terrorist organization, larry. >> larry: nic, how concerned are the british muslim radicalism in the uk they see this suspect as an on/off operator or part of a wider network? >> they haven't -- we haven't heard from british officials specifically befoabout the susp at the moment. they're concerned helping u.s. authorities with their investigation. but if you look at what the continue tell against services have said in the past few years here, they have 2,000 suspects they're following. and about 30 active terror plots they're following at any one time. it's a big problem here. it's something that they're watching very carefully. and it's also something they're very aware of, they cannot know everything all the time, and just below this radicalized level of people who want to have active terror plots, there are people who want to radicalize the population, people who go out on the streets and say the queen should be kicked out of buckingham palace. it should be turned into a mosque and islamic law run. there's so much, instead of obscuring the real radicals behind this. >> joining us fr

because i understood or was told by my own legal adviser that there might be questions about the uk +responsibility for the detention facilities in mmd se, i got my legal adviser to purloin a writ -- a copy of the report from his contacts in the cpa, go through it, while i was away on a visit elsewhere, and check what was relevant for british concerns and make sure that those parts were reported back to london and to the ministry of defence which you did. he did not go through the rest of the report or give me any other indication that there were general questions here about the overall administration of iraq that might arise and so i missed an opportunity to focus on that. >> the senior british officers did not convey this to you? >> they did not. >> you were not able to give london and a warning that this issue is likely to blow up but some time? >> i do not know whether london of the west got a full copy of the report. i think we sent them the parts of the report that affected british responsibility. you would have to ask other people whether they saw the full report. when the issu

intelligence to understand in detail what happened in the different places around the world, yemen, the uk, where he traveled, who he communicated with. and who he's affiliated with in addition to how this happened. he's also working with janet napolitano at the department of homeland security and making sure that whatever they learn on the intelligence and law enforcement side they are figuring that into the way they screen people not only at u.s. airports but sharing that to the extent they can, the hints, the pieces of the puzzle with screeners around the world so people know -- those screeners know what to look for. >> larry: by the way, ms ms. napolitano will be on with john king tomorrow morning. eric, these kind of incidents, does this make you pessimistic about where we're going with this? >> no. but i think we have to be patient with it. this is going to be a long, long struggle. we have to, as i said, grit our teeth. it eventually will die down. these things always do. and there will be accidents. you know, i was on a lufthansa flight that was hijacked on the way to egypt, back t

including france and germany, uk yes yet to show signs of coming out of the recessions. prime minister's questions tend to place the blame on the prime minister. . given that those cuptries are in growth and we are not in growth, can he tell us on earth he meant when he said, and i quote, we were leading the rest of the world out of recession. >> not one policy -- we have taken action to restructure the banks and nationalize opposed by the party opposite. we have taken action to keep unemployment down as a result of creating jobs opposed by the opposition. we have taken action for international cooperation opposed by the opposition. they have been wrong on the session, they will be wrong on the recovery. mr. speaker, the voice may be that of a modern public relations man, the mind set is that of this -- is that of the 1930's. >> the fact is, when you look at the prime minister's three central claim the claim we were better prepared for other countries, that was wrong, our deficit was worse than other countries. the claim that britain was leading the world out of recessio

recently revealed figures showed since 2001 140 inmates were allowed to die of cancer while serving in uk jails. under this government, is it one rule for british inmates and another one for libyan mass murderers? >> mr. speaker, as he knows, the decision on libya was made by the scottish administration. it was their decision to make. it was not our decision to make. >> roger barry. >> mr. speaker, my constituents are extremely concerned about the impact of global warming and wants speedy action to deal with it members opposite in their european allies. will my right honorable friend assure the house that he has been doing everything possible so that both developed and developing countries can look to a deal at copenhagen? >> well, we are in the happy position of being able to work with the rest of europe to get a climate change agreement and in the position to work as europe with the rest of the world to make sure that we can move forward. and the talks that are taking place now including at the commonwealth conference are a desire to bring together the richest countries who will have to

