joint communiquÉs and the taiwan relations act.we believe that his policies contribute greatly to the peace and stability of the past several decades, and we remain committed to that framework. we welcome the improvement over the past two years. at the same time, we have voice our concerns about china's rapid military modernization program, as it relates to taiwan. china's continued military buildup across the taiwan strait despite improvement in cross strait relations raises many questions about beijing's commitment to a peaceful solution to the cross straits issue. similarly, the united states and china have differences on the issue of human rights. the promotion of human rights remains in a central element of american foreign policy, as the president has said it is a part of who we are as a people. president obama has did the rise of a strong prosperous china can be a source of strength for the committee for nations that this summer will hold another meeting for the u.s.-china economic dialogue that we initiated last july. we wi

the first is taiwan.he tiny island the size of maryland and 3/4 is inhabitable. 1,300 million people. taiwan can declare independence like other regions like tibet and see the empire unraveling if taiwan can do that and i hope to resolve this. i think china will do anything necessary militarily to keep taiwan from declaring independence. the 2nd major concern they have and admiral, you mentioned that on the 8th page of your prepared testimony. i have nine numbers to china three years ago to talk about energy and they began discussion of energy by talking about host oil. we in the congress have a lot of trouble seeing beyond the next election and business community is focused on the next quarterly report. the chinese are looking ahead decades and generations and they will indeed be a post oil world. the chinese are now aggressively buying up oil all over the world and good will. i ask the state department, why would they buy up oil. in today's world it makes no difference who comes with the global auction

farm report" a step backwards in trade as taiwan retoughens its stance on u.s. beef. >>> moultrie producers has their own challenge as a major producer cries foul. >>> the cotton industry may see a recovery after a tough couple of years. >> "u.s. farm report" brought to you by chevy and their award- winning cars, trucks and overs. welcome to u-s rm report...i'm >>> hello and wealth come to "u.s. farm report." i'm al pell in for john phipps. the start of a new year brings two challenges for american agriculture. disputes that are sure to have a significant and long-lasting impact on beef and moultrie producers nation-wide. we'll have more on that in a moment. later i'll sit down with our team of analysts to break down market action in this first week have the new year. let's get started first with the news and tricia sloma. >>> thanks al. taiwan kicks off the new year by resuming a ban on what it calls high-risk beef imports from the u.s. among other items the ban includes imports of cow organs and minutessed beef. in october they seemed to resolve their differen

joint communiques and the taiwan communications act. we believe the policy has contributed greatly to the peace and stability. and we remain committed to that framework. we welcome the improvement in cross relations over the past year. at the same time, we have voiced our concerns about china's rapid modernization program as it remitted to taiwan. the continued military build up across the taiwan strait despite the improvements raised many questions about beijing's commitment to a peaceful solution to the cross strait issue. similarly, they have differences on the human rights. human rights is central element of american foreign policy as the president has said it is a part of who we are as a people. president obama has stated the raise of strong prosperous china can be a source of strength for the community of nations. this summer we'll hold another meeting to the u.s., china, strategy economic dialogue that we initiated last >> steve: 4:19 here to play in the first quarter as washington made just two of 13 field goals. that's 15% from

i think the reason is because, you see, hong kong and taiwan are han chinese. and tibet is not. and so for china the problem of these two provinces is about separatism and is seen as a real threat to the unity of china. so the traditional way in which the han, not just now, but have handled this is by very authoritarian means. this is not new. this goes back a long time. and was going to happen i don't know. historically i would have said to you if china carried on just like it has done, then the chinese will just eventually, han will get the way. there's only 10 million uighurs. they are 6 million tibetans fear they will just ignore the problem. historically that's what's happened. the province was a much, much bigger problem. restructured. i'm not sure they can get away with it. because china becomes a global power, one of the responsibility of price, the price you have to pay to be a global power is global tension. it looks really bad for china in the developing world, especially which they are concerned about, when clearly the han do not respect this. >> i'm with harvard bus

