the united states is obviously a very close ally of israel. it has always supported israel very strongly. it has always sought the best interest of israel materially and morally, the united states is supporting the israeli side. president obama is saying that he also wants to support the palestinians, morally and materially. morally is very important. i think that is probably one of the most important things that he mentioned in his speech, the moral support of getting justice for the palestinians. without the united states come in one way or another, morally, physically, historically, politically in every way -- without the united states, i do not think we could expect anything major to happen between the israelis and the palestinians. their role is very important and the role of the arabs is very important. i think that is something that he stressed in his speech in cairo. host: if you just joined us or are you -- or if you are listening on c-span radio, our guest is abderrahim foukara, the washington bureau chief for al jazeera arabic. our n

two years earlier, the united states attorney had prosecuted and convicted tuscaloosa dr. philip vogel, medicaid fraud. he was a friend of governor siegelman, who, in the same year, 2002, had been narrowly defeated in his re-election bid. by 2004, ex-governor siegelman was leading in the polls for the next gubernatorial race, and that's for both potential democratic and republican candidates. dr. vogel had a number of contracts with medicaid to provide medical care in the western area of alabama's -- it was alleged he had violated the state's competitive bid laws and committed other acts of fraud in connection with those contracts. he was tried, convicted. the case went to the 11th circuit court of appeals, and the circuit reversed the convictions. remarkable in itself, because the 11th circuit is no bastian of liberality. the circuit found that the indictment was defective, that the competitive bid law was not applicable, because contracts for professional services are exempted from that law, and more importantly, the circuit seriously questioned whether the evidence prese

kent, judge of the united states district court for the southern district of texas. the presiding officer: the managers on the part of the house will be received and assigned their seats. the presiding officer: the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. sergeant at arms: hear ye! hear ye! hear ye! all persons are commanded to keep silent, on pain of imprisonment, while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states articles of impeachment against samuel b. kent, judge of the united states district court for the southern district of texas. the presiding officer: the managers on the part of the house will proceed. mr. schiff: mr. president, the managers on the part of the house of representatives are here present and ready to present the articles of impeachment which have been preferred by the house of representatives against samuel b. kent, judge of the united states district court for the southern district of texas. the house adopted the following resolution, which with the permission of the president of the senate i will read: h.

host: you think the united states should go in and try to overturn the election? caller: over to -- overturned ahmadinejad while the people are at it. it seems that a lot of people are rising up against them, more so than i have seen. host: what you think the response would have been in 2000 if somebody tried to overturn the results of our own disputed 2000 election? caller: well, we are not that kind of a country, though. we do not cut people off from the rest of the world. host: another twitter frothat ss "we have heard this drumbeat of mushroom clouds and wmd's before. i do not buy it." north dakota, good morning. caller: i just wanted to first thank you for this discussion. for understanding that there are people dying in to run right now. they tried, not because they love him, but because they want a leader to help not because of the weapon. sorry that i am shaking right now. somebody, please, many people have died. i just want to tell the american people to hear the young voices from iran. they hate the regime, they hate ahmadinejad. that is why we were the

over 400,000 of them in the united states. never was it thought that they had all of the rights under the constitution. but this question has basically been treated by federal courts in the past with this perspective. the connection you have to the united states is what determines your coverage under the constitution. that's why someone coming over the border illegally doesn't have the right to all of the constitutional protections because the only connection to the united states is trying to get in illegally. here we have people sitting at guantanamo whose only connection to the united states is that we have reason to believe that they wanted to kill americans. anywhere in the world. and so now what we are saying is , if we take them from guantanamo and put them in the united states, they have a connection to the united states. they were brought here involuntarily and the legal arguments that for years have presented a barrier from them obtaining all constitutional rights, that barrier is pulled down. so while this bill has la

the united states is a critical friend and ally of france, and vice versa. i personally considered nicolas sarkozy a friend. i think he feels the same way. since i know i can always pick up the phone and talk to him, that it is not necessary for me to spend huge amounts of time other than just getting business done when i am here. at some point i will be the ex president. then you will find me in france i am sure quite a bit having fun. i said the same thing in germany yesterday where they were asking you did not have an overnight here. i think you guys are reading too much into my schedule. my main issue has to do with the fact that when i take these foreign trips, it is to get business done because i also have an economy where the unemployment rate is 9.4%. we still have to pass financial regulations that will prevent the kind of crisis we have seen from happening again. that all requires a lot of work. so my travel schedule is always limited. >> in a democracy one has to accept all criticism and comments. let me tell you sincerely. do you think that we don

