i was at the hague. what i am interested in is the truth. i am interested in getting the facts. i am interested in true honest research, and then will make some policy decisions. we certainly don't need to do that now, and it appears to me that the science that is real that is emerging is that this is not something we need to do draconian things to our economy to combat. >> you mentioned a moment ago that you were not impressed with al gore. recently the association for the advancement of society put out a statement reaffirming the overwhelming view that we are seeing global warming. the world meteorological organization put out a statement that the last decade has been the hottest on record. regarding the emailed even casting aside the data from some are used similarly unimpressed with all those scientific credentials? >> i would just encourage you and your colleagues to really look at the data. they are just as many datasets that showed temperature in local areas in the united states going down the last hundred figures as they are going up. -- the last 150 years. all the insti

parliament, and i think most importantly the war crimes trial by the international criminal tribunal at the hague including the milosevic trial and the trial of other value can figures. at the transcripts of these trials present an unusually rich resource for understanding the origins of these wars, and i relied in particular on the prosecution witnesses primarily because they're vastly more interesting. and out of this picture comes a very different you saiding of yiewg -- understanding of yugoslavia, and i argue that foreign intervention in yugoslavia did not solve the humanitarian problem. on the contrary, it helped to create the problem in the first place. i argue it led to the break up of yugoslavia which i point out was caused at least in part by intervention by foreign powers, and that it helped spread violence and intensify the violence in places like bosnia and later coats slow. vote slow. okay? now, let me note a number of points. my study is primarily a study of foreign intervention in yugoslavia. i do not dispute that internal factors were extremely important. i deal with those intern

international aid organizations, an effort that secretary clinton will carry forward next week at the hague. make no mistake, our efforts will fail in afghanistan and pakistan if we don't invest in their future. that's why my budget includes indy spenceable investments in our state department and foreign investment. these investments contribute directly to security and make the american people safer and save us an enormous amount of money in the long run. it's far cheaper to train a policeman to secure his or her own village and to -- than to help a farmer seed a crop, or to help a farmer seed a crop than to send our troops to fight tour after tour of duty with no transition to afghan government. the days of unaccountable spending, no-bid contracts and wasteful spending will end. i call for a stronger inspector general at boston ends and include robust funding for afghan reconstruction. we cannot turn a blind eye to the corruption that causes afghans to lose faith in their own leaders. instead, we'll seek a new contact with the afghan government that cracks down on corrupt behavior and sets

and once again that's something else that the foreign secretary will be taking forward. >> mr. william hague? >> well, we know the foreign secretary will be taking it forward but the prime minister has twice announced new sanctions against iran without them ever taking effect. and isn't it time now that the prime minister to ensure that an effective new wave of sanctions are set out including a ban on any new european investment in iranian oil and gas. the prime minister announced in the middle of last year and those sanctions that exist in the united states. so will she ensure as leader of the house that a statement will be made to parliament early in the new year by the prime minister or the foreign secretary what at this critical point this country and the european union and the united nations security council are prepared to do? >> well, indeed. the prime minister mentioned this in his statement following the european council and as leader of the house i make sure that the house is kept updated on this important issue. but how telling it is, mr. speaker, on this day, today is the day whe

host: the netherlands, the hague, associate press saying the dutch government says failed christmas dayirline attack was "professional but executed poorly." we do have this e-mail from nancy in tucson. host: again, if you want to send us an e-mail, journal@c- span.org. marinette, new york, karen on our democrats line. caller: i'm calling because i'm getting really frustrated and angry with the republicans on practically every issue, including this one. i think that obama did the right thing. immediately the republican peter king, you know, they start ratcheting up the fear in people. i think you gather -- he gathered intelligence to make the statements. no, it is not easy. in the bush administration, everyone seems to forget that prior to 9/11, cheyney and bush were aware -- cheney and bush were aware of the events that happened and did absolutely nothing. i don't believe obama did. new know, the republicans are coming up with every piece of crap that they can find in there about to put him down and the administration down. i am not saying that they should investigate more fairly napoli