cingular for asthma uk today 12% more. though and that's what's happened. there is nothing, i repeat nothing in any of the health care plans considered either senate or the u.s. house that addresses this piece, the price, the escalated price of prescription drugs. now there are a lot of whole other folks in this country that are not senior citizens that are taking drug to manage their disease. they take cholesterol-lowering medicine. they take medicine to lower bread pressure. they manage their disease or manage their health issues and don't have to go to an acute care bed in a hospital because they are doing the right things and they're doing it with pharmaceuticals. the problem is the pharmaceutical prices are going up, up, up, way up, way above what other people in the world are paying for the identical drug. and i'm saying it's just not fair. not a president, the issue is not that the pharmaceutical industry is a bad industry or they are infested with that companies. i just think they have that pricing policies. just bad pricing policies. they are able

forces in helmand, is there not a danger that there will be a contrast between the uk forces, who are still spread too thinly, and u.s. forces, who will not be? does he accept that this needs to change, and change very urgently? >> if he had heard what i said last week, he would know that i said that we were going to thicken the presence of our forces in a number of key areas. of course operational decisions are a matter for commanders on the ground, but i think it is recognized that two things have got to happen. one is that we thicken our presence. the second thing, however, i do emphasize as part of our long- term strategy, is the fact that we are also there to train the afghan forces so that they can take over. so 5,000 afghan troops will come to be trained in helmand itself. 10,000 in total will be trained in helmand over the course of the next year, and we will then want to pass security control, district by district, to the afghan people. we not only have a reason for being there, which is the threat of terrorism on the streets of our country, we also have a plan to give the af

uk's 100 military death in afghanistan and answered questions about the future role of british troops. in january, london will host an international conference on afghanistan. he took questions on the economy, taxes, and healthcare. . in time and a benefit to all concerts are we completely completely exhausted and it's. >> order. >> question for the prime minister. >> robert neil? >> mr. speaker, before listing my gauge was, it with deep sorrow that we remember from first but i don't oil-rich but lance corporal adam who died in afghanistan on monday. my thoughts and i know the thoughts of the whole house will be with his family and friends. be with his family and friends. every life lost during and during previous years, is a personal tragedy here and we mourn every single loss. we mourn heroes whose acts of bravery recognized a more stable afghanistan needs a safer britain. and the scale of that sacrifice does not diminish but strengthens our resolve. this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others with addition to my duties and house today. >> robert neil? >> thank you, mr. s

risk-taking before world war war i in between their early eighties settled think at this stage the uk or the u.s. are ready to go that far i don't see that. >> thank you. very interesting a lawyer focus on two things. the great depression and comes in stages bridge is not a one moment event, that could show that we're just in the early stages of a big mess. so i will ask a request in which i don't expect you to answer at all. [laughter] but in other words, , how do you see coming out of this with any reasonable calmness? because we usually don't. these are people's lives so how are we coming out of this is the first part if we have the same people on the above for such as larry summers, and that whole built, in other words, are these people just going to help themselves out of this they take care of the bank's first of the people second or third or never. i am concerned this administration would give me the same types of people and just to speculate on how we might come out of this. >> the second part of the question first come up something that is in the mandate it is not a witch hun

>> there is a broader problem that is a trend with a disgruntled oppositionist right -- we have the uk independence party opposed to europe. australia has had the opposition conservative party just allis its leader for supporting climate change. we have one in italy and here we have glenn beck and rush limbaugh. it seems like there is a clear and turmoil on the right -- there is a clear turmoil. >> there are a lot of voices in both parties and there is a different motive in terms of those in the media than those of us who owe it to our constituents to live up to promises made. i think you are right in that people are castoff in this country -- people are pissed off in this country. as people are out of work they become more enraged with government. >> if you want to talk employment -- if you want to talk about unemployment you do not want to talk about obama being a racist. >> people are looking for leadership and they don't care about that issue. >> when you have that put on the agenda that is a problem. >> i want to make this a less partisan and talk about history. my history does no

