that the administration was spending, taxing, and borrowing too much. in the first 50 days, the administration's actions caused the american taxpayer -- listen to this. the administration's actions caused the american taxpayer more than iraq, afghanistan, and

the administration's views. i would note mr. hinnen's testimony states at the out set the administration is ready and willing to work with members on any specific proposals we may have to craft legislation that both provides effective investigative authority and protects privacy and civil liberties close quote. whatever disagreements we may have on any particular provision or approach i want to note this attitude is a refreshing break with recent practice well take the administration at its word and i for one intend to hold it to that. i look forward to working with the administration and with my colleagues to craft legislation that protects our national security and our fundamental values. i look forward to the testimony and i thank our witnesses for being here today. i yield back and i now recognize the distinguished ranking member of the subcommittee for five minutes for your opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman. two weeks ago this country honored the 3,000 innocent people killed in the 9/11 terrorist

what's the verdict on the administration's missile defense plan. is it politically and technically feasible? >> i'll begin by saying there was no surprise here. the obama administration was always going to change its path on missile defense. i think the timing of the announcement was a huge shock. i think how the administration rolled out this announcement was so flawed that it almost overshadows the actual decision. there is so much information, more information we need to know about, so i'm going to sort of divide this in a couple of baskets, if you will. the first is the actual decision. there must have been a sweeping change in the threat assessment, and i think we need to explore that a little bit more. what information do we have to really change our prediction and our determination of the greatest threat coming from iran. that's number 1. number 2, certainly the administration believes that this hybrid sea- based, land-based short and medium range system is more cost effective and more effectively implemented. that's great. let's dive a littl

, the obama administration. and we've both come a long way away where we were everyone is months ago. made absolute demands. freezes not only in the territories but also in jerusalem. and the demands about language of the resumption of talks. israel is willing to resume talks with the palestinians yesterday. today. never mind next week, without any preconditions. willing to sit down. >> the well the administration's made it very clear that israel's positions on settlements is not acceptable. that it views the expansion, natural growth, whatever you want to call it, within jerusalem as well as the west bank territories. it's not an acceptable posture because it would encroach on, you know, final issues. >> well, the administration and israel, we've been engaged for many months now, in very ernest and constructive negotiations about the settlement issue. and we are close to an agreement on it that will allow for the resumption of negotiations on one side, but also on the other, provide for the normal life needs of

the administration gave iran the deadline. then what. >> the meeting october 1st is certainly going to be very interesting, but i don't think it is in any sense a deadline. this administration has given many deadlines, frankly as did this bush administration before that, all of which have been ignored, i think iran will play for time here, it has already said that it will open this facility, for i.e. inspection. now, when that -- iaea inspect and when that happens that is a guessing but the iranians will use the stated intention to open the facility to buy time and extend the negotiations and i think the obama administration will go along with that. >> eric: you think the deadlines don't mean anything. >> i think the administration is so desperate to have a diplomatic engagement here, that it will find ways to overlook problems in iran's compliance and let me say, i don't think anybody should be under any illusions about where russia is on this, president medvedev's statements, particularly in pittsburgh, after the announcemen

you mentioned some of the individualsn the administration that you take aim at. first of all, you called the cia directer leon by net that, quote, the perfect illustration of the beltway swamp creature. you refer to vice president biden, when it comes to ethically self-policing that puts taxpayers' interests above lek central and special interests, joe biden doesn't have a serious bone in his body, and you refer to the attorney general, eric holder, as a crime-coddling corporate lawyer. >> guest: i do, and i provide all the evidence for people to judge for themselves. i think that the theme that runs throughout culture of corruption is that there is a massive gap between the obama administration's rhetoric and the reality. i'm not arguing that influence, peddlers and power brokers should be outlawed somehow. everybody's got to make a living. but the point is that team obama came here on high, as high a horse as we've ever seen into washingtono change the way that they do business, nd yet they have people like leon panetta who parlayed an entire career as a governm