states in a hospital in the united states. it is a rush -- lush beautiful writing about medicine and immigration and it is about ethiopia in bad times and it is a wonderful book. the other book, south asian book takes place in calcutta and is called a sacred games and is by -- it is in that tradition of life imitating art. it would have been in mumbai last year was almost as though they were following a script from sacred games. sacred games is dominated by two major characters. an underworld boss who has all kinds of ties to nationalist groups and so although he is interested in money he is also doing the will of some of the fundamentalist hindu fundamentalist politicians in the good guy in the book is a police detective who is on the side of virtue and goodness and democracy. there are. against each other in this year's novel which is a wonderful book to take away on a trip. so those are my recommendations. i could go on and on but i try to narrow it down. thank you for asking me. >> to see more summer reading lists and other

in 2007, a joint report by the united nations office of drug and crime and the world bank linked some of the rising crime rates in caribbean nations to an increase in drug shipment. in the previous congress i introduced h.res. 1504, which calls for increased cooperation between the united states and caribbean officials to combat this problem. last week i stood proudly on this floor to express my support for provisions which were in h.r. 2410, the foreign relations authorization act of 2009, which added the caribbean community or caricom to the ma ridia initiative. i also want to commend the honorable barbara lee for her work in establishing the cheryly chisholm education alex change program authorized within the bill -- educational exchange program authorized within the bill. madam speaker, it is with great pride think a stand here a descendent of caribbean immigrants, able to stand in the house of representatives, second generation representing a constituency that is the dispora of the caribbean region and i'm proud here that we here in the u.s. capitol take this time to commemorate

the united states is obviously a very close ally of israel. it has always supported israel very strongly. it has always sought the best interest of israel materially and morally, the united states is supporting the israeli side. president obama is saying that he also wants to support the palestinians, morally and materially. materially. without the united states in one way or another, morley, physically, historically, one way or the other -- without the united states, i do not think we could expect anything to happen to be israelis and palestinians. but their role is important. i think that is what he stressed in his speech in cairo. host: if you just joined us, our guest is the washington bureau chief for al jazeera. our next call is vincent, joining us from ohio on the phone. thank you. good morning. caller: my question is, if the middle east did not have any oil, if there was no oil in the middle east, do you think the united states would be so invasive in a worrying about what we call human rights in another country? mai basic, it is that w

>> [speaking italian] >> i took an oath of gratitude towards the united states. it gave me freedom and gave my country dignity after wwii. i am here to cooperate with the president' obama as i did with president clinton and president bush. i hope we can build a friendly relationship. i will be more than happy to do so with president obama. i think we have a good start. >> absolutely. we have had a very good start. what i expect from the prime minister is an honest, frank sharing of views and their recognition that the united states and italy share common values and interests. our economies have very strong commercial ties. if we are acting on those mutual interests, then we will continue to see strong corroboration. as i said before, his assistants on our efforts to close guantanamo bay is very important. bermuda has done as a great service on that front as well. we are grateful to them. when it comes to afghanistan and pakistan, we are part of the same coalition that wants to make sure the afghan government is able and strong to sustain development for the afghan

caller: they have attacked the shield of the united states. guest: he is referring to the liberty incident. i hope there is no attack on iran. if you want a difference in iran, it has to come from inside the country. if you attack them, you will cement that regime in place for 100 years. it plays into the thought that martyrdom is the greatest cause and it will all band together. even now with the elections, the whole world says you have to do something and you would see an adverse reaction in iran. if you change, it has to come from inside the country. in terms of israel, it is a double standard. people point that out where i worked at the un all the time. the united states bush's heart and other countries and kind of ignores the nuclear weapons from israel. in the era of communism, israel was always seen as a ball worked -- as a bullwork in defending those interests. but there is a new sentiment being expressed much more publicly. it is creating too much turmoil, the source of too much turmoil. host: what do you make of the presence of hezbol