secretary had a number of bilateral meetings as she met with uk foreign secretary, polish foreign minister, norwegian foreign minister, georgian foreign minister, russian foreign minister, and she had her first meeting with the new eui rep. in the latter meeting, they talked about afghanistan, like all of the meetings. they also had a chance to talk about the very important meetings next week related to the eu. it'll be the first meeting of foreign ministers for the new eu high rep, lady ashton. and in addition to the european council meeting, which of course was the summit meeting. and as i said, they discussed afghanistan. but they also discussed iran. because we expect that the iranian issue will be addressed in the eu council meeting. and there will be a brood discussion on next steps in that meeting. i also have an announcement regarding travel of undersecretary bill burns. he will travel to beijing december 8 and the 9. he will then travel to indonesia on december 10th and 11th, for consults with senior indonesian officials on expanding cooperation on areas of mutual interest as disc

isn't there a danger there will be a contrast before the uk forces and u.s.orces who aren't spread too thinny. does it need to change, and change urgently. >> if you heard what i said last week, i said we were going to thicken our courses in key areas. it's a matter on the ground. i think it is recognized. two things have to happen. the second thing, however, i do emphasis is long-term strategy. we have trained the afghanistan forces so they can take over. and so 5,000 troops will be trained in helmand itself. we want to pass direct by direct to the afghan people. we have not only a reason to be there, but have a plan to get the afghan's control over the control so that at some point, our troops can come home. >> it's right. of course it's the minutes and commanders to make the dispositions. but everyone agrees that one of the keys to the successful counterinsurgency is a dense population of troops to protect the civilian population. and the figures do tell a vital story. soon there's be 20,000 u.s. forces responsible for some 30% of the population. under 10,

know we have confidence in our troops and we are giving them the best of the equipment produced in the uk? >> my hon. friend is absolutely right. the equipment being produced for our troops to deal with guerrilla warfare being practiced by the talavou and it is of very high quality and i am proud -- produced by the taliban and it is of very high quality. i am proud. we will continue to upgrade the equipment available to our forces, in addition to the defense budget, several billion vehicles, helicopters, equipment to deal with ied's. some very notable firms are responsible for these advances that we are making in both technology and equipment. >> with regard to the london conference, will the prime minister undertake to invite russia, china and india to take part? willie except that this is not only appropriate is they face -- will he accept that this is not only appropriate as they faced the same terrorist threats, but their presence would reassure unlike iraq, our presence in afghanistan has the unanimous support of united nations security council? >> mr. speaker, the former foreign sec

purchase your lamb from new zealand environmentally than it did to purchase your lamb locally in the uk. you say, how is that possible? that can be possible with all the traveling across the world. transportation is a matter compared to the fact that the lamb produced in new zealand is produced under natural conditions, it is grass fed lamb. anyone that the land they were comparing it to was produced under confined animal feed lot conditions, industrial conditions. the energy sinkless and a former production, not in the distance land travel. and other examples to meadows. a study showed that if you bought local hothouse tomatoes grown within puts of pete to artificial conditions, if you bought those locally it would actually be 10 times more energy inefficient than if you got tomatoes that are grown naturally on the other side of the world. these examples are really more than anecdotal. i think they point to a hit in aspect of our food system that we are not paying enough attention to. what i ultimately envision and propose it is somewhat sketchy form in the book is a kind of hope and s

same thing in the uk. and it goes even deeper than concerns about conservation. it's been shown that young children need nature for healthy psychological development. trees and flowers and things like that are really important. they need -- did a study in chicago, took two areas of high crime. one area they took empty lots and made them green, window boxes and greened it. the other one they left, and the rate of crime drop significantly in the area where they made green. so, this is why -- people say to me, why have you left the chimp pan seize and working with children? for two reasons. one is i have grandchildren, and they play like children outside, and my son was raised in tanzania, but i see so many of the people i know in the u.s. and europe who are just as you describe, kids do not play out in the wild. >> host: you mentioned this program. tell me more about that. it's a global program designed to, what, get kids to invest in nature? >> guest: it's a bit more than that. it's a symbolic name. if you imagine a small seed, an acorn, it's going to grow into a

