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ambassador to the u.n., susan rice, testified on capitol hill today about the obama administration's foreign operations budget. some members questioned the $79 million used for unesco, the u.n. educational scientific and cultural organization. even though palestine is not internationally recognized as a country. ambassador rice's testimony is an hour and a half. >> i want to welcome everyone to today's hearing. ambassador rice, thank you for being with us today to give testimony and answer our questions on the administration's budget request for the united nations and international organizations. i know it's challenging year since you last. we commend you for your efforts to get the international community to pressure iran to stopu've also pushed the u.n. t assist countries in the middle east and north africa that are facing difficult transitions. and i know there are many issues you're always workingn unfortunately, in spite of your hard work there have been many disappointments at theup over the last year. the conflict rages on in syria with russia and china unwilling to join the i

susan rice delivered this u.s. message indirectly to president assad. >> your days are numbered, and itis time and past time for you to transfer power responsibly and peacefully. >> thu.n. security council 15 members recently reviewed the syrian rebellion and crackdowns. the council drafted resolution calling on bashar assad to step down. the resolution was backed by the u.s. and both the 22-member area abe league and the 27- member urine union. but the resolution never saw the light of da inanruiatwo powerhouses, blocked the measure and called instead for a brokered deal between assad bels. no ouster of asd! question, regarding international diplomacy towards syria, there's a fundamental international confli foreign policy principles playing out before our eyes. what is the root of that conflict? can you speak that, rick? >> it's sovereignty, humanitarian concerns versus sovereignty. for me it's a huge strategic question. we really want assad to. is only arab ally of iran. he's -- weapons hezbollah, complice knit

susan rice, a likely player in the next administration.hris: put an oar -- has hillary put an oar into this? >> not to my knowledge the >> they all want her to be the next ambassador -- tom shows no signs of leaving that job the chris: when we come back, the question of the week. focusing on the negatives of the other guys? but isn't it still really just about him, the incumbent? that's my question. about him, the incumbent? that's my question. we'll be right back. chris: welcome back. the president ramped up the campaign this week. he wants to be a choice between him and the republicans, which brings us to this week's big question. is it really a choice between him and the other guy, or is it just about him and how he's doing as president? >> i hate to be ambivalent but it will be about him of course. chris: we'll learn more by quick answers. >> it was about the incumbent. the primary has made is increasingly about choice. >> choice. about the better candidate. >> it's about him and how he's doing. chris: three make it two. i think it's a

susan rice last week said it's not in the administration's interests to end funding to the science and education programs. despite the law, president obama's 2013 budget seeks funding and requests legislation to wave the restrictions. ambassador rice testified for just over an hour and a half. >> i want to the welcome everyone to today's hearing. ambassador rice, thank you for being with us today to give testimony and answer our questions on the administration's budget requests for the united nations and international organizations. i know it's been a very challenging year since you last testified before this committee. we commend you for your efforts to get the international community to pressure iran to stop pursuing nuclear weapons. you've also pushed the u.n. to assist countries in the middle east and north africa that are facing difficult transition i know there are many issues you're working on that never make the front page. unfortunately in spite of your hard work, there have been many disappointments at the u.n. over the last year. the conflict rages on in syria with russia an

and larry somers, susan rice and john kerry. late-breaking this afternoon, kerry his communications director e-mailed and said he's not interested in the position. so we can scratch kerry off of the list. >> what kind of a process is the white house going through to set through these names? to vet through these names. >> in three tiers, or three stages. they had an initial -- who do we want for this? and they had their names like, bill gates, they were thinks pretty wide and broad. it's unclear to me how formal the process was at the stage and then they got a core list and the president wanted to expand that list. in part because there's concern that if you nominate a dhad might not be strongest, that might have slid through in another environment, the emerging democracies could put up a fight against it. you kind of saw a prelude to that with the challenging challenging christine lagarde to be head of the irs. so they want someone that's a little bit immune from a third-world candidate so they thought about names like ruth -- t

what i know to be larry summers, susan rice and then john kerry. there are other late breaking and this afternoon kerry, his communications director e-mailed and said he's not interested in the position. so we can scratch kerry off our list. >> what kind of a process is the white house going through to vet through the names? >> well, i guess i would describe it as in three tiers, three stages. they had initial sort of okay who do we want for this? and there are names like bill gates on that. they were thinking pretty wide and broad. unclear to me whether or not how formal the process was at that stage. but then they get a core list. and then the president wanted to expand that list. and in part because he -- there is concern that the white house that is the nominee a candidate who may not be the stronge eses candidate or may have slid through in another environment. this time it wouldn't happen because the developing countries, the emerging democracies could put up a fight against it. you kind of saw a prelude to that with the head of the imf. so w

