>> i think to understa it, one needs to read the middle east press d particularly the israeli press where the speculation and anxiety that there may be an attack planned against the nuclearar facilitie of iran by israel is what is driving this accelerating american european diplomacy, because we're really reaching a fork in the road where either sanctions work and discipline and bring iran to heal, if you like, in getting it to acknowledge it has a nuclear program, a a weapons paced program, and that it will stop developing it. or if that fails, then the hawks in the middle east but also in theu.s. may begin to prevail in e argument.t. >> mark, thank you for your insisights on these topics. >>> a tonic for the news in this part of the world. ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male aouncer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event gog on now. but hurry -- the offer ends january 3rd. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! or creates another laptop bag, or hires another employee, it's not just good for business it's good for the entire community. atat bank of america, we k

by doing this now, it matters and it matters to understa who these guys are. and as we're saying, what it's we look at them as stocko figures. and we don't understand that these are human beings. and these are incredibly process, incredibly difficult job but also they're running. there's a reasonwe use that image. >> charlie: here's something you learn fro reading this book that governor romney takes the skin off his chicken. >> and the cheese off his pizza. >> charlie: what does he e up when he takes the cheeses off. >> a healthier pizza. there's a huge appetite for this. there's a reaction on-line, people just tuning in right now and people like your viewers who have been ring-side for the whole thing. on-line we discovered there were people dropped into the itunes store at midnight a couple nights ago. we discovered on twitter, we discovered that there were readers who are waiting up, they were waiting for it to pop into the itunes store so they could read it right away. and right away you heard people start talking about it saying i suspected that now i kn

here's what he doesn't understa. there are well over 10 different businesses i'll bet in this country trying to develop new solar technology. when he picks one that the government gets behind with $500 million the investments in all e others disappear because no one wants to compete with the government. he kills solar energy byaving the government play the role of venture capitalist. you either believe in free enterprise and freedom and the american system or believe in the european government dominated system and that system is a failed system. >> rose: with respect to creating jobs. everybody agree-- including you-- that a stimulus program that has created jobs would have been a good thing because of where we were. do you not? >> tla's the government helping to create jobs. that's what the stimulus program was about and you have spoken to the idea of the need for infrastructure change. >> there's no question that government plays a role. you can't have a free economy without rules and regulations and when the econo

one of the great experts in this regard is the ranking member of this committee who probably understa the trade of materials and technology as well as any of us do. i would note as well, we do this not only for iran but north korea and other would-be nuclear powers. and second clinton, in her meetings in burma in efforts to not only uncourage the trends that are taking place but is being quite clear that ties to north korea and potential shipments need to stop. so, the tracking of these rules that might increase nuclear proliferation is something that is quite well attended to. >> thank you for that answer. and we may have an opportunity to explore this in other settings. the amendment that has been discussed today is targeting the sale of iranian oil. i had a couple of questions and i will just throw them all out and have you try to answer them. in light of the widely reported pullout of major energy firms from iran's energy sector, what is your assessment of the iranian oil and gas industry at this point? if that sector is declining, how will world energy prices be affected going fo

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but those people who will try and make something like a slagger, i want them to understa that they better not cheat or the united states is going to step in and stop them from cheating. and there are some cheaters out there when it comes to fair trade. one of them is china. they've been stealing designs, patents and technology. they've also manipulated their currency so that their products are artificially low-priced. you can't allow that to go on year after year after year. i want to use the experience i have in the world of the free enterprise system to make sure america gets working again. and i'm running in this race because i understand how to get middle class americans prosperous again, working again, buying things and putting more americans back to work. and i happen to believe that's what america needs and what america wants. now -- [applause] >> i'm going to turn to you gu here and ask if you have a question or two. this is kind of a daunting scenario with the lights here and fabulous flag hung back there and -- but nonetheless, i'm going to ask you for some questions here in jus