of course, we've got bill rafferty from the uk, to his right i've got our communications officer rearl greg smith. i've got one of my two aides, and then my executive officer, colonel charlie flynn. >> general, thank you. >> general mcchrystal, when you answered some questions from representative mckeon, you talked about your force planning and assessment of criteria, continually doing so. when president obama as commander in chief stated in march that our real goal here was al qaeda in pakistan, and then one of his three objectives was our partnership with pakistan, as you came up with your forces, was that part of the benchmarks for determining the proper number of troops? >> most of our assessment was -- for forces was what we recommended for inside afghanistan to create conditions that would be complementary to progress inside pakistan. so i think i'm answering your question here, we did not shape our forces for anything inside pakistan. >> so the 35,000 taliban that are in pakistan were not part of your assess the of how many troops you might need to take care of those key popula

weekend, we've been presented with the news stories -- nobody has seen a bill, including many democrats uke, fm the majority leader, that suggests that they may have a deal that expands medicare to include the 5 to 64-year-old age group. potentially 20-plus million people. i've heard people say, that's only going to be 2 million. so i guess it's going to be crafted in a way that leaves some out and let's som out and . maybe somehow this is going to be crafted in way that we let 2 million 55-to 64-year-olds in and leaves the others out. my good friend from rhode island talked about the c.m.s. act weared and what he had to say. i wasn't prepared to come today and read every editorial out of the washington street journal, but had i, think it would have rebutted most of m what my colleague said. let me read a couple of quotes from the act washings the same one that senator white house talked about. it said, "the reid bill is especially likely to result in providers being unwilling to treat medicare and medicaid patients." unwilling to treat medicare and medicaid patients. in other words, not st

caller: thanks to the uk audience about the iraq war policy.cerning the is really a tie with the war. there is an excellent piece from a couple of years ago about the israel lobby. guest: well, i think a single standard of human rights helps people to avoid getting lost. it is a reliable compass. otherwise people get sort of jerk around and drawn into various eddies and hurricanes of ideologies and nationalism and theology. if you look at the question of human right, palestinians have lived in their land occupied now for more than four years in gaza and the west bank. a siege on gaza withholding basic health care and other resources. if we use a single yardstick of human rights than i think we should be critical of the israeli government particularly because taxpayers are helping to subsidize it. guest: the problem with this perspective is this -- everyone agrees there should be a standard of human rights which is the maximum amount of freedom. the problem is, people like norm on the left never want to say this far in a further. people with hit

is a commensurate increase in the in-theater medical services and also the aftercare services in the uk? >> he is absolutely right about high quality, indeed, the superb service provided by those people who are charged with the health care of those people who are fighting in afghanistan. i have seen for myself the facilities, the way that hospital has some of the most modern equipment in the world and the way its nurses and medical staff care for those wounded and injured. we have determined, working with the americans and other parties who share this medical facility, to improve it at all times. we are also determined that facilities at birmingham are the best for those members of our armed forces who are injured and for their recovery and rehabilitation. we have invested substantially in hedleycourt. >> the prime minister has rightly referred to the need to deal with the terrorist threat at its source. can he tell the house what proportion of terrorist threats or plots have been uncovered or disrupted in the last five years that have been directly connected with the afghani taliban ra

, will he ensure that there is a commensurate increase in the in theater after care services in the uk? >> he is absolutely right about those people who are charged with the health care of those people who are fighting in afghanistan. i have seen for myself the facilities, the way that hospital has some of the most modern equipment in the world and the way its nurses and medical care -- staff care for we have determined, working with the americans and other parties who share this medical facility, we are also determined that facilities at birmingham are the best for those members of our armed forces who are injured and the recovery and rehabilitation. we have invested substantially in hedleycourt. >> the prime minister has deal with the terrorist threat at its source. can he tell the house what proportion of terrorist threats years have been directly connected with the afghani tell them rather than the pakistani taliban? >> i was talking about al qaeda and the threat posed in the united kingdom by terrorist plots either organize or in collaboration with people who are members of al qae