and finally, any and all arms sales with taiwan are done in accordance with the taiwan relations act. the united states makes available to talk to taiwan defense articles necessary for taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability. >> i would like you to comment on china. >> how will this hypothetical -- i mean i don't want to get into what is or isn't pending. i don't know what is or isn't pending. with regards to the importance of military-to-military relations and the prospect of those being adversely impacted if hypothetically there were such a sale. you have heard it from secretary gates that this relationship is too important to go through the fits and starts we have had over the years where every little bump in the road results in a breaking of communication. and a suspension of dialogue. and a hiatus in the direct military-to-military relations. this relationship has to be important enough to both of us, not just us, to continue to focus on this and do the hard work it requires top continue to engage even when times get tough. so we are fully committed to continuing

that smashes the previous world record from the tower in taiwan. the sears tag. -- sears tower in chicago is down to fit place. the allies still need to rein in its debt. it was built during the good times. -- dubai still need to rein in its day. it seems those worries can wait. >> that is all from this week. join us again at the same time next week, but from may fro -- m e goodbye for now. >> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet,os angeles. funding is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from all businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> i am s juliat -- i am julia styles. >> public broadcasting is my source for election coverage you can count on. >> commitment to journalism. >> for deciding who to vote for. >> public broadcasting is my source for intelligence connections to my community. >> bbc world news this we

it's model is thailand, taiwan, singapore, japan. trying to integrate itself into the global economy, and the consequence is that you have steadily a decline in support for extremism. that doesn't mean that indonesia is islam any means liberal. there's plenty of conservatives but there is no support for terrorists. there are still terrorists in indonesia. there was a bombing just a few months ago. if you look at the results of the last election in indonesia, the country in an overwhelmingly voted for a moderate middle. the president's party even in head-to-head contest nation, against fundamentalist party. and the side of the fundamentalist party shrunk and the size of the radical groups is also shrinking. so what happened in indonesia is instructive. in the sense of having a direct correlation between rise of the middle-class and tie to the global economy, and a decline of extremism, and creation, if you would, of a perspective in the society that is supportive of shared global value, participation, in the larger world. and you know

services needed for taiwan's self-defense. i]>> they met this morning.ctive in our view. they exchanged ideas about how they couldmy be mutually supportive to advance foreign- policy goals and using foreign policy to advance the objectives. >> [inaudible] >> can you tell us, did he meet with or discuss if the leader is still being treated there? was there any discussions with the leader? >> he did not meet with the captain. he did meet with the acting general. >> did they discuss whether or not the captain will be returned? >> us to his future plans, i understand he is still in the hospital in morocco recovering from the wounds he sustained in guinea. wet( support the transition to civilian government and hopefully will begin a process that leads to a transparent democratic election, and we have said the very same thing. >> [unintelligible] >> yes. i think ambassador holbrooke is on his way to london to do preparator were for the meeting çon january 28. >> does he plan to go anywhere else? >> that is a good question. ç>> [unintelligible] >> i am sure t

this year, we'll sell a record amount of corn and soybeans to taiwan. that's good for our trade balance and good for our farmers. here at home, every missouri family should be able to share the bounty of the land, including fresh, healthy produce. that's why my budget will help promote local farmers markets, and encourage more folks to start community gardens in their neighborhoods. i've focused this evening on our shared obligations: creating jobs, managing the budget and holding down taxes. i've talked about working together to make our communities safer, stronger and healthier. i've talked about making strategic, long-term investments in missouri's future. but we have one more piece of unfinished business, ethics. it's time we gave the people of missouri a state government that's as honest and straight- shooting as they are. last year, we demolished the patronage system long-used for awarding license fee offices. we created a more efficient system with a transparent bidding process. and it will produce revenue we can put to good use. two years ago, t

