plunging the ukraine into famine.he people were starving, it wasn't because the food wasn't growing. grain production was skyrocketing. instead of giving the grain to starving people, the soviets exported it to fund their centrally planned industrialization. how the soviets dealt with the hung hunger was inhumane. [ foreign language ] >> the forced famine that resulted was so horrific, the situation so desperate that there were even widespread reports of cannibalism. >> it was once with a group of people going to one part of ukraine, and i said is there some older lady that could tell me something about what happened? >> what the woman told him next, he would never forget. >> she said oh, my god, i really don't like to talk about that. she said you see that house on the top of the hill there? a mother ate her daughter. she was already insane, because the people had reached the level of insanity. and then she committed suicide. >> how did the soviets deal with this? they printed posters that said, "to eat your own chil

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. >> secretary-general, interfox ukraine question on ucran. -- ukraine. a meeting and how do you see the future development of the relationship between nato and ukraine in the light of his statement? i mean, ukraine will be european state with military neutrality status. thank you. >> first of all, i would be delighted to meet with the new ukrainian president and discuss ukraine's future relationship with nato. secondly, i would like to stress that the nato position is exactly the same after the presidential elections as it was before the presidential elections. we took the decision at bukarest summit that they will become members of nato if they shall wish and, of course, if they fulfill the necessary criteria. this is our open door policy. and we stick to the open door policy. but finally, i also have to say it is for ukraine to decide its own future. and that's exactly our own basic principle. that it is for each individual country to decide herself the security policy as well as the alliance affiliation. and the same goes for ukraine. it is for ukrain

state to pakistan, a country that has been at the forefront of proliferation of new kidder weapons in ukraine -- in recent years, that we're going to go ahead with some big nuclear partnership -- a country that has been at the forefront of proliferation of nuclear weapons in the area. >> thank you very much. this is "world news today." coming up, it is the top talent contest in the middle east, but rather than a pop idol, they are searching for something else. two years ago, he was resigning after a conviction of tax evasion, and now, he is back to become chairman of the flagship electronics firm, the world's biggest producer of memory chips. our correspondent reports. >> in south korea, he is an almost mythical figure, an economic person widely credited with transforming samsung into the global giant that it is today. but two years ago, some of that loss came off. he resigned in scandal, bowling deeply, live on television korean -- bowing deeply, live on television. in december, he was given a presidential pardon for his role in helping south korea make its bid for the 2018 winter olympics,

from england and then from spain and then from portugal to the innocence slaughter of jews in the ukraineo russia, committing in the greatest horror of all, a holocaust. the founding of israel didn't stop the attack on the jews, but it merely -- well, it's more than merely. it gave the jews the power to defend against these attacks. i want to tell you about the day that i realized what this transformation was. it was the day i met him over 19 years ago he was in the same military unit and one dark night during the battle in 1969 he was killed in a burst of gunfire. at his funeral in the galilee i learned something. i discovered that he had been born shortly after his mother and father had been freed from the death camps of europe. if heim had been born two years earlier, this daring young israeli officer would have been tossed into the oven light 1.5 million other jewish children. heim's mother told me that though she was in great anguish she was proud. at least, she told me -- and this is something i will never forget as long as i live -- at least, she said, my son fell wearing the unifo

and finally on ukraine, general jim jones will lead a delegation to the inauguration tomorrow.how we're going to begin exploring we can do. we want to be responsive and supportive of his free fare fair, incredible election process which has led to a new president. it is difficult. we have to wait to see how the government is formed and what their attitudes might be, but we want you going to know the united states stands ready to be a positive partner with them for the future. >> clear the idea that the new president is going to europe first and russia's second was a significant statement. >> that's right. >> and maybe offer some promise. >> i agree. >> madam secretary, i wanted to give you a chance to perhaps say word if you want to about one issue before the congress, before us, and before you right now and that's a conference committee, conference on the iran sanctions bill. deputy secretary will does expressing concerns that the legislation won't would weaken rather than strengthen international community and support for our efforts. i know you have submitted a number of opp

