second, the united states. you can imagine the impression this war made on all of the western hemisere, all the latin american countries and you add to it the fact that the united states meds t next century an a half impmenting as policies something that was an informal practice during the end of the war in 1848 and that was all of these agrarian rebellio. this state troops, the united states troops had authority under the treaty do help put that down and said the united states established itself as always being in favor putting down even democratic rebellions in order to preserve order and stability and they, aft the 1900 and the roosevelt corollary that the monroe doctrine and this goes on and on and on. when was the last time we inded a latin american country? then you wonder why a politician can score points with the crowds and south america by claiming-- there's this heritage there that i don't know of this country will ever be abl to overcome the severe-- the fear and suspicio consideringhe world was bad e

the united states will have 68,000 troops in afghanistan by year's end. the american commander, general stanley mcchrystal, is expected to ask for as many as 40,000 more. >>. >>> al qaeda lead, osama bin laden, has issued a new warning about afghanistan. in an audiotape posted today on islamic websites, bin laden warns that al qaeda could retaliate against europe for its alliance with the united states in afghanistan. he says, european countries should pull out of their coalition with the united states. >>> beyond the headlines on iran, the world's leaders meeting in pittsburgh announce they'd would permanently expand their oversight of the global economy to a much bigger group from 8 nations to 20, including major emerging economies such as india, china, and brazil. the group of 20 will serve as the board of directors on the global economy. supporters of the larger group say the world has changed and that the emerging countries zeev a seat at the table to debate not only economic issues but other top priorities, such as climate change. >>> germany's chanc

the rio grand states. they were going to have a majority angelo population. they were going to the top part of the united states one way or the other. it wasn't necessary for the united stes government to declare the war. the reason was due to one man, the president. a thick headed paranoid stubborn man never really tried to find out what the other side was. he believed with the right peruasion, mexi himself and the territory for a nice wad of cash. overall, mexico's big problem was foreign debt and claims against it by foreign nationals, including the united states. it began to make noise about the claims issue. then the right border of texas was o the rio grand. that means that santa fe would be in texas. which is absurd. it's a claim by the texas congress in december 1836 to know the history whatsoever. and then he started troops marching, after the antic station of texas. he was sure the mexicans would see the light. and the army to corpus christi, that dn't do it. so the next break. he zapped him down into the disputed territory that didn't d it. finally there was a skiish between mexican and americ

the united vietnam, not the south. the united statesup the framework for the development of major relations for the future. since then, we have almost a new meeting between the two countries. president bush was in vietnam for the aipac meeting. 2007, our president -- again, the first president of the socialist vietnam -- visited the united states. and in 2008, our prime minister visited the united states began. through all of these summit meetings and dialogues we have constituted a very solid foundation for the bilateral relationship both on french -- a frenchfriendship, cooperation ad mostly that we recognize that we need to work together. when my prime minister visited the united states in 2008, a number of people ask me why mr. bush is going out and we do not know who will be the next president. as an ambassador in washington, i have to answer honeoyhanoi noy would be in the white house next, but the united states of america needs to have good relationships with vietnam. and vietnam needs to have good relations with the united state

the government of wens waila, which is headed by an individual that has and mossity for the united states. there are governments in the middle east that we are sending hundreds of billions of dollars to that are not fond of the united states or our government or our people. we are not utilizing american resources, american tax money, american labor to fund folks that don't care for us. that's just wrong. if it were the only option available, that would be one thing. but, mr. speaker, it's not. it's not. there are wonderful resources that we have, but we're blocked by the democrats in charge and the majority party. and that's wrong. and the president has said over and over again that he doesn't believe we ought to utilize our resources in this way. as the gentlelady from north carolina has said, he wants to double wind and solar energy, and that's fine. that's wonderful. that's great. but it will be ultimately 6% to 8% of the energy out lization of this nation. that's not going to get us out of the hurdle, mr. speaker and not going to get us where we need to be. we need to conserve more. w