believed to stand more than 2600 feet, much taller than the nearest rival in taiwan.esides luxury apartments, it is host to a hotel designed by armani. not so shabby. >> not at all. >> they are building a massive tower, maybe on shaky foundation financially. >> you are answering questions for us in 2010. >> this week we are looking at home improvements, running numbers. we are looking at a popular ones do if they work from home. does it make sense financially? we will figure it out. >> that's in the next half hour. >>> many riders on the red, blue, orange lines have longer than normal trips this month because the transit agency doing maintenance work on the lines from sunday through thursday night. work begins at 8:00 p.m. on red line and at 9:30 p.m. on blue and orange line. >>> police trying to piece together how a car plunged 20 feel and ended up submerged in rock creek. a jogger called 911 yesterday after spotting a tire sticking out of the creek. rescuers wearing protective suits chipped away at the ice to reach a 22-year-old, josh coleman. he was given advanced

dubai towers is 1,000 feet taller than the taiwan 101 tower, now formerly known as the tallest buildingthe world. >>> many of us are ready to welcome the new year. a lot of the eagerness is grounded in the expectation america's financial and economic prospects will improve in 2010. after all, 2009 was the year we saw millions lose jobs 401(k)s dropping to depressingly low levels before the market started to recover, the car industry collapsed, the mighty trio of industrial giants, general motors, ford and chrysler all pushed to the brink. u.s. taxpayers becoming the majority shareholders in two of the companies. more on that in a bit. who can forget bernie madoff? many of us never invested in him or heard of him before his unbelievable ponzi scheme dominated headlines but for the victims, the devastation will last a lifetime. many lost everything they secured with him. and the trust in the institutions that were supposed to protect them. adam shapiro of the fox business network has more. >> 2009 was the year madoff became a household name. >> to ponzi scheme wiped out billions of dollar

nearly 2700 feet tall which isnearly a thousand feet taller than the world's tallest building in taiwan and it is almost two empire state buildings. it will house luxury apartments, offices and a hotel. >>> there is a consumer alert this morning. cell phones could soon come with a new warning label in the name of safety. >>> but up next, culd the new proposal cause some unnecessary panic. we'll explain. >>> think it is cold here in the district. how about 11 below in parts of can the country and even worse. >> it is cold almost everywhere across the u.s. this morning. we have more cold on the way. i know folks are talking about snow. we'll answer that question as well. julie wright is here with a look at this morning's rush hour traffic. do stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. ♪ ♪ doctor says i have to lower my cholesterol. here you go, mr. noran. thanks. [ female announcer ] trying to lower your cholesterol can be a challenge. but with the help of honey nut cheerios' sweet taste, lowering your cholesterol is a non-challenge. get $2 in coupons at non-challenge.com this i

that is 1,000 feet taller than the current tallest building in taiwan. the $1.5 billion skyscraper will house lurkery apartments and offices and a hotel. >>> all eyes on wall street as investors will be watching for the january effect during the first few days of trading this year. chris cotter joins us from new york. tell us about the january effect. >> we have a lot of sayings on wall street, don't we, like the santa claus rally, the juno effect, sell in may, go away. the rain in spain falls mainly on the plain. it seems like we have ten million sayings. the january effect is those who sold at the end of last year for tax purposes tend to buy those stocks back at the early part of january he is personally if they remain bullish. we may get that little bounce back because people are buying the stock they sold fof tax purposes. if we get that, it usually sets the tone for the rest of the year. january sort of her times than not, as a matter of fact, almost every year except for a handful of years, as january goes, so goes the s&p for the year. we'll keep

and we don't think in the muslim world, you're not going to get them to where brazil, argentina, taiwan the same class that got those countries to where they are also become empowered in the muslim world. so we are looking for a solution in the muslim world without looking at what is the force that's supposed to produce the solution. i think the change agent!"w ine muslim world ultimately will have to come from the middle-class and from the capitalist business sector associate with the. >> vali nasr, author of "forces of fortune." thank you so much. >> thank you. >> in his book, "obamanomics," timothy carney says that president obama presents himself as a chicken of the average american. but is more on the site of big corporations and wall street. it's about an hour. >> the book, "obamanomics," the thesis is different every time government gets bigger, somebody is getting rich. and the main idea that i'm going up against is what i call the big myth, the notion that what big business wants is simply to be left alone. big business wants the regulation and taxes and regulation are the sco