i also attended kyoto and the hague's. i have been a participant at the congressional level on the climate change debate for the last 20 years. i'm going to start off by putting into the record a suppressed report congressman poe just spoke about that has never, before this evening, been made public in its entiring unexpurr gated form. the title of the report is "comments on the draft technical support document for greenhouse gas emissions under the clean air act." this report was compiled by doctor allen car lynn who is a -- carlin who is a career scientist at the e.p.a. at one time he self-described himself, i'm told, as a global warming believer. he prepared this report, he works in a group within the e.p.a. that is responsible for conducting an internal review of some of the draft orders before they go public. i'm not going to read the entire report. i'm going to read excerpts of the preface and the executive summary and then i will put the entire report into the record. this is from the executive summary and the prefac

to justice in the context of darfur has been one of the rebel leaders to voluntary showed up in the hagueso i think there's no question that there has not been accountability for that. now will there be consequences? the united states has imposed in the past sanctions on sudan, not only for what has transpired in darfur, for its support for terrorism, for its atrocities and human rights abuses in the context the long-standing context of the north-south conflict. and the president's new policy for sudan highlights first of all the important he attaches to affect of action. it balances three very important and simultaneous priorities. one, in the mass atrocities, killings, violence, genocide and darfur. two, effectively implementing the north-south peace agreement, the comprehensive peace agreement so that the final stage of the just and fair referendum can occur in people of southern sudan can determine their own future and preventing sudan from again serving as a safe haven for international mail terrorist like al qaeda. those are three important core goals that are essential to our inter

that's my first point.Ñi with regards to the copen haguing and what chris called the age of obama.at's quite right. i think the president does think things take a longer time. the president is willing to engage in this long-term diplomacy. it's good to think in those terms. the premier of china doesn't face those concerns. president obama does. if his party gets a preventative spanking in 2010, he's not going to be able to act out on these long term things he talks about going from shok to transas gas prices go up and down this is probably good for the country. i'm not sure it is good for the. >> i'm 72 years old and i'm one of those who haveñr paid into medicare all my life and now i'm going to loose it. are you still there? >> i sure am. i'm listening to you. >> we get the first flight of that when they tried to change the mammogram thing with the younger women. why would you take that away? >> if you put in what you have 4sqjyrñÑi it is all in place. by the time it gets to court to say hey, it's unconstitutional but we have all the funding in place. we have the agency set up. we

meanwhile, she shoots back says why is governor schwarzenegger pushing for the same policies in copen hague than drove his state to deficit. >> i think that is absurd. that is one of the absurdities we have heard from governor palin. as a citizen of the state, trying to reduce emissions is not what pushed california to the brink of disasters. and i think it speaks to how she values science or how she refuse s to view science. >> larry: ben, you put your face in in your hands. >> i am some what of a fan of sarah pannins. the jury is still out. there is a lot of data that the serth cooler than 1,000 years ago, 2,000 years ago and the youry it s out about whether or not there is global warming. and the connection between that and the california budget problems is nil. there is no connection at all. there is one issue, climate change may be a fraud, california budget problems are real and painful and they are not a fraud. >> larry: you are not man of the year, barney, having said that, who would you have selected? >> i wouldn't have selected anybody. i do want to get in on palin and schwarzeneg

Ñi with regards to the copen haguing and what chris called the age of obama.ts that do preventive spanking where as the democrats use the naughty chair. >> exactly. that's quite right. i think the president does think things take a longer time. the president is willing to engage in this long-term diplomacy. it's good to think in those terms. the premier of china doesn't face those concerns. president obama does. if his party gets a preventative spanking in 2010, he's not going to be able to act out on these long term things he talks about going from shok to transas gas prices go up and down this is probably good for the country. i'm not sure it is good for the. >> i'm 72 years old and i'm one of those who haveñr paid into medicare all my life and now i'm going to loose it. are you still there? >> i sure am. i'm listening to you. >> we get the first flight of that when they tried to change the mammogram thing with the younger women. why would you take that away? >> if you put in what you have 4sqjyrñÑi it is all in place. by the time it gets to court to say hey