we can provide that, but i will quickly, beginning on my right is ambassador tom pickering from the united states. ambassador jianmin wu from china. i am sorry. i just got the order wrong. on my immediate right is evgeny velikhov from the russian federation comment and from india, ambassador khan from pakistan, ambassadorsachan from japan, and tony lake from the united states. malcolm rifkind from the united kingdom, major-general tong from the people's republic of china, we also have on the phone with us igor yurgens from moscow. igor yurgens is the chairman of the management board of the institute of contemporary development and enjoys close ties with the presidential administration in russia. i am very briefly going to give you the main results of our deliberations to date. i will make one introductory point, there is a general consensus among the commission that whatever impact, positive impact nuclear-weapons may have had in terms of enforcing deterrence and stability during the cold war, any residual benefits of these weapons have been more than overshadowed in recent years by the gr

i'll tell you one thing, it's very easy to work with the united states president. >> mr. ozy speaks quite quickly so we can even get more done. [laughter] >> i speak fast, but you understand fast. >> we'll take one last question. we've got a mike? >> president obama, the ban on head scarves and veils for young girls in french schools and president sarkozy's position on the entry into the union is it going to hinder what you said in islam two days ago? >> i think this is a process >> i think this is a process and what i tried to do in cairo was to open up a conversation, both in muslim communities but also in non-muslim communities, both in the middle east but also here in the west and as i said in my speech, the freedom is critical, both here and in the united states. and we should not have two standards of freedom of religious expression, one for muslims and one for non-muslims. that doesn't mean that each country isn't going to be working through these issues with its own history and own sensitivities in mind, and i don't take responsibility for how other countries are g

criminal courts and potentially released in the united states. in february of this year, i led a delegation down -- i had been there several times -- the delegation had never been down to get exphoa they're in shock -- get mow, and they're in shock -- gitmo, and they're in shock with all the detainees they've got down there, and all the rumors of torture going on down there, and not one incident of torture has ever been documented. now, after i returned, i introduced s. 370, to prevent the detainees at gitmo from being relocated anywhere on american soil. now, since that time it's been called to our attention that the administration is talking about maybe 17 locations in the united states to put these terrorists. all but one of those locations was fort sill in my state of oklahoma. i went down there and i found out that would not be at all workable. in fact, the sergeant-major carter, who was in charge of the prison at fort sill, said why in the world would they close a place like gitmo? it's an ideal place to keep these people. and currently, and

kent, judge of the united states district court for the southern district of texas.he house adopted the following resolution which with the permission of the president of the senate i will read. v u.s. june 19, 2009 that mrs. schiff, mr. johnson of georgia mr. goodlatte and mr. sensenbrenner are appointed managers on the point of the house to conduct the impeachment of samuel b. kent, a judge of the united states district court for the southern district of texas that a message be sent to the senate to inform theÑw sena of these appointments and that the managers on the x!p of the house may exhibit the articles of impeachment to the senate and take all other actions necessary in connection to preparation 4 and conduct of the trial, which may include the following. one, employing legal, clerical and other necessary assistance and encouraging such other expenses as may be necessary to be paid from amounts available to the committee on the judiciary under house resolution 279, 111 congress agreed to march 31, 2009, or any other applicable expense resolution on vouchers a

next a gas from the united kingdom. -- next a guest from the union -- from the united kingdom. our next guest from the people's republic of china. i think that completes our list. we do have someone on the phone with us, from moscow. he is the chairman of the management board of the institute of contemporary development and enjoys close ties with the presidential administration in russia. i will give you briefly the main results of our deliberations to date. i would just make one introductory. . i think there is a general consensus amongst the commission that whatever impact , positive impact nuclear weapons may have had in terms of enforcing deterrence and stability during the cold war, at any residual benefits of these weapons have been more than overshadowed in recent years by the growing risks of nuclear proliferation and the related risk of nuclear terrorism. that is why you can see a group like ours which is really representative of a group of over 150 former ambassadors, military leaders, government ministers who have joined this effort. the recognize the risks associated