it's not like we're talking about taiwan.i think that it would resolute west that it could be done. but the more important point is if you get to this point it's much too late. it's true is uganda, too. that's why you want preventive measures so that they don't even begin. it's very hard to clean up messes. and these are colossal messes. it's very hard because even if you intervene and stop you have the whole problem of massive reconstruction which is much more expensive. people say think of the cost of doing any of these things, the cost of bounties is not very much money. the cost of reconstruction of cleaning up the mess in bosnia and rwanda is so astronomical it's cost-effective to prevent assaults and it's cost-effective because these countries can participate actually. it's in the interest, in the most narrow venal interest. it's in the interest fair to say western countries to prevent these intervention jay assaults. -- interventionist assaults. [inaudible] >> do you want to take one more? >> i'll take one more. sorry.

agreeing to abide by government strictures that filter out searches for certain banned topics, such as taiwan, tibet, or the tianamen square massacre, a stance that had brought criticism from rights groups. in 2008, margaret warner asked the then-head of google's china operation about its willingness to agree to government filtering of information. >> some people ask us, "why do we choose to filter?" but really, that's not the question. we didn't have a choice of filter or not filter. our choices are, a) we filter, comply by the law and have a legal presence in china, or b) we don't enter china. and we feel that we chose "a" because we felt to engage and to offer as much information as we could was the right decision. >> brown: google's turnaround ups the corporate stakes in the world's most populous country, and also raises tensions between china and the united states. secretary of state clinton issued a statement, saying: "we look to the chinese government for an explanation. the ability to operate with confidence in cyberspace is critical in a modern society and economy." for its part, chi

country to another and generally from her home province in southeast china, just across the street from taiwan to new york city. : >> and that sort of disconnect was part of what appealed to me initially, this idea he was this person providing a service. it was an illegal service. she was violating the law by bringing people out of china without the proper documentati documentation. through a whole different series of waystation, from thailand, kenya, guatemala and into the united states. these were hazardous journeys. in the introduction you heard some instance there was some 17000-mile journey. one of the ships i'm going to talk about, the golden venture, had been at sea for 120 days by the time the passengers got here. they had been in a hold of the ship for 120 days. that didn't mean anything to me. i didn't give it much thought. 300 people, in a space probably if we started at the shelf there and connected to the wall over there, would be smaller than this base. for 120 days, and i was trying to find historical analogues for other big wedges. i thought what about the mayflower? that came

we don't think that in the muslim world you're not going to get them to where brazil, argentina, taiwan, or could we are unless the same classic got them to where they are also becomes empowered in the muslim world. so we look inward for a solution in the muslim world, without looking at what is the force that supposed to produce blue shin. i think the change agent and the muslim world ultimately will have to come from the middle-class and from the capitalist business sector associated with it. >> author of forces of fortune. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is a pleasure to evacuate his magnificent building, this 18th century library, which i think it's one of the architectural models of the united states and everybody should come here to see it. and i'm delighted to be back here again. now this book, which is a big fat book can be used as a doorstop if you decide not to read it. it will work that way. the title of the book comes in the statement of jefferson. he referred to the united states, jefferson being the most expansive mind and president in histor

arms sale announced the last couple of hours so how do you try to balance this commitment to taiwan and the decision that is made with the imperative of remaining engaged with china? but now that i talked about china don't forget about the first point i made. [laughter] >> i would actually be happy to answer the second question and i will answer the first question tuesday at the hearing. [laughter] >> fair enough. >> the issue from leadership perspective with china is one that i and others have responsibility from the military to military perspective and opportunities as has been the case with many countries. i actually find it a little bit ironic we are talking about ed morrill burke who put the program in place, and i literally last week was in moscow in negotiations with my counterpart with respect to the start follow-on treaty which has an awful lot to do with of the vision he had even though he didn't win all of that which speaks to the decisions we make and how long they last. sometimes we think of them in the short term. so i try to think about how i handle myself and approac