community do, and i am not talking here about nato, but really thinking about the european union, the united states, and other groups, to try to get ahead of this problem and stabilize the potential crisis? >> i think that the european countries, especially the united states, should be paying a lot of attention to the ukraine for the reasons that you have expressed. they're dysfunctional and able -- and unable to go forward or backwards because of a economic crisis that continues to be severe in the country. we are about half a re-enactment of the election of 2004, and in that particular case, many of you were involved in that, and i was out there representing president bush, as it turned out, and that but it does a jewish -- in that particular situation. many were bitterly is disappointed her -- were bitterly disappointed with the results. attention now is very important so that was rented bridget whatever the aftermath is in this election, there is a strong relationship, and understanding that if the problems in the crimea, for example, or other touch points that could offer all sorts of difficul

that election was impacted by the policies of the united states... most important thing, as he said today, the president in his speech in the united nations, having removed the united states as the organizing principle for people just to complain about not doing something. showing our leadership, setting our goals and the means to get those goals has changed the dynamics. so in places around the world. charlie, you have to... you analyze this not just by where we are at just this moment-- although that's one assessment-- you analyze it but what you inherited and where we are on that pencil. and i think that's.... >> rose: tell me where we are. >> the economy is different. again, not out of the woods but we we literally staring over the abyss. the world was divided about what was the right course of action. the united states through two steps-- one on the financial side, the other through economic stimulus to the economy-- moved the united states, got other countries to follow that same kind of model and the world economy-- let alone the united states-

that the government began bailout nation, which was $700 billion in tax money that was given to the united states treasury secretary for the purpose of stabilizing america's financial situation. let's take just a brief history at what's happened in the united states in just less than one year's time. this congress appropriated essentially a blank check to the treasury secretary of $700 billion, a blank check. the treasury secretary literally could do anything he wanted to do with that $700 billion. that $700 billion went to the treasury secretary. it's gone to bail out banks. it's gone to bail out insurance companies. and it's gone to set up the automobile task force. in that time we have seen $700 billion go not only for that bailout, we also saw $29 billion go to bear stearns to shore up that investment banking house. we also saw $200 billion go for fannie and freddie, the secondary mortgage company, because remember all of this began with the meltdown in the housing industry. so we thought first of all money needed to go to bail out the secondary mortgage provider. almost all loans today in th

i don't know that the united states will. i mean, the status of forces agreement makes it very clear that the united states is not going to engage. >> moyers: the iraqis want us out. >> that's right. >> moyers: there's a legal agreement to get out. >> that's right. but what happens when the violence starts to escalate in iraq and starts to escalate in afghanistan, and we're say, at 80,000 troops in both countries? what is the united states role at that point? is the plan to sit aside and do nothing? will the iraqi government still feel that way? depending on what the violence is? that's what keeps me up at night. is that fear of that point where the united states finds itself engaged in both wars or at least heavily committed to both and not quite out of one, not quite in the other. >> moyers: president obama has said that on the 24th of september, as you indicate, he will set forth his strategy. do the officials you cover at the pentagon have a sense of where his head is on this? >> you know, that's the fundamental problem in

would he be a friend to the united states? how would he be different from ahmadinejad beyond rhetoric? >> i think he would be more forthcoming to discussing issues with the united states. because as i told you earlier, the ultimate decision maker is the leader. so even if he wanted to go and embrace the united states, he could don't it and he wouldn't do it. you remember mr. qahtani. he tried to reach out to the united states. >> rose: right after the invasion of iraq. >> yes. and even when he became president he reached out to the united states. he gave.... >> rose: and what happened? is e clinton administration did not get back to him at least with some substantial thing and then later on the leader put a stop to that and mr. khamenei gave an interview and said eventually "it's i who decide when is the right time to talk to the united states." >> rose: and he hasn't decided yet. >> we don't know yet, no. >> rose: the fact is that he hasn't said it, we assume he hasn't decided. >> exactly. >> rose: there is also this. a number

what does the united states think this secret facility is for? >> well, we believe that it is a covert facility designed for uranium enrichment. it has not been disclosed. and therefore it raises additional suspicions about the iranian intent regarding their nuclear program. and this week we had several very important developments. first, we had in this room a bilateral meeting with president med ved and president obama. in a very small setting where i was there, the president, you know, talked with great specificity with president medved about the dual track that we are on regarding the iranian nuclear program and the upcoming meeting on october 1. and opened the discussion about the information that we had concerning this facility. >> smith: he told president medved. >> yes. what we also saw happen today, later that day, was an agreement by all the members of the so-called p-5-plus-1, united states, germany, france, united kingdom, russia and china-- all in agreement that saying we expected answers from iran in the october 1 meeting and that we