the obama administration claims that the threat is now downgraded. we have seen nothing to indicate any downgrade of the threat. iranian behavior the past year clearly demonstrate their intent and capability to develop long- range missiles. obama has clearly reneged on his pledge made in prague that he would move forward with missile defense in europe as long as the threat from iran exist. the u.s. and europe will be leveled, it vulnerable. i run as an open invitation to focus on long-range missile development which it already is doing. this decision did not appear to be made on the basis of cost effective grounds. according to a 2008 independent study required by the democrats, the czech and polish plants are the most cost- effective. with a $1.2 billion cut in missile defense in the recently passed defense budget, the administration's program investments do not match its policy. will we see necessary missile defense investments in next year's budget or will it be cut further? while the ministration has announced its decision today, the congress as

now over the administration -- >> on the obama administration? >> yes. ou heard earlier when i said i worked on the mccain campaign; right? >> yeah, i'm just curious how much they know about the japan and the situation and the politil background in japan? >> that is an important question. : i went out and batthed all these guys for obama one at a time going up to level two and three and all of them are now in government for their sins. [laughter] so, jeff is the hd of nfc asia, eckert campbell, a good friend of mine is assistant secretary for east asia, chip is assistant secretary for asia d.o.t., derek mitchell work for him. we went at it in these debates. there wasn't a whole lot of big disagreements on the foreign policy with respect to iraq, iran and issues like that. on asia, disagreements on trade the team supported the free trade agreement and the obama campaign didn't. differences on north korea we were a little tougher although now the obama administration is as tough as mccain ever sounded because thanks to the north koreans. but when it came to

does the administration know who our real enemies are? maybe the most disturbing acorn hidden video to date released today. talk of smuggling under age girls across the border for sex. this is as more lawmakers are voting to cut off all federal funding to the group. also tonight house speaker nancy pelosi says she is afraid there will be blood and warns president obama's critics that their words could lead to violence. also tonight, does the white house have a secret plan to take your personal information from websites such as facebook and twitter? >>> good evening everybody. betrayed. that's how a few world leaders feel after president obama decided to scrap plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern europe. the program started under the bush administration. arguably it would have helped guard against a missile attack from iran but one leader who is smiling is medvedev, afraid the shield would compromise his nuclear capabilities. the white house stressed it will continue its policy to protect europe but republicans were quick to l

i think the issues of the files were the result of the fact that the previous administration, the bushistration, wasn't planning on prosecutoring anybody in a federal court. you know, that said, the obama administration went ahead with setting a deadline before looking at its files. i think in retrospect there's been some soul searching and some thinking of maybe we should have had a better sense of what those files looked like before setting a one-year deadline. they're now in a position where they've been going through these files for so many months and are still not sure even if those top four 9/11 conspiracies where the best venue will be for charging the >> warner: finally, evan, there's another whole category of prisoners that president obama came forward in may and surprisingly at least to his base on the left said they might have to be detained indefinitely. >> right. they had already been shopping this idea on capitol hill to some republican members of congress who they thought would be search tonight i can to the view and also some democrats. they found the issue went nowhere

her father was a patronage appointee of the daily administration and then she herself floated from the daily administration to a cozy job at the univsity of chicago medical center. i have a very interesting chart that blogger compiled the that put on page 65 of the book that shows the skyrocketing fob lary at this cozy job at the university of chicago between the time she was appointed and the time that barack obama won his senate seat and the salary nearly-- and they say that is the mere coincidence. after barack obama won the white house she lefthat job and they thought it was not important to filip after she lt. i also talked about i think it interesting episodehat happenedhile she was serving at the university of chicago medical center because it has relevance to the health care debate now. she eineered what many consider a patient dumng scheme that bussed poor and nority patients out of the university of chicago emergency rooms to cmunity health centers that supposedly wld offer them better care. a lot of local activists did not think so andeither did the emergency physicians asso

as the administration presses iran for immediate changes, the pace is much more deliberate regarding another hot spot in the evening john. more on iran in just a moment, but senior white house correspondent major garrett reports on the waiting game for afghanistan. >> the top decision makers on afghanistan pled for more time to study a new strategy, one that could involve up to 40,000 additional u.s. troops but a decision won't gel for several weeks as the administration rejects accusations of indecision. >> people should remember that the bush decision on the surge lasted three months from october to december 2006, so i think it's important to make sure we're confident that we have the right strategy in place. >> president obama's hand picked general in afghanistan told the cbs program "60 minutes" that taliban-led violence is worse than previously known and said new tactics must be deployed. the pentagon has not forwarded his troop request to the white house, but mcchrystal says he will be heard, eventually. >> i'm confident that i will have an absolute chance to provide my assessm