taiwan is actually to terrible. -- actually comparable pe.inter-korean trade was in the water $2 billion. cross-trade -- they are economically integrating. -- taiwan and china are economically into grinning, and north and south korea are not. the divide between north korea and south korea will be difficult, if not impossible, and to accomplish before unification actually happens. this is the dream of the south korean government, but it will be very, very difficult for them to accomplish. so i would like to also now turned to lessons from the german experience. i think there are several lessons that we should learn to certainly there will be more differences than similarities, but i think we need to ask what did germany get right. the doubling of east german incomes within five years helped stabilize east germany and kept the flood of east germans to a relative trickle after two or three years. they aggressively helped to raise income in east germany, created price stability in east germany by 1994, minimized immigration pressures, which peake

month -- in the process of being resolved by the emerging economic relationship between china and taiwan> that is helpful. as we complete this section and turn to a sense of back-and- forth responding to each other's remarks, let me ask you to offer some comments about this asia strategy. first, the president of obama have an asian strategy? second, how do you judge the first round, both hillary clinton's asia tour and president obama's own. secondly, i think one of the ways in the reasonable panel would judge the performance of a president in international affairs would be to ask what might he accomplished in these difficult portfolios that he failed to accomplish, or what did he accomplish that another president might have this -- might have missed? he said president obama came in having made a fetish of a cliche of engagement, and because of this over emphasis, symbolically with consequences and practically in the case of missile defense in europe, he essentially got rolled into the argument. the u.s. accept that criticism, and if not, -- do you except that criticism, and if not, what

while taiwan has a population of the best less than north korea. taiwan is comparable, p.ou can see this is the differential has basically ranged from four to almost 80 times 21. so in 2008 inter- korean trade was a little under 2 billion. cross strait was over 150 million. so taiwan and china was economically integrating north and south korea are not with the exception of enclave. so narrowing the income divide between north korea and south korea is going to be difficult if not impossible to accomplish before unification actually happens. and again this is the dream of the south korean government but i think it's going to be very, very difficult for them to accomplish. so i'd like to also now turn to lessons from the german experience. and i think there are several lessons that we should learn. certainly there will be more differences than similarities, but i think we need to ask, what did germany get right? the doubling of east german incomes within five years helped stabilize east germany and kept the floods that east germans to relative trickle after two or three years

state buildings and a thousand feet taller than the current tallest building in the world which is in taiwanit will house luxury apartments, offices and a hotel. >>> it is just about 7:24 on this monday morning. straight ahead, more on today's big story, jim zorn reportedly out as redskins head coach. dave ross is in san diego this morning where zorn appears to have coached his final game with the skins. he will join us. >>> another bitterly cold day across d.c. we have latest weather information for you plus we'll tell you why folks are having a little trouble crossing the 14th street bridge this morning. we'll check in with julie wright as well. ady, axel? [ announcer ] your dog's one of a kind. good boy. and now, you have the power... to help significantly extend his healthy years. a groundbreaking 14-year study by purina... proves that puppy chow, then dog chow nutrition, fed properly over a lifetime-- ready, axel? can help extend his lovable antics... up to 1.8 healthy years. faster, axel! faster! long live your buddy. whoo-hoo! long live your dog. purina puppy chow and purina dog chow.

he has a problem with taiwan. i hope he will continue to take what has become the recent history of the american administrations, insisting that this dispute be resolved peacefully. i think he is it -- i think it is in the process of being resolved by them. he can encourage that. >> steve, as we both complete this section and turned to a sense of back-and-forth, responding to each other's remarks, let me ask you, as a japan watcher, to offer some comments about the asia strategy. first, does he have an asia strategy? second, how do you judge the performance, both hillary clinton is tour and the presidents. secondly, part of that answer or separately, i think one of the ways that any reasonable panel would judge the performance of a president and international affairs would be to ask what has he accomplished in some of these difficult areas that he failed to accomplish, or what did he accomplish that another president might have missed. richard perle said president obama, and having made a fetish out of cliche of e

