every day i don't really think the obama administration and susan rice or really trying to reform the kind of management of the u.n. or the you know there have been a number of sort of overspending and corruption scandals on which they do very little i mean they are active and of late they've gotten security council resolutions they've wanted but i think that she's she felt a need to say to the house because it's a sort of a it's a commonly held view in congress that the you at least among republicans at the u.n. is you know corrupt an anti israel etc so she felt the need to say i knowledge that but it helps us but in reality she was there pretty much advocating for the un as it is and i think that's what sort of as a sort of in terms of the way that with the u.n. is run it hasn't really improved itself in terms of its management under the obama people because they're not trying to reform it so it's just a talking point it's just posturing. i think exactly i mean i think if you think about it's almost like they should be sort of in the middle that the u.n. should really really should

people within the obama administration are what i would call cruise missile liberals people like susan rice people like samantha power who do believe in sort of a humanitarian bombing or humanitarian war which of course should be just a grotesquely oxymoronic phrase but you do have some pretty key neoliberals that have pushed for these kinds of wars before susan rice for instance the u.n. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. before obama was elected was really agitating for similar action to be taken in sudan calling for airstrikes and aiding rebels on the ground so i think this is part of the kind of cruise missile liberal call that permeates some of these more right wing democratic circles that are really driving the agenda here i was in northern on the northern edge of southern sudan the northeast northwestern fifteen miles. from from there for about two and a half years ago as the. bush years people were down there you know literally burning a village. we didn't come to anybody's rescue there was no oil there was little oil there was in southern sudan it was over on the eastern side and had

susan rice has been on the hill defending the organization against budget cuts at a hearing today on reforming the u.n. it quickly pitted believers against nonbelievers take a listen. the un we all agree is far from perfect but it delivers real results for every american by then send us security through a genuine burden sharing we should pay for un programs and activities that advance interest and our values if other countries want different things to be funded they can pay for it so kind of it pretty much hated susan rice against opposing views of what the united nations should be about committee they're mostly house republicans they are very critical of you when i'm joined now by robert naiman policy director at just foreign policy to discuss it with me thank you so much for joining us so as i mentioned this really pitted rice against house republicans and you know despite everything to you one worked on another thing that was really an issue was it was one issue that lawmakers really chose to focus on before we get into questions i want to play you a clip from the hearing jennifer

on no mandate for directly assaulting troops now there is was a clause would be in by ambassador susan rice which allowed the resolution one thousand nine hundred eighty to override the previous resolution where there was an arms embargo the very cleverly the american government it slipped in clause in the resolution that's currently in force in libya which actually you know if you interpreted widely allows them to supply arms but still it's in absolute violation of the spirit of the resolution as some would say the u.n. resolution is actually limiting nato his actions now maybe a new u.n. resolution should be put in place an order for later tricks to go on the ground and end this conflict once and for all to get it over and done with is not a fair point that's a very fair point but as we speak right now the united nations security council is debating leave syria and the head of the. security council has made a claim that there's drafts going around but there's nothing concrete this seems to be no consensus on syria so if there is no consensus on syria i don't think there's any stomach amon

susan rice was on capitol hill today defending the international organization and a three point five billion dollars that the obama administration has requested for it and its fiscal two thousand and twelve budget but she was facing a very tough crowd and a very tough chairwoman on the house foreign relations committee. the u.n. we all agree is far from perfect but it delivers real results for every american by advancing u.s. security through genuine burden sharing we should pay for u.n. programs and activities that advance our interests and our values if other countries want different things to be funded they can pay for it. also interesting timing considering that president obama just got the u.s. involved and yet another war this time in libya also part of an international u.n. effort joining me for our studio in new york to discuss this is scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harper's magazine scott thanks so much for joining us tonight let's get one thing straight here ok the you when it's about one tenth of one percent of government spendi

susan rice has been on the hill defending organization against budget cuts hearing today on reforming the u.n. quickly pitted believers against nonbelievers take a listen to the u.n. we all agree it's far from perfect but it delivers real results for every american by advancing us security through genuine burden sharing we should pay for you in programs and activities that advanced our interests and our values if other countries want different things to be funded they can pay for it or more now i'm joined by matthew lee journalist for any inner city press dot com he really has the pulse of the united nations he is in there i think you might live there actually what have you thank you for joining us now especially as you just heard this hearing today pitted rice against lawmakers who both kind of agree that the united nations needs to be reform but they have different approaches to it rice is the reformer she believes change comes from within and house republicans are kind of isolationists they're like we want out so how is rice's approach working. i mean i guess i actually have to i d