we're seeing the administration's real national security policy emerge. es in to russia and cow tows to iran and north korea. this decision undermines our allies, specifically the poles and the checks. they provided sfed fast support to the u.s. and afghanistan. the administration is cap pit lating to russian demands, rewarding russia for its devicive policies and action. despite it was not linking the start follow-up on arm treaty, on eve of negotiations they give russia what they wanted. hardly it seems to me the way to start a negotiation. contrary to the intelligence and evidence reports that indicate a growing iranian threat, the obama administration claims that the threat is now downgraded. we have seen nothing to indicate any downgrade of the threat. iranian behavior in the past year clearly demonstrates their intent and capability to develop long-range missiles. obama is clearly renegged on his pledge made in prauge that he would move forward with european missile defense as long as the threat from iran exists. the u.s. and europe will be left vuln

to be honest, i don't think the administration has the option.the president campaigned on this being a war of necessity. he committed 17,700 troops earlier this year and 4,000 trainers. so i think to make that dramatic of a shift would be a problem, not only strategically, but politically. gwen: i was going to say if al qaeda is still now widely considered to be based in pakistan, what is the argument and is there any argument made any more for pursuing al qaeda or is the taliban linked to al qaeda in afghanistan proper. >> that is the question. what is the relationship between the taliban and al qaeda. in 2001 before the attacks that al qaeda subsidized the taliban financially. they don't need that any more. it's the taliban subsidizing al qaeda. those who support sending more troops in say, yes, they're in pakistan, but if you give them the opportunity to come back to afghanistan, that becomes a safe haven, it gives them more opportunity so the plan and practice attacks and it makes it harder for the united states to monitor with those drone at

the obama administration very early on had two main problems with the bush administration's missile defense plans. number one, cost. number two, the actual technology, they questioned the efficacy of the technology itself. there needs to be a greater explanation and exploration, i'm sure, undertaken by congress to see what are the budget ramifications of this new system. again, the administration is arguing it's faster, it's more cost effective and i think we'll have to get into the details to see if that, in fact, is true. >> the missile defense shield was a huge irritant for russia. can we now expect more cooperation from moscow on difficult topics like sanctions against iran? does moscow have any leverage when it comes to iran? >> this is very unclear. i don't believe there was any thought in the obama administration to connect this decision today on missile defense to gaining any additional russian concessions. and in fact, that played out. the russian foreign minister lavrov just released a statement shortly saying that on iran, russia did not believe that there is any appropriate mech

to be fair to the obama administration, the bush administration handled it the same way -- i should say mishandled it the same way because they were so intent on starting these discussions. the obama administration has most obviously in their poor response to the uprising in iran after the elections has shown itself totally incapable of actually confronting iran when it was doing really really bad things and saying, in effect, we are willing to do anything and let you do anything so that we can engage you in diplomacy and engage you as an equal, which is a very important sub clause. bret: charles, we have a couple of weeks developing here with this nuclear issue that there are a lot of questions that i don't know if we're going to see answers to before the u.n. security council. >> the clock is ticking until midnight here. the fact that we had an earlier report about the prime minister of israel on a secret mission to moscow ostensibly about having the russians not send anti-aircraft missiles which would defeat an israeli attack. israel is on the verge. it's not going to wait. the unite

the way the other administrations have." the governor said he was not demeaning president obama's record. another one of the president's czars is in hot water for past comments. federal communication commission czar mark lloyd said hugo chavez led an incredible revolution and lloyd tells "the washington times" his comment was misinterpreted. another comment raising eyebrows was lloyd speaking about the need to remove white people from the media to give minorities a chance "unless we are conscious to have more people of color and gays and other people in those positions, we won't change the problem, but we're in a position where you have to say who is going to step down so someone else can have power." and activities here at the u.n. this week including tuesday's climate change conference are generating a large carbon footprint, from international travel, lengthy motorcades and clogged streets. well, "the new york times" reports u.n. administrators are of attempting to calculate the carbon dioxide produced by the delegates in