he is a fellow ambassador to ukraine and worked on nuclear issues and u.s.-russia issues for most of his career and has been writing on the topic including a brookings paper that i will promote here resetting relations. with that, we will hear from each of our panelists for about 10 minutes and then we will go to you. tom. >> thank you, mighke. when it comes to nuclear weapons, i do not know much about it. however, remarks have been informed by the expertise from my friend and colleague from committee staff days, dave trachtenberg, who served in several positions in the pentagon as principal secretary of defense. he is a genuine expert. i am not making this up entirely out of whole cloth. i do think that the current moment is one where the basic approach of figuring out what american strategy is should come before decisions of an arms control treaty port indeed on what our nuclear posturing should be. this is putting the horse before the courts exercise, in my judgment. although there has anot been a durable strategy drop the entire post-cold war era, we hav

from england and then from spain and then from portugal to the innocence slaughter of jews in the ukraineest horror of all, a holocaust. the founding of israel didn't stop the attack on the jews, but it merely -- well, it's more than merely. it gave the jews the power to defend against these attacks. i want to tell you about the day that i realized what this transformation was. it was the day i met him over 19 years ago he was in the same military unit and one dark night during the battle in 1969 he was killed in a burst of gunfire. at his funeral in the galilee i learned something. i discovered that he had been born shortly after his mother and father had been freed from the death camps of europe. if heim had been born two years earlier, this daring young israeli officer would have been tossed into the oven light 1.5 million other jewish children. heim's mother told me that though she was in great anguish she was proud. at least, she told me -- and this is something i will never forget as long as i live -- at least, she said, my son fell wearing the uniform of a jewish soldier defending

from england and then from spain and then from portugal to the innocence slaughter of jews in the ukraineing in the greatest horror of all, a holocaust. the founding of israel didn't stop the attack on the jews, but it merely -- well, it's more than merely. it gave the jews the power to defend against these attacks. i want to tell you about the day that i realized what this transformation was. it was the day i met him over 19 years ago he was in the same military unit and one dark night during the battle in 1969 he was killed in a burst of gunfire. at his funeral in the galilee i learned something. i discovered that he had been born shortly after his mother and father had been freed from the death camps of europe. if heim had been born two years earlier, this daring young israeli officer would have been tossed into the oven light 1.5 million other jewish children. heim's mother told me that though she was in great anguish she was proud. at least, she told me -- and this is something i will never forget as long as i live -- at least, she said, my son fell wearing the uniform of a jewish so

others such as the ukraine and georgia have been discussed much in recent years. some parts want to be part, others do not. -- some parts of the population want to be part of nato, others do not. the partners for peace is designed to provide links between nato and other countries nearby. host: we have the phone numbers on the screen. we want to talk about nato and whether it still works. you can reach as by e-mail or twitter. the main argument for reading your report is essentially that nato member nations must begin to think about the real threats more deeply. cyber-security, and terrorism. is that discussion not happening among nato organizers? guest: nato is engaged this year and the development of its strategic concept. it is guidance going forward. the last time the document was produced was 1999. the world was very different them. allies are working on this now. it will be released at the summit in november. it will be in portugal. the idea was to contribute to the discussion and help people think about the issues. a number of european countries would like t