with this amendment -- the presiding officer: the senator has used her time. hague -- we will ensure as the old saying goes, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" for women across america. thank you, madam president. mrs. murray: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: thank you, madam president. madam president, i want to add my thanks to the senator from maryland for bringing forward this important issue as we address health care reform in this country to ensure that all of our families have access to health care. one of the most important things we can do is to make sure that the care givers in their families, the women, get access to preventive care so that they can take care of their families. this amendment will require all of the health plans to cover comprehensive women's preventive care and screenings and at no cost to women. that's extremely important. we all understand that. but especially in these tough economic times when families across the country are struggling, one of the results has been that a

this is drawing money from the purse of the taxpayers to go into the coffers of someone else. host: thank you. senator hague snn guest: well, you've got two issues here. one is on immigration and the other is on our emergency rooms. and first of all, we do have an immigration problem and that's something that needs to be solved. i think certainly -- we certainly don't have truckloads of people coming in across the border. we need to realize we need more security guards and immigration is something we should be picking up but this bill specifically states in law in write that illegal immigrants will not be covered under this bill. there's a separate provision that if somebody shows up in an emergency room in our country that they are seen however there's not treatment or follow up treatment. this is not preventative care or any sort of long-term care. and you know, i think that the schip program for children will definitely cover children in our country, low-income poverty children so that they will be covered. and i think that's a great program that we have going forward right now. host: senator, question v

yet the president has sent advisors to copen hague ton devise and deliver another job killer. negotiators from around the world convened in the danish capital with the goal of developing a successor to the failed kyoto protocol which sought to reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. when kyoto was approved, the senate approved a u.s. policy that our country would not enter into any climate treat yay that leaves out developing neighs or hurts the american economy. in passing the resolution, the senate recognized the damage such an agreement would do to the u.s. economy. the president and his negotiators would be wise to abide by these guidelines today as any agreement reached in copenhagen would likely be more devastating to the american economy than kyoto. but it's not just copenhagen that americans have to worry about. the president wants to pursue an environmental agenda in any way he can, including thru cap and trade. in my view, cap and trade, approved by the house of representatives in june, remains one of the most damaging pieces of legislation ever passed by the house

we'll look at the tea party movement with the president of teaparty.org, dale robertson and senator kay haguepinion. "washington journal" begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> book tv this weekend. timothy carney suggests that president obama is really a champion of big business and wall street. his book is obamanomics. after greg mortenson on girl schools. get the entire weekend schedule on booktv.org. >> groups opposed to health care legislation held a rally on capitol hill tuesday. speakers included republican senators tom coburn of oklahoma, jim demint of oklahoma and richard burr. we'll also hear from radio talk show host laura ingram. >> the rally is about to begin. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome tim phillips, president of americans for pros parity. and let's give them hand and thank them right now for what they are doing. [applause] we gather today with a very simple message for this president and for majority leader harry reed. keep your hands off our health care. right? [applause] you know, since this past summer we -- almost 500 on our bus tour rallies. for places like oce

the creation of jobs helps reduce the deficit. ' theÑi creation of job we want to make sure our initiatives are paid for. >> madam speaker, when do you leave for copen haguee? >> i'm very excited that i can go to copenhagen, because until we had all our work done, we were never sure about that. as you may know, the issue of climate change and environment for america has been the flagship of my speakership. i established a select committee, chaired by chairman markey, to take us to a place that recognized it's in our national security issue, interest, to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. it's a health issue to reduce the emissions in the air, it's an economic issue to invest in innovation and create good-paying green jobs here in america and be number one in technological innovation and it's a moral issue if youñr believe, as many of us do, that this planet is god's gift and we have a moral responsibility to preserve it and pass it on to future generations intact. i'm veryçó pleased with the success we have had in a term of even when president bush was president, we passed a strong energy bill which he signed into law. many of our initiatives could not