and in both france and in the united states, we have enormous muslim populations. so as i said in the cairo speech, there's no contradiction between america islam because we have both form of americans who actually have higher education and income averages than is the average in the united states. that's a testament to the degree to which they've been able to succeed, thrive, remain true to their religion and be full-fledged patriotic americans. and that kind of approach, i think, is the one that we want as opposed to an approach that increases tensions, both within our borders and outside of our borders. >> thank you. >> that was a great, self-serving -- >> perhaps i could just say a few words on this. first of all, i thought that president obama's speech was a remarkable speech. and we have long been awaiting to hear the united states of america, world's number one power, shouldering its full share of responsibility in avoiding the clash of cultures and civilizations between east and west. and i totally agree with what president obama said, including on head scarv

or a serious interest to the united states. it is worth putting an effort into trying to understand those countries and a very deep and complete way. the same kind of effort we spent on the soviet union during the cold war, the cold war years. there is an area of, there is an area of other concerns. because the consequences might not be quite as catastrophic, we can economize a little bit on the resources there but then if one of them takes a turn that we don't expect, then we are going to have to pile on. dealing with things like these malls of national groups with a great deal of destructive power, with extremely tight security also requires a kind of a long-term effort. so, it is a constant balancing act. the trade-off is really between long-term, steady effort, years to pay off and the ability to flex one something pops up and you really have to take care of it, and i think that we have got the capability to do both. there will be, there will be surprises in the future, but i have a sense that the outfit that i inherited has

cash in kind contributions to the united nations system. each fiscal year by every united states agency or department. this amendment only applies for the next two calendar years. fiscal years, however. last year american taxpayers crbts contributed $5 billion to the united nations, making the united states the largest member donor to that institution. seeing the amount of american investment and the influence the united nations has on world opinion and world advance, it's important how manies -- americans know how their money is being spent and it's not subsidizing activities which hurt american security, values or our national interests. the amendment i'm sponsoring today would make this requirement for the president to submit to congress a report of u.s. cash in kind contributions or u.s. cash and in kind contributions to the united nations and u.n. affiliated agencies each fiscal year. the funding would be reported on u.s.a. spend -- usaspending.gov and this amendment would expire after two years. without the report, americans would be i

the bottom line of all of this is all pain for the united states citizens and no gain. then we get to page 237. the president shall provide a notification on climate change described in paragraph 2 to each foreign country, the products of which are not exempted under section 768. this is less than a fig leaf here. they're trying to pretend that this notification will satisfy the consultation required by the w.t.o. rules. it won't end there and it's going to result in retaliation against the united states exports. then we get further down on the pages, requesting the foreign country to take appropriate measures to limit the greenhouse gas emissions in those countries. so if they're really nice, they won't have to, but if we can, we can force them to adopt our

germany is a close friend and a critical partner to the united states. i believe that friendship is going to be essential not only for our two countries but for the world if we are to make progress on some of the critical issues we face. whether it is national security issues or economic issues, or issues that affect the global like climate change. chancellor merkel mentioned, and i had a very productive discussion. we continue to work closely together to confront the global economic crisis and restore growth and prosperity for our people. the downturn knows no borders. it will take some time by all of us to move forward. at the g-20 we successfully laid out in the parameters for collective action. we have seen on both sides of the atlantic some progress in stabilizing the economy, but we are far from done in the work that is required. i mentioned it to her that in the united states we are working diligently to strengthen financial regulations to insure that a crisis like this does not happen again. it will be very important to coordinate between europe a

rate than in canada and the united kingdom, as opposed to the u.s. and only germany has a level somewhat equal to the u.s. record of getting you to see the specialist you need to see when you need to see it without a wait. this is another chart which shows that for patients having very long waits, that we see that in the united states, only 8% we americans have to wait more than four months to see a key specialist, but 41% of people in britain. imagine getting a diagnosis of cancer, knowing it's in your body and being told that you had to wait more than four months before you can even see the specialist that you need to survive. this is why we are quite worried about the restrictions that would be caused and denial of care in the socialized system. if you give control of your health care to the government and the government is already out of money, how will it try to save money to rectify the deficit if it's in control of your health care it may do what the canadians and britains do if it controls your care. i'm pleased to be joined by congressman de