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also reportedly being considered, susan rice, the current u.s. ambassador to the united nations.he ceo of pepsi could he and secretary of state, hillary clinton, who's planning on leaving the administration if obama is re-elected. >> president obama could like to nominate secretary of state clinton, but i don't think she wants it. and i don't think his persuasive powers are likely to move her. >> reporter: so who's likely to get the nod? >> if i had to make a bet, i think of the five, the leading candidate right now is larry summers. >> reporter: in an interesting twist, jeffrey sax, the head of columbia university's earth institute, has expressed interest in the job. he's written an op ed in the washington post titled, how i would lead the world back. sax is critical of the zoellick regime. still, don't hold your breath. >> if the emerging market countries were serious about an alternative candidate, that candidate would not be an american. >> reporter: reports say two other non-american names may also be nominated. we should know who the world bank member countries ultimately c

ambassador to the united nations, susan rice.he says they'd better come serious ready to deal and give up their nuclear program. the window is finite. how do we define finite? >> the question is do they have a weapons program and when does it reach a critical mass? that's when presumably the negotiations have to stomt it's very difficult to tell where we are there. my own gut is we still have a fair amount of time to test whether the iranians are serious about negotiating, but we also have to come up with solutions that make sense, you know. when you have a negotiation both sides have to meet somewhere. and right now it seems to me that listen to republican candidates, nothing short of a complete and total iranian cap it lags under foreign pressure is going to be acceptable. when has that happened? when does a nation simply throw up its hands and cry "uncle" and surrender? especially a nation like iran? 9 million people, proud history, sees itself as a pivotal player in the region. that's not going to happen. we've got to try and

ambassador to the susan rice treated the following when the news broke.d plant anti-personal land mines at its borders to murder civilians trying to escape it. truly horrific. adding to that one reason of keeping refuse guys. in another reason keeping foreigners out, journalists who want to report and record the violence being per at this traited by the syrian army and humanitarian workers who want to get relief to the civilians trapped in there. so, a couple of reasons, couple of motivations, one results, shep, the maiming and murder of innocence. >> shepard: western leaders keep saying president assad will go. that his days are nourished. that his regime is crumbling. can't find the signs of it? >>. no very few signs of it, in fact, because rush sharks china and iran continue in varying measure to give diplomatic and military support to the assad regime. then you add to that the idea that his main inner circle is not deserting him at all. we have seen a couple of low level defections from the army and from lower levels of the government. but his real in

susan rice has been named. but hillary clinton not interested in that. me she's going to go off and do foundation work, maybe combining with her husband's work. but that she's -- she could be a candidate in the waiting. >> it's tough to raise money for presidential campaign when you have a government job. the clinton foundation -- incredible vehicle for that. it's really if she at some point i imagine she has not made up her mind but there's going to be a lot of people pushing her to run. >> kirstin may be the first to say it publicly. it's the kind of story that you can't actually say is not true until it happens. >> it is what it is. i think that would be an amazing race. i'm sure governor andrew cuomo is watching. >> new york politics. tortured world of new york politics. ben smith, great to see you. this is busy indeed. >> thanks for having me on. >> last night i attended a moment, a century of service ceremony, 100 years combined honoring bob dole and howard baker who also served as ronald reagan's last white house chief of staff. it was a bipartisa

is that it was not a name that was on the public radar, the names that had been tossed around, susan riceesident's former advisors, lawrence summers, hillary clinton's name had been on the list, at least people were talking about even though the state department had knocked that down. so it will be interesting to listen to what the president has to say about this nomination and what he believes makes him the perfect fit for the job. >> to clarify what the world bank is, a financial institution makes loans to countries and its goal is to combat poverty. i had heard earlier that there was some thought that this post would not be going to an american citizen. >> that's right, i think the reason for that, at least those watching this closely have been speculating there was more competition this time because the administration had waited so long, the deadline was 6:00 today, and while a lot of names have been kicked around, no one had been nominated, so a lot of other countries had been putting forth people who could give the u.s. competition. since the world bank was formed, an american has b