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res. 422, resolution recognizing the important progress made by the people of ukraine in the establishment of democratic institutions following the presidential runup -- runoff election on february 7, 2010. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? without objection, the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed. mr. baucus: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to be reconsidered be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate and the statements relating to the resolution be placed at the appropriate place in the record as if read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: i ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 426 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 426, resolution designating the week of february 28 through march 7, 2010, as school social workweek. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without

missiles with a range of more than 1,200 miles which puts israel, iraq, turkey, pakistan, egypt and the ukraine and many other countries within striking distance. advancements in iranian technology threaten nations further away from iran as well. iran has launched a satellite into space demonstrating that it has the technical capabilities that may allow it to build ballistic missiles capable of hitting american cities. while nuclear proliferation is dangerous in any context, there is greater reason to be gravely concerned about a nuclear armed iran. for years iran has fought american presence in the middle east and has supported terrorist groups that have targeted and killed american troops. american officials believe iran supported the group behind the 1996 terrorist attack on a u.s. military residence in saudi arabia that killed 19 of our servicemen. a nuclear armed iran would put american troops serving in the middle east today at even greater risk. in addition, iran's leaders frequently speak of a world without israel. iranian president -- iranian president has called for israel to be wiped

you comment upon the fact that former ukrainian president yanukovych conferred the order of hero of ukrainezi war criminal stefan bandera? and then as a follow-up, the un passed a resolution, 64/147, prohibiting the it's on the inadmissibility of the glorification of nazism, and also prohibiting the exhumation of bodies of soldiers who had been killed fighting against nazism. and that action is a violation of geneva convention article 34. the only country that voted against that resolution was our country. why? >> i'm not familiar with that case. let me take the question. >> thank you. >> on cuba secretary clinton said last week in the senate that she wanted to have an there was already a review of programs in the island for the pushing for democratization and >> no. >> do you have any update on the case of that mr. gross? >> we did have senior officials in cuba recently for migration talks. during the course of those meetings, we pressed on multiple occasions to have access to mr. gross. i'm not aware that that was granted. i think the last time we've seen mr. gross was early february. we

recently the ukraine seven emerging from the al shabazz in somalia with east africa al qaeda are they are for the linkages between east africa, that no work. i would say we certainly see indications in the present of al qaeda in africa. er sahara, that's part the continent as well, sir. >> is it a growing ins influence? are they becoming more organized? >> i would not characterize it -- i would come back with something for the record more specific detail, but i would also offer that the, based wloon they are saying, that they are seeking to expand their influence. they are in the east africa region as well as in the north africa region. >> general, this weekend we learned that 500 people including women and babies were massacred in nigeria. what's our current strategy to curtail human rights abuses in africa? >> we obviously, senator, as we conduct our military to military relations with military relations with the various nations of africa we encourage the promotion of human rights. we encourage the conduct of the military and professional ways. obviously those activities that you de

from england and then from spain and then from portugal to the innocence slaughter of jews in the ukraineg in the greatest horror of all, a holocaust. the founding of israel didn't stop the attack on the jews, but it merely -- well, it's more than merely. it gave the jews the power to defend against these attacks. i want to tell you about the day that i realized what this transformation was. it was the day i met him over 19 years ago he was in the same military unit and one dark night during the battle in 1969 he was killed in a burst of gunfire. at his funeral in the galilee i learned something. i discovered that he had been born shortly after his mother and father had been freed from the death camps of europe. if heim had been born two years earlier, this daring young israeli officer would have been tossed into the oven light 1.5 million other jewish children. heim's mother told me that though she was in great anguish she was proud. at least, she told me -- and this is something i will never forget as long as i live -- at least, she said, my son fell wearing the uniform of a jewish sold

and ukraine had anticorruption and with a successful election.and a system following the kings' voluntary relinquismment of authority. we continue to live in a world with human rights in society, and it's hard to change those from the outside. and the willingness to take risks and their determination to form organizations fighting for women's rights and children's right, this is the future. and we see an increase in creativity. and it to me signals the great hope of human rights going forward. let me stop there and take questions. >> you talk about civil rights and how do you see the situation in gaza and the lack of humanitarian aide or shortage. isn't access to clean water, shelter and food, electricity those kinds of things, also are human rights. people regardless of whether in a middle of a conflict deserve. >> let me answer that in two respects, the broader discussion of gaza in the last year, and it's very much in the report, focused on operation cast elections at the beginning of the year. and the goldstone report that followed at the u.n