it will do it for states throughout the united states. ple come to our country to visit, they may come to one state primarily, but they usually stop in several other states along the way, speurbl the over -- eecially the overseas travelers which this bill is intended to attract. we are in a situation with the number-one industr in america -- the tourism industry -- has been dramatically impacted by the downturn in the economy. tourism not only affects the people in that industry, but it affects people in all kinds of other industries that are related to it. so when you create a tourism job, you're creating jobs down the line. you're creating construction jobs. you're creating jobs when they have to go see the dentist or their local health care provider or the grocery store or wherever else they're going and using the money that they earn to use that they spend in the economy. that creates other jobs in the economy. other countries around the world spend money to attract people to their countries. wh we're saying with this bill is let's adv

what will it mean for the united states? >>> tonight we take you to a scenic valley in peru where cocaine is king and local villagers have teamed up with a terrorist group to keep the military and police out. >>> and our "signature story" focuses on the philippines and life after the americans. the departure of u.s. forces left empty bases but the story has a silver, you could say even, gold lining. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's d what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus."ñrxdçóñr major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the çó peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. thanks for joining us. i'll be with you all this week. >>> we're going to start tonight with the latest developments in what has become a growing war of words between the united states and iran just

as a result many americans lieve that the united states should never have gotten involved in the lastorld war, that they were deceived into it, that the united states has no real national interests in its of this commission their response to the world crisis of the 1930's. so that they believe since the last war was a mistake getting into the next world r ll also be a mistake so that there is about world war i really influence the way americans interpret the crises in europe and asia in the late 1930's. >> host: then faingn that, i'd thinke said even in the book even as recent as, as late rather as 1941, right, britain standing alone against hitler and what wast, 80 something% of theountry was still opposed to american participation in the war? is that right? how much of that sentiment would you say have to do with this kind of conspiratorial thinking and sense of the recent history? >> guest: i think a lot of it did because people believed that the united states had got involved in the last war because there were financial interest th wanted to support britain for their own financial

he is proposing not providing the united states with long- range missile defense protection until 2020. the plan he is cutting would have protected the united states as early as 2013. what is odd about what the president is proposing is there is already a classified study that was undertaken and our committee had the presentations that detailed the cost effective plan to protect both europe, our allies and our strategic interest there, and the united states was the plan that was proposed for the czech republic and the poles. i am asking secretary dates to release the classified version of that report. it is a plan that has been already assessed independently to affect the united states and protector of the time when that is important is to remember the president's is taking the missile defense protection of the united states from 2013 to 2020. i don't believe that is acceptable to me or the american people. >> we will now hear from mike peense, our conference chairman. >> i want to thank our colleagues in leadership for stepping forward. only one year since russia invaded georgia with

that revolutionized the united states. he country that we started out with at the beginning of that migration was not the same as the country we wound up with several decades later. several decades later, we had an idea of ourselves as a nation of immigrants. we were much more content with the assumption that the america we know now may be something different in our grandchildren's time. this is when people began to talk about the american experiment. ok q? they do not think of themselves as an experiment. they think of themselves as firmly anchored cultures that have been the same in their essence if not in their outward manifestations for about a thousand years. they are really uncomfortable with this idea of becoming a continent of immigrants. that, i would say is the rock- bottom difference. >> and near the end of your book, on page 349, i found this sentence. wgo back to the beginning of that, islam is the madness of religion. why do you say that? >> my goodness, you just have to travel around the middle east and look