it's seems to me that you disagree on the internet, iran, tibet, taiwan, human rights. >> there are a range of strategic and security conversations. these are very big countries in the world. there are some countries where we are working together. there is an economic dialogue. part of it is also to be sure about the things where we disagree. >> this is not about china. there is a guy that is going to go back to egypt. the question was whether this was a way of signaling and that they would treat a dissident and loggers with the same kind of -- and dissident bloggers in the same way that they treat criminals of other kinds. is this important in terms of treating this category of people? >> the dissidents manifest their opinions on the global communication networks. bloggers are a form of 21st century dissidents. >> i was in egypt last week. i met with a number of bloggers including one who was arrested the next day. to me, it is important as we have always done, to be looking at the cases where they are challenging official actions. this is part of the nature of rolling

is when google found out they were being hacked, they hacked back and they want got to a server in taiwant had the information from google, lockheed martin, american think tank and law firm and other companies. this incident, yes, it is widespread. more broadly, there is a consistent and evolving problem on the net on infiltration. it is not that easy to secure these systems. host: reading a report that exposed shawm -- some problems with internet explorer in this attack. guest: what the attackers did is they used a previously unknown of vulnerability, zero day vulnerable would be to carry out an attack. so there was an error and a coating of internet explorer that nobody else knew about, but microsoft didn't even know about, and they used the bat like a doorway. host: i want to ask our producer to bring up of the google site in china. here in the united states we're able to see it -- i believe he tightened following gong -- falun gong. we can compare side-by-side. what we see and the one in china. but the chinese cannot see google.com in china. >guest: that is correct. china has built wh

taiwan has a wonderful medical system. i am not a physician. when doctors come out of medical school, they have a tremendous amount of debt unless they come from an extremely wealthy family. plus, their malpractice costs are so astronomically different. in some countries, i do not even know if they have not practice. we pay far more for our pharmaceuticals than any of the country in the world. i do not know why but perhaps you can address that. my question is, do you feel that lobbyists are influencing congress? it may be from the ama. are the pharmaceutical companies more influential than intelligent information that our congressmen are not receiving like this book? >> who wants to take that on? >> of course, lobbyists are of tremendous influence. it is inevitable. in many ways, it is beneficial in a representative democracy that groups who feel strong on an issue will organize to petition the government. i think it is remarkable degree to which these things and gotten on the agenda. president obama understands this issue and is concerned abou

host: high speed rail systems internationally are in belgium, china, taiwan, japan. are those operated compared to our model? guest: we have to learn from them. we have to learn from the international models. my association is doing a huge amount of outreach in that area to learn. but we have a different context in the united states. our environment is different, our shared corridor environment is different. our -- we have to make -- our regulatory environment is different, finance, labor, et cetera. so we have to learn from the international model but put them in the united states context. host: how subsidized are international rail systems? guest: to build them, it's the federal government across the board has to be heavily involved. that's what you do. you get that investment going to create ongoing economic benefits. after that, the subsidies, you see how it does. and if you make the right decisions, hopefully they can come close to self--sustain. host: if the rail systems are built, can you give us an example of what a ticket price might look like? guest: differ

and they got onto server in taiwan that had information on it that i've been axel traded, not only from google but from dow chemical, joachim martin, from the american think tank, from the american law firm and from other companies. so this incident, yeses fairly widespread. more broadly, there is a consistency and involving problem involving the net of infiltration and insecurity. it's not that easy to secure these systems. >> host: and i'm reading a report that exposed some problems with internet explorer in this attack, correct? >> host: yes, that's true. but the attackers did was they used a previously unknown vulnerability that is called the zero day threat, i'm sorry zero day vulnerability to carry out their attack. so that there was an error in the coding of internet explorer that nobody else knew about, that microsoft didn't even know about. and they used t into the system. >> host: i want to ask our producer to bring up if we can the google site in china. this is google.cn soldier in the united states were able to see the site. and i believe he is typed in fall and gone into th