ambassador to the united nations sue sang rice to say that -- susan rice to say that russia had decided to stand with a dictator. indeed, russia seems comfortable standing beside a dictator. in addition, russian officials rejected the idea of sanctions against iran, tougher sanctions against iran, despite a report from the international atomic energy agency reinforcing concerns about iran's nuclear program. russia also voted against the united nations' general assembly resolution expressing concern over the violations of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights in north korea. many of my colleagues and i have come to the floor on multiple occasions to express my concern with russia's deteriorating rule of law and respect for human rights. this is not the kind of relationship that president obama promised when he pressed for passage of the new start treaty in late-2010, over strong objections from many of my colleagues. it sends the wrong signal to our allies throughout europe who are worried about undue pressure from russia. at the end of the day, better u.s.-russian rela

ambassador susan rice, senator john kerry, robert summers. >> the obama administration says there's plenty a showdown coming up next. and coming up on squawk on the street, outgoing mcdonald's ceo jim skinner. "squawk box" is coming right back. fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank. like no-fee atms -- all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now, depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash back into your fidelity account. open a fidelity cash management account today and discover another reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. >>> welcome back. let's take a look at some stocks on the move. home builder kb homes under pressure after it reported a wider fiscal third quarter loss. however revenues were up 29% from a year earlier and home deliveries up 21%. and we're watching nike earning $1.20 per share for its third quarter, 3 cents ahead of estimates. thou nike's profit margins were pressured by higher costs. >> joining us is dan we iss. the

the other thing that's important is are you an ambassador, susan rice, said a couple of weeks ago she's disgusted that russia vetoed their security council condemnation of the way that the syria president assad is murdering his own people. what are we getting for this relationship? >> we're getting nothing. in fact, we're getting worse than nothing. if you look back historically, where have we gotten the best deals for america negotiating with the russians? where we've been tough and especially over the missile shield. when reagan was willing to walk away from the russians on a missile shield deal because he wouldn't gave up star wars, that's when he came around and caved. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >> all right. 10 minutes before the bottom of the hour. not sure where you stand on climate change? you have to hear from our next guest. a liberal democrat who went from believer to skeptic and now he says al gore owes everybody an apology. what he knows that you don't, that's coming your way and freedom of speech reserved just for those who side with unions in wisconsin? the school c

susan rice who i think is doing an outstanding job as a u.n.mbassador faces continued opposition for some reason on the part of -- and we understand that the russians have a relationship with assad, but it's all about energy and geopolitics. >> it's the russians, chinese, it's deplorable. >>> we're going to get to a break in just a moment. >> hold on a second. barnicle wanted to wrap it up if there's anything else he wants to say about oil companies. >> you don't believe that the energy companies are screwing us? >> look, i'm not -- >> you just said it for five minutes. >> i'll tell you this, do you want to ask those who are taking aim at our soldiers in the middle east. we're the only group of people ever to send our soldiers to war and at the same time finance those trying to kill them by going to the pump every day. the money we're spending to fill up our suvs and cars and homes we're using, if we're not using domestic sources, most of the money is going right back to those who are trying to do harm -- >> that's good. that's good. >> well, w

. >> susan rice testified on capitol hill on tuesday. some members questioned the 70 bunning -- the $79 million for unesco. ambassador rice's testimony is an hour and a half. >> take you for being with us today to answer questions on the budget request for the united nations. it has been a challenging year since you last testified before this committee. we commend you for your efforts to get the international community to pressure iran to stop pursuing nuclear weapons. you have pushed the u.n. to assist countries in the middle east and north africa that are facing difficult transitions, and there are many issues you are always working on that never make the front page. there have been many disappointments at the u.n. over the last year. the conflict rages on in syria with russia and china and willing to join the international community unless we hear differently from you this morning. we want to hear your thoughts on what if anything can be done to put pressure on those countries to act. the situation is very troubling and it is difficul

susan komen foundation. we honored condoleezza rice who i have great admiration and in both of those instances he actually underwroteinners completely. several hundred thousand dollars out of his own pocket so that this was a man who i -- i came to know also in private dinners that i have had with him as being quiet, as being very generous and as someone that -- no one would call an enemy of women. but that being said, there is the -- these times where he comes in as the enforcer and there were times when my capacity as president of independent women's forum i may get a phone call from someone who said rush limbaugh is upset, for example, that -- i can't verify this because i was not in on the conversations but told limbaugh was upset or says you can't be trusted because you said something positive about president obama. assuming that to be the case in the kind of job that i had at that period of time, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you feel can you -- is it possible to say how you really feel about an issue? do you have to tow the line because this very person in the conservative movement disagrees with yo