we see the administration's national security policy emerge. it undercuts allies and to iran and north korea. this unilateral decision underlines allies specifically the polls and the czech. they've provided steadfast support to the u.s. and afghanistan. the administration is capitulating to ration demand rewarding russia for its divisive policies and actions despite the administration's adamant statements that it wasn't linking the follow-up treaty with missile defense on the eve of negotiations they give russia what they wanted. partly it seems to me the way to start a negotiation. contrary to the intelligence and evidence reports that indicated growing iranian threat. the obama administration claims the threat is now downgraded. we have seen nothing to indicate any downgrade of the threat. iranian behavior on the past year clearly demonstrates their intent and capability to develop long-range missiles. obama is clearly reneged on his pledge made in prague that he would move forward with european missile defense as long as the threat from iran

and the fact that the -- this administration and the prior administration continues to take out senior leadership, not just in east africa, but also in the pakistan and afghan border region, the pace of that matters because you start to deplete the bench which is not as deep as one would think. >> from a military point of view, how is the obama administration conducting the so-called war on terror differently than the bush administration? or do you not see any real qualitative differences? >> well, this is an interesting case study because i think this is actually potentially more aggressive than the bush administration was in somalia. what the press reports indicate is that navy s.e.a.l.s actually operated on the ground to kill saleh nabhan and his compatriots. and so in a sense it's a bit more aggressive. and in a sense, i don't think there has been a fundamental change in how the counterterrorism activities, the day-to-day work, the killing and capturing of individuals, the defense against plots, i don't think much of that, frankly, has changed. i think there's a fundamental continu

eight months into the obama administration, is u.s. foreign policy headed in the right direction or the wrong direction? you can tell us what you think by going to the "how you see it" section of our website at worldfocus.org. >>> in central america, in honduras, supporters of deposed president manuel zelaya again took to the streets last night in defiance of a government curfew. zelaya has been holed up in the brazilian embassy in honduras after sneaking back into the country on monday. it has been reported that six people have died in those clashes, a claim that's been denied by the government. deutsche welle reports on the standoff from the honduran capital of tegucigalpa. >> reporter: clashes erupted in tegucigalpa as supporters again took to the streets despite the extended curfew. >> translator: we're here to defy the curfew because as the republic's constitution says, we don't have to take orders from a government created by a coup d'etat. >> reporter: the street protests and growing internat pressure appear to be having some eff

the u.s. administration -- they mistrust the u.s. administration. it is the same with the u.s. side.age will remain. it is very important, the trust and confidence. during the war in vietnam, the pentagon is where every plan of action, every plan or program operation, but last year the u.s. visit to promote change. it is not easy to do, i can tell you. it is hard to arrange that visit. it is one of the things that makes people from both sides feel comfortable that the military are working together. in the past, the u.s. was in vietnam to fight. but in the last seven or eight years, the u.s. warship has been in the vietnamese port and the u.s. hospital has recently allowed the u.s. warship to search for m.i.a. in our territory. this is a very crucial step that they build up our cooperation. that is something that remains, that we ask for a sanction of buying weapons from the united states. it is one of the things in visiting, talking from your side, that we are moving back to confidence among each other. we appreciate the contributions and support from the ngo, from the administration

host: during the end of the bush administration through these months of the obama administration, whats your take the remedies the administration and congress tried to put forward? guest: what i think has happened in the past few months is the biggest improvement they have made in terms of the amount of public investment, and that has stabilized the economy substantially. the second was the banking reform. to allow people to get some confidence in the marketplace because what happens is when banking reform kicks into place -- and the second part is reining in the bonuses. because bonuses and its own right is not as important what the consequences -- risk-taking allow them to have higher bonuses and higher risk taking is a situation -- where they really should not be going. host: our guests -- punjab university in india and indicated in london and university of bradford. he is yash gupta, dean of the carey business school in johns hopkins. the look of a new to that position feared what you hope to achieve? guest: one of the most important things -- we are trying to create a new kind of

