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it was put out there in tokyo as a moment in time and you could diminish the importance of the secreteaty if you know nothing else about the history of the summer. so, what i did and i believe apparently i am the only one who lets ever done it in the last 100 years, i lined up every single letter in the pointman in and out of theodore roosevelt's life for the summer of 1905 and when that, when you line up his correspondence to see who he was meeting with and what he was saying and what he was writing, he was hot to trot for japan to take korea and he was writing about how he didn't like the russians and he loved the japanese and how the japanese were going to further civilizational there in the pacific. so, there was no secret to this other then i worked seven days a week for six years on this project, and dug it all up, and went to every source i possibly could. there are 40 pages of footnotes here, so there is no peace is here. there is no conjecture. you can see it for yourself. >> the next question deals with their reactions and it may be too early to know the reactions of the jap
it was put out there in tokyo as a moment in time and you could diminish the importance of the secreteaty if you know nothing else about the history of the summer. so, what i did and i believe apparently i am the only one who lets ever done it in the last 100 years, i lined up every single letter in the pointman in and out of theodore roosevelt's life for the summer of 1905 and when that, when you line up his correspondence to see who he was meeting with and what he was saying and what he was...
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michael moore from tokyo. >>> next, a debate. president obama's words for his critics in 60 seconds. (announcer) it's what doctors recommend most for headaches. what doctors recommend for arthritis pain... in your hands... knees... and back. for little bodies with fevers... and big bodies on high blood pressure medicine. tylenol works with your body in a way other pain relievers don't... so you feel better... knowing doctors recommend tylenol more than any other brand of pain reliever. >> larry: the president took on his detractors tonight, addressing them and their concerns directly. watch. >> first, there are those who suggest that afghanistan is another vietnam. they argue that it cannot be stabilized and we're better off cutting our losses and rapidly withdrawing. i believe this argument depends on a false reading of history. unlike vietnam, we are joined by a broad coalition of 43 nations that recognizes the ledge it -- legitimacy of our action. we are not facing a broad-based popular insurgency and most importantly, unlike
michael moore from tokyo. >>> next, a debate. president obama's words for his critics in 60 seconds. (announcer) it's what doctors recommend most for headaches. what doctors recommend for arthritis pain... in your hands... knees... and back. for little bodies with fevers... and big bodies on high blood pressure medicine. tylenol works with your body in a way other pain relievers don't... so you feel better... knowing doctors recommend tylenol more than any other brand of pain reliever....
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we pledged $1 billion at the tokyo pledging conference in april. when the refugee crisis and we had two and a half million refugees that appear out of nowhere, hillary clinton was out there four days later with the first $110 million. normally, the united states puts 20, 25 percent of the international assistance on refugee issues. in this case, we put up almost 50%. we are out there all the time. but as i said in my opening remarks, and i was preemptively addressing your question, but i will address it now, we don't give enough aid to pakistan in my view. but it is extremely difficult, because of the long complicated history between the two countries. one of the best, the best book, this is dennis cook's book, u.s. pakistan relations since 1946, if you read the whole panoply of the relationship, you see how many ups and downs we've had, how many times there was some kind of misunderstanding. so speaking for myself, but i know with the general sentiment of my colleagues, we should give -- we should give more money to pakistan, but it should be an i
we pledged $1 billion at the tokyo pledging conference in april. when the refugee crisis and we had two and a half million refugees that appear out of nowhere, hillary clinton was out there four days later with the first $110 million. normally, the united states puts 20, 25 percent of the international assistance on refugee issues. in this case, we put up almost 50%. we are out there all the time. but as i said in my opening remarks, and i was preemptively addressing your question, but i will...