it's not in any way diminishing the united states. is sno need for chest pounding by the united states. we are the big boys. we are the world's only superpower. you think it is to our advantage to have our president bellow we're powerful? it's not necessary. what is necessary to say i need your help in this international community in terms of sending people to war when it's necessary and in terms of enforcing international law when a country like iran becomes an outlaw. that's what he did. >> bret: charles, last word quickly. you have said of other speeches by president obama around the world that they are very apologetic in nature. is that your sense in this one as well? >> this one was worse. when he talked about how he had reversed the course of america and those who doubt our character and look at our actions, among the actions he cited was our joining the u.n. human rights council, which is led by the worst human rights violators on the planet. it is an orwellian farce of an organization, and the idea that we should be honest is r

in the united states, they have been saying that he should come back. the government of the united states. greta: so your view is that president obama and secretary clinton do not have the full story. that is your view. >> i am sure they do not. greta: have you ever met president obama or secretary clinton? >> no, no, no, never in my life. one day, i had a telephone call from the secretary. greta: what did she have to say? >> talking about returning mr. zelaya. greta: what did you say? >> no. greta: well, since that call, the united states has cut off money to this country. what do you say about that? >> they are saying that there was a military coup. we are in power. we will have elections on november 29. greta: are you running? >> no, i am not. i cannot run any more in my life, because if i am president for one day in this country, i cannot run any more. -- anymore. you will find out what he was trying to do. hugo chavez in venezuela. how many years has hugo chavez been in power? he was trying to do the same thing. greta: is the friendly with hugo chav

the united states is sending money abroad. he monetary system is based on a closed system in which the money is recirculated. do you agree? there are a lot of gaps in the united states money going out to mexico and china. to me, that is devaluing the dollar at the united states. what are we going to do -- printing money does not solve the problem. if you are printing $10 million and leaving the country, you're knocking your head against the wall. million, you are knocking your head against the wall. guest: china has signed up for some provisions under international law. this has been a problem with us dealing with china and they have not lived at up to their commitments in the past the same is true for many emerging market economies. they are either not willing or not able to fully enforce the provisions of the intellectual property that exist in the world trade system. however, their record is improving. some companies are having success in prosecuting cases where property is stolen. compensation is still too low, but we are m

act adds president of the united states. n, where are his people to take on the opposition? those people should do the hatchet work. nixon in 72, we didn't mention mcgovern's name. we didn't. everybody else goes after him. that's the way to do it. >> you are assuming that this is a hatchet job that is being done on the president. no, it isn't a hatchet job being done on the president. and so hatchet people shouldn't be the person that's answering. he needs to say, i've got to put on the docket a vote on whether or not an insurance company can turn you down. that's one item. i'm going to put on the docket whether or not insurance companies can bounce your numbers up on the co-pay side. and i want a vote on each one of those. he should go one after another. >> you said earlier, he's got to say they're lying without using the words. in other words going after them. don't use the president of the united states. as the bayonet of the party. the vice president was that under -- you've got him. >> mr. mayor, your final thought on th

cut -- the continental united states. the system that would have gone into place in europe that the president has scrapped would have been available by 2013. it would have provided icbm protection to the continental united states from his european side. the president's on a website and description does not identify icbm protection as being available as part of his plan until 2020. >> secretary gates says that they will not have icbm capability for some number of years beyond 2020. >> no one has the intelligence that is supposedly sighting. everyone on the armed services committee has access to the same affirmation and it is indicated that their intercontinental capabilities will be 2015, meaning that the president's plan would arrive five years after iran has reached icbm capability. but the other issues that we're talking about 11 years for the president to say with president days that they have new reformation and they are 11 years away from my icbm capability, and everyone sitting at home watching television who watched

the united states wll have 68,000 troops in afghanistan by year's end. the amican commander, gener stanley mcchrystal, is expecte to ask for 40,00 more. >>> alaeda leade bin laden, issu a new warning about afghistan. in an audiota posted today on ismic websits, bin laden warns that al qaa could retaliatagainst europe forits alliance with the ited states in afghanist. he say european countries should pull out of their coalition th the united states. >>> the world's leade meeting in pitburgh announce they'd would permanently expand their oversit of the global economy to a mch bigger grp from eight nationsto 20, incling major emerging economies su as india, china, a bral. the group of0 will serve as the boarof dirtors on t globalconomy. supporters of e larger grou say the world has changed and that theemerging countries deserve a seat at table to dete not only economic issubut as climatehange. >>> gmany's chancellor angela merk was in pittsburgh today, but she's clearly looking beyond the summit to the sund's elections in germany, where onomic concerns have