the first important difference is that this administration recognized early, i think unlike the bush administration in iraq, you need to invest now in order to avoid having to kind of pay later, so make the commitment on troops early in the process when you see it going south. the second difference in afghanistan is that the u.s. is very popular inside afghanistan and the taliban is very unpopular. they've done a number of polls and the u.s. has a faverability rating from 60 to 80% and the taliban about 10%. that's very important because you need to be able to build on popular support and win the hearts and minds of the local people. really, the third kind of difference is that this administration has been able, unlike the previous administration, to achieve bipartisan report. lindsey graham said yesterday basically the administration has been doing the right thing in afghanistan. i think there's clearly now a need for troop increase to about 130,000, but the administration is really pushing the afghanis to step up to the plate and increase their security forces to 400,000. at the end

people are distrusting the president's motives or the administration's motives. it is not just about the speech it is about the lesson plan. i think it is unfortunate. i think -- it almost seems a shame to say what's the harm in a presidency? i think the president should be given the opportunity -- >> the governor of minnesota said there's a sense that it is being hoisted on the schools. is there la jat mat criticism? students could write letters to say how to help the president. >> i traveled to afghanistan in february of '02, we took with us letters from students in our own congressional districts along with seven other members of congress to deliver them to students in afghanistan. we asked them to do it. we thought a clever and smart and interesting way for kids to connect. i wish when i was in fourth grade the president of the united states when i was in fourth grade, it would have been 1978 or '79, jimmy carter was president. i wish in '82 when i was in seventh grade he said study hard work hard and obey your teachers. if that's bad in america today, we have

we believe that it was the administrative position. whether it was georgia or war, whatever, something always happens which changes the american position, and for many years now, i have received different reports from people who are on the negotiating team that we have four or six months left in order to finalize it. and then we will be in the wto. and it does not happen. and when i met with mr. kerr in st. petersburg, i said that we have been discussing wto acces sion for 16 years, and for 13 years we have been discussing with belarus and others and, the creating of a customs union. -- and kazastan, the creating of a customs union. people are observing and. we said, ok, if you do not want us to be within the wto as soon as possible, then we will create a customs union which will be enforced in january the first, 2010, and then we will synchronize accession along with the two and other countries. even making that announcement, president and prime minister said that our strategic aim is to become a member of the the boat of. -- of the wt

the next that is all administrations do this. they will say fine, we will get somebody else who is the president's private adviser that is not subject to senate confirmation. they will accomplish the purpose that they all pursue. it gets close to the executive privilege, separation of powers between the congress and executive branch. we would be wasting our time to try to track down every czar and say that person is subject to senate confirmation. we would rather spend our time working with great people we have. and also talk informally to nancy. she has given us lots of good information, but i don't know having her testify would advance the cause of health care reform. >> i don't believe in it is a waste of time for congress to assert its authority in this idea of, there is a constant struggle between the branches of government, between judiciary, congress and the president. if you don't fight for each branch of power, you can get more power concentrated in to that branch. that is the reason our founders set up this idea of separ

did the administration lose control of the health care debate? >> well, look, if this is a difficult issue, david, we have been trying to solve this for decades and the problem has gotten worse as washington ditherred. the reason it is difficult is because it inpyres great passions. we knew that. the president of the united states is not sitting there reading his poll numbers. the numbers he is reading are the 12 million people who have been excluded from insurance in the last few years because of a pre-existing condition. he's reading letters from people who have lost their insurance simply because they became seriously ill. he's worried about the continued doubling every ten years of health care costs and what that means for families and businesses and the government itself. those are the numbers that he cares about. that's what he's focused on and he believes that if you do the right thing, you solve problems, that the rest will take care of itself. so, you know, we are going to forge forward, get this done. it will be an advancement for the a