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we pledged $1 billion of the tokyo conference in april.we have 2.5 million refugees from out of nowhere. hillary clinton was out there with the first $110 million. in this case with of almost 50%. we are out there all the time, but as i said in the opening remarks, we do not give enough aid to pakistan in my view, but it is extremely difficult because of the complicated history between the countries, and one of the best examples is a book from 1946, and if you read the whole fein, you see how many times there was a misunderstanding, but i know from the general sentiment, we should give more money to pakistan, but it should be an international effort. this is not the truman doctrine. the european union is a tiny fraction, and in tokyo they gave $500 million, which was a big step forward. i was talking with pashtun about this, and i think she is going to be very good. i never met her before. i was tremendously impressed. the answer is absolutely. is little out of character. that means get the international community. we have got to get the s
we pledged $1 billion of the tokyo conference in april.we have 2.5 million refugees from out of nowhere. hillary clinton was out there with the first $110 million. in this case with of almost 50%. we are out there all the time, but as i said in the opening remarks, we do not give enough aid to pakistan in my view, but it is extremely difficult because of the complicated history between the countries, and one of the best examples is a book from 1946, and if you read the whole fein, you see how...
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tokyo sees a situation where it's almost 20 degrees fahrenheit higher than surrounding countryside. so we have situation where cities have gotten much, much hotter. this is important that the passageway of humanity will be living in cities come the end of the century. again, we need to have a conversation about what is the best thing we can do for these people to cut emissions so we have a situation where we do the kyoto protocol will we get slightly less in the end of the century. maybe not. we do know there is simple measures like getting more water features, more parks into cities. as one way we can degrees temperatures by about 14 degrees their night in london. we know that if we put in more white services, simply stop having as much black tarmac, paint our roads wider, not black or at least. we can decrease even more. again, studies in london so this could reach up to 18 degrees fahrenheit and cutting the temperature in london. i'm starting to engage ourselves in a conversation of saying cutting carbon emissions is not the only solution to those problems and we need to start th
tokyo sees a situation where it's almost 20 degrees fahrenheit higher than surrounding countryside. so we have situation where cities have gotten much, much hotter. this is important that the passageway of humanity will be living in cities come the end of the century. again, we need to have a conversation about what is the best thing we can do for these people to cut emissions so we have a situation where we do the kyoto protocol will we get slightly less in the end of the century. maybe not....
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these were flights coming in from london, paris, tokyo and another flight from amsterdam. all passengers were seated on their planes were several hours while all this was figured out. it took three, four, five hours for all these other passengers on these other flights to go through customs and get into the terminal. terrifying moments for all these people aboard flight 253 from amsterdam this afternoon. we've also learned about another incident on board a flight from amsterdam to detroit this afternoon. another passenger was arrested on that flight as well. federal officials and local law enforcement here don't think the two incidents were connected but it also did happen on a flight from amsterdam to detroit. a passenger was yelling anti-american statements, throwing food on passengers in the back part of the plane. he was taken into custody. but law enforcement officials tell us they think it was a drunk passenger and that the two incidents weren't connected. >> was that a northwest flight as well coming in from amsterdam or a different flight? >> reporter: also a north
these were flights coming in from london, paris, tokyo and another flight from amsterdam. all passengers were seated on their planes were several hours while all this was figured out. it took three, four, five hours for all these other passengers on these other flights to go through customs and get into the terminal. terrifying moments for all these people aboard flight 253 from amsterdam this afternoon. we've also learned about another incident on board a flight from amsterdam to detroit this...
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we pledged $1 billion of the tokyo conference in april.when the refugee crisis hit and we had 2.5 million refugees appear from out of nowhere, hillary clinton was out there four days later with the first $110 million. first $110 million. in this case with of almost 50%. we are out there all the time, but as i said in the opening remarks, we do not give enough aid to pakistan in my view, but it is extremely difficult because of the complicated history between the countries, and one of the best examples is a book from 1946, and if you read the whole fein, you see how many times there was a misunderstanding, but i know from the general sentiment, we should give more money to pakistan, but it should be an international effort. this is not the truman doctrine. the european union is a tiny fraction, and in tokyo they gave $500 million, which was a big step forward. i was talking with pashtun about this, and i think she is going to be very good. i never met her before. i was tremendously impressed. the answer is absolutely. is little out of chara
we pledged $1 billion of the tokyo conference in april.when the refugee crisis hit and we had 2.5 million refugees appear from out of nowhere, hillary clinton was out there four days later with the first $110 million. first $110 million. in this case with of almost 50%. we are out there all the time, but as i said in the opening remarks, we do not give enough aid to pakistan in my view, but it is extremely difficult because of the complicated history between the countries, and one of the best...