they have collided with the united states. one, there was massive uprising in tehran and iran which led the shah to leave the country and go to rome. he was scared and basically took off and left. it was a possible uprising. u.s.'s concern was at the time of the doctrine -- around the iron curtain. the green belt they used to call it at some point, to basically any advances the soviet union might want to make into iran. iran is an extremely important geo political nation. that is something at the time the u.s. was interested in protecting and preserving. the interests collided with one another. there was a british cia-hatched coup that was hatched that brought back the shah. host: in a speech made yesterday, he talk abouts brittain. since the revolution, it might be the source for the leader when the government faces its greatest crisis in 30 years. why don't we hear more about this relationship between iran and great britain? guest: i'm going to say for those listening that were born in that culture. there has been a historic

or, b, serves as a settlement of any claim against the united states. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be 60 minutes for debate with respect to the concurrent resolution with time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. mr. harkin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: madam president, the clerk just read for the first time ever in this body what we should have done a long time ago. an apology for slavery and the jim-crow laws which for a century after emancipation deprived millions of americans their basic human rights, equal justice under law and equal opportunities. today the senate will unanimously make that apology. i, first of all, want to thank my friend, senator sam brownback, for all of his hard work and over the last couple of years working together to get this finally to this point. i can't thank him enough. he wouldn't give up and stuck in there all the time working to make sure that this day would come. and i thank him profusely for his hel

ahmaz ghalani is being brought to the united states, to new york, for trial. luckily this administration is not following the advice and counsel of senator mcconnell and some on his side. it is time for this man to face a trial. what is he being charged with? he's being charged as one of those involved in the 1998 embassy attacks in africa. this tanzania national has been held in cuba since september of 2006. he was captured by our forces, and others, in pakistan, in 2004 and transported to guantanamo. he is being charged with his involvement in the 1998 bombings of u.s. embassies in east africa which killed 224 people, including 12 americans. the position being taken by the republicans in the senate is that this man should not be brought to the united states for trial. i think they're wrong. i think it's time that he answer for the crimes that are being charged against him. 12 americans died. as a result of what we believe was his conduct. he needs to be held accountable. this argument that he can't be brought to the united states and tried would virtually all

the d.c. court of appeals. united states supreme court. he has served with distinction in democratic and republican administrations. beginning his career in government, in the office of legal counsel in the reagan era. dean koh, i think that everybody who has dealt with him and worked with him on a personal level understands the skill that he would bring to this job. he's worked with the state department on a first-hand basis. served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor. in the clinton administration, a post for which he was unanimously confirmed by the senate in 1998. he left government to teach at yale law school and went on to serve as dean until his nomination to serve in the current administration. as a renowned scholar and a leading expert on international law, he has published or co-authored eight books over 150 articles. an throughout his career, dean koh has been a fierce defender of the rule of law and human rights. he understands that the united states benefits as much, if not more than any other

israel would have emerged as anything but the economic basket case save of the economic transfer the united states chose to make and these are accepting the obvious cases of germany and japan strategic relationships of the united states, not poverty relationships but places where the united states badly needs a country transforms the economy protectively with a capable workforce which the polls have. and especially when you were sandwiched between two countries they will cooperate and for whom you have no great love progressed a poll by the prefer a russian or a german they will say an american. [laughter] the last time it was a french they prefer anyone and it is not clear that germany is prepared to participate in competition with russia that it is in a position to do so it is certainly not clear russian interest will go hand in hand and therefore the united states either concedes the possibility of a german russian alliance which would have geopolitical implications of the united states that would be substantial, or the united states has a relationship with poland clearly it was the purp

states -- serious implications to the united states sovereignty in prosecution on the war on terror, gun rights, abortions and being, many other issues. koh believes a nation who goes to war should have, must have united nations security council authority, going as far as writing that the united states was part of an access -- axis of disobedience by invading iraq, or should we say by liberating iraq. in october of 2002, koh wrote -- and i'm quoting now. he said "i believe it would be a mistake for our country to attack iraq without explicit u.n. authorization, because such an attack would violate international law." additionally he supports ratification of the international criminal court which could subject our troops to prosecution in a foreign court. implementation of this interpretation of the international law raises a number of alarming questions. if the united states is required to gain u.n. authority for military action, what punitive actions might the united states be subjected to if unilaterally uses preemptive force? would our navy seals have had to wait for authorization