united states route 1 in fort pierce, florida, as the aalto lee adams sr. united states courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady from the district of columbia, ms. norton, and the gentleman from florida, mr. mario diaz-balart, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from the district of columbia. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.r. 3193. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 3193 and am pleased today to speak in support of a bill that names the courthouse located in fort pierce, florida, as the aalto lee adams senior united states courthouse. judge aalto -- alto lee adams was born in 1899 in florida and served as a member of the u.s. navy in world war i. judge adams la

and what is the united states reaction? we canceled our missile defense system in poland a defense system that was to protect the united states from intercontinental ballistic missiles from iran and our polish allies think we've betaied our -- betrayed our commitment to them and eastern europe. let's not forget hugo chavez, the tyrant and venezuela. he's good buddies with the desert rat of iran, and a new york district attorney recently said there's evidence venezuela is setting up the venezuelan missile defense for the united states. why do we send u.s. taxpayer money to u.n. at tall awl? 20% of u.n. funds come from the united states. the american public is asking why. why do we finance the u.n. that embraces thug, dictator, and everyone who hates america and israel. since nobody else over at the u.n. has said it, i will. i will say this without apology. the united states is the greatest country in the history of the world. we have more freedom and liberty than any people in the history of the planet. we have done more than

egypt and saudi arabia, which used to be among the countries with the lowest approval rating of the united statesin egypt, for example, the leadership of the united states went up from only 6% of approval val, still not a 3hc9uñ majority but an important improvement. >> what are some of the reasons why that has happened? >> i think that the overtures of the obama administration to muslim majority countries have been appreciated and recognized by the public in egypt and in saudi arabia and in many other muslim majority countries. the main issue that angered egyptians specifically at the united states was the iraq war and with the obama administration specifically talking about a withdrawal, i think that that's improved people's opinions. >> and overall, eight years on, is there more or less violent extremism and sympathy for al qaeda? >> well the sympathy for the attacks of 9/11 have been on a decline and they are -- they continue to decline in 2009, especially among both egyptians and saudis. it's interesting the two countries that improved the opinion of the united states and also the two countr

prior to this position she served as inspector general of the united states department of state and the united states arms control and disarmament agency in the united states information agency and the broadcasting board of governors. i want to thank you all again for being witnesses are today making ourselves available with your substantial expertise. as you all know, it is the policy of this witness to forward this is in before they testify. so i ask you to please stand and raise your right hands. does anybody else will be testifying with you, i ask that they also do the same. the record indicate that all the witnesses answered in the affirmative. i do tell you that all of your written statement will be put on the record i know some of you were kind enough to file written statements so you needn't feel compelled to lynches to do. were happy to comment for five minutes if we can and will go to questions and answers on the. so why don't we start with you, general. thank you again for being here. >> good morning, chairman tierney, ranking member flake and other members of the subcommitte

the immediate reason was the iranians found out that the united states knew about it and they snuck intothe ieae, a bland little letter, there is something we need you to know about. we're building something else. the back story behind that is more interesting because what is coming up next week on october 1, on thursday, is a renewal of those face-to-face negotiations with iran about its nukes and the first ones under the obama administration. and what the obama administration had planned to do was to mousetrap the iranians with this revelation at the talks. as i understand it, what they planned to do in the first session was say to the iranians, anything else you ought to be coming clean on? anything you want to tell the rest of the world about and figure the iranians probably weren't going to say anything and then once the iranians had said no, we have come clean, the united states was going to say, well, how about this? and that would both mousetrap the iranians and it would impress the other countries there, the russians, the chinese, the french, the british, and so on with the cont

i hope that is recognized here in the united states. let me stress that there is no doubt that the united states is an indispensable part of this mission, and our allies respect the sacrifices the united states has made, but talking down, and the european and canadian contributions, as some here in the united states do on occasion can become a self- fulfilling prophecy. if these are recognized and valued, they will be less inclined to make those efforts and those sacrifices. that is not in anyone's interest, and it does not reflect the reality on the ground first and foremost in afghanistan. we are there to gather. that is my first main point tonight. and we're there together. it will be only if we do it together. i know that despite everything we have already done, reaching our goal in afghanistan is not guaranteed. which brings me to my second point. we cannot simply continue doing exactly what we're doing now. things are going to have to change. the reasons are clear. public support for this mission in true contributing countries is f