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we will ask our friends and allies to do their part, including at the donor's conference in tokyo next month. i don't ask for this support lightly. these are challenging times. resources are stretched. but the american people must understand that this is a down payment on our own future because the security of american -- of america and pakistan is shared. pakistan's government must be a stronger partner in destroying these safe havens and we must separate al qaeda from the pakistani people. these steps are also indy spenceable to our effort in afghanistan. security d demands a new sense of share responsibility, and that's why we'll launch a stand, trilateral dialogue among the united states, afghanistan and pakistan. our nations will meet regularly with secretaries clinton and secretary gates leading our effort. together we must enhance intelligence sharing along the border while addressing issues of common concern like trade, energy, and economic development. this is just one part of a coomp rehencive strategy to prevent afghanistan from becoming the al qaeda safe haven it was before
we will ask our friends and allies to do their part, including at the donor's conference in tokyo next month. i don't ask for this support lightly. these are challenging times. resources are stretched. but the american people must understand that this is a down payment on our own future because the security of american -- of america and pakistan is shared. pakistan's government must be a stronger partner in destroying these safe havens and we must separate al qaeda from the pakistani people....
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a third conference could take place in tokyo to focus on deficiencies and funding. we heard clearly your message about the need to improve the government's and -- to improve the governmentnance. if our government was functioning there would not have been [unintelligible] there would have been no taliban and no international efforts to rebuild afghanistan. therefore, improving the government is our responsibility. the government of afghanistan is committed to taking measures to fight corruption and improve the government. the president said that individuals involved in corruption will not have a place in the government. 600 officials have been arrested lately, and many are high- ranking officials. we are improving the quality of the chief of police and others. we will emphasize the appointment based on merit. and fighting narcotics which funds large-scale corruption is also part of on priority in fighting terrorism and corruption. -- also part of our priority. to fight corruption we need three things, political will, strong legal institutions and improved laws. the p
a third conference could take place in tokyo to focus on deficiencies and funding. we heard clearly your message about the need to improve the government's and -- to improve the governmentnance. if our government was functioning there would not have been [unintelligible] there would have been no taliban and no international efforts to rebuild afghanistan. therefore, improving the government is our responsibility. the government of afghanistan is committed to taking measures to fight corruption...
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coordinate assistance in vulnerable areas and encouraging other countries to follow through ounlder tokyoonor conference plemps. as we strengthen our partnership, we're forging strength and cooperation on a. >> guest: basis that emphasizes institutions not individuals. in addition to the president prime minister and other ruling party officials, we're reaching out to provincial and local officials and developing strong working relationships with parties and civil society leaders across the spectrum. building on the october trip by secretary of state clinton, diplomacy efforts redefines the u.s. relationship goes beyond security efforts. this expands to people to people contacts and provides alternative to the narrative of fear and hate extreme s rely on and pursuing high-level policy dialogues to encourage the government of pakistan to undertake policy reforms leading to long-term economic growth and development. sustained diplomacy on energy iri issues, for example, and proving the lives of the pakistani people has reinforced pakistan's resolve to implement critical lech trissy pricing r
coordinate assistance in vulnerable areas and encouraging other countries to follow through ounlder tokyoonor conference plemps. as we strengthen our partnership, we're forging strength and cooperation on a. >> guest: basis that emphasizes institutions not individuals. in addition to the president prime minister and other ruling party officials, we're reaching out to provincial and local officials and developing strong working relationships with parties and civil society leaders across...