caller: thanks to the uk audience about the iraq war policy.cerning the is really a tie with the war. there is an excellent piece from a couple of years ago about the israel lobby. guest: well, i think a single guest: well, i think a single standard of human rights is a reliable compass. otherwise, we get jerked around are drawn into various eddies and hurricanes of ideologies and theology. if you look at the question of human rights, how people have lived in their land occupied by others, of virtual siege on dodd's of -- gaza, and if we use a single yardstick for human rights, we should be critical of the israeli government, particularly because taxpayers are helping to subsidize it. guest: the problem with this perspective is that everyone agrees there ought to be one standard for human rights, and that is, a maximum amount of individual liberty. but people like more on the left never want to say this far and no further. even with hitler, he would not respect any code of human rights, and neither like the plo. but the problem is that you have

the president of university uk said that higher education requires further of teaching and learning inparticular. universities need more money, mr. sheeshg. -- speaker. and members who support this motion will deprive them of that. >> when you go and get an education you will get more people more jobs. think that the education is the only way to do this. >> young people, the few young people watching this debate today will see how out of touch and unrealistic that scrapping university fees is. it's not equivocal for students to make a contribution. they stand to gain financially from a degree. education is an investment, and it's irrational for students to borrow at this stage of their life cycle. we should encourage students to be more selective in their courses and discourage students to take mickey mouse degrees. few young people can lead to this sort of stupidity. >> what is the point of busting your hump really over so many years to get grades and doing midnight black coffee sessions and miscourse work. by the time it comes to it, you cannot afford to go to the university. if you

whether or po2 come consensus on the details of what the rules are because banks in germany, france, the uk, u.s., japan, are all somewhat different and their governments tend to want to take the playing field in that direction. it took 12 years to get the last one. so they're certainly a lot of smoke here and there's a lot of talk about this. that's better than not, but i don't think, maybe you disagree, much urgency to get this fixed. >> host: i guess that's right but maybe i'm a little more optimistic read one thing that seems to be happening in all the major countries is controls on executive conversation. at first our bankers were saying well, they control us. we'll just go over and see. but now others are also putting controls. >> guest: first of all the interesting question about to what extent compensation costs and i think if you did obviously there's some new rule that out to be written so bankers can't take them and bring them into the ditch. there's another question about whether we just pay people and finance too much. postcode yes, i think a lot of us would say yes but it's a

of doing something like the right to request an blogs ability -- collectibility like they do in the uk. i don't want to be fired for having a conversation about the need to have a predictable or flexible schedule. >> the focus on some of the corporations and that have the least amount of opportunities to provide some sort of telework flexibility. that does not exclude the fact that there are a lot more corporations who provide -- could be doing much more in that area. some of the companies that have a need for people to be physically on site are harder hit in the recession than the average. it provides a challenging environment for them to be overly regulated. it will be interesting to see. the conversation -- a lot of employers will say that if the employees will simply ask, they are happy to provide flexibility. the hammer of that is when they come recession does not go well, what kind of mechanism do you provide in terms of the employee. it becomes a sticking point. you lose the bipartisan portion when it turns the that hammer. >> i appreciate what david said, it makes sense. employ

>> there is a broader problem that is a trend with a disgruntled oppositionist right -- we have the uk independence party opposed to europe. australia has had the opposition conservative party just allis its leader for supporting climate change. we have one in italy and here we have glenn beck and rush limbaugh. it seems like there is a clear and turmoil on the right -- there is a clear turmoil. >> there are a lot of voices in both parties and there is a different motive in terms of those in the media than those of us who owe it to our constituents to live up to promises made. i think you are right in that people are castoff in this country -- people are pissed off in this country. as people are out of work they become more enraged with government. >> if you want to talk employment -- if you want to talk about unemployment you do not want to talk about obama being a racist. >> people are looking for leadership and they don't care about that issue. >> when you have that put on the agenda that is a problem. >> i want to make this a less partisan and talk about history. my history does no