this year we will sell a record amount of corn -- corn and soybeans to taiwan.od for our farmers. [applause] here at home, every family should be able to share the bounty of the land, including fresh, healthy produce. that is why we will promote missouri's locals farmers' markets and encourage more people to start community gardens all across the state. [applause] i have focused this evening on our shared obligations. creating jobs, managing the budget, holding down taxes. i have talked about working together to make our communities safer, stronger, and healthier. i have talked about making strategic long-term investments in our future. but we have one more piece of unfinished business -- ethics. it is time we gave the people of missouri a state government is as honest and straight-shooting as they are. [applause] last year, we demolished the patronage system long used for awarding licenses. we created a more efficient system with transparent processes, and it will produce revenue that we can put to good use. yeah. [applause] two years ago, the legislature passe

what i saw are two very evident differences between our country and others, including taiwan, is thathen our doctors -- and i am not a doctor -- come out of medical school, they had a tremendous amount of debt, for the most part, unless they come from an extremely wealthy family. plus their malpractice costs are so astronomically different. in some countries, i don't even know if they have malpractice. also, the pharmaceuticals -- we pay far more for our pharmaceuticals than any other country in the world. i do not know why, but perhaps you can address that. -- and i do have a question. [laughter] do you feel that lobbyists are influencing congress, whether it be from the ama -- and i and stand with this incredible malpractice step -- and are pharmaceutical companies, are they much more influential than intelligence information that our congressmen are not receiving, as mr. reed's book? >> it was to take that on? the list of course lobbyists are of tremendous influence. it is inevitable and making -- in many ways it is beneficial. groups that felt intensely about an issue will organiz

taiwan, israel and of course the united states state department is in full force of which we hope they will be coordinating off of us. lastly, cuba will be sending doctors. they have been especially supportive in crisis and i'm in advance thanking them for their medical team. congresswoman lee, chairwoman lee, i am touched by this devastation in ways that can be expressed, as all of us are and the reason is because we've worked with haitian americans in our constituency. we have been to haiti, we have worked it get on its feet. we have visited political prisoners in its jails, we have now been grateful for a new day in haiti. and i also want to thank former president bill clinton who has been appointed by the president so many months ago to help chart the recovery for haiti. we've got a whole new task now. but we are up to the task. and what we will had say is, my brothers and sisters, have faith, never give up the faith, for in this time of need you will find that the human community will rally towards you and they will be your wind beneath your wings, they will be your good samaritan

this year we will sell a record amount of corn -- corn and soybeans to taiwan.t is good for our farmers. [applause] here at home, every family should be able to share the bounty of the land, including fresh, healthy produce. that is why we will promote missouri's locals farmers' markets and encourage more people to start community gardens all across the state. [applause] i have focused this evening on our shared obligations. creating jobs, managing the budget, holding down taxes. i have talked about working together to make our communities safer, stronger, and healthier. i have talked about making strategic long-term investments in our future. but we have one more piece of unfinished business -- ethics. it is time we gave the people of missouri a state government is as honest and straight-shooting as they are. [applause] last year, we demolished the patronage system long used for awarding licenses. we created a more efficient system with transparent processes, and it will produce revenue that we can put to good use. yeah. [applause] two years ago, the legislatur

you disagree on the internet, iran, tibet, taiwan, human rights.where are these areas of convergence with the chinese? if there's one beyond afghanistan, i would be very interested in knowing what it is. >> there's a range of economic relationships that are important. there is a range of strategic and security conversations that are important. these are two very big important countries in the world. we talk about a wide range of things. there are some areas where we are working together. the strategic and economic dialogue is about trying to strengthen those parts of the relationship. part of it is also to be sure we're talking about things >> it is not about china. although china could be involved in it. someone pointed out to me that singling out the egyptian b logger who has been in prison is significant. he is apparently going to go back to egypt. the question in a person's mind was whether this was a way of signaling that the u.s. would treat dissident bloggers with the same kind of diplomatic status that they treat those of other kinds for pu