nor did we get a single person within the administration, the bush administration now who saw that theadventure into iraq was going to hurt our counter-terrorism efforts and hurt our security and was violating the constitution in terms of treaties, another example would be treaties on torture and our domestic laws on torture. people who saw that clearly, not one of them leaked to congress or to the press. >> obviously, there were conflicting opinions and conflicting evidence on wmds and let me come back to this. >> go ahead. when it came to lying about the nature of the evidence that the evidence was unequivocal, that was as much of a lie as saying that evidence of the attack on august 4th on our destroyers was unequivocal. >> you're comparing the bush administration's building of the case to go to war with iraq with lyndon johnson's incident, just to be clear. >> i am indeed. it's exactly the same in the performance not only by the president, but by all of the people who knew that it was a disaster and i could name names, if you want. >> let me -- we're short on time. let me take you

the administration is adopting a new european missile defense strategy that has clearly bruised some our staunchest allies in europe while encouraging hardliners in my view. the decision by the administration to back way from its missile defense commitment to the czech republic and poland can only demonstrate to the rest of europe that the united states is not prepared to stand behind its friends that the united states views resetting its relations with russia more important than commitments made to close friends and allies and that the administration is willing to let russia have veto power of the disposition of our missile defense architecture. missile defense in europe is not and should not be viewed in moscow as some new form of post-war aggression. prudent response to the belligerent threats the iran regime continues to pose to the united states and the world. one of the troubling rationals for this new approach is base on the asimmings -- assumption the long-range iranian missile threat threat is not materializing as quickly as previously assessed and the real threat is in the

bret: the obama administration is close to committing another chunk of your tax dollars to prop up the housing market. fox business network correspond entsd peter barnes is here with details. >> this is a corner of the mortgage market you may not have heard about. this is financed through local and state financing agencies. they back about 100,000 mortgages a year, mainly to first-time home buyers or low-income home buyers at lower rates. sources say later this week, the administration will announce up to $35 billion in government assistance for these federal housing financing agencies. this is something that the president said he would consider when he first got into office. bret: and some breaking news this afternoon about the fdic looking for help from banks to shore up its dwindling funds what is the deal with this? >> right. the fdic has taken over more than 100 banks in the financial crisis and as a result that has squeezed the fdic's deposit insurance fund, which insures your bank deposit up to $250,000. the fund has gone from $50 billion two years ago to $10 billion and that is

the c.i.a. directors across four administrations including the clinton administration and they make a strong case. this is basically double jeopardy. no one says there is a reason to go back unless you're pursuing and political or anti-c.i.a. agenda. bret: another investigation on a federal level, definitely on a state level in a number of different states, acorn. the story continues to blow up and now the c.e.o. of acorn is going to appear on fox news sunday with chris wallace this weekend. where does this go and what about this story? >> this is the most effective investigative reporting we have seen in a long time. it is incredible. you have a couple 20-somethingings with gumption and pluck and dressed basically like they're going to a bad costume party exposing this organization and leading to immediate, within a week, votes in both chambers of congress to cut their funding. now, there's still some procedural things about getting these bills to agree in the house and senate, but i think unless acorn pulls a miracle out of a hat and changes the trajectory of the story, they're going to lose th

the rest of the world addressed it except during the bush administration it was definitely put on the back burner. so we have two months to talk about this and we shall have had years. >> climate change, again like tracy said on the back burner but it will be very expensive when it comes back and bakley a raise in utility bills for the middle class. that the main argument. >> that is exactly what it is. honestly, what is the source of man's wealth? where does wealth and productivity come from in doesn't come from a meeting in copenhagen. it comes from man's mind, freedom, liberty, a free market. that is what both these initiatives, climate change and healthcare reform, both seek to destroy. the climate initiatives are a tax on productivity. whatever form it takes, cap and trade or whatnot, the idea is make it more expensive to use the earth. >> howard, do you want to respond? >> that is ridiculous. let's see what it will cost. it will cost the average income earner about $147 a year. if you look at the long-term effect of climate change and talking in spurring on a new economy and cre