the united states' commitment to freedom and equality is long-standing. this joint action plan between our two countries helps to further these values throughout the hemisphere. mr. meeks' amendment requires the secretary of state to report on the progress of these important bilateral efforts under the action plan. this report will help to bring accountability and greater oversight to the objectives and to the goals of this important joint effort between the united states and brazil. i thank congressman meeks for his flukes of this amendment. and i urge my colleagues to support it. the chair: the gentlelady yield back? ms. ros-lehtinen: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from new york. mr. meeks: i yield one minute to the the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. mr. scott: first of all, i would like to commend mr. meeks, the gentleman from new york, for his long service in this area of bringing attention to bringing equality to the cultures of central america, south america and latin america. he is to be commended. madam speaker, the united states and br

the united states has shown great leadership on this issue, and i want to commend secretary clinton for the incredible leadership she has depend straighted -- demonstrated, making it a top priority for the united states nationally and internationally. secretary when secretary clinton was senator clinton she was one of our leaders in forming a policy within the u.s. commission, helsinki commission to raise the issue on trafficking in persons. as a result of the work on the u.s. commission, the leadership of our country, we were able to get the organization for security and cooperation in europe to make this a priority, to adopt policies within o.s.c. so every member state, all 56, would adopt the strategy to first understand what's happening in their own country, to take an assessment as to where they are in trafficking. then to develop a strategy to improve their record, adopt the best practices as we know who has worked and what has not worked. and then to make progress to route out trafficking in their own country, whether they happen to be an origin country or whether they happen to

it is not the full answer for the united states. we cannot get there in a short period time to what people would like to see as a green economy. it takes time for the technology to develop to where we can actually afford it. the president has proposed something he calls cap and trade. every time you flip a light switch on, every time you drive your car or buy something, it takes energy to produce. the average american family will have an average of cost of four thousand dollars a year. that is the wrong approach to an energy policy for the united states. i believe there are answers. first of all, while we are transitioning to a green economy, which is going to take some time, we need more american energy. the bottom line is we need more american oil, more american natural gas. [applause] we should develop more clean coal technology. my state has yucca mountain. yucca mountain was not the answer for nuclear waste. it was a huge waste of money. we have to recycle nuclear waste, but we have to invest more in nuclear power. if the french

even if they're rejected or not otherwise embraced by the united states congress? that can't be within the mainstream. that is outside the mainstream. indeed, i believe a radical view of our obligations in the international community in 2002, professor koh delivered a lecture on the matter o

the united nations security council has finally passed a resolution with some teeth. unfortunately, the u.n. resolution 1718 passed in 2006 after pyongyang's first nuclear test was ignored when north korea returned to the negotiating table. north korea's response to this latest u.n. resolution has been more bluster and brinkmanship. the north korean's reveal to no one's surprise that they have maintained a highly enriched uranium program all along in addition to their plutonium program. they now threaten the world with more bombs and possible nuclear war. earlier this month, kim jong il sent a patrol boat into south korea waters to back up his threats made against our south korean ally. some are now convinced that there will be a future military confrontation along d.m.z., or in the yellow sea. and today 28,500 u.s. military personnel still stand guard in south korea, a country often called the last frontier of the cold war. the dear leader's obviously testing the medal of this president and this congress. kim jong il has responded to the outstretched hand of president

kyle was commissioned in the united states army as a second lieutenant on the eve of his college graduation ceremony and subsequently deployed to iraq on october 3, 2006. in addition to his dedication to his unit and his country, kyle is equally remembered for his devotion to his family. and to his friends. as recalled in a may 31, 2007, article in "the austin american statesman," kyle was a devoted son, a protective big brother and a loyal friend who was still known in his old neighborhood for rounding up friends to take care of a local problem while all the adults were at work. mr. speaker, first lieutenant kyle west's life stands as a testament to the bravery and devotion of the heroic men and women who have served and continue to serve our nation at home and abroad. it is my sincere hope that we can honor this young soldier through the passage of h.r. 2422 and rename the georgetown, texas, postal facility as the lieutenant kyle g. west post office building. i urge my colleagues to do the same and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balan

