will let you know. >> there was an attack on the leading members of somalia today -- sorry. >> i am wondering if north korea is starting to close out its foreign bank accounts. are they drawn large amounts of cash from foreign banks? the new know anything about this? >> i do not. -- do you know anything about this? >> i do not. they will find ways to put additional financial pressure on north korea. we have used those tools in the past. it would not surprise me if north korea has taken action in response. >> [unintelligible] are you designing the same kind of regime that you had against the sanctions, the recensions you had against iran? financial banks, and things like that? >> there is a process where we are looking at how to best implements the council resolution. in terms of how we're reviewing, we're still in the process. >> isn't that separate though? >> of the sep

and south korea are firm and their resolve to encounter the north. when you see that word, what does that say to you? guest: i remember when these articles were on page 22, instead of page one. it is clear that north korea is dependent upon china for subsidies. as long as the subsidies continue, north korea will continue pretty much the same behavior. the united states is unwilling to push china hard on whether to continue to subsidize north korea and its government. i would suspect at, you know, there will be headlines and talks, but ultimately policies will fail to roll back and contain the program. over the last 10 years, they have moved a couple inches. it is not that china wants north korea to have nuclear weapons. it is that china funds subsidizing the north korean government to be the most convenient way to manage the situation. in making that decision, it is correctly confident that no matter what threats there are two new united states securities, we will not interfere with ships coming into our ports. china can have the u.s. markets and a p

nations around the world already passed legislation, have this program in place whether germany, south koreawhere there is an additional incentive. you get your best deal with your local auto dealer, and then if the car is scrapped you get money on top of its. then you either buy a new car or lease one. you get some of these old cars, the less fuel efficient ones, and it is a tipping point to get people back into the showroom. edison said. it will not be a permanent program. it passed in our energy and commerce committee by a bipartisan vote, more than two- thirds in the house, as well. if you bring in an old car, into a dealer to buy or lease a new car, if that vehicle is less than 18 miles per gallon in dubai a car that will be better than 4 miles per gallon better, you'll get your $3,500 or $4,500 off. host: does the money come from the federal government? guest: it will be a direct transfusion from the government to the dealer. they will scrap the car, and keep some parts it is expected to be in a supplemental appropriation bill. it will probably get to the president's desk in the next w

. >> south korea, kim jong-il, the youngest son being groomed to take over. brilliant comrade. >> he said the same thing about -- >> any reaction at all from the white house? >> no, i do not have anything specific on that, no. >> and today, when the president made some comments abound -- around smoking, i am wondering if smoking continues to be a struggle for the president? >> i think the president would likely tell you as many would that has smoked or has been addicted to smoking that is a lifelong struggle. >> is a feeling struggle for him? >> since there are days comprise within your lifetime, i think that is covered. >> i think it was mentioned the cairo speech, and i just wondered if you wanted to make any connection between what has been happening in lebanon and the election? does he take any credit for it? >> well, i think, as we have talked about it in here, i do think that the reaction around the world to the president's speech, particularly in the muslim war, has been, i think, beneficial. -- particularly in the muslim world. we were certainly heart

all, and you can take this money and buy a car from that's made in japan or germany or made in south korea. so what are we doing for our economy if the argument is that this is an economic initiative? this language should be free standing or should come through the regular appropriation process. it should not have been stuck in this bill. there's plenty of time to do this language. there's no rush to do this language. you're going to have imnew mexico rable opportunities to bring it forward in regular order. and, therefore, it just makes no sense at all to put $1 billion of new debt on our children's back on a policy which isn't well thought out or excuted and is in contradiction to a really much stronger and more solid policy which has been proposed by the senator from maine and california. so i believe we should strike this. and i don't think it slows the bill down. i heard the chairman of the house committee say that he had reservations about this language. there's no reason that this language can't be dropped. and i believe it would be reasonable for the house to take another look at t

in contrast, during south korea's remarkable growth period, capital flight was not only banned but could bring the death penalty. one of many factors that led to the surprising divergence latin america has much richer resources you'd expect it to be far more advanced than east asia but it had the disadvantaged of being imperialist wings. from the 1970s, the golden age faded. when neoliberal rules were observed insofar as they've been observed, economic reform deteriorated and social democratic programs have been substantially weakened. we see that right here. the united states partially accepted these rules and for the past 30 years, real wages for the majority of the population have stagnated up till then, they essentially tracked growth. work hours have increased. now well beyond europe. benefits which have always lagged have declined. social indicators kind of general measure of the health of the society, they also attracted growth until the mid-1970s when they began to decline reaching the 1960 level by the end of the millennium. there has been economic growth but it's finding its wa