how you try to balance this commitment to tie 1 if a decision is made -- commitment to ti1toto taiwan the second one tuesday at the hearing [laughter] . [laughter] the question with the leadership perspective of china is one that i have responsibility for military to military. opportunities as in the case with many countries. i find it a little bit ironic that we are talking about admiral burke who put the program into place and i literally last week was in moscow and negotiations with my counterpart with respect to the treaty which has an awful lot to do with the vision that he had even though he did not win all of that. the decisions we make and how long they last, we think of them in the short term. i try to think about how i handle myself and approach it from the long-term perspective. after you are in washington a while, there is an opportunity to look out for more than just tomorrow and what does that mean. the reason i bring that up in china, my thoughts are very much not even close to just the senior leadership perspective. i really want our young officers to beat each other.

you disagree on the internet, it's a bet, tie 1, human-rights -- the internet, tibet, taiwan, the humanld be very interested if there is anything other than afghanistan. >> there are economic relationships that are important. there are strategic conversations that are important. these are two very big, important countries in the world. we are talking about a wide range of things. there are some areas where we are working together with strategic and economic dialogue detroit district of this part of the relationship. part of it is to make sure we're talking about the things where we disagree. >> this is not about china. someone pointed out to me that singling out the egyptian man who had been in prison is going to go back to egypt. the question it raised was whether this was a way of signaling that the u.s. would treat dissident loggers with the same kind of diplomatic status of that day treat political dissidents of other kinds for purposes of raising bilateral talks. was that also important in signaling a new way of treating this category of people? >> part of what we now know about th

now that language on regime change which i'm christopher who regarded taiwan as a change of tack, you communications expert with, would you not feel that that was a clear indication that the prime minister was given to the american people speaking in the u.s. of his support for regime change and his readiness to apply. >> i can't remember how who the who american media and public took that speech but i don't see that as a significant shift one. the speech in that he also referred to in 1998 while we have a clear responsibility in the long term peace to stop saddam hussein,. >> can you slow that down? >> sorry. we have a clear responsibility and the interest of long-term peace -- >> it's in the record already. >> in the point about the speech and that george bush presidential library i don't think he is saying anything that was evident. >> if you stand up in the u.s. war in america in april 2002 when there is all this speculation about what's gone to be done. >> and you say if necessary, the action should be military and again if necessary and justified in should involve regime change,

legislative approach in various countries outside the u.s., and it's not just the uk, france, south korea, taiwan, new zealand, and other place like australia and japan which are considering it. first of all, they don't have the backdrop of the bmca, which in itself encourages appropriate policy and also the adoption of wisely agreed and industry-accepted measures. they don't have their backdrop. also in a lot of other countries when they were approached were quite concerned about being at a competitive disadvantage and wanted to make sure they would have a level playing field. having government involvement and regulation is one way to achieve that result. >> mr. robertson, i read in your bio. i read it. it's enormous. you're at the hands of every mayor piece of legislation, everything that's going through that the parliament with your close with the music industry, you're close with your chair, the internet caucus so to speech, can you -- from your perspective, if you can talk about the uk legislation, the digital economy bill that includes these technical measures. can you tell us why? the hous

including taiwan which has a wonderful medical system.t when our doctors, i am not a physicians, come out of medical school they have a tremendous amount of debt for the most part. unless they come from an extremely wealthy family. plus they are malpractice cost are sos astronomically different. in some countries, i don't know if they have malpractice. we pay far more than any other country in the world. i don't know why. but perhaps you can address that. my question is: and i do have a question. do you feel that lobbyist, fortunately they weren't so strong when medicare came into being, are influencing congress, whether it be from the ama and i understand with this incredible malpractice, and our pharmaceutical companies? are they much more influential than intelligent information that our congressman are not receiving as mr. reid's book? >> who wants to take that on. of course lobbyist are of tremendous influence. it's inevitable. in many ways it's beneficials that groups are going to organize. what i think is remarkable is the issues t