rohrabacher about the united states and this congress pressing the administration and the united states to provide for a substantial presence, to provide for security, in terms of the electoral process, as it -- as it develops and hopefully, culminates in a free and fair and fully engaged citizenry going to the polls in january. you know, i think that is something that we should do. i've discussed with mr. burton and i will obviously with mr. rohrabacher sending a letter to the administration to that effect and conveying to the appropriate united nations officials how significant it is. care to comment? : >> in previous elections, the iraqi's were in the front line on security for elections with the u.s. available if there were a problem. and under the u.s.-iraq packed, there is not an exception for the elections for the u.s. to redeployed into the iraqi cities. so i suspect it will be roughly the same, where the u.s. is sort of over the horizon but available if problem occurs. >> but again, i think my own sense is there is so much riding on these particular elections, at least from my

this is the most serious attack on the united states since pearl harbor. there has never been a terrorist attack of this magnitude. in fact, on any country in the world so far as we can tell. the untold loss of life in new york alone, we only know that there have been hundreds of burned victims brought to various hospitals. both twin trade tower centers have collapsed to the ground. that is a densely populated area, obviously. we don't know the number of casualties yet at the pentagon and we don't know the number of deaths in that plane that went down as katie pointed, north of pittsburgh. >> we left out a piece of information. we know for a thacket fact that one of these planes that was crashed into the world trade center was hijacked from boston this morning. it was american airlines flight 11 en route from boston to los angeles. we had reports it had been converted to jfk and a short time later, perhaps while feinting a landing at jfk it veered into the world trade center. >> all airports have been stopped and planes departing in terms of planes en route

we have been cooperating with the united states, with the u.s. national council, the security council in the last year, because we are a nonpermanent member of the security council. . >> my defense minister should be coming to the united states, as of this month. we had to postpone the visit. from now until the end of the year, i will receive four out of five deputy prime ministers. they are visiting the united states. we understand the besides -- both sides are looking for closer cooperation on the defense and military aspect. due to lack of submitting this year, my president will be in new york late this month. he will attend the annual meeting of the u.n. security council, which mr. obama will attend and they will have a talk. maybe not a long one. but it is a leaders' summit. there is no official -- no official meeting between the two leaders, but they will try to talk to each other, and surely they will discuss how we will move next in our relations. the deputy foreign minister will come down to washington, d.c. for an official visit. i am ar

she came to the united states. she actually came to ucla to get her care begins you do not have the wait times, and, plus, you have a higher quality of care. we know the survival rates. do you have that chart yet? we will have this chart passed out. these are the five-year cancer survival rates, all malignancies, men and women, ok? c.b. red, white, and blue of the united states flag higher than the other flags? this is comparing health care with health care, serious health care with serious health care. after five years, all malignancy's foremen in the united states, about a 66% cancer survival. in europe and in english, the survival rates are less than 50%. for women, it is about 63% in the united states, in the low 50% in england. we hear all of the time about -- senator conrad made the comparison, and i made the argument earlier. he was talking about preventable deaths. we hear that they have the same kinds or even better results, longevity and things like that. when you take into account cultural factors, the fa

>>> right now on the "andrea mitchell reports", is the united states caving in to russia, or is this the right way to go to get russia on board to try to contain iran? >> this decision was not about russia. it was about iran and the threat that its ballistic missile program poses. >> the secretary says there's no connection, but today russian prime minister vladimir putin is applauding president obama's decision to move missile defense out of the czech republic and poland, calling it brave and correct. and if iran does not halt its nuclear program, what will israel do? straight ahead, an exclusive interview on "andrea mitchell reports" with u.s. ambassador to israel, michael orrin. >>> plus, clashes erupting today in tehran. thousands of opposition supporters protesting again in tehran. the first major street demonstrations since mid-july after june's disputed elections. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. in an exclusive interview, nbc's ann curry sat down with iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad the first interview that any news organization has had with him in the wes