. >> i have not, although i know admiral keating has engaged both japanese and south korea, and i am not aware of any contact with china. >> you correctly said in terms of pakistan, there was a ship after long time of paying lip service, pakistan takes the taliban as a threat. is there a shift in the way that the chinese view north korea and are more amenable to the thought that north korea is a problem for them as well, not just the u.s.? >> that remains to be seen. communicating that message was one of the purposes of the delegation led by jim steinberg, the secretary of state, to china a week or two ago. it was, yes, we understand your concern about instability in north korea and its implications for you, but you need also to be concerned about the implications of instability in northeast asia created by the behavior of north korea. since that visit was relatively recently, it remains to be seen whether it had any impact. tom? >> talking about iran and communications, the obama administration has announced a new initiative on the cyber command on terror. it is the pentagon watchin

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someone will want to know why the gm volt is by a battery made in south korea instead of in the congressman's congressional district. there will be lengthy questions about the number of holidays. thousands of written questions demanding thousands of written answers, all of it under oath, so lots of lawyers will need to be involved. and it's not just the congress we have to worry about. the president has already called the mayor of detroit and assured him that he is on his side keeping out of the company's hair and give them a chance to succeed, and it will create an investor fan base of 120 million or so americans who are now stockholders in those companies who may be a little more interested in what the next model of chevy might be. think the fan base of the green bay packers whose ownership is distributed among the people of green bay. this is the fastest way to get back to the wise principal. if you can find it in the yellow pages, the government ought not be doing it. more than the money it is the principal of the thing. the other day a visiting european automotive executives said to me w

and we're trying to normalize that and less onus if they can return to south korea and be with their families, so that's what we're working towards. kevin? >> yesterday in the house oversight committee the chairman said based on pending data. what chairman? >> the chairman of the joint chiefs? we've got a lot of chairman chairmen around here. >> i'm already senseing this question is out of my league but go ahead. >> he said they have serious concerns about the iraq and the supply chain a whole list of things. >> kevin, i frankly have not heard that. anecdotally, as you know, within the last couple of months we've flown on one and it was a great ride. i know the commandant is a huge fan and thoacht get to afghanistan where they have better utility where they can cover a long range at high speeds, but i know of no issues that have risen to the secretary's attention like that. >> dan with the grand finale. >> could you just confirm the disagreement is in place to resume use of that air base and the u.s. has agreed to pay a much, much higher rent and also that there's going to be some re

and south korea have been pointed 11 underground sites in north korea where it it could conduct a third nuclear test. this, and of a summit between the two allies on the north's growing atomic threat. south korean president is on his way to washington for a meeting tomorrow with president obama appeared this just in it, prime minister von brunn's office says britain will hold a long- awaited in kuwait into iraq war -- prime minister board and brown. he pledged to examine mistakes made during and after the 2003 invasion. lawmakers and anti-war protesters have called for the inquiry to be held in public and to scrutinize what they say were a wide range of errors and post-war planning. the prime minister will make

that would leave israel defenses, we can't trust south korea. did china eliminate all nuclear weapons? with his desire to do that, something obama could use to launch his campaign? >> what you are saying is of the dallas everyone believes was to be the case but it wasn't. what reagan was doing was saying he wants to get rid of nuclear weapons if, there's a big if in there, that is why he wanted, you can bring down nuclear-weapons but at the same time, the person you are working with, they are coming down. the next problem is what if they cheat? a lot of our people thought that other people would cheat. what reagan decided was you need to have star wars. that is one of the main reasons he had star wars. what he wanted to do was make those so powerful and so strong that nobody could try to come in on the united states. what he said all along--that is exactly what obama is saying now. he is not saying let's get rid of all nuclear weapons, nobody wants to do that. what they want to visit you to reduce the number of weapons you have so that you are n

someone will want to know why the gm volt is buying a battery made in south korea and said that in that congressman congressional district. there will be lengthy questions about the number of holidays. thomassen some of written questions demanding thousands of written answers, all of it under oath so lots of lawyers will need to be involved. it is not just the congress we have to worry about. the president has already called the mayor of detroit and assured him that he is on his side in keeping the headquarters of gian in detroit so the executives want move it to michigan and the mayor of detroit he-- his head planet conversations with members of the auto task force to have assured him there on his side as well. then there's the treasury secretary and the undersecretaries it wants to keep up with what is happening to the taxpayers $50 billion. there is a very active economic czar in the white house used to be the president of harvard. there is, there are the epa officials who want to be telling them what size cars to build a and it was not very long ago that the administration told the