>> i'm with the liberty time in taiwan. during your tenure, i think you have been trying to help taiwan and china do dialogue or build confidence among military confidence-building measure. have you been able to accomplish anything? the uc the recent reduction of attention permanent -- do you see the recent reduction permanent? >> we certainly hope that the reduction is permanent. profound hope. as a suspect so, too, for prc and taiwan. we have contributed some instructors for taiwan's annual exercise. as you may know, we have sent some well qualified military instructors. the fact that tension has been defused, if not eliminated, is very encouraging. the steps taken by prc and taiwan, while summer pedestrian in a way with sending exotic animals, pandas, to zoos, increased commercial traffic, making it easier to send mail back and forth across the street. each of these are not watershed decisions but all contribute to a sense of cooperation and collaboration that we find encouraging. >> i am from the world journal. not too

. >> admiral, nadia with the liberty times taiwan. during your tenure i think you had been trying to help taiwan and china do a dialog or build the confidence. you know the military confidence-building measure. i don't know, have you been able to accomplish anything? do you see the recent, you know, redu]4%on of tension important or -- >> yeah, we certainly hope the reduction in tension is permanent. it's our profound hope as i suspect so too for prc and for taiwan. we have contributed some instructors for taiwan's annual exercise as you may know. we sent some well qualified military instructors. the fact that tension has been diffused if not eliminated across the straits has been encouraging. the steps taken between the prc and taiwan while some are pedestrian away sending exotic animals, pandas to zoos increased commercial traffic, making it easier to send mail back and forth across the strait -- each of these taken in and itself not a watershed decision but all contributing to a sense of cooperation and collaboration that we find v

the rule of law and the process used in south africa and taiwan is a model that can be easily followed. [repeating in chinese] >> in 1989, i hope that the chinese government would realize and understand that different opinions can exist peacefully like that beautiful june 3 morning. my hope and the hope of my fellow students that were met by tanks and machine guns and death of many and black listing and imprisonment. my hope is that chinese leaders will change, and the world is remembering tiananmen and watching. [repeating in chinese] [repeating in chinese] [applause] >> now we have more words to behalf of all of those on stage. >> members of participants of the movement. we are making an announcement of what happened in 1989 we will never forget. what we are looking for is establishment of democratic of china. we will never give up. today the whole world is [inaudible] which is based on an evil veiling. for sake of economic development, everything can be sacrificed including peoples lives. if there is any true meaning of the remembrance of 1989, that the whole world will be aware. an

. >> on taiwan, and i read an article on defense news talking about taiwan plans f-16 upgrade. so what is your position on this -- >> you have to ask the defense part about that. >> thank you. >> you wanted something on the record, is that it? go ahead, ask. >> he won't answer. [laughter] >> on israel i was wondering what your that puts tens of millions of dollars for new construction in the west bank and in jerusalem. >> i will see if i can get more information. >> when you talk about the natural growth in settlements this that include any jerusalem neighborhoods that are over the green line? >> we call for a cease to all settlement activity. >> including jerusalem. >> we are talking about all settlement activity, yes, in the area across the line. >> thank you. >> the fcc should be a model for transparency and openness. >>> next a look at the administration's cash for clunkers program. the measure will offer consumers who treat high fuel consumption vehicles cash vouchers toward the purchase of and more fuel efficient car from today's washington charnel this is 25 minutes >> h

such as china to start doing what they should be doing and reassure our allies such as japan and taiwan that the united states will do all it can to prevent and stop north korea from becoming a nuclear power. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time and urge adoption of the resolution. . the gentleman from american samoa. mr. faleomavaega: how much time do i have left? the speaker pro tempore: 14 minutes. mr. faleomavaega: i yield myself such time as i may consume. i want to commend and thank my good friend, the gentleman from new york, for his sponsorship of this important resolution and certainly thank him for his insights and understanding of the current situation that we are faced with as far as dealing with north korea. mr. speaker, the geopolitical situation now, the realities and development as a result of north korea's latest activities, now makes it absolutely necessary for the united states to strengthen our alliance and partnership with the south korea, the security alliance between the united states and korea has been pivotal after since it was forged thro

in contrast, consider taiwan as geri noted where everyone has a smart card. your smart card carries a medical history and can be viewed by any doctor in taiwan. their national database allows them to identify the few outliers who try to abuse the system rather than hassling millions of dollars and patients. what the internet has done to transform telecommunications across the world is what single payer will do to transform how we deliver health care in america. a national public health database would allow the resources to the greatest need. advance our national health goals, embodied in healthy people 20/20 and reward communities that help achieve those goals. this would encourage health care professionals and hospitals to work together with local health departments to advance national health objectives. president obama has stated if he were to start over again he would favor single-payer system book argues it is too radical. well i come from philadelphia where revolutionary ideas are celebrated, not dismissed. our most famous radical document begins with th

and students grounded in nonviolence and the rule of law and the process used in south africa and taiwan are models that could be easily followed. -- the tiananment student movement is grounded in nonviolence and the rule of law. [speaking in chinese] in 1989 i hoped the chinese government would realize and understand that different opinions can exist together peacefully liked that beautiful june 3 morning. the transparencthe public demons reasonable. my fellow students and comrades were met by machine guns, blacklisting, and imprisonment. 20 years later, my hope is chinese leaders will demonstrate the courage to change. the world remembers tiananmen and is watching. [speaking in chinese] [applause] >> now a few words on behalf of those on stage. [speaking in chinese] >> as a former participant of the 1989 democratic movement, we are wanting to discuss what happened in 1989. we will never forget that. what we were looking for was the establishment of a democratic china. we will never give up. today the whole world is looking at the beijing passed, based on something evil. for the sake of