this is not about the knockers the chinese the have the nerve to barely speak used it was susan rice ation five thousand year coach or of course what happened but post-imperial will think then and what official eyes that's the me have a bit of traffic system for say two thousand and thirty new a guy off the street own troops what the chinese society should do their bit of the fillip meant we in the west may say ok this is not problem and through western democracy of course not but if we look at the results and if you ask any head of government in any developing country be interested the chinese more the best results oriented model so of course we can empathise with. you better and. we get people from. the frequent minority or not so called minority china us especially if there weren't democracy reforms but standard movement according to their what it's working it's over property i think that's a really important point to pay i mean let's take a look for example on what's going on in these two countries right now the u.s. still working to jumpstart the economy the u.s. is involved in

susan rice will testify at the house foreign affairs committee about proposed reforms of the un at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. at 1:00 p.m., an update on the repeal of the military don't ask, don't tell policy. officials from the four military branches will talk about implementing new policies to allow gays to serve

that way it heavily on the people involved whether it was susan rice in charge of africa or the state department, massacres weighed heavily on a journalist in -- has those massacres were happening. and weighs heavily on obama. >> next question? >> wait for the microphone to come to you. actually over here in the front row. >> i read in the paper that some general is using the word ground troops in libya and i wonder if you know anything about that or is that going to happen? >> general ham is the commander in charge of the operation and he was misquoted. >> i would be surprised. >> one point about this and peter knows more about this than i do. killing gaddafi is hard to do. and a much harder than we think from watching too many movies. this is a grim side effect of all this fighting we have been doing since 2001. we have gotten better at killing people. we have these special forces and intelligence people who are more able at it and we do kill lesser figures pretty routinely with drones and maybe even boots on the ground. kind of spooky and hard to know. it is possible we have learne

first, susan rice at 10:30 a.m. eastern.at 1:00 p.m., an update on the repeal of the military do not ask the did not tell policy. we will talk about implementing new policies to allow gays to serve openly. you can watch both hearings live on c-span3 and c-span.org. like you are not necessarily a republican or democrat. you are looking at the impact of what government is doing on the financial markets, whether it be the oil markets or firms. >> melissa lee on what she believes is her role on reporting business and financial news. >> the c-span video by barry has just won a peabody award for a contribution to history, scholarship, and public light. keep a much every program that since 1987.sizin it is washington your way. but republicans and democrats in congress in the middle of budget talks in an effort to avoid a kellermann shutdown that were happening at midnight on friday. today republican leaders discussed depreciations with capitol hill reporters. this is 10 minutes. it is hot down there. >> it is. >> a little larger tu

host: we have seen more of susan rice from the united nations. about her role and her performance. guest: she has an impressive role in winning approval of the libyan resolution, which was quite a strong resolution, and which survived because neither the russians nor the chinese be toted. dave, the germans, and the indians come and brazil have all abstained. she has proven to be a good negotiator and a diplomat. she was a primary obama national security adviser and there was talk she made -- he may be the second president to have a female national security adviser named rice. it may not happen now, but nevertheless she has been a good member of the team. the fact that she is african- american is helpful in dealing with a range of countries, but it is basically your confidence and capabilities that makes her useful. host: sacramento, calif., on the democratic line. david, go ahead. caller: are g.d.p. right now is at 42. % -- 42.8% of gdp on the wars in iraq. we are spending $9 billion in the last 10 years on tax refunds for the rich. host: your po

we are so pleased to welcome a friend of our committee, ambassador susan rice. she is the u.s. permanent representative to the united nations. she served in the clinton administration as assistant secretary of state for african affairs from 1997 until 2001 and a senior post on the national security council from 1993 until 1997. calling her service in the state department, choose a senior fellow at the brookings institution. she has also served in the private sector and on numerous boards. we thank her for agreeing to testify today. madame ambassador, please proceed and welcome back. >> gracias a very much. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. it is an honor to have the chance to come before the committee again today. i thank you, madam chairman, for including michael statement in the record. i want to begin by expressing my gratitude to the many kind words of sympathy that have been expressed by many members of the committee regarding the recent losses of the united nations has suffered in many countries. it has been a difficult time. your expressions of sympathy will be gr