>>> tonight on "worldfocus" -- >> defying the obama administration, israel announces an expansion of settlements in the west bank, but is an accommodation in the works? as congress and the president try to fashion a grand compromise on health care, we will bring you part two of our series looking at other health care systems around the world. tonight, british health care under the microscope. we begin a "worldfocus" "signature series" on women in the muslim world. tonight, the very complicated situation inside iran, a unique look. and what are these little penguins in australia telling us about climate change? >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. we're going to begin tonight with a deeper look at a story that you will be hearing a lot about in the coming weeks but is under the radar for most american television news. the middle east peace process and what many see as a pivotal issue. it is the building of jewish settlements in the west bank on lands that the palestinians claim as theirs. it's also about a potential freeze on such building, something that the obama administration is

we had the framework agreement during the clinton administration. we need to get back to that. we need a denuclearized korean peninsula. and hopefully through these diplomatic channels, through the sanctions that security council put on north korea through the hard work of our allies in china and russia and our allies in japan and republic of korea and our... the people who are participating in those talks will convince north koreans that their future lies going down the path of denuclearization. but clearly things had gotten to a bad place and hopefully now there have been some signs that they're willing to reengage and. one of the other things we had made the request of was that they released the south korean businessman who they had taken also captive into the south korean fisherman who had wandered into north korean waters. they have subsequently done that and i know that... i'm just back from beijing and chief negotiator for the koreans whose name is also kim was in beijing for high-level discussions with the chinese as part of the 60th anniversary of the p.r.c. but obvious

the administration, culture, healthcare through our agreement. chair a coordinating committee along with prime minister maliky. also on the docket will be meetings related to afghanistan and pack tan. president obama has stated our core goal. to disrupt, dismantle the extremist al qaeda. this is a goal we share with afghanistan, pakistan and the international community. in fact, pursuing al qaeda was the basis of the u. n.góc resolution that authorized the military action our long term security is connected with the security and well being of the people around the country. the resent afghan elections illustrate the promise and challenge of afghanistan. we will continue to encourage all parties to respect the international institution's charge with determining the final outcome of the election process. when the next president is elected, we will work to increase relations. i will meet with the president of costa rica to continue our efforts to resolve the crisis in honduras. i will be meeting with donors and other stake holders to continue to help

this is all in the administration's program with congress. host: the president has a lot to get done with healthcare and energy as well. how quickly do you think he can get something passed congress? guest: the president will speak to wall street today. he sees its importance. i leave it to congress to time these different reforms. host: good morning, houston, on the independent line. caller: thank you. i purchased fannie mae and freddie mac bonds which were collateralized mortgage obligations. when the crisis started i didn't detail the investigation -- i did a detailed investigation of what i owned. i am an attorney. the homes that were the collateral, there was no description of them. there was no recording of the securitized interests in those towns in the property records. this is accounting 101, banking 101 and law school 101. if there is a bond collateralized, then there must be in the till district action -- description that must be updated on an annual basis. they threw those rules out the window. if there is a security interest in re

this goes back to the bush administration. e intelligence community has been watching this site, which is about 100 miles southwest of tehran. it is a spiritual center. there are a lot of muslim shrines. it is curious that they decided to build this secret facility in qom. we are told it was being built inside a mountain and that it was close to these shrines -- this has been part of iran's strategy, to place them in places where would be very difficult to strike them from the air. the fact that it is inside a mountain and the fact that it would have 3000 centrifuges. the president said today that clearly did notes that it was not for civilian purposes. this is another example of potential military use for its centrifuges and its enrichment program. trace: we are getting more information. i am just getting this. ahmadinejad goes on to say it is really bad for three heads of state to accuse us without any evidence or documentation. if the big mistakes are repeated, how can we have any hope of real change? we think fundamental ch

what can the administration do? the pressure is on them not to take their foot off the accelerator too soon. when the president goes to pittsburgh next week i expect that willing one of the commitments he and the other leaders of the g-20 make, which is not to hastily withdraw the fiscal stimulus and not have the central banks quickly raise rates because of the fear of inflation. >> could i ask you quickly about the psychology of this? we've talked over the past year about the psychological of the markets and of a recession. will this change people's spending habits and is it not a good thing? >> the psychological -- schol already has changed actually. the stock market is up 50%. >> but regular consumers? >> regular consumers are facing two new realities. used to be if you had a post, you could get a loan. that'sover. and obama in his speesm monday said -- made it clear his priority is to create a structure where those kind of loans are never made again. also the public has lost $2 trillion of their wealth in the pas