underground church members, the journalists struggling for free press, the practitioners, the people of taiwan, the people of tibet, the north koreans, the refugees. we cannot let their dreams die. we cannot let -- for get our american journalists who face trial today on charges in china's state of north korea. they were taken captive on the chinese border almost three months ago. we cannot let their dreams die. the goddess of democracy, her torch held high, still points the way. china, she is waiting to guide you to freedom. thank you so much. [applause] >> sir, may i introduce the next speaker now? thank you. it is great to live in a democracy, isn't it? [applause] in the spirit of democracy, let's hear from another person right now. a man that i like to call my friend. a man who has been a staple here in the cause for human rights in washington d.c. and around the world. mr.@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [applause] thank you jim. it is indeed a pleasure for an international to be here, shoulder to shoulder, to remember the victims of to womenswear. -- of tea in a men's wear -- of the massacre

taiwan. scotland. india. these countries are promoting themselves internationally to bring other visitors in. what do we have right now in our country? we don't have a centralized promotion of our country for tourism. countries around the world make tourism a national priority because they see that it bridges jobs to their country -- that it brings jobs to their country. they spend millions of dollars on their program and have senior officials coordinate national tourism policy. frampled, vietnam, new zealand, lebanon and jamaica have ministries of tourism. germany has a national tourist board and australia has a tourism australia program. in 2005, greece spent more than $150 million on travel promoti promotion. france spent $63 million. that's what we're up against. the travel promotion act, madam president, would level the playing field so we can compete with the rest of the world and recapture the lost market share. it will create the corporation for travel promotion, a public-private partnership to promot

a fleet of ships, and they would be used perhaps by china to force us not to have ships close to taiwan, for instance. so the ballistic missile is also a type of threat, and we addressed those with a ship- based defensive missile, which comes off of our cruisers, but particularly a new breed of destroyer. the japanese also have destroyers, a defense against these ballistic missiles. it is important to stop ballistic missiles. that is being funded, so there originally was not any controversy there. we are saying it is not an either/or, but a both/and. host: next call, republican line. guescaller: we call ourselves te moose herder's. teddy roosevelt is our hero. the bull moose party of 1912. i have a request into question, congressman. my question is that would you join our moose herder's and designate bill cohen as the spokesperson and keep him in mind for president for 2012. my question about palestinians -- why can't they join the surrounding countries? you know, jordan, syria, egypt, instead of being their own country? guest: well, i am not sure any of the countries want the palestini

aid instituted programs in haiti to turn and under the slogan of a turning haiti into the taiwan of the caribbean, by adhering to the sacred principle of comparative advantage. that is, they should import from the united states while working people mostly women slaved under miserable conditions in u.s. on an assembly

single there has advantage from a critical point* of view, taiwan's is the most recent entry to adopt in 1995 the percentage of people climbed 57% of the 97% and expanded coverage with little increase beyond a normal growth to to normal population and come. multi player dysfunction is broken. the need days they made the switch one decade ago although some said it could not be done. the u.s. ranks among 19 leading industrialized nations in preventable death the lead last we're last set of 19. france and japan and australia and timely and effective care 101,000 fewer americans would die every year. in a study released this year that is included in my testimony it has been shown extending medicare to all but not only provide care to millions but also result in the creation of 2. 6 million jobs. the evidence is clear it works and best meets the principles and a best meets the needs of my patients for whom i have a responsibility to advocate. it is politically viable and we need to replace this moment with reform that would not control costs to improve karen -- or are leaving the american

the united states, other pacific islands, major cities in the pacific rim, including, japan, korea, taiwan and australia. the security arrangement requires significant resources to be expended in constant around the clock monitoring by security personnel to prevent the co-mingling of transiting and departing passengers. the security enhancements made subsequent to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, particularly with respect to preventing the co-mingling of passengers at our airports all across the country have been costly and in some cases difficult to fully implement. moreover, the current decrease in tourist arrivals and departures due to the economic downturn erodes the financial capability of small airports to implement such security improvements. the guam international airport authority has been operating from a waiver from the t.s.a. for several years. the t.s.a. and the guam international airport agree that the temporary solution which amounts to placement of removable par tissue ons and use of security staff to prevent co-mingling of passengers in their movements througho

dan was the senior director in the office of secretary of defense for the office handling china, taiwan and mongolian affairs and is a long time serving member on the u.s.-china economic and security commission. since we only have about an hour, i've asked our panelists to speak for about eight minutes, which should leave us plenty of time for follow-up questions and discussion. but again, as danny said when we do turn to questions, please identify yourself and try to make it a question. so if that is an introduction, susan, you're up. >> good morning. i'm pleased to be here with a distinguished panel and certainly with the american enterprise institute, a private sector perspective on defense and security cooperation. having just returned from india this past weekend i can attest to the growing importance of u.s.-india discussions with respect to indian industry and an indian industry both including the public sector undertakings the psus as well as the enterprise to deal with the multidimensional threats associated with the security of india as well as the u.s. security. lockheed mart

people are so fearful but if you look at other parts of the world like anti wind, germany, -- like in taiwan, germany, england, japan, they have achieved health care for their citizens. i wanted to make that point that it is possible. but i really want you to focus on how come puerto rico is not becoming a state? why do you think this is happening? guest: thank you for your call. the fact that, again, we have served in every war in the 20th- century and 21st century so far, alongside the fellow citizens of the 50 stage should suffice and be enough. when i served in congress for four years, i would visit the military hospital on a regular basis. i would visit with every soldier i would run into. certainly i was visiting my constituents at the same time. and every time i left the hospital, as i do when i visit the va hospital in puerto rico, the question would come, how come these young men and women in uniform who are serving our country, who are defending democracy across the world, do not have the same rights that u.s. citizens across the rest of the country have? that is something we need