so we should jealously protect what we have here in the united states, which is a sthawtio, whn which at least thus far has been protecting those rights jealously, not for our benefit, though that should be, i submit, the sole purpose of a sp supreme court judge, for example, deciding supreme court cases, what does the constitution say for the people of america. but if one is going to consider the international implications, i would think it would be exactly the opposite of what mr. koh is saying, namely, that we should be concerned that any diminishment of the interpretation of our rights would negatively affect other people around the world. i don't care if the average is a lower standard. i wish that those countries would bring their standards up to ours but i certainly don't want to conform to some idea of international acceptance or international popularity by bringing ourselves down to their level. this is not what american exceptionalism is all about. the title of the niece mr. koh -- the title of the piece that mr. koh wrote. he has argued in other context as well that unique

are consumed in the united states of america. and accompanying that are all the violence, the death, the things that are associated with illegal drugs. this amendment is clearly in order, and how this congress speaks to this amendment is how i.c.e. and the balance of the law enforcement personnel on the border will react. i am asking that we simply join in our voices together and ask for an enforcement so we don't concede these locations so people that are smuggling 90% of the drugs into the united states. mr. price: are these -- mr. rogers: are these lookout posts on u.s. soil? mr. king: they are. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: i yield back the balance of my time. mr. king: can i inquire as to how much time is remaining? the chair: the gentleman has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. king: i yield myself the balance of the time in order to close. as the ranking member from kentucky said, this is something i do have a lot of work in. i am not the only member of this congress that's been down there to

so an increase in travel to the united states is good. one of the best ways to address this is to have campaign to promote the united states as a travel destination. this is a way of reversing this trend that we have seen. this is a way of bringing back some of the declines to a better day so that we can increase jobs and opportunities in our country. now here's an example of what other nations spend to promote themselves to the tourism market around the world. here is what we are competing against. this is what the united states is up against as we look to compete for the travel dollar. our close neighbor of mexico spends $149 million promoting travel to mexico. our next-closest neighbor, our next close neighbor, canada, spends $58 million in travel to its destination. china spends $60 million in promoting travel to their country. us a strail spends $113 million. and the countries of the european union collectively spend $800 million on self-promotion. now, how much does the united states spend? we spend absolutely nothing. we spend nothi

polis: as the state department attempts to change its role as the face of the united states government abroad, it's crucial that congress provides our diplomats the guidance they need to once again make american diplomacy a top priorities. this legislation is further strengthened by my amendment which expands public outreach online and encourages the foreign service to promote a more set of experiences for its officers, including its senior officers. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 4 printed in part c of house report 111-143. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. hunter: i have an amendment at the desk, mr. chairman. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in part c of house report 111-143 offered by mr. hunter of california. the chair:

recent actions by the united states and china continue to confirm my chief. take china's initial reaction to the waxman-markie bill, it was hailed on capitol hill as a historic breakthrough woarcht like a thud during the international negotiations. get this waxman-markie which will be economically ruinist to the united states was criticized by china for being too week. after another troubling aspect coming out of the meetings, a united states government official mission is here -- many here in the senate may be surprised to learn that this administration's position is to let china off the hook. now, you might wuntder why would -- wonder why would china look at this thing that would destroy us economically and say they don't think it is it strong enough. they want it stronger because the stronger it is, the more manufacturing jobs will leave the united states and -- leave the united states and go to china. nowhere in the u.s. mission is to the conference do we require china to commit to any binding emission requirements before 2020. before 2020 the mission is o

has with its closest ally which is the united kingdom but we have made good progress. through the work as susan said of industry and government alike. india is already a big and a very fast-growing market in the defense area. but i think even more important u.s. industry and global industry sees india as a place where there's potential for strong partnerships, whether through technology transfers, direct investment in india or the other way as the ambassador said. we ourselves announced the formation of a joint venture in the land sector which we're very excited about. stepping back for a second, in terms of evaluating where the defense relationship will go, you know, it goes without saying that the -- but i'll say it anyway, that the direction in the relationship is very positive with the energy that secretary clinton brings, secretary gates. you know, you go to these events at around town and you see people saying the things that they're expected to say but i feel that when secretary clinton said at the u.s.-india business council a week or a week before it was a pers