however, the soldiers, if they're in member states such as japan, germany, and even the uk, may be subjectto jurisdiction. i'd like your opinions on whether you agree or disagree with the icc's pros cue toral claim, to prosecute u.s. and nato troops over actions taken in afghanistan. >> gongman, let me speak for a minute from a united states perspective. we do have a bilateral agreement, article 98, as we do with certain other states party to the icc. and this precludes the afghan government from surrendering troops to the icc. the important bottom line is our troops are protected from being turned over to the icc. >> while they're in afghanistan. what if they're in other countries that are not signatories to an article 98 agreement but the countries themselves are signatories to their own agreement. >> let me get back for the record on that important question. congressman, i know it's a complicated legal issue. >> general, do you have an opinion on that? i think we need a definitive answer because young men and women are being asked to go overseas to afghanistan to engage in combat. they

caller: thanks to the uk audience about the iraq war policy.is really a tie with the war. there is an excellent piece from a couple of years ago about the israel lobby. guest: well, i think a single standard of human rights helps people to avoid getting lost. it is a reliable compass. otherwise people get sort of jerk around and drawn into various eddies and hurricanes of ideologies and nationalism and theology. if you look at the question of human right, palestinians have lived in their land occupied now for more than four years in gaza and the west bank. a siege on gaza withholding basic health care and other resources. if we use a single yardstick of human rights than i think we should be critical of the israeli government particularly because taxpayers are helping to subsidize it. guest: the problem with this perspective is this -- everyone agrees there should be a standard of human rights which is the maximum amount of freedom. the problem is, people like norm on the left never want to say this far in a further. people with hitler would no

co-head and conclude that the uk guys do not play football the way that we do, but we would solve thisproblem. >> how long do you expect a delegation to be in copenhagen? >> our plan is to go next week. it is contingent on the floor schedule, but we will be going next week. again, our schedule will be determined. >> will you be there for the president's address? >> that is our plan. we will be there to be supportive of the president. >>we have a delegation that will be put together and we will make the announcement at the appropriate time. >> there is a roll call on the floor. bucs will be bipartisan? >> absolutely bipartisan. >> will you be selecting the democratic delegate? >> the speaker is the lead person in our delegation and she has made this her flagship issue. she is leading the delegation. there will be broad bipartisan participation from the house side in this conference. >>i know a number of republicans that are coming. i am just not at liberty to make an announcement for them. i think you could identify them and ask them if they will be on the trip. >> this is contingent on

. >> in the uk, in london, the prize piece of property, the state department folks said we're going toget so much money for this that it will help pay for the new embassy? >> that's right, sir. but the reason for the new embassy was simply that the existing embassy is extremely -- >> too close? >> very difficult to protect. almost impossible to protect well -- about as much unattractive bar sh wire and barriers as possible have been put around that rather classic famous embassy. and it's still, you know, there is a real threat in london as we witnessed in the last few years. so that embassy is being sold. i think it has been sold. and a new site has been found. a rather remarkable new site. >> i've seen it. >> centrally located. >> and expensive. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. thank you very much. i want to thank our first panel for being here today. your responses will be helpful to what we'll be doing. and, again, i thank you and wish you well in your positions. thank you. now i'd like to call up panel two. our second panel of witnesses are ambassador ronald e. newman, the

. >> it was a bad point* in the uk/u.s. relations if anything else. president johnson fended some protocol there. but the the thing about the anglo-american relationship since 1945, is not characterized by its ability but the volatility and it is extraordinary up and down over that period. >> i am not trying to get into that. >> of love to go into it but i would like to go into the analogy of a policy of giving political support tata which in itself can carry a political prize. >> i a understand that but i cannot conceive -- concede that prime minister player given what he said about sadam hussain in 1998 and where he was coming from, whatever done a harold wilson if i can put it like that. i think the sir roderick point* of love level of military support might have been an alternative, that i think is more to the point*. i cannot envision and post 9/11 that tony blair would ever in the way that harold wilson did with this to defeat himself and the white house. >> can you imagine him pursuing the military options of the united kingdom without referenc