you really have made it more difficult to protect the united states. here's the bottom line, regardless of what system that you like versus what other system someone else likes, the administration by their own website says that there would not be available by 2020 if the pentagon stretches it out and says that the other system would have been 2017, it's still sooner. i believe it was available 2013, 2014. all the intelligence seems to that i ran could have capability by 2015. >> what's the compromise proposal? where does this system have to go as far as you're concerned? what's the next step? >> well, i think the administration needs to reverse its decision because it hasn't even come forward with what are all of the systems that it's intending to piece together for this new plan. and some of them that they have cited don't even exist today. the plan that they have put forward includes components that don't even exist. and for them to have previously said we are only going to do proven technology, well, the proven technology was ready to go in europe. >

to reduce carbon emissions in the united states. at the president will try to do is accentuate the positive, saying that the senate committee is working on it and that h hopes that there will be a resolution in the future. the reality is that the senate is not going to move on that bill this year, meaning that the president will not as of yet, and as he hoped, go to the climate change conference in copenhagen with a legislative package passed by the united states congress. meaning that europeans and others interested in this issue are going to see the united states lagging in their efforts to confront the global climate change. the president is going to say that this is a scientifically close argument. that the climate is warming, and steps need to be taken to deal with the global problems linked to the situation. the president will say that his administration has worked on emissions, he has got to put that in the best context possible. megyn: thank you so much, maj. bill: also stake to enough to the strong words coming out of televi

it certainly has been in the united states. i know why immigrants come and how difficult it is for immigration -- for immigrants to be there. i am not predisposed to see a problem and all emigration. to describe the prevails of emigrants -- immigrants and their experiences and motivations is not the book i set out to right. i set out to write about the transformation of european culture. one thing that surprised me is how deeply europe's institutions and values were being changed. i suppose the big thing that was a surprise to me is a large part of the price that europeans pay for immigration is in the form of rights. when you shift from being a culture that is operating on old historical norms to being a culture that is meeting -- mediating between different cultures you lose a lot. rather than letting people go about their business, you have to set up ground rules for how people interact like for instance the french law. the french were troubled by a young school girls wearing a veil and high school. they felt it would be hars

hardwoods industry and urging that united states hardwoods and the products derived from united states hardwoods be given full consideration in any program directed at construing environmentally preferable commercial public or private buildings. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. holden, and the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lucas, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. holden: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. holden: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. holden: mr. speaker, h.res. 81 recognizes the importance of the u.s. hardwoods industry and recognizes the value of sustainable abundant hardwoods as important building material. in the united states hardwood trees are grown primarily by small family farm -- forestland

i grew up in the world where the united states is the leader and there's no question about it and when i had responsible positions in the united states government, whether it's the federal reserve or the treasury, you know, gould to a meeting, you were the chairman of the board, so to speak, wherever the seat was. and i think these institutions need kind of coherent leadership. and how do you get it when the membership of the club is and should be more diversified? >> rose: and is it inevitable in your observation that china and the united states are going to have different priorities? >> well, i think hopeful thing is in a big sense, in the economic world i think they have the same priorities. china's growing, it's got to grow, it's got a big employment problem. it's going to be become a big manufacturing hub. we will want to import from china. we want to export to china, too. we've got to get a more balanced relationship, but i don't think that balanced relationship is inherently antagonistic. >> rose: certainly not a zero-sum game. >> not at all. >> rose: and we should be encouraged

he has a wonderful wife and family, and i hope that now that he is not a member of the united states senate that we'll get to see a little bit more of him in the state of south dakota because his son john married a south dakota girl. and i've been trying for sometime to get him to south dakota to hunt if he is ants and he is he's 345eud trips up there i think, but it's always a little bit later in the season and the climate tends t change in south dakota. but i hope now that he has a little bit more time to enjoy those types of things we'll get that chance. i just want to express my great appreciation, mr. president, to the senator from florida for an extraordinary run here in the united states senate. he truly is the kind of person that what you see is what you get. th's rare in politics today. a genuine, thoughtful, sincere, kind, generous, the kind of person that serves -- that i want to see more of in public life. and so it's been a pleasure and an honor to have the opportunity to serve with him in the united states senate and to call him a colleague, but it's even a greater privi