which should have been easy as pie can which was followed by a disgusting speech on the part of susan rice which adopted the view taken by those who were in favor of the resolution we beat out. it blames israel for everything. and blames the settlements for everything. what i do think is the israelis want to do something and that sounds easy. what i do not like is to see israel sitting there fretting about the changes in the arab world, fretting about washington, fretting about new york, worried about what the palestinians will do and in a bunker doing nothing diplomatically. it is a broad consensus that they need to separate from the palestinians. very broad. it is 90% or higher today. the question i asked is if you -- would go to separate from the palestinians? i'm talking about the west bank. the beginnings of moves that would lead toward the result that the israelis want. or are resigned to. they are going to be out of most of the west bank at some point. the vast majority of the sellers are going to have to move at some point. i think israel would get an enormous amount of credit if i

the house foreign affairs committee hears from united nations ambassador susan rice on proposals to reform the you end at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 1:00 p.m. eastern a hearing on the repeal of the don't ask don't tell policy regarding gays in the military the house armed services committee will hear from the commandant of the marine corps, the chief of naval operations, and the air force chief of staff. >> this weekend on book tv on c-span2, the co-authors of why obama care is right for america present their criticism of health care legislation it is jeff greenfield presents three alternate histories, the jfk administration that never was, robert kennedy's presidency, and the reelection of gerald ford and subsequent defeat of ronald reagan to be interviewed by former nightline anchor ted koppel. also, live coverage from the annapolis boat festival with panels on war, citizen scientists, race, and more. for the complete schedule at book tv, and get our schedules in not directly to you. >> next, a hearing on evaluating the tsa passenger screening behavior detection program known as spa which be

which should have been easy as pie can which was followed by a disgusting speech on the part of susan rice which adopted the view taken by those who were in favor of the resolution we beat out. it blames israel for everything. and blames the settlements for everything. what i do think is the israelis want to do something and that sounds easy. what i do not like is to see israel sitting there fretting about the changes in the arab world, fretting about washington, fretting about new york, worried about what the palestinians will do and in a bunker doing nothing diplomatically. it is a broad consensus that they need to separate from the palestinians. ve broad. it is 90% or higher today. the question i asked is if you -- would go to separate from the paleinians? i'm talking about the west bank. the beginnings of moves that would lead toward the result that the israelis want. or are resigned to. they are going to be out of most of the west bank at someoint. the vast majority of the sellers are going to have to move at some point. i think israel would get an enormous amount of credit if it took

ambassador to the united nations susan rice outlined the priorities for reforming the united nations at a house committee meeting. she called on congress to approve the budget request for the united nations and other international agencies. now, a look at that hearing starting with an opening statement. this portion is almost two hours. . >> thank you very much for scheduling thi >> thank you very much, madam chairmawoman. where we share the same goals but have very different views. i would like to thank the ambassador for taking time out for scheduled to be with her today. i want to follow-up on the opening comments. i want to remind our colleagues that these are not just -- behind every mission, there are real people with the dedicating their lives to feeding the hungry, organizing democratic elections and keeping the peace. as the chairman mentioned, over 40 u.n. staff and contractors have been killed in the line of duties in five different countries around the world. we have mentioned the seven that were murdered in afghanistan. a peacekeeper that was the abducted and killed in o

we are so pleased to welcome a friend of our committee, ambassador susan rice. she is the u.s. permanent representative to the united nations. she served in the clinton administration as assisnt secretary of state for african affairs from 1997 until 2001 and a senior post on the national security council from 1993 until 1997. calling her service in the state department, choose aenior fellow at the brookings institution. she has also served in the private sector and on numerous boards. we thank her for agreeing to testify today. madame ambassador, please proceed and welcome back. >> gracias a very much. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. it is an honor to have the chance to come before the committee again today. i thank you, madam chairman, for including michael statement in the record. iant to begin by expressing my gratitude to the many kind words of sympathy that have been expressed by many members of the committee regarding the recent losses of the united nations has suffered in many countries. it has been a difficult time. your expressions of sympathy will be greatly

was fought over in the demonstration and which was followed by a disgusting speech on behalf of susan rice, our u.n. ambassador, which adopted the view of those in favor of the veto. and they blame the settlements for everything. what i do think is that the israelis of to do something. that sounds like an easy thing to do. what i do not like to see is to see israel sitting there, fretting about the changes in the arab world, fretting about washington, fretting about new york, worried about what others will do, and then doing nothing. it is a very broad consensus in israel that they need to separate from the palestinians, very broad. i mean, it crumbly is 90%, or maybe it is even higher today. if you think you ought to separate from the palestinians, why did you not separate from the palestinians? i am talking about the west bank. i am talking about the beginning of moves that would lead to the result that the israelis want or are resigned to, which is they're going to be out of most of the west bank at some point. maybe the idea will not be out of all of the west bank, but the vast majorit