one more story from the guardian this morning in the uk concerning tony blair. he urges a leaders to secure a deal in copenhagen as time runs short. with ministers, titans, and celebrities flooding at the danish capital, the former british prime minister said that a compromise was possible. it is likely to fall short of the actions recommended by scientists to avoid dangerous levels of global warming. here is chicago. doris? caller: senator lieberman showed his colors when he supported john mccain in the primary. i have no clue why the democrats allow this man to keep his chairmanship and to caucus with democrats. he is really a republican. we have a progressive majority in both houses, but party is being controlled by right-wing corporate democrats. host: wouldn't you agree that senator harry reid has needed his vote? caller: no, we need reconciliation. will not get nelson, senator lieberman, senator lang can. there is a good democrat considering a run against lincoln in the primary. the people in arkansas need to look at him and get rid of people atblanche lin

only the few have the kind of capabilities that france and the uk and the united states and other countrieslot fatigue. this is a little less than two hours. >> we're going to call the hearing to order. this is the hear of the senate commerce subcommittee on aviation. my colleagues will be joining me shortly. but i want to begin on time. the discussion today is on the subject of pilot fatigue. let me describe my concern about this issue. and the concern of a number of my colleagues. the issue of pilot fatigue is not new. it's been on the national transportation safety boards most wanted list for 19 years, since the list was created. pilot fatigue has consistently been an issue with the ntsb and the faa. the current flight rules i believe have been in existence with respect to duty time and so on have been in the existence for some 40 or 50 years. without much change. the ntsb investigation have found that pilot fatigue was the probable of contributory cause of 273 fatalities between 1989 and 2008. so this is not some issue without substantial consequence. we call on the faa to revise the fl

cer panels have been used in other countries such as uk where 15,000 cp'cer patients die prematurelyvery year. other unintended bills could @% wreck havoc. what happens when they demand to buy insurance and realize the penalty. it won't take longer for other healthy americans to pay a 750 tax recovery than 5,000 in annual when coverage can't be denyed if you get sick. i referenceed the "wall street journal"'s pole and then we'll get to your calls. public is turned against the overhaul of the sweeping bill of the healthcare in the senate. more americans believe it's better to keep the current healthcare than to pass president barack obama's plan. )jurh new "wall street journal" pole. overhaul enjoy the slight edge over the status call to get waivering lawmakers on pole. 44 percent of americans said it's better to pass no plan at all compared to 44 percent that said it's better to pass the plan. begin with a call from new jersey. be linda. good morning. caller: good morning. i sáátpá really do agree with howard dean. but as i really sit back and i think about the many people i've seen

. >> in the uk, in london, the prize piece of property, the state department folks said we're going to get so much money for this that it will help pay for the new embassy? >> that's right, sir. but the reason for the new embassy was simply that the existing embassy is extremely -- >> too close? >> very difficult to protect. almost impossible to protect well -- about as much unattractive bar sh wire and barriers as possible have been put around that rather classic famous embassy. and it's still, you know, there is a real threat in london as we witnessed in the last few years. so that embassy is being sold. i think it has been sold. and a new site has been found. a rather remarkable new site. >> i've seen it. >> centrally located. >> and expensive. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. thank you very much. i want to thank our first panel for being here today. your responses will be helpful to what we'll be doing. and, again, i thank you and wish you well in your positions. thank you. now i &%@@@ #á4 miss susan r. johnson, the president of the american foreign service association. as

who are reviewing every sill in this bill to determine what it does to people and the most important ukes significant organization that represents the interests of the elderly in this country have analyzes this bill and have said to america, this is a good bill. this bill strengthens medicare, provides benefits, reduces costs. and that's what we've tried to do over these many, many months. so let's move on. if you want to change all of this let's offer an amendment and move forward ands. i urge my colleagues to reject the mccain amendment because i think his proposal would do great damage. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from montana is recognized. mr. baucus: mr. president, i noted that the other side the last couple two, three days has tried to make the case that seniors' medicare benefits are in jeopardy because -- quote -- "this legislation cuts medicar medicare." i've heard that statement over and over and over and over again. in fact, the last speaker on the other side made that same point. i'm co confounded. i'm very surprised w