what this does now, for the united states, is make its case for sanctions against iran stronger. ns and chinese will come along and support a new round of sanctions. now, it gives the united states a good, perhaps last chance, to try this before being confronted with a more difficult choice about military action way down the road or letting israel do it. >> well, elizabeth, speaking of that, what is the prospect that sanctions could change their behavior? so many people are skeptical that slaps on the wrist aren't gouk to going to do much. >> there have been three rounds that haven't done much at all. the united states is hoping a new round of sanctions, a tougher round would wake up iran. no one knows if that will work. the united states is leveraging this development as best it can to try to get much more international support this time. >> carl, if i could bring you in at this moment, what is the appetite in the u.s. congress for dealing in a firm way on this issue. we have seen members of recoiling from a long engagement in afghanistan. what is the appetite for taking on iran?

the general assembly at united nations. the u.s. is assessing each country amounts that are paid to and their ability to make the payment. the united states pays the most, by far, at 22%. japan is next at 16%. germany, the u.k. and france round out the top five, and together, those five fund more than 60% of the united nations operating budget. we'll be right back after this. >> we know the future will be forged by these and not simply words. speeches alone will not solve our problems. it will take persistent action. for those who question the character and cause of my nation, i ask you to look at the concrete actions we have taken in just nine months. bret: president obama speaking here at the general assembly at the united nations today interrupted several times for applause, but what about the speech overall and the message it sent to the world? let's bring in our panel tonight from washington. steve hayes, senior writer for "the weekly standard", juan williams, news analyst for national public radio and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. steve, let's start with you. an overview of your thoughts of the speech. >> i thought it w

because it was very easy to resolve berlin problem with the united states recognizing germany, which is the subject of the international law and the united nations it will be no problem. it was a problem that the soviet union and my father -- they pushed through the world leader and we have our allies ande have to beespected and recognized as equal and, you know, that americans don't want to recognize anybody as equal so they say no, all the problem as i remember is about who will check american papers? it will be east german official or it will be soviet official. americans don't know. we'll never show our papers to east german papers and they can do this forever. so i think that murphy was very good diplomat because i don't think diplomats forgetting something but in his mind that it will be better to our relations if khrushchev will come without any conditions. i thought it was really better for the relations when they came. and when you talk about this long trips, it was part of diplomacy of the time. i remember each visitor to the soviet union have a long trip around the soviet u

>>> most people think walmart best symbolizes the united states? a look into american culture that has people talking about george clooney, and millionaires and president obama. >>> first our top story, iran says it's successfully tested the longest range missile overnight. state-run tv reports the missiles can hit targets 1250 miles away. that means u.s. bases in the middle east and places like israel and athens are in the range. still, the white house says diplomacy is the best way to deal with iran. >> the reality is there is no military option that does anything more than buy time. the estimates are one to three years or so. so i think, as i say, while you don't take options off the table. there's still room left for diplomacy. >> this comes days after iran announced it has a second nuclear facility it had not acknowledged before. they say it is for peaceful purposes. u.s. is calling for the strongest possible sanctions against iran if the facility is being used to make nuclear weapons. full access to the new facility. >>> chicago police are usi

and on -- as short a time ago as august 20th, the united states said -- quote -- "the united states isf poland of any u.s. facilities located on the territory of the republic of poland. the united states and poland intend to expand air and missile defense cooperation, et cetera." we all know that the iranian ballistic missile threat is real and growing. we all know that the administration is seeking the cooperation and help of the russians. now we will see. now we will see. why was this agreement rushed into or the be ary gaition of an a-- abrogation of an agreement? why was the abrogation of an agreement between the united states and poland and the united states and the czech republic in such a rushed fashion? we know that the threat is real and growing. how many times have the -- quote -- "intelligence estimates" been wrong dating back to and including the cold war? as many times as they've been right, i tell my colleagues. whether it be their assessment about the war in iraq or whether it be the capabilities of many of our adversaries, including the -- the korean buildup, which we h