and they won't be easy to resolve concerns a different context in which india and the united states havepproached these issues. being the representative of a large indian firm with a large indian investment, or large investment in the united states, i feel that i should say, and i will say something about the business and trade relationship. commentators on the u.s.-india relationship like to say that it's being driven in great measure by business, and by business that is going on between the united states and india. that business relationship is practically going on automatically. as if it's on autopilot. it is true that bilateral trade has grown dramatically, and the current u.s. exports to india are growing faster than indian exports to the united states, and indian investment in the united states is greater than u.s. investment in india. but it's not on autopilot. in fact, one of the problems is that there are too many would-be pilots who believe that the trade relationship needs to be reconfigured in the face of the current economic crisis. there's been a great deal of discussion ab

but we speak of all the crises of the united states that are serious but the fact remains the united states economy is larger than the next four economies combined, japan, china united kingdom and germany and combine all of them they're not quite as large as the american economy. we speak of the industrialization of the united states and that has happened america industrial put out 2. 8 trillion per year which means the american industrial output is only larger than the combined output of china and japan and it is utterly vital to understand the scale of the american economy. to begin to measure american power. is extremely important to understand that i will not call it orders of magnitude greater but the power of the united continent native to atlantic and pacific is extraordinarily more powerful than those of other countries and add to the fact never before in human history has a single power controlled all of the sea lanes in the world. the united states navy may not be everywhere, but it can be anywhere. and no other naval force no matter how combined if these are all of the worl

the united states, the wealthiest of the g-20 by far, has a 20% share of that. the president agreed the united states would with the g-20 meet its part of the obligation that had been agreed upon. since the senate included that and the answer to the gentleman's question is i fully expect that to be in the supplemental that we consider on the floor. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i say to the gentleman that the belief on our side is that the purpose of the war funding bill should be to provide our troops with the support they need not this controversial global bailout money. mr. speaker, i'd say more than that what we believe is currently from the reports is that the bill would eliminate $5 billion from the defense spending directly for our troops and provide that $5 billion credit towards the guarantee that the united states would have to provide to the i.m.f. mr. speaker, even further we understand that in this provision in the bill, in essence we would be providing for more money for foreign countries in terms of a global bailout

and in both france and in the united states, we have enormous muslim populations. as i said in the cairo speech, there's no contradiction between america islam because we have both form of americans who actually have higher education and income averages than is the average in the united states. that's a testament to the degree to which they've been able to succeed, thrive, remain true to their religion and be full-fledged patriotic americans. and that kind of approach, i think, is the one that we wt

they seem willing to work with the united states in ways that had not been previously possible, so i think there are signs there that point us in a positive direction. in afghanistan, it is no secret that the trends have been going in the wrong direction recently in terms of government loss of control of provinces, in terms of the insurgents strength and now we are into the new fighting season, and when i was there last week there are an average of 25 some auto a run the country every -day, with a number of deaths resulting from them. as a result of the decisions made by president obama, a very strong u.s. effort is coming in to help afghanistan and there is international support on a lesser scale but certainly welcome and important. it is also the right thing. military forces are coming into areas that were previously basically ceded to the insurgents. a great deal of emphasis on the provincial reconstruction teams and other economic assistance. heavy emphasis on training of the afghani security forces, both the army and especially the police. so i think the elements of a strong supp

the united states must make every effort to address the ongoing and interrelated crises in sudan. the u.s. should work toward a stable and lasting peace in the region that has seen so many tragedies in recent years. i have no objection to this amendment. i look forward to working with mr. mccaul on this provision as the bill moves through the process, and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. berman: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: i urge support of this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. mr. berman: mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield the remaining time to the gentleman from california, mr. farr. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. farr: thank you. mr. berman: before i yield may i ask how much time the gentleman has? the chair: the gentleman has 4 1/4 minutes. mr. farr: thank you, chairman berman, and ranking member, ileana ros-lehtinen. i want to rise not on this amendment but to make a comment on the peace corps because i was just thinking