when you reduce the number of uninsured ukes the amount of cost that medicare has to pay for health care in our hospitals is reduced. that's why we can reduce our payments to hospitals in america because the amoun of uncompensated care they currently have will be reduced. i have heard my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about medicare advantage. let me tell you something. i remember when we used to pay the private insurance companies in medicare a little less than what we paid people in traditional health care. that's corporate welfare, we're paying them the same. taxpayer support is higher than what it used to be. we know that these benefits that are being paid could be gone tomorrow. we saw it happen. we saw the private insurance companies leave the maryland market, leave so many markets. so these are reforms that save the taxpayer money and strengthen medicare for the future. bottom line is the bill is good for middle-income families. it will provide the insurance reforms so that they have an insurance product that can cover their needs, including the wellness and preven

however, the soldiers, if they're in member states such as japan, germany, and even the uk, may be subject to jurisdiction. i'd like your opinions on whether you agree or disagree with the icc's pros cue toral claim, to prosecute u.s. and nato troops over actions taken in afghanistan. >> gongman, let me speak for a minute from a united states perspective. we do have a bilateral agreement, article 98, as we do with certain other states party to the icc. and this precludes the afghan government from surrendering troops to the icc. the important bottom line is our troops are protected from being turned over to the icc. >> while they're in afghanistan. what if they're in other countries that are not signatories to an article 98 agreement but the countries themselves are signatories to their own agreement. >> let me get back for the record on that important question. congressman, i know it's a complicated legal issue. >> general, do you have an opinion on that? i think we need a definitive answer because young men and women are being asked to go overseas to afghanistan to engage in combat. they

america will make an announcement tomorrow and the secretary of nato reports that in addition to the ukand other countries are likely to follow. it's often said america and britain are fighting a loan. but this is wrong. the numbers of coalition troops will have risen from 16,000 to around 30,000 soon. and i believe that over the coming months, even more countrys will respond. our effort in hell monday will benefit. last year total international force levels were around 7,000 and now they will be above 20,000. three times what they were. now our third condition was that the military effort of the international coalition must be matched by afghan effort. president caresi ensured not only 5,000 members of the new afghan military will be deployed by 2010 but additional kre kruts will arrive in the next few weeks with. the three conditions met i will confirm we'll move to 9 and a half thousand. extra troops will deploy in early december to thicken the u.k. presence and from late january they'll make the transition to the partnering role we have for them. mr. speaker, for understandable reas

recently revealed figures showed since 2001 140 inmates were allowed to die of cancer while serving in ukjails. under this government, is it one rule for british inmates and another one for libyan mass murderers? >> mr. speaker, as he knows, the decision on libya was made by the scottish administration. it was their decision to make. it was not our decision to make. >> roger barry. >> mr. speaker, my constituents are extremely concerned about the impact of global warming and wants speedy action to deal with it members opposite in their european allies. will my right honorable friend assure the house that he has been doing everything possible so that both developed and developing countries can look to a deal at copenhagen? >> well, we are in the happy position of being able to work with the rest of europe to get a climate change agreement and in the position to work as europe with the rest of the world to make sure that we can move forward. and the talks that are taking place now including at the commonwealth conference are a desire to bring together the richest countries who will have to

when you reduce the number of uninsured ukes the amount of cost that medicare has to pay for health care in our hospitals is reduced. that's why we can reduce our payments to hospitals in america because the amount of uncompensated care they currently have will be reduced. i have heard my colleagues on the other side of the aisle talk about medicare advantage. let me tell you something. i remember when we used to pay the private insurance companies in medicare a little less than what we paid people in traditional health care. that's corporate welfare, we're paying them the same. taxpayer support is higher than what it used to be. we know that these benefits that are being paid could be gone tomorrow. we saw it happen. we saw the private insurance companies leave the maryland market, leave so many markets. so these are reforms that save the taxpayer money and strengthen medicare for the future. bottom line is the bill is good for middle-income families. it will provide the insurance reforms so that they have an insurance product that can cover their needs, including the wellness and preve