information to undermine the obama administration's prosecution. et: wendell, thank you. acorn makes a move to win back public credibility and public financing, and the obama administration gets a small win in its case against the accused 9/11 conspirators. bret: in news around the world, a top aide to benjamin netanyahu says israel will not agree to a freeze on settlements in the west bank. netanyahu is set to meet with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and president obama tuesday in new york. abbas has insisted on a settlement freeze as a condition to reopening peace talks. iranian president ahmadinejad says he is proud that his most recent denial of the holocaust has enraged the west. friday ahmadinejad questioned whether the holocaust was a real event. today he said, quote, the anger of the world's proprofessional killers is a source of pride for us, and ap [applause] parent reference to the u.s. and israel. ahmadinejad addresses the u.n. general assembly wednesday. the president of honduras has returned three months after being forced out, ze

we want the obama administration to step up to the plate. there are a lot of pressures on the president and his administration to deal with a number of different issues but there is nothing more compelling, nothing more important than the health of the planet. health care is really important on an individual basis, but if we don't have a healthy planet weave got no place else to live so we need to get the job done. and copenhagen represents important opportunity, the meeting at the u.n. is an important opportunity and must not be lost. >> here we are a decade after kyoto and nothing has been accomplished yet going into the copenhagen meetings we are told there won't be agreements but this is delaying any real progress on climate change. how do you resolve, peter, the conflict between india and china on one hand and the developing world, people at different stages of economic development in a recession where floebl growth, economic growth is said to be more important than climate change. a lot of issues. >> complicated question. i start out d

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to be honest, i don'think the administration hashe option. he esident campaigned on this being war of necessity. committed 7,700 troops earlier this year and 4,00 ainers. so i tnk to make that dramatic of a shi would be a prblem, not only strategally, but litically. gwen: i was going toay if al qaeda is sll now widely consered to be based in pakistan, what is the argument and is ther any argent made any more for pursuing alqaeda or is the talinlinked to al qaeda in afghanistan proper. >> that is the question. what is e relationship between the taliban and al aeda. in 2001 before e attacks tt alqaeda subsidized the taliban finanally. theyon't need that any ore. it's the taliban subsiding al eda. ose who support sending more tops in say, ys, they'rein pakistan, but if you ge them the oppounity to come back to ghanistan, that becomes a sa haven,t gives hem more oppounity so the plan d practice attacks and imakes it harder for the united stes to monitor with those drone attacks. but they haven't answered publicly that ndamental question. gwen: thn

the bush administration nor the obama administration have wanted to do anything about health care. don't have the kind of bureaucracy we have in britain. we pay much more for drugs because we're essentially paying for the r and d for the world. the french, the canadians pay muchle less for the drugs. we pay the production cost plus the cost for all the r and d, and the massive lobbying that the drug industry undertakes to be maintain its privileged position in the american economy. but perhaps one of the greatest tragedies are the tort lawyers, the malpractice lawyers, which are very prominent the democratic party. president obama gave them a pass right at the beginning of the health care reform crisis, so why should the drug manufacturers chip in very much? the $80 billion they're shifting on medical costs. why should the hospital administrations be afraid when any reform in their marketplace is years away and they have lots of opportunities to marshal their army of lobbyists before they're really happening? if we took on the real proobs, not -- the real problems. i spend time in

the administration must also raise the profile of u.s. political and economic cooperation for eastern europe. perhaps even to find ways to put american boots on the ground in selected countries. the second question nato must ask is, should the alliance's performance in afghanistan lead to a reassessment of out of area activities? during the cold where, a majority for an extension of naidas interest beyond its territorial and military court, thinking they could endanger the consensus over a direct soviet risk -- threat. many focused -- many thought that a focus on elsewhere would bring out differences between alliance members and sharp and ideological differences. that may have been true at some points during the cold war, but the geopolitical situation we face today is very different. the alliance would be greatly diminished if it were to constrain itself to defending only against conventional military threats targeted against members. the success of nato in afghanistan remains inextricably linked to the americas on a legacy there. we wou