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let me just as we finish let me stress again in my swing from the region from seoul to beijing to tokyoto moscow i found very strong agreement that the unity of the five is very important in trying to deal with north korea. and i found there is strong support for continuing to enforce the sanctions and there was also a strong view that it had been useful for the united states to take on this direct contact with the north koreans in the context of the six party framework. so i think it's been useful and move things forward. i would like to be able to be more precise about a timetable for the future but at this point i am not able to be. so anyway, thank you. >> we will take a few minute breaks. [inaudible conversations]
let me just as we finish let me stress again in my swing from the region from seoul to beijing to tokyoto moscow i found very strong agreement that the unity of the five is very important in trying to deal with north korea. and i found there is strong support for continuing to enforce the sanctions and there was also a strong view that it had been useful for the united states to take on this direct contact with the north koreans in the context of the six party framework. so i think it's been...
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coordinate assistance in vulnerable areas and encouraging other countries to follow through ounlder tokyo donor conference plemps. as we strengthen our partnership, we're forging strength and cooperation on a. >> guest: basis that emphasizes institutions not individuals. in addition to the president prime minister and other ruling party officials, we're reaching out to provincial and local officials and developing strong working relationships with parties and civil society leaders across the spectrum. building on the october trip by secretary of state clinton, diplomacy efforts redefines the u.s. relationship goes beyond security efforts. this expands to people to people contacts and provides alternative to the narrative of fear and hate extreme s rely on and pursuing high-level policy dialogues to encourage the government of pakistan to undertake policy reforms leading to long-term economic growth and development. sustained diplomacy on energy iri issues, for example, and proving the lives of the pakistani people has reinforced pakistan's resolve to implement critical lech trissy pricing
coordinate assistance in vulnerable areas and encouraging other countries to follow through ounlder tokyo donor conference plemps. as we strengthen our partnership, we're forging strength and cooperation on a. >> guest: basis that emphasizes institutions not individuals. in addition to the president prime minister and other ruling party officials, we're reaching out to provincial and local officials and developing strong working relationships with parties and civil society leaders across...
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a third conference could take place in tokyo to focus on deficiencies and funding. we heard clearly your message about the need to improve the government's and -- to improve the governmentnance. if our government was functioning there would not have been [unintelligible] there would have been no taliban and no international efforts to rebuild afghanistan. therefore, improving the government is our responsibility. the government of afghanistan is committed to taking measures to fight corruption and improve the government. the president said that individuals involved in corruption will not have a place in the government. 600 officials have been arrested lately, and many are high- ranking officials. we are improving the quality of the chief of police and others. we will emphasize the appointment based on merit. and fighting narcotics which funds large-scale corruption is also part of on priority in fighting terrorism and corruption. -- also part of our priority. to fight corruption we need three things, political will, strong legal institutions and improved laws. the p
a third conference could take place in tokyo to focus on deficiencies and funding. we heard clearly your message about the need to improve the government's and -- to improve the governmentnance. if our government was functioning there would not have been [unintelligible] there would have been no taliban and no international efforts to rebuild afghanistan. therefore, improving the government is our responsibility. the government of afghanistan is committed to taking measures to fight corruption...
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coordinate assistance in vulnerable areas and encouraging other countries to follow through ounlder tokyodonor conference plemps. as we strengthen our partnership, we're forging strength and cooperation on a. >> guest: basis that emphasizes institutions not individuals. in addition to the president prime minister and other ruling party officials, we're reaching out to provincial and local officials and developing strong working relationships with parties and civil society leaders across the spectrum. building on the october trip by secretary of state clinton, diplomacy efforts redefines the u.s. relationship goes beyond security efforts. this expands to people to people contacts and provides alternative to the narrative of fear and hate extreme s rely on and pursuing high-level policy dialogues to encourage the government of pakistan to undertake policy reforms leading to long-term economic growth and development. sustained diplomacy on energy iri issues, for example, and proving the lives of the pakistani people has reinforced pakistan's resolve to implement critical lech trissy pricing
coordinate assistance in vulnerable areas and encouraging other countries to follow through ounlder tokyodonor conference plemps. as we strengthen our partnership, we're forging strength and cooperation on a. >> guest: basis that emphasizes institutions not individuals. in addition to the president prime minister and other ruling party officials, we're reaching out to provincial and local officials and developing strong working relationships with parties and civil society leaders across...